I don't know the album but I DAMN sure know this song...and I'm 48. Still an all time great wong. Tears are rolling right now as I hear it, even tho the song has been in my phones for the longest. lol. I just decided to take a trip down video menory lane.
@farstrider79 THE 90s was post-cold war & pre-terrorism. It was a time of peace and prosperity. Also had a great TV shows like Cheers, Seinfeld, Friends, etc. Especially if you liked genre entertainment (fantasy or scifi) that didn’t really exist in the 80s or post-90s .
The instrumentals for this song is so mystical and enchanting. Sarah McLachlan, Jewel, Natalie Merchant, Sheryl Crow and the female artists during the 90s didn't make music, they created magic
The fact she used her stalkers words and wrote an absolutely hit song with it is just pure genius.... One of the best the 90s had to offer for sure. God I miss those years. It's a vibe you had to Feel to even begin to understand...... No words.
Maya is Sanskrit for illusion. Possession of another being is nothing but the great illusion of Maya, fueled by the obsessive desire of control that can be found in energetic forces of the Vedic mythic Rahu (demon or asura).
Actually, she didn't use their words. One of them tried to sue her because the song was inspired by the letters she received from more than one stalker. It didn't turn out too well for him, he committed suicide.
@@puddles609 shut up debbie? there's still amazing music you need to understand that you're basing your judgmental views on mainstream music, there's ton more amazing music like angel olsen, fka twigs, marina and the diamonds, declan mckenna etc.
I know people interpret songs differently, a different meaning for a different person. It’s too bad some people use this as a wedding song. That’s why, if I ever get married, I’m using Hallowed Be Thy Name by Iron Maiden.
I miss the 90s so bad myself. I was driving to Boulder in my Buddy's borrowed maroon Cadillac to go skiing with my kids when this song arrived. I bought the CD and listened to it over and over for the whole trip. Particularly remember driving through the corner of New Mexico looking at starry sky. I'm 65 now and still not bored but certainly miss that time in my life. I keep waiting for another tidal wave of life to happen like the 90s.
I mean, she can sing, eh? I love how she took her stalker's words and turned them back on him. She refused to be bullied. She's made of stronger stuff than that. Haunting song by an incredible singer.
I knew there was something off about a WOMAN saying they would "hold someone down and kiss them so hard" then "wipe away the tears". That was weird to me now I know why
This is up there for me as well... "yourself or somebody like you" is pretty stiff competition imo... bought this cassette and mb20 at the same time.. both are still amazing to me.
Forgive me for being garrulous but today when I was walking through Sears, I heard this song for the first time since I listened to Z100 back in the 5th grade (1994). Somehow, I _completely forgot_ this song existed over the past 20 years, but when I heard it again today I stayed in the store until it was over and then I realized that my breathing had slowed the entire time. Obviously, this song had an tremendous impact on the young me (and I was by no means a "soft" 5th grader; being Hispanic, into hardcore music, and from Brooklyn), since hearing it brought me *right back* to my childhood in such a visceral way. It's so chilling, so beautiful, and downright _fascinating_ that a great song like this can do that to a man, even after 20 years.
Corey, you just took me BACK. I spent '94 listening to Z100, usually at night when I was supposed to be sleeping, often recording my fave songs (like this one!) onto mixtapes of randomness. Those mixtapes contain so many feels.
I have always loved this song but forgot about it also. I actually thought about her song Adia and wanted to hear it. I saw this song mentioned as well and was like oh yeahhhh. Good times and good memories. Lol I have also stayed in a store listening to a good song. I don't like when they interrupt it with their in store communications lol.
Hard to disagree with that although she's had so many great songs. My personal favorite is her version of Joni Mitchell's song "River". Check out Sarah's version on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno recorded a few years ago. My favorite.... but Possession is a close 2nd. :)
Absolutely one of the top music icons of the 1990s. There were soo many great female vocalists in that decade who were "surfacing" . Sarah is definitely one of the most memorable. Simply stunning 🎶
I truly believe Sarah is one of those rare singers whose voice is so ethereal, it floats. Rarely do I hear a vocal so delicate and fragile; it seems to want to float away and leave this mortal coil, of its own volition. But underneath the delicacy is a tense, steely strength; flinty, determined. The vocals are delicate, but the lyrics and musical underpinning are so...ugly, raw, messy, uncomfortable. This juxtaposition of the delicate with the ugly is what makes the song work. And it's a winner.
@@Twistedpeppermint99 they're the only mainstream we have .. there are so many more singers you just like to focus on mainstream and judge this generation
Yo bro, I totally agree with you. I remember this song when I use to be in middle school, and the bassline always did a number on me! Happy Thanksgiving bro!
@@GTA6VIGameguythey don't, the letters Uwe Vandrei wrote hardly had anything to do with the lyrics, he was mentally unwell and took her lyrics to be an interpretation of his letters. Which even if that were true, that's not theft, it's artistic expression. If you read the letters you'll see it's not copied.
