Vocal Coach reacts to Sarah McLachlan - Fear

[@BethRoars]

Interested to hear what I sound like? I have just realised my first cover on Spotify. Let me know what you think! open.spotify.com/track/6qfvKbg6ukHJOGykx2MARB?si=8a2fa85792b14d15

[@amirjansafdary87]

Please react to Aryana Sayeed new songs and please react because it's my first time that I want something from you beautiful girl 👧 😘😘

[@TheWaynos73]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6G7qYejp9Zrf6c This one is an amazing performance of one of her lesser known songs

[@SLEEPTHIEFofficial]

Always been my favorite song of hers. I was blown away when I first heard it--those high notes are stunning. There is something very Celtic about this song and how she sings it.

[@KYCCCGuy]

I've had the pleasure of hearing this song live in person twice (once from about this video's era and once more recently). At concert volume, with concert adrenaline, being part of the total live experience...this song is hands down the most powerful vocal performance I've ever experienced. You literally are holding your breath throughout that entire high range run which just keeps building and building and building. In person live, it's not just a song it is an amazing experience. Seriously, this one song alone is worth the price of a ticket to a Sarah McLachlan concert.

[@krystleboss8573]

Agreed. She also sang ‘Silence’ on the UK leg of this tour (I saw it in San Jose, USA & in Manchester, UK) & it was out of this world.

[@razrv3lc]

Same! I saw her in 2016ish during her most recent album's tour and this song was the highlight of the show. I never really even paid attention to this song prior to that show because the album version is so different from how she does it live.

[@prowl06]

@@krystleboss8573I have tickets to see her in Canada, though the concert needs to be rescheduled. I’m desperate to hear her do Silence live.!!

[@chrischan5478]

Ever since she added the piano section an octave lower to start the song, Fear is her best song to hear live. The sudden octave change has an incredible affect on the song and the audience. Sarah will always be one of a kind and Fumbling Towards Ecstasy is still a masterpiece to this day.

[@goodpainlive]

Saw her last night. Never missed a beat. She played this song and killed it.

[@yurintroubl]

If you are referring to the Dallas show - I was there as well and TOTALLY agree. Chiiiiillllllllllllllllllsssssssssssss

[@HG-wo5bt]

Same! I cried through the whole concert. fumbling was the most significant album of my teenage years and is still my all time favorite. She’s flawless

[@amandas2639]

I saw her in June (honestly one of the most amazing nights of my life) and she *almost* didn't make it through the very end of the song. I attended the rehearsal and she said then that she'd been trying to save her voice because it was starting to give out after so many concerts recently. But you know what? She sounded AMAZING that night and knocked this one out of the park. What I'll always remember though is that at the very end, she started getting raspy and was visibly struggling. Like, you could *see* her willing herself through it. One of her guitarists was watching her with a concerned look on his face. The final couple notes or so her voice finally gave out, but it was honestly such the perfect ending to such a powerful performance. The whole venue was on its feet cheering, partly because of how great it was, partly, I think, to show support, and partly to give her time to recover. She drank her tea and took a breather, and the show went on after a minute or two. It was *perfect.*

[@alexthorpe6583]

I’d never heard this particular version of the song before, but this took me back 30 years, to when I was rather obsessed with her. Her voice is still something special.

[@mariecartwright3501]

I went to her concert in July. I cried the entire time. It was so emotionally amazing to me. I was enthralled!

[@ThePersistentRumor]

She has an ethereal quality to her voice that is amazing and beautiful. One of my favorite female singers.

[@eboethrasher]

I think she's got some definite Enya/Cocteau Twins influence.

[@Grungefan2018]

The 90’s were an amazing time for woman singers. Like unmatchable amazing soulful Singers . Sarah, Jewel, Alanis and Sinead. Wow… we were so lucky and just assumed it would keep going.

[@eboethrasher]

Sarah's backup singers live also have always been really well matched to her voice. I know in Mirrorball and in the Fumbling Towards Ecstasy tour live DVD she used the same singer (Camille Henderson) because of how well matched their voices are. Uncertain of why she started using someone different by this tour, but this singer sounds good, too.

[@wvu05]

I honestly wondered if it had something to do with the divorce.

[@krystleboss8573]

@@wvu05 She wasn’t divorced at the Afterglow tour which is what this is from.

[@wvu05]

@@krystleboss8573 Oh, okay. I thought it was a little later, in part because Camille Henderson performed on the record, but not the next one.

[@amandabeaty1492]

I can't remember but I think Melissa McClelland was singing for her here. She's in a band called Whitehorse with her husband and long time guitar player for Sarah, Luc Ducet.

[@krystleboss8573]

@@amandabeaty1492 Her main backing singer for the Afterglow tour was Kathryn Rose but I don’t know whether she had several?

