Tracy Chapman - Telling Stories (Official Video)

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  • Опубликовано: 26 сен 2024
  • The official video of "Telling Stories" by Tracy Chapman from the album 'Telling Stories'.
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  • @aukedepeuter2642
    @aukedepeuter2642 8 лет назад +607

    Dear Tracy,
    About a year-and-a-half ago, I unexpectedly lost my brother. My brother was a writer and a great story teller.
    As the boat, on which the funeral was kept, sailed away, this song played through the speakers. Telling, in my own interpretation of the lyrics, the story of my brother.
    Despite our tears, my mother and me danced and reminisced about my brother to your music. Leaving a little happy memory on the saddest day of my life.
    Thank you.

    • @martinpazienza1816
      @martinpazienza1816 6 лет назад +30

      Auke de Peuter I just read what you said and heard this amazing song. I am sorry for your loss and it was nice you and your mom dancing. cherish that all ways. I know your bro was a good man. Be well you'll see him soon. but not yet. Enjoy life. peace to you

    • @JaseekaRawr
      @JaseekaRawr 6 лет назад +16

      ;~; RIP to your brother. God bless you, your mother & Tracy Chapman.
      Beautiful story.

    • @jemmaim9530
      @jemmaim9530 5 лет назад +6

      So sorry for you're los if you have roblox you can follow me and friend me I'm a good friend and always cheer people up fast

    • @Maitaichi
      @Maitaichi 5 лет назад +15

      I wish she would read this

    • @lewis6629
      @lewis6629 5 лет назад +3

      Auke de Peuter awww

  • @mysoultotake87
    @mysoultotake87 3 месяца назад +16

    Up until today, I never heard nothing like it...For someone who usually listens to metal only, this women will always be my favourite singer.

  • @Imperialist440
    @Imperialist440 7 месяцев назад +73

    It's my favorite song from Tracy Chapman. She sounds as great today as she did 35 years ago. ❤

  • @waggsish
    @waggsish 2 года назад +16

    Come back Tracey, the world needs you more than ever...

  • @JeffTheGent
    @JeffTheGent Год назад +57

    Tracy Chapman rarely releases music, but when she does it’s WELL worth hearing!

  • @privacyishard150
    @privacyishard150 7 лет назад +104

    This song is a masterpeice! The lyrics, her voice, the music, just beautiful, amazing!

    • @or4952
      @or4952 Год назад +5

      And so relevant to what we are now seeing.

  • @vincentmanungo8371
    @vincentmanungo8371 3 года назад +481

    I think Tracy Chapman is the best female artist from 80s up to date.

  • @dopy8418
    @dopy8418 24 дня назад

    Somehow this song got me out of a small depression. Someone told lies about me and the line ‘sometimes a lie is the best thing’ got me out. The lie opened my eyes to see i was in a bad environnement. Thank you miss Chapman.

  • @cadebritt8001
    @cadebritt8001 Год назад +9

    I know I have good taste in beauty. Tracy's beautiful. Love her dimples when she smiles.

  • @donnahilton471
    @donnahilton471 5 месяцев назад +5

    I love this song. The whole album is great!

  • @beautifullifemedia2733
    @beautifullifemedia2733 Год назад +76

    She is arguably the best composer and music writer I ever heard ✌️
    Love you Tracy.

    • @michelleeasterday3663
      @michelleeasterday3663 Год назад +1

      I am 47 and unfortunately never got to see her live. I would give just about anything.....

  • @leetroutner3866
    @leetroutner3866 3 года назад +61

    I'll never know how this song didn't hit the hearts of every human being on the face of the planet!!