First heard this beautiful song in Due South many years ago. It made such an impression it never ever left me. It took me ages to find out who did it. What an artist. What talent. Her songs are stunning!
This song used direct phrases from her stalker's love letters. That's the point of the song. He sued her for royalties and killed himself before it went to trial. He probably couldn't stand to hear her sing the words and have it blasted around the world. This is, indeed, one of the darkest songs recorded... but not for the reason you think.
Looking past the theme of this song and talking strictly about this sound, I agree with the original post and it reminding of movies like The Craft and Practical Magic. In fact, this song was suggested to me by UA-cam because I was listening to Stormwinds, which is a song by Fairuza Balk who played Nancy in The Craft (btw check out that song. I had no idea until recently she did music!!). I HATE it that this kind of music has fallen out of fashion.
Something how she took a negative situation (Stalker) and turned it into a positive ( Beautiful music), Then again that's Sarah would you expect any less?
I think there were actually two stalkers if I remember correctly. You only really hear about the one because he sued her over the lyrics of Possession and then committed suicide.
@@SUGAR_XYLER She's not an old hag in any way. Look up her recent photos and you'll see she's still gorgeous! Which is more than I can say for these plastic bitches that make so much noise in the media and social media!
I pray for the innocents’ that lost their lives before they began in Tuam. What if Sarah were one of them? Her God given gift of her ANGELIC VOICE WOULD’VE NEVER BEEN HEARD!
I got a ticket to her 30 year anniversary tour this November in Winnipeg, this is a once in a lifetime event for me and I cannot wait to see her perform live!!!
30 years. Wow Seems every day I draw closer to the great divide. But yeah, thirty years many worlds have come and gone at seventy I know less than I did it.Twenty five of course my zen instructor say, that's a good thing
Still this my favorite song to this day. When I deployed to Turkey and lived in a tent for 6 months in 1998, I played this album every night as I went to sleep.
She could be the "sad keyboard player lady" as the song Angel was written about the death by heroin overdose of Smashing Pumpkins keyboard player Jonathan Melvoin.
This video is directly flawlessly and exemplifies everything that was cool about the medium in its 90s peak: cinema level production quality juxtaposed with distorted footage...plus a cohesive, tight band fronted by a confident, empowered, classy and talented young woman. I grew up in the 90s dreaming of being a music video director and this is one of the rare videos where I wouldn't have changed a single frame myself if I could have. A beautiful piece of work.
It's from an age when they had the money for physical sets, a crane, actual lighting, a crew etc, a budget, but there was enough creative leeway to use Super-8 and deliberately mess with the film stock. And they were willing to spend that money on someone who wasn't an obvious commercial blockbuster.
my mom’s favorite album in college was fumbling through ecstasy, and when sarah did her album anniversary tour at merriweather, we went together. she is magical live. this is my favorite song on the album; there is nobody in the world with a voice like sarah mclachlan
I can't even count the number of CD copies of 'Fumbling Towards Ecstasy' I have bought over the last 25 years. Lost...stolen...borrowed-not-returned...sun-damaged...somebody sat on it (yep!)...scratched...cracked...stuck in CD player... It is one of the very few albums I ALWAYS replaced.
I love this song! I know she said it was a combination of creepy fan mail that created the song but Sarah turned it into something beautiful and artistic.
Probably my favorite song from the 1990's, and one of my top 5 favorite albums of that era. When it first came out I used to listen to it over and over while pulling all-nighters at my software company.
I'm 35 now but when I used to play Sarah on repeat. Songs like, Adia, Angel, Building a mystery etc. I did this when I was 11 - 15, while playing the Sims, she's so talented and even an 11 year male knew it TY SARAH ##good times
daniel adrian Yeah, when you know what the song is about, then the lyrics are actually pretty chilling: And I would be the one to hold you down kiss you so hard I'll take your breath away And after, I'd wipe away the tears Just close your eyes, dear.
ABQSentinel some fan of hers was obsessed with her and wrote her love letters, I think she was actually being nice to him by writing this, that's why they are the stars they are, they will do something like that but he then wanted the money for the songs, because she used words from his letters, yikes. So he kills himself in remorse for betraying something that beautiful, she writes the guy a song. Incredible story if it's true. I think the song has other meanings though, genius meanings.
fell in love with a man who broke my heart this song reminds me of a time when i had my last dance at youth, now the days are cold and i smile and a tear falls hearing this x
She's right up there with the very best female music artists of all time i.e. Annie Lennox, Madonna, Marie Fredriksson, Björk, the Wilson sisters from Heart, Pat Benatar, and a few others.
There is something divine and powerful in her presentation. She is like a goddess of unrequited love, a siren of broken hearts which reconstitute and beat anew to her haunting lyrics.
I've been searching for this song all morning, The only word I could remember is "Kiss". Did you know that out of all of the "Top 100 songs from the 90's" lists that I've poured through all morning, Sarah McLachlan wasn't even listed once, WTF? I never would have found it if I hadn't suddenly remembered the rest "kiss...you so hard, i'll take your breath away". She's totally underrated. why isn't she on the top 90's song lists?