[@auralfixxation6702]

All of these years later, I still follow her. Her voice is just haunting.

[@mikeferris408]

Her AFTERGLOW ALBUM... CD IS A MASTER PIECE OF MUSIC!

[@whiteeulogianraven7995]

Listening to Sarah without sharing a tear is almost impossible. Building a Mystery, brings me so much memories.

[@myriamcroteau7006]

I recently started singing lessons for the first time in my life (I've sung for myself all my life, but I never had the money to take classes to learn techniques up until now) and I said to my teacher that I absolutely loved this song but that some of the notes were too high for me and it made me sad because I couldn't sing it. He had heard me sing for about 2 or 3 classes at this point and he just told me "I don't believe you" and he taught me what I needed (mostly WAY more support) to achieve it and now I can!!! I kind of surprised myself!! This song is so intense and it's impossible to sing the high notes if you don't sing them loudly, strongly. I sang to my partner and he had tears in his eyes just because of the power of the vibrations this song demands. It was a beautiful moment.🥰

[@kestrelhill]

I'm a low alto, and I enjoy singing harmony on the high parts - but about 2 octaves down 😂

[@pauljohnson271]

F*cking amazing

[@carolmartin4413]

Each generation seems to produce a handful of extraordinary female voices...in the 90's forward it was Sarah McLachlan+...that she is a superb songwriter besides is a bonus.

[@toriboy25]

Alanis, Tori and Fiona as well. ETA oh and Delores. Hell there were many great female voice in the 90's

[@carolmartin4413]

​@toriboy25 your point is well made. There are many great female singers. I just particularly appreciate her songwriting...beautiful songs.

[@eboethrasher]

She has to have had influence from Cocteau Twins' Elizabeth Fraser. Musically she has influence from them and The Cure and other alternative 80s bands in the way her music sounds.

[@jladams61]

Before I watch your reaction I just have to say every time I watch Sarah's Afterglow concert video this song is the first one I watch and listen to. It is so incredible how she hits and holds that high note.

[@KBosch-xp2ut]

Sarah is a Canadian treasure.

[@razrv3lc]

What's amazing is that she has been doing this song with this exact arrangement for decades now. She did this one in like 2003ish, I saw her do it live in 2016 exactly like this, and people here are saying she's still doing in the last like 3 months. That is 20 years straight of singing it exactly like this.

[@frankswarbrick7562]

One of her best songs. And she has a lot of great songs! That piano opening with the lower vocal register threw me, because the studio version is entirely (?) in the upper register. I thought she might have lost a lot of her range. But she did not! Absolutely amazing.

[@TheWaynos73]

I think she starts it low for that impact moment. Great showmanship.

[@richard-mtl]

I thought the same thing! She fooled us all.

[@johnhess9070]

​@@TheWaynos73the range this woman has is incredible. a lot singers with high ranges lose it in the lower register but not her. then you add in her purposeful voice breaks and you got just an incredible singer.

[@DavidBrianPaley]

Thanks for the Sarah Mac morning Beth.

[@BethRoars]

Thank you!!

[@johnhmaloney]

Great reaction and analysis. Those high harmonies are really an iconic part of Sarah McLachlan's sound and a big part of what makes her sound like her. Als, I loved the theremin at the end.

[@callitags]

She's doing it the whole FTE album on tour this year. This song is still stunning live.

[@nat_the_gymrat1975]

Witnessed this song live last Sunday in Houston. Made me want to cry.

[@phil-nt4yz]

she puts me in a calm mood. Listen to while playing online games.

[@carebearnc]

Absolutely love this song.. if you can find the version she did for under a blackened sky it was done years before this. That note she hits is higher and probably the best version, it will blow you away! 😍

[@chicken2jail545]

My favorite song by Sarah! She is just fantastic.

[@michaelmclaughlin6376]

Mine too!

[@alvrgnzl]

I love this woman...sarah is wonderful....regards from Chile

[@26deadzombiesdude]

Camille backing Sarah on "Ice" live on mirrorball is the most beautiful sound ever recorded!

[@aaronsensei7637]

Sarah is an amazing incredible story teller through song and how she captures feeling and beings you on a journey is exactly what good music should be.

[@dlibby4979]

I always played this song to everyone and said listen to how high she goes and controls it- its amazing.!

[@jpsabbey]

I think you would absolutely love Sarah and Santana "Angel" live. Admiration from Australia ❤

[@oscararzate7956]

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[@toriboy25]

I was lucky enough to see her live in 2014 and her performance of this song BLEW me away! Check out her and her daughter singing Angel. Yes it was recorded in their living room (during the pandemic) but her daughter has a good voice!

