Love this version of this song, Mary delivers it like no one else can. A true artist!!
@cvcoco4 жыл бұрын
"a bummer song by somebody else" turned into a bar of gold by opening the song for us to look at. What a power. Many lives are like this messy story, mine is. It neednt have been this way.
@stevenking735211 ай бұрын
Why does it have to be like this.?
@gardengnome32496 жыл бұрын
Don't you just love that intro? Oh yeah and the way she sings it, Heavenly.
@rustylavalamp12 жыл бұрын
This made me really respect Bruce Springsteen as a songwriter. Everyone knows his version, Clarence Clemons, Courtney Cox dancing, its high energy...this version makes the lyrics, which are really really sad really resonate.
@susanwalters71118 жыл бұрын
She's CHAPIN.....!! She can sing ANYTHING she wants.....and it is always FABULOUS !! YOU GO, GIRLFRIEND !! I'm sure "The Boss" appreciates your nod!
@brendafuller61864 жыл бұрын
Mary brought this song to a level that everyone can actually understand what it's about! I've heard this song since MTV days & this is THE FIRST time I've heard the song. "A bummer song written by somebody else.. " Too funny...
@edmund1848 жыл бұрын
This is the first time I actually thought about what the song was about, and I've heard it 500 times.
@immortalmikeyy8 жыл бұрын
Dude. I just said that to my wife. Brilliant version.
@SkeletonKeey7 жыл бұрын
But not Bruce's fault, eh?
@robsmartin8311 жыл бұрын
I love the way she does this song...wow
@daisyramos7386 Жыл бұрын
I. Love. This. Song. Thank you so much for. It. God bless you. Love you so much
@susanchavez24056 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this version. A bummer song but so true for a lot of us. Didn't listen to the words before.
@gibsonj45hu8 жыл бұрын
Full of bitter sweet sentimental from a talented singer who is the top of her career. I like this song !
@empresslin12 жыл бұрын
absolutely beautiful version..and his lyrics are something else...beautiful ballad..I love Bruce's version..but this is a lovely take on the song..different perspective.
@paullevine181311 жыл бұрын
Nothing less than brilliant, Miss seeing her at the old twist and shout..
@bpp3256 жыл бұрын
MCC is truly an artist and I thank you for this.
@dianeellis-mcroberts93767 жыл бұрын
I've seen her in performance at a couple of venues in northern Virginia. She's a beautiful writer, guitarist, and vocalist, and amazing at interpreting others' works.
@briansprinkle78554 жыл бұрын
This is SUCH a powerful, lonely, rich version of this song... I'm really blown away by the completely different messages from this one song by her and Bruce. His is celebratory and hers is like it's coming from a lonely someone 2 minutes away from suicide... It's incredible...
@gardengnome32496 жыл бұрын
Changes it all around doesn't it? Great version I like it a lot. I found Mary 8 songs ago and played several of them twice or more. Going for more.
@meandmybabytaylor-janfranc17474 жыл бұрын
OMG what a voice.
@rustylavalamp12 жыл бұрын
I used to have this on the B side cassingle of "Almost Home". Lost it somewhere along life, but, loved this cover... Thanks for uploading it.
@janelawless6213 жыл бұрын
Simply stunning 🌹
@albertraymond39918 жыл бұрын
mesmerising voice. love her all songs. some are exceptionally heart touching. .
@wollyolkwollyolk65008 жыл бұрын
wow! such an amazing voice... it gives me goosebumps n believe me, only the best would provoke goosebumps for me..
@Outofdarkness5512 жыл бұрын
Beautiful~!~~!!!~~ always Dancing in the Dark~
@Ferrychick17 жыл бұрын
Mary Chapin Carpenter is a true poet and the voice of an angel! I can hear a bit of a Tracy Chapman vibe in her voice.
@davidparnell18933 жыл бұрын
If angels are real...I envision they would look and sound like Mary Chapin Carpenter...she has that innocent lovely effect...an almost surreal majestic effect where I wonder if humans can really be that beautiful in heart and soul. A siren's voice that can charm you into not giving up on life...even amid a pandemic where we are loading thousands of souls into refrigerated trucks to be hauled away without a last goodbye...
