This song meant a lot to me. I went thru a lot with my first husband. He abandoned me and my 4 little kids. but I put on my big girl panty's and worked 3 jobs I was both mom and dad 30 years later my babies are Awesome adults and even better parents. I wouldn't trade those hard times for anything. thanks Tracy for keeping hope in my heart
@on_my_own_two_feet9 жыл бұрын
beverly moreno you are simply great! God bless your heart!
@andrewbeebee88359 жыл бұрын
Sometimes great music like this can inspire us & help us get a grip on life's shit,enjoy your children & your life,I'm one of life's cynics but music can still melt my heart & turn me all mushy lol
@tastycannabisbrownie9 жыл бұрын
I'm glad that you were able to get through those tough times to reap the benefits of all your hard work! I wish you the best.
@robertlongwill93719 жыл бұрын
that is amazing you did an awesome job with your children you deserve all the credit in the world oh by the way marry me lol
@getrealgringo39739 жыл бұрын
u sound like my mum,now im 30 in striving to be the best dad I can be
@FernandaGomezVasquez8 жыл бұрын
I'm glad I could listen to this version after the hideous Jonas cover. What a relief!
@sonicfoxxmusic42818 жыл бұрын
+Fernanda Gomez Vasquez Read my comment four above yours...to Brandon.
@an95138 жыл бұрын
lol
@chkn64278 жыл бұрын
its a remix not a cover ;)
@AXRXHXM8 жыл бұрын
its not hideous cmon 8)
@TreyMeans37 жыл бұрын
One of the most beautiful songs ever written. Plain and simple
@AttilatheThrilla4 жыл бұрын
This song and Atlantic City by Bruce Springstein are the best lyrics ever written
@twinmommacrochet79064 жыл бұрын
I lived on a ranch, with my boyfriend and his friend, we were all on drugs and he would beat both of us, my friend showed me this song and told me it reminded her of herself..she had to take care of her dad....her dad had also beat her growing up...music got me through my addiction and my abuse...this is one of the songs. It gave me hope, her and I both got into the fast car 🚗 and left. I have 5 years clean in March.
@lebtu4 жыл бұрын
Analisa Quier Bless you my dear.
@twinmommacrochet79064 жыл бұрын
lebtu thank you 🙏🏼 you as well
@twinmommacrochet79064 жыл бұрын
RORO roro thank you! God bless you too’!!! Happy new year!
@reggiereagan22144 жыл бұрын
No one cares your a liar this is fake made up story
@shawnryan21974 жыл бұрын
Congratulations! I'm glad you left. I've been off Fentanyl 3 years 7 months. Whose counting?
@30secondstomarsMBH9 жыл бұрын
I love this so much, it's just so, real. It's not a song, it's just a tale of a poor woman's life trying to find a way out. It's got so much emotion that it's just so perfect.
@Voltastic_Gaming8 жыл бұрын
+30secondstomarsMBH well said
@haggy798 жыл бұрын
+30secondstomarsMBH I felt the EXACT same way listening to this. It's such a perfect example of story telling through song. Such a beautiful, emotionally saturated song. Can't help but almost get teary eyed listening to it. Also, I love your user name, 30 STM is life =)
@RaveriusMax8 жыл бұрын
+30secondstomarsMBH That was actually exactly what a song was. When they were originally made, songs were almost always just stories, tales of lives from poor people, rich people, warriors, farmers, priests, city men and country women, lived by people, sung by minstrels, stories of lives in distant places, long epics, short songs. As time went on, particularly, in more modern times (maybe even as early as a hundred years ago) as it became easier and easier to get paid making music, and the saturation of the market (with the coming of the internet) music began to lose quite a lot, culminating in what we so abrasively call music today, like Whip My Hair Back and Forth, and My Humps
@30secondstomarsMBH8 жыл бұрын
RaveriusMax Well, I like My Humps. I think music is just something with a beat and singing that impacts you well enough to want to listen to it again, whoever you are, so I could like a song but you could not and I could be the only person who likes, but it's still music. But yeah, I get you. I don't think it's satuarised , I just think it's become more accessible and there's more diversity.
