Tracy Chapman - "Fast Car" DEEP MEANING REACTION

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  • Опубликовано: 16 окт 2024

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  • @carlamarina6056
    @carlamarina6056 4 года назад +3205

    Tracy Chapman is one of the most underrated singers, she was deep, and her voice like no other...

    • @llddau
      @llddau 4 года назад +56

      Carla Marina Underrated? Why do you say that? Sure, her heyday was years ago, not recently, but she was and is still listened to and loved by so many. I’m glad you enjoyed her music too.

    • @jackatomin
      @jackatomin 4 года назад +81

      Fast Car is on her first album titled, "Tracy Chapman." It went mult-platinum worldwide. She was nominated for six Grammy Awards and has won four Grammys total. She won Best Female Perfomance (Fast Car) and Best New Artist.

    • @merehitt1
      @merehitt1 4 года назад +21

      Is deep...

    • @Settowin
      @Settowin 4 года назад +33

      She is loved worldwide.

    • @cheeseisdelicious111
      @cheeseisdelicious111 4 года назад +24

      Whaaat?? She was hugely successful.

  • @stevenotjackramsey
    @stevenotjackramsey 4 года назад +1843

    This song is so hard to listen to because it hits me so hard when I first heard it in the eighties. I'm a white boy that grew up in a trailer park and both my parents had all kinds of problems I just wanted to get out and escape the pain I was living through. Tracy is an amazing folk singer that understands the human condition, and this song really helped me put things in perspective, regardless of race.

    • @happycamper7479
      @happycamper7479 4 года назад +25

      Yes! You're right!

    • @stevenotjackramsey
      @stevenotjackramsey 4 года назад +136

      @@happycamper7479 Thank you for replying. I feel like my initial comment was so clumsy. Just trying to say that anybody who grew up in a crappy situation and wanted to escape can relate to this song. Let's figure out how to relate to one another instead of finding a way to create division amongst ourselves!

    • @amortranquilo661
      @amortranquilo661 4 года назад +39

      @Steve Ramsey You're right 2 times! Stay strong and true. From the Heart!

    • @AshleyNelson0821
      @AshleyNelson0821 4 года назад +50

      When I was a kid in the 90s I used to listen to this song and sing as loud as I could wishing I had a fast car so I could get away. I had been purposely skipping watching this video.I totally understand, Steve. Best wishes!!

    • @doolybugz
      @doolybugz 4 года назад +68

      I'm a Black girl and I can appreciate all you wrote bro

  • @kalapiziks7561
    @kalapiziks7561 4 года назад +589

    "Sounds like it's gonna be deep"
    Oh, honey, you have NO IDEA.

    • @WickedKingLycoan
      @WickedKingLycoan 3 года назад +22

      God I hope that he never has to live through the pain in this song.

    • @beverlylow1777
      @beverlylow1777 3 года назад +4

      Haaaaaaaaaaaa love him!!!!! They are doing something amazing!!!!!

    • @chefmarianrene5251
      @chefmarianrene5251 3 года назад

      #said

    • @gjh9299
      @gjh9299 3 года назад +7

      seriously still makes me cry

    • @jackiegarrison9759
      @jackiegarrison9759 3 года назад

      Album is off the chain

  • @doraricard1512
    @doraricard1512 4 года назад +1601

    I am an old white woman from Minneapolis. I started watching you during the George Floyd protests. I have mentioned a few times that I am so excited about your reactions that I really think you are an inspiration and a very good example to all of us about opening our minds to something new. Be safe and keep being you. Hug your Mother, she did a wonderful job.

    • @ginathomas7813
      @ginathomas7813 4 года назад +74

      And that is it "opening our minds to something new". We're never too old to learn and grow.

    • @chrisrandall2710
      @chrisrandall2710 4 года назад +25

      Dora Ricard love u Dora!

    • @rvliver5725
      @rvliver5725 4 года назад +92

      I'm an old white guy from Chicago. I started watching his channel today and subscribed tonight for the same reason. I like his reactions, and his partners' when they're on camera. Inspirational, as you said. It's the music titles that grabbed my attention, but his reactions that grabbed my interest. BLM

    • @ginathomas7813
      @ginathomas7813 4 года назад +24

      @@rvliver5725 they're brothers. Their name implies twins - if they are, they're not identical.

    • @ginathomas7813
      @ginathomas7813 4 года назад +44

      TwinsthenewTrend, you have a "mature" people's fan following 😂😂 Who'd of thunk!

  • @marymac2113
    @marymac2113 4 года назад +1039

    Fast Car is the most heartbreaking song I've ever heard. Hopes and dreams shattered by life and reality. This song just shatters me. And, this young man understands the story. Music crosses boundaries and generations.

    • @kathleenmeyer3124
      @kathleenmeyer3124 4 года назад +11

      It is a sad song .

    • @NeptuneLady1957
      @NeptuneLady1957 4 года назад +8

      Ok..you want a song with a message, “YOUNG, GIFTED, AND BLACK” by Nina Simone (pronounced Si-MOAN)

    • @iamarianne
      @iamarianne 3 года назад +9

      Fast Car is second in heartbreak only to Behind the wall, the secret song from the same album (Tracy Chapman) ruclips.net/video/huez5QyZ5lI/видео.html

    • @lorrilewis2178
      @lorrilewis2178 3 года назад +1

      An absolute heartbreak of a song.

    • @chrisnorton2837
      @chrisnorton2837 3 года назад +10

      This song has been bringing tears to my eyes since the first time I ever heard it, when it was new.
      I actually stopped listening to it years ago, because I didn't want to be sad. But it's good to hear it again.

  • @Smashrgrl
    @Smashrgrl 4 года назад +734

    Two joys in life: when a piece of music speaks to your soul; and when you witness another person fall in love with a piece of art that speaks to you, too. This is beautiful.

  • @tvdan1043
    @tvdan1043 3 года назад +467

    Deepest lyric ever written: "Leave tonight or live and die this way."

