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Sarah McLachlan — Possession
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oldsaxon
(Wales via Vancouver, BC.)
Posted: May 10, 2013 - 11:52
 
 krysthal wrote:
 lkovathana wrote:
Generally, I like Sarah McLachlan.   Don't know what happened here ...

Sarah McLachlan's older material, particularly this album, is a little "darker" that her more recent work. The songs on this album are not the type that you initially find yourself singing along with. Her followup album 'Surfacing' was her breakout album, with 'Building a Mystery', 'Adia', 'Sweet Surrender' and 'Angel'. Much more accessible for most audiences (certainly more commercial). She's still awesome, but I prefer 'Fumbling Towards Ecstasy' over all her other albums.

 
Agreed. "Fumbling..." was her best.

84MacGuy
(Portlandia, Oregon)
Posted: May 10, 2013 - 11:52
 
 lkovathana wrote:
Generally, I like Sarah McLachlan.   Don't know what happened here ...

 

Generally, I don't care for Sarah McLachlan.  Don't know what happened here...

maxmox
(Broome, Western Australia)
Posted: Apr 13, 2013 - 23:24
 
 PatsyMat wrote:
Well, I heard this at the supermarket.... too much!  too often!

 
Here in my village supermarket I've heard it too. Hope she sees the royalties.

ceicilbee
Posted: Mar 13, 2013 - 12:21
 
remembering hearing this for the first time on fresh air on NPR (i think) and knowing it was going to be huge.

Pilgrim301
(Edmonton, AB)
Posted: Sep 01, 2012 - 12:46
 
Can Con!
(it's the only good thing I can say about this song — I'm tired of Sarah-worshipping and have been since the early 90s)

BluEyes
Posted: Aug 19, 2012 - 15:53
 
{#Music}

BluEyes
Posted: Aug 05, 2012 - 15:53
 
I love this song. I loved it before I ever heard it was inspired by a stalker. I hear it and feel it as a deeply personal love song. I love the combination of the music, the liquid mercury of her voice, and the words themselves. The total package is a 10 for me. The only radio that I usually listen to in my car is NPR so this is never overplayed for me.  Thank you, Bill.

krysthal
(Toronto, Canada)
Posted: Jun 30, 2012 - 18:02
 
 lkovathana wrote:
Generally, I like Sarah McLachlan.   Don't know what happened here ...

Sarah McLachlan's older material, particularly this album, is a little "darker" that her more recent work. The songs on this album are not the type that you initially find yourself singing along with. Her followup album 'Surfacing' was her breakout album, with 'Building a Mystery', 'Adia', 'Sweet Surrender' and 'Angel'. Much more accessible for most audiences (certainly more commercial). She's still awesome, but I prefer 'Fumbling Towards Ecstasy' over all her other albums.

lkovathana
(Chicago, Illinois)
Posted: Jun 17, 2012 - 15:54
 
Generally, I like Sarah McLachlan.   Don't know what happened here ...

stunix
(Narrowboat nr Caen Locks)
Posted: Jun 17, 2012 - 15:53
 
Im sure wherever you guys live, this is overplayed, but most of the stations here dont play good music. 
an easy 9, and may reconcider upwards later as its not fair to rate a song on regularity of airplay.

Stunningly talented woman and top tune.

Hannio
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Jun 17, 2012 - 15:53
 
 
ziakut wrote:
So much for a great set of songs. Sarah is talented...but this song brings down the wonderful previous set.
 
Sez you.

ziakut
(Albeit In The Meantime)
Posted: May 29, 2012 - 18:35
 
So much for a great set of songs. Sarah is talented...but this song brings down the wonderful previous set.

gillespp
(Portland, OR)
Posted: Apr 24, 2012 - 15:22
 
 On_The_Beach wrote:
Just wanted to bump the link to this excellent live version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyhdsAcwtj8
 
This is a stunningly good live version too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UgPeBjHIjE 

smackiepipe
(Western North Carolina)
Posted: Mar 27, 2012 - 07:24
 
Sarah could sing the friggin' phone book to me.

Groogrux69
(Auburn, CA)
Posted: Mar 27, 2012 - 07:23
 
 SinisterDexter wrote:
I really do like this song - but I'm with others to say that it doesn't need to be on RP.  I hear it enough of it on my car radio.
 
Some of us don't listen to commercial radio.  Why would you suffer with all of those crappy commercials when you can listen to RP?

mrtuba9
(most likely near Normal)
Posted: Mar 15, 2012 - 06:35
 
 On_The_Beach wrote:
Just wanted to bump the link to this excellent live version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyhdsAcwtj8
 
Thx!

