Marillion cancelled the Misplaced Childhood tour after Fish picked up a throat infection. I was at the Misplaced Marquee gig when they explained the reasons behind the decision. The British tour was moved from September to January the following year.
The TOTP video was a result of the decision to postpone the tour and Fish's take on resting his voice.
This has occured several times since 1985 and haunts Fish to this day.
Fish refused to sing. He had to cancel gigs to do this tv appearance, where he would not even be singing live...only miming... he was so angry at lettign fans down that he refused even to mime, instead pointed at the lyric board...
This has to be quite possibly the worst 'miming' on TOTP ever, but it's also one of the greatest and most memorable TOTP performanes due to Fish's brilliant 'boards' gag ! Great song too, radio stations always play Kayleigh and forget this one !
Geniale Fish ha fatto un bello sfottò al playback!
Grande!!!
Zoltar1979 2 years ago
Marillion cancelled the Misplaced Childhood tour after Fish picked up a throat infection. I was at the Misplaced Marquee gig when they explained the reasons behind the decision. The British tour was moved from September to January the following year.
The TOTP video was a result of the decision to postpone the tour and Fish's take on resting his voice.
This has occured several times since 1985 and haunts Fish to this day.
flash971 3 years ago
if he was that concerned about his fans why didnt he cancel the tv show and do the gigs
something doesntt add up im afraid
gilstrap1969 3 years ago
All wrong I'm afraid.
Fish refused to sing. He had to cancel gigs to do this tv appearance, where he would not even be singing live...only miming... he was so angry at lettign fans down that he refused even to mime, instead pointed at the lyric board...
drbob2596 3 years ago
Yes Dr Bob, you are right. That was the reason.
frenchredwine 2 years ago
i watched this episode of top of the pops and the reason as expained by the dj who i think was steve wright is that he had a throat infection
gilstrap1969 3 years ago
this is awsome
agusagaz 3 years ago
This has to be quite possibly the worst 'miming' on TOTP ever, but it's also one of the greatest and most memorable TOTP performanes due to Fish's brilliant 'boards' gag ! Great song too, radio stations always play Kayleigh and forget this one !
matthewjcarlisle 3 years ago
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catfacethedog 4 years ago
It's Lavender, not Lavender Blue Oo
accidentalpicasso 4 years ago
I remember the "boards" performance! The reason was because he'd lost his voice.
GBCOne 4 years ago
...or something like that ;-)
GBCOne 4 years ago
0:36- Bob Dylan eat your heart out.
gnamp 4 years ago
That's right. They had to cancel a tour and we had tickets for Mancheter. We were gutted but this cheered us up a bit.
AndyLeeds 3 years ago