@explosu8 жыл бұрын
+RaveriusMax You've never heard any instrumental music from before 100 years ago? Also, easier to get paid to make music? Haa. Hahahaha. No. It's a lottery and a ridiculous pyramid scheme rolled into one to try to make it these days. Getting heard? Sure. Wonderfully easy, and if that's all you're after, it's paradise. But getting people to buy your work without the promotion of a good label and airtime is like asking them to donate their organs, and the money you sink into it will almost certainly not break even with your sales. Regardless, don't be so negative - there will always be music, some of it you might not like, but it's not necessarily made for you specifically. If you aren't hearing what you like, why don't you make some yourself and share?
@TadejVig10 жыл бұрын
You know she's good when live version sounds better than the studio one.
@mfmf90837 жыл бұрын
how the hell does this sound better than the studio version? that just does not happen. speaks to her amazing talent. simply AMAZING
@josechavarria35716 жыл бұрын
I love this wonderful song
@danielbarnett28694 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@kingmellowmankingmellow11854 жыл бұрын
Because it's live!
@vayluu24444 жыл бұрын
@@josechavarria3571 ok
@ame_carballo3 жыл бұрын
Lo es, totalmente asombrosa.
@Dennis-dg7oj7 жыл бұрын
An excellent singer that will stand the rest of time. A timeless classic from a singer that absolutely broke the mold and deserves so much respect.
@cliffdr.detroitlynch39038 жыл бұрын
she is a very underated artist, and this is a great song about wanting to run away from life
@Joyhoneybunch8 жыл бұрын
I know...
@Croyles8 жыл бұрын
not sure how over 60 million views us underrated exactly.
@sonicfoxxmusic42818 жыл бұрын
+Croyles WELLLLL.....let's give you somebody who is underrated...but the tide is turning. Google JASMINE LAMPORT AUDIOS.
@ophelialam97628 жыл бұрын
Wait its a girl?
@bhaskartalukder6008 жыл бұрын
hey CLIFF she is the most noted musician of this time.... haha underrated!!!! how dare!!! love......
@armandjasonsalva71129 жыл бұрын
Can you guys feel why this is so much better?. camera pans out and no fucking cell phones or ipads in the air.. just hands clapping to how good a song this is
@AahyiSam9 жыл бұрын
Ikr. Times have so changed. They don't make them like Tracy Chapman no more.
@samueloke60409 жыл бұрын
Armand Jason Salva this is legend. ever green
@kingtubby19649 жыл бұрын
Armand Jason Salva It appears that events\shows\places or whatever have turned into opportunities to promote the self through social media channels. It's all "look where I've been", "see what I've done", etc...individualism is running rampant.
@seydouhamidou53139 жыл бұрын
Martin Brown
@StreetHeat3009 жыл бұрын
so true
@quietside37347 жыл бұрын
Tracy can sing just as well live as she can in a studio. This woman is totally awesome. Tell people about her!
@tinlian81034 жыл бұрын
At first I thought he was a guy sigh but still she's really awesome ❤️
@rosiewhitfield1234 жыл бұрын
Absolutely ☺😀 She's got such a great voice. I've liked this song since I was young. As I became older and had my first serious boyfriend he became like the male in the song Tracy Chapman is singing about. You've got a fast car is it fast enough so we can fly away, You've got to make a decision leave tonight or die this way..them lyrics and if you've no job or plans so take your fast car and keep on driving is so my ex. I was the female in the story wanting to get myself to be some one. Too bad that I'll always better myself and my ex will never be successful as his just an idiot. I'm going places again..a new opportunity has presented itself to work. I'm stoked for this to happen. About time it starts to get better 😀💖
@shawnryan21974 жыл бұрын
I haven't heard of her until this past week.
@davidhonaker7 жыл бұрын
She's magnificent, and have loved this song for some 20 years.
@marcos710115 жыл бұрын
Tamo junto 09/06/2019
@danielbarnett28694 жыл бұрын
David Plush I don’t need to see it!!! Listening to it is all most of us need!!
@claireamer18 жыл бұрын
This is epic. Her voice is incomparable. And that music sound is like no other. Love it with all its melancholic vibe and melody...simply perfect.
@rickdavis35938 жыл бұрын
+claire amer A duet with Tracy and Mick Hucknall would be something that vocalist could never top.
@nutsackmania8 жыл бұрын
+claire amer Trust me there is other music that is good too.
@peterkierstv8 жыл бұрын
+Rick Davis because mick hucknall sounds like a black woman?
@claireamer18 жыл бұрын
+nutsackmania I know but this is too good.
