Many years ago I stopped a vehicle for speeding and the driver turned out to be Harry Chapin. He ended up in my passenger seat and we talked for a while. just watching this video brought up some fond memories of that day.
The story tellers of the '70s were a one-of-a-kind breed. Damn, I miss those days. Fortunately, through their music, their legacies will always live on. I saw Harry just months before he died. I'm so glad I made that show in Orlando.
@@carsonwhitehead1463 HEY< JIM MORRISON BORROWED THOSE IDEAS FROM FAMOUS "SHAE KSPEARE" HIMSELF< WHILE HE ENROLLED IN GRAD FILM SCHOOL IN UCLA? & MET " RAY MANZAREK ON THE BEACH< RAY DROPPED LAW SCHOOL & HIS BROTHERS BAND< READ JIMS POETRY & THE REST IS HISTORY< U MIGHT REREAD SOME OF THE MOST REVERED BRITISH WORKS OF LITERATURE B4 " HURLING REMARKS FROM ANOTHER ERA< MERELY PARROTED< & INCORPORATED INT O A " PROPHETIC< ICONIC" WORK OF ART< FOR " THE AGES"!!!
u seem to have forgotten " jim morrison, george harrison, john lennon, janis joplin, natalie cole, donna summer, jimi hendrix, kurt korban, johny almond(john mayall's blues breakers), amy, john entwistle(the who:he sang &wrote too),& how could u ever omit " elvis presley" & " micheal jackson"????+ richie valens, buddy holly, big bopper, johnny cash & annette funicello(she sang too, b4 spears/timberlake(disney brats).
OH MY GOD! I have been listening to and loving Harry for over 40 years and I have never before heard the Taxi Sequel! The man has been dead since 1981 and he not only continues to thrill me with his music, he now surprises me! God bless you Harry 🙏
My husband and I attended one of his concerts in Phoenix not too long before Harry's tragic accident. Harry signed my t-shirt with 'Harry, it Sucks' on it and gave me a kiss. I still have the shirt, too small for me to ever fit into again but I’ll be damned if I ever give it up. It is a most treasured memory. We miss you Harry but hear your voice often.
Same story here Barbee. He was touring solo in Nashville, one of his one-guitar one-person World Hunger Year-boosting tours, and he said he was going to sing "Mr. Tanner", and I thought, that's two voices, how will he do that? Turned out he called for an audience volunteer to sing the "O Holy Night" part and I ran up. I'll never forget that. I cried when Harry died - gone so soon and in such selfless service to the world. But at least he lives in his music and his foundation's works.
Wow, I didn't see your reply until now. My young daughter and I both cried over his death. What an honor to be able to sing with him. OMG! Very special. He was a humanitarian and agree, he lives on.
If this song doesn't give you pause you are dead inside, what a storyteller and true artist. Puts the saccharine extruded soulless crap of today to the shame it deserves.
It’s 2021. I’ve listened and loved this song for about 40. Years now. I so remember when he died. A true master. By the way Harry, I did learn to fly...Captain Tom at your service sir.
This is a story. Part of mine. About 1973-74 my friend Nick Van Lengen going to college in Hornell, NY. Auto mechanics. I was painting houses that summer. Went down to fish. Poured rain the whole time. He had a 1966 GTO convertible that never ran right. Dark blue. White interior. What... I think a 383 CI with dual carbs. Wayne White ended up with it a couple years later and turned it into a show car. So, Nick and I spent some time in some bars and ate at the same diner... breakfast, lunch and dinner. Every day. Waiting for the rain to stop. It did not. We played this song by Harry Chapin every day on the juke box. I ended up there a year or two later hunting deer. In the snow and fog. First time I ever got lost. Haven't since. Could not tell which way was what. Finally figured it out... but was pretty stressful. This song was in my head the whole time. I had a 1965 Triumph TR4-A... 15" wire wheels and all. GAVE it to Nick before I went to Wyoming. Then I learned he passed away about a year or so later. Harry Chapin's brother, Tom, had a TV show for kids every Saturday morning. I know Harry is gone. Just a sweet song and story. Wanted to share.
Harry had such a unique, haunting, emotional voice. He had to be one of the storyteller singers ever. So very underappreciated, but if you ever saw him in concert, you were a fan for life. R.I.P. Harry.
ABSOLUTELY. PHENOMENAL. Saw him in concert twice. The second time he was greeting fans, and was standing right next to me. I was too shy and did not speak a word. Years later, Tom was performing in my hometown, and I decided to attend his concert. Afterwards, I decided to relay my experience. Tom was a such a gentlman, and said Maddy, Harry loved his fans!!! God Bless Harry his family, and the other members of the Chapin family. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
He was a great human being and a great musician. He may have been the 1st to begin doing concerts to feed the hungry. He had an incredible stage presence and was one of those rare musicians who was better live than in the studio.
He filled in for a group that cancelled last minute at my college in Spring 1981 I think. He showed up, just him and his guitar. Sang, joked, told stories and had as much fun as the crowd for over 3 hours. I have never been to another concert that was as good as this one was. 30,000 pounds of bananas!!! Love ya Harry.
My date canceled out at the last minute and I called a “milk and cookie” friend to go to the concert, I had tickets. Harry was solo and late, missed the flight. For almost 3 hours we chatted till he arrived and he sung past midnight. Found way too much in common and have been married over 38 years. Thanks Harry! FYI, he introduced the second Taxi at this show...he was writing it on the plane from Buffalo, NY to Youngstown, OH.
Funny how that stuff works out some time, just about the time you think it's a waist of time, ya find out somebody had a plan you didn't know about, and it's been righteous for 38 years.
That’s great, you & your wife being married 38 years. If my late wife who was from the Philippines were still living we would be married 41 years on April 5,2020. We we married 31 years when she passed away, she was the love of my life.
It was a different time- there was more honesty- things were simpler- and while the windshield wipers were slapping away at the sleet- Harry Chapin was on the car radio (not a fancy stereo system) singing his songs of life and love-- this was my youth.
OMG...after all these years, I am almost embarrassed to say that this is the FIRST time I not only have heard the "sequel", but even knew it existed. Thank you for this...and thank you Harry, for some of the best and most influential music I luckily had the opportunity to experience when it happened. RIP
I was always wishing what happen, then ran into this little pearl. I was so HAPPY.... It doesn't take much for me. 🕊️I loved him, and remembered when he died. So sad, I felt so bad for his wife and son. 🎵👣💚🌎💙 But at least his music will live on and alway's be around. 💞 & 🕊️
2024. I lost my best friend of 23 years (half my life) and she loved Harry and got me into his music. She went to be with the Lord yesterday. I love you so much Colleen and I will be with you again some day 😢😢😢
I had first heard taxi in the 70s when I got a cassette of his best hits, graduated high school 1972, and I played it for Dad after he retired and he loved the songs, I would explain each one, it's story, before I played them. My daughter was born in 89 and I was listening to the sequel of taxi when she was in her twenties, I had never heard it, I just googled did he ever write a sequel and started crying when I heard it. I played both songs for my daughter and she said that's beautiful. In 2018 she bought tickets for us to watch Stevie nicks and Fleetwood Mac at Dallas airlines arena for my birthday. We cried and sang and hugged throughout the whole concert! Hopefully to see you in heaven, Harry!