@lucimarteixeira67805 жыл бұрын
Amazing song for a Twin Flame connection!! 😥😥
@modarXmodar2 жыл бұрын
Love Mary so much
@betsygekak4162 Жыл бұрын
every note and word a gem
@chesbayview7 жыл бұрын
Excellent cover.
@jhartley5653 жыл бұрын
2021 and still one of the most beautiful covers I have ever heard of this song
@johnferg0211 жыл бұрын
As 'rustylavalamp' says below, it was released as the B side of the Almost Home single from 1999 and was recorded live at Madison, WI. Springsteen is nearly always great but MCC is always sublime!
@aarond239 ай бұрын
I heard this the other and its been in my head all week....great job MCC!
@michaelgiffey510811 жыл бұрын
With this, Mary Chapin Carpenter shows she is as great an interpreter of other's songs as she is a singer-songwriter. Check out "Downtown Train" on Hometown Girl, she makes it her own.
@JamesHarris-hl2bm6 жыл бұрын
Yes, you're correct, Michael. She nails it, and let's not leave out Passionate Kisses, which is a Lucinda Williams song.
@MattJocks10 ай бұрын
@@JamesHarris-hl2bm Actually, as much as I love MCC, and I do, her cover of Passionate Kisses actually prevented me from diving into her music for a long time. I'd heard good things about her, but I thought that was way too tame and smooth compared to Lucinda's version. Glad I gave Mary a 2nd look, though. She is an American treasure.
@JamesHarris-hl2bm10 ай бұрын
@@MattJocks Yeah, nobody does that like Lucinda Williams, who is herself a great singer/songwriter.
@MattJocks10 ай бұрын
@@JamesHarris-hl2bm A little while ago, I put together a list of my absolute, top of the line albums -- just 9 out of my entire collection. And both of those women are on there -- Sweet Old World and Stones In The Road.
@JamesHarris-hl2bm10 ай бұрын
@@MattJocks That sounds like good listening to me! Ironic. Just finished listening to A World Without Tears.
@jareddi71146 жыл бұрын
Haunting
@whoisbhauji8 жыл бұрын
amazing version!!
@slyeung6562 Жыл бұрын
A wonderful version !
@rucksacks5 жыл бұрын
A very many of the best songs are bummer songs.
@user-pe1df5qv2m8 ай бұрын
Great rendition
@patriciabedding3494 жыл бұрын
Incredible...and current message!
@TalhaBinHisaam7 жыл бұрын
"Message keeps getting clearer... I check my look in the mirror... That's how I wanna change my clothes, my hair, my face..."
@user-dj7vg1rf3o6 ай бұрын
Wow, ist das gut!
@alastairclunie793311 жыл бұрын
i hope for not many years i want this at my funeral sorry bruce MCC IS JUST SOMTHING ELSE
@rjmcallister18889 жыл бұрын
And here I thought I would hear a cover of Artie Shaw's 1941 hit, but I get Bette Midler ("Do You Wanna Dance") meets Bruce Springsteen? Just kidding; most anything Chapin touches comes out good. Still in love, 25 years later; keep going.
@fredericofigueiredo74476 жыл бұрын
I love her.
@alastairclunie793311 жыл бұрын
love this
@SkeletonKeey7 жыл бұрын
"This is a bummer song written by somebody else." For certain, It wasn't a slam ... not many slam the song's author. + She wouldn't slam a song and then do it ... do it damn well, in fact.That's a compliment .... not a slam.
@apocalypseplough80897 жыл бұрын
She meant that she writes bummer songs. But this one isn't hers.
@SkeletonKeey7 жыл бұрын
Apocalypse Plough How do you know what she meant? Asked her did you?
@DouglaseTaylor7 жыл бұрын
It is my deep hope that she include this on a audio recording (soon).
@summerrains35511 жыл бұрын
Amazing -
@americanman23827 жыл бұрын
where is She now..I really appreciate her. I have a lock of her hair. she is wonderful with fans. I just got the music... boy!! where Has all The 💓 gone.. bless her..