[@Raindrgn]

Oh, I LOVE this song! I bought the single when it came out. Thank you!

[@BethRoars]

No problem! Thanks for watching!

[@alaindubeau3243]

My absolute favourite song of hers.

[@banehog]

It's a shame there is such terrible distortion on her voice, her live recordings are always mixed to perfection. Her Mirrorball live DVD changed my life. Not sure what happened to this one.

[@Alec_Collins78]

I'm glad you heard it. I thought it was just my dodgy left ear.

[@KBosch-xp2ut]

Yeah, agree. I have this concert on DVD and don’t remember it being like that…. something happened on the upload to KZbin, I’m guessing.

[@aerius30]

@@KBosch-xp2ut Yup. I was at the concert where the DVD was recorded, it sounded just fine, same with the DVD. Something got mangled in the conversion/upload process.

[@eboethrasher]

The whole recording is distorted for some reason.

[@Jordan-qu8lx]

If anybody is interested in hearing a better version of the recording there is another good quality one that has been uploaded

[@dlee7631]

makes me yearn for the 90s... life was so much better back then.

[@davidemm829]

You are an amazing interpreter ty

[@Teresaisall]

Sarah has one of the best voices in the world along with Celine and KD lang.

[@michellecd4722]

I once painted a therapeutic abstract piece on canvas from this song on repeat as I sang it, and I then sold it at a yard sale to a teenager. Wish I had at least took a photo of it first.

[@TimGibson-qp8tn]

Like the analysis, Beth. It's one thing to have that kind of tremendous range but it's another to know how to use it the right way. Pretty spectacular.

[@kathowed]

Thank you, Beth. I had to the good fortune to see Sarah perform here in Melbourne a few years back and was totally blown away! Like so much good music, there's a whole other level of resonance when you're physically present. (FYI: the clip's audio sounded a bit distorted, like it was maxing out here and there.)

[@ScottPiotrowski-x4p]

She’s amazing

[@musicisajourney]

I’m so used to the old studio version. I was almost disappointed at first until the high notes came in.

[@michaelmclaughlin6376]

Haha, me too! I saw her in Toronto many hears ago and she started this song, my FAVORITE song of hers, and she started in the lower range, and I thought, "No way!!!!" but then she left the piano and did the high notes and the audience totally flipped out.

[@dy1497]

did you see her at this concert in Toronto? I was at this one live in 2004 Molson amplitheatre! Saw her at Lilith Fair and Mirrorball concert. @@michaelmclaughlin6376

[@davidemm829]

She is amazing

[@srudine]

Such a beautiful voice. I would love you to react to her singing Sweet Surrender. It's one of my favorites. I would love for you to make a cover of it!

[@Leopard_Lover]

I LOVE THIS SONG SO MUCH !! Thanks you queens ❤

[@TheWaynos73]

Check out Fumbling Towards Ecstacy from Mirrorball! That performance is killer.

[@TheFleahost]

Angelic voice.

[@cheribarkman1784]

Love her.

[@aprild9577]

One of my favorite songs of hers. Glad you got to hear it. I prefer the mirrorball version but this one is good too

[@iutchube]

"I've got four octaves range. Peep" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂. She can really sing up there.

[@mikeferris408]

Right into TRAIN WRECK! I HAVE THIS LIVE DVD 😊

[@christhornycroft3686]

I think I remember Sarah McLauchlan best for I Will Remember You. It was big in the mid 90s. For more 90s Canadian content, check out Elton John’s favourite Canadian singer (no joke) Amanda Marshall. She’s very soulful. Almost like a Canadian Janis Joplin. If I Didn’t Have You, Let It Rain, Fall From Grace and Believe In You, among others, are terrific, under-appreciated songs.

[@mikeconway9849]

Great reaction Beth! She is such a great singer with a beautiful voice. I'br always enjoyed her songs. Have you ever listened to Alison Krauss? I think you would find her voice very enjoyable also.

[@BethRoars]

Thank you so much for your kind words! I agree, she is a great singer with a beautiful voice. I’m glad you enjoyed her songs as much as I did. I appreciate your support and feedback. Have a wonderful day!

[@auralfixxation6702]

Actually for a warm, more happy sounding song from her, check out "The Sound That Love Makes". You'll be humming it the rest of the day.

[@jcslzr]

please react to this same concert but with the song "possession" Sarah is wonderful... Beth te amo!!!

[@helisoma]

Beth I've followed Sarah from the beginning of her career and to me it seems she follows the Celtic tradition which was popular at that time with Clannad, Enya, etc but she took it into a more sultry pop thoughtful direction...