Harry Chapin was a master at his craft. His ability to open his soul and allow others to look in is the mark of a true artist. We all have our “Sue” or our “Harry”. Chapin’s talent was in finding the commonality of the human condition. In baring his soul to us he gave us leave to explore who we are. A rare and amazing talent, he was taken too soon. My “Sue” was when I was in college. Karen was indeed going to be an actress, I was a marketing major. When we parted it tore part of me away for many, many years. For all that time this song held an emotional charge for me unlike any other. When I allow it to it still does… Well, I became an actor. A dancer, performer and storyteller. She became the business person. I’ve searched for her over the years but have never been successful in finding what happened to her beyond that. Harry, your music got me through a rough period of my life and has been part of who I am for over 40 years now. Thank you for sharing your life, humor and humanity through your music. You are missed.
...And one heck of a nice guy, Huntington Long Island was Harry's town and we loved seeing Harry and the group play at Huntington High School, Free, just bring cans of food and then after the show with Pete Seeger and they'd be outside in the lobby of the auditorium singing anything--back yard barbeques, you name it--Yep Huntington was Harry's town. I miss Huntington and Harry!! Charles
+Charles Wagner... Yeah I remember Huntington all to well...I'm from Dix Hills and I was so proud of Harry being from Huntington...the song hit home..I was going to college and driving a cab in Manhatten at night..use to hear this song on WNEW and WPLJ...Alex Bennett had a talk show in the early,early hours at night on WPlJ before it became fashionable to have talk radio.. great memories!
+Jimmy Johnson I'm just listening to this as my wife's son sent it. I don't know much about Harry other than what I've heard on the radio. I was going to school in Green Bay when this song was out in 1970 or so. I grew up in Deer Park and then Brentwood. I never knew that Harry was from the area. I recall WNEW and WPLJ, but as the song goes, that was all a long time ago. Anyway, he has a very nice voice and was a good writer. It's such a shame that he died in an alcohol related crash. Now I listen my computer and all the radio stations begin with a K. LI was a good place to grow up but I got tired of the cold rain and snow. Now the only snow I see is if we go to Reno. Anyway, thanks so much for the video, it's wonderful.
john collins Harry was a friend of mine for a few minutes in 1975. His highest charting hit was " Cat's in the Cradle' ; which Nissan used in their Superbowl commercial ! He was a humanitarian ; who founded WHY? - World Hunger Year, and was posthumously given the Congressional Gold Medal of Honor in 1985. He always played for " the cheap seats", and usually stayed long after shows to meet and greet his fans , and talk to them about hunger in America and the world. One of his famous quotes was that in life we only need 3 things- food, water, and music. His fatal accident on the L I Expressway was NOT alcohol-related. It is believed that he may have had a heart attack while driving his kids' VW; before being hit by the semi. Get your facts straight please. He was a good man,a good husband to Sandy and a good father , and the Chapin Foundation exists today still using monies for hunger problems. We need less then 300 signatures to reach the 1st benchmark ; to have Harry inducted into the Songwriters' Hall of Fame. It can be found at www.induct harry.com. You need to listen to more of his music. Just my opinion - Be Blessed ~
Given that Sequel ends with "only time will tell", I always believed there would be a third part. Sadly, we never got that third part, but can only relish the magic of the first two. What a storyteller, songwriter, and underrated vocalist. RIP Harry
In all my years, that is the first time I've heard the "Sequel". It brought back memories of a girl I loved in high school. She married someone else and thru the years we lost touch. A few years ago, we got back together. She'd divorced as did I. We were together a few months, but "whatever we'd once had was gone". Thank you for the video.
Mike Ladner I'm sorry things didn't work out for you. I think we all have that someone in our past with whom we wish had a a second chance. For me that was my first love, who died at age 58, just 60 days before my husband died.
Loved Harry, saw 2 concerts and both were amazing, the one in South Bend, IN, Harry got there but the band got held up, were about 30 minutes late, but Harry started without them, came off the stage and sang Mail Order Annie and a couple others, OMG it was great, never been to another concert where the audience was just mesmerized as it was with Harry. Was on my way to buy concert tickets-pre internet, lol-for another one off Harry's concerts in Merriville, In and heard on the radio that Harry had died, had to pull off, changed stations and heard it again before it sunk in, cried like a baby, miss ya Harry, but i keep the music close still.
Marty Burns I had two tickets to see Harry in Tampa in 1977... Harry was so special that I just didn't want to have a "date/date" for the show....Since there was nobody special in my life, I went by myself..:)
I had tickets to a concert his concert at the Bushnell in Connecticut. He died a few days before that concert was to happen. I still have those tickets. His songs resonated when I was a teenager but now as a parent the resonate in a totally different way!
Marty Burns Me too, I had already bought my tickets for that show at the Holiday Star in Merrillville. I was devastated when I had heard the news that he'd been killed........
My college years in Lowell in the late '70's...loving Ann Marie. Walking from my college dorm at 9:00 pm in the freezing air to her apartment just to see her....thru dismal streets of triple deckers. She knew Harry Chapin from years before there was me. She spent some time with him after one of his Boston concerts. She cried when she told me about how special it was to be with him. I lost her after college. I think of her when I hear this song. Tiny Ann Marie...she became a nurse in the Army.
“ Through the too-many miles, and the too-little smiles...I still remember you.” Just a heartbreaking line about the one who got away. I still listen to you everyday Harry.
I had the good fortune to see Harry and Tom Chapin at Lindsey Air Station in Wiesbaden Germany in 1981. I was seated in the second row just fifteen feet away from Harry in a US Military club with fewer than 100 people in attendance. It does not get any better, he might be gone but his music lives on.
I was stationed at the hospital just a few blocks away and went to that concert also. Great as always. Do you remember the little bratwurst stand across from the BAQ next to the hospital complex?
Oh My Lord, I knew this from early 1970's and this, nov. 2023, is the FIRST I have herd the sequel. I remember when you passed, Mr. Harry Chapin. May God Always Bless Your Soul...
for the Lord? Who sings for the Lord now; is he or she some celebrity or king or something, this Lord? he was singing for an audience, NOT, a sky daddy
@@kipkunkle4667 Can you not read? Both Croce and Chapin are gone, have passed on. Mike Wachowiak said can you imagine them sitting UP THERE (heaven) writing and singing for the Lord. He wasn't referring to Chapin singing at this concert in front of the audience. And all you had to do was answer "No." Instead you cared to show your ignorance by your answer.
Harry's music reaches a spot inside of my heart that not much else can. It's a spot that is full of longing and nostalgia and dreams. It's spot where I store all of my "might have been" thoughts. Thank you for taking us on a ride in your taxi while you were still here. You are deeply missed.
Met the love of my life and loved her more than life itself I went off to war and came back and she had passed away , broke my soul ! This reminds me of her so much as she loved Harry's music ! I will never stop loving her, see you on the other side Jean!
Harry left way too early! I was a fan from the tiime I was 12 years old, I miss him and Jim Croce so much. There's not enough songsters who write their own material anymore.
And Heart, other than during the 80's Ann and Nancy Wilson write almost all their own music. Red Velvet Car and Fanatic are their most recent albums with another due out in 2016. :)
Harry Chapin was a treasure and had so much talent. He always said his songs were too long for radio, but the fact is his life was too short for all those who admired his fantastic ability as a story teller and singer. RIP Harry, you will be long remembered!
