Tracy Chapman - Talkin' About A Revolution (Official Music Video)

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  • Опубликовано: 8 янв 2025

Комментарии • 7 тыс.

  • @leokimvideo
    @leokimvideo 3 года назад +1560

    A one in a billion voice

  • @UNbowed62
    @UNbowed62 11 месяцев назад +419

    Tracy, what a pleasant surprise performance on last night’s 2024 Grammys! You are fabulous as ever!❤️

    • @eugenekhayanje4098
      @eugenekhayanje4098 11 месяцев назад +15

      I would literally trade everything just to experience her live performance.....i hope one day she will be in KENYA

    • @tomhuber3689
      @tomhuber3689 6 месяцев назад

      😢

    • @underthefallenstars2788
      @underthefallenstars2788 6 месяцев назад

      Dumbass Taylor Swift stole her thunder. Why the fuck does that asshole have to EVERYONE and ruin EVERYONE'S moments?

  • @linusmaina1966
    @linusmaina1966 Месяц назад +38

    No overdone makeup , no expensive dress, no dramatic stage lights , just pure talent #retweet

  • @joussecedric2515
    @joussecedric2515 9 месяцев назад +27

    C,est le seul concert que j ai fait ou l,artiste demande aux spectateurs de ne pas fumer dans la salle. J,avais environ 25 ans, au summum a Grenoble, j,en ai 48. Personne ne fumait !!!!!! Magnifique artiste

  • @forrestwheeler916
    @forrestwheeler916 9 месяцев назад +54

    Tracy is the greatest soul on earth , so much honesty and conviction in her voice , we all love her and the messages in her songs have such meaning and wisdom ❤

    • @dominique578
      @dominique578 2 месяца назад

      👏❤Je l'aime depuids lontemps

  • @teegee9330
    @teegee9330 11 месяцев назад +614

    She doesn't even need a guitar, she could hold that entire stadium in the palm of her hands with her voice alone.

  • @raptorawf
    @raptorawf 9 месяцев назад +28

    One of the most beautiful songs I heard in college. This cannot be forgotten - these were the years 2003-2008 of AWF Katowice Poland. Greetings 2024 Raptor

  • @evettedeluca9159
    @evettedeluca9159 11 месяцев назад +151

    Her passion, poetic turn of phrase (“those armies of salvation”), intelligence and voice. What a treasure ❤

  • @wmsimpson1960
    @wmsimpson1960 2 года назад +901

    A woman with a guitar, her voice and a message worth listening to and remembering. Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, Judy Collins... Tracy Chapman stands with the absolute best of them.

    • @amylee0870
      @amylee0870 Год назад +16

      As someone who has loved folk music my entire life, I 100% agree.

    • @ericfate
      @ericfate Год назад +4

      💪

    • @jumperontheline
      @jumperontheline Год назад +22

      Don't forget Joan Armatrading

    • @Lloyd_Christmas11
      @Lloyd_Christmas11 Год назад +6

      Wait what? That's a woman?

    • @TabathaKinard-px1gg
      @TabathaKinard-px1gg Год назад +2

      ​@@Lloyd_Christmas11thank you! I'm just learning this too!

  • @thecanberean
    @thecanberean Год назад +287

    1989. Melbourne Entertainment Centre. There was nothing on stage except a microphone and a foldback speaker. This amazing woman came on stage with just an acoustic guitar and wowed us for the next 90 minutes. I'd never seen the like. Or since.

    • @itisonlyme1
      @itisonlyme1 8 месяцев назад +7

      You are so lucky to have seen it!

  • @pauljacoby414
    @pauljacoby414 11 месяцев назад +187

    I really hope that last night was a sign that she is coming out of retirement to do a tour. She still got it. That voice needs to be heard🙏🙏🙏

  • @Rudarama1
    @Rudarama1 Год назад +779

    No autotune. No pyro. No dancers. No light show. No prerecording. No sex. No gimmicks. No drama. Just a humble artist with a voice, a guitar and a message. As relevant and beautiful today (2023) as when I first heard in in the late 80’s. Thank you Tracy Chapman
    👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼♥️♥️♥️♥️✊🏼

    • @diosantana2659
      @diosantana2659 Год назад +15

      Unoriginal comment by now

    • @zwqne99
      @zwqne99 Год назад +8

      In 2024 as well

    • @CharmaineD
      @CharmaineD 11 месяцев назад +4

      ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

    • @Rudarama1
      @Rudarama1 11 месяцев назад +15

      @@diosantana2659 I saw it live. I can make that comment at any time.

    • @Rudarama1
      @Rudarama1 11 месяцев назад +6

      @@zwqne99 you to! I saw it live. Noted it then. I can make that comment at any time.

  • @chunkygroove9038
    @chunkygroove9038 Год назад +251

    This track taps into the little rebel inside all of us. If you've ever been hurt, abused, neglected or mistreated, this song gives you space & time to think & get your thoughts in order. It won't solve your problems, but it will gently hold you & help you make that first important step towards improving your life. Thanks Tracy, for giving the world this beautiful & healing work of art.

  • @dreamchaser0524
    @dreamchaser0524 6 лет назад +10083

    No overdone makeup , no expensive dress, no dramatic stage lights , just pure talent ❤️❤️❤️

    • @petruspinotti4507
      @petruspinotti4507 5 лет назад +132

      Just like that!!!