+Admiralty86 yeah bro she really was/is underrated in all of her songs...but if you want the best from her, listen to her album Mirror Ball...about 80% of her songs on that album are exquisite.
Unfortunately, her 2 biggest international hits were the somewhat forgettable "Adia" and "hear it at every funeral on the planet" song "Angel". The material before and after were superior, but did not catch the mainstream ear. Honestly, my area has a radio station that still plays "Sweet Surrender" once a day... and it didn't even crack the Top 20. I never hear the other two.
i honestly dont care why she wrote it. This song empowered me and im thanful for the strength i harnessed from it. i listen to it whenever i need a power surge. and it does the job perfectly! 😉
The 90,,s rule period best decade of experience and being a young adult how I truly appreciated those days I f being a part of it all cheers to all of you out there keep dreaming and reaching for better ways to just enjoy life while you are young 😞😭.
Thank you Due South for bringing Sarah McLachlan into my life. This is probably one of the best songs ever written and performed. Love both this version and the piano one.
To me this was her best song. Me and my wife both have a cigarette after hearing this song and she doesn't even smoke. A great love making song. ❤👍🙂🦚😜🧨🐣
As sultry as a hot bath on cold night. * Let's give credit as well to the band, backup singer, and those who made the set, and did the recording and editing. Bravo!
The first time I heard this-Summer of '94-It was the most amazing song I had ever heard. I was almost afraid to hear it again, afraid that with so much time elapsed, it wouldn't retain that power. It still gives me goosebumps.
Yes! I had just been to the Pink Floyd concert, Division Bell, and this song played on the radio! I literally forgot how great the Pink Floyd concert was!
Man I remember when she opened up with this song on the first LF tour.... I rushed the stage through a sea of 30,000 people from the lawn. I had a camera, got a shot, an I'll never forget that moment in time. Thank you
SEPTEMBER 2024, I'M 48. STILL MADLY IN LOVE WITH THIS SONG!
It’s been forever since I heard this gem 💎 47 over here! We are a rad generation!!!!
@@AprilDawn-zk4dp YOU GOT THAT RIGHT! ❤
@@AprilDawn-zk4dp47!!!! YOU LOOK FANTASTIC !!! OUR GENERATION WAS CLEARLY MAGICAL!
Me too! When it's good it's good
Nov 2024 I’m 44. Came back to this song for the memory. Still an amazing song.
The 14 year old in me was never the same after this album was released. I'm 42 now and this song still hits me hard.
Holy Cow, me too! I'll be 42 this year, and I still think she is one of the sexiest women alive! 😋
💗💗💖💕💛
Same, friend! 42 sure got her quick ! Lol
I don't know the album but I DAMN sure know this song...and I'm 48. Still an all time great wong. Tears are rolling right now as I hear it, even tho the song has been in my phones for the longest. lol. I just decided to take a trip down video menory lane.
Damn I miss 94 and the whole 90s actually.
God, I miss the 90s.
Can we please go back to those days?
I miss the music but not much else.
@farstrider79 THE 90s was post-cold war & pre-terrorism. It was a time of peace and prosperity. Also had a great TV shows like Cheers, Seinfeld, Friends, etc. Especially if you liked genre entertainment (fantasy or scifi) that didn’t really exist in the 80s or post-90s
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The harmonizing "Ill take your breath away" is hauntingly beautiful.
Yes!
Yes! I remember that line and the melody. It used to break my heart.
Considering she's an Aquarius, an air sign, that says alot more than people may realize.
Esse aqui agora
It’s so beautiful yet it was based on a stalkers letter which is unnerving
Fall of 94, was 17 years old. 1994. Everything was beautiful
Jason Peter's Truly🥰
Me2, 95 graduate
96 grad here, the 1990s felt so alive and amazing. Maybe it's just nostalgia?
Yes. I was so full of hope and potential back then.
I was 27, bought a house,had parties and watched all night videos on Mtv!
A masterpiece. Even after 5000 times.
This and Estranged are the masterpieces of 1993 💖
You mean 50000000000000000000
Mer too ⁰2000 times
Since 1993
The instrumentals for this song is so mystical and enchanting. Sarah McLachlan, Jewel, Natalie Merchant, Sheryl Crow and the female artists during the 90s didn't make music, they created magic
And compare it to what shit is on the radio today.
I add Shirley Manson (from "Garbage") to that great list. ❤️
Elizabeth Fraser.
@@user-or1ye3iz6d
Dolores from the Cranberries
u forgot...... delores... and alanis....
The fact she used her stalkers words and wrote an absolutely hit song with it is just pure genius.... One of the best the 90s had to offer for sure. God I miss those years. It's a vibe you had to Feel to even begin to understand...... No words.
I miss the 90s but they are a hallucination that became reality. It's all maya an illusion. Oh well whatever. Nevermind.