Right after Taxi became a hit, Harry played a gig at Northern Valley Regional High School in North Jersey. It was a gym with open seating and, getting there early (my girlfriend didn’t go), I got a place in the first row, about 15 feet from Harry. It was great and a seminal moment in my life. I’ll remember that night until my last breath and I’m thankful his stories touched my heart and life!!
thank you for the post... i grew up on harry... i was the kid who kept saying DAD, stop playing Harry already!!!Then I left home for the Army, 12 hours after HS graduation.... Then i missed it.. Helped me get through hard times... brought me home... War can do that i guess... Had dad send me cassette tapes of Harry... When others were listening to Popular hair bands, i had my walkman playing Harry... Until the big sand storm hit crossing the border.. lol... Harry's music and my walkman are buried in Iraq!!!
+SouthernMan999 ...Nicely said...I totally agree...I only had two 8 Track tapes in my 68 Mustang, in 1972, but these two guys , were the only two I had, or needed
Harry was a special human being. He donated 95% of his net worth to feed the hungry. He died driving to perform a free concert for the hungry. He was rear ended by a Mack truck on the New Jersey Expressway. His Volkswagen had its engine in the back. His car exploded. It was very sad. God Bless you Harry.
Actually, the accident was in Long Island, N.Y. Where is irrelevent though, it was still a tragedy. https//www.nytimes.com/1981/07/17/obituaries/harry-chapin-singer-killed-in-crash.html
It was the LIE (Long Island Expressway). Four of us were heading to the concert scheduled that night. When the radio played a Harry song, we all thought they were just promoting the show. When the song ended and the DJ said he was dead, everyone in the car was just stunned to silence.
34 years ago today Harry left us. My wife and I remember this day with sadness and yet good feelings that Harry and his music will live on. God Bless you Harry. I kept the change
Your so right. I wouldnt call this noise they make now days music. All the vocal dubbing now days turn it off and try to listen to them dogs n cats be barking n meeo for blocks away.
I remember it was a Sunday morning in 1981 when the radio station I was listening to told that Harry had died in a car accident. I cried then. I still feel that pain over 30 yrs later. No one since has become a story teller. I doubt no one ever will
I've loved Taxi for years. (I'm 52.) And I can't believe I just now watched him perform "Sequel". Amazing storyteller! I think I need to come out from under my rock more often. I miss you Harry. See you again one day!
Ontario Place 1980, rain pelting down, my wife, then girlfriend, and I arrived to find all the weather protected seating full. Like many others we contented ourselves to sit out in the open on the grass hills that surrounded the amphitheatre. Harry came on stage and when he saw all the fans up in the back in the rain, much to securities alarm, he invited all those in the seats to come and sit around him on the stage to free up the covered seats for those ,like us, who were out in the rain, to come in and get shelter That simple act of consideration and compassion spoke volumes of the man.
I'm sad that I never got to see Harry anywhere.. He died three years before I was born. But I grew up singing his songs. About the only thing my father and I had in common really. So I appreciate him all the more for it.
For me her name is Sue. I did leave, without ever telling her, twice. I really did take off to fly. That dream ended on a mountain side one day in a crash that I should not have survived. I remember thinking if I live through this that I would find my Sue and tell her. Many more years slipped away, and then out of the blue I get a fb friend request from her. We met, talked all night, drank, cried and realized that we had always been in love, all that time. All that time. Like Harry said, Don't ask because I'll just lie... I still love her, and this song always has and always will haunt me. Thank you Harry for putting emotions into words for all of us who could never express how we feel!
Nick Currie AKA Momus is also an amazing singer song-writer - altho a perfectly opposite style .. listen to "closer to you" or "the guitar lesson" or "flame into being".. or maybe another version of "odd job man" = "how do you find my sister"..
I survived my early 20’s listening to Harry, saw him at least 5 times in concert. Devastated by his tragic death. My children grew up listening and appreciating this amazing artist. My Grandchildren now appreciate his music and I hope he lives on to the next generation. Thank you Harry, you are gone but not forgotten
I met his wife recently at a film screening here on Long Island. We had a nice conversation. What a sweet and full of peace woman she is. It was an honor. I could tell Harry was the same kind of person. We miss you kid
I had the privilege of seeing Harry at Ramapo College in 77' in a one man concert ... loved him then , love him now ... a real good man .... always in a hurry I guess , to do for someone else ... played his tunes hundreds of times as a weekend warrior ... Taxi , in particular was my fav !! RIP brother !
Saw Harry over a dozen times and lastly at a concert on the Pier in Manhattan just a few weeks before his tragic death. Never a bad show. I saw him once at Carnegie Hall and when he came out he apologized because his throat was raw from overuse. He soldiered on, taking short breaks to sip some tea with lemon and did his usual two hours. A great performer and humanitarian.
+leahtwosaints Big John still performs with Howard Fields (Harry+Steve's drummer) and Steve Chapin as The Steve Chapin Band. Gigs on 9.19.15 @Arranmore Farm and Polo Club near Chicago, and 9.20.15 Three Oaks, MI. Steve Chapin also performs all summer @The Ovens Natural Park, Lunenburg cty, Nova Scotia. August 21, 2016 will be the 30th annual Chapin Family Concert By The Sea @The Ovens Park. Tom Chapin, Steve Chapin, Big John Wallace, Jen Chapin, Stephan Crump (Jen's husband + bass player), Jamie Fox, The Chapin Sisters, and other special guests. Music nightly from end of June til Labour day every year. Yes, Big John is an amazing talent!
I'll never forget the day Harry died. I was headed back to Port Washington on the L.I.E. from my job out in Suffolk County when I heard the news on the radio. Ironically, it was only a few miles from where he died. I remember seeing the Police starting to open up the road as it was a few hours after the crash. I still get chills thinking about that every time I hear him.
jjj11330 I remember myself. I was on the back porch of our house in Ponte Vedra Bch FL. It came on the radio, and I was devastated. I was rather young, but always liked him. Only months earlier I had asked my dad to take me to his concert if he ever came around. I had spent the entire 70's decade with my dad listening to him.
My God it's now May 2024 and I am still remembering the first time I heard this song - early seventies Nashville Ramada Inn lounge band called Blue Creek. The base player was Tommy Cushing and the Board operator was the bandleader's wife, Pat. This song was a standard request every nite performed by the drummer -I forgot his name. Thank you Mr. Chapin!
Words are difficult to find to describe Harry Chapin. Mega-talented. Unique. One of a kind. Amazing. Entertaining. Mesmorizing. Calming. Unforgettable. Dynamic(in a low-keyed sort of way). I only wish I could have seen him live. Harry and Jim Croce were just amazing.
I saw Harry Chapin twice, and had two tickets for a show in Indianapolis to be attended by the woman I later married and myself. He died just before that concert was scheduled to be performed. We were told we could get a refund for our tickets, and that if we didn't get a refund the money would be turned over to a food charity Harry supported. We kept the tickets. I have always been moved by his music. When I taught literature at a college I would sometimes play his songs in class just to show a good narrative story doesn't have to be written on a page. My wife and I have one son, and his name is Chapin. I miss him and his music a lot.
So awesome - My Dad drove Taxi & loved Harry Chapin. I got to see Harry in 1980 in Seattle a year be roe he died. My Dad died 10 years later. We played "Cats in the Cradle" at his memorial.
i feel like he wrote music that we can relate to.....cats in the cradle, taxi, better place to be......kids are all grown and moved away now....life just goes by so fast........
