Sarah McLachlan - Building a Mystery - Radio Paradise -Internet Radio

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Artist:

Sarah McLachlan [ more ]

Song:

Building a Mystery

Album:

Surfacing [ info ]

Released:

1997

Last Played:

May 07, 2013 - 06:13

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124 comments for this song:

ziakut
(Slightly North of Obvlivion)

Posted: Apr 02, 2013 - 18:54

A beautiful voice, beautiful production etc. Just kind of worn thin of this tune. Great album though...

On_The_Beach
(The Blue Planet)

Posted: Mar 05, 2013 - 17:52

One of her best for sure. This still holds up well after 16 years.

Darkmatter
(In your system)

Posted: Jan 30, 2013 - 00:06

"Listen to your heart, when it's calling for you..." {#Nyah}

MirageRF
(Clemmons, NC, USA)

Posted: Jan 01, 2013 - 23:00

Sarah must have learned her music from the angels.
She always touches my heart..............

annie_fannie
(Iowa)

Posted: Dec 29, 2012 - 15:49

RP is so full of hate. i mean, i sort of resent her for those ASPCA commercials with the sad dogs. even the dogs are like, 'jeez, Sarah, dial down the melodrama a bit. we're just dogs.' but otherwise i've always really liked her stuff. not sure how this is caterwauling. pretty mellow to me...but then, i like a diverse set that includes female punk vocalists too.

neuticle
(fog fog fog)

Posted: Dec 01, 2012 - 14:09

"heartfelt caterwauling" according to a coworker...

Bleyfusz

Posted: Dec 01, 2012 - 14:09

Excellent lyrics.

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)

Posted: Nov 28, 2012 - 07:00

msymmes wrote:

Bill, Let's call a truce between Canada and the USA. Stop playing Sarah M. and The Cowbow Junkies AND stop play Natalie M.

Fair deal?

There's apparently a trade in the works: Anne Murray and Nickelback for 4 Non Blondes and Billy Joel.

mrtuba9
(most likely near Normal)

Posted: Nov 28, 2012 - 06:58

msymmes wrote:

Bill, Let's call a truce between Canada and the USA. Stop playing Sarah M. and The Cowbow Junkies AND stop play Natalie M.

Fair deal?

Yeah, not sure what the point is, but look up Lianna Klassen...Song for Canada/America/Ireland. There's your truce...

WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)

Posted: May 23, 2012 - 06:21

I love air drumming to this song. Ashwin Sood lags ever so slightly on the downbeat. Neat effect.

TJS
(Bradley, Il)

Posted: May 23, 2012 - 06:19

msymmes wrote:

Bill, Let's call a truce between Canada and the USA. Stop playing Sarah M. and The Cowbow Junkies AND stop play Natalie M.

Fair deal?

What are you going to do in return? Doesn't seem like any sort of bargain unless telling someone what to do is a 'deal'.

msymmes
(Toronto, CA)

Posted: Apr 21, 2012 - 12:50

Bill, Let's call a truce between Canada and the USA. Stop playing Sarah M. and The Cowbow Junkies AND stop play Natalie M.

Fair deal?

ufamsm
(Austin, TX, USA)

Posted: Dec 16, 2011 - 15:25

Cynaera wrote:

Mission accomplished - that's what those commercials do. They tug the heartstrings and make people feel sorrow for abused animals (not just puppies.) I admire her stand, and I used to love her music. The first thing I ever heard by her was "Drawn to the Rhythm," and I bought the cassette and played it to death. Kinda tired of her music now, but if I could get a break from it, I'd probably become a listener again.

BTW: I change channels when her commercials air, because I don't want to cry anymore.

Fully agree. A friend of mine played "Black" and I went straight to the natural healing/Wicca shop downtown (I lived in Nebraska at the time) to grab it.

Cynaera
(Oh, who cares?)