@matthewfinn48558 жыл бұрын
I have been very impressed with your own review of the classic tune your spot on my Irish hundreds of good times your good self will be visiting upon your good self only watch out for a few will be well not the way you want to be the best of luck with the good times
@bobdunne78949 жыл бұрын
A song packed with pure emotion. You can feel the beating heart in the drums..You can hear the aching heart in her voice. What's better an excellent? "Fast Cars", by Tracy Chapman!
@rockinrich909 жыл бұрын
Everyone can connect with this song, we have all lived this story at different times of our lives. She expresses it beautifully and completely
@ACEINTHEPACK889 жыл бұрын
my heart is aching literally.
@Tommyblueeyes9 жыл бұрын
mr ballsack mine too man mine too
@Frabjous19 жыл бұрын
mr ballsack Not to burst your bubble (or, in your case, scrotum) but it's not literally aching.
@bobdunne78949 жыл бұрын
RaggsNation I feel sorry for people like Fjous. They were born without the ability to LITERALLY FEEL A SONG!!!!! I have heard songs in my life that can cause all kinds of physical reactions. Being like FJ is clueless as you say. It must be like being born without taste buds. You can give him/her(?) the best Prime Rib, London Broil,any and all kinds of great food , BUT THEY CAN'T TASTE a thing. Can you imagine how much those people miss out on in life. Plus I am sure he/she is a troll! So that's 2 strikes.
@jamiesteele6984 жыл бұрын
This song always takes me back to my good times in life, love to see Tracy play
@lebtu4 жыл бұрын
The way she says ”I” is so sweet. ”I had a feeling I could be someone.” Just by feeling that you are. You are the way you feel. So simple, yet so profound.
@eekeey9 жыл бұрын
This song just evokes so much imagery for me. I never understood this song when I was younger, but now whenever I listen to this I'm always touched by it. The lyrics are so amazing.
@spikemorgan92769 жыл бұрын
My Mum introduced this song and Tracy Chapman when i was very young and I always understood it...Such powerful words...
@jimwood2919 жыл бұрын
Iam a 55 year old white male and I still idle her and her voice has never been DUP and never will be
@AbubakrGalant9 жыл бұрын
internallogic Possibly because every word is about herself
@golfball1509 жыл бұрын
Abubakr Galant While she sounds as if she has lived the song, I don't believe it is actually about her. She has never been married, doesn't have kids and I saw an interview about her once where she said she keeps her private life totally separate from her public life.
@AbubakrGalant9 жыл бұрын
Michael Pollock The way I hear it. It's about a convenient store/supermarket clerk who falls in love with a married man based on the car he drives. he gives her a ride home once and she starts talking about her father, he sleeps with her and promises to leave his wife and kids but he never does. Since she keeps her private life private, there is no way to prove that she hasn't worked a checkout in order to support her music career.
@spanny889 жыл бұрын
This is when music told a story...back before mass production and auto tune became the norm and considered "talent". That's why the greats will last forever and the Miley's and Taylor's will be easily forgotten...
@weeblum919 жыл бұрын
absolutely!
@MsCordially9 жыл бұрын
taylor's live ''last kiss' is totally beautiful and live. lol what the . . true tho, just a bit different.
@weeblum919 жыл бұрын
Aimi Mori Calm your shit you internet gangster. He did'nt say anything about this generation of music being fucked. Get outta here with your snowflake shit.
@jrmynr9 жыл бұрын
William Vick brilliant
@0xxdamnedxx09 жыл бұрын
Amen to that
@victoriacarpenter26574 жыл бұрын
Still a number 1 song in 2019.. this is real music .. No autotune ..
@theophilliusdlhamini90167 жыл бұрын
one of the best written songs ever.....she is so under rated compared to other music legends
@88binis888 жыл бұрын
To all the Tracy Chapmans out there who are stuck at a dead end job and not fulfilling your musical dream,hang on your time in the sun will come soon.You are already shining anyway
@tawnyamiller47168 жыл бұрын
You're comment gave me chills and brought a sob to my heart. Thank you for so encouraging and not buying into all the negative comments people so often leave.
@88binis888 жыл бұрын
I feel there are many jimi hendrixs ,jim morissons and tracy chapmans working either at a gas station or doing dishes or doing nothing that would really bring their talents and special hearts and minds to the light.How many of those stories,those diamonds are never found.Thank you for your kind words.