I’ve been listening to this Masterpiece since 1971 when it first came out…..It’s a Story of its own and the People are for Real as they live each Day of their lives not knowing how the journey will end….Vaya Con Dios Harry Chaplin….Greg
I have to give up someone today. I will then be acting happy inside my handsome home. Harry’s words will stay with me until the day I will be free to finally like myself. Unfortunately my someone will be gone. I met Harry over 40 years ago at a concert, I remember it like it was yesterday. Still know all the words to the songs he sung that day. Thanks for the music Harry!
I saw him in concert in Pullman, Washington in 1978 and it was a fantastic concert where no one wanted to leave. Harry summed it up this way: "Why did it take so long for you to invite us? Goddamn it, we had a blast!".
Any singer/song writer that passed away "such a long, long time ago" and still has the love of fans is incredible!! I've loved Harry from the start of his career. I can still sing every word of most of his hit songs. My favorite "A Better Place To Be"..I can write each and every word of it. I just read his biography and believe it or not it says he DIDN'T DO DRUGS OR DRINK!!! Since then I've noticed that he has orange juice or milk instead of alcohol when performing. Spooky thing...I turned some work mates onto Harry. They, like all of us on this site, loved him too right away!!! I swear I saw Harry in a movie later that night although I can't find any evidence of it. But what I know for a fact is my radio alarm clock woke me up and next the morning and the first words I heard was the news of his death. I'm 60 yrs. old and have seen so many talented people die but Harry's death hit me the hardest. It's a shame there's no REAL MUSIC anymore. Rap is crap, I didn't care for punk and I don't thump the Bible but the "devil horns" hand sign sends shivers down my spine. I don't give a rats behind for what passes as "country" songs now days. Traditional country is cool with me.. Crap like getting drunk in airplanes. And last but not least is Yvonne...the cello player. She makes love to that thing. Not in a sexual way, but like lovers she becomes one with it and really draws me into it too.
The "Devil's Horns" are generally attributed to Ronnie James Dio of heavy metal fame. He was also a person who cared about the fans and tried to stick around to do autographs and such. Definitely a different genre than Harry but Dio seemed to be a decent guy too.
I just stumbled across this, and it's the first time I've ever heard "The Sequel". Although I must admit that I was disappointed that it wasn't a happy ending, it was still an amazing revisit to a story we can all relate to - with what is likely a much more realistic outcome. Thank you again, Mr. Chapin, for singing the themes of our lives.
I just dont get it.....with all these Harry Chapin video's, why is it that people give it a "Thumbs Down"? If you dont like him, then scroll down & dont hit the START Button. I hate it when people go thu a site just looking for something to dislike or hate. They're called "TROLLS". Thanks for posting. Its been too may years since I last heard this on the radio. Keep em coming. :D
Many years ago I stopped a vehicle for speeding and the driver turned out to be Harry Chapin. He ended up in my passenger seat and we talked for a while. just watching this video brought up some fond memories of that day.
Did he get a warning
That is soo cool!
Awesome
Soo cool 😎
Two hero’s sitting and talking ❤
Harry Chapin didn't write lyrics, He wrote stories!!!
I disagree. He didn't even write stories. Harry Chapin wrote about life
He wrote about LIFE!!!
Same with Jim Croce and Billy Joel.
His wife wrote Cats in the cradle.
No auto-tune, no lip syncing, just real talent.❤️
Sadly, he didn’t live long enough for auto tune. Imagine if he had. He could have really made it big!
The story tellers of the '70s were a one-of-a-kind breed. Damn, I miss those days. Fortunately, through their music, their legacies will always live on. I saw Harry just months before he died. I'm so glad I made that show in Orlando.
Yeh, I'm tired of the "rape your father; stab your Mother", noisy sludge of our time.
@@carsonwhitehead1463 Isn't that the truth...
@@carsonwhitehead1463 HEY< JIM MORRISON BORROWED THOSE IDEAS FROM FAMOUS "SHAE KSPEARE" HIMSELF< WHILE HE ENROLLED IN GRAD FILM SCHOOL IN UCLA? & MET " RAY MANZAREK ON THE BEACH< RAY DROPPED LAW SCHOOL & HIS BROTHERS BAND< READ JIMS POETRY & THE REST IS HISTORY< U MIGHT REREAD SOME OF THE MOST REVERED BRITISH WORKS OF LITERATURE B4 " HURLING REMARKS FROM ANOTHER ERA< MERELY PARROTED< & INCORPORATED INT O A " PROPHETIC< ICONIC" WORK OF ART< FOR " THE AGES"!!!
I miss hearing Harry Chapin, Jim Croce, Dan Fogelberg, Robert Palmer and Warren Zevon. Glad that I can still listen to their music.
u seem to have forgotten " jim morrison, george harrison, john lennon, janis joplin, natalie cole, donna summer, jimi hendrix, kurt korban, johny almond(john mayall's blues breakers), amy, john entwistle(the who:he sang &wrote too),& how could u ever omit " elvis presley" & " micheal jackson"????+ richie valens, buddy holly, big bopper, johnny cash & annette funicello(she sang too, b4 spears/timberlake(disney brats).
Geesh, relax, she mentioned who SHE misses.
Agree most whole-heartedly. Could I add Paul Davis and Steve Goodman?
Suzanne Stapler, how about Cat Stevens?
his name is Ronald Palmer not Robert he just passed away a small town boy with a lot of talent He will be greatly missed
I'm married to a cabbie...we remembered this song. He didn't let me go. Twenty good years of marriage ... thank you Harry.
You both had gotten what you asked for, a long long time ago.
I wish you and your husband many more years of good health and happiness together.
Sweet! Beautiful story.
OH MY GOD! I have been listening to and loving Harry for over 40 years and I have never before heard the Taxi Sequel! The man has been dead since 1981 and he not only continues to thrill me with his music, he now surprises me! God bless you Harry 🙏
I'm 65 and had never heard The Sequel. Thank you for posting this and thank Harry too. RIP.
Same, I am also 65 and saw this for the first time!
My husband and I attended one of his concerts in Phoenix not too long before Harry's tragic accident. Harry signed my t-shirt with 'Harry, it Sucks' on it and gave me a kiss. I still have the shirt, too small for me to ever fit into again but I’ll be damned if I ever give it up. It is a most treasured memory. We miss you Harry but hear your voice often.
Same story here Barbee. He was touring solo in Nashville, one of his one-guitar one-person World Hunger Year-boosting tours, and he said he was going to sing "Mr. Tanner", and I thought, that's two voices, how will he do that? Turned out he called for an audience volunteer to sing the "O Holy Night" part and I ran up. I'll never forget that. I cried when Harry died - gone so soon and in such selfless service to the world. But at least he lives in his music and his foundation's works.
Wow, I didn't see your reply until now. My young daughter and I both cried over his death. What an honor to be able to sing with him. OMG! Very special. He was a humanitarian and agree, he lives on.
@@barbeebennington798 Oh, just wear it anyway. The letters will just be farther apart! Love always to HC and his fans.
what a great memory, I mourn the loss of the singer /songwriters
Such a good guy. I saw him at the Valley Forge Music Fair in the 70s.
If this song doesn't give you pause you are dead inside, what a storyteller and true artist. Puts the saccharine extruded soulless crap of today to the shame it deserves.
+kjm1500 Could not have said it better. Absolutely spot on!
