I've always loved this song. John Lennon once sang a line that says " Life is what happens to you when you're busy making other plans" Time is so fleeting and we can never get it back. A lesson most of us learn much too late. Thanks so much for this reaction. 👍 ❤
Thank you!! Great reaction. The way we keep Harry’s music alive is by people like you reintroducing it to the world again. Please do more of his wonderful songs. There are so many and he was a magnificent storyteller. Many will tell you to do Taxi next, but I think you might like Mr Tanner or a Better Place to be even more.
A great song, and I can't count the times that I would hear it in my head reminding me about important things. But it's also important to remember that the father in the song was not being intentionally mean to his son, he was in fact doing what he thought was best, and sadly sometimes it takes a very long time to change priorities. I wouldn't be surprised if the father's father had instilled a heavy-duty work ethic in the father as a way of caring for one's family. Incidentally, Harry's father, Jim Chapin, was a famous jazz drummer who I'm sure wasn't home all the time.
Harry Chapin is my favorite artist. His songs are more like lyrical tales. Taxi and Sequel are stories about young lovers that grew apart but have a chance meeting years later. 3000 lbs. of Bananas, (live version is best) is a country ballad of a truck driver driving into Scranton, PA. A funny song that starts with a slow medley that becomes frantic towards the end. Mr. Tanner, is a song so sad and haunting. The last line of the song makes me tear up everytime.
@@SIXX2772 He was on his way to a benefit concert for World Hunger. I think the story is that he may have had a heart attack while driving although 38 seems young for that. Either way it was a tremendous loss. There is full video of one of his last concerts on YT somewhere (I think Hamilton ON, 1981).
Beautiful reaction to a beautiful song! Thanks! I will admit I was distracted by the captioning on the song's video... some of the worst I've ever seen!