@ami7mina8 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much..
@tawnyamiller47168 жыл бұрын
:)
@danialesakis88138 жыл бұрын
As a writer, those words are so true for all of artists
@benhearne96927 жыл бұрын
I always believe that a true test of talent is when a singer sounds just as good live as they do in a studio. And Tracy fucking smashed it on that stage. Awesome
@rima-gi5vo5 жыл бұрын
Anybody with me in May 2019 feeling great with our beautiful Tracy Chapman hits.
@Elijah_bruv5 жыл бұрын
rima 2010 loving this 💙😊
@MrSameerharley4 жыл бұрын
All time favourite who else listing in 2020
@evelynbaron20044 жыл бұрын
I had a friend who died too young -- this was a song that meant alot to her. I will always miss her and associate this brilliant song with her. Sometimes words are not enough.
@chetaaz4 жыл бұрын
Yo
@jasonbussey67423 жыл бұрын
I love tracy, very underrated so much talent
@nmbreleven3 жыл бұрын
2021 and forever
@benyousef31553 жыл бұрын
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
@ohkaythen9310 жыл бұрын
Pure talent. So humble. She sings to carve a lasting impression into people.
@BonitaReadmakeithappen10 жыл бұрын
You are awesome Tracy ! you are strong and beautiful !
@MsPakbol10 жыл бұрын
pamakr
@bigmikec97 жыл бұрын
This song fucks me up, even after so long.
@longhlam19757 жыл бұрын
You crack me up. Some things are eternal. This song reaches into my soul. Amazing. I love it that when I hear her live she changes it subtly from the recorded version - like something live, it evolves.
@shellymurray53153 жыл бұрын
Well said
@marciafernandes15756 жыл бұрын
Tracy Chapman, Special woman!! The world needs people just like you!!
@tobyhuxley10 жыл бұрын
Me and my mum used to sing this together when I was younger *happy tears*
@djciko9998 жыл бұрын
the natural way she sings and the power of her voice is incredible. this is better than the studio version...
@TinkMistress7 жыл бұрын
Think we've all been there once in life. This song has a lot of significance for me, not a driver but brings me back to a time when I was struggling to bring my son up in the midst of a volatile relationship. Now at University and hoping to qualify in Special Needs Education, son is at school doing well and hoping to go to University to study media. Love the simplicity of this song
@mdbusta886 жыл бұрын
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@lewstone19347 жыл бұрын
This lady would have held her own in the 60s; the greatest era for popular music.. and that's a great compliment.
@BreadShuttIe7 жыл бұрын
when the lyrics at the end changes from "we" to "you" deep....
@ronsalas13157 жыл бұрын
deep indeed! the music and the lyrics were brilliantly written.
@LukiaSl9 жыл бұрын
Love Tracy cause her songs always mean something. That longing of going away from a bad place/situation and trying to do something with your life.... It always gets me... That's the difference between Songs with Soul and today's songs with booty....
@matthewchilala53614 жыл бұрын
An extraordinary life and an extraordinary artist. Unconventional yet made herself rich by speaking her mind of poverty. Absolute legend. All the best Tracy you go like you have made everyone feel. ...
@dannyyang12027 жыл бұрын
WHAT A GREAT EMOTIONAL SONG..LOVED THIS SONG WHEN I WAS JUST A KID.OLD MAN 43YRS
@MrStefan1248 жыл бұрын
It's hard to believe this song is from the 80's. It sounds so timeless. I remember first hearing it when I was a mere tween in the mid-2000's and thinking it was a new song.
@Do0mality8 жыл бұрын
+MrStefan124 Just heard it like a day ago and wasn't sure if it was old or new. lol This song sounds so sad, though. It truly makes you feel like garbage.
@samuelagbonika58008 жыл бұрын
Damn! how can anyone dislike this awesome song? some people really do have big issues
@barbapapapoezzj8 жыл бұрын
+DownShiift ikr lol
@igorstein56168 жыл бұрын
Ever Been Told to Slither Back Underneath Your Rock
@casm48 жыл бұрын
+DownShiift yes, yes we have heard of opinions. But any opinion other than this song being absolutely flawless are WRONG!!.... fucktard 😙✌
@armandosinfort46527 жыл бұрын
+Caz l good my boos
@gunnarlinde7867 жыл бұрын
i love this song so much really awesome
@motrailblazer22346 жыл бұрын
Days in war torn country, caught up in devastating poverty and conflict. This was ma song that used to give me hope one day I will escape out and drive on an inter state highway while the city lights lay a head of me. The wishes and the dreams given to me out of this song came true now for me. I live in the US. God is merciful.