[@akagalar1]

I have seen her live many times and I noticed something interesting about this song. On her album FTE she sings this song entirely in her higher register. When she started touring for the album, she would also sing this song just like the album. Then in later tours she sang the song entirely in a lower register, like the first half of this version you react to. Eventually she mixed the two versions and seems to have settled with this one, which in my opinion, is the best version.

[@Nebulasmoke]

Beth you're astonishing🙂

[@coinneachmaclellan3121]

A multi-talented Canadian from Nova Scotia for whom "it's not what you've got but what you do with what you've got", someone who knows the difference between a "minefield" and a 'mindfield'.

[@martinamcgrath]

I would absolutely love to hear you react to Chinchilla, the live version of Fingers 🤞🤞🤞

[@caseyphudson]

The crazy thing about this song is that she is singing in the range where only dogs can hear, and yet, her backing singers are singing even higher.

[@kelson63100]

Kudos to her backup singers!!!

[@lao_mengrai]

Hello, just wondering if you'd do a video on Melody Thornton (tried searching but didn't find under videos). Sorry to barge in like this, thank you! 😅

[@DaveWhoa]

would love you to react to "Fallen" or "Building A Mystery" ♥

[@johnsummers9660]

The Rabbit in the Moon remix is sick af.

[@Hereticalable]

You should do "possession' from the same concert if you haven't reviewed that one already.

[@catherineday951]

Would still love to see you react to kd Lang. (Hallelujah 2010 winter Olympics, MTV unplugged cover of Crying...so many more...)

[@ritchmoore1442]

❤

[@Haeze]

Is it the original Sarah McLachlan video, or your input of the mix from the video that is clipping so bad ?

[@Haeze]

I just found the original on KZbin... Yeah, it is the source video that was encoded with too much gain.

[@caseyphudson]

I love your red hair. I don't know how you can just miss a couple of octaves, though. She is getting really high up there.

[@dwt5309]

I have a suggestion. Please react to "Sleep Token - Bloodsport (live from the room below)". The vocalist's singing style is really unique.

[@jacoblindeman8564]

You should react to possession by her

[@ErnestDuran-tx9lr]

One yummy ❤️ wild salmon ❤️

[@caseyphudson]

You are obviously wrong about her range, as this song clearly demonstrates. She starts really low, and then jumps up into the dog whistle range. At least 4 octaves.

[@caseyphudson]

You can clearly hear that her backup singers cannot sing as high as she does.

[@omicron2018]

1:49 "You don't need to have excessive range to be able to sing something that is really, really . . . that touches people." Wait for it.

[@clars7146]

🤠🇨🇦

[@LTG22]

listen to her and Paula Cole singing elsewhere :)

[@megalith-shock]

Please reacts to Japanese famous beatboxer SHOW-GO "If We're Together"

[@officialWWM]

There’s so much distortion on her vocal, I don’t know how you can hear anything ¡

[@Andrewsmanbag]

You should react to “Hanson” live. They are so underrated, everyone thinks of Mmmbop when they think of Hanson but people don’t realise how talented they are, their voices, harmonies, and playing their own instruments… hope you check them out.

[@shadowmoon1657]

It’s actually “McLachlan”

[@esaedvik]

I was going to comment on the audio quality, but noticed yours was fine and checked the original video and it's horrible on that :D

[@kajlennartsson4234]

Hello Beth. I would like to have you as a neighbor. Everytime we have a barbecue. Can we ask you to sing. ❤❤

[@Fawkes1978]

Hello, could you also look at Paris Paloma's Labour. I do not think that song is getting the attention that it deserves in the reaction channels. Thank you

[@The_Story_Channel]

Sarah McLachlan is awsome, the audio quality of this video not so much.

[@jhaycielo6899]

I have a suggestion. please react to gigi de lana cover Unholy by Sam Smith

[@sgtswede]

Patreon and Beth... WHY not Ren - Hi Ren yet.. ??!?!?!?! come on!!! get on it

[@BethRoars]

Don’t worry! It’s on its way soon!

[@donsnover2585]

Love Sarah's voice but this song was not one of my favorites and I think it's because as you said she starts off singing closed off and I want to hear her voice ring out like I know she can.

[@caseyphudson]

You are wrong about her range. She goes up there. You cannot even hear her at times.

[@s.keikhosro_5555]

I like u

[@Mslavender1982]

It didn’t look like you were a huge fan of this song. Neither am I. I was never a huge Sarah mclachan.

[@BethRoars]

I actually really love Sarah McLachlan! Especially Angel!

[@Lwize]

Not the best performance of this song. "Fear" live was done far better in 1994.

[@zxborg9681]

I totally get why youse guys vocal coaches like to look at live performances. But gotta say, this one was underwhelming. Sometimes the OG recording is the pinnacle, even if all her stuff is flaming emo chick music.