My wife took me to see Dead Can Dance in San Francisco right after we got married, I had no idea! Lisa Gerard’s voice permeated my soul. 16 years later that woman died in my arms, she so loved Dead Can Dance. We would play this music on our sailboat while we swung in the hammock drinking wine up on the main deck. I cry every time I hear her voice, that oh so beautiful ghost that still haunts my soul to this very day. I hear this music and can still smell Karen’s hair, sweet memories of her flood back and for just a brief moment a tender mercy of happiness flits across the arc of what’s left of my life. I’ll never love like that again, but this music helps me remember…
I absolutely loved your touching message. Should stones have a soul, it'd make'em cry. I bet It would... Thanks for putting into words such profound feelings. And for what it's worth, I too mourn your loss.
black clothes. arms still. hair pulled back. no focus on anything BUT the voice. And a world opens up as there is no distractions. Very different from todays performers.
Many many years ago a friend who lived in Prague introduced me to Lisa Gerrard's music. He died tragically in a motorcycle accident, but every time I listen to her haunting melodies he is alive again for me to thank. Thanks Jeff.
It's like a cauldron of sadness, regret, pain, loss, remorse, hate, fear, anger and darkness was poured over your body and soul which consumed you with all the worst feelings and experiences you had in your life. Then. Light appears, then hands reach out grasping you with care, comfort , love and pull you from the dark and stop your torment and fill you with love. As you rise you realize your sins are forgiven and all who you love are watching you come home, forever.
She stands like a statue. all emotion is transported by the voice. No need for effects, performance, dancers, lights and all that. No need to even have your eyes open. Absolutely mesmerising. Such a rich, ancient, emotional voice.
Her voice is rich, powerful, dark and on top of all - her approach to singing is non-pretentious and very sophisticated. All so while she's singing, dressed in neutral colors, with nothing to distract the listener from her captivating voice. I wonder how tall she may be?
there are a few performers in the world that can stand alone in the middle of a stage and absolutely overwhelm you with the beauty of their voice. I feel blessed with every opportunity to hear her sing.
I saw her in LA many years ago and she is absolutely magic. She doesn't just sing - she channels something from another world - something pure and beautiful. I will never forget it.
Absolutely true. She brings in the original dimensions of the Spirit world here on Earth. No ordinary Human can sing like this and this is not Singing. It's initiation to the Lost Souls here. Takes one back Home. Real Home
This post was initially given over 17years ago, and was shared to me by a friend on Quora. Today in Gaza, terrorists bombed a hospital which was sheltering not only the I'll and injured, but also those sheltering from a war raging onward by a terrorist organization known as hamas. As I listen to this song now, with eyes closed, once again, images of many in complete anguish filled my mind, filled with fear and desolation as a bomb exploded in the hospital they are in. Tears come to my eyes at what they must be feeling. This song relays all that they are going through. But this exquisite voice also has hints of hope in it. Dear God, in your mercy, lift up the people suffering now, in both Israel and Palestine. Be with them now...
True art, far away from modern trash. Divinely gifted with clear throat, pitch and resonance. A treat for the soul.I tune to it almost every day. So soothing, never get to switch off. Lisa is sculptured by God Himself.
Why is it that Lisa Gerard brings me to tears? 😢 Well my son, welcome to a higher class singer that brings back your deepest emotions and memories, welcome in the world of Lisa Gerard! ❤❤
Anastasia Maria boy shut ur dumb ass up and listen to the song.lI'm transgender trust me there's no evil alternative motive so get a life instead of worrying about other people
I don't want to insult Lisa by calling this a perfect "performance". This goes dimensions beyond a performance. Only a handful of singers in the world could do something like this. Lisa is IN the song.
Amazing how effortless she produces these sounds. There is hardly a change of expression on her face as she hits these amazing notes. Serene and other worldly.
Lisa Gerrard (& Pieter Bourke) Channelling something from the Beyond. I have a personal relationship to this song. I listened to this album while I was in labor with my first son, Noah. I listened to this track at least 15 times over the course of my twelve hour labor. It helped bring my boy into this world. Tragically he lost his life 3 years ago, at the age of 18, and now the song has extra meaning. He is in the Beyond. The place from which he came. This song helps transport me to where he is... Thank you
❤ I lost my God daughter in October of 23. Today is her birthday, and mother's day. I no longer have a relationship with her mother, but my heart is broken for them both today. I have been listening to Lisa all day. She brings us closer to what we've lost. I hope your heart finds peace, and that you smiled today. ❤
Emotions Overload.....Tears,Breathing Problems,Goosebombs,Heart Ache,A Million Memories at the same time.....no other Human can cause all that at the SAME Time !!!!!