    • @jean-claudebourillon1111
      @jean-claudebourillon1111 5 лет назад +64

      Toujours à la pointe de l’amour et des voix et des interprètes qui seront toujours inoubliables !!!! Et j’adore RUclips

    • @canabox7112
      @canabox7112 5 лет назад +180

      She is gorgeous

    • @Alex-gn9px
      @Alex-gn9px 5 лет назад +41

      When Tracy came to success everyone considered her the new Bob Dylan in the female version of the 90s and everyone thought that she would have a career full of successes like Bob. Unfortunately the subsequent discs have had less and less success. And now he hasn't made a record for several years.

    • @morningsnoopy
      @morningsnoopy 5 лет назад +111

      sometimes a mistake to label someone the "new" version of someone; just a standout artist in her own right is fine! & she has achieved a back catalogue of amazing legendary songs under her belt so that's pretty impressive IMO !

  • @toddgilmore118
    @toddgilmore118 2 года назад +579

    It's not a song...it's a message to all of us!!

  • @spacyspacey
    @spacyspacey 11 месяцев назад +475

    I am so happy that people are finding Tracy Chapman.

    • @zyxw2024
      @zyxw2024 11 месяцев назад +8

      It's a mysterious realm (a field or domain of activity or interest) when from the past visits the now to remind us of before, with truth of Another World Is Possible.

    • @pattyann9725
      @pattyann9725 11 месяцев назад +6

      Me too
      .loved her from way back

    • @timothyletwin5911
      @timothyletwin5911 10 месяцев назад +4

      What the heck were they looking at before? She's always been there.

    • @GreenNinjaZX6R636
      @GreenNinjaZX6R636 10 месяцев назад +3

      Oh, now I am in tears.

    • @AntajuanGrady
      @AntajuanGrady 10 месяцев назад

      @@timothyletwin5911 ikr lol

  • @AD-ho2dg
    @AD-ho2dg 4 года назад +1418

    The backstory here is that Stevie Wonder was due to perform but his backing track-CD went missing so he couldn't go on stage. In the meantime, whilst searching for the CD, they wanted someone else to perform a few songs to keep the crowd warm. Tracy Chapman had performed earlier that day for a handful of people and was still hanging around backstage. So she was asked to play again, this time for a full Wembley stadium.
    No one knows her and everyone's expecting Stevie Wonder.
    So she steps on stage and starts playing in fornt of 60.000 people.
    The rest is history.
    I believe divine intervention occured that day and that our almighty Father made sure the backing track went missing for a while so the world would hear Tracy's voice.

    • @norahsakwa3707
      @norahsakwa3707 4 года назад +39

      Wonderful

    • @pixempire2356
      @pixempire2356 4 года назад +63

      @@norahsakwa3707 the thrill and love that makes you to remember this great story is profoundly amazing just as close to the music itself.

    • @DinkyDiTruBlu
      @DinkyDiTruBlu 4 года назад +34

      Wow! Thankyou for sharing !

    • @didijebel2000
      @didijebel2000 4 года назад +16

      Lucky break nothing to do with almighty.

    • @charlieleonardo
      @charlieleonardo 4 года назад +33

      I didn’t know that: totally awesome & she deserved that opportunistic spot!

  • @comicandjam3231
    @comicandjam3231 10 месяцев назад +58

    I first heard this song when I was 20 year old kid in prison in 2009. I Went in at 17. Got my GED, did a Computing course and got trusty status. Me and 7 other inmates worked at the Kampala Rd Food Bank after completing the Computing course. I fought tears hearing this song on the bus ride at 5am on the way to work and this song still makes me tear up today.
    face-pink-tears😹

  • @robvansteijn9324
    @robvansteijn9324 2 года назад +978

    Almost 30 years later this song still gives me goosebumps, even at 40 Celcius.

    • @sa-call-sa
      @sa-call-sa 2 года назад +8

      ✋same

    • @ernst-dietmarhorstmann4949
      @ernst-dietmarhorstmann4949 2 года назад +13

      Me too ! This song is a kind of "Cooldown". Back to the roots ! Best wishes from Hamburg/Germany

    • @sa-call-sa
      @sa-call-sa 2 года назад +3

      @@ernst-dietmarhorstmann4949 👍

    • @sa-call-sa
      @sa-call-sa 2 года назад +1

      @@ernst-dietmarhorstmann4949 Dein Kommtar ist gut 👍viele Grüsse von einer Brasilianerin 🇧🇷 die seit 20 Jahre im schönen Heidelberg 🇩🇪 lebt 😁

    • @ernst-dietmarhorstmann4949
      @ernst-dietmarhorstmann4949 2 года назад +2

      @@sa-call-sa Obrigado ! Vocês são as mulheres mais bonitas do mundo. Eu viajei muito. Mas também estou casado há 20 anos. Deus te abençoe! Tudo de bom de Hamburgo/Alemanha

  • @inanmetin4634
    @inanmetin4634 Год назад +119

    One of the strongest and most impressive messages combined with a one in a billion voice, thank you Tracy. This performance is part of my life, never stopped listening

    • @MISNM0
      @MISNM0 11 месяцев назад

      ❤❤❤

  • @BlakaveliX
    @BlakaveliX 2 года назад +696

    This song literally never fails to give me chills!

    • @bellmeisterful
      @bellmeisterful 2 года назад +3

      Im here witchoo

    • @jacksons8446
      @jacksons8446 2 года назад +3

      chillllls

    • @cheriangel60
      @cheriangel60 2 года назад +2

      Especially NOW! I ❤️ her music!