@@matthewscott5450 what?
Maya is Sanskrit for illusion. Possession of another being is nothing but the great illusion of Maya, fueled by the obsessive desire of control that can be found in energetic forces of the Vedic mythic Rahu (demon or asura).
Actually, she didn't use their words. One of them tried to sue her because the song was inspired by the letters she received from more than one stalker. It didn't turn out too well for him, he committed suicide.
@@TUSK1157 then apparently the stalker got possessed. Karma is a bitch
Sarah McLachlan has such a beautiful voice that she makes a "stalker song " into a Grammy award winning record ! 🎤🎧😎🖤
women fantasize about it all the time so there ya go
@@neinlives9424they fantasize about bears because of dudes like you
@@JoeyMisanthropy bears? big brown unemployed dangerous people who dont stick around to raise their kids? Racist.
Crazy that the stalker sued her for those lyrics, then suddenly he was supposed to be in court but was found dead instead
@abysmalvsmarcus just think he loved her the words were beautiful
For those of you who couldn’t experience music in the 90’s, I am so sorry. It was the greatest decade ever for music.
now we suffer with artists who refuse to enunciate.
@@puddles609 shut up debbie? there's still amazing music you need to understand that you're basing your judgmental views on mainstream music, there's ton more amazing music like angel olsen, fka twigs, marina and the diamonds, declan mckenna etc.
@@desireandfire good heavens, someone is triggered. Now listen to your bands and have a better day.
Hate to argue, but the 70's and 80's BY FAR had the best musicians, No fake drums and synthesized vocals, and best songs. 90's were great tho.
Nope sorry. That award goes to the 80s.
The women of the 90s...still the best
What, you don't like the ones with bullrings menstruating all over the place?
A lot of people had this song as their love song or wedding song without knowing why she wrote it. If you know you know. Damn good song
I heard the stalker took her to court over her using his words. I think it was just his way to see her more.
Yup,agreed
I don’t see a problem with that.
I know people interpret songs differently, a different meaning for a different person. It’s too bad some people use this as a wedding song. That’s why, if I ever get married, I’m using Hallowed Be Thy Name by Iron Maiden.
@@jeffcarri70BTO - “Taking Care Of Business”
I bought this cassette single at Walmart for $1.66 exactly 20 years ago today.
ralphkjb hello,Ralphkjb,so Did I !!!! from terry kropog. in South Louisiana.
I had the whole album on cassette
ralphkjb lol I bought it in 96 me and my girl friends would drown our fun times to her music
😂😂 That's all she's worth
ralphkjb mine was from Best Buy
This whole album meant everything to my 24 year old self when it came out.
I can say the same as a 25 year old. So crazy, so long ago. Memories.
Doesn't it just take you back 😏
Just saw her in concert, everyone stood up for this. ❤
me too! I saw her at Red Rocks and it was epic!
@@JamieKarek wasn’t she absolutely spectacular??
@@julieann4616 words can't begin to describe it. And her voice is still incredible.
How I would fall on my knees.
❤ i would too!
Boy does this take me back. It's dark. It's moody. I sure do miss the 90's
Absolutely. High five!
I miss the 90s so bad myself. I was driving to Boulder in my Buddy's borrowed maroon Cadillac to go skiing with my kids when this song arrived. I bought the CD and listened to it over and over for the whole trip. Particularly remember driving through the corner of New Mexico looking at starry sky. I'm 65 now and still not bored but certainly miss that time in my life. I keep waiting for another tidal wave of life to happen like the 90s.
1993 was the worst year of my life! i lost half of my soul. it was robbed from me...
@@theresaw8525 who took it
OMG me too
I mean, she can sing, eh? I love how she took her stalker's words and turned them back on him. She refused to be bullied. She's made of stronger stuff than that. Haunting song by an incredible singer.
I knew there was something off about a WOMAN saying they would "hold someone down and kiss them so hard" then "wipe away the tears". That was weird to me now I know why
Oh yeah. So effective that her stalker took his life after he heard the song.
Wow! I had no idea. Crazy
@@sirbandit170 After he tried to sue her for an insane copyright infringement claim.
She is a bad ass
Her voice is angelic, her words go right to my soul.
Awww, thank you! Sorry, I was told in high school that my voice sounded like hers and since then I have been singing her songs! Lol
@@edithguzman7277 ???
What a dichotomy having such dark material sung by the voice of an angel
well said,,,
25 year later, Fumbling Towards Ecstasy remains my favorite album of all time
Its definitely my favorite one by her.
Same.
You people make me want to cry with your comments about this song, I got my husband to love it
This is up there for me as well... "yourself or somebody like you" is pretty stiff competition imo... bought this cassette and mb20 at the same time.. both are still amazing to me.
no doubt! agree
This takes me back to a very specific time in the 90s
Yep, I bought the CD back then too. One of my faves!!
