Sarah McLachlan - Blackbird

[MrPerfumen]

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[dvzqz87]

I am Sam was the first time I ever heard blackbird, as soon as the song ended I literally got up.. stopped watching the movie went up stairs and learned it

[soklabass]

thanks paul...

[b87gr]

This song was played today at a dear friend's funeral...he was only 20 years old and tragically died in a car accident last Friday night. This was his favorite song...and this song is definitely about him.

[SaraMUSt]

@b87gr Deepest regards.

[averagehomosapien]

Does somebody know what that cool ringing sound at the end of the song is? Can you make that sound with a guitar?

[KINSHASAA19sankru89]

THIS SONG MAKES ME CRY. only a few have the power to do that to me.

[atomiclego429]

Flott Sang!

[TheCelticDove]

I love Glee's version. I love this version. But, come on, Carly Smithson's version is simply amazing. <3

[tunefultony]

Good interpretation of this Beatles classic. Great song & the guitar part is a work of art.

[hplover233]

My mom likes this cover, but GLEE FTW!!! :D

[SaraMUSt]

@DrusillaTheVamp Glad you appreciated it. ^_^ x

[CongenialityMiss]

Robbie Williams and Gary Barlow stole this bit at the beginning for their song! It sounds so similar.

[dougandjoan1]

This is my all time favorite song by Sarah McLachlan!

[maria17954]

I love the song and the great video. Very relaxing song.

[SaraMUSt]

@maria17954 ^_^

[SayItTwice1122]

Ahhhhmazing.

[lamareikan666]

Really nice cover, my parents used to play this CD in the car when I was little.

[jimihendrixfan2008]

Not bad but still not even close to the original Beatles one.

[Upsunday]

No hay muchos artistas que han interpretado canciones de los Beatles mejor que los Beatles, Peter & Gordon con "World Without Love" y Sarah McLachland con "Blackbird" son unos de ellos

[SaraMUSt]

@Pelican1418 Fair enough. (I don't smoke, though).

[SaraMUSt]

@BuffyThaSlayer Said tha vampire slayer...? oO [; YoÜ're awesome. x ChEeRs

[eagerbeavers1130]

I love the movie I am Sam. Its great

[ktdoee]

watch and like my blackbird cover!!

[MellyJadeLovesPonies]

WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY better then the Beatles. 

[twirlingchair]

how can anyone possibly dislike this???

[dorionmetal123]

@twirlingchair how can a justin bieber's video have more views than this

[iloveapples223]

like this if you came here because of cameron mitchell from the glee project

[fanuchi0]

damn cool! i almost cry!

[BornInTzyon]

As a Beatles fan, I can say this is the only Beatles cover I like. Beautiful....thanks for sharing.

[SaraMUSt]

@BornInTzyon My pleasure ^_^ x

[Qdude88]

Sarah has to stop with the freaking animal comercials, its really annoying

[SaraMUSt]

@Qdude88 ?

[Bebeeh92]

Du har den beste versjonen jeg noen gang har hørt, Sara<3 Elsker dette, du er genial og utrolig begavet!.. Bless you, you're an angel XX Hilsen norsk fan:)

[SaraMUSt]

@Bebeeh92 Hun setter nok stor pris på din støtte. ^_^ xox

[angelrk123]

Blackbird singing in the dead of night Take these broken wings and learn to fly All your life You were only waiting for this moment to arise Blackbird singing in the dead of night Take these sunken eyes and learn to see All you life You were only waiting for this moment to be free Blackbird fly, blackbird fly Into the light of the dark black night Blackbird fly, blackbird fly Into the light of the dark black night You were only waiting for this moment to arise You were only waiting for ...

[kevlarman7]

I Am Sam. best movie ever.

[BeatlesMonkees]

Great Writers: The Beatles/ Lennon McCartney

Great Movie: I AM SAM

Great Cover: Black Bird

[TheRestlesswind1]

I'll always return here...

always!!!

[SaraMUSt]

@BuffyThaSlayer Thank you. ^_^ x ChEeRs

[Sebaatero]

Amo todos los temas de los Beatles, pero este, tiene algo muy especial, mucha Armonia junta, es como el Sol; Muy bueno el cover, Hermoso.Geenia.-

[guitargreg72]

classy , 

[TRASHYgah]

This song is supposed to be hopeful but it always makes me sad.

