It's funny how you can hear a song when you're young and have no life experience, then hear the same song again years later, and it hits completely different.
We all are on a fast ride, a ride which can end at any moment. Souls ain´t alright nor right with GOD, to go back home. Choosing not to repent and BORN AGAIN, souls still daily live in sins. (Luke: 13:3 KJV) Perishing because of the knowledge, which they didn´t care about knowing. (HOSEA 4:6 KJV)
Tracy did not grow up in Poverty. What is remarkable is how she inhabits what it feels like to struggle. To have little money when the world says that you can never have enough. She is Singing a Feeling... a moment in time that most everyone can relate to even not having lived it.
Back in the 80's, I was laid off from my short-lived corporate job with Chase in Boston (ah, "downsizing," as we called it then), and I got a job as the night "manager" (mainly stocking and facing shelves) at the WordsWorth Bookstore in Harvard Square. I remember a certain young woman busking in the Square a few times, and thought she had an amazing voice. I had little to spare, but I gave her a few bucks here and there. Imagine my surprise and delight when she released her first album, hearing that same, unmistakable voice sing this and so many other great songs on the radio. Glad I was able to witness and be part of her journey in a tiny way.
I was in my early 20s when I moved to Canada to find a better life for myself. This song was released right about that time and I fell in love with it instantly. It's one of those songs that makes you happy and sad at the same time. It always reminds me of those days.
I can so relate to your words. I was 13 when we left the UK to live in Vancouver. From a small northern village to a high school of 3,500! I was lonely and terrified of this new life of which I had no choice. I always turned to music for answers. All kinds of music. Country touched me deeply. Tracy Chapman, not only for the amazing lyrics that touched home for me, but for her rich deep and soulful voice. @@agolzad
There are songs that cause you to dance, there are songs that cause you to sing out loud, and there are songs that keep you silent in the stillness of your soul . This song is the latter…truly touching
This was my mum’s favourite song. She actually lived the song. Told me her story when I was a child. May she rest in peace and I hope to make things better. Love you mama, may you rest in peace ❤
35 years ago this was a masterpiece of writing and singing. 35 years later? Still a complete masterpiece. Tracy sounds just as good. Man, she looks like she aged about 2 hours! Incredibly talented. Her blues guitaring is sensational. Beautiful musician.
Her 1988 Oakland Coliseum show was one of the best live performances of all time. I've watched it dozens of times and it blows me away each time I watch it.
I was married in 1976 and my wife and I used to go for drives in the evening almost every night. It was a time when we could share where we wanted to go in life and how we could get there. They were good times and I remember them well. When this song was released in 1988 I had been divorced for a year and was now a single parent of three. This song brought back those memories and on occasion caused me grief. All those dreams gone forever. But it also inspired me. I was a Father of three young children and they relied on me to help make their dreams come true. I would take my youngsters everywhere with me. I'd listen to what they wanted and how they thought they would get there while we were out just driving around. I had a motorcycle with a sidecar in those days and we were out often just roaming around. It introduced my kids to a whole new world of bikers and how they lived and what their values were. I used to take my brats to live music venues so they could appreciate real music performed by real people. We did a lot of things together and I always tried to open their eyes up to the real world. To this day every time I hear this song I am reminded of those three babes and how much they learned from our "Driving our fast car". I never achieved so many of those things I wanted in the early days due to circumstances but I did achieve one thing. My kids still remember those days and they know who their Dad is. That's good enough for me.
It’s so rare that a song can paint a picture that makes you feel as if you’ve watched a whole movie with these characters and are feeling the emotions right there with them
She's got more talent in her little finger than Taylor Swift's whole body. She should be a super star and she probably would be if she were white and blonde. Sad but true
Growing up with an alcoholic father ,dropped out of school as an A student at his request, only to lose him to suicide 18 years after. This is my story as a grown man whose been recovering from addiction myself. Broken homes. Shattered lives , this song touches lives on so many levels.....
I hope you have been able to get your life together. We can decide to live in our past and be victims or turn the page and be grateful for surviving that and being stronger for it. I chose to live my life with no regrets. It’s not easy but it’s worth it!
Yes. Immortality is when popular opinion becomes fact. It is believed to be, so it is. Fucked up how existential life had become. It really became immortal not too long after it was released, we were just too young/ naive to realize it.
So... immortal? Dunno if that's quite the word, but... I'm a 78 year old white guy who was frickin' BLOWN AWAY when this song first appeared on VH1 in 1988. I was a pastor in Birmingham AL and was captivated by it. I just joined Ultimate Guitar (subscription), logged in... had to select a decade - hmmm... picked the 80s (some of the greatest pop music EVER made) - and somehow, of the 10s of 1,000s of songs I could have picked from the catalog to find the chords to was... Yep... Tracy's Fast Car. So, here I am... again - as deeply impressed by the simplicity of the chord progression and the stunning depth of the gut-wrenching lyrics of heart-longing as the first time I heard it. THAT, my brothers & sisters IS A SONG, IS MUSIC. Thanks, Tracy, for breaking the glass ceiling of a young black female soloist with GUTS and your message waaaay back in 1988.
She certainly doesn’t need any studio recording tricks to make her voice better. Sounds every bit as amazing live as it does on the radio. Awesome song!
Remember this song growing up, always playing in background, now listening to the lyrics at 40, this has to be one of the best songs ever written, it hits me in the gut, she is truly gifted.
Oh how I remember where I was when I first heard this song. I was in a terrible marriage, looking for a way out. I bought the CD (which btw has numerous great songs), and listened to this over and over again. It's an emotionally and melodically complicated song that clearly resonates with SO MANY different people. Thank you, Tracy Chapman, and I'm so glad I got to see you sing this live.
First time I heard this song I was in a bad marriage. I was coming home from work and I related to it right away and I thoroughly enjoyed it and look forward to hearing it all the time.
one of the best songs ever written. It grabs hold of your soul and takes you for a ride. Absolutely beautiful. I never get tired of heard this, any time, any where.
Concordo com você meu amigo James essa fera tracys quê canta demais e com uma simplicidade com sua guitarra..por onde quer quê vá trás sempre no rosto um sorriso tão cativante e meiguice no olhar é coisa de louco muito linda como às músicas 🎶 🎶 🎶 quê éla interpreta..meus parabéns pôr ter tanto gosto como éu ok..então quê Deus te abençoe sempre desta sua nova amiga Estrela da Conceição beijos 👄 💋 🎵 🔥🎶🎶🎵🎵💘🎼🎼💘👍👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻
I think it was the N.Y. Times that did a hit piece on Combs for what they claimed was effectively a racist steal of a black woman's signature song. Tracy doesn't think so. Combs explained it was his favorite song growing up and he did it as a tribute to Tracy, nothing more. Some people are just so full of hate that they can never see anything positive in anything. All they see is race and hate.
