Sarah McLachlan (Official Thread)

[Soot and Stars]

Sarah McLachlan

As most of you guys must have noticed, I do a lot of threads on female artist! So this thread should be no surprise! I mean I had to get to Sarah McLachlan at some point. Out of all the artist in the solo female singer songwriter category from the 90's on she's definitely the queen as far as mass appeal. She not only has that faithful cult audience that some of these do but she can add the mainstream audience to that as well. It doesn't matter if it's teenagers, soccer moms, metal heads, new age hippies, etc. just about every type of listener has laid claim to listening to Sarah McLachlan.

Out of all the artist Sarah has mastered that angelic ethereal quality in her sound that makes her emotions grand enough for some audiences while being mellow enough for others. For example, I remember hearing Sarah for the first time with Hold On for the first time on the

No Alternative SDTRK


Hold On


and feeling like it wasn't out of place at all in the middle of the hard rock Grunge/Alternative bands at the time!

For me, I buy what I can from her but I'm hit or miss with her. I don't get into her pre-Fumbling Towards Ecstasy stuff and Afterglow kind of lost me! When Sarah hits it though for me it's out of the park.

Here are my favs from Sarah:

Fumbling Towards Ecstacy


Possession (Piano Version)
(amazing)


Good Enough (Freedom Sessions Version)


Fumbling Towards Ecstacy


All the fear has left me now
I�m not frightened anymore
It�s my heart that pounds beneath my flesh
It�s my mouth that pushes out this breath

And if I shed a tear I won�t cage it
I won�t fear love
And if I feel a rage I won�t deny it
I won�t fear love

Companion to our demons
They will dance, and we will play
With chairs, candles, and cloth
Making darkness in the day
It will be easy to look in or out
Upstream or down without a thought

And if I shed a tear I won�t cage it
I won�t fear love
And if I feel a rage I won�t deny it
I won�t fear love

Peace in the struggle
To find peace
Comfort on the way
To comfort

And if I shed a tear I won�t cage it
I won�t fear love
And if I feel a rage I won�t deny it
I won�t fear love
I won�t fear love
I won�t fear love...

Rarities, B-Sides and Other Stuff Volume 1

Dear God
(cool cover)


Surfacing

Do What You Have To Do
(favorite song on the album, Live Mirrorball version)


Adia
(favorite single off the album)


So I left out plenty of gems on purpose because I know she has fans! What are your thoughts on Sarah and your favorite songs?

 

[METALPRIEST]

Re: "The Official" Sarah McLachlan Thread

NICE!!!!

I love this tribute she did for Linda McCartney at the concert for PETA when she sang ANGEL!

 

[Soot and Stars]

Re: "The Official" Sarah McLachlan Thread

NICE!!!!

I love this tribute she did for Linda McCartney at the concert for PETA when she sang ANGEL!

That was a good performance of that song! I always liked that song anyway! It was like the new "Candle In The Wind' for a while there but it's because it was a great song!

 

[Soot and Stars]

Re: "The Official" Sarah McLachlan Thread

Even though very early Sarah Mclachlan isn't my favorite I like a few songs from the first two c.d.s!

Touch
(she sounds very new agy on this debut)


Vox


Vox (US Version)


Solace


I Will Not Forget You

 

[Soot and Stars]

Re: "The Official" Sarah McLachlan Thread

Sarah Covers

Time After Time
(Cyndi Lauper w/ Sarah)


Blackbird


The Rainbow Connection
(sarah covers Kermit, That's badass )

 

[Craig in Indy]

Re: "The Official" Sarah McLachlan Thread

I admire her music and all she's accomplished, but for some reason I can only listen to her in small doses. Something about the way her voice constantly breaks into falsetto gets on my nerves. I freely admit it's my problem and not hers. But it doesn't change the fact that I find it wearing.

 

[Soot and Stars]

Re: "The Official" Sarah McLachlan Thread

I admire her music and all she's accomplished, but for some reason I can only listen to her in small doses. Something about the way her voice constantly breaks into falsetto gets on my nerves. I freely admit it's my problem and not hers. But it doesn't change the fact that I find it wearing.

Craig, you rock for giving my thread a nod in the first place and actually having an intelligent way of saying what you don't care for in an artist in the first place! I agree about the vocal style and I guess that I can say I listen to her in small doses myself but the songs that grab me are worth it IMO. Peace!

 

[Craig in Indy]

Re: "The Official" Sarah McLachlan Thread

Soot, any thread of yours deserves a nod. As does any thread about McLachlan too (of course the fact that she's almost unbearably cute doesn't hurt either ).

 

[Soot and Stars]

Re: "The Official" Sarah McLachlan Thread

Soot, any thread of yours deserves a nod. As does any thread about McLachlan too (of course the fact that she's almost unbearably cute doesn't hurt either ).

Honestly, I was surprised it kind of sank because I figured she was at least well known enough and polarizing to gather opinions! Anyway, thanks for the props Craig and you are right, she is a hotty!

 

[Soot and Stars]

Re: "The Official" Sarah McLachlan Thread

Sarah's new c.d. comes out soon!

Laws of Illusion


The new single sounds like she's going the Sara Barielles route!

Loving You Is Easy


Forgiveness
(Ooh now this is the Sarah I like)


Loving lying enemy
I have seen your face before
Never thought again I’d see
Didn’t want to anymore

I remember your loving eyes
And the moonlit kiss
The evening lullabies I will truly miss
Through the years we had it all
Midnight whispers, the midday calls
This house of call it had to fall

And you ask for forgiveness
You’re asking too much
I have sheltered my heart in a place you can’t touch
Don’t believe when you tell me your love is real
Because you don’t know much about heaven boy
If you have to hurt to feel

Every time I see you
I can’t help but look away
All along I had believed everything you’d say
When I look now I know I’ve seen your face before
Don’t want your deceiving smile
Standing at my door
And I don’t care what people say
I’m ready now to face this day

And you ask for forgiveness
You’re asking too much
http://www.elyricsworld.com/forgiveness_lyrics_sarah_mclachlan.html
I have sheltered my heart in a place you can’t touch
Don’t believe when you tell me your love is real
Because you don’t know much about heaven boy
If you have to hurt to feel

Because you don’t know much about heaven boy
if you have to hurt

And you ask for forgiveness
You’re asking too much
I have sheltered my heart in a place you can’t touch
Don’t believe when you tell me your love is real
Because you don’t know much about heaven boy
If you have to hurt to feel