tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231979855831826598.post5884993848688253422..comments2023-08-09T06:33:27.170-07:00Comments on Pallimed: Arts and Humanities: "What Sarah Said" by Death Cab for CutieChristian Sinclairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14685043408496367587noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231979855831826598.post-1392804243736003932015-03-21T18:41:56.955-07:002015-03-21T18:41:56.955-07:00This is amazing. Thanks for the insight. I have lo...This is amazing. Thanks for the insight. I have loved this song for very long and now this makes it so special to me. Alicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231979855831826598.post-24083781700800122582014-12-19T08:24:38.658-08:002014-12-19T08:24:38.658-08:00I heard this song for the first time recently and ...I heard this song for the first time recently and your interpretation is right in line with mine. I am an RN in an ICU/Burn ICU and this song describes my experience on any given day at work. I literally ration my breaths as I'm suctioning my intubated patients-sometimes an endless run of people who will never walk out of the ICU.<br />It also reminds me of my father's passing several years ago as he spent many of his last days in the ICU. (Fortunately he had the foresight to give us direction on his care at the time of his admission, "I don't want anyone to cut into me to save my life." He had a peaceful death on a medical floor with excellent hospice-like care.) I remember the TV being on and an advertisement for some show that would be airing in two weeks and realizing my dad wouldn't be around to see it and wondering what it was like to be him having that screamed in his face over and over at every commercial break. <br />Most healthcare professionals realize each heartbeat brings us closer to death-even if it isn't displayed on a monitor. Watching someone die is part of watching them live-love allows us to appreciate those moments. People who can take comfort in the memory of their loved one without the fear of what news they will hear have done something right.victorianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231979855831826598.post-29531588869841339762014-07-21T09:10:32.751-07:002014-07-21T09:10:32.751-07:00Thanks so much for sharing your personal story. I...Thanks so much for sharing your personal story. It is nice to know these posts still connect with people whenever they discover them. Soul Meets Body is another great and poignant song. We here are so very sorry for the loss of your daughter.Christian Sinclairhttp://www.pallimed.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231979855831826598.post-323679329302106322014-07-20T15:46:13.369-07:002014-07-20T15:46:13.369-07:00My daughter's name was Sarah, and she did end ...My daughter's name was Sarah, and she did end her life. Soul Meets Body was one of her favorite songs and was played at her service. I was looking on YouTube to play that song because I needed to hear it, and came across this one…. I have never even heard this song before today, and Imagine my reaction. I love this song but it makes me cry!!!Tina Marienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231979855831826598.post-40299877402971303862012-07-12T07:22:32.343-07:002012-07-12T07:22:32.343-07:00Thanks for the feedback. Sorry for the lack of au...Thanks for the feedback. Sorry for the lack of audio. I am working on a new version with lyrics to the entire song on screen. Will post a comment when it is updated.<br /><br />ChristianChristian Sinclairhttp://www.klxmedia.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231979855831826598.post-38799142545011582442012-07-11T14:14:33.362-07:002012-07-11T14:14:33.362-07:00Wow... Thank you for your interpretation. I stumbl...Wow... Thank you for your interpretation. I stumbled upon this as I am researching the how tos of implementing a palliative care protocol in the NICU that I work in. Brought tears to my eyes.Melnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231979855831826598.post-24394339043786483722012-04-06T19:58:27.931-07:002012-04-06T19:58:27.931-07:00It did happen to me (twice, actually - I've wa...It did happen to me (twice, actually - I've watched two friends die in the ICU). The idea that Ben captured the moment so perfectly without having been there is just amazing to me.Cminturnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231979855831826598.post-87151510816017860712012-03-22T21:54:38.410-07:002012-03-22T21:54:38.410-07:00I'll see what I can do. I appreciate your pas...I'll see what I can do. I appreciate your passion for this song which was one of the reasons I even started blogging about palliative care.<br /><br />I saw Death Cab for Cutie last year and thought of writing them to tell them how this has been used in engaging medical students but I never got around to it.Christian Sinclairhttp://www.klxmedia.