Tracy ,.. U Are U....Blessed for U & Ur Music ❤ I am 65 yrs old now ...But U & Ur Music.....Oh Well...What Can I Say ! Thank You,..For Being...U ! 🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻
I agree with Frank Bruno of the New York Times (in his opinion article of this week): this song is perfect. Ms. Chapman’s voice is clear, ever so poignant, and agelessly beautiful; her inner and her outer beauty is timeless, everlasting; her eyes both (1) invite us to her soul; and (2) drill into ours with ruthless, but loving precision. Like so many others who commented, I have loved this song since she first gave it to us and it never ever loses its luster. I first heard Fast Car when I was 27; now, at 61, it is still one of my very few “go to” songs for comfort, solace, and inspiration. Thank you for sharing this precious gem, Ms. Chapman!
This is called real talent. Never heard of this song until the Grammys 2024, and now I cant stop listening to it. It came out before I was born. Thanks Tracy for sharing this treasure with us.
I was a 22yo wreck this song hit me dead in the face, I started trying to get my life together after a tremulous childhood and then a heartbreaking breakup and what do u know it comes back and hits me dead in the face again
Being 59 years old- I'm pretty sure I'll be in the grave before this song ever will. It's simple, it's sad, it's true and it can be played on the largest stage with only a guitar and Tracy's splendid voice. I think we all had a 'Fast Car' in our live.
"You ain't gonna go that soon dear brother Thomas. I PRAY for a long wholesome life for you and loads & loads of LOVE, JOY, PEACE & PROSPERITY always! GOD BLESS you always!" 🤗❤️🙏🏼🙌🏼
Her voice is velvet. I’m glad Combs covered this and brought it to a new generation who may have forgotten this masterpiece. Real music fans will always go looking for the original, so they get introduced to Chapman
She is truly gifted. In high school when I heard it, I loved the melody and guitar. Not until now do I hear the heart breaking lyrics. She never over sings either.
Son to an alcoholic mother myself. At one point in my late teens we had absolutely nothing, no food in the cupboards, barely staying afloat, my mum just laying blackout drunk on the sofa every night, we eventually got evicted from our apartment. Only by the kindness of a previous landlord did we have somewhere to call home. I decided life was nothing but struggle and my life spiraled into drink and drugs for many years. Got sober 6 years ago and have 2 amazing children and a partner who loves me, a big house, good job and 2 cars paid off on my drive. I'm determined for them to not have to endure the struggle I did. I often look back and wonder how different things could've been if I didn't find a way out, but importantly I did
This song was my anthem of hope when I was 14! Growing up in addiction, poverty, and a broken home I wasn’t suppose to make it.....but here I am! I haven’t heard the song in years but It came on the radio this morning taking my husband to work and I just broke down! What a whirlwind of emotions! Thank you Tracy for this beautiful song that forever changed a lost broken little boy that is now a grown very successful blessed man!
I've loved this song since it was released in the late 80s. More recently, I've studied trauma and adverse childhood conditions, and I can say this song so poignantly captures the desperate plight of so many souls. Look at the way that the song seems to meander in the first half in the same locked pattern - like the way people are locked into the patterns of their lives. This musical repetition seems to go on longer than is usually expected in a song: when we think it ought to break into a chorus, it returns to "You got a fast car..." and holds the same pattern. It builds a tension which makes the break, when it comes, more powerful. The chorus "I remember we were driving..." is that emotional outpour, not quite a dam burst, but a surge of desperate hope fueled by one single moment in time where everything felt right, or right enough, in which she glimpsed a fleeting vision of how life could and should be, where she felt she belonged and could be someone. "Be someone, be someone," echoes the desperation of those whose thwarted ambitions are inextricably bound in self-defeating patterns and trauma. And then the musical surge is lost and, true to the nature of emotional dissociation, we go back again to the repetition of "You got a fast car..." In writing the song, Tracy was surely too young to have technical knowledge of things like trauma and dissociation - and yet it's there - she knew it introspectively, and captured it instinctively as an artist in the lyrics and how they are woven with the music. The song doesn't flinch in honestly portraying that such positive dreams aren't enough for so many people who hold on to the vision for a while, as reality continues to fail to meet it, and it becomes less real to them, until that one inspiring memory of feeling a sense of belonging loses its power as emotional fuel for the future, and comes to be just a memory of a moment in one's past, though a memory still worth cherishing. The song has been beautifully breaking my heart for 35 years.
You keep driving forward. 1 step at a time. Don't worry how long it takes to get there...you'll get there when YOU'RE supposed to get there. Sorry for you loss.
i too have one for my dead brother ( even 2) both japanese i don't know why but i feel they are better at make feel the feeling before and after a lost...
While I understand where you’re coming from when watching videos. But I must admit that there is nothing like a good crowd sing along. Gives me goose bumps each time. Shows the importance of the song to everyone who was singing along.
Can you imagine how amazing it must be to write a song, sing it and have generations and generations fall in love with your words, your voice, your story, your feelings, your talent, you! I really wish I had such talent
Just pure raw talent. This song is all about dreams. Without dreams we die. The only way to make it in life is to dream big and never let anyone tell you that you cant make it. Believe in you always, Always.
Believe in You, Always! I’m old now, but doubt and uncertainty never got me what I needed. Follow your dreams, you may find out that your dreams lead to something unexpected, but even better than you imagined.
her outstanding voice, empathetic storytelling and reduced musical arrangements are so unique. She is on another level altogether! I am sure many coming generations will check out her songs.
The lyrics say “I got no plans, I ain’t going nowhere” and you can feel the weight of that decision: to accept that you are and will forever be trapped living a life without happiness. I respect you, Tracy. Thank you for writing this song
I know this this song evercince it came out,but I never paid real attention to it , never listend to the entire song and listening to the lyrics. I rediscovered it on UA-cam about 3 weeks ago, I listen every day since.
Sorry, but i desagree. If you read the complete song, i think that lyric means that she got what she want (got a job pays all the bills, children...), but her boyfriend didnt. So, she doesnt want to go anywhere, because she got what she was finding; Then, breaks with the boyfriend and tells hin to take a car and go away, and find his own life.
@@gonzalolopezdelerena5859 I agree, I don't think she is saying she is forever trapped in a life without happiness, but that her hopes and dreams to build something better with her man (now the father to her children) are now gone, and she continues to do the responsible thing, as a mother and provider, and is telling her man to get it together or get out, which I think is her accepting her situation. While not completely hopeless, it shows the struggle to escape the cycles of our parents, our situation. Not a happy ending, but at the same time she is not giving up to a life of unhappiness, while at the same time she realizes as a mother, and older, those youthful dreams are over, but she is still working on providing for her kids. So while splitting hairs a bit, it is definitely not a "happy ending", and it is sad her man doesn't have his stuff together for his family, and dreams of something much bigger/better have faded.