[themrsB41109]

i really dont even like sarah mclachlan but i heard this song in i am sam and loved her version

[karlacdtj]

@themrsB41109 it is a great version of it

[ErinEZMac]

My child will know this song. It's one my favorite Beatles songs.

[Eriica33]

Really nice...and I like the video with it. It's simple and just nice to listen to.

[SaraMUSt]

@Eriica33 ThAnX ^_^ x

[tacoandgeefan]

<3

[we1are1weird1for1you]

sam i am ;)

[bjg7272]

this fucking SUCKS! the beatles version is way better than this pathetic excuse for a cover. FUCK YOU SARAH MCLACHLAN!!!!! NOBODY GIVES A FUCK ABOUT YOU'R RETARDED ASS COMMERCIALS ABOUT ANIMALS BEING BEATEN!!!!!!

[Eragon537744]

@bjg7272

I'm sure the Beatles would be ashamed of having such a fan like you. You probably would've ended up assassinating John Lennon had he not been killed first

[morninggloryone]

<3

"It takes courage to grow up and turn out to be who you really are."

– e. e. cummings

<3

[liliz03]

Beautiful ! I didn't remember it was on "" I am Sam "" :) now i'm gonna remember about the movie and enjoy it more ^_^

[SaraMUSt]

Hi, everyone. Just felt like leaving a wee: HI [≈ And ask you to be kind to eachother, also me ~ for that matter. (Crows, blackbirds, magpies, seagulls...chickens...is this what truly counts?) You/We're all free to express our opinions, blessed be. Noone asks you to compare, though. Wouldn't it be better to see/hear this as an independent work...? Just a thought, from a norwegian blackbird...or...crow...which has been a Beatles fan for as long as she can remember. MUSE ON

[GABRIELVICTORIUS]

Dar es dar y lo lindo de la vida es dar sin esperar nada a cambio , amar sin esperar nada solo amar ser feliz enamorado de esta vida tan bella Dios , le devuelve a uno mil veces el amor que uno da, en muchas formas, que aveces ni entendemos solo deseo que Dios me deje ser realmente feliz de nuevo, gracias Punky te amo cada dia mas aunque no lo sepas...

[Dancer2470CSGNA]

love this song

[itaichason]

great song

[PikatchuShapes]

reminds me of mother x

[MattyCson]

good song great film sean penn was awesome

[ce704]

BEAUTYFULL....THANKS



[SillyLittleMunky]

She did Blackbird proud. Great cover.

[eltano92]

This song was able to be my favourite beatles song for the longest time. I mean I keep changing my desicion, but I supose as this was the number one for the longest time, it IS my favourite beatles song.

Anyway, I love it.

[LautnerLovely]

I love the Doves version of this song. It was on Roswell :)

[looke888]

j'aime <3 !! Merci!

[animegirl3336]

This movie made me cry :( We had to watch it in class. <3 I love the Beatles.

[Basteal]

Please show more respect to this song.  Its a lot bigger than you and your agenda.

[SaraMUSt]

@Basteal And...what...exactly...is "my agenda"?

[Basteal]

@SaraMUSt Ah, I see what you did there. Jolly good :)

[SaraMUSt]

@Basteal [;

[edenlerer27]

@SaraMUSt Agenda means like ... the world you live in. like, everyting around you. by the way love the cover

[SaraMUSt]

@edenlerer27 You don't say... (sorry...I DO dislike seeming rude)!

[DontLoggOut]

Typical american cover...The song is about blackbirds and they film a bunch of crows in the video...

[LoserJinxedAndJaded]

@DontLoggOut ... O_o...? THAT'S what you choose to comment on? THAT THEY'RE CROWS? NOT " Sarah has an impeccable, stunning, and perfect voice." Or that "this cover of Blackbird is the best cover of Blackbird ever made!"? You choose to go outside, take a stick from a stray dog, beat him with it, and then shove it up your rectum and then come back to this specific video... TO COMMENT ABOUT CROWS? What country are you from? I want to blame the entirety of it for your insipid behavior...

[Octopop2010]

@LoserJinxedAndJaded lol he was kidding.

[clairenunavut]

@LoserJinxedAndJaded i agree its stupid to comment only on that, but no need to be that agressive :)) and dont give him/her the idea to beat a poor dog! :)

[DontLoggOut]

@LoserJinxedAndJaded The fact that I was on this page obviously means I like this version of the song... I was simply making an observation, Sorry for not writing " Sarah has an impeccable, stunning, and perfect voice." I'm no ass kisser...Get a grip.