Forgive me for being garrulous but today when I was walking through Sears, I heard this song for the first time since I listened to Z100 back in the 5th grade (1994). Somehow, I _completely forgot_ this song existed over the past 20 years, but when I heard it again today I stayed in the store until it was over and then I realized that my breathing had slowed the entire time. Obviously, this song had an tremendous impact on the young me (and I was by no means a "soft" 5th grader; being Hispanic, into hardcore music, and from Brooklyn), since hearing it brought me *right back* to my childhood in such a visceral way.
It's so chilling, so beautiful, and downright _fascinating_ that a great song like this can do that to a man, even after 20 years.
This is the beautiful experience of music.
Corey, you just took me BACK. I spent '94 listening to Z100, usually at night when I was supposed to be sleeping, often recording my fave songs (like this one!) onto mixtapes of randomness. Those mixtapes contain so many feels.
I have always loved this song but forgot about it also. I actually thought about her song Adia and wanted to hear it. I saw this song mentioned as well and was like oh yeahhhh. Good times and good memories. Lol I have also stayed in a store listening to a good song. I don't like when they interrupt it with their in store communications lol.
I grew up to Z100. Man I wish they'd just play music from our childhood again and not current "music", which even kids of today hate.
Ethnicity has nothing to do with appreciating Good Music. Neither does your gender. If it's good...its good. ;-)
Sarah's best song
Crystal it’s my fav by far, and she is way underrated.
This is the first song by Sarah I remember hearing on the radio when I was maybe 12
Hard to disagree with that although she's had so many great songs. My personal favorite is her version of Joni Mitchell's song "River". Check out Sarah's version on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno recorded a few years ago. My favorite.... but Possession is a close 2nd. :)
This & building a mystery, are my faves...
Crystal one of best songs of THE 90s. (....which basically means OF alltime. )
Absolutely one of the top music icons of the 1990s. There were soo many great female vocalists in that decade who were "surfacing" . Sarah is definitely one of the most memorable. Simply stunning 🎶
This song reaches the deepest and darkest emotions of the human spirit and brings it to life!!! Love this song ❤️
+RedoranGuard-SkyrimBattles ❤️
kiss
I love it also, but her version of this on the piano with just her and the piano, awesome.
Raven Drake I definitely agree this song reaches in and touches my soul. I've lived a crazy and scary life this song brings me comfort
Raven Drake
I truly believe Sarah is one of those rare singers whose voice is so ethereal, it floats. Rarely do I hear a vocal so delicate and fragile; it seems to want to float away and leave this mortal coil, of its own volition. But underneath the delicacy is a tense, steely strength; flinty, determined. The vocals are delicate, but the lyrics and musical underpinning are so...ugly, raw, messy, uncomfortable. This juxtaposition of the delicate with the ugly is what makes the song work. And it's a winner.
I'm impressed by your writing style. Captured the artist so perfectly too.
Wow 😳 I like how you can work the words.
What is it with Canadian female vocalists... Alanis Morissette is another, similar to Sarah, with a similar juxtaposition in her voice.
Pinned it 🤍
Add that to her physical beauty, there's nowhere this voice can't take you.
A Goddess with the voice of an Angel.
What ever happened to good, emotion filled, music like this?
Adele, Celine Dion and Ed Sheeran are all we have nowadays..sad.
@@Twistedpeppermint99 they're the only mainstream we have .. there are so many more singers you just like to focus on mainstream and judge this generation
angel olsen fka twigs lana del rey fiona apple taylor swift marina and the diamonds ? adele there's many amazing musicians still out there
It died out.
@@desireandfire Holy shit take taylor swift out of there now!
Whoever played and composed the Bass on this song deserves a nobel prize.
Wow...you must be easily impressed....???
Bass is nice...
Yo bro, I totally agree with you. I remember this song when I use to be in middle school, and the bassline always did a number on me! Happy Thanksgiving bro!
Nobel There is no Nobel prize for music.
Totally agree
You can't replicate this. THIS is elite.
I would love a man to say I want to hold you down and kiss you so hard takes your breath away
Apparently you can replicate this. Sarah stole this song from someone else.
@@davidetienne9404she didn't steal it. You got the letters? You saw what was written or not written? If you don't, then shut the fuck up.
@@davidetienne9404pretty bold claim you're making. Do you have any kind of proof to backup your statement?
@@GTA6VIGameguythey don't, the letters Uwe Vandrei wrote hardly had anything to do with the lyrics, he was mentally unwell and took her lyrics to be an interpretation of his letters. Which even if that were true, that's not theft, it's artistic expression. If you read the letters you'll see it's not copied.
One her BEST songs ever!! Bring music like this back.🎶❤
I am
I had this song on heavy repeat on my CD player back when it was released.
😉
Same
Me too!
I still do all of these years later
1993
Man I miss the 90s n early 2000s!!!! Best of everything!!!!
First heard this beautiful song in Due South many years ago. It made such an impression it never ever left me. It took me ages to find out who did it. What an artist. What talent. Her songs are stunning!
She had several songs in several different episodes of season 1.