    • @MasonH24
      @MasonH24 2 года назад +5

      Still waiting on those tables to turn tho..
      One day Tracy, one day.

    • @marcwyant1217
      @marcwyant1217 2 года назад +1

      Literally just gave me chills as I read this

  • @sueleland3335
    @sueleland3335 4 года назад +531

    I’m 78, and have been listening to Trace Chapman since day one. I still remember the thrill of hearing Fast Car for the first time (released as a single in 1988). She brought us eight studio albums and two compilations (Collection in 2001 and Greatest Hits in 2015). She seems to have retired, but her songs are timeless and have no expiration date.

    • @kasperbach2822
      @kasperbach2822 3 года назад +7

      she is actually not retired, she just haven't released any music since 2008, she was on the Late Show last year though.

    • @ednakawira4413
      @ednakawira4413 3 года назад +6

      Sue thanks for made me know she is a woman ☺️ I thought she is a man 🤣

    • @cashmoremudavanhu6126
      @cashmoremudavanhu6126 3 года назад +3

      Live im Zimbabwe

    • @marksalamack6133
      @marksalamack6133 3 года назад +11

      @@mupine67 Who cares about that?...This woman is a gifted individual...truly an artist

    • @evertonsamuels9869
      @evertonsamuels9869 3 года назад

      2021 summer

  • @Ambrozekwerondaa
    @Ambrozekwerondaa 4 года назад +854

    My God. The way she looked so natural, so raw, so beautiful

    • @rcll9751
      @rcll9751 4 года назад +28

      Absolutely agree! So cool and yet without a trace of arrogance about it

    • @smallblockchevy1022
      @smallblockchevy1022 4 года назад +18

      I love Tracy. She's so beautiful, and her voice conveys so much emotion. I love her personality and demeanor as well.

    • @kyoudaiken
      @kyoudaiken 4 года назад +11

      This was her encore performance back then when the original band that should pay there was late or so. I don't remember the full story but she performed there as a warm up and people wanted encore cause the actual band didn't show up. So she could play again and she was overwhelmed how many people love this song. This kicked off her career!

    • @MRoyClark
      @MRoyClark 4 года назад +20

      Seriously... I was just a little gay white boy and I was like "am I allowed to hear this?" when it first came out. I was shook, and I've not shaken this feeling since. Finally, the tables **are** starting to turn. BLACK LIVES MATTER.

    • @charlesfortescue8631
      @charlesfortescue8631 4 года назад +2

      Absolutely.

  • @user-je1sf6pc6q
    @user-je1sf6pc6q 11 месяцев назад +45

    She is gold. THIS is her best song.

  • @bababalletcamino7867
    @bababalletcamino7867 11 месяцев назад +36

    I was 26 when her album came out. I would listen over and over. I am nearly 62 now. So glad she’s back. Now I am back to listening to her over and over.

    • @Barbara-jd2sk
      @Barbara-jd2sk 10 месяцев назад +2

      Oh wow! Me too. I was like 36 when I first heard her. And boy my heart could so relate.

    • @iyabobassir9855
      @iyabobassir9855 10 месяцев назад +2

      Same here

    • @elizabethmunoz3909
      @elizabethmunoz3909 7 месяцев назад +1

      Just a song that speaks for the current times in this country! Let’s wake up & rise up!!!!

  • @hansmarana6617
    @hansmarana6617 Год назад +77

    THIS IS NOT JUST A SONG THIS IS A CALLING TO RISE UP AND TAKE THE FIGHT, TURN THE TABLES OF STRUGGLE AND TO TAKE WHAT THE CAPITALISTS HAVE TAKEN FROM US

    • @MzKickz
      @MzKickz 8 месяцев назад +8

      100% it’s a rising call for working people to take back their rights and stopped being screwed by socialism for the rich!

    • @ラッキーと雅
      @ラッキーと雅 4 месяца назад

      違います。
      純粋な気持ちで人々を憂いた青年の叫びです!

    • @harveyrosen-dukes367
      @harveyrosen-dukes367 4 месяца назад

      Its a woman! ​@user-fv7vu3wq2q

  • @be1410all
    @be1410all 3 года назад +245

    Maybe my favourite singer of all time - I worked hard when I was younger and saved up money to buy her music. Tracy Chapman is all heart, soul, talent, wisdom, authenticity, and her blessing and gift to all of us is her ability to tell stories - stories about life, love, sacrifice, inequity, intolerance, cruelty, despair, and hope that reach inside of you and make you think about really important issues and who you are and want to be. LEGEND is an inadequate word for this brilliant human. (Thank you Tracy Chapman for shining your light!)

    • @asdsddd8814
      @asdsddd8814 3 года назад +3

      Тоже так думаю!

    • @raintramp1
      @raintramp1 2 года назад +3

      So with you!

    • @raintramp1
      @raintramp1 2 года назад +1

      The Russian post says s/he thinks so, too.

    • @MG-fq1jd
      @MG-fq1jd 2 года назад +3

      I think whom listen tracy feel same things. And remember bad and Hard times.

    • @rosered103
      @rosered103 2 года назад +3

      @Gwyneth Evans Very well written. Thank you.