  • @quemaditos8140
    @quemaditos8140 2 года назад +67

    There is fiction in the space between
    The lines on your page of memories
    Write it down but it doesn't mean
    You're not just telling stories
    There is fiction in the space between
    You and reality
    You will do and say anything
    To make your everyday life seem less mundane
    There is fiction in the space between
    You and me
    There's a science fiction in the space between
    You and me
    A fabrication of a grand scheme
    Where I am the scary monster
    I eat the city and as I leave the scene
    In my spaceship I am laughing
    In your remembrance of your bad dream
    There's no one but you standing
    Leave the pity and the blame
    For the ones who do not speak
    You write the words to get respect and compassion
    And for posterity
    You write the words and make believe
    There is truth in the space between
    There is fiction in the space between
    You and everybody
    Give us all what we need
    Give us one more sad sordid story
    But in the fiction of the space between
    Sometimes a lie is the best thing
    Sometimes a lie is the best thing
    Oh the best thing
    Is the best thing

    • @valeriejackson4561
      @valeriejackson4561 11 месяцев назад +5

      I love these lyrics...
      As I too am a writer and deep thinker

    • @victoribass77
      @victoribass77 8 месяцев назад +4

      Written for Author Alice Walker she has said so much for a woman of few words. I love this❤

    • @boriszprahy
      @boriszprahy 6 месяцев назад

      Is that true? ​@@victoribass77

  • @teknikgroup7597
    @teknikgroup7597 4 года назад +29

    This song has helped me through some of the darkest and most painful days of my life, and will continue to do so. Thanks Tracy....you give me hope.

  • @KuttyJoe
    @KuttyJoe 8 лет назад +195

    Her smile is magic. If she smiled at me, I'd probably start grinning from ear to ear without knowing why. I'd just have to smile. Another thing I just realized though is that she is not usually wearing makeup, if ever. She's just a real person.

    • @Sweetwildflower
      @Sweetwildflower 6 лет назад +18

      kutty Joe...right. Never make up, beautiful smile plus I mentioned, first video I've seen or even a clip where she dances...and i"'be been a fan for 20+ years! Awesome musician! That's not even enough credit in those words. :)

    • @lizzieball3795
      @lizzieball3795 4 года назад +10

      She's stunning.

    • @abastard2554
      @abastard2554 3 года назад +11

      She's inside out and beautiful.

    • @steosgirl
      @steosgirl Год назад +5

      She is really amazing, Love her music.❤️🌈

    • @margotrivera1339
      @margotrivera1339 Год назад +2

      Áá

  • @chrismartin4892
    @chrismartin4892 3 года назад +68

    Omg this takes me back to the 90s immediately. I always loved Tracy Chapman's music. I feel she was so underatted for her time.

    • @or4952
      @or4952 Год назад

      Still is:(

    • @m4ri5a8
      @m4ri5a8 Год назад

      She was not, many people around the world loved and appreciated her music

  • @RobloxAveragePlayer
    @RobloxAveragePlayer 10 месяцев назад +15

    Thank you for recognizing her talent she deserves all the awards this girl is legend❤

  • @OnSchoolyard
    @OnSchoolyard Год назад +19

    Tracy Chapman is one of my friends pillars. She has made me feel strong. When I was weak. No gods only music.

  • @ahmedsab499
    @ahmedsab499 7 месяцев назад +92

    Most underrated singer/songwriter ever

    • @FakaziMatsenjwa
      @FakaziMatsenjwa 6 месяцев назад +4

      She's not underrated among true fans

    • @JjYt-td7vv
      @JjYt-td7vv 6 месяцев назад +1

      Thank you Tracy for being so beautiful my life is so far away but I can come here to find

    • @nikolaos542
      @nikolaos542 6 месяцев назад +1

  • @lgkichana
    @lgkichana 5 лет назад +26

    Tracy Chapman, a true gift and inspiration...we, the community of awakened individuals who HEAR you and your message to humanity, we miss your artistic presence. Continue to be blessed on your life's journey.

  • @rafipeled1920
    @rafipeled1920 2 года назад +3

    Tracy, wherever you are at present, you are present here in my study room...I cannot stop listening to this compassionate song

  • @firelily1316
    @firelily1316 14 лет назад +77

    This song is one of my favorites by her!!! It holds SO much truth when it comes to the way society views individuals based on stereotypes and prejudice. LOVE this song!

    • @flowersmile123
      @flowersmile123 4 года назад +6

      Andie Wandie Seriously, there is si mich depth to this song.

    • @or4952
      @or4952 Год назад

      Agree!!!