@fraps32005 жыл бұрын
What makes this song so great is that she sings it nearly identical to her album from April of 88'. She is such a creative artist and adds an endless depth of soul to all her music, you can't help but feel every word of her lyrics. I have loved her music since her "Debute Album", clearly her soul nor her voice owns any depth.
@boxertest8 жыл бұрын
One of the BEST 80's SONGS OF ALL TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@ItsFitchee838 жыл бұрын
+boxertest Take out 80's and you are correct !!
@boxertest8 жыл бұрын
+FeatchCity One of the BEST SONG'S OF ALL TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-)
@bbfunky18 жыл бұрын
And I had a feeling that I belonged I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone.
@AbbyNormal7778 жыл бұрын
+Fidessa Isiko Me too~but the feeling passed as the years crawled by...& now I'm left with the dreams of yesterday & the emptimess of tomorrow.
@advythoh8 жыл бұрын
+AbbyNormal777 Abby... you forgot to mention today there. Live your dreams Abby.
@antony93848 жыл бұрын
+AbbyNormal777 +Vykier is right hun, think of today, everday is an oppurtunity to change. Tomorrow can be bright, nothing is set in stone. I hope you find happiness
@kirstilike8 жыл бұрын
+AbbyNormal777 find the thing that gives your life meaning - outside of earning money. Maybe its the music? maybe it's learning how to program a sequence of something? You've got all the answers to your life in yourself.
@AbbyNormal7778 жыл бұрын
+kirstin waugh Well, when you're starting from zero, you've got nothing to lose.
@gabyb.58027 жыл бұрын
Tracy Chapman.....Baby Can l hold you.....Hammer Song.....Super Stimme....👍👍👍💗💗💗💗💗💗💗l Love it....😘😘😘😘
@maybefuture4 жыл бұрын
2019. Still timeless.
@shiftas210 жыл бұрын
not heard this song in over 10years, brings back nothing but positive memories.
@Renardo8310 жыл бұрын
thats way too long bro, better check it once a year :)
@kemmxejnikrah18958 жыл бұрын
This song is so soothing, it's like chicken soup for the soul
@simone1xx8 жыл бұрын
hahah lol
@MTK23458 жыл бұрын
+Robyn Marquis My mom used to say: with a good chicken soup you can wake up the dead... And thats a bit of what this song does to my soul...
@amyquayle71138 жыл бұрын
i have a book called that!
@ralphedds18 жыл бұрын
+hanini I hear where your coming from.
@DirkjeA7 жыл бұрын
My mom used to say chicken soup was good for almost everything, didn't matter if it was a cold, a broken hart, a headache or a heartache, a cup of mama's selfmade chicken soup would cure it for sure.......
@TabacosPrimeros4 жыл бұрын
This song will always be in my heart. The night my grandmother died, I got into the car. Turned on the radio and this song started. She was my rock. Now i have a beautiful son. Who she never met, but he will know who she was. I know she is proud. Still everything i do is for her and her husband.
@dominkov10007 жыл бұрын
they dont write songs like this anymore,one of the most beautiful songs ever written
@louigel01710 жыл бұрын
RIP Paul Walker... This song is for you
@Stanger18210 жыл бұрын
almost spit up my coffee
@tshezaatsheng699510 жыл бұрын
#dead
@TLRGReviews10 жыл бұрын
Kilano Kiseragi much like the tree.
@leoking83537 жыл бұрын
Tracy Chapman is so amazing! Wish she would go on tour, would totally love to hear "Fast Car" and "Talking 'bout a Revolution" live!!
@sreejanayar27286 жыл бұрын
I don't have a great relationship with my father due to his alcoholism...and because of it I don't have a great relationship with my mother either. The alcoholics leave a trail of destruction behind them that impacts everyone. It wasn’t until I found the Tracy Chapman classic, Fast Car that I realized I wasn’t the only person who felt this way, and that I wasn’t wrong for not loving my parents entirely … Do I love my father? I’m not sure love’s the right word. I know that you should love your parents, but it’s a two way thing and towards the end of every day he wasn’t showing any love to me, he wanted me to suffer. He never got his priorities straight. Always put the bottle before his children. I just want to say thank you Tracy Chapman, I always find solace in the song Fast Car ❤️
@RilRil8 жыл бұрын
"My momma went off and left him".....heart drops.
