Have you ever been sitting on your couch, watching TV, having a grand old time when suddenly your heart races because you hear “Angel” by Sarah McLachlan and you look up to see the sad face of a mistreated animal so you begin to sob and panic while wildly scrambling for the remote because you just can’t handle the heartbreak? Have you turned the channel and waited for what felt like 5 minutes, but the commercial was still on when you turned it back? Have you ever called Sarah McLachlan a dick?
Do you remember the first time you saw the commercial and watched the whole thing and it made you cry uncontrollably in front of your family, friends, or a 3rd date? What about that time it came on in the middle of the night while you were having great sex and your boyfriend couldn’t find the remote so he covered you with the blanket and put his hands over your ears, but it didn’t matter because you knew what was happening on that TV so you cried anyway?
I remember, Sarah McLachlan. I remember. That 3rd date and ex-boyfriend both remember. We all wish we didn’t remember.
For those of you who don’t know said SPCA commercial, this is the link. It’s heartbreaking, so don’t watch it. It will ruin your whole fucking day.
My treasure of a puppy dog was rescued from the SPCA and he approves this message.
That association TOTALLY ruined that song for me…
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I know the commercial that you speak of and even I a hardened grumpy man am forced to change the channel.
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If it makes a grumpy man turn the channel, I know it’s not just because I’m a girl.
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La La, you are The Funniest! Thanks. I was needing that today!
Biz (French teenager text language kiss)
Dawn
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Thank you, you’re too kind🙂
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HAH! Well I know the commercial and am sorry about your “Angel experience”. haha the funny thing is I can’t stand her either!
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Yep. Can’t watch that one either. But it’s never broken up my husband and my…um…shall we say…relations…(and if that word doesn’t make me sound old, I don’t know what will…)
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I use “relations” on a regular basis!
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Then that’s probably where I heard it…
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I panic when I hear that to get the remote and change the channel or turn it off asap! There’s a Willy Nelson one too, You Were Always On My MInd…which makes me cry under the best of circumstances.
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I fucking hate that commercial. Or any of those ASPCA/Humane Society ads. And it really does seem that Sarah McLachlan was put on earth for the sole purpose of providing the soundtrack for those things. Count me as a +1 as someone who scrambles for the remote when I hear her voice or get a glimpse of a limping dog. I can’t handle it. I’d rather see footage of people getting their heads lopped off than sit through those commercials.
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Thank you! 3-legged dog and cat without eye are the worst part of the whole thing.
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Wendy Malick has recently joined the “dick” ranks with Sarah!
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Aaaaahhhhhh, I can’t take it!
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I’ve never called her a dick for that commercial but I probably will from now on. It makes me cry every time too!
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You should. We should all call her a dick.
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LaLa did you make that meme up at the top? I posted it on my Facebook so I should credit you if you made it.
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No I didn’t, no worries! I got it from someone on facebook and that person didn’t know where it came from either.
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yessssss. this song made me do crazy things in stock yards. no joke. well, it certainly fueled and complimented my “vegan warrior” stage. at least I don’t have a record.
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Hahaha, it’s cool, we all have stages.
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Can’t get to the remote fast enough for that one. It pisses me off, because it only proves we can’t save them all. Yep, it then ruins the day.😦
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I know…it makes me feel bad.
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We don’t have that advert, but so many similar from pets, to African kids, to donkey homes, to obscure Asian animals living at the top of mountains… And I do have to turn over (which makes me feel bad, putting my head in the sand to make the problem go away) but I assumed I was alone in doing this. Although I can’t say I’ve ever been having so much fun whilst doing so!
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You aren’t alone. Poor Asian animals living at the top of mountains…I’m sorry I can’t watch you suffer.
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Well if only I could get a webcam that works I could suffer publically for your viewing pleasure.
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Oh I’d quite like that!
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I rescue animals so I think the commericial is okay, except the song. BUT, it’s played it over and over, It will be on every break. That does get depressing, so I agree with you.
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ok, one, i already cry when i hear that damned song because of “city of angels”, and now i am doubly sad when i hear it…so, yeah, sarah mclachlan is a total dick lol
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I used to get so annoyed with my mother for sobbing so obnoxiously during this commercial. Now I bawl my eyes out even harder than her. Sarah and the SPCA – 1 Me – 0.
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The cause is good. The ad raised millions. And all you can do is complain? I don’t understand you.
I love Sarah’s music and politics. The ad makes me puke, but Sarah’s not a dick. The people that abuse animals are, right?
A retraction would be appreciated.
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Hi Joseph, it was sarcasm–a joke about the fact that the song/commercial automatically makes us cry when we watch it.
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So you’re feeling manipulated emotionally? What is TV for?
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Well, right–exactly.
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Sorry, I’m touchy about this. When I see chicks slamming Sarah for do-gooding, again and again, cheeky sarcasm takes on the spector of bullying, perhaps unintentionally.
Particularly galling in light of the millions Sarah’s, Lilith Fair raised for women’s causes in the US and Canada, which you are not too young to remember.
I understand snarky, this crosses MY line.
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You will see this as you would like to see it, and that’s fine. I am positive that she is a lovely, good person in real life, and it is not something against her or the SPCA.🙂
Thanks for stopping by.
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Lauren, I know this one and I cry every time, every freakin’ time. Just like I do when I watch Marley and me while clutching my two poochies. The close up of their little faces, the shivering and that song…OMG. Makes me want to buy a little ranch somewhere with a big space and start my own farm with all these babies. Stoopid Sarah.
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I think the real take home message here is that Joseph is a dick. Great stuff as always La La
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hahahahaha ♥
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I wish I had trans-dimensional gloves that allowed me to enter the tv from my living room, and cover her mouth. The one eyed dog part is the worse.
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Oh my gosh, I know!!! Terrible!
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Great post by the way. The second paragraph almost made me spit out my coffee.
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That commercial always makes me cry. My mom leaves the room when it airs. And it’s so painful each and every time.
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Those commercials make me want to kick the ASPCA and Sarah in the taint. Just saying.
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