  • @joselynjolivet7694
    @joselynjolivet7694 2 года назад +14

    One of my absolute favorite artists of all time. I love the stories that she tells, the rhythm, the beat, the calmness in her music. Just great music. 🎶 🎼 🎸 🎹 🌟 ⭐

  • @lizzieball3795
    @lizzieball3795 4 года назад +55

    Here's the thing; I love Tracy Chapman as a musician,as a person.If everyone in the world possessed her compassionate nature this world would be as beautiful as it was meant to be.

  • @mizzoupatriot8814
    @mizzoupatriot8814 2 года назад +7

    Nobody had anymore soul than Tracy Chapman..She's amazing.

  • @pluviophile1988
    @pluviophile1988 6 месяцев назад +14

    This song could absolutely be about the media and news

    • @Lurkbat273
      @Lurkbat273 5 месяцев назад

      CNN lies deliberately

    • @standardofexcellence
      @standardofexcellence 2 месяца назад

      I think it is, they try to call her narrative and this is her speaking out and addressing it

    • @gorisan1520
      @gorisan1520 22 дня назад

      Nope. It's about alice walker. She dated tracy for 2 years in the 90s and outed as a lesbian as well.
      Same alice walker that wrote the color purple

  • @lamiaabenkiran3842
    @lamiaabenkiran3842 Месяц назад +1

    Elle restera toujours ma chanteuse préféré TRACY CHAPMAN tu es la meilleure et tu le resteras ❤❤❤

    • @leprechaun189
      @leprechaun189 Месяц назад

      La meilleure et de loin, une personne avec tant de ❤, ça transpire dans sa musique, sa voix, tout son être.....

  • @jeanmichelmartin7315
    @jeanmichelmartin7315 Год назад +51

    When the heart and the soul decide to sing together...

    • @or4952
      @or4952 Год назад +1

      Well said!

  • @festivelibertylaruiegaming1946
    @festivelibertylaruiegaming1946 Год назад +14

    Tracy, I know u saved so many of lives back in the day 💕 Thank you!! Yet this new generation (my child now 14 years old) need to hear your prior songs live! Plus maybe 1-2+ new ones. . xoxo ❤

  • @xstreammakeova
    @xstreammakeova 8 месяцев назад +30

    This is one of my favorite songs.

  • @debbiemetke5938
    @debbiemetke5938 6 месяцев назад +13

    I just love the artistry in this video. Certainly reminds me of my bus riding days and encountering all the folks you usually wouldn't see.

  • @OliverBuo
    @OliverBuo 3 года назад +21

    Tracy Chapman's music also touches the heart in a wonderfully melanchonic way that very few artists can. 🧡💛💚

  • @kristins4494
    @kristins4494 3 года назад +23

    Absolutely LOVE this tune! The lyrics & melody are both beautiful. Sometimes a particular lyric stays with you. In Telling Stories, it's "In my spaceship, I am laughing."😀♥️

  • @tjiuoviojeneumann6370
    @tjiuoviojeneumann6370 2 года назад +6

    Namibia loves Tracy...Your songs have carried hope in our quest for our Independence. Love you.

  • @hemelmandan5576
    @hemelmandan5576 2 года назад +19

    The greatest writer and artist of all time.

    • @donnahilton471
      @donnahilton471 5 месяцев назад

      That might actually be Gordon Lightfoot. But Tracy is amazing.❤

  • @AnneTracey-gb2mv
    @AnneTracey-gb2mv Год назад +18

    Totally wonderful talented performer. Saw her live in Toronto absolutely amazing 👏 😍 ❤

  • @prostjeremy9629
    @prostjeremy9629 4 года назад +2

    Chère Tracy, tu es l'incarnation de la compassion, de la gentillesse et de la beauté! Tu es la meilleur artiste que j'ai entendu et de loin, ton talent et ton authenticité nous donne une leçon de vie, repare les coeurs brisés et empli ma maison d'anges merci d'être tel que tu es..

  • @kimdelosier4666
    @kimdelosier4666 3 года назад +13

    She wrote this mean-ass song about Alice Walker, and I love her for it, and I envy Alice Walker for being raw enough to rile Tracy Chapman.