Posted: Dec 16, 2011 - 15:18

ufamsm wrote:

ufamsm
(Austin, TX, USA)

Posted: Dec 16, 2011 - 15:13

MiracleDrug wrote:

do you require medical assistance?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO9d2PpP7tQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gspElv1yvc

MiracleDrug
(Earth)

Posted: Dec 16, 2011 - 15:11

ufamsm wrote:

do you require medical assistance?

ufamsm
(Austin, TX, USA)

Posted: Dec 16, 2011 - 15:10

On_The_Beach
(The Blue Planet)

Posted: Sep 12, 2011 - 20:05

spacemoose wrote:

I blame the commercial nature of the music industry. . . . (see full post below)

Excellent post, spacemoose! {#Cheers}

Alexandra
(Here and Now)

Posted: Aug 12, 2011 - 11:02

This conjures memories from a really great decade of my life. {#Good-vibes}

spacemoose

Posted: Apr 08, 2011 - 04:48

On_The_Beach wrote:

I wouldn't say "she has fallen so far", but like so many artists, she went through an incredibly creative period and then just kinda started repeating herself. Think The Stones, The Who, CSN, Paul McCartney and the list goes on. Most mere mortals only have so many great songs in them until the well runs dry.

I blame the commercial nature of the music industry. When people achieve commercial success they become subject so such a vastly different set of influences than those that motivated them to begin with, and those that motivate the normal human being. They live in a sort of bubble and are pushed by the economics of the system and the executive and sycophants whispering in their ears. So they strive to reproduce their success, rather than to produce something of artistic merit, or to generate an artistic expression of some deeper experience. The musicians become victims of their own success. They suffer, society suffers, and a parasitic and exploitative group of grasping individuals, whose primary job is to own things, grows fat.

I haven't done a thorough analysis, but I have the impression that there is a strong correlation between financial success and the deterioration of the contributions of an artist. Those artists with long creative careers are those for whom mainstream success remains elusive, or who only obtain a limited, fringe success. The worst cases are those who achieve success too quickly and are not mature enough to resist the corrupting influences.

It's worth noting that the copyright-oligarchy achieves this by subverting democracy and perverting copyright laws, which provides yet another reason to question copyright (see www.questioncopyright.org).

Kittee
(NC- Dreaming of the Mountains)

Posted: Mar 07, 2011 - 16:57

One of the most beautiful songs ever written and sung. Came out while I was in highschool so bubbles up all those good feelings everytime I hear it. You know, windows down on the car, driving fast, wind blowing though your hair...

audiophelia
(Pennsylvania)

Posted: Feb 04, 2011 - 09:16

cayenne: I always thought she was referring to an ankh.

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)

Posted: Feb 04, 2011 - 09:13

cayenne wrote:

I've always imagined that the ancient religion she alludes to in this song is Druidism.

Not with the reference to vampires, which is a relatively late concept. I'm not sure she's referring to anything in particular, just a sort of generic paganism/animism.

le_colonel

Posted: May 26, 2010 - 11:01

8. I'm in a generous mood today.

scrubbrush

Posted: May 26, 2010 - 10:57

overplayed adult contemporary

westslope
(BC coast)

Posted: Apr 24, 2010 - 17:49

physicsgenius wrote:

I like the chorus of this song, even though the goth junk is so 90s. Also, it brings back good memories of pre-Bush America.

The 1990s were the Golden Era.

ugly
(Compton, CA)

Posted: Mar 24, 2010 - 02:51

rbigelo wrote:

'Surfacing' and 'Fumbling Towards Ecstasy' are on my top shelf of all time favorite works by a single artist. They reside alongside Elton John's 'Madman Across the Water' and Pink Floyd's 'Animals.'

Wow we are completely on the same page. Those are my exact top shelf choices as well. {#Hug}

bronorb
(Wisconsin)

Posted: Nov 18, 2009 - 07:01

After reading the lyrics in a previous post, I have new respect for this song and for Sarah.

rbigelo
(Spanish Town)

Posted: Aug 15, 2009 - 18:35

'Surfacing' and 'Fumbling Towards Ecstasy' are on my top shelf of all time favorite works by a single artist. They reside alongside Elton John's 'Madman Across the Water' and Pink Floyd's 'Animals.'

RadioDoc
(Chicagoland)

Posted: May 12, 2009 - 13:59

to_the_eleven wrote:

guess I was only exposed to this one on FM radio; never heard the f*bomb verse before.

It's always been there, with the vowel edited out...

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