    • @lolaadesina5362
      @lolaadesina5362 3 года назад +13

      Yeah. It's the 'now or never' decision

    • @lauraezekiel-marsh705
      @lauraezekiel-marsh705 3 года назад +1

      Amen!

    • @CharlotteN555
      @CharlotteN555 3 года назад +3

      That or-
      “I got no plans, I ain't going nowhere”.
      Good choice tho bro

    • @dcoakley11
      @dcoakley11 3 года назад +2

      @@CharlotteN555 just was thinking that I think that encapsulates the whole meaning of this song how we trap ourselves and become ok with it because it’s not always that easy to get out of it

    • @CharlotteN555
      @CharlotteN555 3 года назад

      @@dcoakley11 Makes sense!

  • @shannongeier63
    @shannongeier63 4 года назад +994

    I love the way this young man looks so pained when he is seriously feeling what he is listening to. His openness and the deepness of his understanding is so beautiful.

    • @KTRocksgs
      @KTRocksgs 4 года назад +12

      I agree- he gets it!

    • @heidir7553
      @heidir7553 4 года назад +18

      Ditto. His understanding of music is amazing. I love that he really feels it. Follow your dreams🌈😊

    • @LoidaCasaresShoeGirlCorner
      @LoidaCasaresShoeGirlCorner 4 года назад +10

      His comment about getting his family out of the ghetto comparison. My heart. ♥

    • @AslansAngel1
      @AslansAngel1 4 года назад +5

      He's a beautiful "old soul." That's what my grandmom would have said about him.

    • @108hanlon
      @108hanlon 4 года назад +3

      He's honestly made me appreciate more the lyrics of song I've listened to thousands of times.

  • @deborahrosenberg6563
    @deborahrosenberg6563 3 года назад +50

    Went to a 10,000 Maniacs concert and Tracy was the unannounced warm-up act. She walked out with her guitar, sat on a stool and started singing this song. No one knew who she was but everybody there was mesmerized. Within two weeks, this song was EVERYWHERE! She is an amazing talent.

    • @qkranarchist3015
      @qkranarchist3015 3 года назад +2

      Wow, what an amazing surprise!!!! Would have been amazing!!

    • @ZeeZee9
      @ZeeZee9 Год назад +2

      What year was that? Fast Car came out in 1988 but I feel like it blew up in the 90s. Not sure tho.

  • @orbitalsatellite
    @orbitalsatellite 4 года назад +628

    When this song came out, the world stood still.

  • @jeffmorse645
    @jeffmorse645 4 года назад +816

    Its hard to believe this song 30+ years old. Amazing songwriting, performing and a message that's still current. Timeless classic.

    • @elevenbucks5682
      @elevenbucks5682 4 года назад +4

      Came out in 2000, so 20 years

    • @jeffmorse645
      @jeffmorse645 4 года назад +34

      @@elevenbucks5682 No, it came out in 1988. I remember it well - I was 27 and was walking by Musicland in the Merced Mall in California and they had "Fast Car" playing from the new Tracy Chapman album. I stopped in my tracks to listen and was so impressed I walking in and bought it. So yeah, 32 years old.

    • @elevenbucks5682
      @elevenbucks5682 4 года назад +3

      @@jeffmorse645 Looked it up,you are right, just going by memory.

    • @jeffmorse645
      @jeffmorse645 4 года назад +1

      @@elevenbucks5682 Me too and for some reason that one really stuck with me in ridiculous detail! lol

    • @rockerchick730
      @rockerchick730 4 года назад +16

      It's hard to believe I'm 50 because I was shouting this song off my porch in Canoga Park, Ca. No lie, I'm still doing it in Texas.

  • @hoodiestimbs2783
    @hoodiestimbs2783 4 года назад +210

    I remember seeing her driving in San Francisco in the 90’s. She was in a brand new sl500 Benz. I was a teenager. I remember thinking “good for her” that must be the fast car.

    • @beverlylow1777
      @beverlylow1777 3 года назад +6

      AWESOME!!!!! That is deep!!!!! Woooo

    • @enricovankeeken9503
      @enricovankeeken9503 3 года назад +2

      :-)

    • @MaryLou913
      @MaryLou913 3 года назад +3

      That’s cool!

    • @thomasrichards6245
      @thomasrichards6245 3 года назад +4

      Dana says- That would be a fantastic end to the song's story. The only problem is that this song was *not* self biographical. Tracy didn't grow up in poverty and she attended the prestigious Tufts University. Her achievements are still wonderful, but it's not her in the song.

    • @enricovankeeken9503
      @enricovankeeken9503 3 года назад

      @@thomasrichards6245 *But its Nice to 'dream' sometimes? Especially now... Like, i 'fancy' this young actor for a while now... Í think he's a Great actor but he also Really reminds me of a guy named **#Kevin** someone i cÁn't 'see' right now*

  • @leanneprice453
    @leanneprice453 4 года назад +1082

    This young man is wonderful. This entire channel is a joy to watch. What I love most about this channel is watching intergenerational and intercultural exchange and discovery. What these young men bring to their experiences is a complete openness and willingness to explore artistry that is entirely new for them. This one was particularly honest and cathartic, but Tracy Chapman tends to emotionally disarm listeners. After having just discovered this, I've spent a better part of this afternoon watching this channel. Just THANK YOU.

    • @mariar6813
      @mariar6813 4 года назад +16

      AMEN!!!

    • @kayfitzgerald309
      @kayfitzgerald309 4 года назад +34

      These kids ARE a great hope for our future!!!

    • @Hvluv3
      @Hvluv3 4 года назад +13

      There is hope in the future🙏

    • @yvonnewatkinson840
      @yvonnewatkinson840 4 года назад +7

      Totally agree there are fantastic to de cover this classic music from my era (56)from England all the best🤗

    • @fordykid5296
      @fordykid5296 4 года назад +8

      ok English teacher. vocab game on point

  • @Catbirdmom2
    @Catbirdmom2 4 года назад +348

    The older I get, the more this song means. I remember hearing it when it came out in the 90s and I thought it was a good song. Now that I’m over 50 and have life experiences? This song reaches into my soul.
    When she says we have to leave tonight or live and die this way...