    • @kaylas3769
      @kaylas3769 3 года назад +6

      I just discovered this too! Adds an extra layer to the song for me.

    • @LC-le9ew
      @LC-le9ew 3 года назад +4

      What? No way!

    • @AbA-bi5dz
      @AbA-bi5dz 5 месяцев назад +1

      What! Who is Alice walker?

    • @andreal.1981
      @andreal.1981 4 месяца назад

      @@AbA-bi5dzomg

    • @alisonmccourt3361
      @alisonmccourt3361 3 месяца назад

      Alice walker wrote the color purple

  • @RaymondHepburn
    @RaymondHepburn 12 дней назад +1

    I NEVER get tired of listening to tracy.❤

  • @crazboi19
    @crazboi19 10 лет назад +11

    This song has inspired my entire art show that I will present at Craighead Green Gallery on 5/17/2014. Thank you so much Tracy. I absolutely love YOU and your music. Absolutely amazing.

  • @BellaBA7
    @BellaBA7 Месяц назад +2

    Anyone else here thinks this storyteller Tracy Chapman’s voice still transcend time? !! Still a classic for me. Her humility, her song narratives and her overall rawness to capture the essence of life!

  • @Slingshothiphopopotamus
    @Slingshothiphopopotamus 3 года назад +6

    I can only imagine what inspired this song. Such a wonderful work.

    • @MooshkiJ
      @MooshkiJ 8 месяцев назад

      It's about her relationship with Alice Walker.

  • @IAmLegend9010
    @IAmLegend9010 Месяц назад +1

    I can't describe what she means to me. This so is so special to me.

  • @carinerevel6629
    @carinerevel6629 Год назад +5

    En 2000 j'avais la cassette acheter dans un magasin je l'ai toujours d'ailleurs un plaisir de réécouter cette cassette 👍

    • @leprechaun189
      @leprechaun189 Месяц назад

      j'avais l'album CD "collection" et m'écoutais en boucle avec mon ex... d'ailleurs je l'ai toujours (le CD 😉)

  • @johnboima136
    @johnboima136 2 года назад +11

    I first listened this song 20 yrs ago
    Still sounds the same. What a song!

  • @aaronsensei7637
    @aaronsensei7637 3 года назад +47

    Love her voice, the soul in every story she sings. Been a big fan for many long wonderful years.

  • @idessaoutlaw
    @idessaoutlaw Год назад +11

    Real music from a Real musician 🥃😎👌

  • @ShinzuMusic
    @ShinzuMusic 12 лет назад +114

    FINALLY ! Wow, what a song.

    • @neilanddeanna
      @neilanddeanna 3 года назад +3

      I agree this is an amazing song one of my favorites

    • @DonnaChamberson
      @DonnaChamberson 3 года назад +2

      OH. MY. JESUS LORD . 🥺

    • @eulinaana4103
      @eulinaana4103 3 года назад +1

      Eúiña.ôndia Brasil.tiama

    • @AIvey
      @AIvey 2 года назад +2

      I haven't heard this song in years.
      I wish Hollywood would use gifted artists like Tracy. This lady is true gift
      To this world.

    • @AIvey
      @AIvey 2 года назад +4

      I'm a bus driver in Canada 🇨🇦 Tracy can dance on my bus anytime 😊

  • @bellmattwebb
    @bellmattwebb 4 месяца назад +1

    What a great artist. I heard and loved her songs decades ago, but this one made its way into my rotation. Amazing

  • @miguelm7302
    @miguelm7302 2 года назад +6

    One of the best songs in the world , amazing !

  • @sara-mr9ye
    @sara-mr9ye 9 месяцев назад +3

    Amo questa canzone e adoro questa meravigliosa artista ❤

  • @vid8w7
    @vid8w7 2 месяца назад +2

    After all these years, I still love this song. I think this might well be the most perfect (yeah, yeah, I know) music video ever made.

  • @briancrease2619
    @briancrease2619 7 лет назад +13

    This is my favorite Tracy Chapman song, powerful lyrics.

