Dar Williams - "Closer to Me"

[xolki]

beautiful voice and great lyriks.

[artziegirl]

beautiful.

[jsnjust]

Dar Williams, without a doubt, speaks to me in all her work.

[oilersgirl3]

This song reminds me of Laguna Beach <3

[BobbiV13]

Song always gives me goosebumps.

[VadikKMV]

@BobbiV13 Me too

[kennethwiccan13]

wow that is all i can say

[BigMoe96]

"All that's left to chart is nothing less than your own heart"................What clever hooks and loops in this song. She is an amazing artist from song to song.

[candymandy224]

i love this song! apart from mercy of the fallen, this is my favorite song from beauty of the rain. dar williams forever!

[Norogoth]

Dar Williams is mega dope.

[ruellan2003]

DAR is awesome !

[KATLINRIMER08]

simply beautiful

[bowsy1]

Class!!!!!

[luvs2shop1121]

what is this song about?? pleasssseee answer b/c  i love this song

[MountainOfMoses]

@luvs2shop1121 The major theme is knowing and being who you are, and thus gaining the ability to be truly close with another person. The song relates how life (television, relationships, where we live etc.) keeps one from self-discovery. The only way the subject can be 'closer to me' (I would guess both companionship and emotional maturity are implied) is through leaving behind what interferes. This is only a beginning to understanding the song, as it is too complicated for a 450 char post.

[BobAcoustic]

This might've been the closest she ever came to having a mainstream hit.

This song was played for a while on the P.A. in the Atlantic City casino I work at.

[artbysteverozic]

I love to close my eyes and listen to this song!!!

[Kialei]

I agree with Ducky21808, I wish there were more songs like this one. Just lovely and inspiring! More like this one please!

[rosesredvioletsblue]

Very nice video - love the images and great song. Excellent. thank you.

[aprils1957]

Love your music video,, Nicely done. Love Dar always will.

[artziegirl]

ah! love thiss ong!!

[ArkadyRenkovich]

Yep.

"Typical situation in these typical times.

Too many choices."

Bottom Line, pretty funny, if you ask me. Bet Dar has had a good laugh over it.

Axe commercial tune? I gotta look that one up. Sounds nice.

Stay cool as you are. Later.

[ducky21808]

I learned about Dar Williams through Bela Fleck on the apple store and fell in love with this song, But as I reserched more of her songs none of them match up to this one and I don't understand how this is such a great song. I just wish there were more like it

[DaMunchkinhead]

Nice song, interesting vid..

[herbigraph]

omg you two just chill!

[OEFarredondo]

seriously smoke a joint you two

[ArkadyRenkovich]

LOL!

That's the only good comment in the last six or so. Why do these people get into catfights like this?

Great song. Lots of meaning. Hey, guys, stop arguing over Flagstaff and look at the better meaning.  .

[OEFarredondo]

IDK but what a song to flame on right? i just stumbled on this song thinking it was the Axe commercial song. And i got a big pissing contest instead... on this song. Hardcore people eh?

[damniknow]

i love that song...and in laguna beach the scene with it makes me cry...its such a great song..aghh!

[Rabbitroot]

I have now become a huge fan of Dar thanks to you.

[frostbittenkiss]

Good video, but that was *definitely* not Laramie. :P

- University of Wyoming Student

[greenbandit07]

And apparently they did not know that "Flagstaff" was a city...

[SonofVonnegut]

Picky, picky, picky.

I'll bet none of you have a steady date, much less a marriage. Grow up.

It's a beautiful song, and beautifully rendered here.

Sheesh. Morons.

[greenbandit07]

Wow. That was needlessly personal. And incorrect. I happen to live in Flagstaff, so it stood out. And neither one of us said anything rude about the song itself.

[SonofVonnegut]

Nevertheless.

Picky, picky, picky.

Que no?

[frostbittenkiss]

Wow... I don't know, I would think that a person who gets so upset over a random youtube comment might actually be the one with the issues.

[SonofVonnegut]

Don't think so. That someone would be rude enough to mention the town of Flagstaff as opposed to a flagpole? Yes, maybe.

Don't you think that comment was a little rude in the first place?

Haven't you ever heard of artist's license, and while it may have been a bit misapplied in this instance, it still stands?

Moron. It's a beautiful video, and my comment still stands.

[greenbandit07]

So pointing out that my hometown is a town, and not an object, is somehow rude? No one ever said the video isn't beautiful.

[undergroundblu]

You are amazingly dumb.

[SonofVonnegut]

And you are amazingly illiterate.

[undergroundblu]

Yes, im illiterate for telling someone there dumb.

You're ignorant?

[SonofVonnegut]

Hilarious response. 'Issues?' Congress has issues. You have problems with someone slighting your very fine little town in an amateur video.

Get over it.

Moron.

[emgaff89]

love it! heard it on laguna beach! took me ages to find.. amazing song!

[dareme08]

feeeeeelin this!!!

[boomac62]

Dar is never going to be a huge "star"...thats the fate of most gifted singer/songwriters and esp. if their CD's wind up in the folk bin but Dar is amazing and for those of us who have enjoyed her for more than a decade she is a giant. Peace

[docsuzy]

Really nice video of a wonderful Dar song.

[allgreatmusic]

Thanks!

[KellyAKoehler]

Thank you for posting this! I first discovered Dar way back at Lilith Fair...I completely agree she is an unsung hero of musical talent :)

[ratski237]

Dar is one of the great genius' of our times. I am amazed that she is not more widely known.

[allgreatmusic]

so true

[Teabagonyou]

damnit i love this damn song i searched for it too! Heard it before but i had to find it this time took me hours damnit!

[c2good2btru115]

i just heard this on the hills laurens look back=DDD

[plumbjar1]

ME TOO!! And then I googled it to see who it was. :)

[diana007]

wow, this is so stupid

but i heard it too lol

[tHatSxLiFe33]

i didn't know dar was so famous lol ive always been a fan...who knew they would've played it on the hills.

[warbestweekjina]

me too glam i found it..

[merrymary]

HAHA me too !

[needncash]

This woman is fantastic. I was on Playlist looking for Roger Waters singing Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd and ran across Dar Williams singing her version. OMG! Very few can improve on a song such as that and yet she did it so beautifully. She has a new fan here.

[juanitalgilmore]

Dar Williams is brilliant! Her songs touch a place in my soul.

[tHatSxLiFe33]

ik all her songs are great

[hara976]

Fantastic!!!!!!

[thorneydayna]

But HE isn't Mr. Williams, so you can let that go. She doesn't mind either way.

--biggest Dar fan on the planet

[Rothko50]

Dar Williams is just incredibly good. She's the best alternative country artist I have learned of since Patty Griffin...and I gather that she has been around for longer.

Now, please do a video illustration of 'What Do You Hear in These Sounds?' or I will myself...and I'm afraid that it wouldn't be nearly as good.

[smile]

[allgreatmusic]

I love that song! Ill try to get around to it, I'm in the middle of another request for a New Model Army song called "Ballad." After, when I get a chance, I'll try to do that song.

[Rothko50]

New Model Army...

I served in Vietnam when we were getting out, with 3/1st Cavalry, 1971-72. Attached in support.

The Army is just the Army. Helicopters, HUD, starvision, still just boots on the ground.

Do well. I have no doubt your next will be as well done as this.

[sodium114]

Never heard of Ms. Williams before. This is fantastic. A great great talent.

[allgreatmusic]

sorry the pictures are somewhat out of sync. When I uploaded it, it was somehow messed up. The file on my computer is fine...

[macychick]

Very nice.

[bigwallypants]

Excellent