Story Tellers
kjm1500 I agree 1000%
56 years old, and cant listen to this, w/o finding tears coming into my eyes every time. Beautiful song
WELL SAID!!! There isn’t any good music anymore. There hasn’t been for a LONG time. RIP Harry 😔
It’s 2021. I’ve listened and loved this song for about 40. Years now. I so remember when he died. A true master.
By the way Harry, I did learn to fly...Captain Tom at your service sir.
This is a story.
Part of mine.
About 1973-74 my friend Nick Van Lengen going to college in Hornell, NY.
Auto mechanics.
I was painting houses that summer.
Went down to fish.
Poured rain the whole time.
He had a 1966 GTO convertible that never ran right.
Dark blue.
White interior.
What... I think a 383 CI with dual carbs.
Wayne White ended up with it a couple years later and turned it into a show car.
So, Nick and I spent some time in some bars and ate at the same diner... breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Every day.
Waiting for the rain to stop.
It did not.
We played this song by Harry Chapin every day on the juke box.
I ended up there a year or two later hunting deer.
In the snow and fog.
First time I ever got lost.
Haven't since.
Could not tell which way was what.
Finally figured it out... but was pretty stressful.
This song was in my head the whole time.
I had a 1965 Triumph TR4-A... 15" wire wheels and all.
GAVE it to Nick before I went to Wyoming.
Then I learned he passed away about a year or so later.
Harry Chapin's brother, Tom, had a TV show for kids every Saturday morning.
I know Harry is gone.
Just a sweet song and story.
Wanted to share.
Hopefully you aren't taking tips and getting stoned.
Much agreed.
It's ashamed that alot of the good story tellers are gone. Now just rapp crap 😑 😒.
@@richardbause2453 Sir, I agree with you 100 percent..
Harry had such a unique, haunting, emotional voice. He had to be one of the storyteller singers ever. So very underappreciated, but if you ever saw him in concert, you were a fan for life. R.I.P. Harry.
😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
ABSOLUTELY. PHENOMENAL. Saw him in concert twice. The second time he was greeting fans, and was standing right next to me. I was too shy and did not speak a word. Years later, Tom was performing in my hometown, and I decided to attend his concert. Afterwards, I decided to relay my experience. Tom was a such a gentlman, and said Maddy, Harry loved his fans!!! God Bless Harry his family, and the other members of the Chapin family. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Storytellers: have you ever heard Dan Fogelberg's "Tucson Arizona (Gazette)"? It's more than a song.
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He was a great human being and a great musician. He may have been the 1st to begin doing concerts to feed the hungry. He had an incredible stage presence and was one of those rare musicians who was better live than in the studio.
He filled in for a group that cancelled last minute at my college in Spring 1981 I think. He showed up, just him and his guitar. Sang, joked, told stories and had as much fun as the crowd for over 3 hours. I have never been to another concert that was as good as this one was. 30,000 pounds of bananas!!! Love ya Harry.
SUNY Fredonia
My date canceled out at the last minute and I called a “milk and cookie” friend to go to the concert, I had tickets. Harry was solo and late, missed the flight. For almost 3 hours we chatted till he arrived and he sung past midnight. Found way too much in common and have been married over 38 years. Thanks Harry! FYI, he introduced the second Taxi at this show...he was writing it on the plane from Buffalo, NY to Youngstown, OH.
Funny how that stuff works out some time, just about the time you think it's a waist of time, ya find out somebody had a plan you didn't know about, and it's been righteous for 38 years.
Rob Liptak Great story! What is a “milk and cookie” friend?
That’s great, you & your wife being married 38 years. If my late wife who was from the Philippines were still living we would be married 41 years on April 5,2020. We we married 31 years when she passed away, she was the love of my life.
@@irenemax3574 Yeah, and more importantly: I wonder if his wife of 38 years knows what a "mil and cookie friend" is?
Rob: Can you tell me the date/location of this concert (where he first performed "Sequel")?
I can't help but see this movie playing in my head each time I hear these songs. One of the best storytelling song writers of all time.
He directed some short films back in the day, IIRC.
I have a BFA in screenwriting; I'm thinking about using this song and Harry Chapin to get my MFA.
It was a different time- there was more honesty- things were simpler- and while the windshield wipers were slapping away at the sleet- Harry Chapin was on the car radio (not a fancy stereo system) singing his songs of life and love-- this was my youth.
Mine also. I grew up listening to 70's music and I still listen to it today.
ME, TOO:)
OMG...after all these years, I am almost embarrassed to say that this is the FIRST time I not only have heard the "sequel", but even knew it existed. Thank you for this...and thank you Harry, for some of the best and most influential music I luckily had the opportunity to experience when it happened. RIP
Never knew either
I was always wishing what happen, then ran into this little pearl. I was so HAPPY.... It doesn't take much for me. 🕊️I loved him, and remembered when he died. So sad, I felt so bad for his wife and son. 🎵👣💚🌎💙
But at least his music will live on and alway's be around. 💞 & 🕊️
Me too.
I'm guilty of not knowing, but what a pleasant surprise ❤😊
I would call this song a musical masterpiece.
Who is listening in 2022?
I've never stopped listening to Harry ❤ I could play his music 24/7. There will NEVER be anyone like him.
It's 2024 now. Still listening ❤
I am!
2024 ❤
2024. I lost my best friend of 23 years (half my life) and she loved Harry and got me into his music. She went to be with the Lord yesterday. I love you so much Colleen and I will be with you again some day 😢😢😢
Still makes me cry. God rest his eternal soul
Taxi is not a song, but a master piece
I’m only 25 but this song has for some reason always struck a cord in me rip Harry
At 64 yrs all I can say is( Thank you Harry) sweet dreams
I had first heard taxi in the 70s when I got a cassette of his best hits, graduated high school 1972, and I played it for Dad after he retired and he loved the songs, I would explain each one, it's story, before I played them. My daughter was born in 89 and I was listening to the sequel of taxi when she was in her twenties, I had never heard it, I just googled did he ever write a sequel and started crying when I heard it. I played both songs for my daughter and she said that's beautiful. In 2018 she bought tickets for us to watch Stevie nicks and Fleetwood Mac at Dallas airlines arena for my birthday. We cried and sang and hugged throughout the whole concert! Hopefully to see you in heaven, Harry!
I saw Harry in concert twice - and listened to his albums endlessly in our house when I was a kid. His stories are timeless...as is his delivery!
Harry Chapin was a master at his craft. His ability to open his soul and allow others to look in is the mark of a true artist.
We all have our “Sue” or our “Harry”. Chapin’s talent was in finding the commonality of the human condition. In baring his soul to us he gave us leave to explore who we are. A rare and amazing talent, he was taken too soon.
My “Sue” was when I was in college. Karen was indeed going to be an actress, I was a marketing major. When we parted it tore part of me away for many, many years. For all that time this song held an emotional charge for me unlike any other. When I allow it to it still does…
Well, I became an actor. A dancer, performer and storyteller. She became the business person. I’ve searched for her over the years but have never been successful in finding what happened to her beyond that.
Harry, your music got me through a rough period of my life and has been part of who I am for over 40 years now. Thank you for sharing your life, humor and humanity through your music. You are missed.
I was there middle of main orchestra - great concert - miss you Harry - you are still the best! miss you - great man! great story teller and artist!
"Of all sad words on tongue and pen, the saddest are these.... It might have been."