  • @joygernautm6641
    @joygernautm6641 Год назад +6

    Omg. I remember when my first marriage was breaking down I listen to the song over and over.

  • @alainledonge9592
    @alainledonge9592 3 года назад +15

    I have always loved that song. Tracy is a gifted story teller. 💗

  • @paulmacpherson8857
    @paulmacpherson8857 4 месяца назад +1

    wow wow wow ! ‼

  • @barryvale8949
    @barryvale8949 Год назад +3

    Tracy 💗💗

  • @chriselrod1733
    @chriselrod1733 Год назад +4

    phenomenal

  • @wandilembhele5781
    @wandilembhele5781 Год назад +13

    One of the things I learnt growing up, cleaning up on a Saturday Morning is, "Sometimes a lie is the best thing"

  • @TracyChapman-thecomeback2024
    @TracyChapman-thecomeback2024 6 месяцев назад +2

    Ela é maravilhosa demais

  • @whitelight7733
    @whitelight7733 13 лет назад +6

    Easily one of the best female artists ever without a doubt!

  • @justinobrien7182
    @justinobrien7182 Год назад +5

    Thank you Tracy. Legendary Goddess

  • @jamesdiaz9557
    @jamesdiaz9557 8 лет назад +290

    This song was ahead of its time, or was waiting for its time to be born, it's a song meant for Facebook and Twitter and all of our abstract emotional surrogate machines that pass for fake intimacy these days. Such a powerful song.

  • @crosseyedmiles3105
    @crosseyedmiles3105 9 месяцев назад +6

    These lyrics ❤❤❤

  • @saltywisdom
    @saltywisdom 2 года назад +7

    Tracy Is One The Queens Of Lyrics
    There is fiction in the space between
    The lines on your page of memories
    Write it down but it doesn't mean
    You're not just telling stories
    There is fiction in the space between
    You and reality
    You will do and say anything
    To make your everyday life seem less mundane
    There is fiction in the space between
    You and me
    There's a science fiction in the space between
    You and me
    A fabrication of a grand scheme
    Where I am the scary monster
    I eat the city and as I leave the scene
    In my spaceship I am laughing
    In your remembrance of your bad dream
    There's no one but you standing
    Leave the pity and the blame
    For the ones who do not speak
    You write the words to get respect and compassion
    And for posterity
    You write the words and make believe
    There is truth in the space between
    There is fiction in the space between
    You and everybody
    Give us all what we need
    Give us one more sad sordid story
    But in the fiction of the space between
    Sometimes a lie is the best thing
    Sometimes a lie is the best thing
    Oh the best thing
    Is the best thing

  • @lazikaboulmenadjel1030
    @lazikaboulmenadjel1030 Год назад +5

    So powerfull is this song. Thank you so much tracy

  • @edgreen8140
    @edgreen8140 Год назад +6

    Damn she's good!

  • @mechejustofernandez2112
    @mechejustofernandez2112 6 месяцев назад +5

    Esta canción tan linda, la pongo a todo volumen cuando estoy en carretera.

  • @zmov1
    @zmov1 11 лет назад +3

    I freakin' love-love-love Tracy. Such a wonderful singer. She is a beauty in this sad world. Love Rickenbackers too, lol. Rock on, Tracy!

  • @e.drenalin6138
    @e.drenalin6138 4 года назад +5

    As soon as the words hit I started crying. I haven't heard this since I was a child, yet her "Fast Car" is my favorite song. Chills 😭 Thank you for bringing back my innocence if only for a moment 💖 2020

  • @Rezzzzzz
    @Rezzzzzz Год назад +12

    Humanity’s biggest hoax is that we are fundamentally different. We are fundamentally the same.

  • @zmov1
    @zmov1 11 лет назад +2

    That beautiful Rickenbacker sound goes with this great song to the max. Rock on, Tracy!

  • @davidyoung1632
    @davidyoung1632 Год назад +6

    One of my favorite songs from Tracy! So good...

  • @chris031968
    @chris031968 4 года назад

    J aime Tracy Chapman parce qu elle est une belle personne bienveillante... cela ce sent à travers ses chansons et celle ci particulièrement

  • @dancochrane617
    @dancochrane617 Год назад +7

    Beautiful brilliant lyrics and voice.