    • @tiffanyward9743
      @tiffanyward9743 4 года назад +16

      Yes! I feel the same way. It's gone from a pretty song to one that takes my breath away.

    • @hughsealy9426
      @hughsealy9426 4 года назад +17

      Lea, like you I am in my late 50s and this song is about making choices and living with the consequences and it's never easy.

    • @VeganSikhni
      @VeganSikhni 4 года назад +5

      It came out in the late 1980s - recall I was at university! It was a rallying call for many...

    • @Catbirdmom2
      @Catbirdmom2 4 года назад +1

      Ritu Chhatwal it may have. I just remember hearing it when I was in nursing school in the early 90s.

    • @Catbirdmom2
      @Catbirdmom2 4 года назад +1

      Hugh Sealy Yes. It’s just such an amazing song.

  • @ritanichole
    @ritanichole 4 года назад +205

    "I fell in love with this song.."
    You're going to fall in love with it deeper and truer as you get older.

  • @PenusDrippings
    @PenusDrippings 4 года назад +729

    this song makes me emotional even after listening to it hundreds of times.

  • @Laura-rm6us
    @Laura-rm6us 4 года назад +736

    Bro this incredible song is so deep. It’s about fighting hopelessness.

    • @seelenwinter6662
      @seelenwinter6662 4 года назад +37

      it was the time of chapman, lisa loeb, eddi brickel, kate bush, suzanne vega, alanis morrisette, avril lavigne, tori amos, fiona apple and and and... and today we have to listen to no voice bitches like gaga, swift, grande, gomez or cyrus... what a shame...

    • @Tethys99999
      @Tethys99999 4 года назад +1

      @@seelenwinter6662 what do you mean by no voice - that she doesn't speak out about injustice? or what?

    • @barnone1086
      @barnone1086 4 года назад +15

      @@seelenwinter6662 Don't get me wrong I love all the women from back in the day but we do have amazing female musicians making music. Check out Angel Olsen, Sharon Van Etten, Aldous Harding, Fiona Apple (she's still making amazing music), Cat Power, Julia Jacklin, FKA Twigs, M.I.A, PJ Harvey, Joan as Police Woman, Laura Marling, Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, Janelle Monae and many more that I'm leaving off

    • @carolm9996
      @carolm9996 4 года назад +16

      She's a great lyricist/storyteller. Beautiful song

    • @smithdawn1
      @smithdawn1 4 года назад +22

      @Seelenwinter 666 Don’t let Gaga’s hype/showmanship distract you. She’s one of the most talented females out there.

  • @wolphintv
    @wolphintv 3 года назад +106

    Let me tell you, being a kid when this song was an unlikely massive hit was wild. Because you'd be at the supermarket and suddenly they'd play it over the loudspeakers without warning. And I'd think, "Dammit, I can't go on this whole emotional journey right now!!! I just needed to pick out cereal!" 😭

    • @realSimoneCherie
      @realSimoneCherie Год назад +2

      Seriously! Or even on the radio! Had me puffy eyed walking into work looking ridiculous!

    • @yvonne5322
      @yvonne5322 8 месяцев назад

      hahaha soooo true!

  • @haikuhaiku
    @haikuhaiku 4 года назад +639

    Ok so I'm obsessed with you guys now. My stupid ass sitting here with tears runnin down my face watchin you hear this for the first time. How beautiful.

  • @louhobgood2531
    @louhobgood2531 4 года назад +141

    She got a scholarship to an exclusive boarding school. She had talent and the chaplain got her a guitar. She won the school talent show and kept going. She's incredible.

    • @mydogsioux
      @mydogsioux 3 года назад +2

      Thanks for posting this! I never knew that and it explains so much. She's amazing.

  • @oglecb
    @oglecb 4 года назад +55

    Back in '87 we went to a 10,000 Maniacs show at the Guthrie Theatre. The opening act was a totally unknown artist named Tracy Chapman. This was about, maybe 6 months before her album debuted. It was a moment NONE of us has forgotten. It was unbelievable. Just her and her guitar. It was staggering. We couldn't believe what we were witnessing.

    • @debra146
      @debra146 2 года назад

      That sounds amazing!

  • @Hugo-fs9sf
    @Hugo-fs9sf 4 года назад +366

    Not gon lie, this video straight up made my grown ass cry.

    • @MrWalkdawg
      @MrWalkdawg 4 года назад +10

      Every fucking time damn near!!!

    • @angelabranson363
      @angelabranson363 4 года назад +3

      All the feels

    • @TheEmilyFravel
      @TheEmilyFravel 4 года назад +15

      I am moved every time I hear this song. This song reaches me deep down in my core. I have loved it for decades.

    • @leslielimardo
      @leslielimardo 4 года назад +5

      Me too!!! Whyyyyyyy 😭 Did not expect that!

    • @joano.5431
      @joano.5431 4 года назад +4

      Same.

  • @Carthybp
    @Carthybp 4 года назад +298

    This song has never left me without tears in my eyes. Seeing someone finding their own personal meaning in it, 30 years later, shows how powerful music can be.

    • @katieosborn9345
      @katieosborn9345 4 года назад +3

      Absolutely!!! Music is the world's universal language that ALL people can understand.

    • @zombiiesque
      @zombiiesque 4 года назад +6

      Every. Single. Time.

    • @lynnhettrick7588
      @lynnhettrick7588 4 года назад +5

      I never get tired of this song. I’m so glad he got meaning from it.

    • @albertpringle4918
      @albertpringle4918 4 года назад +1

      FOESHOW

    • @nicolebusse5734
      @nicolebusse5734 4 года назад +3

      Have you listened to The Promise? I cry like a baby every damn time!

