To get a sense of how dramatically affecting the song was when it came out, take the way you feel when you see sad dogs, add the dulcet sounds of Delilah and imagine you're the titular character in Lady Bird. It's, of course, probably best known nowadays as the soundtrack to the saddest animal cruelty commercials ever created. McLachlan's ballad is characteristically vulnerable, dripping with pathos and mourning.
These two songs, along with the third single from City of Angels, Sarah McLachlan's "Angel," provide a perfect snapshot of late '90s musical chest-beating. It was a win-win for sales and strong emotions everywhere. Morissette's "Uninvited" and the Goo Goo Doll's "Iris" were both written for the soundtrack, and they were instantly huge hits as singles, igniting massive interest in the soundtrack and in the artists' forthcoming releases. But it also served as a promotional tool for Alanis Morissette's second album, following Jagged Little Pill, and the Goo Goo Doll's sixth album, Dizzy Up the Girl. Obviously, it scored the lush film, smoothing over all the edges of implausibility. In retrospect, the soundtrack to City of Angels actually served a number of important, non-crying purposes. And both of these things are blanketed with some of the most evocative songs ever pressed into a metallic coaster or cassette player and sold at a Sam Goody.
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But as an angel of death he knows that as a human he would ::dramatic pause:: die.Īre you already feeling so many feelings?! This movie takes place in San Francisco, so Meg Ryan and Nicholas Cage spend many maudlin days wandering through the fog, alternating between being existentially sad and banging each other.
He falls in love and decides that he wants to become human so he can be with her. And so he follows her around for a bit and then makes himself visible to her. Seeing Meg Ryan in an operating room being a boss but also very relatable, one wonders why she hasn't been given a multi-episode arc with spinoff possibilities on Grey's Anatomy yet. She is played by Meg Ryan, who at this time is also at her most angelic. One day at work, Nicholas Cage the Angel (that was his character's name, I think) meets a determined surgeon who seems to be able to see him even though angels are invisible. But when I was feeling my most Angela Chase, the only music for me was the soundtrack to a movie in which Nicholas Cage plays an angel who wears a trench coat and sort of stalks Meg Ryan because he has too many feelings. It was a great year for listening to music through foam headphones connected to a device that played small silver circles.Īll of those albums fit a certain mood and phase of teenage development for which I am eternally grateful. And in August, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill was released, blessing the world with possibly the best collection of music ever created.
Madonna's Ray of Light, OutKast's Aquemini, DMX's It's Dark and Hell Is Hot, Fatboy Slim's You've Come A Long Way Baby and Alanis Morissette's Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie all dropped that year.
1998 in particular was an excellent year for music, cry-inducing and otherwise. While I waited for a response from TED or Ken Burns or someone, I spent a lot of time sitting up in my room like Brandy, listening to music on a Discman.
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