  • @evettedeluca9159
    @evettedeluca9159 11 месяцев назад +57

    The look in her eyes as she sings 😍🔥🔥

  • @alexanderberg5492
    @alexanderberg5492 5 лет назад +993

    No playback and she hits every single note in front of 60k people. One of the greatest artists in our life

    • @coreyw3636
      @coreyw3636 5 лет назад +56

      Alexander Berg basically a studio quality voice on stage. Unreal

    • @aveguevara
      @aveguevara 4 года назад +13

      Like Joan Armatrading

    • @duartecosta5174
      @duartecosta5174 4 года назад +14

      every single one. it's amazing...

    • @phoenixthedevourer1716
      @phoenixthedevourer1716 3 года назад

      JuPpppP

    • @g.s167
      @g.s167 3 года назад +4

      👍👍👍👍👍🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @ArchFundy
    @ArchFundy 6 лет назад +311

    Even the Beatles would have wept in envy of this simple, soulful masterpiece. One of the most underrated performers of modern times.

    • @barbarianofficial3818
      @barbarianofficial3818 5 лет назад +6

      she's singing in front of a packed stadium. That's hardly underrated :)

    • @mattt2523
      @mattt2523 4 года назад +17

      @@barbarianofficial3818 she should be held up as one of the greatest musical artists in history. Shes underrated

    • @alioc3298
      @alioc3298 3 года назад +6

      The Beatles were shit. She’s a real performer

    • @SwagMaster824
      @SwagMaster824 3 года назад +2

      @@alioc3298 you sound ignorant as fuck right now and stupid

    • @morgieporgie2801
      @morgieporgie2801 3 года назад +1

      Beatles stole Black artist music, so did elvis

  • @grannysgonerabid7425
    @grannysgonerabid7425 5 лет назад +575

    by my hand to god I saw Tracy busking in Harvard Square back in the early 80s looonnnggggg before she became famous. Had no idea who she was but stopped to listen to her along with about 30 other people. About 5 years later I heard FAST CAR playing in my dorm at UMass and my mouth dropped. I knew that voice, the beautiful, deep soulful voice. Went into the room and asked who that was. The girl, Debbie, handed me the album. Holy crap! It was her!

    • @TheFabFoo
      @TheFabFoo 4 года назад +11

      That is so cool✌🏻

    • @borissonvision7407
      @borissonvision7407 4 года назад +1

      Alistair Cookie she is favored

    • @laiverebasaga5655
      @laiverebasaga5655 4 года назад +12

      That so cool for you to witness her talent before she became famous.

    • @lermink_
      @lermink_ 4 года назад +7

      Cherish that moment forever, i grew up listening to her, am only 19 but i wish i could've met her or seen her live.
      Wonderful talent

    • @francesbullock5424
      @francesbullock5424 4 года назад +6

      @@lermink_ Tracy Chapman is alive and well. Maybe you'll get to see her yet! If she comes to Seattle, I'll be the first to get a concert ticket!
      She's the best!

  • @UnleashedTraining101
    @UnleashedTraining101 Год назад +81

    This song gets better with each passing decade. And Tracey has a one of a kind voice. I can’t even think of anyone that comes close to this.

  • @dichti9346
    @dichti9346 3 года назад +740

    I discovered Tracy Chapman just about two years ago, when I was at the most dark place of my life. I am not kidding when I say that she literally saved my life with her music.

    • @l.kellner5149
      @l.kellner5149 3 года назад +25

      Glad to hear she saved you. She saved me too, and she still does even now.

    • @Atari-stfm
      @Atari-stfm 3 года назад +17

      That's great. I remember when she first game out. Believe me people were like wow who is this. Whenever I hear her it takes me back to the best time of my life.

    • @aubreybryan5332
      @aubreybryan5332 3 года назад +9

      I believe you and I can totally see why

    • @tizianacapano9281
      @tizianacapano9281 3 года назад +11

      and now, how are you?? Hope better, I wish this for you and all the people in 'difficulties'. Un abbraccio da Italia

    • @District.24
      @District.24 3 года назад +4

      I have the same story, except mine started in 1988. 34-years later, I still listening to her music.

  • @matthewweir6474
    @matthewweir6474 Год назад +110

    This is easily the best live version of any song I have ever heard. Mindblowlingly talented.

  • @s-sentialbizness7283
    @s-sentialbizness7283 4 года назад +440

    More than 30 years later, and this song has so much more meaning now than ever! 🇺🇸 PREACH Tracy, PREACH!

    • @boscoe16
      @boscoe16 3 года назад +4

      Testify

    • @keliusher-holmes2165
      @keliusher-holmes2165 3 года назад +2

      ❤️

    • @LOLLYPOPPE
      @LOLLYPOPPE 2 года назад +2

      🇺🇸🇺🇸YES Trump 2024🇺🇸🇺🇸

    • @scoopsahoy4072
      @scoopsahoy4072 2 года назад +9

      @@LOLLYPOPPE what the hell tracy Chapman disagrees with you nerd

    • @equinox95
      @equinox95 2 года назад +3

      Anthem of 2022 and beyond.

  • @yvonnepetite8997
    @yvonnepetite8997 11 месяцев назад +21

    What a timeless song of pure genuine talent! Amazing Tracy Chapman!!

  • @desirebunisard8623
    @desirebunisard8623 4 года назад +900

    Who is listening three decades after the releasing of this song??

    • @Thailand-mt9op
      @Thailand-mt9op 4 года назад +4

      Desire Bunisard me💕💕💕💕💕

    • @emilytruesdell5969
      @emilytruesdell5969 4 года назад +8

      I bought this album on cassette, when it came out! So.. yeah

    • @veronicapayne6466
      @veronicapayne6466 4 года назад +8

      She is freaking awesome🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤❤🧡❤💙💚❣

    • @SL-ug5ll
      @SL-ug5ll 4 года назад +10

      1988! Since 32 years!❤️ Tracy’s music is by my side!