  • @tejadeja9542
    @tejadeja9542 4 года назад +173

    A lot of us are talking about being ‘old white people’ from various states. We all found you guys at a time of crisis and shame in America. You two are really doing an amazing job right now. Knowing that you are looking back, discovering amazing old music feels so hopeful to me, and it makes me feel so much more hopeful about generations, races and basically just all of us as people too. One of the comments here was: give your Mom a hug for doing such a good job...give her one for all of us too. We appreciate her! 💟☮️💟☮️💟

    • @mattjohnson9054
      @mattjohnson9054 3 года назад +7

      Give yourself hugs for choosing to be the amazing men you are.

  • @howardmckenna
    @howardmckenna 4 года назад +166

    You should see her first live performance.
    It was '88 at Wembley Stadium for Nelson Mandela's 70th birthday. No official slot. Then Stevie Wonder had an issue so she came on. Just Tracy and a guitar. In front of a crowd of 72,000 people (600,000,000 on tv). The whole crowd fell silent at this previously unheard talent.
    It was truly something amazing to behold.

    • @davidlandis9955
      @davidlandis9955 4 года назад +1

      i remember that day. blown away @my parents house! so good!!!!!!!!!!

    • @jenifusion
      @jenifusion 4 года назад +4

      I was there!

    • @howardmckenna
      @howardmckenna 4 года назад +2

      @@jenifusion... I wish I had been.

    • @pennymx7829
      @pennymx7829 4 года назад +5

      On a much smaller scale, she opened for Suzanne Vega in 1983 at Club Casino in NH. Same thing, she came out and no one knew who she was. Could not tell if she was a man or a woman. Just knew she was amazing and the crowd loved her.

    • @howardmckenna
      @howardmckenna 4 года назад +1

      @@pennymx7829... That must have been sweet!

  • @Vulgarth1
    @Vulgarth1 4 года назад +132

    The real big kicker of this song is how it's a neat cycle. In the song, she goes from staying with her alcoholic father and looking after him after quitting school, to settling into a relationship with a man who turns out to be an alcoholic - and she ends up saying she'll leave him just like her mother left her dad. Strong stuff.

    • @knitty25
      @knitty25 4 года назад +9

      Exactly such a sad but powerful song
      I don’t think some people actually understand what this song is about

    • @gemanwilliam7966
      @gemanwilliam7966 3 года назад +1

      That's simply the summary of the song.. gives you a unique feeling and speaks alot about the everyday struggle of the regular person who has his or her fate on their hands but doesn't always ends up well enough as they've hoped it would.

    • @estherw2881
      @estherw2881 3 года назад

      I have always loved the song but never really understood until now

  • @CFLsurfr
    @CFLsurfr 3 года назад +48

    Bro you're one of the kindest, nicest RUclipsrs I've ever met. Thank your parents for raising you so well.

  • @1laurelei1
    @1laurelei1 4 года назад +116

    This whole album slayed. Tracy Chapman is a legend.

    • @kayw93
      @kayw93 3 года назад +1

      So great, a song with lessons for the ages. Hard for me to listen to. Brings me to tears every time but what a joy to watch him discover it.

    • @lolaadesina5362
      @lolaadesina5362 3 года назад +1

      Till today. Still slays

  • @bridgetlaw1484
    @bridgetlaw1484 4 года назад +515

    More Tracy Chapman please...."Give me one reason"..."Talkin bout a Revolution"

    • @jamielynn5287
      @jamielynn5287 4 года назад +11

      That is my all time favorite song ❤

    • @SaidiLouise
      @SaidiLouise 4 года назад +6

      YES! More Tracy PLEASE!

    • @HasntHappened44444
      @HasntHappened44444 4 года назад +22

      Yessssss!!!! 💞💞💞 “Talkin about a Revolution” is on my heart in these times

    • @HasntHappened44444
      @HasntHappened44444 4 года назад +1

      @twinsthenewtrend ^^

    • @dyskelia
      @dyskelia 4 года назад +4

      Bridget Law that entire album tho

  • @2982cookie
    @2982cookie 4 года назад +40

    Man.. I love Tracy Chapman, she's beautiful. This song is easily one of my favorites ❤

  • @bellam7359
    @bellam7359 4 года назад +373

    Listen to Tracy Chapmans "Give me one reason" - such a great song!

    • @thomasinmoore1162
      @thomasinmoore1162 4 года назад +6

      That has been my karaoke song for 2 decades. I sound horrible, but the crowd is always happy to hear that song.

    • @wanderlustaesthete4117
      @wanderlustaesthete4117 4 года назад +1

      Check out Changes

    • @kimmywhycensored6374
      @kimmywhycensored6374 3 года назад +2

      Tracy Chapman can break your whole heart

    • @beverlylow1777
      @beverlylow1777 3 года назад

      Oh Bella! Now I have to here that!!!! Thank you!!!

    • @lilwing6969
      @lilwing6969 3 года назад

      Yes! The best!

  • @dlocklin1
    @dlocklin1 4 года назад +73

    I’m a a 62 year old white lady whom you’ve taught a lot. I love that you like the music of my youth. But you’ve helped me understand your generation too.

  • @rickdebella7191
    @rickdebella7191 4 года назад +71

    Kid you got alot of heart and wisdom.
    Your the real deal.
    Glad I found you Sir.

    • @ddigiorgio8438
      @ddigiorgio8438 3 года назад +1

      Yes, your church upbringing is showing - how deep and insightful you are.

    • @deborabackhaus6371
      @deborabackhaus6371 3 года назад +2

      He has a beautiful soul!

  • @MrWalkdawg
    @MrWalkdawg 4 года назад +109

    Also when she changes “we” got to make a decision to later in the song “you” got to make a decision. She was tired. Very powerful song!!

  • @jeniferneiss1631
    @jeniferneiss1631 4 года назад +251

    This guy is all in. He speaks such truth. I love everything about him. This is the 2020 content I am here for.

  • @tabithabuono3345
    @tabithabuono3345 3 года назад +21

    This kid is deep. He's truly an old soul.