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231979855831826598.post-72310747354550161732012-03-22T17:41:43.550-07:002012-03-22T17:41:43.550-07:00I wish you could set up a way to charge for downlo...I wish you could set up a way to charge for downloading your wonderful video. I would be very willing to pay. Give the recording company and Death Cab for Cutie their royalty .. and pocket a bit for yourself. Or donate. Your choice.<br /><br />Years ago, I downloaded your video for a friend to use in a nursing class. It made an impression. I was looking for it, and I was so sad to see that YT had blocked it.amateurParentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231979855831826598.post-22194247481067590712012-03-16T10:32:45.647-07:002012-03-16T10:32:45.647-07:00I run a website called My Last Song and people sen...I run a website called My Last Song and people send in their favourite five songs to be remembered by. On one list is I Will Follow You Into The Dark, a Death Cab For Cutie song, and a really great track too. <br />http://www.mylastsong.com/advice/4331/159/115/music/fave-five-last-songs/jose-gonzalez--heartbeatsPhensbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231979855831826598.post-33198657915120520642011-03-16T23:54:04.021-07:002011-03-16T23:54:04.021-07:00I actually have had no experience being a nurse or...I actually have had no experience being a nurse or doctor but I can very clearly feel the emotions that are portrayed in this song. It is, in one word, beautiful. <br><br>Your interpretation is exactly how I felt, but just had no way of explaining it. I can remember the first time I heard this song and it actually bringing tears to my eyes without fully listening to the lyrics. Very powerful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231979855831826598.post-15910035404600896222011-03-16T23:54:03.769-07:002011-03-16T23:54:03.769-07:00Anon 11.14, Thanks for your comments. I didn'...Anon 11.14, <br><br>Thanks for your comments. I didn't hear the doorbell at the beginning of the song. I might have to listen to it turned up. On the album it starts out with the piano melody.Christian Sinclair, MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14685043408496367587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231979855831826598.post-22628221567399458572011-03-16T23:54:03.477-07:002011-03-16T23:54:03.477-07:00there is a song by the band called Muse which has ...there is a song by the band called Muse which has lyrics that go "...our hopes and expectations... " which is a line I sometimes use when I talk to families of patients for palliative care. Sometimes I have the tune rolling in my head over and over as I talk and listen to some families. Very distracting. LOLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231979855831826598.post-70454598050220299522011-03-16T23:54:03.170-07:002011-03-16T23:54:03.170-07:00This is interesting and really sad for me...it mak...This is interesting and really sad for me...it makes me think of what happen to my aunt, she was on life support for a while and then she came off...able to walk,talk,...but a week later she died...usbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631562180711854901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231979855831826598.post-82646917447316220062011-03-16T23:54:02.891-07:002011-03-16T23:54:02.891-07:00Awesome interpretation. I linked from my blogAwesome interpretation. I linked from my blogRaspberry Stethoscopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03419194381831680299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231979855831826598.post-21573314164419906752011-03-16T23:54:02.650-07:002011-03-16T23:54:02.650-07:00I stumbled upon your blog post and I just had to s...I stumbled upon your blog post and I just had to share that my mind is blown. <br>This song has always comforted me after sitting bedside with a friend who passed away at just 30-years old of cancer. My strongest memories of that day are just staring at my shoes and hearing him breath slower and slower until it all stopped. I always took comfort in this song, but never, ever heard it the way I do now thanks to your analysis. It is so much more powerful now. Thanks for taking the time to share.Angeloooo!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08946998065436063801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231979855831826598.post-73225713336367864452010-03-24T21:29:42.867-07:002010-03-24T21:29:42.867-07:00I stumbled upon your blog post and I just had to s...I stumbled upon your blog post and I just had to share that my mind is blown. <br />This song has always comforted me after sitting bedside with a friend who passed away at just 30-years old of cancer. My strongest memories of that day are just staring at my shoes and hearing him breath slower and slower until it all stopped. I always took comfort in this song, but never, ever heard it the way I do now thanks to your analysis. It is so much more powerful now. Thanks for taking the time to share.Angeloooo!https://www.blogger.com/profile/08946998065436063801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231979855831826598.post-67653208445068414362010-03-17T08:59:08.254-07:002010-03-17T08:59:08.254-07:00Awesome interpretation. I linked from my blogAwesome interpretation. I linked from my blogRaspberry Stethoscopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03419194381831680299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231979855831826598.post-46785593586210560192009-11-23T11:54:37.971-08:002009-11-23T11:54:37.971-08:00Amazing. As a Critical Care nurse, I could complet...Amazing. As a Critical Care nurse, I could completely relate to this interpretation. Very touching, thank you for sharing this.