[clairenunavut]

@DontLoggOut lol anyway, those crows are black :D and its quite hard to film a bunch of blackbirds, they are often alone :))

[ahhhant]

its just a cover of the original version by the beatles

[kimsleful]

lovely

[44mazza]

nice one,nice memory for you and one of macca`s finest.subtle,touching and tuneful,what a talent he has eh?

[zanfozanfani]

stupenda!!! e anche il tramonto....ci sta bene in mezzo a tutti i miei messaggi sparsi per youtube. te la dedico anche io....

[Zgirl12399]

My mom would play this to me when i was 2... it would relax me and get me 2 go to sleep.. i now listen 2 it when im really stressed. <3 <3<3<3

[rext1]

this song has eerie racial undertones

[authorityblues]

@rext1 It's about the civil rights movement. English men in 1960's called American black women black birds.

[iceseekers]

i saw about 25 comments insulting glee and a bunch of kids saying "i knew this was the beatles and not glee" etc etc.. yet i only saw 1 fucking comment saying "Glee!!!" imlpying they knew this from glee, ONE person said that.

[Emily2351]

Okay. This. Is originally by the Beatles. Anybody who doesn't know that- needs a serious lesson on culture.

[Allareone2]

"Blackbird" is one of Paul's true gems. The chord progressions are something that Mozart would have appreciated, I have no doubt. Sarah's version is as true to the original as it could possibly be, and it adds her own wonderful voice.

[starlablues]

How can people NOT know this is the Beatles????

[Eragon537744]

I hate it when people say that glee brought them to a certain video, just shows how much society has degraded...sad really...I'm only 16 and I'll saying this because I grew up surrounded by pre-millenium music...all of which was REAL MUSIC.

It really is tragic none of my peers think like I do.

sigh...

[TheWimpyFruit]

@Eragon537744 I don't think it matters how people hear about good music...as long as they listen to it and are touched, then the music has done its job. Glee is just a bunch o covers. Isn't that supposed to be the sincerest form of flattery?

[Allareone2]

@TheWimpyFruit I have never watched "Glee," nor do I ever expect to. But if that show leads people to Sarah's recording, which in turn leads them to discover the Beatles, then it has done a good thing.

[blacklavoux]

@Allareone2 because of Glee I found many old musics, I think this show leads people in a positive direction in music history.

[razmataz13drums]

@Eragon537744 its okay dont despair. i completely agree with you. im afraid you just have to accept and ignore the fact that most people listen to such crap. itsa shame, but you're never going to sway them. makes it harder to find the people that do like good stuff though. all of my friends at school will go through my phone and not have heard a single artist :l like Dylan says the times they are a changing.. just not in a good way :P

[slomotionaction]

i never watched glee but if they performed this on there ill watch

[miaof09]

@slomotionaction It's already happened & it's very very good : )

[coolcynosure]

this song is so precious to me <3 !! I used to ride bak home with my best bud sittin behind me. and we used to sing this song almost all the way home, including at all traffic signals with ppl throwing weird n pyscho look at our Nova :)

[TheGleekgirls]

I love this song it is my fav song in the world -3

[venominsidemyheart]

Sarah McLachlan brought me here, =D

[Albatrossism]

RIP Osama, better luck in the next world.

[Callgross]

Love Sarah but for something very different, Search "the Beatles blackbird on steroids" if you want to hear a rockin' version of the song. I guarantee you've never heard it like this! The video ain't bad either! 

[SaraMUSt]

@Callgross Merci. ^_^

[avocadopye]

Or there are some people who have loved this song since they were young (The Beatles version) and were overjoyed to see it appreciated on Glee, and by a very talented singer at that. It is my favorite Beatles song, and I've always felt it was criminally overlooked. If Glee exposes people to it, I think that can only be a good thing.

[shercookie57]

i always use to listen to this wen i was little this is my favorite song everrrr!!!

[CherryNahme]

I loved so much this movie. It always make me cry

[eastcomom]

Never watched Glee. Don't watch t.v. - ever.

I do know the Beatles and Ms. McLachlan. Their performances of this song stand the test of time.

Beautiful. Doesnt' get any better, any more emotive than this. Sarah McLachlan - you nailed it!

[Smiley4997]

Great video Saramust....

[SaraMUSt]

@Smiley4997 Thank you[≈

[VioletxRayz]

so I was about to do my chorus audition, and I was doing this song. Right before the audition, a blackbird flew overhead, landing on a tree. I went over to see it, and it didn't fly away. We just stared at each other for the longest time, until I had to go to my next class. I beleive this is a sign.(:

[robertslistening]

Excellent. Quite uplifting.

