If Tracy Chapman's 'Fast Car' Was A Country Radio Single
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- When I first heard Luke Combs' new version of this song, it struck me as a remarkably faithful recreation, with some nice slick production - evening out all the rushing tempos, variations in volume, and charm in the process.
Thinking about all the talent that must have been in the tracking room that day, with all the nice gear and engineers and resources; it makes me wonder what it would have been like if the band weren't so faithful to the original, maybe if they had a more playful approach with fun fills and layers.
I don't proclaim to be a professional by any means, but I thought it'd be a fun experiment to explore this wonderful song through the lens of that Nashville session band vibe. I hope you enjoy!
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I am so happy that Alex and Alex got together for another banger. Melton Brothers for life!
The Meltmen
😂😂😂🫶🏻
I do wish he'd get the Melton crew back together like he did for the B-Day bash and the Subscriber Celebration. They harmonized so well, but I am still glad they're all doing their own thing
Yeah, Alex and Alex did great.. but I wish Alex was there too.
So much talent in one family 😂
I saw the title before reading the description and thought, "Has he not heard of Luke Combs?".........ohhh never mind
Same here. Luke just did an acoustic cover. This is actually a bluegrass version. This is so much better. Luke's voice is like velvet, but Alex put so much more soul into this.
My first thought was, "Is he trolling us?"
The harmonies, dynamic breaks, great guitar and bass tones, drum fills just at the right time, just wow!
1. He’s doing “modern” country
2. Tracy isn’t even a country musician to begin with.
3. Luke stuck to the original just a half step down in key. So it was basically the same iteration.
Like this one better. It's definitely pop country.
I love that you can hear the classic riff but not hear it at the same time. Like that gif of the train going through the subway, take your eyes off it and it goes the other way. Love it
Thank you for sticking to the original lyrics by Chapman. People praise Combs for keeping "checkout girl" but fail to catch that he changes "YOU gotta make a decision" to "WE gotta make a decision" in the last stanza, changing the ending from an ultimatum to something more wishy washy.
Yeah this is way better than Combs
KIller bass! As much as I love your guitars, your awesome drum and bass work have always laid a strong foundation to your music. It what drives all of your covers and why we keep coming back.
Thank you for appreciating those elements! Rhythm section was a blast this week.
@@AlexMelton I have to agree. Some very tasty little bass licks sneaking there way in here.
The bass is seriously putting in some work on this one. Really sets the tone.
As a lead-singing bass player myself, I agree 100%
The lyrics to this song are just heartbreaking. I still tear up when I *really* think about what the song is about.
My friend , Genre blending is a skill you have mastered.
Okay, this sounds like a fusion of country and pop-punk, and it’s pretty darn slick.
I actually really wanted to suggest this as a Pop Punk cover for you. Same thing, when I heard the Luke Combs version, especially the guitar part, i could just hear you doing it. Plus the lyrics are a great Pop Punk theme. Do that version too!
I love this hybrid of a Country vibe with a Punkrock tempo on a song thats classic. Love the original and Luke's version but this one is great in its own way as well 👌Love how you made it your own with this very creative spinoff
Lyrics hits so much more now that im in my 40s than when i was in highschool. Found a new appreciation for this song!
I love how Alex and the Meltons coordinate their outfits. Just a nice little detail that adds to their videos.
Brilliant! One of the most talented artists on RUclips in my opinion!
Awesome cover doesn't lose any of the spirt of the original very well done.
THE RHYTHM SECTION ON THIS IS AMAZING
He keeps proving that great songs are great in almost any genre. Plus he’s super talented.
It's tough sometimes to truly appreciate a cover when the original means so much to me, but I can really hear the amount of heart you put into this.
This is exactly how i have heard this song in my head for years!! Fun! Thank you.
Dude....this guys so good. I love it.
And Tracy rocks dude, i had to get older to realize that.
I've been saying the past couple of years that I really did not appreciate her when I was younger, but nowadays? Oh, yeah.