@MrKaitland8 жыл бұрын
I just love Tracy Chapman. I just love her....
@Ecclesiastes117187 жыл бұрын
This is as real as music gets.Human,honest,vulnerable.Share this song with the younger generation,the kids,so they know that music can actually mean something and give you comfort
@robertbartelmes76237 жыл бұрын
... Tracy Chapman was one of the most impactful singer/songwriters of the late 20th century ...
@MrSupernova1117 жыл бұрын
Her voice sounds even better than in pre recordings. So much talent!
@iwakuraSanta7 жыл бұрын
tHIS IS OONE OF THE BEST SONGS EVER ......SUNG BY A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN
@dominickroman84597 жыл бұрын
MrSupernova111 you do know that she is a guy with long hair right?
@JV-pv9ei7 жыл бұрын
arrgh garry I got this.
@iwakuraSanta7 жыл бұрын
Who Me
@reneemoosdorf75743 жыл бұрын
Agreed! The live version is so much better!
@richardkhola96297 жыл бұрын
Love you Tracy! Your music touches my soul babe!!
@annamiensnieks6873 Жыл бұрын
This was me and my best friends last song together😢it was our favorite,30 years later Laura I still have a piece of my heart gone. Til we meet again my Angel…God forgive me for not saying goodbye 😢😢😢😢
@helenmo1816 жыл бұрын
So much depth and soul in her voice, eyes and demeanor. So dignified and so beautiful
@antony93848 жыл бұрын
I love this song. So meaningful. Not to insult her, but did anyone else used to think it was a guy singing?
@mellors1george8 жыл бұрын
+Antony Gill aye
@oompaloompa37308 жыл бұрын
+Antony Gill yea i was surprised to know it was a woman singing. hahaha An amazing artist nonetheless.
@MyLausy8 жыл бұрын
+Tourist from another Universe I was surprised, that its black person (no offense, just because of voice) and, now when i see your comment.. wow its a women?
@wheelzup75978 жыл бұрын
+Tourist from another Universe Is it girl? This has always been a big mystery to me lol, great song though
@bloomrage6218 жыл бұрын
+Tourist from another Universe I did when I first listened to her lol
@CheekyThrill10 жыл бұрын
My God, she's just so natural, so raw, pure. I can't find the words to describe her, and perhaps, rightly so.
@skyhunk7 жыл бұрын
She's a huge talent! I'm an even bigger fan after discovering that she dated Alice Walker, author of the book (later made into a movie starring Oprah) -- The Color Purple.
@suzannekelly86424 жыл бұрын
Hits me in my gut, soul -- her voice captivates.her words make me ache
@SuperNikkiStewart8 жыл бұрын
1980's, friends, late nights discussing all that was real and important to us. Finding ourselves. RIP Gavin. This song will always remind me of one of our friends who died too young.
@sonicfoxxmusic42818 жыл бұрын
+Nikki Stewart Dedicate my co-written song to your friend...be careful..or just let the tears flow...read the comment section...written for all of the friends from the eighties i've lost... JASMINE LAMPORT'S "WHY?"...google it....kleenex may be required....after four lines a co-writer friend of mine burst into tears....turns out her mother knew she had cancer six weeks before she passed on..and never told a soul...i had no idea....she asked to hear "WHY?"..somebody told her about it...astonishing moment...POWER IN THREE MINUTES OF A SONG.
@louismastrangelo37818 жыл бұрын
What happen to songs and artists who had heart and soul and who made songs with meaning that touched our deepest emotions. I hope at some time in the future we return to the art of music and not the business of it.
@levityoflonging224 жыл бұрын
This song always gets me emotional. I can relate to the bad start, the alcoholic partner and failed dreams, the stregnth of going it alone. But also that vivid memory of driving in the car and those very specific feelings, like I was free, bittersweet now since it led to some poor choices.
@Polpiv4tifish8 жыл бұрын
Listening to this is like a breath of fresh air. So sick of hearing the likes of Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran etc singing about their first world issues and relationship problems.