On_The_Beach
(The Blue Planet)
Posted: Jan 28, 2012 - 14:56
 
Just wanted to bump the link to this excellent live version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyhdsAcwtj8



krysthal
(Toronto, Canada)
Posted: Jan 28, 2012 - 14:15
 
For me, one of Sarah's best songs and without doubt, her finest album. @SinisterDexter: Still listen to the CD and love it, great hearing it on RP too!  @Poacher: For me it was the other way round. Bought the CD not knowing who she was and fell in love with the music. Had it in my collection for well over 15 years now.



cohifi
(Denver)
Posted: Jan 23, 2012 - 22:09
 
 Poacher wrote:

On the other hand, there are many, many here who have never heard this outside of RP. . . including me. 
 
Really ?  Would you like to buy a CD ?

EDIT:  Another RP listener had pointed out how the world has plenty of plastic/metal discs in the world.  He is right; I wish I didn't have as many as I do.   Recycling is where it's at, I guess.  

Poacher
(Brighton, UK)
Posted: Jan 06, 2012 - 05:20
 
 SinisterDexter wrote:
I really do like this song - but I'm with others to say that it doesn't need to be on RP.  I hear it enough of it on my car radio.
 
On the other hand, there are many, many here who have never heard this outside of RP. . . including me. 

gandalfbmg
(3 mi from Paradise (Missouri))
Posted: Dec 05, 2011 - 10:12
 
 SinisterDexter wrote:
I really do like this song - but I'm with others to say that it doesn't need to be on RP.  I hear it enough of it on my car radio.
 

Where are you listening to the radio? I don't think I've heard this on the radio since 1998 or so...

yodasan_magoo
(Close to the far side)
Posted: Dec 05, 2011 - 10:10
 

Rated this a 9, but the live version is a 10.  Incredible.



midigitguy
(Massachusetts)
Posted: Nov 21, 2011 - 10:42
 
 gillespp wrote:

And this one, which is the BEST:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UgPeBjHIjE

 
 
Whoa, thanks for that!  Didn't think of it going that way (rocking)...

PatsyMat
Posted: Nov 08, 2011 - 11:17
 
Well, I heard this at the supermarket.... too much!  too often!

kurtster
(Back in Ohiya, for now ...)
Posted: Nov 03, 2011 - 19:47
 
 fredriley wrote:

That puts another slant on the lyrics. Until reading that I'd assumed that it was a love song from her to another she adored, though I still think it works as that as well. As the page you quote above says:
Despite the dark inspiration behind the lyrics, many fans have embraced ``Possession'' as a love song coming from the perspective of a female that truly wants to claim the object of her desire. Words written from the perspective of an obsessed male stalker can apparently be seen as passionate when sung from a woman to a male.
To which I'd have to agree. If a woman felt this about me (fat chance!) I'd see it as passionate, but also somewhat disturbing. I suppose there's a thin line between infatuation and obsession...

 
This is such a powerful song, regardless of the inspiration.  I listened to it for years before I became aware of its underlying meaning.  Knowing the subject has not changed how I feel about the song at all.  Its just a factoid for me.

I love the composition, the beat, the texture, her voice, the lyrics. all of it.  I doubt that I will ever get tired of hearing it. 

It feeds my head as Gracie used to sing.


fingerpin
(oHIo)
Posted: Oct 25, 2011 - 11:38
 
 Stingray wrote:
I want to "love" some beautiful female...

aaaaahhh....

 
Why is the word 'love' in quotes?

SinisterDexter
Posted: Oct 25, 2011 - 11:36
 
I really do like this song - but I'm with others to say that it doesn't need to be on RP.  I hear it enough of it on my car radio.

lewie221
(Silicon Valley)
Posted: Oct 20, 2011 - 20:39
 
I recommend the stripped down version on "The Freedom Sessions". For me, it's more powerful than the standard studio version.

(I haven't heard the live version that people below are raving about below.)

AlonzoTheArmless
(metro Detroit)
Posted: Sep 06, 2011 - 13:34
 
By the way, sometimes I feel so clueless when it comes to meanings of songs. 3 songs I always thought of as love songs end up really being about stalkers: this song, "Every Breath You Take" by the Police, and "Look For Me, I'll Be Around".

AlonzoTheArmless
(metro Detroit)
Posted: Sep 05, 2011 - 20:10
 
Love this song. Love the live version on "Mirrorball" even more.

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Aug 23, 2011 - 10:08
 
 kurtster wrote:
{#Yes}  Yep, the stalker even sued for a writing credit.  He commited suicide before the case ever went to trial.