    • @veronicapayne6466
      @veronicapayne6466 4 года назад +3

      My girl💋❤❤❤

  • @hellojari07
    @hellojari07 4 года назад +224

    That smile at the end... warms my heart. 🥰

    • @rlloyd4209
      @rlloyd4209 4 года назад +7

      EXACTLY! It says to me, "I wasn't sure if I could, but I just did something great. May it help you and the world around as much as it did my soul. Now when's the next breakthrough?"

    • @lucannewland1187
      @lucannewland1187 4 года назад +2

      It sure does!

    • @iidentifyasayoutubertoday7025
      @iidentifyasayoutubertoday7025 3 года назад +2

      Oh gosh same here!!! And the way the wind blew in her hair was beautiful. I wish I could have hair like hers. I have really thin baby fine board straight blonde hair but always wanted hair like hers. Style and color .
      But overall everything about her is so natural and beautiful

    • @Mariettasss
      @Mariettasss 3 года назад +2

      Yes! Her smile

    • @g.s167
      @g.s167 3 года назад +2

      @@Mariettasss yes ! ❤️. And the tears in her eyes 💕💍

  • @Tigercats1976
    @Tigercats1976 3 года назад +206

    Such talent,, very inspirational! This women doesn't get enough coverage, she is an amazing talent.

    • @keliusher-holmes2165
      @keliusher-holmes2165 3 года назад +3

      ❤️🙏

    • @stellalugalambi7676
      @stellalugalambi7676 Год назад

      Oh no, her fans are huge in the 2000,s I think, I got a ticket for 120@ harvad Square just perfect sold out great crowd,

  • @nitmcd6253
    @nitmcd6253 2 месяца назад +35

    Will need this song starting in 2025❤...Fight for your rights!

    • @gloriacook393
      @gloriacook393 Месяц назад +1

      WE NEED IT NOW...Not looking forward to it.. Seems its already started with division. Sometimes you must endure the storm to see the sun again. PEACE 2024

  • @jamesc8968
    @jamesc8968 4 года назад +1438

    This song. As relevant as it has ever been.

    • @jeffm623
      @jeffm623 4 года назад +26

      Agreed, especially now worldwide!

    • @mimoslavich6639
      @mimoslavich6639 4 года назад +16

      @@jeffm623 Yeah lets have another communist revolution, what could go wrong.

    • @jordisaura6748
      @jordisaura6748 4 года назад +6

      'bout time

    • @richardbrough4900
      @richardbrough4900 4 года назад +8

      Mimo Slavich All those reported deaths under Stalin and Chairman Mau is fake news. They were benevolent leaders who brought freedom to their people. Stalin even made sure vodka was cheap so the masses could celebrate the revolution on a daily basis.

    • @enerikeaaratemanuc.h.3236
      @enerikeaaratemanuc.h.3236 4 года назад +9

      @@richardbrough4900 No. Fuck Stalin

  • @clark4219
    @clark4219 Год назад +28

    Why, at 48, have I only just discovered this track?!!!! 💙💙💙
    I love Tracy Chapman. Raw talent, and raw beauty... A combination rarely seen in today’s world of artificial manufacture....

  • @alpinista2000
    @alpinista2000 3 года назад +25

    First LP I bought when I visited Westgermany after the wall came down, still got it today. We talked about a Revolution AND had one in Eastgermany. I am truly grateful for this once in a livetime experience and of course for this song. Thank you, Tracy Chapman, after more than 30 years.

  • @jtstvns
    @jtstvns 11 месяцев назад +7

    Seeing her live was a highlight of my life- she filled the room with the most incredible deep energy - it was pure rapture from start to finish

    • @sblumenstein6688
      @sblumenstein6688 11 месяцев назад

      Deep energy, like the tides; I like that description.

  • @genesisretail2180
    @genesisretail2180 3 года назад +43

    This song is a living proof that Classics will never go out of style
    Miss the days songs actually had a meaning
    Thank you Tracy ❤️

  • @a.a.armstrong5326
    @a.a.armstrong5326 11 месяцев назад +25

    Where's that darn revolution when you need it. Like a whisper! Love you Ms. Chapman. Cried like a tiny baby through your Grammy performance. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!

    • @vadimus1156
      @vadimus1156 10 месяцев назад

      not in your head for sure

    • @vadimus1156
      @vadimus1156 10 месяцев назад

      do something men, are you going to DO something or you stay with papa and mama and your little brain? Si querés te lo explico en espagnol ou la langue de PARIS J habite? le example de tout ce que je deteste de le system ou on habite c'est extacrtement TOI T' est le gagnante !

  • @ilyasay9860
    @ilyasay9860 5 лет назад +2770

    who is coming from 2020 , all the love for tracy

  • @sarahmitchell5206
    @sarahmitchell5206 3 месяца назад +5

    No stage costumes. No fancy changes in makeup or hair. Just a person singing beautifully with a guitar speaking truth to thousands. Simply stunning and awe inspiring song and performance.

  • @lexusbonappetit7949
    @lexusbonappetit7949 4 года назад +127

    Her voice, her words are giving me goosebumps

    • @rlloyd4209
      @rlloyd4209 4 года назад +6

      Her voice, her words, her soulful eyes, her modest grin after finishing, etc., etc. Magnificent performance from a true artist!