@Krankidor3348 жыл бұрын
+Polpiv4tifish Taylor swift completely understandable, she has little to no songwriting talent, but in the case of ed you cant really call having a miscarriage and your grandfather succumbing to altzheimers first world problem songs
@Polpiv4tifish8 жыл бұрын
MaxPlaysGames OnEasy Fair enough
@punkhazard15318 жыл бұрын
+Polpiv4tifish nah men excuse but ed sheeran is one of the rare artist today who truly have talent
@CaliberFiftyVideos8 жыл бұрын
+trafalgar gunner Agreed.
@Polpiv4tifish8 жыл бұрын
trafalgar gunner Sure thing. I'll stand by my opinion of Taylor Swift, but I was wrong about Ed
@JackHernandezGentlemanJack10 жыл бұрын
what an awesome gig that must've been. Those people have some priceless memories
@beinnor14994 жыл бұрын
In 1988 when this song came out, as a teenager I wondered what the hell this song was about. In 2019 I wonder what this song isn't about
@donaldtaylor10374 жыл бұрын
I was born may 26 1988 lol
@BRollBenny3 жыл бұрын
I remember swimming at the public pool and hearing it on the radio in the 80s. I had the same thoughts, and I have the same thoughts as you do now.
@jedivader137 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest songs of all-time. Lyrics actually have meaning and soul, something current music lacks.
@SelfHealingGod8 жыл бұрын
The song gets to me every time...Memories of my childhood, me parents and war with myself...
@wannabrich92228 жыл бұрын
+Jog Singh This song tears me up too. I HAD A Fast Car an remember listening to this song for about the first time driving over some bridge in D.C. thinking this is about me. Today I went to the food bank as I have for years now. guess I didn't play my cards right! But I'm thankful for the food banks, and hope I don''t end up in a shelter somewhere! DO RIGHT - Don't blow your money if you have any, and God Bless!!!
@SelfHealingGod8 жыл бұрын
wannabrich Well as it says, older yet wiser in life. Life teach us lessons. If we don't learn and continue the same, we have ourselves to blame and not others.
@SelfHealingGod8 жыл бұрын
***** If so, why you giving me the attention and talking to me ?
@kimchigerbil74378 жыл бұрын
+Jog Singh Truer words were never spoken. I guess i am a slow learner, just turned 50 and mailed AARP their fucking card back, LOL! I think i am finally learning. But why, oh why, is youth wasted on the young> LOL!
@ManaiaMacion8 жыл бұрын
Yeasss
@MrFrosty88810 жыл бұрын
this song always makes my hairs stand up on the back of my neck such good music nothing like this these days
@angelina-ms8vx10 жыл бұрын
It doesn't make the hair stand on my neck because I shaved mine off
@hanizou33723 жыл бұрын
The memories i had with this song during my childhood is so precious. Everytime i heard this song but drop a tear of happiness. thank you tracy for such a wonderfull song
@MrAlex-nm9vt6 жыл бұрын
Она неподражаема!!!Супер!Слушаю её с 1986г.Tracy Chapman super!!!
@blmartin50010 жыл бұрын
This is, without a doubt, one of the greatest songs of all time.
@realp.17007 жыл бұрын
I still get chills from this song, and live makes it just that much more real
@lemonadehippie78617 жыл бұрын
I haven't heard this song in years...I thought about it yesterday...now here I am and I am crying.
@francisconoelgarciapop52295 жыл бұрын
Otra de mis favoritas de Tracy. Fenómeno de mujer con esa voz!!!!
@haroldchurchspengler49609 жыл бұрын
Tracy Chapman music expresses the voices of the dispossessed. It is lyrical and is hauntingly beautiful. She is a gift to the world.
@2batgirl10 жыл бұрын
She's Amazing. This song is so much more than just a song, it's my teens. It's a moment in time. Suspended. It's everything a song should be, Everything. Timeless
@BRollBenny3 жыл бұрын
reading the things that this song has gotten people through is just amazing. Music is so powerful.
@jennieroberts76543 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love this song! The melody and words are amazing!
@mnp40c897 жыл бұрын
I have to say, I really think her music is truly one of a kind, heart felt, and just soul receiving! Even as a suburban man all grown up, I still enjoy listening to her music. It's good to know there are SOME TRUE ARTISTS in the world of entertainment, and music!!!! It should stay that way! Stay true, I know you will:-)
@ScottyJr510 жыл бұрын
It's official Tracy. You are definitely someone...