She was always great. Even when I was 10 years old.
First in! Love this style and all the reprisals. Blink 182 this song my man!
I think the lyrics would be a little different. Maybe "You gotta big truck... or You gotta John Deere.
This song is easily at the top of any "greatest songs of all time" list I could try to make. Love this arrangement, and goddamn that bass line is incredible.
Spotify pleaseee this arrangement is just too good
THIS is a worthy cover of an amazing song.
Amazing- as always, Mr. Melton. Your channel is the only one I can think of that gets both me and my 12 year old daughter equally psyched when we get the new upload notification... your talent and music choices appeal to generations. Thank you for sharing your talent with us.
PS- please incorporate Modest Mouse's Dramamine into your work, if possible. The song already evokes so much emotion... I can only imagine how you'd apply your brand of genius to the song. 😊
Dramamine would be such an amazing cover
Your version of country is the only country I'll actually listen to.
Same
We’ve got a music racist on our hands
Dude, same.
L take
Maybe you just haven’t heard the right country…
Luke Combs: "am i joke to you?"
Nah but seriously awesome rendition 👍🏻
Alex: Yes
The way you were able to capture that specific feeling 'Fast Car' manifests and not only turn the dial up just a bit but set the whole damn thing into motion. Beautiful job, Alex. 💗
This has Counting Crows vibes. Love it
Yeah! He's got that young- Adam Duritz nasal tone!
Great call !
Was about to say the same 🙌🏻
I had no idea that I love Nashville-Pop-Punk
Dude understands bass.
That is the truth
It’s just fun to see an artist having fun with music but still taking it seriously. The home studio/garage season feel is great.
just went and listened to both the tracy chapman and luke combs versions and honestly I like this version the best of the 3. Its much busier and the drums feel punk rock inspired, love it
You do a great job on this but it's hard to beat the charm of the original style.
Covering Tracy Chapman's Fast Car is a waste of everyone's time, it was already exceptional. Covering Luke Combs' cover of Tracy Chapman's Fast Car is an obvious choice to inject some humanity into a boring song.
I've probably listened to the original version of this song 100 times and somehow it only just occurred to me when listening to yours that the singer wasn't starting from zero with nothing to lose; they had a youthful life full of possibility to lose. Dang.
Being a prog metal drummer today and a musician my whole life, I stumbled upon this. Great job! Truly enjoyed this. Never give in, never quit. The world needs more talented people like you! Bravo!
When i first heard Luke Combs' new version of this song, it struck me as a remarkably forgettable recreation that nobody asked for. Your version is even better
Combs’ version is phenomenally good
@@Thekaiser4100 Combs version takes a good song & makes it worse than any other cover of it
Great work man your reworkings are inspiring. Sounds a bit like Counting Crows. The character of your voice at times reminds me of Adam's.
Am I the only person hearing Jack's Mannequin's "Crashin" here?
Man I love everything you do. Makes me want to play my drums every time I see a video of yours, love your style man!
Spotify?!? And I can’t believe you’re not at a million subs yet man… you kill it all around dude 🔥🤘🏼
Glad to see someone who understands the purpose of a cover
Luke Combs had been covering Fast Car for years during acoustic sets and wanted to remain faithful when recording it. I respect it.
@@Ta12dankdiscoveries he can do whatever he wants and obvious a lot of people really like it including Tracy Chapmen. But I just don’t like straight covers
@@mattboyer3385 I definitely don't disagree with you at all.
@@Ta12dankdiscoveries Good to hear
I keep saying I don't like country then I hear you sing anything country and I'm in. Thank you brother.
luke combs is looking smaller and younger
Powerful cove!
Was anyone else getting a little "Aaron West And The Roaring 20s" energy? It was something in the way Alex mixed the country, folky, evocative tone with the more rocky tempo and and instrumentation.
