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BONUS: Bryan Adams & Sarah McLachlan

Well I’m back with one last installment for the fabulous Canadian musicians series: a duet song by two of the artists we featured previously: Bryan Adams and Sarah McLachlan.

Truth is, I’ve been playing lots of Bryan Adams songs lately ever since I wrote about him. I couldn’t get enough so I went looking for more material and I stumbled by this soundtrack he composed for the animated film that was released in 2002 called: Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron.

So I went ahead and watched the movie. It’s a pretty decent one that I highly recommend because it’s one of those few movies that (as a reviewer puts it):

In a time when Hollywood is making money by showing our weaknesses, despair, crime, drugs, and war, along comes this film which reminds us the concept of the "Indomitable Spirit". If you are feeling beaten down, this movie will free your mind and set you soaring. We all know how tough life can be, sometime we need to be reminded that persistence and courage will get us through. That’s what this film did for me and I hope it will for you.

Honestly, for me, the soundtrack is also what made this movie even more entertaining. Bryan Adams did an amazing job writing the songs of the movie along with Hans Zimmer. The song I’m featuring today was played in the ending credits along with Bryan’s famous Here I Am. It features background vocals of Sarah McLachlan, who also does a wonderful job of giving the song a much-needed feminine touch.

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Day 4: Sarah McLachlan

If you love large, you’ve got to hurt large. If you’ve got a lot of light, you’ve probably got an equal amount of darkness.

We’re on our fourth day of fabulous Canadian musicians week. I’ve already featured fabulous songs from Michael Bublé, Avril Lavigne and Chantal Kreviazuk. If you’ve missed any of them, go check them out right away!

Today’s featured musician, Sarah McLachlan, needs no formal introduction, because she’s one of the world’s most popular and influential female musicians. She is best known for founding the concert tour that ran from 1997 to 1999 under the name of Lilith Fair, featuring a lot of female musicians. At each Lilith Fair venue, one dollar for each ticket sold was given to a women’s charity in that community.

Sarah’s most notable musicial quality is the emotional sound of her ballads. If you’ve listened to any of her bigger hits, like Angel or Fallen, then you would immediately recognize this very aspect which gained her a massive appeal worldwide.

To illustrate this, today’s featured song is by far the most touching love song I’ve heard in my entire life! I’m not exaggerating that by a single bit! You’ve got to listen to this song to really feel the love that flows through the wonderful lyrics, sung with an ambient, soft voice. If this one doesn’t get you, no other love song will!

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