To or not let go | Megan Washington | TEDxSydney
Megan Washington performs a haunting new song, 'To Or Not Let Go', from her yet-to-be-released album. The work is a meditation on the notion of beauty.
Megan Washington is one of Australia's premier singer/songwriters and in this surprising talk Megan reveals her secret problem. Since childhood, Megan has been afflicted with a stutter which has hampered her ability to communicate. Except when she sings.
Megan Washington is a two-time ARIA Award winner and multi-platinum album seller. The full depth and breadth of Washington's talent is perhaps best demonstrated in her critically acclaimed 'Insomnia' EP which was released in early 2012. Where most artists would have pursued obvious commercial routes, 'Insomnia' presented a darker, more intimate side to Megan's writing.
Megan headlined the Sydney Festival and sold out the Sydney Opera House Main Concert Hall with the ACO before relocating to London to commence work on her upcoming album with Sam Dixon (Sia, Adele). Megan Washington's first new studio recording in more than two years will be released in the second half of 2014.
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I was silent, I cried, It changed my life
I'm here because I wanted to know who voice acted Calypso in the kids show Bluey. I like Megan Washington. Her voice is great and the fact that she made it into the entertainment world with a speech impediment is inspiring. I used to have a terrible stutter growing up and I know how hard it is and how people treat you differently... You're awesome Megan :)
To see her TedTalk, to feel her emotions in every word, in every syllable, and then see her perform this beauty of a song - one of the best 12 or so minutes for me in a long time. Thank you, Megan.
She has a very attractive husky voice. It makes me feel so good!
I can't stop listening this beautiful piece. More so after knowing she has stutter while talking, this came as a surprise to me.
@samkspyc9402
6 жыл бұрын
Laelah Shroff me too!
@jayeshluthra6821
3 жыл бұрын
Most people who stutter while taking, don't really stutter while singing. Albeit, not sing this well.
So unbelievably beautiful, & who amongst us haven't been there. "to or not let go" Brilliant.
Beautiful song! The lyrics have a deeper meaning after her speech.
Megan. Thank you for saving my life everyday
One of those musicians who somehow sounds even better live than on record.
Que hermosura de mujer, que voz tan bella... enamora a quien sea .. encantadora!!!
I thank God for long drives home from work late at night. I heard Megan's Ted Talk and was absolutely floored...
One of the best Ted talk or sing I have watch before .
I don't know why but this song makes me want to cry,there are some parts of the song kinda relatable but I don't know if the whole song,but it touched my soul.
Love this song. As good live as on her album
I'm in love with this
this made me cry. I love her voice so much
Cannot stop crying. So beautiful.
Adora lo que hace belleza de cancion le doy un 10 bravo
9 years ago and this lady powers on. Amazing talent 💙💙
this is so beautiful, i meant, it really is... i can feel the honesty, of her words... :/ damn im a bloody sentimental :/ is really beautiful,i cant describe how it feels... is a mixing of... melancholy , sweetness, kindness.. an overwhelming authenticity =)
@shubhjeetful23
6 жыл бұрын
wow, you put this up beautifully
Motivated song🔥, meaning is near to heart⚡
I love this song💕
今日、授業でこのプレゼンテーションを見ました。 気づいたら 歌に引き込まれていました。とても心に滲みる音楽です(ノ_・。)
My friends, try to get the album "There there". This song is the track 11 of the disk. I'm trying to be a musician too and her TED Talk open my eyes... she is amazing.
I would be a beauty but my nose is slightly too big for my face And I would be a dreamer but my dream is slightly too big for this space And I would be an angel but my halo it pales in the glow of your grace And I would be a joker but that card looks silly when you play your ace I'd like to know Are there stars in hell? And I'd like to know know if you can tell that you make me lose everything I know That I cannot choose to or not let go And I'd stay forever but my home is slightly too far from this place And I swear I tried to slow it down when I am walking at your pace But all I could think idling through the cities do I look pretty in the rain? And I don't know how someone quite so lovely makes me feel ugly So much shame And I'd like to know Are there stars in hell? And I'd like to know know if you can tell that you make me lose everything I know that I cannot choose to or not let go
@abhinabapaladhi6088
6 жыл бұрын
Mei Yi Lin ,😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
absolutely fantastic
Una belleza lírica....
A beautifuul song love it
Incredible
Love this Song 💓
Beautifully sung Megan.
Amazing song ! I love it so much.
Great song.
her lyrics and her voice is so amazing......what do you say...just love her...like i do
Megan , i relate to this song so much . great great work love
such a beautiful lyrics
can't believe i haven't seen this yet, i watch all her music videos, she's great
gorgeous voice
She is the voice of calypso in bluey
A great song. Megan is great seeing live.
this is beautiful
This is beautiful
thanks for your support hun
love this song and the singer.
@ushasharma7744
8 жыл бұрын
😂
really like this song
Que linda eres Dios te cuide siembre bendiciones.
I cried
Those nails are on point.
pretty sure i'm responsible for about 20,000 of the views on this one.
@beemaningi
3 жыл бұрын
Me too!!
Pretty GoOd! :)
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Cool lyrics. Is it a love song from a fallen angel? One of my favorite songs. Especially because my son who I deeply love has a stutter.
We seems to suffer from the same thing
please dont pressure me im coing over to see you soon be patient
How do you download this song? It's not available for download on the US iTunes store.
@MaZEEZaM
7 жыл бұрын
www.amazon.com/To-Or-Not-Let-Go/dp/B00N57UV04
I have been looking for this song,but couldn't download or whatever to be get other song of Megan Washington..?? where is app can me get it...
@MaZEEZaM
7 жыл бұрын
here it is www.amazon.com/To-Or-Not-Let-Go/dp/B00N57UV04
where can i find the piano sheet of this song...
The reason she can sing but not talk is because she is breathing properly as she sings but not properly as she talks. She has developed difficulties in breathing as she speaks and not solved that problem yet. I recommend she try to speak as if she is singing and in no other method. This is how I work with post stroke and brain damage people. Singing is the original way to speak and has been taken out of our conversations by the Industrial Revolution and us moving into city environments. I guess she is from a city. I was raised in the countryside which has probably meant that I kept my melodic speaking voice. Getting a job on a farm for a few years, say, 7 years, would probably help.
@ggeemmiinnii
4 ай бұрын
She spoke about using this method as a child. Her speech therapist taught her how using a 'singsong-y voice' can help quell the stutter.
where can I download this song?
help me choose you miss M
not letting go just dinner
The song about me
Where can we get this song?
@hamishmccolm6870
7 жыл бұрын
Its on her album "There There". I highly recommend getting the whole album
sounds like every other piano ballad EVER
@abortion_worst_CRIME_inHISTORY
5 жыл бұрын
Sounds like you are jelous :)
@beemaningi
3 жыл бұрын
I hear a love song-Lucifer to J.C.. What an uncommon theme for a ballad. 🤨
@guitarbaba1
10 ай бұрын
Shut up, woman!
i love your music....it seems like its so long between your drinkin gin with your grandfather...laudin billie holliday...go my beautiful girl
Shouldn't the song title be 'To let go or not to let go? Think 'The Prince of Denmark'.
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