  • @EliseLogan
    @EliseLogan 4 года назад +200

    This song punches me in the chest every time. Every single time.
    This one and Luca by Suzanne Vega.

  • @kevinjwalsh5538
    @kevinjwalsh5538 4 года назад +179

    Love how this song is so good so many years later that it still connects with you so quickly
    She's a genius...

  • @indigoeyes100
    @indigoeyes100 10 месяцев назад +5

    This is one of the greatest songs ever written. A true work of genius. Timeless classic

  • @AlucardPeach
    @AlucardPeach 4 года назад +103

    This song has always broken my heart. She escapes a family and situation with an alcoholic man, works hard to better her life, only to end up with an alcoholic. Spends her life working hard and dreaming of better, only to wind up back in the same spot.

    • @EvaSnyder
      @EvaSnyder 4 года назад +17

      Yes. This is not a song about achieving your dreams. It is a song about being trapped even though you tried.

    • @yvonnewatkinson840
      @yvonnewatkinson840 4 года назад +10

      Who knows loads of women throughout the years in that same situation 😩

    • @susanhaney3437
      @susanhaney3437 4 года назад +1

      Yeah, I feel like he missed the point

    • @brownin329
      @brownin329 4 года назад +5

      It's about hope for the future but what happens when you get to the future and you haven't moved but an inch? It's like "What Happens to a Dream Deferred," in the poem "Harlem," by Langston Hughes. But I love that she made the responsibility for making a way went from being "we" to "you."

    • @brownin329
      @brownin329 4 года назад +4

      @@susanhaney3437 he's young. He'll get it.

  • @Bringonallthefreestuff7419
    @Bringonallthefreestuff7419 4 года назад +87

    One of the best songs ever. You can feel her youth, her hope, her optimisim, then her resignation and despair.

    • @meghanmonroe
      @meghanmonroe 4 года назад +3

      This song's vibe reminds me of "Where Have All The Cowboys Gone?" by Paula Cole. That cycle of life and eventual despair.

    • @allysonalt5291
      @allysonalt5291 4 года назад +1

      ​@@meghanmonroe Alanna Myles "Black Velvet" has that feel for me as well, as does Melissa Ethridge "I'm The Only One."

    • @alexm7627
      @alexm7627 4 года назад

      I'll say this, God can reverse that order :)

  • @sherriblack53
    @sherriblack53 4 года назад +19

    Tracie is a monster. On instruments and vocals. Never sell that short. Also a poet. Hard to find these days

  • @racheljoseph1221
    @racheljoseph1221 4 года назад +275

    As a former public school teacher, I really appreciate the curiosity and willingness to learn about different types of music, to “think outside the box.” This is my 5th video of yours to view & I am subscribing because I think you’re cool. I was a foreign language teacher (German); I wonder if those of us who are bilingual were to send you our favorite songs (with translations) if you’d play along

    • @spthibault
      @spthibault 4 года назад

      That would be awesome, back in the 1990's when I was in HS Frau Hulette did her best to teach me German (can't say I ever wrapped my head around the esset or spelling in German or I'd whip it out and ask you if you knew what the time was and wo wonst du?... screw it, use it or loose it.. . Haha) I'd love to hear and see something like that! Excellent idea Frau Joseph... have a great day Tusch (like I said spelling not so much)

    • @conniemoore1786
      @conniemoore1786 4 года назад

      Me 2💯💯

    • @conniemoore1786
      @conniemoore1786 4 года назад +1

      @@spthibault only know about 10 German words especially vas is der Vanhoff(?) Train station in case I'd ever get lost in Mainz🙄

  • @Jay-gc9bb
    @Jay-gc9bb 4 года назад +258

    This song is a classic, timeless.

  • @woksrandomchannel
    @woksrandomchannel 3 года назад +16

    "is it fast enough we can fly away?" absolutely wrecks me every time I hear it.

  • @DharaGrace
    @DharaGrace 4 года назад +123

    "Speaking to Q magazine, Tracy Chapman once said: "It's not really about a car at all.
    "Basically it's about a relationship that doesn't work out because it's starting from the wrong place."
    According to Metro Weekly critic Chris Gerard, the song tells a grittily realistic story of a working poor woman trying to escape the cycle of poverty, set to folk rock music."
    www.smoothradio.com/features/fast-car-tracy-chapman-lyrics-meaning-cover/

    • @Puglover-jk1ul
      @Puglover-jk1ul 4 года назад +7

      Yep. That last verse gets skimmed over a lot and only recently did I realize it’s meaning. Her partner is not matching what she’s bringing to the table. She gives them an ultimatum. Step it up or get to steppin

    • @shawnalitchfield3416
      @shawnalitchfield3416 4 года назад +3

      I have loved this song for a long time, but when I really heard it and understood the lyrics... that's when I REALLY fell in love with it. Just the struggle. And the realization when things don't turn out the way you expect. It's so good.

  • @missscorpaz
    @missscorpaz 4 года назад +234

    Try Tracy Chapman-Talkin’ About a Revolution, you won’t regret it

    • @noelleparris9451
      @noelleparris9451 4 года назад +1

      Yes

    • @raelshark
      @raelshark 4 года назад +3

      Timely.

    • @t.t6191
      @t.t6191 4 года назад +1

      Great message in that song..

    • @chickflikguru
      @chickflikguru 4 года назад +2

      Behind The Wall always makes me CRY. Love that song. Love that album.

    • @wdrauch
      @wdrauch 4 года назад +1

      chickflikguru yep, that one still gives me chills

  • @garmtpug
    @garmtpug 3 года назад +6

    This song always makes me cry. It's so damn sad and true for the lives of so many women. Tracy Chapman is such a treasure!

  • @unclejimbo6907
    @unclejimbo6907 4 года назад +145

    I can't wait for these kids to really get big. They deserve all the good coming to em.