I saw Tracy Chapman do this song live in Tokyo in 1988, when she opened for the Human Rights Now! tour headlined by Sting, Phil Collins, Bruce Springsteen and Youssou N'Dour. But she was the highlight for me of the entire evening. Just like this video, she had corn rows, jeans, a t-shirt and a guitar. There was no back-up band. I got goosebumps. She is still the same, incredible, authentic human, thank God. It's on my bucket list to meet you in person and hug you someday Tracy!
My mom who passed away loved this song so I did too. Luke combs brought those feelings to the surface again and I'm so thankful for this song. I'm tired of all the comparisons, both songs are amazing. Even tracey doesn't like all the hate revolving around Luke's cover.
Pure, raw talent. Just her amazing voice, and a guitar. No filters, no flashing lights, dancers or anything. Just Tracy Chapman singing so beautifully.
I heard this song when I was 10 years old, on a sugar estate somewhere in Zimbabwe and I told my mother that it was the most beautiful sad song I had ever heard and now in 2020 it is still that song that takes me to a place that no other song can, in other words it's my favourite song in the whole world. ❤
Oh that place where white people got kicked out of and then the dollar crashed, and they begged the white crop growers to come back? I’m sorry you are from there.
@@Chasecka Imagine not being able to hear a nice, personal story someone shares regarding a beautiful song without bringing race into it. Get a life, my guy.
This song is timeless and the whole world will never forget it. Thank you Tracy for bringing to the world this beautiful and wonderful song that will never leave our minds. God bless you! I AM OSMAN FROM MOZAMBIQUE, AND I LISTEN TO THIS SONG TIRELESSLY EVERY DAY.
@@animal1nstinct394Luke Combs is great, but he has never lived in poverty, so his rendition doesn’t resonate with me. I grew up in a dead broke household but had excellent family support, this song has a special place in my heart.
@@trenragerYou couldn't have put it any better. I live in a 3rd world country. I never lacked beyond what I really needed, as my family is middle class. But this original rings deep.
@@trenrageryou do realize that Tracy grew up in a working class neighborhood in Cleveland. How is that any different that Luke combs? Seems like you are assuming instead of gathering the facts
@@animal1nstinct394 Luke Combs version of this is a good song with a good sound, but Tracy's version of it is a great song that touches your soul. There's no comparison between the two
I loved her music now as much I did in the late 1980s and 90s. Fast car was about my favorite. I guess because I could identify with the struggles in this song. I was raised surrounded by poverty in a small Ohio town. There was very little future for a young black man in the town. I had to leave, attend college, get an education, and hopefully have a better future, which I did. It was surprising to me though that she seemed to be under appreciated in the black community. Her stories are universal, so I find that hard to comprehend.
Right on. Thanks for sharing. I was struggling through college when this song was released. Working full time during the day and school at night, writing papers on the weekends. Deciding which bills I could pay each month and which would have to wait for another day. Totally convinced the world was out to get me. It was nice to have Tracy's soulful voice there to comfort me then....and now.
I related to this song as a female who was trying to help her man succeed, but he didn’t want it. Driving in a sports car with the youthful hope is a good/precarious place to be
I love this song, listen to it every day, to remind me where I come from, sometimes I cry because I know without Gods grace and mercy I would still be sleeping on the streets
This song speaks to the struggle of the average person especially marginalized members of our society. It's quite a composition. There's just something special about Tracy Chapman.
this is the first CD that I ever bought when I was in college. Every track on it was amazing. I don’t know if anyone ever remember us when you had to buy a CD not knowing if you were going to like all the songs? But this was a CD, everyone loved all the songs
I have one of two involuntary reactions when I hear this song. Either I gently weep OR, I crank the volume up to a “10” and belt the song at the top of my lungs. 35 years and 1,000 plays later, this song still deeply touches my soul. 🤍
This is one of those songs that forces you to feel. You can’t ignore the poignancy of the words. Especially because so many kids have lived this exact story. It absolutely does break your heart when you think that despite what this child is experiencing, she still has dreams. Big, ridiculous dreams that may never come true. And yet, you find yourself almost in tears praying that she makes it. Such an amazing song. I remember the first time I heard it. I went to the record store the next day and bought it. So many, many years later, with all the pain and trauma that life throws at you, it really lands with more impact because it’s so damned real. We didn’t have a word back then. We do now. Parentification. The worst thing short of molestation a parent to do to their child.
This is one of the most beautiful, honest, heartbreaking songs I have ever heard. I know how to play it, but I cannot make it through this song without tearing up. I hate when people request it because it physically hurts me to perform this song. I can’t explain it.
I absolutely love the fact that you could literally hear a pin drop during most of this song because the audience was dead silent just listening to her sing an absolute legendary piece of work. Love this song even more now than when I heard it when I was younger. Means soo much more now.
People always say it’s hard to pick an all time favorite song. Let’s all thank Tracy for making that decision easy for everyone. Best song ever written!!!
For what it’s worth dude, I only know about Chapman because of my dad. He always had a CD in the changer when we’d drive to LA. My dad just fell in our driveway and I was scared as shit. I’m fat and ran for the first time in years the second I got the call from my mom. RIP to your father.
I’ve never seen Tracy Chapman live but I did shoot KD Lange’s show in Portland. It was as epic, I imagine. I had to put down my camera to cry when she sang Hallelujah.
I was on my way to work in the spring of 1988. Fast Car came on the radio; this is one of only a handful of songs that made me literally pull over while driving. My route to work that day took me through Post Road/Bridal Path one of North York's (Toronto) richest neighbourhoods and it was there I listened to this song, on the side of the road. I'm as blown away all these years later by it's beauty and brilliance. I wanted to see Ms. Chapman live, but read she was boring so I didn't pursue it. By pure luck on September 15th she played an Amnesty International show. Boring? She stood on the same stage that night as Springsteen, Peter Gabriel, Sting, and k.d. lang. She proved she deserved to be there and, in my mind, outdid 40% of her competition. What a talent Tracy is!
How can someone write a song that breaks your heart and lifts your soul at the same time? Absolute legend.
Could just cry memories
Powerful!!
When they been to places only few are lucky to come back from
@@douglasfraser5799 me too
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It's funny how you can hear a song when you're young and have no life experience, then hear the same song again years later, and it hits completely different.
Luke Coombs cover did just that
is that’s what’s happening???
I *just* had this thought and then saw your comment. Huge wave of nostalgia/melancholy washed over me
@@cara8302Same. Makes you reflect on life.
Ain’t it fun by Paramore gave me that exact feeling
Tracy grew up in poverty, when she sings you can feel her reaching out to us from those childhood moments. God bless you!
We all are on a fast ride, a ride which can end at any moment. Souls ain´t alright nor right with GOD, to go back home.
Choosing not to repent and BORN AGAIN, souls still daily live in sins. (Luke: 13:3 KJV)
Perishing because of the knowledge, which they didn´t care about knowing. (HOSEA 4:6 KJV)
Tracy did not grow up in Poverty. What is remarkable is how she inhabits what it feels like to struggle. To have little money when the world says that you can never have enough. She is Singing a Feeling... a moment in time that most everyone can relate to even not having lived it.
