kcar
| | Posted: Mar 09, 2013 - 02:05 | |
Sloggydog wrote:
Simply not possible
Possible. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracy_Chapman Tracy performed on the streets and in the clubs around Harvard Square in Cambridge, MA while a student at Tufts University in the '80s. I may have even heard Tracy perform on the streets there although it seems she moved pretty quickly into music venues like Passim. She graduated from Tufts in '87 and signed a contract with Elektra records that year. The album "Tracey Chapman" came out in '88. "Fast Car" was the second track on the album and it was her first hit. Sloggydog, I assure you that I lived and worked in the Boston area when "Fast Car" hit #6 on Billboard's Hot 100 charts in August '88. The Boston-area FM stations beat that song to death. People I worked and played with in Boston, Cambridge and Somerville would change the channel when that and other TC songs came on. There was a big backlash against the overplay and she became the butt of some jokes for being too earnest and tiresome. If you have any more claims of "simply not possible", rockstar, PM me instead of boring other RPers with this discussion. |
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Sloggydog
(UK) | | Posted: Mar 09, 2013 - 00:15 | |
kcar wrote:Must PSD. I was living near Cambridge, MA when Tracy made the jump from Harvard Square busker to major singer/songwriter with this song. It got played to death. Simply not possible |
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kcar
| | Posted: Mar 09, 2013 - 00:13 | |
Must PSD. I was living near Cambridge, MA when Tracy made the jump from Harvard Square busker to major singer/songwriter with this song. It got played to death.
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Lazarus
(Bethany) | | Posted: Feb 05, 2013 - 16:20 | |
This song is soooo good for the ears... and the heart...
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Kanuffen
(Trelleborg, Sverige) | | Posted: Dec 04, 2012 - 23:21 | |
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Toke
(Bournemouth UK) | | Posted: Oct 03, 2012 - 05:38 | |
A true ''CLASSIC'' such a sad story of hope when experiencing an addiction, she conveys so much emmotion in all the words. One of my all time favourites, a story of a ''Geographical'' (friends of Bill W will understand)
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srose96
(grandma's house) | | Posted: Oct 03, 2012 - 05:36 | |
great flow, tremendously smooth vibe
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jberko
(Franklin, TN) | | Posted: Sep 01, 2012 - 16:30 | |
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(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: May 29, 2012 - 22:02 | |
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Grammarcop
(Upriver from Zug Island) | | Posted: Mar 27, 2012 - 10:51 | |
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wade44
(2900 Km East of Paradise, CA) | | Posted: Mar 27, 2012 - 10:50 | |
Nice ending...
"You got a fast car
But is it fast enough so you can fly away
You gotta make a decision
You leave tonight or live and die this way"
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Kaisersosay
(Mighty Mighty Bostown) | | Posted: Mar 27, 2012 - 10:47 | |
No one in my hotel room likes this one.
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(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Mar 27, 2012 - 10:46 | |
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Kaisersosay
(Mighty Mighty Bostown) | | Posted: Mar 27, 2012 - 10:45 | |
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(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Feb 24, 2012 - 18:22 | |
Everybody in my hotel room loves this song...
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dogpound
(the island on which I belong) | | Posted: Feb 24, 2012 - 18:17 | |
rssarma wrote:This song never fails to please! truth |
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haresfur
(Bendigo Australia) | | Posted: Nov 21, 2011 - 14:06 | |
Sasha2001 wrote:Great, here come the waterworks! And I'm sitting at a stoplight next to a concerned looking police officer who has no idea who Tracy Chapman is. Well at least you weren't driving past him "at speeds so fast..."  |
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jmsmy
(Music Town, Klein, Texas) | | Posted: Nov 21, 2011 - 14:05 | |
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Deadwing
(Cincinnati OH) | | Posted: Aug 18, 2011 - 23:14 | |
Sasha2001 wrote:Great, here come the waterworks! And I'm sitting at a stoplight next to a concerned looking police officer who has no idea who Tracy Chapman is.
Sounds like something that would happen to me  I have a very emotional response to certain music. Transatlanticism by DCFC never fails to get me, and the last couple of times I've heard The Birds by Elbow on here that one got me too. I think the bittersweet songs affect me more than sad songs. |
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Sasha2001
(I can see Zabars from my window) | | Posted: Jul 18, 2011 - 14:18 | |
Great, here come the waterworks! And I'm sitting at a stoplight next to a concerned looking police officer who has no idea who Tracy Chapman is.
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rssarma
(New York) | | Posted: May 24, 2010 - 13:34 | |
This song never fails to please!
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parrothead
(could be anywhere in the great USA) | | Posted: Feb 18, 2010 - 15:24 | |
thewiseking wrote:this song ISNT classic
unless you define classic as amateurish uninspired singing with overwrought awful poetry
this is about as CLASSIC as hootie and the blowfish
Hootie and the Blowfish will be CLASSIC in the future but not right now...( = |
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(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Dec 17, 2009 - 19:54 | |
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PFM
(Off the road) | | Posted: Nov 16, 2009 - 10:07 | |
Do you mean she's put on weight?
darrenwwwa wrote:I saw her in concert 2 night ago. She was excellent.
She performed this song a bit fater and with a more of an acoustic sound that worked very well.
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calypsus_1
| | Posted: Oct 14, 2009 - 20:26 | |
Tracy Chapman - "Fast car" Live
"This song is simply beautiful, the melody alone shakes my heart..but she's got a voice that shakes your soul!
Music is SO powerful.
Greatest gift.. " |
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ortallcowgirl
(Globe, Arizona) | | Posted: Sep 14, 2009 - 09:41 | |
I sing this song in the bar. It is sadder than most realize. Good choice of music, makes you feel the lyrics
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rez
| | Posted: Aug 13, 2009 - 21:50 | |
maybe I'm overly susceptible to "uninspired singing with overwrought awful poetry" but I find it hard
to listen to this without a tear or two coming to the eye.
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LongGoneDaddy
| | Posted: Jul 13, 2009 - 06:21 | |
I like Eddie Murphy's version better...
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darrenwwwa
(Amsterdam) | | Posted: Jul 13, 2009 - 06:20 | |
I saw her in concert 2 night ago. She was excellent.
She performed this song a bit fater and with a more of an acoustic sound that worked very well.
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gjeeg
(Syracuse, New York) | | Posted: Jun 11, 2009 - 10:49 | |
1988
FlatCat wrote:How long has this song been around? And yet it seems more poignant now with the economic meltdown and all.
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