  • @themaggattack
    @themaggattack 4 года назад +37

    Ah, you're so young and sweet. When you said don't let nobody break your dreams, I actually started crying. I remember when I had that much hope and life ahead of me. I hope you live all your dreams, young man. 💖

  • @lisabkirchner
    @lisabkirchner 4 года назад +6

    Tim, your commentary on this song brought me to tears. I have spent YEARS dealing with the type of folks you describe in the business world. You are so wise for your age. This video should be played at every damn corporate conference as a motivational speech. I love this so much. ❤️🤟🏻👏🏻🙏🏻

  • @GS-kx8wc
    @GS-kx8wc 4 года назад +201

    Shes one of my favorite vocalists. Her voice is just amazing.

  • @amypotozkin7063
    @amypotozkin7063 4 года назад +418

    It's like you teach a music appreciation class connecting music to life. Your's is the first youtube channel I've subscribed to. I love you and your videos and I'm a middle aged white woman. Thank you for being you you're awesome!

  • @yvonne5322
    @yvonne5322 8 месяцев назад +3

    She sings like it's effortless, like she breathes the song.

  • @joshuawebb6694
    @joshuawebb6694 4 года назад +98

    She used to busk in Harvard Sq. back in the early 80s, her talent was undeniable even then.

  • @nates9018
    @nates9018 4 года назад +104

    One of the most underrated artists! Phenomenal singer/songwriter

  • @Telukin
    @Telukin 3 года назад +11

    I can't listen to this without crying.

  • @michellecfl
    @michellecfl 4 года назад +60

    I am obsessed with this song. She is so beautiful and her voice is perfection. I love Tracy Chapman. Pure talent.

  • @thebigfs2330
    @thebigfs2330 4 года назад +65

    This is probably one of my favorite of your reaction videos. Not only because I love this song, but because you *get it* and I can see that and feel it, while watching you. You’re so positive and so empathetic. I love it! Keep doing what you do!

    • @joneskellerful
      @joneskellerful 4 года назад +1

      I'm noticing the the abundant comments who know the true poetess of our time: Tracy Chapman. Tears of joy and complicated emotions here.

  • @c.joanchapman1312
    @c.joanchapman1312 4 года назад +1

    Tracy Chapman is one of my favorite singers. Her voice is beautiful.

  • @jenniferpozner2852
    @jenniferpozner2852 4 года назад +69

    So glad you loved this one. Fast Car was one of the most powerful message songs of the 80s/90s. There is such depth to it, and makes so many statements about gender, race, class, and how systems of power impact individual lives. She is liberatory.

  • @humanbeing524
    @humanbeing524 4 года назад +101

    Sobbing just hearing this song newly again from him. Tracy Chapman's lyrics are poetic and eternal and human. I remember when I first heard in living in NYC. Most humans, in America, can feel this.

    • @karinaclark6888
      @karinaclark6888 4 года назад +3

      The human experience...universal

    • @kalsangdrolkar
      @kalsangdrolkar 4 года назад +5

      I was in tears again, too!! This is such an amazingly POWERFUL!!! song -- and hearing it again -- with someone hearing it for the first time just put me over!! Music is truly one of THE most amazing things human beings can create.

    • @sharonhammonds9495
      @sharonhammonds9495 4 года назад +1

      Jill S, Tracy Chapman is a woman.

    • @kalsangdrolkar
      @kalsangdrolkar 4 года назад +2

      @@sharonhammonds9495 I'm pretty sure Jill S. knows that -- the "him" she was referring to is Tim and his response to the song -- and re-experiencing the song through "him".

    • @cindyballard1914
      @cindyballard1914 4 года назад

      She's a her.

  • @jeffreyrussell7231
    @jeffreyrussell7231 3 года назад +13

    Tracy is one of the best musician ever, she's more like a prophet the way her songs have played out over the years.

  • @Tigerfly119
    @Tigerfly119 4 года назад +46

    Still remember her on the stage with just a chair and her guitar, slaying it.

  • @anmarievolante4438
    @anmarievolante4438 4 года назад +240

    Try Sinead O’Connor “Nothing Compares 2 U”. It was written by Prince!

    • @irishguydesignstudioinc.1283
      @irishguydesignstudioinc.1283 4 года назад +6

      Sinead O'Connor Troy is such a classic.

    • @melanieterrill4621
      @melanieterrill4621 4 года назад +3

      It’s so good! And talk about powerful. Prince wrote it

    • @mrsmoondawg5819
      @mrsmoondawg5819 4 года назад +3

      YESSSSS!!! THAT IS A GREAT SONG.

    • @AirWindFire
      @AirWindFire 4 года назад +3

      That is a phenomenal song, the lyrics are painful but poetic and her voice is transcendent. I’d love to see a reaction to this!

    • @JBijouxee
      @JBijouxee 4 года назад +2

      Great suggestion!

  • @MP-fk9em
    @MP-fk9em 3 года назад +9

    One of the best songs ever. This woman's voice is GOLD♥️⚘

  • @firstnamelastname6193
    @firstnamelastname6193 4 года назад +114

    "Leave tonight or live and die this way" Don't be afraid to take a chance, don't be afraid to dream.!

    • @Khai-MediaCo
      @Khai-MediaCo 4 года назад +8

      People are not afraid of dreaming ... they're afraid of DOING!

    • @0103harleyq
      @0103harleyq 4 года назад +3

      This part always makes me lose it. 😭

    • @thealyssac27
      @thealyssac27 4 года назад +2

      Exactly! ❤️

    • @pattyboggs5632
      @pattyboggs5632 4 года назад

      I can relate. Deep message.

  • @amyarmbruster87
    @amyarmbruster87 4 года назад +76

    I remember when this song came out. We fell in love with Tracy Chapman. Her lyrics and storytelling are so visceral. I’m hooked on this channel. Thanks for sharing your reactions.

    • @beverlylow1777
      @beverlylow1777 3 года назад

      Omgosh me too!!! I'm 61!!! Love these guys!!!!!

    • @beverlylow1777
      @beverlylow1777 3 года назад

      How great would that be??? Yes!!!!