Thank you Harry, a taxi driver saved me once from an abusive situation and I never forgot him or his kindness....even after all these years!
I never knew about this sequel until tonight. Amazing find! Harry Chapin was so amazing!
My favorite singer/songwriter in this life. Any Harry fan is welcome in my world.
...And one heck of a nice guy, Huntington Long Island was Harry's town and we loved seeing Harry and the group play at Huntington High School, Free, just bring cans of food and then after the show with Pete Seeger and they'd be outside in the lobby of the auditorium singing anything--back yard barbeques, you name it--Yep Huntington was Harry's town. I miss Huntington and Harry!! Charles
+Charles Wagner i miss him too! Saw him play in concert 3 times. Still today, I miss Harry more than anything. A man with a heart and soul.
+Charles Wagner... Yeah I remember Huntington all to well...I'm from Dix Hills and I was so proud of Harry being from Huntington...the song hit home..I was going to college and driving a cab in Manhatten at night..use to hear this song on WNEW and WPLJ...Alex Bennett had a talk show in the early,early hours at night on WPlJ before it became fashionable to have talk radio.. great memories!
+Jimmy Johnson I'm just listening to this as my wife's son sent it. I don't know much about Harry other than what I've heard on the radio. I was going to school in Green Bay when this song was out in 1970 or so. I grew up in Deer Park and then Brentwood. I never knew that Harry was from the area. I recall WNEW and WPLJ, but as the song goes, that was all a long time ago. Anyway, he has a very nice voice and was a good writer. It's such a shame that he died in an alcohol related crash. Now I listen my computer and all the radio stations begin with a K. LI was a good place to grow up but I got tired of the cold rain and snow. Now the only snow I see is if we go to Reno. Anyway, thanks so much for the video, it's wonderful.
john collins Harry was a friend of mine for a few minutes in 1975. His highest charting hit was " Cat's in the Cradle' ; which Nissan used in their Superbowl commercial ! He was a humanitarian ; who founded WHY? - World Hunger Year, and was posthumously given the Congressional Gold Medal of Honor in 1985. He always played for " the cheap seats", and usually stayed long after shows to meet and greet his fans , and talk to them about hunger in America and the world. One of his famous quotes was that in life we only need 3 things- food, water, and music. His fatal accident on the L I Expressway was NOT alcohol-related. It is believed that he may have had a heart attack while driving his kids' VW; before being hit by the semi. Get your facts straight please. He was a good man,a good husband to Sandy and a good father , and the Chapin Foundation exists today still using monies for hunger problems. We need less then 300 signatures to reach the 1st benchmark ; to have Harry inducted into the Songwriters' Hall of Fame. It can be found at www.induct harry.com. You need to listen to more of his music. Just my opinion - Be Blessed ~
A beautiful song with an even more beautiful message
Given that Sequel ends with "only time will tell", I always believed there would be a third part. Sadly, we never got that third part, but can only relish the magic of the first two. What a storyteller, songwriter, and underrated vocalist. RIP Harry
In all my years, that is the first time I've heard the "Sequel". It brought back memories of a girl I loved in high school. She married someone else and thru the years we lost touch. A few years ago, we got back together. She'd divorced as did I. We were together a few months, but "whatever we'd once had was gone". Thank you for the video.
Yep!
:( :( :(
Thanks for your story! Best of luck to you!
Mike Ladner wow I just recently had the same exact experience it's like reliving that old hurt again !!
Mike Ladner I'm sorry things didn't work out for you. I think we all have that someone in our past with whom we wish had a a second chance. For me that was my first love, who died at age 58, just 60 days before my husband died.
Had the privilege to see Harry Chapin live twice (1977 and 1980). Would have seen him a dozen more time if he'd not been taken from us.
Loved Harry, saw 2 concerts and both were amazing, the one in South Bend, IN, Harry got there but the band got held up, were about 30 minutes late, but Harry started without them, came off the stage and sang Mail Order Annie and a couple others, OMG it was great, never been to another concert where the audience was just mesmerized as it was with Harry. Was on my way to buy concert tickets-pre internet, lol-for another one off Harry's concerts in Merriville, In and heard on the radio that Harry had died, had to pull off, changed stations and heard it again before it sunk in, cried like a baby, miss ya Harry, but i keep the music close still.
Marty Burns I had two tickets to see Harry in Tampa in 1977... Harry was so special that I just didn't want to have a "date/date" for the show....Since there was nobody special in my life, I went by myself..:)
I had tickets to a concert his concert at the Bushnell in Connecticut. He died a few days before that concert was to happen. I still have those tickets. His songs resonated when I was a teenager but now as a parent the resonate in a totally different way!
Marty Burns Me too, I had already bought my tickets for that show at the Holiday Star in Merrillville. I was devastated when I had heard the news that he'd been killed........
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Marty Burns I love this guy, I cried to when I heard about his death, what an awesome singer.
Saw him in Hawaii 1977 . I was in the 5 row for 2 hours he sang , It was something I will never forget . I remember learning he died very day ,
Someone please show "Swifties" this video so they see what a person who's ACTUALLY talented is like.
My college years in Lowell in the late '70's...loving Ann Marie. Walking from my college dorm at 9:00 pm in the freezing air to her apartment just to see her....thru dismal streets of triple deckers. She knew Harry Chapin from years before there was me. She spent some time with him after one of his Boston concerts. She cried when she told me about how special it was to be with him. I lost her after college. I think of her when I hear this song. Tiny Ann Marie...she became a nurse in the Army.
“ Through the too-many miles, and the too-little smiles...I still remember you.” Just a heartbreaking line about the one who got away. I still listen to you everyday Harry.
I had the good fortune to see Harry and Tom Chapin at Lindsey Air Station in Wiesbaden Germany in 1981. I was seated in the second row just fifteen feet away from Harry in a US Military club with fewer than 100 people in attendance. It does not get any better, he might be gone but his music lives on.
One of the best ever
I was stationed at the hospital just a few blocks away and went to that concert also. Great as always. Do you remember the little bratwurst stand across from the BAQ next to the hospital complex?
@@MrTommyboy68 YES I do! Those were the days my friend we thought they'd never end. Who did that? Regrettably I've forgotten.
Oh My Lord, I knew this from early 1970's and this, nov. 2023, is the FIRST I have herd the sequel.
I remember when you passed, Mr. Harry Chapin. May God Always Bless Your Soul...
Can you imagine Harry and Jim (Croce) sitting up there writing and singing for the Lord, gives you something to look forward to doesn't it?
Now, that woulda been something!
oh Man. What a duo.
for the Lord? Who sings for the Lord now; is he or she some celebrity or king or something, this Lord? he was singing for an audience, NOT, a sky daddy
@@kipkunkle4667 You sure do hate Him, considering you don't believe He exists.
@@kipkunkle4667 Can you not read? Both Croce and Chapin are gone, have passed on. Mike Wachowiak said can you imagine them sitting UP THERE (heaven) writing and singing for the Lord. He wasn't referring to Chapin singing at this concert in front of the audience. And all you had to do was answer "No." Instead you cared to show your ignorance by your answer.
I got to see him Live in the late 70's. I'm so thankful for that 💞
Although he never says it is, there is always something about a mans first love
Agreed!! Very well spoken my friend.
always a first @@steveguardez2184
No, we never do forget. Especially if we are lonely...