@ScottyJr510 жыл бұрын
Kookoooo1 Ikr...
@kendelion10 жыл бұрын
Kookoooo1 add to that it's 2014 already and still
@ScottyJr510 жыл бұрын
I can feel the love...thanx.
@deaconsmom200010 жыл бұрын
ScottyJr5 cute :)
@dialloryadsaidou779310 жыл бұрын
@catherineworsdale67097 жыл бұрын
This was the first song that I ever heard and said I like that song. I was a little kid and the song absolutely fascinated me in a really good way and I just thought it was so beautiful. I feel tears in my eyes everytime I hear it
@taylorclark4666 жыл бұрын
That was beautifully moving.
@taylorclark4666 жыл бұрын
Beauty in a beast mode. Tryna stay comfortably numb.
@PaulWooten234 жыл бұрын
This is a song that I bet everyone thought, just after it ended, that it was the best song you ever heard, and would listen to forever.
@double_a1v7588 жыл бұрын
This is a concert I want to go to, no phones, everyone's listening to the actual artist, no screaming fan girls
@giovannisolidoro38298 жыл бұрын
I'd like to go to a concert like this too
@tifflovesmetal7 жыл бұрын
A beautiful song too many people can relate to.
@OlOleander7 жыл бұрын
Not many songs can choke me up every single time I hear it, but this is one of them.
@bartsimpson9604 жыл бұрын
Hearing this gorgeous Women made my days beautiful
@100690ful9 жыл бұрын
How do you dislike something like this....really how do you? Its pure and heavens made voice. Natural!!! Simply you don't have a heart that's why you disliked
@warisbs9 жыл бұрын
+Kevin. K Uanivi people are assholes is why!
@18PaulH9 жыл бұрын
+Kevin. K Uanivi People can have different opinions is all, that doesn't make them better or worse people.
@billflorence53999 жыл бұрын
Httpfhk
@ciresolrac10499 жыл бұрын
+Kevin. K Uanivi power of numbers and statistics. 1.73% of the youtube population who took time to vote this video are haters.
@BuGGyBoBerl9 жыл бұрын
+Kevin. K Uanivi they dislike because they have different taste. imo the only thing heartless is not accepting different opinions. btw, amazing song isnt it :)
@leonmateo157 жыл бұрын
When music had heart.
@filmsagainstempires13887 жыл бұрын
Leon Mateo Escovar Bernal Still does.
@vinnii_vincent33975 жыл бұрын
Music will come back. Art never dies it just becomes re imagined.
@mikevolpe59955 жыл бұрын
Leon, Absolutely right. Where is the passion in music anymore
@johndoe-rb8jk5 жыл бұрын
Hearts grow they break and them ambers produce flames.as ashes fall people take their places and prayers get mafe
@washburn110004 жыл бұрын
@Danny Russell you never had to "find" em before..🤷 90's was the last decade of music..now it's all bullshit, it blows my mind how ppl can listen to that shit now..
@joelmiddaugh82294 жыл бұрын
Could listen to it a million times and it would still make me cry every damn time.
@JourneyToHealth-bq5uy7 жыл бұрын
I don't know why but every time I listen to this song I get chills because it's so inspirational (she sings it with so much heart too). It's so true for getting through so many types of situations!
@susiebear33169 жыл бұрын
This song! I have always loved her genuine.
@robertstill46009 жыл бұрын
She has such a unique voice...
@miker.36237 жыл бұрын
I was the old man driving, and I wish you could look into her eyes now and ask her to let me be someone...ask her for forgiveness, and let me love ...we used to listen to you when she was a kid and we connected. To this song, she saw me here. and saw her then too.....now, I am dying and I wish she could hear this song as I do now.
@dainland4324 жыл бұрын
One of the most beautiful songs ever written!
@whitneyachaira39407 жыл бұрын
One of those songs that just moves you and gives you so much feels...
@kevencarson42268 жыл бұрын
Tracy has a true raw and absolute soul that goes deeper in the blue's be soo honest. She doesn't sing of a happy ending? No No No! She sing's about the "Thought or Idea of a happy ending"? Just the "Thought" of a happy ending is soo much more to a person who just needs a hand up? Her words come from a place that few will ever know?
@FMkirtap10 жыл бұрын
this song is really lovely, i love the lyrics, they really mean something important that not many people understand