Yeah that's where I heard this song, too!!!
Due South introduced me to a lot of great music, including this.
OMG me too! ❤
"I won't be denied" Wow what a voice. Very talented lady.
My Favorite Part Of The Song 🤫
So many of these great 90s songs felt so mystical and New Age-y, especially the ones sung by women. Anyone else make that association?
Yep
There were men who also did it, but fewer of them, and all of them amazing.
People forget that the 90s was a very spiritual time; remember the global obsession with angels???
@@JoeyMisanthropy Can you please give me some songs from male artists with this vibe? I want to make a playlist 🤍
Definitely. 💙
The 247 people who gave this a thumbs down are playing this on repeat and crying alone.
Now 480 as of 1/29/18
Or stalking someone...☹😯😬
Damn, man, that's...
That's Really harsh.
this song reminds me of the movies the Craft and Practical Magic. The female vibration of the 90s was distinct. Nothing like today.
This song used direct phrases from her stalker's love letters. That's the point of the song. He sued her for royalties and killed himself before it went to trial.
He probably couldn't stand to hear her sing the words and have it blasted around the world.
This is, indeed, one of the darkest songs recorded... but not for the reason you think.
Looking past the theme of this song and talking strictly about this sound, I agree with the original post and it reminding of movies like The Craft and Practical Magic. In fact, this song was suggested to me by UA-cam because I was listening to Stormwinds, which is a song by Fairuza Balk who played Nancy in The Craft (btw check out that song. I had no idea until recently she did music!!). I HATE it that this kind of music has fallen out of fashion.
Loreena McKennitt and The Cranberries were excellent too.
tcorbett72
first heard it on the season finale of due south. got me and my gal pal in the mood, and well...
"Another day of knowing of the path I fear to tread"
= the infinite ingenuity of Sarah McLachlan and only Sarah McLachlan
In to this sea of waking dreams, I follow without pride, and nothing stands between us hear and I won't be denied.
I'm glad to say I grew up in the 90's. nothing will ever come close to some of the great music that came out in that decade.
word.
90 were good but, the eighties were something else.
jeff cordova Shoot check out the 80's!
Are you joking, obviously you've not had the foresight to listen to the music of the 60's or 70''s.
Except for the 60s, the 70s, the 80s, the 2000s and today.
Something how she took a negative situation (Stalker) and turned it into a positive ( Beautiful music), Then again that's Sarah would you expect any less?
I think there were actually two stalkers if I remember correctly. You only really hear about the one because he sued her over the lyrics of Possession and then committed suicide.
+Bill B. This song could be about a love lost by stalker,just plain circumstances. Heart knows no boundaries but we are bound by them
Learning the backstory to this song was a major paradigm shift for me.. life is a wild ride
I never knew the backstory either! I always assumed it was an impassioned lovers song and dedicated it to my husband 😟
00 00 hell yah...
This woman has always been pure magic, I feel like she's casting spells with her voice and her lyrics.
I agree
God Spells to remove and
What I love, is that she took something frightening, and turned it into an eternal hit.. That's talent!! Blessed be 💜
I just love this bassline.
a SONG that cutes right through your SOUL ! A pain that tears part of your soul away forever . l
This song makes me melt.... and I'm a big bearded dude!
😂
⛦ I like this song despite the singer being an old hag
As it should.
@@SUGAR_XYLER She's not an old hag in any way. Look up her recent photos and you'll see she's still gorgeous! Which is more than I can say for these plastic bitches that make so much noise in the media and social media!
I know this song because of my dad! Hell yeah.
omg i still love this song as much as i did when i was younger
+Randy M b
Anushka Khoorban I definitely did as kid. radio stations were so worth listening to then. such talent everywhere!
Antoine Miller .meee three !
Anushka Khoorban agreed💗
I pray for the innocents’ that lost their lives before they began in Tuam.
What if Sarah were one of them?
Her God given gift of her ANGELIC VOICE WOULD’VE NEVER BEEN HEARD!
So many people never were heard 😢
I got a ticket to her 30 year anniversary tour this November in Winnipeg, this is a once in a lifetime event for me and I cannot wait to see her perform live!!!
Yes!
30 years. Wow Seems every day I draw closer to the great divide. But yeah, thirty years many worlds have come and gone at seventy I know less than I did it.Twenty five of course my zen instructor say, that's a good thing
Still this my favorite song to this day. When I deployed to Turkey and lived in a tent for 6 months in 1998, I played this album every night as I went to sleep.
Smiles, hi Jen 🌺😊
I feel bad for the younger folks that think she's just the sad dog lady.
Damn skippy!! 😂
Lol
She could be the "sad keyboard player lady" as the song Angel was written about the death by heroin overdose of Smashing Pumpkins keyboard player Jonathan Melvoin.
😂 That was super hilarious!
Omg ur comment is everything 😂😂
September 2022, I'm 46. Still madly in love with this song... Gosh!!!!!
coming from a metal head:-) Sarah kicks ASS!