  • @neoudi2024
    @neoudi2024 7 месяцев назад +4

    Wonderful memories, listening to you Ms. Tracy Chapman!

  • @dannchyzg
    @dannchyzg 2 года назад +4

    Perfection ❤️

  • @krose4613
    @krose4613 3 года назад +4

    My mom and I enjoyed this tour!

  • @spacexjam8511
    @spacexjam8511 2 года назад +4

    She is really honest and pretty

  • @kylepaterson4777
    @kylepaterson4777 Год назад +6

    Sometimes a lie 🤥 is the best thing :(

  • @ChadQuick270W
    @ChadQuick270W 6 лет назад +16

    Always liked this song a lot. It didn’t get the airplay it deserved. I checked and it didn’t even make the Hot 100 in the USA. Not surprised though. The good songs tend to get forgotten.

  • @ivancastellanos3970
    @ivancastellanos3970 Год назад +2

    Really fantastic and the best female artists... nicest song's and her voice ...

  • @zillah4
    @zillah4 8 лет назад +35

    So much meaning in all of Tracy Chapman's songs.
    Life's Lessons, listen to the words closley.
    One of my top 5 all time femal artists.... 🎵

  • @tangocash4291
    @tangocash4291 3 года назад +1

    Magnifique!

  • @KUSH1986
    @KUSH1986 2 года назад +2

    Ich Liebe dieses Lied💙💙

  • @christopherwaters6501
    @christopherwaters6501 Год назад +17

    2023 and still makes you nod your head and FEEL what she really was about, LEDGEND! Many a night in jail she brought me SANITY love Tracy❤️

  • @derekantoine4396
    @derekantoine4396 4 года назад +8

    I feel guilty for not realising what a great artist, and songwriter, and appreciation Tracy Chapman is,and continues to be in 2020, i think she speaks to many people, and continue to do so, and be made aware that she was discovered by accident, (was she really a filler during live aid???,) it cannot be.
    I applaud/respect Miss Tracy Chapman.
    P,s,my hope is to see her in the UK. Derek.

  • @or4952
    @or4952 Год назад +6

    THIS SONG IS SO RELEVANT today!

  • @doblueangel
    @doblueangel Год назад +2

    J'aime beaucoup le clip 🤩🤩💖❤️💖

  • @famousfeline
    @famousfeline 4 года назад +3

    Ms. Chapman wrote about every Instagram influencer even before it became a thing.

  • @florianlebreton1056
    @florianlebreton1056 3 года назад +1

    Une grande artiste...Dommage qu'en 2021 on n'est plus de grands artistes

    • @FabATG777
      @FabATG777 3 года назад +1

      Grave, faut écouter du Damso, Kaaris, Jul .... à vomir. Back to the 70-80-90's

  • @MacChicken-up2rl
    @MacChicken-up2rl Год назад +4

    Thanks for writing about all of those people who ride the bus I appreciate this don’t feel so alone 😢

  • @anastasiabiersack6206
    @anastasiabiersack6206 Год назад +1

    Mon père m'a faut écouter ça quand j'étais toute petites et c'est une chanson que j'adore temps ❤ merci papa

  • @Drummerchick2003
    @Drummerchick2003 Год назад +4

    Your voice is amazing, if you haven't heard that already.

  • @linamaya9533
    @linamaya9533 2 года назад +1

    grande artiste , j'adore cette chanson

  • @rigobertocuellar1006
    @rigobertocuellar1006 11 лет назад +8

    Simplemente ....Es la mejor Cantautora que he conocido...Tracy es musica del cielo

  • @nataliesteynberg948
    @nataliesteynberg948 7 месяцев назад +2

    I just love her soul. No one can macht it.

  • @robertbeecher794
    @robertbeecher794 Год назад +3

    I love tracy chapman

  • @evakabangu1234
    @evakabangu1234 4 года назад

    Tracy Chapman la meilleure chanteuse !

  • @orbitalsatellite
    @orbitalsatellite 7 лет назад +56

    we need more of this kind of music.