She?
@@zombiewombb😂...yeah shes a she...lolz...
Was just thinking about her interesting story. Overcoming all odds. 😔
Back in the 80's, I was laid off from my short-lived corporate job with Chase in Boston (ah, "downsizing," as we called it then), and I got a job as the night "manager" (mainly stocking and facing shelves) at the WordsWorth Bookstore in Harvard Square. I remember a certain young woman busking in the Square a few times, and thought she had an amazing voice. I had little to spare, but I gave her a few bucks here and there. Imagine my surprise and delight when she released her first album, hearing that same, unmistakable voice sing this and so many other great songs on the radio. Glad I was able to witness and be part of her journey in a tiny way.
My goodness.
That's amazing
Incroyable ❤
What a blessing 🙌
No fancy light, props dancing, costume..just pure singing..pure Gold.
Yes! True artistry.
Beautiful voices aren't enchanced with clothes or other things. Guitar & Beautiful voice......timeless
And depth of soul
, no light show, no costumes, dancing . just Real deal
yep - "nothing to prove" as the lyrics state
35 yrs after the original release she takes the 2023 CMA Song of the Year award! BRAVO TRACY! X
Ditto!
I was in my early 20s when I moved to Canada to find a better life for myself. This song was released right about that time and I fell in love with it instantly. It's one of those songs that makes you happy and sad at the same time. It always reminds me of those days.
I can so relate to your words. I was 13 when we left the UK to live in Vancouver. From a small northern village to a high school of 3,500! I was lonely and terrified of this new life of which I had no choice. I always turned to music for answers. All kinds of music. Country touched me deeply. Tracy Chapman, not only for the amazing lyrics that touched home for me, but for her rich deep and soulful voice. @@agolzad
Kind of a slap in the face that it took this long... But good that it happened nonetheless.
Finally the world catches up with Tracy Chapman's greatness
There are songs that cause you to dance, there are songs that cause you to sing out loud, and there are songs that keep you silent in the stillness of your soul . This song is the latter…truly touching
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beautifully stated.
I love this song, it goes down deep, full of love, faith and hope😢❤❤❤❤❤❤
Gloria of Tampa FL
@@pamoramaYea, I might have to plagiarize that in a poem. 🤣
Aloha. You forgot songs that will make you cry!
This was my mum’s favourite song. She actually lived the song. Told me her story when I was a child. May she rest in peace and I hope to make things better. Love you mama, may you rest in peace ❤
35 years ago this was a masterpiece of writing and singing. 35 years later? Still a complete masterpiece. Tracy sounds just as good. Man, she looks like she aged about 2 hours! Incredibly talented. Her blues guitaring is sensational. Beautiful musician.
I’m crying
Her 1988 Oakland Coliseum show was one of the best live performances of all time. I've watched it dozens of times and it blows me away each time I watch it.
@@bentk1120 is it on UA-cam
@@bentk1120 got it. Watched it, amazing talent, audience knew how to appreciate and enjoy.
one of the best songs written - EVER
I was married in 1976 and my wife and I used to go for drives in the evening almost every night. It was a time when we could share where we wanted to go in life and how we could get there. They were good times and I remember them well.
When this song was released in 1988 I had been divorced for a year and was now a single parent of three. This song brought back those memories and on occasion caused me grief. All those dreams gone forever. But it also inspired me. I was a Father of three young children and they relied on me to help make their dreams come true. I would take my youngsters everywhere with me. I'd listen to what they wanted and how they thought they would get there while we were out just driving around. I had a motorcycle with a sidecar in those days and we were out often just roaming around. It introduced my kids to a whole new world of bikers and how they lived and what their values were. I used to take my brats to live music venues so they could appreciate real music performed by real people. We did a lot of things together and I always tried to open their eyes up to the real world.
To this day every time I hear this song I am reminded of those three babes and how much they learned from our "Driving our fast car". I never achieved so many of those things I wanted in the early days due to circumstances but I did achieve one thing. My kids still remember those days and they know who their Dad is. That's good enough for me.
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Thats an awesome , inspiring story fe keep them memorable times close by fr
Awesome buddy !!!
Thanks for sharing your story.
Pure legend. One of the best songs ever written. Period.
Yes- one of the best songs written by a human being❤love you Tracy Chapman.
Couldn't agree more!
100% agree
Yes she is wicked to my sonxxxx
Agree.
*_One of the most beautiful voices in music..._*
Absolutely
It’s so rare that a song can paint a picture that makes you feel as if you’ve watched a whole movie with these characters and are feeling the emotions right there with them
Verdade eu me sinto tão leve
Me has borrado.e sido llo lo siento te agradecería que vol vieras .a restablecer todo.90...
She's got more talent in her little finger than Taylor Swift's whole body. She should be a super star and she probably would be if she were white and blonde. Sad but true
Absolutely agree
Perfect description of this song and the lyrics.
One woman, one guitar and a million hearts touched. So many emotions captured so beautifully. The world needs more Tracy's instead of all this hate
I agree black lives matter
way more than a million hearts bro
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It’s billions heart bro 😎
God bless your pure heart Brother, Carry on.
She rocked the Grammy’s.
She shined like a star.✨💞
It was a beautiful duet.
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Her smile was everything ❤️
Yeah she did
Luke combs did as well
Timeless, classic! I can never get tired of listening to this song! Tracy Chapman!❤
This type of song makes an artist immortal.
Best comment I ever had the pleasure of reading
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@@deanonewton8704 I'm sorry about that.
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@@deanonewton8704 😂😁😂
This is crazy how she basically wrote a movie in lyrical form. 😮
I never thought of it like that but now that you mentioned it,I totally agree
that's life - the best movie
She?
That is a GREAT idea! This song is timeless. We can relate to it now maybe more than back then.
Exactly, yes!
Growing up with an alcoholic father ,dropped out of school as an A student at his request, only to lose him to suicide 18 years after. This is my story as a grown man whose been recovering from addiction myself. Broken homes. Shattered lives , this song touches lives on so many levels.....
Hang in there buddy ❤
@@dettol3647 guess he needed a different AA
God bless you ❤
Sir, days will soon get better.
I hope you have been able to get your life together. We can decide to live in our past and be victims or turn the page and be grateful for surviving that and being stronger for it. I chose to live my life with no regrets. It’s not easy but it’s worth it!
What can I say, but Oh my God Tracy….Thank You!! Love from Utah ❤️❤️❤️❤️
This song has undoubtedly withstood the test of time. It has perhaps reached a point where we can agree that it is immortal
Yes. Immortality is when popular opinion becomes fact. It is believed to be, so it is. Fucked up how existential life had become. It really became immortal not too long after it was released, we were just too young/ naive to realize it.
