In my opinion, the mark of a great song is that it's a song that you never get sick of, no matter how many times you hear it. For me, this is one of those songs. Thank you for sharing this.
Ladies, Gentlemen, The Beautiful, Brave, Powerful, Sexy, Fearless, and Timeless, Lady Sarah Mclachlan. Thank you so much for letting your music be part of our lives.
Not enough attention is given to Kathryn Rose backup vocals at the end when Sarah holds that long vocal 4:22. It perfectly compliments Sarah's vocal at that point & is just as good if not better. Made that portion of the song powerful & gave me goosebumps.
I’m mostly a rock, hard rock, metal, guy but I jammed this album all thru my youth. What an angelic voice with heart wrenching lyrics. God bless you Sarah! Edit: thanks for all the awesome replies! So many Sarah McLachlan fans out there even tho she hasn’t had a radio hit for decades. Amazing!
My dad snuck me into her concert at Fox Theater in Boulder Colorado when I was 13 yrs old. Life changing experience. Decades later still listening to her transformative music.
Saw concerts in the Fox theater,in Saint Louis, Supertramp, you probably haven't heard of them but I'm guessing your dad has , saw them the year Crime of the Century came out, very good.
@@banjammy7367 I live in STL and saw her live at Fox in 2014 I think it was Took my husband, he doesn't know her music but I had the time of my life and cried my ass off. He patiently held me while I let her music heal me Salud
I mean, wow - just ... WOW. Not only does she hold that last note for ~17 seconds, she begins it by singing several words, THEN holds the note AND still has enough left to modulate her voice UP at the end of it. Extraordinary voice/breath control ... I'd have passed out around the 5sec mark! (btw, at ~4.21, you can quickly see her draw-in that breath). Such a beautiful song, proving that sometimes life's most daunting challenges can be surmounted and then manifest in impactful expressions of art, in its many forms.
@driverjamescopeland Maybe this will help. Search "Possession Sarah McLachlan Uwe Vandrei" He literally sued her for using his letters as inspiration for the song before he offed himself.
If Sarah had been just a "One Hit Wonder" this would have been the only song I'd need to hear and call her "Legendary". My headphones exploded the first time I heard its debut as if it were yesterday. She has to be inducted into the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame someday!
You know, I came here to say "I like hard rock and metal and this isn't really my scene but this is a GREAT song". And, funny enough, there's already a bunch of comments saying pretty much the same thing. This song may not be "heavy metal" by definition but it has the energy and the attitude. Not to mention an absolutely killer performance.
I thought i was the only one that noticed & appreciated those back up vocals, esp during the end where Sarah holds that long note. Back up vocals at that specific time were prob better than Sarah herself
Always wondered who she was! Ms Rose's voice is the perfect compliment to Sarah. Only other close harmony with beautiful highs are Simon & Garfunkel- Scarborough Fair, America
@@dalejenkins2827 Agree 100%. K.Rose only worked on this tour; the original backup singer for Sarah (both live and studio) is CAMILLE HENDERSON. Check this out ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HmS8LO0dXgg.html
I remember browsing new music CDs at my local Warehouse music shop, No WiFi back then, this song started playing thru the speakers. By compulsion something "possessed me" to ask the girl clerk "who was this singing?" -IMMEDIATELY bought the CD- Haven''t stopped listening to McLachlan since.
even though I'm a metalhead Sarah's voice calms me down....she hosted the Junos here in London in 2019....her voice is incredible and her music is great as well...an award winning musician for sure!
Yes, they were lines in a letter an obsessed stalker wrote her. She put it into an incredible song. After the song was released, the guy committed suicide.
30 damn seconds!!! I've been training myself with that particular part and I have gotten from a 16 count to 26. But yeah, it is an insane holding time on a note that I've ever heard!
Listen as the wind blows From across the great divide Voices trapped in yearning Memories trapped in time The night is my companion And solitude my guide Would I spend forever here And not be satisfied And I would be the one To hold you down Kiss you so hard I'll take your breath away And after I'd, wipe away the tears Just close your eyes dear Through this world I've stumbled So many times betrayed Trying to find an honest word To find the truth enslaved Oh you speak to me in riddles and You speak to me in rhymes My body aches to breathe your breath Your words keep me alive And I would be the one To hold you down Kiss you so hard I'll take your breath away And after I'd, wipe away the tears Just close your eyes, dear Into this night I wander It's morning that I dread Another day of knowing of The path I fear to tread Oh, into the sea of waking dreams I follow without pride Nothing stands between us here And I won't be denied And I would be the one To hold you down Kiss you so hard I'll take your breath away And after I'd, wipe away the tears Just close your eyes dear I'll hold you down Kiss you so hard I'll take your breath away And after I'd wipe away the tears Just close your eyes...
Everything is so perfect about this concert; great singer and songwriter, awesome band, amazing backing vocals, the matching costumes & decor, lighting & visuals. As a professional pop musician myself, I can only say: top notch, first class!
Crazy how her music flows through the ears of many ages and types. I’ve been listening to her since I was in high school. Just turned 30 and reminiscing. Her music will never die. :)
How eloquently She made a beautiful song of a terrifying experience. A man was stalking her a real threat. She overcame and even appears to have understood his out of control feelings.
It's her eastern Canadian maritime roots. She is from Nova Scotia where a lot of Scottish people settled. There is a similar feel in parts of New Brunswick and Newfoundland as well.
Sarah's music brought to tears multiple times and I'm not typically affected by music in this same way, emotionally sure, but there have been many moments when her songwriting was just so overwhelming...a truly brilliant songwriter and performer -
I became a fan of Sarah McLachlan’s with her 1st album, Touch, which was released in 1988, during my first year of college. I remember listening to Vox for the first time and it blew me away. I knew then that she was someone special.
When someone had me do a favorite album challenge, this popped in as one of my top 5 or 10 of all time. I’m a child of 70’s rock, but this to me is the best album of the 90’s. Her live version of this song is unbelievable. After hearing some other songs she has done live, see has a commanding stage presence and her songs take on a greater sound.