@@johnnagy2052 Even when you're not. Even when all is well; even then that un-announced visit or phone call after 20+ years.
or a great love which he lost................
Beautiful
What a gift
What a loss
Harry's music reaches a spot inside of my heart that not much else can. It's a spot that is full of longing and nostalgia and dreams. It's spot where I store all of my "might have been" thoughts. Thank you for taking us on a ride in your taxi while you were still here. You are deeply missed.
Met the love of my life and loved her more than life itself I went off to war and came back and she had passed away , broke my soul ! This reminds me of her so much as she loved Harry's music ! I will never stop loving her, see you on the other side Jean!
I'm very sure she is looking down on you with a very big smile. God bless you both.Love you
So so sorry Daniel. :((
Me too Dan ...lv 2you
A true American troubadour, he sang about the reality we all deal with.
Harry left way too early! I was a fan from the tiime I was 12 years old, I miss him and Jim Croce so much. There's not enough songsters who write their own material anymore.
Try listening to John Gorka. Also Cory Chisel. Both fabulous.
Vampirebear13 I'll second that, Vampirebear13. I got to meet John Gorka at the Philadelphia Folk Festival in 1992. Very nice guy. Great singer.
And Heart, other than during the 80's Ann and Nancy Wilson write almost all their own music. Red Velvet Car and Fanatic are their most recent albums with another due out in 2016. :)
him and jim croce left us to son
journeyer58 agreed! Loved them both 💔
Best ballad I have ever heard. What a songwriting storyteller!
They don't make em like this anymore...love you harry!
Harry Chapin was a treasure and had so much talent. He always said his songs were too long for radio, but the fact is his life was too short for all those who admired his fantastic ability as a story teller and singer. RIP Harry, you will be long remembered!
always loved chapins music im 63 its 2016 and his music is still alive as ever...thanks Harry for giving us your great music it will last forever.
Kev M I'm 60 and it's 2017, but you know, Harry and his music will never age, 💔
Im 64 its 2020, Harry will never be forgotten
I’m 64 (2023). When I listen to him, I still cry. He was a mainstay in the 70’s when I was a teen. They don’t make musicians like him anymore 😢
Still listening in 2024, never stopped listening since the 70s.
Right after Taxi became a hit, Harry played a gig at Northern Valley Regional High School in North Jersey. It was a gym with open seating and, getting there early (my girlfriend didn’t go), I got a place in the first row, about 15 feet from Harry. It was great and a seminal moment in my life. I’ll remember that night until my last breath and I’m thankful his stories touched my heart and life!!
thank you for the post... i grew up on harry... i was the kid who kept saying DAD, stop playing Harry already!!!Then I left home for the Army, 12 hours after HS graduation.... Then i missed it.. Helped me get through hard times... brought me home... War can do that i guess... Had dad send me cassette tapes of Harry... When others were listening to Popular hair bands, i had my walkman playing Harry... Until the big sand storm hit crossing the border.. lol... Harry's music and my walkman are buried in Iraq!!!
He's still flying in his taxi, then and forever!! RIP
One of the Greatest story tellers. Songs these days do not compare. Jim Croce another Great!
+SouthernMan999 ...Nicely said...I totally agree...I only had two 8 Track tapes in my 68 Mustang, in 1972, but these two guys , were the only two I had, or needed
Harry was a special human being. He donated 95% of his net worth to feed the hungry.
He died driving to perform a free concert for the hungry. He was rear ended by a Mack truck on the New Jersey Expressway. His Volkswagen had its engine in the back. His car exploded. It was very sad.
God Bless you Harry.
Actually, the accident was in Long Island, N.Y. Where is irrelevent though, it was still a tragedy. https//www.nytimes.com/1981/07/17/obituaries/harry-chapin-singer-killed-in-crash.html
It was the LIE (Long Island Expressway). Four of us were heading to the concert scheduled that night. When the radio played a Harry song, we all thought they were just promoting the show. When the song ended and the DJ said he was dead, everyone in the car was just stunned to silence.
One of my favorite singers. Seen him twice in Evansville In. RIP HARRY CHAPIN
34 years ago today Harry left us.
My wife and I remember this day with sadness and yet good feelings that Harry and his music will live on.
God Bless you Harry. I kept the change
Real music and lyrics so different from what is called music today
Dave Wilson You are absolutely, undeniably correct
Your so right. I wouldnt call this noise they make now days music. All the vocal dubbing now days turn it off and try to listen to them dogs n cats be barking n meeo for blocks away.
if there were ten thumbs up you hit it on the head
Good God, what a story teller. Had the pleasure of meeting him a couple of times...sorely missed. RIP, Harry.
I remember it was a Sunday morning in 1981 when the radio station I was listening to told that Harry had died in a car accident. I cried then. I still feel that pain over 30 yrs later. No one since has become a story teller. I doubt no one ever will
I've loved Taxi for years. (I'm 52.) And I can't believe I just now watched him perform "Sequel". Amazing storyteller! I think I need to come out from under my rock more often. I miss you Harry. See you again one day!
Ontario Place 1980, rain pelting down, my wife, then girlfriend, and I arrived to find all the weather protected seating full. Like many others we contented ourselves to sit out in the open on the grass hills that surrounded the amphitheatre. Harry came on stage and when he saw all the fans up in the back in the rain, much to securities alarm, he invited all those in the seats to come and sit around him on the stage to free up the covered seats for those ,like us, who were out in the rain, to come in and get shelter That simple act of consideration and compassion spoke volumes of the man.
Happy Birthday Harry in Heaven ! You will never be forgotten ! Thank you for being part of my life !
On so many fronts, he left the world a better place than he found it, that's for sure.
This Amazing performer did over 300 concerts per year but was tireless in his devoted quest to feed the Worlds hungry young and old.
I'm sad that I never got to see Harry anywhere.. He died three years before I was born. But I grew up singing his songs. About the only thing my father and I had in common really. So I appreciate him all the more for it.
For me her name is Sue. I did leave, without ever telling her, twice. I really did take off to fly. That dream ended on a mountain side one day in a crash that I should not have survived. I remember thinking if I live through this that I would find my Sue and tell her. Many more years slipped away, and then out of the blue I get a fb friend request from her. We met, talked all night, drank, cried and realized that we had always been in love, all that time. All that time. Like Harry said, Don't ask because I'll just lie... I still love her, and this song always has and always will haunt me. Thank you Harry for putting emotions into words for all of us who could never express how we feel!
for me different circumstances but her name was Beth.....after 45 years.....
Amazing story my friend...
now we just talk from a distance of 1,400 miles.....
@@artjag1 better than not talking at all sometimes better.
What is your status with Sue...do you talk?
Greatest singer / story teller of all time.
OK, I really like this song too. And he had a couple of others that were pretty good. BUT to suggest he is the greatest of all time is a huge reach.
absolutely true
Nick Currie AKA Momus is also an amazing singer song-writer - altho a perfectly opposite style .. listen to "closer to you" or "the guitar lesson" or "flame into being".. or maybe another version of "odd job man" = "how do you find my sister"..
I survived my early 20’s listening to Harry, saw him at least 5 times in concert. Devastated by his tragic death. My children grew up listening and appreciating this amazing artist. My Grandchildren now appreciate his music and I hope he lives on to the next generation. Thank you Harry, you are gone but not forgotten
I met his wife recently at a film screening here on Long Island. We had a nice conversation. What a sweet and full of peace woman she is. It was an honor. I could tell Harry was the same kind of person. We miss you kid
my heart aches when I listen to my this song.