Could not agree more. 😫
Super agree👍👍👍
Ooh yeah
So... immortal? Dunno if that's quite the word, but... I'm a 78 year old white guy who was frickin' BLOWN AWAY when this song first appeared on VH1 in 1988. I was a pastor in Birmingham AL and was captivated by it. I just joined Ultimate Guitar (subscription), logged in... had to select a decade - hmmm... picked the 80s (some of the greatest pop music EVER made) - and somehow, of the 10s of 1,000s of songs I could have picked from the catalog to find the chords to was... Yep... Tracy's Fast Car. So, here I am... again - as deeply impressed by the simplicity of the chord progression and the stunning depth of the gut-wrenching lyrics of heart-longing as the first time I heard it. THAT, my brothers & sisters IS A SONG, IS MUSIC. Thanks, Tracy, for breaking the glass ceiling of a young black female soloist with GUTS and your message waaaay back in 1988.
There is not a sole on earth, nor will ever be, that can cover this song better than the original.
No way no how.
Exactly
Luke Combs covered it and sang it with her at the Grammys!
I enjoy Luke Combs’ version, but I always have to listen to hers after
It is definitely her song no matter who sings it
I hope not, but you never know. She is crazy talented and sings from the soul.
She certainly doesn’t need any studio recording tricks to make her voice better. Sounds every bit as amazing live as it does on the radio. Awesome song!
I keep telling everyone that 80's and back singers had real talent. They didn't need voice overs or a computer to make them sound better.
@@missjo2036 no disrespect to any of these artists (80s is probably my favourite era of music , ) but was it invented back then?
Cap if you ask me it’s pretty mid
@@christrinidad3360nah its cap.
@@CarWizard random seeing the Wizard in the comments of a UA-cam suggested music rabbit hole but I'm not disappointed
Who is here in 2024❤
Melissa Christmas
I loved the Song
👋
Love ❤️ this song 🎵
M here ❤2024/12/20
Remember this song growing up, always playing in background, now listening to the lyrics at 40, this has to be one of the best songs ever written, it hits me in the gut, she is truly gifted.
You just said everything I feel. ❤
Just turned 40 this year, and I can say we probably remember hearing this song at the exact same time. 😊 it’s a masterpiece.
I read the lyrics for the first time today and I agree so much. Those lyrics are sooooo good.
4 real 🔥🙏🏽
I first heard this song when I was already about 40 yrs old ....... and I knew right away that it was one of the best songs ever written! Still is!
I am 58 years old. This is one of the most impactful songs I've ever heard, back in the day.
Still hits deep when I hear it now
58 years sir what gets you
Its just a song about how much you care I thought at first. But I m an idiot and a fool this lady knew the future
Back at you.
Me too
Songs like this can only be written by an artist not an entertainer
Amazing song by a humble, quiet, talented woman who let her songs present her anthem.
Oh how I remember where I was when I first heard this song. I was in a terrible marriage, looking for a way out. I bought the CD (which btw has numerous great songs), and listened to this over and over again. It's an emotionally and melodically complicated song that clearly resonates with SO MANY different people. Thank you, Tracy Chapman, and I'm so glad I got to see you sing this live.
Same here! Bad marriage.. fast car was my song.. it gave me hope.. got out and my life changed!
Yep, I remember my sister-in-law had the whole album on cassettes. She played it over and over daily😊. I always love Tracy C.
First time I heard this song I was in a bad marriage. I was coming home from work and I related to it right away and I thoroughly enjoyed it and look forward to hearing it all the time.
Ok @pamorama now you got me 😢 ❤❤❤❤😊
This lady is not married, but she gives the best marriage advise. We are now 8 years married with my baby girl who I love so much ❤❤
The only difference between this version and the latest Comb’s release is Tracy’s sends shivers up your spine.
And tears down your face
I love both versions but yeah, agree! Tracy’s version is just powerful.
You are so right!!!
She slowed it down just enough to make me lock myself in the bathroom
And so does Luke. They are both incredible
one of the best songs ever written. It grabs hold of your soul and takes you for a ride. Absolutely beautiful. I never get tired of heard this, any time, any where.
Yes James
The best
Concordo com você meu amigo James essa fera tracys quê canta demais e com uma simplicidade com sua guitarra..por onde quer quê vá trás sempre no rosto um sorriso tão cativante e meiguice no olhar é coisa de louco muito linda como às músicas 🎶 🎶 🎶 quê éla interpreta..meus parabéns pôr ter tanto gosto como éu ok..então quê Deus te abençoe sempre desta sua nova amiga Estrela da Conceição beijos 👄 💋 🎵 🔥🎶🎶🎵🎵💘🎼🎼💘👍👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻
I think it was the N.Y. Times that did a hit piece on Combs for what they claimed was effectively a racist steal of a black woman's signature song. Tracy doesn't think so. Combs explained it was his favorite song growing up and he did it as a tribute to Tracy, nothing more. Some people are just so full of hate that they can never see anything positive in anything. All they see is race and hate.
Snap brother
Tracy ,.. U Are U....Blessed for U & Ur Music ❤ I am 65 yrs old now ...But U & Ur Music.....Oh Well...What Can I Say ! Thank You,..For Being...U ! 🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻
I agree with Frank Bruno of the New York Times (in his opinion article of this week): this song is perfect. Ms. Chapman’s voice is clear, ever so poignant, and agelessly beautiful; her inner and her outer beauty is timeless, everlasting; her eyes both (1) invite us to her soul; and (2) drill into ours with ruthless, but loving precision. Like so many others who commented, I have loved this song since she first gave it to us and it never ever loses its luster. I first heard Fast Car when I was 27; now, at 61, it is still one of my very few “go to” songs for comfort, solace, and inspiration. Thank you for sharing this precious gem, Ms. Chapman!
I agree
When music was legendary ❤😊
Woww I love it ❤
This song is timeless ❤❤thank you Tracy !who’s listening in 2024
Yup! Goosebumps
hugs
She just came back for another rendition with Luke Combs at the Grammys!
Yes❤
Absolutely everyone after that grammy's performance, its No2 on iTunes one day later! Strike that, No 1 !
This is called real talent. Never heard of this song until the Grammys 2024, and now I cant stop listening to it. It came out before I was born. Thanks Tracy for sharing this treasure with us.
I was a 22yo wreck this song hit me dead in the face, I started trying to get my life together after a tremulous childhood and then a heartbreaking breakup and what do u know it comes back and hits me dead in the face again
This is the most timeless and beautifully written song of all time. This rings deep into your soul.
Me too. i feel like ive known this song for 30 years and i havent even been alive that long.
My great great great great great grandson/ grandaughter will still be playing this song. Timeless
Being 59 years old- I'm pretty sure I'll be in the grave before this song ever will. It's simple, it's sad, it's true and it can be played on the largest stage with only a guitar and Tracy's splendid voice. I think we all had a 'Fast Car' in our live.