When I was a young boy I went on a holiday by a lake, one day we were invited to take to the water on kayaks, it was a thrilling experience I have thought about it often, riding paddle in hand atop the still surface of the lake. This strange music speaks to the longing of my heart to once more return to that lake and fulfill my one desire, to tread like Christ on the gentle waves inside the miracle that is, a kayak•
Kawtar Ennajmi i heard/read this is her own language she developed as a child to communicate with God. ive listened to dcd over my life but just recently learned that.
She takes me to middle earth, I mean physically takes me there. Growing up pre-smart phone Britain with our old stories and culture, instilled a sense of longing for a magical place, like the Norse idea of Midgard and the other planes. That’s been paved over with corporate buildings and answers to every question (sometimes with threats if they’re questioned). But her voice revives that belief, that it is out there somewhere, maybe I’m too close to the cities, or maybe it’s something we haven’t created yet, or forgotten how to create… Perhaps one day.
I've revisited this video so many times and every time she starts singing I'm freshly gobsmacked by how deep her voice gets. I think a lot of men can't even go that deep.
Holy Stars, this is one of the absolutely most beautiful things I have ever heard. Just now discovered due to having watched "The Insider". Extraordinary!
So beautiful and so sad at the same time... A voice like no other... Every time I listen to it I'm transported to another world and it's always magical like the first time I heard it.. I've always felt it is a lament... the crying of an existence that this world brought to the edge of sacrifice... but managed to survive by glimpses of bright light...
It was a performance during a Sunday morning political debate program on Belgium television. Mostly elderly people and f***ing politicians as a studio public…
I’ve loved this voice since the dead can dance days nearly 30 years ago , and it just gets better and better . It’s a unique instrument , and nobody even comes close . A true one off . God bless ya Lisa x
Love Lisa Gerrard. Always thought this happened to be one of the finest examples of being in the moment. Everything we experience in this performance is coming from her inner being without a filter. It is beautiful and almost frighteningly breathtaking because it is so honest. Lisa has such a gift for being able to connect with herself first...for the benefit of others. Real artist.
Une très belle et très ravissante et très jolie chant , interprèter par la divine et très merveilleuse et très fabuleuse et très splendide , la très ravissant et très magnifique Lisa gerrard et piierter bourke. , une très belle et très ravissante et très jolie et très divine et très magistral et très douce voix de Lisa gerrard et piéter bourke , bravo à tous les deux , pour ce très beau et très magistral et très grandiose chant de toute beauté
Beautiful, Haunting, Memorizing. This always captivates, engulfs me with sorrow, grief, but warmth and love. Thank you for sharing. Peace to all everywhere.
Ever since my brother died in 2012 I have been searching for the feelings that bring me closer to God....I have only a few musicians that make me feel whole which include, Istavan Sky, Thomas Newman, Hanz Zimmer, Deva Premal......and now Lisa Gerrard, who almost tops the list...Heavenly gift from God.....ty for making me feel again.
If anyone else could sing like her it would probably still be Lisa Gerard. I can't think of anyone else to match her range her beauty. I love her I always will.
This woman and her voice make me feel so vulnerable. I feel like she sings like angels may sing in heaven. This is so powerful. I'm disconnected to my body when she sings, it's so weird.
OMG. I "accidentally" came to this piece in a mediation. I wanted to find out who is the voice. I thought it was a man. Tears down my face, just beyond description. The most glorious, ethereal, Divine music I have ever heard. I thought, everything in this life was worth it to hear this glorious piece.
NATHANIEL JAMES I’ve recently come across this piece of music in a yoga class and could not identify it until heard it in a film last night. I originally thought it was a duet man and woman, this is amazing touches my soul
I swear that section where she stops singing at 2.35 , until she resumes, just after 3 minutes, is one of those moments in musical history that are unsurpassed.
I imagine the small crowd sitting there being jawdropped. I had the chance to see Dead Can Dance in the late 1980's and right at the turn of the 1990's when there were still playing in smaller places, and it was really... There are no words, people were cramped in their chairs eyes and ears wide opened. You knew the records were good, but you didn't expect the live rendition would be as good or better.
The next world is death. The World we live in now is a state of being, death is another state, therefore it's the next World. I assume there is some irony in calling yourself 'Space Ghost'!
