Scarborough Fair - Dan Avidan & Super Guitar Bros.

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Animation and Story created by Imogen Scoppie

Original song by Simon & Garfunkel
Based on a traditional English ballad

Guitars performed by Super Guitar Bros

Vocals by Dan Avidan

[waywardwatcher]

Dan Avidan is just a straight up fantasy bard isn’t he

[NocturnLily]

Between this, his cover of The Last Unicorn and Night Runner, I'm convinced Dan and all the art teams that work with him are trying to launch us into an 80s animation and storytelling revival.


And I'm *here* for it.

[J_Squatch]

To quote Dan:
"I'm not crying! somebody put tears on my pillow!"

[rainetopia]

I love how this animation uses the actual mythology of unicorns, especially for the end. Unicorns are the magical embodiment of life itself. And to give up that life is truly something sad. That forest dragon cannot breath life into the little things of the world like that dear Unicorn, but they can plant them and wait. Ugh, gods, I'm crying. (Knowing the mythology just makes this harder T^T)

[rb]

The dragon's look of sadness and confusion while being attacked.

I was unprepared for all these feels

[TheMeowingHorse]

The way the dragon shakes her head as she fires off a giddy flame as she plays with the unicorn: it feels real and natural. The sheer amount of the emotion in the unicorn’s eyes as he lies with the dragon is powerful, and my heart beats with his eyes as he gazes at her. The consternation and heartbreak in the dragon’s eyes, looking about wildly as she suffers her fatal wound is mind-blowing to me. You can see it; you can really see it. You see it, and you can feel them in your heart. It’s in every frame, every blink, every turning of the head. The submissive, lack of belonging as the unicorn looks away from his herd members fighting. His eyes as he cries over the body of his lost love, his fear for the worst come to pass; it’s as though denying him pride or dignity wasn’t enough, that the others of his herd had to take even this from him. As his form goes alight, his expression is calm, touched with sadness; he’s made up his mind. And as he gently touches her snout, you see all his love, all his regret for what happened, all his yearning for things to have been different, and you feel his goodbye. The pensive way she touches the gift he left when she wakes, quiet, understanding, sad, with love still warming her heart even though he is gone.
I may not know the meaning of the song itself, but the sounds of it and the story accompanying the video enchant me in ways I can’t explain.
I don't mean to wax poetic, but if anyone who worked on this sees my comments, I just want them to know how it captivated me.

[vpct]

Everyone talking about expressions and so on, but the way the petals of the flowers are moved by the air, by the beat of the dragons wings, or caught up in her breath . . . it's incredible. The animation is incredible.

[boomkruncherzzshred]

The original folk song of Scarborough Fair was about politely telling an ex lover that they are no longer interested.
Paul Simon came up with and made Canticle, an anti-war song, then blended the two together with his pal Art Garfunkel, in Scarborough Fair/Canticle.

In effect, it tells the warmongers and people who love death and violence that we are no longer interested in their bull, and why.

It’s one of the prettiest break-up songs with war itself that was ever made.

[Xenibalt]

Dan: constantly reminding us that he sings like an angel

[imundertheoaktree]

I'm not crying, it's just the back street boys reunion tour

[MrKOLCOO]

How many harmonies can you sing?
Dan: Yes.

[LilJBean]

How did they sum up such a tragic love story in 3 minutes that some movies can't even manage in 2 hours? Holy shit ;-;

[roabythecow]

I had to rewatch this because I didn't feel like I was emotionally and mentally prepared the first time.

[SerButtley]

I was avoiding getting ticket to the backstreet boys reunion tour, but little did I know I got vip ticket to sad city instead...

[madcombeel]

On top of the lovely sound of the song, the imagery and use of 'plant language' is lovely too
Parsley: Removes bitterness
Sage: Strength and Wisdom
Rosemary: Love
Thyme: Courage and happiness
and the use of oak and the purple flowers of which I think looks closest to Sea Lavender/Statice in this animation-
Oak: Strength, Morale, Resistance, Knowledge
Sea Lavender: Remembrance and Sympathy, though the purple kind also specifically represents Mystery, Enchantment, Charm, and Grace

[shelbyp]

How the HELL am I finding this 2 yrs later!? Everything about this is just so beautiful oh my god!! This made me fucking cry for how beautiful everything about this piece is! WELL FUCKING DONE

[reidsbabygirl]

Listed under: things I didn’t know I wanted to hear in Dan’s voice

[Life-mnhh]

1st time: got a little teary
2nd time: pure crying

[paradoxofmind]

This whole affair screams some of Dan's favorite things:
1) A classic song
2) Dan can sing in the cadence of a Renaissance bard
3) Animation paired with music that has mythical creatures, stars a unicorn, and uses a style reminiscent of _The Last Unicorn._

[birchbarks]

The amount of despair and fear in the dragons eyes as it dies is incredible, if i wasn't already ugly crying this would have made me do it