This made me tear up. Yes it’s true.
you not gonna die anytime soon papa you still got 60 more to go
"You ain't gonna go that soon dear brother Thomas. I PRAY for a long wholesome life for you and loads & loads of LOVE, JOY, PEACE & PROSPERITY always! GOD BLESS you always!" 🤗❤️🙏🏼🙌🏼
Correct thomas. My "fast car" moment is coming soon
May the Lord guide me
@@hectorlineusesquivel3648 reading your comment as I am watching this at the bus stop bcuz this song popped in my head, you and me both🔥🙏🔥
One of the greatest songs ever written.
You got that right.
I totally agree!
I liked when she smiled at .the beginning of the song, because she knew the crowd is gonna like this one
From one of the best artists ever. The term 'artist' gets thrown around way too often, but doesn't even scratch the surface of TC's magnificence.
@@rogerbyington5640 0000000000000000000horas con
This storytelling in this song is so vivid and well-written. A timeless masterpiece that never fails to make me smile. Thank you, Tracy.
I could watch this 100 time's and never get tired of it ❤
35 year old song. Gives me chills hearing it again. Love it!!!
Her voice is velvet. I’m glad Combs covered this and brought it to a new generation who may have forgotten this masterpiece. Real music fans will always go looking for the original, so they get introduced to Chapman
She is truly gifted. In high school when I heard it, I loved the melody and guitar. Not until now do I hear the heart breaking lyrics. She never over sings either.
❤️❤️
Yeah. You have to live decades before it really sinks in how awfully crushing this song is.
Lindaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
same!
Son to an alcoholic mother myself. At one point in my late teens we had absolutely nothing, no food in the cupboards, barely staying afloat, my mum just laying blackout drunk on the sofa every night, we eventually got evicted from our apartment. Only by the kindness of a previous landlord did we have somewhere to call home. I decided life was nothing but struggle and my life spiraled into drink and drugs for many years. Got sober 6 years ago and have 2 amazing children and a partner who loves me, a big house, good job and 2 cars paid off on my drive. I'm determined for them to not have to endure the struggle I did. I often look back and wonder how different things could've been if I didn't find a way out, but importantly I did
The 1st sentence to this is me too, man. I'm happy you're better now ❤️ sending love ❤️😊
Knocked me flat when this first came out in 1988, still does in 2024. Timeless, Haunting Classic 😊
Haunting, yes
This song was my anthem of hope when I was 14! Growing up in addiction, poverty, and a broken home I wasn’t suppose to make it.....but here I am! I haven’t heard the song in years but It came on the radio this morning taking my husband to work and I just broke down! What a whirlwind of emotions! Thank you Tracy for this beautiful song that forever changed a lost broken little boy that is now a grown very successful blessed man!
I've loved this song since it was released in the late 80s. More recently, I've studied trauma and adverse childhood conditions, and I can say this song so poignantly captures the desperate plight of so many souls. Look at the way that the song seems to meander in the first half in the same locked pattern - like the way people are locked into the patterns of their lives. This musical repetition seems to go on longer than is usually expected in a song: when we think it ought to break into a chorus, it returns to "You got a fast car..." and holds the same pattern. It builds a tension which makes the break, when it comes, more powerful. The chorus "I remember we were driving..." is that emotional outpour, not quite a dam burst, but a surge of desperate hope fueled by one single moment in time where everything felt right, or right enough, in which she glimpsed a fleeting vision of how life could and should be, where she felt she belonged and could be someone. "Be someone, be someone," echoes the desperation of those whose thwarted ambitions are inextricably bound in self-defeating patterns and trauma. And then the musical surge is lost and, true to the nature of emotional dissociation, we go back again to the repetition of "You got a fast car..." In writing the song, Tracy was surely too young to have technical knowledge of things like trauma and dissociation - and yet it's there - she knew it introspectively, and captured it instinctively as an artist in the lyrics and how they are woven with the music. The song doesn't flinch in honestly portraying that such positive dreams aren't enough for so many people who hold on to the vision for a while, as reality continues to fail to meet it, and it becomes less real to them, until that one inspiring memory of feeling a sense of belonging loses its power as emotional fuel for the future, and comes to be just a memory of a moment in one's past, though a memory still worth cherishing. The song has been beautifully breaking my heart for 35 years.
Wow, your thoughts and opinions are so poingnant ! Bravo to you..👍💖
Absolutely amazing🔥
Amazing take
Well said
What a fantastic comment, completely agree 👍
This helped me through a lot of shit. I was 12 helped me then, helps me now. Thnx for all
She's beautiful in every possible way, lyricist, musician, woman
Spent my first ever wage packet to buy this as my first ever vinyl in 1989
ja...ich au ❤
i thought she was a dude 💀
@@swanthechosenone3975 Then you need to go to an optician
My mom passed away when I was 5 years old. This was her favorite song, and one of the only ways I truly feel connected to her. Chills every time
you story, listening to Tracy raised a tear
You keep driving forward. 1 step at a time. Don't worry how long it takes to get there...you'll get there when YOU'RE supposed to get there.
Sorry for you loss.
Linda demais
❤️❤️❤️
i too have one for my dead brother ( even 2) both japanese i don't know why but i feel they are better at make feel the feeling before and after a lost...
This song still feels fresher than ever in 2023... Absolutely timeless 😊❤
Amen
God Bless Tracy Chapman 🙏
💯
Agree. It’s hits harder though as the years go by. At 68 the emotions are different than they were at 33.
@@Pelican5077I totally agree, i m 46, feel the same, of course not the same impact, but the way you discribe
She is a legend. I love her.❤
Magnifique les bons souvenirs
Credit to the audience for not singing along and allowing us to hear her beautiful voice.
I know right, it was a credit to her that big audience was almost silent during this
All this time I thought she's a he O.O
Awesome
While I understand where you’re coming from when watching videos. But I must admit that there is nothing like a good crowd sing along. Gives me goose bumps each time. Shows the importance of the song to everyone who was singing along.
Her beautiful voice? You mean *his* beautiful voice! That is a man!
Can you imagine how amazing it must be to write a song, sing it and have generations and generations fall in love with your words, your voice, your story, your feelings, your talent, you! I really wish I had such talent
Beautiful comment. Beautiful dream...I'm sure you're not the only one....
I hope you’ve written a song since this, you’ll never know if you don’t try
My daughter loves this song, too.
If you're watching this in 2021, I love you and you're not alone.
❤❤❤❤❤😭
oh yeah im fuckin alone trust me
Wow ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Im alone but not lonely
🥰🥰🥰🥰
This is one of those few songs where when I hear it, I truly have to stop and just listen to it word for word and embrace the moment.
Just pure raw talent. This song is all about dreams. Without dreams we die. The only way to make it in life is to dream big and never let anyone tell you that you cant make it. Believe in you always, Always.
Word.👊
Beautiful
Believe in You, Always! I’m old now, but doubt and uncertainty never got me what I needed. Follow your dreams, you may find out that your dreams lead to something unexpected, but even better than you imagined.
