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The artistry of Sarah McLachlan in the world of music videos
It is impossible to watch Sarah McLachlan's videos from the 1989-1994 period of her career and not think of them as being artistic rather than commercial. It is also impossible not to be intrigued by the perceived cultural differences that justify the differences in the Canadian and U.S. versions of "Vox" and "Possession." But then, McLachlan has always been interested in different recording different versions of her songs; therefore we should not be surprised that this creativity extends to her music videos as well. This is Sarah McLachlan before she became the grand diva of Lilith Fair (the really short hair early on is a big give away). The videos themselves are an interesting mix of styles. "Steaming" is done in sort of a big band setting that does not work but while the Black & white "Ben's Song," with Sarah at the piano accompanied by a bass player has a simple elegance, evocative of Lennon's "Imagine." "Path of Thorns (Terms)" intercuts two dancers with two sets of shots of Sarah signing, including one in which she is nude, not to be confused with "Into the Fire" where, ironically, she is covered in blue mud and washes it off. Far and away the two best videos are artistically similar. Both the U.S. version of "Vox" and "Drawn to the Rhythm" are letterboxed in black & white, with constant camera movement and changing imagery. My personal preference is for the latter, with the objects on the shore against the backdrop of crashing waves. By the time you get to the songs from her hit album "Fumbling Towards Ecstasy," there is a definite shift in the artistic direction. The Canadian version of "Possession" and the "Hold On" videos are quite similar, both using lots of oranges, reds and yellows, both altering shots of Sarah singing with images reminiscent of R.E.M.'s "Losing My Religion," and both seeming to miss the meaning of the lyrics of the songs they are trying to represent. Obviously this video collection is for the Sarah McLachlan devotee and one of the nice things is that except for clips from her enhanced CDs, the vast majority of these videos will be completely new experiences. Certainly this makes a nice companion volume to the "Fumbling Towards Ecstasy" concert video.

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Okay For Sarah Freaks
I like this video, but the videos from 'Touch' are just awful, as is the Canadian version of 'Possession'. I really LOVED the video to 'Drawn to the Rhythm'. It was such a beautiful video!

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This video has excellent music and visuals and flows nicely.
This is a superb, and I mean superb, video compilation by my favorite female singer/songwriter of all time, Sarah Mclachlan. The music is incredible and the visuals are incredible as well. Although it is not in DVD format, the visuals and sound are still breathtakingly beautiful, from the beautiful scenery of "Vox", both versions, to the exceptional artistry of "Possession", also BOTH versions! All the videos of Sarah's on this collection are so wonderful that you'll cherish this video collection for as long as you live! I definitely will! Personally, I prefer the VHS format to the DVD format. I just think that the quality of DVD is not substantially greater than that of VHS, as a whole. The sound may be CD quality, but the visuals, I truly feel, are as good as, or even worse, than that of VHS. When I say this, I do NOT speak of the Sarah Mclachlan DVD compilation. I am just referring to the DVD format as itself. This superb video flows very smoothly as well. All hail and praise to Sarah Mclachlan, with possibly her greatest video accomplishment ever, and possibly that will ever be!!