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Sarah McLachlan — Hold On
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Krispian
(Vancouver, BC)
Posted: Sep 11, 2006 - 01:09
 
Fumbling towards tedium
vandal
(the 'couve)
Posted: Jul 12, 2006 - 14:42
 
byrd wrote:

This is definitely a great album. And I'd have to agree, that there aren't any of her albums since that I've enjoyed as much.


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byrd
Posted: Jul 12, 2006 - 11:30
 
jasonv wrote:
This album is amazing.. it's too bad she couldn't produce anything nearly as good afterward.

This is definitely a great album. And I'd have to agree, that there aren't any of her albums since that I've enjoyed as much.
ChicoCyclist
(Chico, CA)
Posted: Jul 12, 2006 - 11:30
 

I remember when I first got this album. I had just broken up with my girlfriend of two years and was headed on a three week summer mountain biking trip to Utah and Colorado. This album was such a great mix of tonic and salt in the wounds. I still don't think my friend can listen to this as I played it nearly constantly in the truck!
Dylan76
(government office cubicle)
Posted: Jul 12, 2006 - 11:28
 
algrif wrote:
One of the most interesting first lines I've heard.

Hold on to yourself. This is goin' to hurt like hell.
rgrace wrote:


An example of unintentional accuracy on Sarah's part. GOD this woman makes me hurl. Off with the headset till this is over.


lol
Norge1
(Portland, Or.)
Posted: Jul 12, 2006 - 11:27
 
Just went from 9 to a 10.

She is so fine...
rgrace
(Rio Nido, CA)
Posted: Jun 27, 2006 - 19:15
 
algrif wrote:
One of the most interesting first lines I've heard.

Hold on to yourself. This is goin' to hurt like hell.


An example of unintentional accuracy on Sarah's part. GOD this woman makes me hurl. Off with the headset till this is over.
rgrace
(Rio Nido, CA)
Posted: Jun 27, 2006 - 19:14
 
...while I'm the polar opposite. The Harlequin Romance of chick singers.
aquadonia
(My own private underwater world)
Posted: May 01, 2006 - 12:17
 
This song is excellent. One of the only songs of hers I really really like.
xkolibuul
(Green Mountain state of mind)
Posted: Apr 30, 2006 - 11:03
 
Oh wow, Sarah you've never been better.
guitar_man_101
(Winnipeg Manitoba Canada)
Posted: Apr 30, 2006 - 10:59
 
I like her other stuff alot better, but this still isn't too bad.
nelamvr6
(New London, CT USA)
Posted: Apr 15, 2006 - 21:07
 
Just something about her voice...she could sing the phone book and I'd start to get hot and bothered..if you know what I mean.
mach-hog
(wild blue...)
Posted: Apr 01, 2006 - 05:49
 
Great song - builds a nice tension. Good resolution. It is a bit "agony aunt" ish, but she tells a good story.
Pipes
(Top of the mountain)
Posted: Mar 17, 2006 - 14:05
 
Pantagruel wrote:
Her voice is extremely irritating


In a beautiful and compelling sort of way!
NeilBlanchard
(Greater Boston area, Massachusetts)
Posted: Mar 17, 2006 - 13:04
 
Hello,

Sarah's voice sounds wonderful to me. Give us more!

Neil
Pantagruel
(Rochester, NY)
Posted: Mar 17, 2006 - 12:58
 
Her voice is extremely irritating
algrif
(Slightly west of Zero)
Posted: Feb 16, 2006 - 02:52
 
One of the most interesting first lines I've heard.

Hold on to yourself. This is goin' to hurt like hell.
LadyLovelyLocks
(Otherside of the Mirror UK)
Posted: Feb 16, 2006 - 02:49
 
This song has follwed me down to emotional hell on more than one occassion. It's a painful favorite
Magnus
(not back in Redondo Beach where I should be)
Posted: Feb 01, 2006 - 09:43
 
This does hurt like hell!
randomprime
(Hüsqvarna)
Posted: Jan 17, 2006 - 18:23
 
She was right. That did hurt.
xouba
(Corunna, Spain)
Posted: Dec 05, 2005 - 04:11
 
A not bad song from an awesome album.
kazuma
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Nov 05, 2005 - 21:22
 
This is okay as long as I don't have to hear it a whole lot.
Rickvee
(New Orleans)
Posted: Nov 05, 2005 - 21:22
 
I heard Sarah do a solo acoustic version of this song once and it kicked this versions' ass.
Akaiila
(London, UK)
Posted: Oct 07, 2005 - 14:38
 
Not quite her finest, IMHO, but still a welcome addition to the RP playlist and my evening. What did I do before RP?
Dianyla
(Portland, OR)
Posted: Oct 07, 2005 - 14:36
 
elara wrote:
Ah I have a quiet paino version.

Yep, I'm in pain alright.
rkbrownie
(So. Cal-The O.C.)
Posted: Sep 22, 2005 - 21:07
 
She does it for me all the time...........we need a new CD out of her.......keep em coming.
BooKitty
(My Own Private Idaho.)
Posted: Sep 22, 2005 - 21:06
 
I usually can't stand the lilting tones and melodrama of Sarah, but this is really good.
elara
(Boston, MA)
Posted: Sep 11, 2005 - 12:03
 
Ah I have a quiet paino version. I'm used to that one.
Thea
(Sacto)
Posted: Aug 09, 2005 - 09:16
 
God. I haven't listened to this album in ages. I forgot how much this song just chills me.
pyxxel
(Dublin, Ireland)
Posted: Aug 09, 2005 - 09:14
 
elara wrote:
??? What is this crap. I like this song..but....whats with this remix?
I think this is how most of these kinda songs should sound...! Good voices complimented by grand arrangements and amazing sounds... YAY!

