Tonic - If You Could Only See (Live on 2 Meter Sessions, 1997)

Tonic is an American rock band, formed in 1993. They released their debut album "Lemon Parade" in 1996 and it spent 57 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart, reaching a peak of No. 28. In 2003 the total of albums sold had reached 1.3 million copies. Tonic visited Dutch TV show "2 Meter Sessies" in 1997 and performed of their debut record the hit single "If You Could Only See".

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About 2 Meter Sessions
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Based in the Netherlands, 2 Meter Sessions is an independent, ongoing (new) music platform with a great legacy. Monthly we film 3 to 4 sessions with promising and breakthrough acts from all over the world.

Many well-known acts have visited the show; from James Taylor, Elliott Smith and David Crosby to Damien Jurado, Ben Howard and Josh Ritter, via Radiohead, Nirvana, Coldplay and Foo Fighters. Archive footage can regularly be seen in (theatrical) documentary movies, like “Mystify: Michael Hutchence” (with footage of our session with INXS, filmed in 1997), “Heaven Adores You” (with footage of our session with Elliott Smith, filmed in 1998) and “All I Can Say” (with footage of our session with Blind Melon, filmed in 1993).

The show started back in 1987 by radio presenter Jan Douwe Kroeske. On his popular national radio show he persuaded New-Zealand band Crowded House to play a couple of songs. The response of the public was so great, that 2 Meter Sessions quickly became a household name. In 1993, the show made a successful transition to national television. From there the show became a national phenomenon, for over 10 years, with filmed sessions of new talent, breakthrough acts and arrived career artists. Almost a million of 2 Meter Sessions cd’s were sold in the Netherlands.

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[Polskapan]

Arguably one of the greatest songs to come out of the 1990s. What a gem of a song. And the backstory makes it all the better. Never gets old. Never ever ever.

[clsieczka]

I still remember hearing this song for the first time. Sitting in a bar late afternoon, alone with the bartender. Half way through, just blown away. She told me it was a band called Tonic. It’s 2022 now, I’m 68 years old, still blown away, loving the greatness of superb rock. Gratefully, Chris, Chicago

[benallmark]

Brings me back to the 90’s. Best music era we’ve had since the 70’s

[smonz]

Whoever mixed the drums did a hell of a job.

[Danny-sdvm]

I am forever grateful that all of these amazing songs and videos are on YouTube. Listening to this song after not hearing it for 20 years is like taking a time machine back to the most carefree time of my life

[DolleDriesRoelvink]

Next time I will see them live, I hope they play a 90 minute version of this song.

[rexxengineering]

You have to love Jeff Russo’s guitar playing. It’s tasty and textured. Perfect complement to Emerson’s vocals.

[tinamowen]

I thought I was gonna have to pull over every time this song comes on the radio, speeding ticket waiting to happen

[ricardsarmientosaborit]

Una excelente canción 🎧 para una excelente banda 🎉

[SuperAwesomeSandwich]

Louis CK really rocked it back in the late 90s

[rkline]

Hart/Russo from Tonic, Wilson/Valenzuela from the Gin Blossoms…..hands down the two best vocal harmonizing duos from the 90’s, hands down!

[Peculiarsafe]

Wow, I didn’t know Robert Pattinson could play the guitar.

[wlliamson]

I didn't know Lin Manuel Miranda was a singer in a rock band

[youwillownnothingandbehapp]

I love this song, but they sound and look like they’re playing this on a safe autopilot mode..must of had to sing this song live a million times up to the point they performed this..