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

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

"Listen to your heart, when it's calling for you..."

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

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.

"heartfelt caterwauling" according to a coworker...

Excellent lyrics.

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

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

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

msymmes wrote:

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'.

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?

Cynaera wrote:
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.

ufamsm 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.

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

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

ufamsm wrote:

do you require medical assistance?

Used to be such a huge fan of this album and some of the ones before it. Now whenever I hear any of her songs, all I can think of is

PUPPIES IN CAGES! DEFORMED PUPPIES IN CAGES! DEAD PUPPIES IN CAGES!
PUPPIES IN CAGES! DEFORMED PUPPIES IN CAGES! DEAD PUPPIES IN CAGES!
PUPPIES IN CAGES! DEFORMED PUPPIES IN CAGES! DEAD PUPPIES IN CAGES!
PUPPIES IN CAGES! DEFORMED PUPPIES IN CAGES! DEAD PUPPIES IN CAGES!
PUPPIES IN CAGES! DEFORMED PUPPIES IN CAGES! DEAD PUPPIES IN CAGES!
PUPPIES IN CAGES! DEFORMED PUPPIES IN CAGES! DEAD PUPPIES IN CAGES!
PUPPIES IN CAGES! DEFORMED PUPPIES IN CAGES! DEAD PUPPIES IN CAGES!
PUPPIES IN CAGES! DEFORMED PUPPIES IN CAGES! DEAD PUPPIES IN CAGES!
PUPPIES IN CAGES! DEFORMED PUPPIES IN CAGES! DEAD PUPPIES IN CAGES!
PUPPIES IN CAGES! DEFORMED PUPPIES IN CAGES! DEAD PUPPIES IN CAGES!
PUPPIES IN CAGES! DEFORMED PUPPIES IN CAGES! DEAD PUPPIES IN CAGES!
PUPPIES IN CAGES! DEFORMED PUPPIES IN CAGES! DEAD PUPPIES IN CAGES!

spacemoose wrote:
Excellent post, spacemoose!

This conjures memories from a really great decade of my life.

On_The_Beach wrote:
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).