  • @PRISMN54
    @PRISMN54 5 лет назад +221

    Fantastic.... when she says.. "a whisper"

    • @josianeagathe7450
      @josianeagathe7450 5 лет назад +4

      Trop super cette grande femme célèbre pleins des talents voix unique des doigts magique wouahou tracy chapmam 💓🎸🎶

  • @Leo_de_janeiro
    @Leo_de_janeiro Год назад +21

    She is so shy as she writes a chapter in music history and builds a myth around her person while giving her songs to the world at this moment. - People, go and read her story, she came out and made music and went back to live a normal life as a mother.

  • @greeneyesista
    @greeneyesista 11 месяцев назад +18

    Of course, I'm here after the Grammys! This brings back so many memories. I love her! ❤

  • @mozzer35
    @mozzer35 3 года назад +62

    Goosebumps, watery eyes, and lots of hope every time I hear this song.

  • @bonz424
    @bonz424 4 года назад +111

    You deserve a BILLION VIEWS. Your songs changed my life when they came out. Let alone now. LOVE YOU TRACY

  • @markp7023
    @markp7023 2 года назад +37

    Gets me every time. I remember watching this performance on TV, carried live: my friend and I had never heard of Tracy Chapman, but after she had finished we just looked at one another and shook our heads in disbelief, it was so awesome: timeless song, great lyrics, amazing voice, incredible performance. Blew us away. Still does. Keep on rockin' Tracy.

    • @christianemorbe3801
      @christianemorbe3801 Год назад +2

      She's great

    • @cockeyedoptimista
      @cockeyedoptimista Год назад

      Had you heard any of her songs but didn't know it was her? Like Give Me One Reason? Or Fast Car? Anyhow, that's terrific that you and your friend liked her and were so blown away by the performance! You recognized greatness. It's unique to be so unpretentious.

  • @seb69ification
    @seb69ification 6 месяцев назад +11

    Sa voix, sa guitare devant 60'000 spectateurs lors du LiveAid 85. Mémorable !!!!

  • @caementum9536
    @caementum9536 Год назад +48

    one of the most beautiful voices i have ever heard ! Tracy is not only a good singer , she is the revolution , your voice and this song is powerful

  • @sandrabirch6551
    @sandrabirch6551 4 года назад +54

    1 woman, 1 guitar, 1 mic, and nothing else but pure amazing talent ❤️

  • @greyjay9202
    @greyjay9202 3 года назад +159

    I've always loved her voice, and that hint of a smile. You can tell that something is
    going on inside her. She is made of good stuff.

  • @borgorajkeraban1403
    @borgorajkeraban1403 Год назад +6

    Everyone is talking about her voice and simplicity. She is talking about the revolution.

  • @bigrigJim
    @bigrigJim Год назад +7

    I went to a concert back in the 80's and it started off with an unheard of black woman and her guitar. I was less than enthusiastic when she began , but after just a few seconds I became a Tracy Chapman fan for life.

  • @Randomaccount9470
    @Randomaccount9470 4 года назад +280

    We need more women like this to inspire our lost generation

    • @ceciliaramirez8548
      @ceciliaramirez8548 4 года назад +12

      Agreed. New generation need to open their eyes to reality and make music on what is happening now

    • @k-ster7870
      @k-ster7870 4 года назад +9

      Lost generation?

    • @d.rn.x5402
      @d.rn.x5402 4 года назад +3

      Not that lost though. We use high technologies very well. We try to save the earth and so many things....

    • @forgiven212
      @forgiven212 4 года назад +1

      Agreed!

    • @PositiveVibesOnly5774
      @PositiveVibesOnly5774 3 года назад

      Yes

  • @NeurogenicMT
    @NeurogenicMT 4 года назад +28

    The raw power of that voice still breaks my heart, almost 30 years later. Tracy Chapman is a once-in-a-generation talent. People still yearning to be free. God willing, we'll get there some day.

  • @lydiagray1627
    @lydiagray1627 Год назад +6

    This is my favorite song by Tracy Chapman, One of the most meaningful songs ever! L. G.

  • @tourbillon9617
    @tourbillon9617 6 лет назад +303

    Voice of a hurricane and then a little shy smile.

  • @dariofilipebonzinhoperes4096
    @dariofilipebonzinhoperes4096 4 года назад +135

    TIMELESS. THIS WILL LIVE FOREVER. HER LYRICS KEEP ON MAKING SENSE EVEN TODAY AND ALWAYS.

  • @phoenixlight1111
    @phoenixlight1111 2 года назад +37

    This is one of the most purest, amazing, profoundly talented musicians, ever. True talent, true Soul. We need more of THIS. 💚

  • @FrankSchulz-k2j
    @FrankSchulz-k2j 10 месяцев назад +3

    One women with her guitar and her voice on a stage. Thousands of people listening to her. This is what pure love for art is about

  • @oneian
    @oneian 2 года назад +18

    1998 - I was in grade 4, I borrowed my mum's cassette. It was an introduction to this magnificent artist. A revolution in herself. There'll never be another TC. Thank you for the music 💟

  • @apriltaf2288
    @apriltaf2288 4 месяца назад +47

    Just raw talent,who’s still here in 2024?

  • @jaxjax3494
    @jaxjax3494 3 года назад +42

    I think she’s beautiful inside and out! Her voice is gorgeous!