This song is hands down one of the top 5 greatest songs ever. I can't imagine a better performer of this song.
My all time fav song for sure.
This is the damn truth!
Quite possibly the best song ever written
Michael Collins on Britain’s got Talent nailed it
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her outstanding voice, empathetic storytelling and reduced musical arrangements are so unique. She is on another level altogether!
I am sure many coming generations will check out her songs.
And they did...😊
im one of those new generations (17f) that love this song 👏
Who's still here in 2024❤🔥
Uwielbiam ten głos
Yo el 14/12/24: desde cd bolivar Venezuela
This is quite possibly the most beautiful song I've ever heard in my life. God bless that woman.
Makes everything okay 🔥🔥🔥
Godzilla Destroys Cities I thought this was a dude
Piano Impro ikr
@@myidentityisamystery5142 fun fact she's a woman 😊
First time I heard it it touched my spirit ❤👏🏼😎
The lyrics say “I got no plans, I ain’t going nowhere” and you can feel the weight of that decision: to accept that you are and will forever be trapped living a life without happiness. I respect you, Tracy. Thank you for writing this song
I know this this song evercince it came out,but I never paid real attention to it , never listend to the entire song and listening to the lyrics. I rediscovered it on UA-cam about 3 weeks ago, I listen every day since.
How beautiful
Sorry, but i desagree. If you read the complete song, i think that lyric means that she got what she want (got a job pays all the bills, children...), but her boyfriend didnt. So, she doesnt want to go anywhere, because she got what she was finding; Then, breaks with the boyfriend and tells hin to take a car and go away, and find his own life.
The entire album is a masterpiece
@@gonzalolopezdelerena5859 I agree, I don't think she is saying she is forever trapped in a life without happiness, but that her hopes and dreams to build something better with her man (now the father to her children) are now gone, and she continues to do the responsible thing, as a mother and provider, and is telling her man to get it together or get out, which I think is her accepting her situation. While not completely hopeless, it shows the struggle to escape the cycles of our parents, our situation. Not a happy ending, but at the same time she is not giving up to a life of unhappiness, while at the same time she realizes as a mother, and older, those youthful dreams are over, but she is still working on providing for her kids. So while splitting hairs a bit, it is definitely not a "happy ending", and it is sad her man doesn't have his stuff together for his family, and dreams of something much bigger/better have faded.
There are a lot of singer story tellers, but Tracy Chapman has to be one of the BEST in my opinion.
She lived it
Surely one of the best songs ever written
I saw Tracy Chapman do this song live in Tokyo in 1988, when she opened for the Human Rights Now! tour headlined by Sting, Phil Collins, Bruce Springsteen and Youssou N'Dour. But she was the highlight for me of the entire evening. Just like this video, she had corn rows, jeans, a t-shirt and a guitar. There was no back-up band. I got goosebumps. She is still the same, incredible, authentic human, thank God. It's on my bucket list to meet you in person and hug you someday Tracy!
Wow, that sounds amazing. Thanks for sharing.
It is called dreadlocks
locs not cornrows but everything else it true 🤙🏽
They are called dreadlocks not cornrows but your story is sweet thanks for sharing would love to hug her too someday God willing of cause
Didn't realize this song was that old. Thought it was early 90s
Her voice is insanely good and the song was already recognized for its excellence by her fans before current popularity.
luke combs version is better. he has a better voice
@@animal1nstinct394 o, get a grip and go wash your mouth. Tracy's version sends shivers up everyone's spine. The covers not so much. Nicely tried tho.
Amen.
My mom who passed away loved this song so I did too. Luke combs brought those feelings to the surface again and I'm so thankful for this song. I'm tired of all the comparisons, both songs are amazing. Even tracey doesn't like all the hate revolving around Luke's cover.
He nailed it
"I had a feeling that I belonged. I had a feeling I could be someone". This is one of the best lines of all time!
Totally agree!
Sem dúvidas VC disse tudo
This line sound like Jordan Peterson speaking....
@Juvenal Luna Ortega do you know Someone to You by Banners? It isn't so deep like fast car but there is a idea that you may like.
Just reading this takes my breath away.
2024 anyone?
Now the lady shines like the sun
2/9/24 9 am Liverpool
Ssst geniet
Of course!
My fav❤
Pure, raw talent. Just her amazing voice, and a guitar. No filters, no flashing lights, dancers or anything. Just Tracy Chapman singing so beautifully.
Massive respect to this women for given the world this song. Everlasting!
Eu amo de paixão
Yes.massive respect is what she deserves.
big disrespect to this calling him a woman!!
@@michealfarquharson540 Google has a different answer. Look up Tracy Chapman
Mode
I heard this song when I was 10 years old, on a sugar estate somewhere in Zimbabwe and I told my mother that it was the most beautiful sad song I had ever heard and now in 2020 it is still that song that takes me to a place that no other song can, in other words it's my favourite song in the whole world. ❤
Oh that place where white people got kicked out of and then the dollar crashed, and they begged the white crop growers to come back? I’m sorry you are from there.
@@Chasecka Imagine not being able to hear a nice, personal story someone shares regarding a beautiful song without bringing race into it. Get a life, my guy.
@@Chasecka, get therapy.
Zo Zo It is just a fact. They are the racists. They killed whites.
This song is timeless and the whole world will never forget it. Thank you Tracy for bringing to the world this beautiful and wonderful song that will never leave our minds. God bless you!
I AM OSMAN FROM MOZAMBIQUE, AND I LISTEN TO THIS SONG TIRELESSLY EVERY DAY.
She is the epitome of an artist. Great song.. very touching.
Open 😊 cc aa
We don't look for old songs, we look for the memories they carry
Like
More like the PASSION musicians used to have for their art
They bring the best times in our lives come back
Beautifully said!! ❤
Beautiful melodies Tracy🇿🇦🇿🇼
This woman's musical genius was granted by God Himself.
Merci madame j'avais 19ans nous étions des soldats au 403 ra nous écoutons en boucle cet album. Et toujours une pensée à mes frères d'arme .merci❤
This is the only version that exists in my world. Tracy is amazing. Long live the 80s.
I love the country version
@@animal1nstinct394Luke Combs is great, but he has never lived in poverty, so his rendition doesn’t resonate with me. I grew up in a dead broke household but had excellent family support, this song has a special place in my heart.
@@trenragerYou couldn't have put it any better. I live in a 3rd world country. I never lacked beyond what I really needed, as my family is middle class. But this original rings deep.
@@trenrageryou do realize that Tracy grew up in a working class neighborhood in Cleveland. How is that any different that Luke combs? Seems like you are assuming instead of gathering the facts
@@animal1nstinct394 Luke Combs version of this is a good song with a good sound, but Tracy's version of it is a great song that touches your soul. There's no comparison between the two
Simplesmente sensacional. Att curuba RJ Brasil. Amo essa música. Me traz Boas lembranças. Tem brasileiro ae da um Like Att curuba🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
Nós meu amigo.