It made me think of how much I would LOVE to hear him do "67 Cherry Red" as a country song, and totally not cry my eyes out.
definitely feel the soupy vibes
I am so glad I came across you, Alex. Can't remember how, but it's been a good while, and I have never been disappointed with any of your re-imaginings. Long, may you run!
Now THIS is how a modern country version of this song is supposed to sound. 🙌🏼
Great rendition - and killer bass work!
Wait the OG song isn’t a country song?
When is this dropping on spotify?
This might be your best drum work yet, and that’s saying A LOT! Also, this is the best cover of this song I’ve ever heard.
Bass was particularly impressive in this one.
I loudly gasped when I saw this title. This song is life changingly good. Kept all the emotional in this song! GREAT COVER!!!!
You got a fast car
And I want a ticket to anywhere
Maybe we make a deal
Maybe together we can get somewhere
Any place is better
Starting from zero, got nothing to lose
Maybe we'll make something
Me, myself, I got nothing to prove
You got a fast car
And I got a plan to get us out of here
I been working at the convenience store
Managed to save just a little bit of money
Won't have to drive too far
Just across the border and into the city
And you and I can both get jobs
Finally see what it means to be living
See, my old man's got a problem
He live with the bottle, that's the way it is
He said his body's too old for working
His body's too young to look like his
So Mama went off and left him
She wanted more from life than he could give
I said, "Somebody's gotta take care of him"
So I quit school and that's what I did
You got a fast car
Is it fast enough so we can fly away?
Still gotta make a decision
Leave tonight or live and die this way
So I remember when we were driving, driving in your car
Speed so fast, I felt like I was drunk
City lights lay out before us
And your arm felt nice wrapped around my shoulder
And I-I
Had a feeling that I belonged
I-I
Had a feeling I could be someone
Be someone, be someone
You got a fast car
We go cruising, entertain ourselves
You still ain't got a job
So I work in the market as a checkout girl
I know things will get better
You'll find work and I'll get promoted
And we'll move out of the shelter
Buy a bigger house, live in the suburbs
So I remember when we were driving, driving in your car
Speed so fast, I felt like I was drunk
City lights lay out before us
And your arm felt nice wrapped around my shoulder
And I-I
Had a feeling that I belonged
I-I
Had a feeling I could be someone
Be someone, be someone
You got a fast car
I got a job that pays all our bills
You stay out drinking late at the bar
See more of your friends than you do of your kids
I'd always hoped for better
Thought maybe together you and me'd find it
I got no plans, I ain't going nowhere
Take your fast car and keep on driving
So I remember when we were driving, driving in your car
Speed so fast, I felt like I was drunk
City lights lay out before us
And your arm felt nice wrapped around my shoulder
And I-I
Had a feeling that I belonged
I-I
Had a feeling I could be someone
Be someone, be someone
You got a fast car
Is it fast enough so we can fly away?
Still gotta make a decision
Leave tonight or live and die this way
Id listen to country if it sounded like this
This song is easily at the top of any "greatest songs of all time" list I could try to make. Love this arrangement, and goddamn that bass line is incredible.
Well-freakin'-done. I was expecting this to be some kind of lambasting of mediocre modern country radio singles, but you really put your heart into this and made it something great. It also goes to show that a great song shines through in just about any style it's played in.
The chorus of the original always sent me to another place, it was gave me such an incredible feeling. You managed to capture some of that which I think is a huge accomplishment.
Ditto!
I mean, “making ‘fast car’ a country radio single” is exactly what Luke combs did
Yeah, still like this cover but I'm laughing about this.
@@maddie-o I’m not sure this vid would exist if Luke Combs didn’t make it into a country radio masterpiece. Worth pointing out. But I like how Alex’s version is different. If you’re going to do it bring your own style.
Bro is actually incredible 🙆🏼♂️🙌🏻 love it
Damn I really like Luke Combs’ rendition but I’m feeling like this one tops it
This is incredible. I love the original but this cover gives it a run for its money. Amazing work ❤
I came here thinking Luke Combs did this already... But your country take was definitely better LMAO.