I definately hear you brother!!! you can't help but like this song it's amazing!! The production is fantastic.
Will Moats you'd probably like the Smile Empty Soul version, too
Using your stalker's love letters in a love song reminds me of using a picture of your bandmate's blown out brains as an album cover. Metal as fvck
same bro, I'm here after the Evans Blue cover of this song
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2:39, that down stare? Kills
This video is directly flawlessly and exemplifies everything that was cool about the medium in its 90s peak: cinema level production quality juxtaposed with distorted footage...plus a cohesive, tight band fronted by a confident, empowered, classy and talented young woman. I grew up in the 90s dreaming of being a music video director and this is one of the rare videos where I wouldn't have changed a single frame myself if I could have. A beautiful piece of work.
It's from an age when they had the money for physical sets, a crane, actual lighting, a crew etc, a budget, but there was enough creative leeway to use Super-8 and deliberately mess with the film stock. And they were willing to spend that money on someone who wasn't an obvious commercial blockbuster.
This is maybe the most 90s video ever made no joke
Has it really been almost 30 years? God damn it, getting old sucks. But this song sure don't.
What memories this song brings back to me! "Memories trapped in time" indeed!! I love her voice, it's hauntingly beautiful ❤️❤️❤️
Wrote many a college papers listening to her when MTV actually played music videos. The entire album is golden.
I miss the 90's
57 here . This song makes me think of a past love .... I hope she's well
This banger was LIT growing up in the 90's. ❤
my mom’s favorite album in college was fumbling through ecstasy, and when sarah did her album anniversary tour at merriweather, we went together. she is magical live. this is my favorite song on the album; there is nobody in the world with a voice like sarah mclachlan
This song is magic on an album that’s a masterpiece!
I can't even count the number of CD copies of 'Fumbling Towards Ecstasy' I have bought over the last 25 years. Lost...stolen...borrowed-not-returned...sun-damaged...somebody sat on it (yep!)...scratched...cracked...stuck in CD player...
It is one of the very few albums I ALWAYS replaced.
"Borrowed not returned"- that's a crime.
@@fromthehaven94 Lol, can't really blame them!
I love this song! I know she said it was a combination of creepy fan mail that created the song but Sarah turned it into something beautiful and artistic.
she turned it into Sanity and forgiveness that s amazing song ...but yes gave it an artistic insight that is Angelic and kind
30 years later, and I still get goosebumps hearing it.
Probably my favorite song from the 1990's, and one of my top 5 favorite albums of that era. When it first came out I used to listen to it over and over while pulling all-nighters at my software company.
The 1990s at it's most brooding, and solemnly beautiful..."TRAPPED IN TIME..."
I'm 35 now but when I used to play Sarah on repeat. Songs like, Adia, Angel, Building a mystery etc. I did this when I was 11 - 15, while playing the Sims, she's so talented and even an 11 year male knew it TY SARAH ##good times
Adele was not around when you were 11
Haunting
......then YOU get it
daniel adrian Yeah, when you know what the song is about, then the lyrics are actually pretty chilling:
And I would be the one
to hold you down
kiss you so hard
I'll take your breath away
And after, I'd wipe away the tears
Just close your eyes, dear.
Good description.
ABQSentinel some fan of hers was obsessed with her and wrote her love letters, I think she was actually being nice to him by writing this, that's why they are the stars they are, they will do something like that but he then wanted the money for the songs, because she used words from his letters, yikes. So he kills himself in remorse for betraying something that beautiful, she writes the guy a song. Incredible story if it's true.
I think the song has other meanings though, genius meanings.
Yes the story is true
"Possession" Sarah McLachlan
Listen as the wind blows
From across the great divide
Voices trapped in yearning
Memories trapped in time
The night is my companion
And solitude my guide
Would I spend forever here
And not be satisfied
Chorus:
And I would be the one
To hold you down
Kiss you so hard
I'll take your breath away
And after I'd, wipe away the tears
Just close your eyes dear
Through this world I've stumbled
So many times betrayed
Trying to find an honest word
To find the truth enslaved
Oh you speak to me in riddles and
You speak to me in rhymes
My body aches to breathe your breath
Your words keep me alive
And I would be the one
To hold you down
Kiss you so hard
I'll take your breath away
And after I'd, wipe away the tears
Just close your eyes, dear
Into this night I wander
It's morning that I dread
Another day of knowing of
The path I fear to tread
Oh, into the sea of waking dreams
I follow without pride
Nothing stands between us here
And I won't be denied
And I would be the one
To hold you down
Kiss you so hard
I'll take your breath away
And after I'd, wipe away the tears
Just close your eyes dear
I'll hold you down
Kiss you so hard
I'll take your breath away
And after I'd wipe away the tears
Just close your eyes
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Sarah Mclachlan
Possession lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Thank you!!
Thank You❤
Thank you 🙏
Thank You 🌹
I would fall asleep to this song an repeat on my cd player. I love it still to this day. This song is a vibe for sure.