  • @thatsalt1560
    @thatsalt1560 3 года назад +8

    This song is a masterpiece, and she was so young. A wonderful artist.

  • @Anna_Stetik
    @Anna_Stetik 4 года назад +140

    This is one of my all time favorite songs. It gets me every time. And when I say "gets me", what I mean is, for example, the other day, I was at a restaurant waiting for someone's order to be ready so that I could deliver it to them. This song came on, and I broke down, right there in the restaurant - I can't help it, every single time I hear this song, it does that to me. Even listening to it while you react to it hasn't stopped my eyes from welling up. This is a very deep song - hopelessness is a very painful place to be, and some will do and try anything to get away from it.

    • @arthurjackson3287
      @arthurjackson3287 4 года назад +3

      Anna Stetik ...me too

    • @diane9247
      @diane9247 4 года назад +9

      Even your comment about it made me tear up. It's been a pretty hopeless few years and many of us carry that very near the surface.

    • @fleetskipper1810
      @fleetskipper1810 4 года назад +3

      The worst is when it gets so hopeless that you give up trying to get away from it because there’s no energy left in you.

    • @kymhadden9914
      @kymhadden9914 4 года назад +2

      Me too - tears now...

    • @nickyvw
      @nickyvw 4 года назад +2

      Anna Stetik Me too.

  • @-MakeItGood-
    @-MakeItGood- 4 года назад +55

    Breaks my heart every time I hear this song, struggling my whole life to feel belonged and worthy of a life worth living I feel what she saying.

    • @sistersmith2336
      @sistersmith2336 3 года назад

      I hope you have found your sense of belonging! God loves you!

  • @FUBAR1986
    @FUBAR1986 7 месяцев назад +1

    This song with Tracy singing has such a unique sound, and no one knew how big it was going to be when it exploded on the scene

  • @FancyFerbies
    @FancyFerbies 4 года назад +74

    It’s about needing to believe even when there is nothing to believe in. Breaking a cycle.

    • @sutcherc
      @sutcherc 4 года назад +2

      This song - so super powerful. Tracy Chapman. I grew up listening to her. Glad you got to experience her stories.

  • @erinmullen7856
    @erinmullen7856 4 года назад +90

    HOLY CRAP. I've been halfheartedly singing this song for years and years and years and it's only now that I see how deep this digs into humanity. This is deeply painful. Wow, this song. New respect.

    • @katieosborn9345
      @katieosborn9345 4 года назад +1

      Nice 💘

    • @esmeraldaj8492
      @esmeraldaj8492 4 года назад +2

      Same. Mind blown

    • @joneskellerful
      @joneskellerful 4 года назад +8

      I have felt such an achingly deep love and empathy for her ever since the 80s. I have been feeling so incredibly lonely throughout COVID and being able to feel the love from the twins is the only pure love and joy I've actually felt--enough to believe that maybe out country can pull out of the sick political shite we are currently in. Tracy tells us: people are POOR, people need HELP, they need DREAMS, SUPPORT, and to SHARE THEIR VOICE. This woman is a goddess in my world--just like Joni Mitchell--no different. Pure heart, emotion, and spirit-guided POETRESS. Thank you TWINS. I'm just overwhelmed with emotion with what you've done for me for almost four days straight of listening and watching. God bless you, love you, keep you sending out THE LOVE vibes we ALL NEED. xoxoxoxoxo

    • @katieosborn9345
      @katieosborn9345 4 года назад +2

      @@joneskellerful I'm so sorry for you that you're feeling so lonely. I've been feeling down too. My son just turned 19 and he's on The Autistic Spectrum. He doesn't like to talk to people, and he makes it clear that he hates my guts. He wishes I would move away so just he and his dad would live here. He doesn't get it that I didn't work while he was growing up. It waa nearly impossible to find daycare for him. Especially considering I'd likely have to pay them more than half of what ai made. It's not easy finding a job. Especially when the people you're competing with are in their twenties. Not only that, I don't want to move away and have to live all by myself. 😢 😢 It's been so hard listening to his constant abuse. Every day though is a new day. I keep hoping that tomorrow he'll be nicer to me. I'd say once a month he's nice to me and we can go grocery shopping. That's the only thing he'll leave the house for because of the virus.

    • @katieosborn9345
      @katieosborn9345 4 года назад +1

      @@erinmullen7856 Omg Thanks!! Continue to love and care about people. Every time I have a decision to make I think of the word love and then I decide. Keep putting that energy out there. It spreads. I try and tell him to be nice, but that makes him madder. He only says hurtful and spiteful words. Like shut up stupid b*tch. So disrespectful. 😥 I try to tell him that if he thought happy and peaceful things he would feel better, but it just makes him angry. It goes from calm 2 to a 9 where he wants to throw something or hit. I try so hard every day to tell him that we don't have to fight. That if he would just let it go and stop being angry (and putting that energy out there) We don't have to be mad at each other. But he won't listen and I lose my patience and let it get to me and hurt me. Then my heart starts beating fast and I tell him he's being mean. He's got alot of energy to get rid of. But lately he seems to listen and decides to think about it. He's so logical and he has to figure it out. But if he decides to let it go then he'll say something really beautiful. He just really gets life. If he could just stop coming out swinging every time I want to ask him something. Or just want to talk. Sorry it's so long,

  • @stevetokeley6542
    @stevetokeley6542 10 месяцев назад +1

    Glad you found Tracy,and enjoyed this as much as we did.

  • @fauxpasfur
    @fauxpasfur 4 года назад +13

    This song came out when I was in fifth grade and it completely opened my eyes to the real struggles of other human beings. I listened to it over and over again, the whole cassette (because it was like 1989). Thank you for doing this, it felt like the first time listening to it for me again.

  • @ljcoffeelover26
    @ljcoffeelover26 4 года назад +38

    I want you to listen to Aaron Neville and Linda Rondstant song “I don’t know much”. It will pull you along on a beautiful ride!