[SaraMUSt]

@robertslistening [≈

[intolikenear]

Please tell me there are still people in the world who honestly aren't concerned with who heard what first, and just want to hear some good music.

[angelruiz2]

Me encanta esta canción y me encanta que la hayan usado en Glee!!!

[Novelboy2112]

It just can't touch the original. No Beatles cover can.

[RheaOfSun]

Always brings tears to my eyes

[HarryDickus]

What a beautiful cover, the only person to sing it better.......Macca....

[minipinkelegleek]

Alright people, just because Glee does covers of songs, does not mean that they destroy the song. I happen to love the Beatles version and Chris Colfers versions completely, and for entirely different reasons.

[BlueEyedBaby1219]

I have to learn to play a song for my guitar final, this is one of the songs I'm considering. Just thought I'd share, I don't know if anyone cares or not, but whatever...

[razmataz13drums]

@BlueEyedBaby1219 i do i think thats cool :D hows it going??

[BlueEyedBaby1219]

@razmataz13drums I'm doing good how about you? :)

[razmataz13drums]

@BlueEyedBaby1219 good :) and to be honesst, i can be having a really bad day but i will listen to some Beatles and I'll feel good again :D

[rebeccam2]

LOVE

[loopyjonny1]

dont care whos song!only who singing,..

[SkinPuff]

FUCK GLEE.

[RandomShellAccount]

I wish John Lennon would return on a spaceship, take out his old guitar, and smash every GLEE cast member over the head with it, and fly away.

[donvernator]

@RandomShellAccount or he could stay after and write more amazing music :) <3

[mollywa21]

Thumbs up if you knew this before glee... AND Sarah Mclachlan :P

[bypracku]

AMAZING



[9alexe3]

oh my god.. i'm sort of amazed with glee... its a good (but sad) way to school people about music but how it can make me sooo upset when i heard people saying that glee WROTE so good song.. and glee.. gleee gleee... lets remember the real music.. the one that music fans use to know not only by the ''cute glee story'' but by their real meaning that beatle gived to it... thumbs up if you miss the times when music was music.. not a way to sell a show

[catzrulez22]

I love this song! definitely all Beatles songs shall remain the best sung by the originals, John, Paul, George, and Ringo! people get it in your heads. GLEE does not play original songs! Sarah McLachlan is a great singer, and is real good on this song (still not the best but good) :)

[TasteForDisaster]

what the fuck is glee?

[skimmelgem]

I enjoyed listening to Crosby, Stills, and Nash cover this one...Stephen is amazing...Donovan deserves more credit that any though....read up on it....

[Skater777Case]

I love Sarah Mclachlan, but no one can cover a beatles song!

[lukdoberder]

@Skater777Case fiona apples across the universe is nice :D

[TheReas93]

This song should never ever have been the first time on Glee.

I didnt mind Glee, but i believe people should listen to music the way the artist intended it to be.

with Glee, the show's Creator thinks everything belongs to him, and demands that any song is on his show.

which takes away from the whole experience of music, and love it brings.

[grannynara]

wow I'm feeling old reading some of these comments. This is definitely a Beatle's song...I'm amazed that young folks are so out of touch with music in the past. There was amazing and great and unique music life before Glee....

[SaraMUSt]

@grannynara I'm also starting to feel old... Don't even know what Glee is... (know I can google, and perhaps ~ someday I will) Beatle's "Blackbird" was one of the first tunes I played on guitar.

[Dontmesswithme101ful]

@grannynara im 13 and the beatles is onw of my favorite groups

[KillDStupid]

@grannynara wasn't alive when this song was released but I do know it is by the beatles and is referring to the civil rights movement

[KillDStupid]

@grannynara wasn't alive when this song was released but I do know it is by the beatles and is referring to the civil rights movement

[KillDStupid]

@grannynara I wasn't alive when this song was released but I do know it is by the beatles and is referring to the civil rights movement

[crimsonmeat44]

@grannynara at least glee is putting some real music on there other that bieber. I would rather everyone listen to this than "baby"...

[kirstey92]

@grannynara

And naturally, you are completely familiar with the music that came before you were born?

[grannynara]

@kirstey92 Actually I was to a point, as my mother played that music. As I got older, also, I enjoyed listening to music from earlier time periods, and trying to appreciate the talent and the kind of music that was going on. I've rarely limited myself to the here and now, as there's so much out there..not only in this country, but in all countries. And in all genres of music.