Kinda feels Americana/Adult contemporary to me but it’s great either way.
Dude, u Rock 🪨 LOVE IT, u actually made me laugh w/ joy , very familiar w/her Songs
The title should have been "If Tracy Chapman's song 'Fast Car' was a *good* country radio single" so all these people could stop crawling out of the woodwork saying, "Well AkchuALly Luke Combs did it first'.
As if Alex didn't know about the Combs version. Read the description of the video. Sheesh.
THIS should have won single of the year...not Luke Combs
See, the thing about these "Country Radio" covers is that there's nothing on the country charts as good as what Alex does. Misleading title, A+ execution.
I got some chills. A great take on one of my all-time favorite songs.
How do you like your Acoustasonic Tele? I've heard so many mixed reviews.
No disrespect to Tracy Chapman or Luke Combs, but I just can't stand this song... that is... until you turned it into this masterpiece. Well done, sir.
Love everything you do Alex! I'm sure people have suggested this, but I think you would do an amazing punk version of Stick Season by Noah Kahan. I'm talking like some No use for a name era style pop punk. I can hear it in my head.
It is actually, and it's really strange.
The current cover that's getting played on country radio all the time, doesn't add anything to the song.
It sounds exactly the same as the original, just sung by a man.
Good song, and remember- never drive drunk, guys! 11,000 die each year....
PLEASE DO A FALL OUT BOY OR BLINK 182 VERSION OF THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Remakes should move the needle on the orginal -- love this version -- you nailed it.
Unfortunately, Luke Combs subjected us to this very reality, and his rendition wasn't nearly as close to the spirt of the original as yours
One of the greatest artists on RUclips! Great job Alex! Your take on every song creates a new emotion I would have never experienced with the original version. Keep up the amazing work and thank you for sharing your extraordinary musical talents with all of us that think we are rock stars in the privacy of our shower.
Wow, that was a great reimagination of that song.
I appreciate you still using the gender specific line of check out girl. I think that give homage to the original artist and song.
Of all of your wonderful renditions, this might be my fav. That bass! How long did the entire concept take you?
Really really cool. Nitpick fan critique, id choose less boomy drums in the verses for more dynamics.
How do you capture high quality sound like this? I will like to you know so I can create awesome music too! Great job on the cover!
Killer! Fabulous! You could release this… Should release this!❤️
How about just the Blink 185 version? ;)
i think i don't much like luke combs' cover because it doesn't feel like he's in conversation at all with tracy, y'know? what's he saying with his cover? i honestly think there's a solid chunk of people who hear his cover on mainstream radio and assume it's his song, which i maybe also resent a little. whereas i really like this cover - it feels like it adds to the ongoing dialogue that a song as famous as this one inevitably develops. thanks for sharing!!
Hey Alex, I'm your big fan. Can you cover there's no going back by sick puppies please please pleaseeeeeee
I think there is already a "countryfied" version of this song, no? It's a lot slower and kind of annoying...
I love how tasteful your covers are ❤
This is way better thank Luke's version. But, this song really should be sung by a woman.
I don't listen to modern country & I thought this was just going to be a silly parody... but by golly it ain't half bad.
The only version of this song I’ve ever heard was already country so I’m very confused. This was a good cover though!
Even countrifying this song can’t ruin it.
But it’s still sacrilegious. Don’t do this again. lol
Beautiful work! ❤❤❤ I need this song in Spotify!!!
Its f'n -12 degrees here brother. Thanks for bringing the heat!
Wish there was an instrumental version of this, would love to do karaoke to this 👀
Spotify?
I thought this would sound like luke combs, but nope. Better.
You should do the Trolls version of True Colors in pop punk. It would sound amazing
The original is an all-time great song. This is a very nicely-done rendition that captures the spirit of the original
i strongly dislike the luke combs version. this is better. honestly though, the story is so personal and full of real life struggle that anyone other than tracy chapman singing it is really disconnected and ingenuine.