  • @skumnjepf
    @skumnjepf Год назад +11

    Makes me shiver. So moving. Her eyes wandering over the audience. The audience just listening...

  • @sarabelkhodja5351
    @sarabelkhodja5351 3 года назад +25

    La Grâce et le talent réunis. Dès les premières notes, votre voix nous fait frissonner... Bravo l'artiste !

  • @AnnieBrackett88
    @AnnieBrackett88 4 года назад +757

    One guitar, one voice, and still more to say than most of today’s musicians combined

    • @verbavolant6895
      @verbavolant6895 4 года назад +10

      And her time as well

    • @alexpomarola
      @alexpomarola 4 года назад +12

      She's great!!!! amazing!!!!

    • @mattbeevers1132
      @mattbeevers1132 4 года назад +16

      Could not have put it better

    • @timbtunes7730
      @timbtunes7730 3 года назад +11

      Best comment!

    • @timdowns7921
      @timdowns7921 3 года назад +6

      🐻👀💌👀🕊️🕊️👀🙏🙏🙏👀💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞😘😘😘👀💏💏💏💏💏👀🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰👀👄👀🌕🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨🔥🥂👄💐🌹🥀🕊️🕊️👀🌈👀🙏🙏💐💐🌹🌹🌹🌹🐻🌹🌹🌹🥀🥀🥀💐💐💐 God bless you darling

  • @Sirena860
    @Sirena860 8 лет назад +257

    Her smile at the end ♡♡♡

    • @ICTFORTEACHERS
      @ICTFORTEACHERS 7 лет назад +11

      I thought I was the only who loved her smile at the end of the video. Simply lovely. Each time I see this video, my eyes well up with tears.

    • @moonlitbalcony2861
      @moonlitbalcony2861 7 лет назад +7

      ICT TRAINING FOR TEACHERS yes she has a priceless smile,so beautiful

    • @fiorellaz1729
      @fiorellaz1729 5 лет назад +1

      Yes the most beautiful smile😘😘

    • @WandaElliott
      @WandaElliott 5 лет назад

      when she smiled, I smiled. That humble smile as the audience goes wild is priceless.

    • @paulwoodcock2327
      @paulwoodcock2327 5 лет назад

      Pure talent so underated

  • @sacredcoaching5107
    @sacredcoaching5107 11 месяцев назад +15

    How I miss these days! Tracy one of the best songwriters. And her voice is beautiful and unique. This is music!

  • @irenedontoh9692
    @irenedontoh9692 2 года назад +25

    Tracy is a very strong activist on issues that have been a problem to society. Great job, Tracy.

  • @UnleashedTraining101
    @UnleashedTraining101 3 года назад +52

    From her playing style to her outstanding voice, Tracy is an absolute treasure.

  • @andrewsagbekponou2992
    @andrewsagbekponou2992 4 года назад +65

    Tracy Chapman is one wonderful woman that we have to respect and cherish, she's the best

  • @randyittner5685
    @randyittner5685 11 месяцев назад +8

    I bought her cd back in 1988 and have listened to Tracy ever since. She reaches your soul.

  • @angelsherrer8155
    @angelsherrer8155 7 лет назад +707

    She's so beautiful 😌💚

    • @moonlitbalcony2861
      @moonlitbalcony2861 7 лет назад +7

      Yo Soy Jenizis I know right!! That's bae right there!

    • @domydishes
      @domydishes 6 лет назад +8

      Looks like a man.

    • @cheaze69
      @cheaze69 6 лет назад +5

      Gorgeous!!

    • @marie_es
      @marie_es 6 лет назад +4

      She really is ❤️

    • @Diomodo
      @Diomodo 6 лет назад +23

      domydishes “It's better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt”
      Mark Twain

  • @richardhawkes
    @richardhawkes 9 лет назад +1234

    Oh man, I remember all the "big" artists performing at the Mandella tribute concert in '88. Chapman rolls up with her guitar and sings this and Fast Car, then quietly walks off. True talent that doesn't seek the "celebrity" status of todays artists.

    • @tekobari
      @tekobari 9 лет назад +61

      +Richard Hawkes Also, though this might sound frivolous, her voice and guitar are as pure as her lyrics. NO FUCKING AUTOTUNE. So she's even honest technically.

    • @richardhawkes
      @richardhawkes 9 лет назад +33

      tekobari Fair point. I do think there are plenty of talented singers out there today though. They just get bullied out of the way by the ever-increasing barrage of pop we have to swallow!

    • @David_Thompson
      @David_Thompson 7 лет назад +15

      Well said Richard Hawkes. There must be a mistake: this artist should have 4M subscribers, not 4k...

    • @BarryPostings21
      @BarryPostings21 7 лет назад +20

      Well said Richard I agree, she does not seek celebrity and fame but she is a quality human being and she loves music, a very rare talent, we could do with a few more like her.

    • @nby195
      @nby195 6 лет назад +2

      Special thanks for the end of your comment. That's true! And that's the essence!

  • @Nesretepm
    @Nesretepm 5 лет назад +500

    America so desperately needs to listen to this woman in 2019

    • @borislavmedic6024
      @borislavmedic6024 5 лет назад +37

      Not just America...all the World must listen this

    • @___PK__
      @___PK__ 5 лет назад +4

      They are starting to! (Oct/19)

    • @bodybalancer
      @bodybalancer 5 лет назад +4

      I love Tracy Chapman..... I’m also a signer..... I will learn this song so I can cover it..... Agree completely.... the even younger than I am generation needs to learn and not forget these great classics - they still hold true today

    • @billyboy6028
      @billyboy6028 5 лет назад +11

      And vote for #BernieSanders2020

    • @alejandrobuzeta2504
      @alejandrobuzeta2504 5 лет назад +1

      Listening in October 2019 right now commemcing a Revolution in Chile ..