Show. Abraços meu amigo Att curuba RJ Brasil....
Temos bom gosto! 🙌
Com certeza. Abraços
Com certeza. Abraços
I loved her music now as much I did in the late 1980s and 90s. Fast car was about my favorite. I guess because I could identify with the struggles in this song. I was raised surrounded by poverty in a small Ohio town. There was very little future for a young black man in the town. I had to leave, attend college, get an education, and hopefully have a better future, which I did. It was surprising to me though that she seemed to be under appreciated in the black community. Her stories are universal, so I find that hard to comprehend.
God Bless you brother 🙏🏾
A brother who works for what he has i can definitely respect that
Otis you are a testament to her music. With all my best wishes to you.
Right on. Thanks for sharing. I was struggling through college when this song was released. Working full time during the day and school at night, writing papers on the weekends. Deciding which bills I could pay each month and which would have to wait for another day. Totally convinced the world was out to get me.
It was nice to have Tracy's soulful voice there to comfort me then....and now.
I related to this song as a female who was trying to help her man succeed, but he didn’t want it. Driving in a sports car with the youthful hope is a good/precarious place to be
beautiful song awesome singer Tracy chapman jaja thankyou heart & soul my dear lovely friend namaste from England bravooo xd muah woah xxxxxxxx
"You gotta make a decision. Leave tonight or live and die this way." I am listening on repeat...and I will make a decision. Thank you Tracy.
I will leave on my bicycle! :)
I will leave on foot tonight, since I don’t have a bicycle nor a car.😂
I left
You can feel and hear all the pain in her voice. I love this song.
I love this song, listen to it every day, to remind me where I come from, sometimes I cry because I know without Gods grace and mercy I would still be sleeping on the streets
What's mesmerizing for me is her voice and intonation. Its so perfect and beautiful.
One of the most well-constructed songs of all time! Just incredible.
Weird to hear an actual story in a song now. Not just hooks, bridges and the chorus.
Agree 100%
She (and this song!) are evergreen! Wow!
@@nathangoddard8115 !
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I'll see if song after all these yrs could some pain it would be great
This song speaks to the struggle of the average person especially marginalized members of our society. It's quite a composition. There's just something special about Tracy Chapman.
I've played this video so many times today. Thank you for this song, Tracy. It speaks to so many of us.
this is the first CD that I ever bought when I was in college. Every track on it was amazing. I don’t know if anyone ever remember us when you had to buy a CD not knowing if you were going to like all the songs? But this was a CD, everyone loved all the songs
I never thought a live version could be better but this is amazing! Gives me chills every time I listen!
This song is therapeutic for those of us who grew up in an abusive home where mom and dad took pleasure in destroying our soul
😢yup
And still do...💔
Keep on driving.
Left it all in the rear view window....😞
I have one of two involuntary reactions when I hear this song. Either I gently weep OR, I crank the volume up to a “10” and belt the song at the top of my lungs. 35 years and 1,000 plays later, this song still deeply touches my soul. 🤍
me to Ava doing right now
Every. Time.
This is one of those songs that forces you to feel. You can’t ignore the poignancy of the words. Especially because so many kids have lived this exact story. It absolutely does break your heart when you think that despite what this child is experiencing, she still has dreams. Big, ridiculous dreams that may never come true. And yet, you find yourself almost in tears praying that she makes it. Such an amazing song. I remember the first time I heard it. I went to the record store the next day and bought it. So many, many years later, with all the pain and trauma that life throws at you, it really lands with more impact because it’s so damned real.
We didn’t have a word back then. We do now. Parentification. The worst thing short of molestation a parent to do to their child.
@ava8614 Yasssss girl! How about singing at the top of your lungs WHILE CRYING! 😄😭😄😭
I always feel like crying when I hear this song💯❤️😥😥💔💔💔
This is one of the most beautiful, honest, heartbreaking songs I have ever heard. I know how to play it, but I cannot make it through this song without tearing up.
I hate when people request it because it physically hurts me to perform this song. I can’t explain it.
agree
its not heartbreaking it sounds good lol
Well put, and me as well, usually during the chorus.
I feel you! So just imagine how hard must be for her, telling her own story! And YES, finally, she became SOMEONE! This lady came from heaven!
You don’t have to explain. Myself and I’m sure many more understand. 🙏
In 2020, still one the greatest, generational songs ever wrote. Bloody angelic lyrics mate! Cheers from Mandurah, Western Australia!!!
Songs now will probably never be similar like wonderful songs like this.
@@Jordan-nh7lc agree but disagree. Artists are always out there. Now you just gotta search
Absolutely agree! I still get goosebumps listening to her sing this song. Mandurah represent 💪
Diddo mate, cheers from the Pilbara Western Australia
iNFN8Playz 👍 Cheers to ya.
I absolutely love the fact that you could literally hear a pin drop during most of this song because the audience was dead silent just listening to her sing an absolute legendary piece of work. Love this song even more now than when I heard it when I was younger. Means soo much more now.
Depuis la France tu nous manque. Repose en paix. Que ton âme soit apaisée 😢
People always say it’s hard to pick an all time favorite song. Let’s all thank Tracy for making that decision easy for everyone. Best song ever written!!!
When I listen to this song, I always miss my dad. He would play this song every single week of his life. Rest Well Mathew!
May he Rest In Peace. Will always be with you
Same 🙏😭
For what it’s worth dude, I only know about Chapman because of my dad. He always had a CD in the changer when we’d drive to LA. My dad just fell in our driveway and I was scared as shit. I’m fat and ran for the first time in years the second I got the call from my mom.
RIP to your father.
May God bless his soul
@@petrayaacoub596 my condolences
Who's listening to Tracy Chapman in 2021, this song and performance was amazing🤩, like if u agree..
I’ve never seen Tracy Chapman live but I did shoot KD Lange’s show in Portland. It was as epic, I imagine. I had to put down my camera to cry when she sang Hallelujah.
I’ll still have this and revolution on my playlist when I’m 80 🤙🏻
TC is amazing
Yes, I saw Her the first time on the Tonight Show, I think it was, in the 80s! I got Her Cassettes!
Jordan - STOP IT!!!!
I was on my way to work in the spring of 1988. Fast Car came on the radio; this is one of only a handful of songs that made me literally pull over while driving. My route to work that day took me through Post Road/Bridal Path one of North York's (Toronto) richest neighbourhoods and it was there I listened to this song, on the side of the road. I'm as blown away all these years later by it's beauty and brilliance. I wanted to see Ms. Chapman live, but read she was boring so I didn't pursue it. By pure luck on September 15th she played an Amnesty International show. Boring? She stood on the same stage that night as Springsteen, Peter Gabriel, Sting, and k.d. lang. She proved she deserved to be there and, in my mind, outdid 40% of her competition. What a talent Tracy is!