[fishfingersncustard]

@grannynara I'm only 18, but I'm disturbed that the first thing people think of when they hear this is Glee. It's such a brilliant Beatles song. Just be assured that not all young people are out of touch with music from the past.

[grannynara]

@fishfingersncustard I realize that. My own children have explored all kinds of music, and enjoy listening to many different artists and many different kinds of music, in the present, and from the past. I've always tried to impress on them to never limit themselves..not only in music, but in the knowledge of different cultures, religions, art, societies, food. It's a big world, and there's some amazing worlds out there.

[graceluvsyu]

@grannynara im twelve and i listen to GOOD music and everyone is like, "i dont even know these songs, whats 'all your loving' and 'hey jude' " and im like. "-.- look it up, dwnload it, listen, and enjoy it, its not auto tuned, its not talking about doing some chic because its good music. " they dont even get it, and then ill hear someone humming something i know, and ill be like "oh hey" im not alone. and then they are like "i heard it on gleee :DDDDD" im like. what the fuck. no.

[razmataz13drums]

@graceluvsyu im exactly the same!! no one's heard of anything i listen to. when i hear someone hum or got a song i like on their ipod im like cool that band is good. and they'll have like one song and it was on guitar hero or glee or some other tv show :l :l its lame

[razmataz13drums]

@grannynara dont lose faith!! im 17 and OF COURSE i know this is a Beatles track, one of my favourite bands. my favourites are this, eleanor rigby, love me do, here comes the sun, hey jude, im only sleeping :) i swear i was born in the wronggeneration. i love the beatles, nick drake and neil young..

[grannynara]

@razmataz13drums Sounds like your parents may have been into some of these performers. Were they? My kids grew up exposed to some of these greats. However, I have also learned to appreciate more current stuff, from them..they'd drag me kicking and screaming to hear their more current music, and I discovered that some of it wasn't half bad. So now I just give it all a chance. BUT...no one will ever equal Neil Young, or the Beatles, and so on....sorry. So kudos to you.

[razmataz13drums]

@grannynara no actually i have to say. my parents dont have a bad music taste, its just they're not really into music at all. So i actually have no idea where my music taste comes from, i used to listen to heavy metal when i was a kid.. (I know a bit odd) I guess twas just a natural progression when i got older to like mellower stuff. All my knowledge of music comes from videos really and random people's recommendations. I love the old and contemporary equally i just dont like mainstream :)

[cmbitter]

Ok this is pissing me off just a little. All those commenting about knowing this song before FREAKIN glee or knowing it from I Am Sam......this is Beatles song!!!!!!!!!!

[XDlogitech]

i want to know something..its other song based on blackbird to..it's female singing and it's soft/rock music.please help if eny1 knows the name of the song. some words for help: ''BLACK BIRD AND A HOT SUMMER SKY, A NEW RELIGION..'' that is all i remembered lol XD

[EmilyMcD17]

@XDlogitech Could it be Black VELVET and a hot summer sky?

That would be Black Velvet.

[RamonaFromPomona]

5.*****

[taylorswiftfan4evify]

thumbs up if u heard this song from i am sam NOT glee :)

[cmbitter]

@taylorswiftfan4evify actually I heard it from the Beatles White Album, seens they were the ones to release it first

[rickdias0087]

Japan will fly again like this blackbird.

[DreamingInReverse]

As far as covers go, this is sooooo much better that the Glee one. And I'm a huge Glee fan. The original is still the best though.

[urbanpeak]

This song reminds me of me, I'm free now♥

[WelshBathBoy]

why does the video show crows/ravens? Blackbirds are not part of the crow family they are a breed of Thrush. Moreover crows don't sing, whereas blackbirds are a songbird, hence the 'singing in the dead of night. I know, I have a family living in my garden.

[SaraMUSt]

@WelshBathBoy Artistic freedom? (literally translated from norwegian, dunno if there's such an expression in english)

[ssimmons0602]

@SaraMUSt Artistic license (in English).

[MBAustin13]

@SaraMUSt

in English it's called "artistic license"

[PlaztecPpl]

@WelshBathBoy are you the bird police?

[SaraMUSt]

@PlaztecPpl (((X

[arynnoctavia]

@WelshBathBoy This song isn't about birds, it's about the civil rights movement, so it doesn't really matter anyway.