Dar Williams - "What Do You Hear In These Sounds"

[strangeaslife]

I *want* to like her music, but somehow... i just can't. I just don't. Sorry, Dar. I know you've touched a lot of people, a lot of people I care about... but not my cup of tea. Best..

[ndpatd]

Dar is my favorite singer!

[KGS1188]

I think this is the most positive song about therapy I've ever heard.  "But oh how I loved everybody else, when I finally got to talk so much about myself." So true.

[lulubells4her]

i love her

[kermsroomy]

They're all excellent. Check out Beth Nielsen Chapman. I've been a fan of hers for 30 years.

[theHenrines]

Great Writing! love u and your Collings too!

[Big5XL]

I had read the book SYBIL when I worked at the Pantheon Theatre in 1977 and I had the notion that going to the psychologist you were supposed to tell her about your troubled past. I also went through child abuse from my dad, abuse in the army and of course MSU in 1984-1986.

[OgreVI]

Best songwriter working today, no exceptions.

[macychick]

20 years ago today "the wall came down and there they stood before me"

[dag4227]

thats my cousin! shes amazing.

[mzungumkali]

Beautiful work! So much insight, heart and soul!

[BestResponseTeam]

what you think i'm angry DOES THAT MEAN YOU THINK I'M ANGRY!!!!! lol LOV YOU DAR!!

[goldenlarry]

farts?

[brimanmarisonwarn]

love her hair in this one,shes always amazing thou(=

[2IrishSonsOBitches]

ur are jus amazing never stop

[NicoleDurrose]

i totally love this song!

[prowlermadmax]

Dar, boy your music has change since i last heard your older songs, but i do love your new style of music, your voice is still is beautifull as ever...

[brightorb]

Dynamic white light of love. Dar is gorgeous.

[heddalee]

dar williams music has the wrong cd listed. oh well, she's timeless.

[Nancoman]

Only someone as charismatic as Dar could pull off a song about therapy. It flies in the face of the music industry! I really hold this song dear.

[jasjohn128]

Outstanding artist, thx for this!

[horselovingirl]

SHE rocks my world

[OaverevaO]

That, is a real woman.

[HermioneRox97]

a woman is a woman. there is only a fake woman when it's not a woman, a guy pretending to be a girl or something. I take this message as an insult.

[OaverevaO]

Then I would recommend picking up a hobby.

[HermioneRox97]

what does that mean???

[biglmac]

lol... ummm.. HermioneRox... you just have to stop talking. You're not getting anything OaveravaO is saying. If you're seriously offended by hearing "that is a real woman" then I suggest you crawl back to your feminist hole and mull it over. I'm sure some time in your life you expressed the same sentiments about a guy, and nobody cared or got offended. That's because it's not an insult!

Whatever... just listen to the song...

[BestResponseTeam]

it means stop analyzing youtube comments asshole.... OaverevaO was just to nice to say it :)

[henlaojim]

I love this song. The Berlin writing is both clever and to the point. For some reason the line, "who invented roses?" is like a dagger in the heart every time, but then I have the same response to Alan Ginzberg's line in America, "The plum blossoms are falling." I have no idea why this should be.

[Musyn]

I played this one for my therapist and she absolutely loved it.

[dirtboyfsr]

I believe this song/video was made long before Dar moved to Rhinebeck. (My friend saw her in Kingston's Home Depot). I also think I read she had since moved to NYC. Still, it was nice knowing she was a part of our home.

[beckysaidso]

is this filmed at the omega institute?

i know she lives basically in walking distance.

the omega institute is basically my life, and the fact that she lives so close to it makes me love her even more.

[SpiritSeekr]

I wish she were my sister... Wait! She is.

[pinkplate]

Dar is great... I LOVE her and her music, but in all seriousness, folk musicians shouldn't make music videos. This is kind of embarrassing to watch.

[truepeacenik]

Yes, it's more than a littkle cliche, but video has its place, so tio have someing aside from/in addition to the typical folkie standing at the mic is nice. and wow, we could get crosssover! Acoustic artists coudl make a nice living!

[SpiritSeekr]

My wonderful cousin, David, introduced me to Dar's Honesty Room. I've loved her since song no. 1.

Listen to "The Babysitter's Here" -- one of my favorites.

[chiquitabanana420]

dar isgreat

[sidthinker]

decent song but the video sucks crap big time...fricken crackhead itiot editers...can't even really see her...same stupid shots over and over, a huge insult to anybody's intelligence... very very bad.

[lillielipps]

I heard this song on my college's FM radio station today, and fell in love with it immediately. It inspired me to seek out counseling and get the help that I need -- the help I've needed for a long time now. So... thanks, Dar.

[moyshekapoyre]

always lovely, thanks Dar

[danielbearden]

Wonderful...Dan

[ogam5]

Not to be a pill, but this actually comes from End Of The Summer, not Mortal City.....

[Rothko50]

Tell me, who invented roses?

[superssweetie593]

i heard this song on the providence cd i love that cd

[Rothko50]

This was the song that introduced me to Dar, on a good FM station. I've been looking for it ever since.

She informs my life like Joni Mitchell and, lately, Patty Griffin, and the song is a treasure in my life, something I must remember, since I was in Berlin shortly after the wall came down.

And the wall came down.

[Bamoon]

I absolutely love this song.

[twocitiestwoloves]

One of my favorite artists best songs. What amazes me about Dar Williams is that I don't think of her as one of the best folk singers, but rather as one of the better artist of our time. Her social critique uniquely blended in beautiful harmonies and melodies is truly outstanding.

[ynot86it]

Thank you Dar, you say it the way I feel it.

Such great lyrics.

Bless you.

[Rothko50]

I love this: "And I wake up and I ask myself what state I'm in And I say well I'm lucky, cause I am like East Berlin I had this wall and what I knew of the free world Was that I could see their fireworks And I could hear their radio And I thought that if we met, I would only start confessing And they'd know that I was scared They'd would know that I was guessing But the wall came down and there they stood before me With their stumbling and their mumbling And their calling out, just like me..."

[emmetgirl]

that's my favourite part too. :)

i'm really glad this was on "out there live", because i love dar williams' voice and songwriting, and i find her studio stuff just a touch overproduced.

[SonofVonnegut]

You think? Overproduced, I mean. Yeah, it's a little like a wall of sound but...it seems right to me.

She also has a lot of that close up and honest thing that one hears from most small venue players, and I really love it when she lets loose like this, with all her heart and soul. And when she really pours it onstage, well, she's like Patty Griffin that way. See the BW "No Bad News" performance here on YouTube. I'll post a link when I find it.

[soonmethod]

I Love This Song! Reminds me of the Summer of 1998

[mjonesstudio]

Is this not the missing muse, the forgotten goddess, giving her gifts once again?

[NessaroseLives]

Thank you for this. I love Dar Williams. I had the amazing pleasure of meeting her this past month. She's just...great. Thanks again for sharing! ♥