@JamesHarris-hl2bm6 жыл бұрын
She's still around. Unfortunately, they don't play smart songs that require thinking anymore, and since she's not 20, and since she's not in tacky videos, looking cheap, they're not interested. Sad.
@daisyramos7386 Жыл бұрын
Really 🥺 reminds me of home
@markbrownner65654 жыл бұрын
best advice i got when first learning to play was...take a song and make it your own....here's a great example of that approach..
@MattJocks10 ай бұрын
Would love to hear Bruce's thoughts on this.
@ddl7412 жыл бұрын
Where is this from? Thanks so much for sharing. One great songwriter paying tribute to another.
@daisyramos7386 Жыл бұрын
I love you r song's i love you so much. Big hugs and kisses for you
@daisyramos7386 Жыл бұрын
Wish I was there with 😮 and like you
@ludwigdietsch91314 жыл бұрын
What would Bruce say to this phantastic version of his song ?
@DebBryant-yw4df7 ай бұрын
😊
@crydun20042 жыл бұрын
what album is this on?
@lk732810 жыл бұрын
the best about this is her opening: 'this is a bummer song written by somebody else'! So, why you singing it (aside from the fact it's nice poetry...) ?
@lsnows10 жыл бұрын
A tribute to a fellow singer from NEW JERSEY!!
@lk732810 жыл бұрын
Well, Then.
@tregibbs10 жыл бұрын
My answer would be to state the obvious - almost all the best songs written are songs about sadness and heartbreak, ergo, the "bummer" comment. ;)
@gailwilliams26787 жыл бұрын
It's a "bummer song" because it's about loneliness, and the desperate need to do almost anything to ease the feeling, even if it's only temporary. I remember those feelings, and actions, from the late 70s - early 80s.
@cougar246 жыл бұрын
This is the 2nd song from Born in the USA that Bruce Springsteen gave uptempo music to but the lyrics are not very upbeat. The other is the title song. I love this version of the song and I keep hoping that someday he will do an acoustic version of this song.
@halzendle4986 жыл бұрын
Is this on a CD or record?
@cougar246 жыл бұрын
Hal Zendle it’s on a CD single for the song Almost Home. It’s listed on Amazon.com. I got a copy of it when it first came out. Unfortunately, that’s the only place you can find the song besides on here.
@halzendle4986 жыл бұрын
cougar24 I got "Dancing in the Dark" mixed up with another Springsteen song that Chapin does: "My Love Won't Let You Down"...MLWLYD is the song I'd really like a recorded copy of...Thank you anyway!
@paullevine181311 жыл бұрын
Perhaps he's taking singing lessons from Mary, Even on his best night he couldn't pull off this kind of delivery..
@selvamthiagarajan815211 ай бұрын
Is she related to the Carpenters siblings of 70s fame?
@MattJocks10 ай бұрын
No but she is related to Harry Chapin.
@selvamthiagarajan81529 ай бұрын
nice, thank you@@MattJocks
@jillcole919611 жыл бұрын
Where's Springstein?
@philedwards33567 жыл бұрын
It's FRUNKEN-STEEN!
@jerryadams43287 жыл бұрын
Baby girl, your the best. I have has seen her three times. Twice at the Greek theater in Los Angeles. She is just incredible.
@stevenking73522 жыл бұрын
To all who appreciate the "different perspective", I submit my thesis that it shows a contrast between female pathos and male pathos. But yeah, I totally agree with everyone who said it opened up the lyrics of the song. That was my experience, and the reason why I subjected my reaction to deeper scrutiny.
@lorishu481033 жыл бұрын
It's only a bummer if you sing it 200x slower than it's written
@spiro7575 Жыл бұрын
No doubt!!!
@northernblue1093 Жыл бұрын
Great rendition but discourteous to refer to Bruce Springsteen as 'somebody else'.
@MattJocks10 ай бұрын
Oh I don't think so. She's being funny but it acknowledges that no one needs to be told who wrote it.