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14868148307960065220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231979855831826598.post-89453228716419113732009-10-25T18:43:58.973-07:002009-10-25T18:43:58.973-07:00I posted the previous comment on enjoying the vide...I posted the previous comment on enjoying the video interpreation of the song,(I am the poster who was on the hospital ethic committee). I just want to add that, what Dr. Christian thought was a doorbell at the end of the song, might be the data signal on the audio tape that caused the auto reverse on the tape machine to switch on. Not sure about that but I had a similar reel to reel player a long time ago and I remember that there was a similar method to causing the auto reverse to switch. I saw the music video on http://music.aol.com/video/what-sarah-said/death-cab-for-cutie/1682619 and saw the connection between the sound and the auto reverse function. I am not positive but it might be the source of the sound.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231979855831826598.post-50406366546169744082009-10-16T18:45:52.641-07:002009-10-16T18:45:52.641-07:00Amazing. I was on a hospital ethics committee and...Amazing. I was on a hospital ethics committee and have been on 3 livings wills. I will share this link in a talk I will be giving on Living Wills and Death and Dying.<br />Remember, as Bob Dylan sang, "He not busy being born, is busy dying"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231979855831826598.post-26017407204607160192009-08-11T22:39:00.659-07:002009-08-11T22:39:00.659-07:00usb,
Thanks for adding your experience here. I ...usb, <br /><br />Thanks for adding your experience here. I am always amazed at how listening to a song can remind one of memories in such a vivid way.Christian Sinclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14685043408496367587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231979855831826598.post-14602209705848580222009-08-11T22:28:35.285-07:002009-08-11T22:28:35.285-07:00This is interesting and really sad for me...it mak...This is interesting and really sad for me...it makes me think of what happen to my aunt, she was on life support for a while and then she came off...able to walk,talk,...but a week later she died...usbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14631562180711854901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231979855831826598.post-4340442700945964202009-04-25T06:24:00.000-07:002009-04-25T06:24:00.000-07:00ICU RN,
thanks for your comment. Sorry it took ...ICU RN, <br /><br />thanks for your comment. Sorry it took me a while to reply. Visualizing this song in my head over and over again was actually part of the inspiration for getting the Arts blog started. I wanted to make this interpretive video, but I had no venue for it, and every time I heard the song, I would play it again and again just listening to one instrument until I could 'assign' each instrument to some meaning or organ function. I would love to know if other people hear the instruments representing different entities.<br /><br />Anon 4/24, <br /><br />Knowing this made someone who is normally very cynical feel something is a very kind compliment. Thanks! The song by <A HREF="http://arts.pallimed.org/2008/06/starlight-by-muse.html" REL="nofollow">Muse is called "Starlight" and is very relevant to Palliative Care. So relevant that I wrote up a post about the song on Pallimed: Arts & Humanities last year!</A> I too use the line hopes & expectations in family meetings and I often have this song stuck in my head after I use it.Christian Sinclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14685043408496367587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231979855831826598.post-46644385718814506072009-04-24T12:30:00.000-07:002009-04-24T12:30:00.000-07:00there is a song by the band called Muse which has ...there is a song by the band called Muse which has lyrics that go "...our hopes and expectations... " which is a line I sometimes use when I talk to families of patients for palliative care. Sometimes I have the tune rolling in my head over and over as I talk and listen to some families. Very distracting. LOLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com