shockedcanadian
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A change of pace in this section. I heard DMC say in interviews a few times relating to this song. In essence he was in a really dark place dealing with depression, just finding out he was adopted (a hell of a shock for a man dealing with alcohol and other abuses) and he had one of his usual drivers pick him up. The guy turned on the radio and the song Angel was on. The guy says "I can put on something else (assuming hip hop etc), DMC tells him not to change the station.
It hit him hard, unlike any other song, he said it made him feel alive (I describe how I feel with such songs when I am going through the b.s in this country to "feeling that others can feel also"). It is weird but knowing that humanity can express itself in many forms from acts of kindness to a guitar solo, beautiful voice or acts of courage, can inspire.
DMC finds out the name of the song and the singer and tells his wife about the experience when he gets home, it is his anchor and lifeline in an odd way. His wife being a good wife as far as I am concerned picks up the album for him, and he listens to the song constantly. He legitimately felt suicidal before this song hit him but he now listens to it every day for a year. Basically stated that when he was feeling suicidal (he said at one point in 1997 he was planning to jump off of a hotel balconey) it grounded him.
He finally meets her one day and she has no idea what he had been going through or what his song meant. They became friends, eventually even writing a song together and most unexpectedly she told him one day that she was also adopted.
I do not know about her entire catalogue but this song is the most painful sounding I have heard, more gentle than Celine Dions songs but beautifully human. The song is about famous celebrities who apparently ODed so often and she wrote about it.
Imagine writing a song that saved someones life? Is there any greater honour?
“I cannot over-emphasise how important that song was to me in the midst of my depression. ‘Angel’ kept me serene even when every fibre of my person was screaming for me to lose it and made me believe that I could soldier through.”
It hit him hard, unlike any other song, he said it made him feel alive (I describe how I feel with such songs when I am going through the b.s in this country to "feeling that others can feel also"). It is weird but knowing that humanity can express itself in many forms from acts of kindness to a guitar solo, beautiful voice or acts of courage, can inspire.
DMC finds out the name of the song and the singer and tells his wife about the experience when he gets home, it is his anchor and lifeline in an odd way. His wife being a good wife as far as I am concerned picks up the album for him, and he listens to the song constantly. He legitimately felt suicidal before this song hit him but he now listens to it every day for a year. Basically stated that when he was feeling suicidal (he said at one point in 1997 he was planning to jump off of a hotel balconey) it grounded him.
He finally meets her one day and she has no idea what he had been going through or what his song meant. They became friends, eventually even writing a song together and most unexpectedly she told him one day that she was also adopted.
I do not know about her entire catalogue but this song is the most painful sounding I have heard, more gentle than Celine Dions songs but beautifully human. The song is about famous celebrities who apparently ODed so often and she wrote about it.
Imagine writing a song that saved someones life? Is there any greater honour?
“I cannot over-emphasise how important that song was to me in the midst of my depression. ‘Angel’ kept me serene even when every fibre of my person was screaming for me to lose it and made me believe that I could soldier through.”