A 10 regardless.

http://www.faqs.org/lyrics/Sarah-McLachlan-Possession.html

 
That puts another slant on the lyrics. Until reading that I'd assumed that it was a love song from her to another she adored, though I still think it works as that as well. As the page you quote above says:
Despite the dark inspiration behind the lyrics, many fans have embraced ``Possession'' as a love song coming from the perspective of a female that truly wants to claim the object of her desire. Words written from the perspective of an obsessed male stalker can apparently be seen as passionate when sung from a woman to a male.
To which I'd have to agree. If a woman felt this about me (fat chance!) I'd see it as passionate, but also somewhat disturbing. I suppose there's a thin line between infatuation and obsession...


westslope
(BC coast)
Posted: Aug 06, 2011 - 03:51
 
 Rooney wrote:
   One of Sarah's best....            
 
Agreed. 10


Jazbo
(Beautiful Valparaiso IN.)
Posted: Jul 18, 2011 - 11:05
 
yummm..............8

MoM$CooKin
(AnAlteredState)
Posted: Jun 21, 2011 - 11:00
 
goosebumps!

Rooney
(Near Paradise)
Posted: Jun 16, 2011 - 18:35
 
   One of Sarah's best....            

kramfarcus
Posted: Jun 16, 2011 - 18:35
 
If you like this song check out the live version.  You can feel the energy and it has a nice outro that is missing from the studio version.

Rooney
(Near Paradise)
Posted: Jun 16, 2011 - 18:35
 
   One of Sarah's best....            

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: May 16, 2011 - 04:18
 
 Stingray wrote:
I want to "love" some beautiful female...

aaaaahhh....

 
If you want to achieve that ambition, here's a tip: be less aggressive.

This song and singer really get me there - full of real passion. 8 from the Nottingham jury.


gillespp
(Portland, OR)
Posted: May 03, 2011 - 13:42
 
 On_The_Beach wrote:
Just wanted to bump the link to this excellent live version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyhdsAcwtj8
 
And this one, which is the BEST:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UgPeBjHIjE

 

DD rabbi_phil
(beach)
Posted: Apr 01, 2011 - 22:09
 

"Oh into the sea of waking dreams   I follow without pride   nothing stands between us here   and I won't be denied."   Damn thats good.



Tamster
(31)
Posted: Mar 18, 2011 - 18:13
 
Amazing voice, saw her in TO with Blue Rodeo, I could have Alzheimer and never forget it..........my hub met her in TO airport and said she was sweet but her ex was a dink............hmmmmmm

gabrielle7nt
(finally over the hump)
Posted: Mar 18, 2011 - 18:10
 
I agree with Sarah.

unclehud
(300 feet above the planet)
Posted: Feb 15, 2011 - 09:29
 
Why does this song raise goosebumps?  Oh yeah, that's why. 

Fumbling towards ecstasy, indeed.

krysthal
(Toronto, Canada)
Posted: Jan 24, 2011 - 12:36
 
Thanks for playing one of my favorite artists. All tracks on Fumbling Towards Ecstasy are outstanding.... her best album IMHO.

Stingray
(EUROPE)
Posted: Jan 15, 2011 - 03:11
 
I want to "love" some beautiful female...

aaaaahhh....


chyk5
(Florida)
Posted: Jan 10, 2011 - 12:10
 
 bokey wrote:

   And if only those words were used anywhere in this song it's possible your comment would  have been only 99%  pointless.

 

You are correct in that I interpreted that particular lyric incorrectly although I still agree with the original post to which I commented and do like her work as a whole. As an aside, it's always entertaining to read banal comments masked, unsuccessfully, as biting humor.

kurtster
(sometimes the statue and sometimes the pigeon)
Posted: Dec 28, 2010 - 21:05
 
 Mandible wrote:

I saw her perform this on Storytellers. She said it's based on a stalker she had and lyrics are taken from the creepy letters he wrote to her.
 

{#Yes}  Yep, the stalker even sued for a writing credit.  He commited suicide before the case ever went to trial.

A 10 regardless.

http://www.faqs.org/lyrics/Sarah-McLachlan-Possession.html


Hannio
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Nov 22, 2010 - 11:00
 
 westslope wrote:

Classy.

 

Are you an American ex-pat?


 

Right.  Because only Americans talk like that.


selima_sarah
Posted: Nov 18, 2010 - 01:23
 
 Stingray wrote:
Her best song!

Unbelievable memories!
Also therefore a "9"!
 

 i think her duet with Joni Mitchell (Blue) is even better

SmileOnADog
(Arizona)
Posted: Oct 26, 2010 - 12:04
 

Mind if we fumble along, oh goddess of the alt-pop divas?     {#Heartkiss}