Without the arrangement I would have given a 6 at most - like this, it's an 8! Cool.......
mojoman
(Rocky Mountains, Colorado)
Posted: Aug 09, 2005 - 09:12
 
elara wrote:
??? What is this crap. I like this song..but....whats with this remix?


Perhaps you're referring to the version on the compilation album called "What's the Alternative"? I like that version better (it's a bit edgier musically), but this one is good too.
jasonv
Posted: Aug 09, 2005 - 09:11
 
This album is amazing.. it's too bad she couldn't produce anything nearly as good afterward.

Seal is the same way, IMHO. That first album had character and a bit of an edge. He still has a touch of edge but lost the character.
Trustocity
(Boston, baby)
Posted: Jul 25, 2005 - 14:23
 
elara wrote:
??? What is this crap. I like this song..but....whats with this remix?

No clue what you mean by remix. This is exactlyhow it sounds on my LP, electronic wobbles and all.
elara
Posted: Jul 10, 2005 - 19:45
 
??? What is this crap. I like this song..but....whats with this remix?
Pipes
(Murray, UT)
Posted: Apr 28, 2005 - 10:52
 
Shesdifferent wrote:
I thought I was depressed! :puke:


Not depressed, just demented!
NiceGuy2005
(Denver, CO)
Posted: Apr 28, 2005 - 10:35
 
I'll grant you that she is talented, but does she do anything these days but keep doing remixes of her old hits. I really did not need yet one more version of this song.
Shesdifferent
(Just visiting this planet)
Posted: Apr 28, 2005 - 10:35
 
I thought I was depressed! :puke:
Norge1
(Portland, Or.)
Posted: Mar 15, 2005 - 09:04
 
I'd a given this song a 10 but it's too short...Anything by Sarah is more than sweet...of course, I'm biased...of course...
bubble_headed_beach_blond
(flapping hard to keep up)
Posted: Feb 13, 2005 - 20:31
 
grrrrrrrrr.
beth gave me this cassette and when i'd memorized it she dumped me.
grrrrrr.
i didn't know 'hold on' meant wait a minute while i pack.
GRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

still, i love the song. am i a masochist?
mojoman
Posted: Dec 31, 2004 - 15:29
 
Excellent. My favorite mcLachlan tune.
resonator
Posted: Dec 16, 2004 - 20:02
 
What a fabulous song.
Mark1970
(Grayson, GA)
Posted: Nov 17, 2004 - 07:14
 
mrselfdestruct wrote:


God, people say 'pretentious' too damn much in these song comments. It's not clever! Knock it off!


Exactly..... especially with what the words are about..... yeah, AIDS is so damn pretentious.
mrselfdestruct
(Edmonton, AB)
Posted: Nov 02, 2004 - 15:21
 
physicsgenius wrote:


Exactly what I was going to post. "This is going to hurt like hell." Pretentious much?


God, people say 'pretentious' too damn much in these song comments. It's not clever! Knock it off!
ChardRemains
(Pepperland)
Posted: Nov 02, 2004 - 12:28
 
This one really filled the bill just now. Thanks RP.
physicsgenius
Posted: Oct 04, 2004 - 05:08
 
ColdBear wrote:
Usually I like Sarah, but not this one


Exactly what I was going to post. "This is going to hurt like hell." Pretentious much?
Xeric
(Along the Madison)
Posted: Sep 19, 2004 - 10:17
 
Awesome.

Boggles my mind that Norah Jones--not McLachlan--is the recent big thing in female vocalists. Singers, make that. "Singer" being a more magical thing than mere vocalist.

Oh God if you're out there won't you hear me
I know that we've never talked before . . .


ColdBear
(French Alps)
Posted: Sep 19, 2004 - 10:16
 
Usually I like Sarah, but not this one
Nuance
(Winnipeg)
Posted: Aug 06, 2004 - 08:38
 
namesbenny wrote:
I must confess that although I really dig Sarah, I don't find this song, or this album as compelling as her more recent work.


you my friend, are missing a soul. go get one quickly while we wait.

This album placed her in the immortal category (a la Steppenwolf)
JamieR
(Sacramento, CA)
Posted: Aug 06, 2004 - 08:38
 
intoxicating song, from a great cd... bravo to sarah for reminding me of how universal ours lives are..

:grouphug:
resonator
Posted: Jul 23, 2004 - 13:49
 
TAMARA76 wrote:
It's a song she wrote after hearing a story about a bisexual man dying of AIDS, and she wrote it from the perspective of his wife.


The song is based on the documentary A Promise Kept, the promise being that of Karin Donnan to her husband Blair to use their story to educate others about HIV/AIDS. I'd read that Karin had contracted AIDS from Blair, which gives an odd perspective on the song. On January 16, 2004, the Toronto Star refers to her as an "AIDS patient" (see Google).

I agree with others that this is a great song from a great CD.