Nature is without doubt one of the best inspirations for songwriters. Sting’s “Fields of Gold” is without doubt one of the most interesting examples from the Nineteen Nineties, taking within the golden barley fields exterior his Sixteenth-century manor home within the coronary heart of the English countryside. In Sting’s guide, Lyrics, the songwriter explains the ability of evocative landscapes: “In England, our house is surrounded by barley fields, and in the summer it’s fascinating to watch the wind moving over the shimmering surface, like waves on an ocean of gold. There’s something inherently sexy about the sight, something primal.”
Hearken to Sting’s “Fields of Gold” on the digital Expanded Version of Ten Summoner’s Tales.
The fields present the imagery, however the music is a few relationship. Instructed chronologically, Sting takes us by the uncertainty that we endure once we first fall for somebody, pondering, “Will you be my love?” The music navigates its method by marriage, youngsters, and, finally, the inevitable remaining parting with a repetition of the beautiful line “you’ll remember me when the west wind moves.” He merely needs to be remembered “as they walk in fields of gold.” Beguiling, wistful, and deeply evocative, “Fields of Gold” is elegant and highly effective, whereas – on the similar time – effortlessly easy. It’s not so laborious to consider that this monitor is certainly a metaphor for love itself; how love may be highly effective and in addition easy, however solely when it’s with the appropriate individual.
The music was recorded on the very residence that impressed “Fields of Gold.” Sting had transformed his eating room into a house studio. David Sancious, who performed keys, as soon as recalled that a part of the fantastic thing about “Fields of Gold” was the “live, in-the-studio recording.” He revealed there have been no overdubs. At coronary heart, it’s simply “a really simple song.”
In 2008, when requested which music he’d want he’d written, Paul McCartney himself mentioned: “There’s always a couple that I hear that I think I’d have liked (to have written). I liked Sting’s ‘Fields Of Gold’, and I thought, ‘Y’know what, I should have written that.’” A clearly delighted Sting took to social media to thank Sir Paul saying, “There are more than a few of Paul’s that I wish I would have written. To hear this from someone I owe my life to is very special.”
There have additionally been loads of splendid interpretations by different artists, together with Katie Melua and Eva Cassidy. Each renditions are stunning, however the unique by Sting is a sheer masterclass each lyrically and melodically.
Hearken to Sting’s “Fields of Gold” on the digital Expanded Version of Ten Summoner’s Tales.