Same here
I had the privilege of seeing Harry at Ramapo College in 77' in a one man concert ... loved him then , love him now ... a real good man .... always in a hurry I guess , to do for someone else ... played his tunes hundreds of times as a weekend warrior ... Taxi , in particular was my fav !! RIP brother !
Absolutely loved him in the 70's. Can still sing all the words @ 70 years . Cheers from down under
please take the time to reflect that harry was the ultimate humanitarian and an even better song-writer.....peace out
Saw Harry over a dozen times and lastly at a concert on the Pier in Manhattan just a few weeks before his tragic death. Never a bad show. I saw him once at Carnegie Hall and when he came out he apologized because his throat was raw from overuse. He soldiered on, taking short breaks to sip some tea with lemon and did his usual two hours. A great performer and humanitarian.
Big John Wallace never got the credit for his amazing vocal range!
+leahtwosaints Big John still performs with Howard Fields (Harry+Steve's drummer) and Steve Chapin as The Steve Chapin Band. Gigs on 9.19.15 @Arranmore Farm and Polo Club near Chicago, and 9.20.15 Three Oaks, MI. Steve Chapin also performs all summer @The Ovens Natural Park, Lunenburg cty, Nova Scotia. August 21, 2016 will be the 30th annual Chapin Family Concert By The Sea @The Ovens Park. Tom Chapin, Steve Chapin, Big John Wallace, Jen Chapin, Stephan Crump (Jen's husband + bass player), Jamie Fox, The Chapin Sisters, and other special guests. Music nightly from end of June til Labour day every year. Yes, Big John is an amazing talent!
leahtwosaints v
Sure he did...
I thought that was Jeff Lynne when I saw him. Thanks for straightening me out.
I'll never forget the day Harry died. I was headed back to Port Washington on the L.I.E. from my job out in Suffolk County when I heard the news on the radio. Ironically, it was only a few miles from where he died. I remember seeing the Police starting to open up the road as it was a few hours after the crash. I still get chills thinking about that every time I hear him.
jjj11330 I remember myself. I was on the back porch of our house in Ponte Vedra Bch FL. It came on the radio, and I was devastated. I was rather young, but always liked him. Only months earlier I had asked my dad to take me to his concert if he ever came around. I had spent the entire 70's decade with my dad listening to him.
I am 67 now...iconic music from my youth....I was a cab driver when this came out.
The sequel can be found on the Elektra 2cd "the gold medal collection"
What an amazing voice and a grasp of the angst of life
John Pavelko yup, he reads life, doesn't he? 😊
We lost one of the best. Thank you for the stories. Peace and love ❤️ 8888
Yes, his songs were stories.
My God it's now May 2024 and I am still remembering the first time I heard this song - early seventies Nashville Ramada Inn lounge band called Blue Creek. The base player was Tommy Cushing and the Board operator was the bandleader's wife, Pat. This song was a standard request every nite performed by the drummer -I forgot his name. Thank you Mr. Chapin!
Words are difficult to find to describe Harry Chapin. Mega-talented. Unique. One of a kind. Amazing. Entertaining. Mesmorizing. Calming. Unforgettable. Dynamic(in a low-keyed sort of way). I only wish I could have seen him live. Harry and Jim Croce were just amazing.
Harry has a way of knowing how many of us have lived our life.
I saw Harry Chapin twice, and had two tickets for a show in Indianapolis to be attended by the woman I later married and myself. He died just before that concert was scheduled to be performed. We were told we could get a refund for our tickets, and that if we didn't get a refund the money would be turned over to a food charity Harry supported. We kept the tickets. I have always been moved by his music. When I taught literature at a college I would sometimes play his songs in class just to show a good narrative story doesn't have to be written on a page. My wife and I have one son, and his name is Chapin. I miss him and his music a lot.
He was a great song writer. We lost him too soon.
So awesome - My Dad drove Taxi & loved Harry Chapin. I got to see Harry in 1980 in Seattle a year be roe he died. My Dad died 10 years later. We played "Cats in the Cradle" at his memorial.
i feel like he wrote music that we can relate to.....cats in the cradle, taxi, better place to be......kids are all grown and moved away now....life just goes by so fast........
I’ve been listening to this Masterpiece since 1971 when it first came out…..It’s a Story of its own and the People are for Real as they live each Day of their lives not knowing how the journey will end….Vaya Con Dios Harry Chaplin….Greg
I have to give up someone today. I will then be acting happy inside my handsome home. Harry’s words will stay with me until the day I will be free to finally like myself. Unfortunately my someone will be gone. I met Harry over 40 years ago at a concert, I remember it like it was yesterday. Still know all the words to the songs he sung that day. Thanks for the music Harry!
Your situation touches me. Hope you're doing well since posting this. Message me if I can help or support.
My friend from long ago rest in peace you were a true poet
Wow: Harry ended this story beautifully , He was a great story singer!
I saw him in concert in Pullman, Washington in 1978 and it was a fantastic concert where no one wanted to leave. Harry summed it up this way: "Why did it take so long for you to invite us? Goddamn it, we had a blast!".
Any singer/song writer that passed away "such a long, long time ago" and still has the love of fans is incredible!! I've loved Harry from the start of his career. I can still sing every word of most of his hit songs. My favorite "A Better Place To Be"..I can write each and every word of it. I just read his biography and believe it or not it says he DIDN'T DO DRUGS OR DRINK!!! Since then I've noticed that he has orange juice or milk instead of alcohol when performing. Spooky thing...I turned some work mates onto Harry. They, like all of us on this site, loved him too right away!!! I swear I saw Harry in a movie later that night although I can't find any evidence of it. But what I know for a fact is my radio alarm clock woke me up and next the morning and the first words I heard was the news of his death. I'm 60 yrs. old and have seen so many talented people die but Harry's death hit me the hardest. It's a shame there's no REAL MUSIC anymore. Rap is crap, I didn't care for punk and I don't thump the Bible but the "devil horns" hand sign sends shivers down my spine. I don't give a rats behind for what passes as "country" songs now days. Traditional country is cool with me.. Crap like getting drunk in airplanes. And last but not least is Yvonne...the cello player. She makes love to that thing. Not in a sexual way, but like lovers she becomes one with it and really draws me into it too.
+mossmangene ..Yes she does....and Amen about all music...
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The "Devil's Horns" are generally attributed to Ronnie James Dio of heavy metal fame. He was also a person who cared about the fans and tried to stick around to do autographs and such. Definitely a different genre than Harry but Dio seemed to be a decent guy too.
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Have all of his songs. A life cut to short! Miss his voice. A good man!
I 'came of age' to these words, and they resonate even more deeply today...
I just stumbled across this, and it's the first time I've ever heard "The Sequel".
Although I must admit that I was disappointed that it wasn't a happy ending, it was still an amazing revisit to a story we can all relate to - with what is likely a much more realistic outcome.
Thank you again, Mr. Chapin, for singing the themes of our lives.
I just dont get it.....with all these Harry Chapin video's, why is it that people give it a "Thumbs Down"? If you dont like him, then scroll down & dont hit the START Button. I hate it when people go thu a site just looking for something to dislike or hate. They're called "TROLLS". Thanks for posting. Its been too may years since I last heard this on the radio. Keep em coming. :D