This song brings back memories of family road trips . My parents made mix tapes of their records and this song brings back those road trip memories. My parents saw Harry a number of times at Central Park The bitter end , Belmont park , Lincoln Center , and Avery Fisher hall . The world lost a true of one kind . He was a great musician and human . The Chorus I still sing to this day . He was the greatest . Gone way too soon . But his music lives on in us today .
This song connects me to my young teen self who discovered the record in the town library and played this song over and over as a validation of my growing. Harry is a great light in my life, always will be, his songs touch me deeply. Thanks Harry, God bless you always.
Here's what I found in the interpretation of this song, "Finally, even when he questions America's inability to live up to its ideals and society's ability to serve the people, Chapin keeps his faith in the individual's calling to be of service to others. His life and the song "Someone Keeps Calling My Name" are testimonies to that democratic vision" This is so Harry, miss his music a lot!
I don’t know why exactly, maybe I just played too many RPG‘s, but I think this would be a great party song. Everyone in the adventuring party gets to sing their verse!
The origins of 'Someone Keeps Calling My Name' dates back to the mid 60s when the Chapin brothers (Harry, Steve & Tom) recorded a version of it much different than this one but kept the chorus, which can be found on YT or the 1999 "Story Of A Life" boxset. This 1975 version from the album "Portrait Gallery" features different lyrics and verses about Harry's children and in my opinion is one of his greatest songs. The album from which it comes was the follow up to the successful "Verities & Balderdash" produced by Paul Leka and while not as commercially successful "Portrait Gallery" has some excellent Chapin songs too such as 'Tangled Up Puppet', 'Sandy' & 'Dreams Go By.'