  • @zombiiesque
    @zombiiesque 4 года назад +29

    I get chills from the moment this song starts, every single time.

    • @estherw2881
      @estherw2881 3 года назад +1

      I did and I did not even understand the lyrics, now I do and just love it even more

  • @marshallboice4629
    @marshallboice4629 4 года назад +32

    I still tear up hearing this song. Damn.

  • @melindapace3084
    @melindapace3084 3 года назад +2

    I am in my 50s and I heard this song driving home when I was 18 and it is a soul moving song. Still my top 5 and I hope every generation gets to hear this song and message. Enjoy Tracy's message and learn..

  • @erinkelly606
    @erinkelly606 4 года назад +69

    This song means a lot to me, but it was like listening to it for the first time again with you!

  • @jenniferverhaeghe7067
    @jenniferverhaeghe7067 4 года назад +24

    I love watching these guys’ reactions to the songs. The fact that he can feel this song and say it’s deep today, despite being over 30 years old, shows how the human experience and struggles are universal and connect us from generation to generation and all over the world. I love this.

  • @ssilva872
    @ssilva872 4 года назад +11

    She is an OG queen.
    Amazing song.

  • @SickGirlRocks
    @SickGirlRocks 4 года назад +27

    This song breaks my heart every time. The struggles of life.

  • @apu6216
    @apu6216 4 года назад +41

    I feel like I've heard this song most of my life but only now paid attention to the lyrics and meaning because of your reaction!

  • @amandaford864
    @amandaford864 3 года назад +3

    Love Tracy Chapman❤️ My late Uncle introduced me to her music

  • @katiec6188
    @katiec6188 4 года назад +71

    Love this song, but I can’t lie, it was sad seeing you get so excited in the middle like “she had a feeling she could be someone, look at her now!” And then the last verse your face just dropped and you can tell that ending really hit you.... it’s like we’re in the room listening together man. Love feeling that connection with you, keep it up

  • @gracehaeusler
    @gracehaeusler 4 года назад +28

    "We have to make a decision or live and die this way" ~ Tracy Chapman.

  • @migjtyalfie4501
    @migjtyalfie4501 3 года назад +1

    She used to be in the subway stop playing!! I gave her change on my way to work at Algiers a restaurant below the brattle theatre in Harvard square - 1985 - she is and this one of the most amazing songs -
    She’s still incredible -

  • @FacesByChelseaK
    @FacesByChelseaK 4 года назад +52

    Oh, man. This and her “Give Me One Reason” were staples in my house growing up. She makes beautiful music.

  • @belgiumgirl8970
    @belgiumgirl8970 4 года назад +35

    I don’t know you, but I love you young man- you “feel” through the songs you listen to. This one has always been my favorite, it’s so deep and she makes you feel the desperation and then the hope❤️

  • @JenniferEpps
    @JenniferEpps 3 года назад +2

    I love that you found this and are feeling it! Tracy is timeless. I used to vibe to this with my Grandma when it came out🙏❤️

  • @randallphobia8698
    @randallphobia8698 4 года назад +28

    Tracy doesn't get enough respect. This song has moved me since I was a teen. It's a n amazing blues song. You need to hear her version of the House of the Rising Sun.

    • @palabrajot505
      @palabrajot505 3 года назад +1

      Maybe not now, because she hasn't been around much, but I don't know if she hasn't been given enough respect. She's a highly celebrated artist and has been for decades. I'm not sure I've ever met anyone who didn't like her music ( not counting people who've never heard of her). I'd be willing to bet you a virtual blueberry muffin, that if you took to the street(fully masked and keeping proper distance) and asked random people what they thought of her, an overwhelming majority would say they love her music. If not that, you probably have a unanimous consensus. The only downside is that the majority of them would only be familiar with "Fast Car" and "Give Me One Reason". The downside would be for them, having not been exposed to her entire catalogue.

  • @ricipreuit3259
    @ricipreuit3259 4 года назад +58

    Grew up listening Tracy. She’s a true story teller.

  • @colleeng.1169
    @colleeng.1169 4 года назад +2

    It's a Sunday and so sitting here, crafting, going through your catalog. I LOVE you. Tracy's from Boston and use to busk on the STREET. A poet. You picked right up on that. This song was HUGE and then she peaced out of the industry as it's a soul stealer. Keep it up! You were made for this, right now.

  • @sugafoot777
    @sugafoot777 4 года назад +39

    I would love to see Tracy's reaction to his reaction. Can somebody make that happen???

  • @dherman0001
    @dherman0001 4 года назад +58

    Dude, you nailed the meaning of this immediately! Right on!

  • @oholynightowl2968
    @oholynightowl2968 4 года назад +7

    I already loved this song, but you have a way of making me listen again, with fresh ears..and now I love it even more.

  • @izaacbuckley4520
    @izaacbuckley4520 4 года назад +5

    It is a real joy for me to see and hear your reaction to this song 🙏🏻 I grew up listening to Tracy Chapman, my mother would play her music often. Tracy’s album Crossroads (1989), has had a big impact on me and my life. Still I play Crossroads whenever I find myself disconnected from my source. Her lyrics are very deep, and her voice is full of humility and wisdom. Tracy performed a few days before I was born and it is no wonder the world I was born into and the strength I was raised to uphold is nothing short of a great responsibility. Tracy’s music is healing, all of her songs from Freedom Now, Bridges, Baby Can I Hold You, Mountains O’ Things, and Why?, to Talkin Bout A Revolution and Fast Car. To say that Tracy helped raise me would be not far from the truth at all.

  • @suechurchill4121
    @suechurchill4121 4 года назад +32

    Tracy Chapman is brilliant, and this song is one of her best. I love that you actually listen to the lyrics of songs. A great song is one that will make you think and feel. Keep the great songs coming.

    • @fleetskipper1810
      @fleetskipper1810 4 года назад +1

      Agreed. The music must be powerful and fitting, but without lyrics that take the listener from point A to point B, no song can be great.