  • @ladariusmcdonald
    @ladariusmcdonald 11 месяцев назад +16

    I love her cute smile at the end of her performance 😍😍😍

  • @SARACLELIA
    @SARACLELIA 9 лет назад +256

    As a kid, I listened to this song enjoying her deep voice and thinking of this music as of a proud anthem. Today I see how actually delicate, elegant and fragile this woman looks and feels.

    • @josianeagathe9584
      @josianeagathe9584 7 лет назад +4

      Je suis une île ce que tu interprete c'est notre Histoire merci bokou Tracy Chapman 🎸 l love you foooort 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

    • @tizosonara1214
      @tizosonara1214 5 лет назад +1

      KT the big boss

    • @estherbudding9232
      @estherbudding9232 5 лет назад

      Heleen koudijs

    • @estherbudding9232
      @estherbudding9232 5 лет назад +1

      Stef bos pappa

    • @jaxjonesy3035
      @jaxjonesy3035 4 года назад

      WE NEED TO LOOK 👀 TO THE Olympic games and THE GAMES OF ALL PARTIES THAT THAT PART REENFORCING THE TURE VALUES OF FAIR PLAY AND NOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST THE AMAZING PEOPLE WHO PROVE THEY R THE BEST THE WORLD 🌍 AS TO OFFER... so to u ppl we look 👀 to the future xxxxxxxxx

  • @derekiswalking
    @derekiswalking Год назад +41

    An absolutely PERFECT musical performance.

  • @sabykang5524
    @sabykang5524 2 года назад +30

    gives me goosebumps every time. A TRUE artist in every sense of the word.

  • @rob8670
    @rob8670 11 месяцев назад +1

    Whoever set the sound for the mic catered perfectly to her voice and the message she was singing. It sounds like its going out to the whole world during the performance. Chilling, really.

  • @csheld2419
    @csheld2419 2 года назад +112

    Dang. I must have heard this song a thousand times on the radio back in the 80s while out partying with my friends and was always floored with the unbelievably powerful lyrics, strikingly beautiful melody, voice of an angel, and grounding simplicity of a somewhat unknown artist making such a culturally significant and beautiful contribution to the music world with nothing more than a single voice and acoustic guitar, so organic and pure. I could go on but already said too much about someone who would most likely prefer to remain humble and true to the essence of the era and future generations to come.

    • @lildebicakes
      @lildebicakes 2 года назад +4

      Beautiful words

    • @jamie.miller.inspiring
      @jamie.miller.inspiring 2 года назад +3

      The attention seekers usually have little to offer, the most humble usually have the most to offer for those who pay attention and appreciate realness 💖💖💖

    • @rethabilenxumalo9742
      @rethabilenxumalo9742 2 года назад +1

      Well said!

  • @samwelkahora5616
    @samwelkahora5616 4 года назад +7

    My country Kenya needs to hear this right about now. It's about time for that revolution. Time to claim our place at the table. Such a soulful masterpiece from this Legend.

  • @jaimedocio
    @jaimedocio 5 лет назад +180

    2020 and still sounds as great as the first time

  • @omarchunchi
    @omarchunchi Год назад +4

    REVOLUTION begins in the minds of the revolutionary

  • @brutustherwolsi4228
    @brutustherwolsi4228 2 года назад +14

    The thing with this gal is I that like her approach, feeling to life, her anger. She's right. Luv. And the music too I like . Did I mention that she's beautiful?

  • @vashon4775
    @vashon4775 4 года назад +58

    This is one of the greatest songs I’ve heard in my life. Her delivery is amazing.

  • @pinkypix4762
    @pinkypix4762 4 года назад +20

    This is the definition of pure talent. Just a simple, beautiful performance. No extra, we just focus on her wonderful voice

  • @melodybrown1520
    @melodybrown1520 7 месяцев назад +3

    One of the purest voices in music of all time! Amazing ❤️

  • @lisaknell1809
    @lisaknell1809 5 лет назад +37

    That voice still gives me chills. That voice and a guitar and she has the entire stadium in the palm of her hand. Check out “Still I Cry” another not so known song from her but beautiful as well. This woman is so very talented.

  • @andrewshepherd1198
    @andrewshepherd1198 3 года назад +50

    One of the few songs that has brought a tear to my eye and I’m a tough nut to crack. Lovely song and a lovely voice, absolutely love this❤️

    • @marksalamack6133
      @marksalamack6133 3 года назад +3

      Something VERY special about her voice and her voice control....that is why you feel her .....it is what brings a tear...and I am another tough nut

  • @clarisebrooks7042
    @clarisebrooks7042 3 года назад +69

    The lyrics are so straightforward and simple…beautifully interwoven. Her voice is extraordinary and gives me chills. I love this song and her performance of it.

  • @fabiomiranda5302
    @fabiomiranda5302 Год назад +13

    A mais de 30 anos, em um pais colonizador, um estádio icônico, essa mulher deixou essa mensagem de luta e resistência! Merece qqr e toda reverência, ser humano iluminado, sem falar do talento e da voz ❤