Smiles, hi Michelle 🌺😊
Even knowing the meaning to the song, I think it’s one of the sexiest songs I’ve ever heard.
Indeed, and I always thought Sarah McLachlan was sexy!
This song gives me chills and brings me back so vividly to a place!!
I’ve never met you but yet I’m here and there with you in that magical place 😊😊
fell in love with a man who broke my heart this song reminds me of a time when i had my last dance at youth, now the days are cold and i smile and a tear falls hearing this x
She's right up there with the very best female music artists of all time i.e. Annie Lennox, Madonna, Marie Fredriksson, Björk, the Wilson sisters from Heart, Pat Benatar, and a few others.
There is something divine and powerful in her presentation. She is like a goddess of unrequited love, a siren of broken hearts which reconstitute and beat anew to her haunting lyrics.
I've been searching for this song all morning, The only word I could remember is "Kiss". Did you know that out of all of the "Top 100 songs from the 90's" lists that I've poured through all morning, Sarah McLachlan wasn't even listed once, WTF? I never would have found it if I hadn't suddenly remembered the rest "kiss...you so hard, i'll take your breath away". She's totally underrated. why isn't she on the top 90's song lists?
+Admiralty86 yeah bro she really was/is underrated in all of her songs...but if you want the best from her, listen to her album Mirror Ball...about 80% of her songs on that album are exquisite.
Darkskills7 That's also how I felt about Counting Crows album "August & Everything After". 80% of it is incredible.
Believe me you couldn't go anywhere without hearing this album in 1995. Sarah had her extremely well deserved day.
"kisses so hard"
Unfortunately, her 2 biggest international hits were the somewhat forgettable "Adia" and "hear it at every funeral on the planet" song "Angel". The material before and after were superior, but did not catch the mainstream ear. Honestly, my area has a radio station that still plays "Sweet Surrender" once a day... and it didn't even crack the Top 20. I never hear the other two.
Still love this song as much now as when it came out ❤
I miss music like this! Hauntingly beautiful
I use to listen to her for sleeping as well as Evanescence for a good sleep and interesting dreamscape.
i honestly dont care why she wrote it. This song empowered me and im thanful for the strength i harnessed from it. i listen to it whenever i need a power surge. and it does the job perfectly! 😉
Never knew the backstory to this song. Brilliant! Creepy, too!
This is her finest song.
Man! That is some cool music!
Love this song.
This and Estranged are 2 masterpieces from 1993 💖💖💖
She even plays the organ wonderfully.
f' really tho
The 90,,s rule period best decade of experience and being a young adult how I truly appreciated those days I f being a part of it all cheers to all of you out there keep dreaming and reaching for better ways to just enjoy life while you are young 😞😭.
Thank you Due South for bringing Sarah McLachlan into my life. This is probably one of the best songs ever written and performed. Love both this version and the piano one.
Finally Someone Telling The Truth About Where They First Heard This Song From The TV Series "Due South" from South Louisiana.
To me this was her best song. Me and my wife both have a cigarette after hearing this song and she doesn't even smoke. A great love making song. ❤👍🙂🦚😜🧨🐣
As sultry as a hot bath on cold night. * Let's give credit as well to the band, backup singer, and those who made the set, and did the recording and editing. Bravo!
Inside and out she is one of the single most beautiful human beings who ever existed. This song it's just pouring out of her soul
This whole album musical , lyrical , vocal perfection!
I still think of the Victoria's Secret episodes of Due South. It has that lost, melancholy sound. Great music.
I love her backup singers voice. They blend together so effortlessly. I wonder who she is, if she performs on her own.
I think the backup vocals are her. A separate recording of her voice played at the same time. Truly beautiful
That’s Camille Henderson
@@andrewpmalethank you!
They don't make music like this anymore. Some ethereal and magical quality that modern songs fail to capture.
quite possibly the best song she ever wrote
her stalker wrote it
Sarah once said she never needed drugs only singing on stage. Her songs put me into sober transcendence. 🎼❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
The first time I heard this-Summer of '94-It was the most amazing song I had ever heard. I was almost afraid to hear it again, afraid that with so much time elapsed, it wouldn't retain that power. It still gives me goosebumps.
Yes! I had just been to the Pink Floyd concert, Division Bell, and this song played on the radio! I literally forgot how great the Pink Floyd concert was!
I don’t have the words to how good this song and album is …
Back again after so many year not listening this song.
Man
I remember when she opened up with this song on the first LF tour....
I rushed the stage through a sea of 30,000 people from the lawn.
I had a camera, got a shot, an I'll never forget that moment in time. Thank you
I love the dark vibe to this song
Due south made me first listen to this song I've been a fan ever since. So beautiful thank you Sarah
I first heard this song in Due South. And it got me hooked on Sarah.
Hecatedevotee2009 me too. I recently rewatched the entire series. A great show and song.
I LOVED that show. Gawd I miss good tv like that and songs like this.
Me too! Takes me right back to the 90s.