Tracy Chapman - Fast Car Recorded Live: 12/4/1988 - Oakland Coliseum Arena - Oakland, CA More Tracy Chapman at Music Vault: Subscribe to Music Vault on RU-vid: goo.gl/DUzpUF
not sure how you are people but this slams into my face more than any Dylan ever. totally underrated, must be somewhere at the top top most significant piece of songs ever.
It's a crime that she isn't considered one of the greatest female vocalists of all time. She is also an incredible songwriter, which goes way beyond this song.
I was in my mothers wound when this amazing singer perform this song 🎶 today I can enjoy this song listening to Luke Combs. Thank you you did extraordinary performer. God bless you.
Congrats Tracy on the 2023 CMA Song of the Year for “Fast Car”! 35 years later your music still moves us. I’m glad a new generation and genre is appreciating this beautiful piece of art.
Country music today has no originality, from the early days of Jimmie Rodgers who stole black artists music & played it without paying a cent to these pioneers of all the music we listen to today.
@@hiitsrudd8567its all music though tbh, I have a 14 year old, listens to my parents generation of music and mine ( I’m 36 ). Music just doesn’t have any class in short of the actual word,., they’re all just trying to chase a trend anymore they’re a hit for bit or for a few years then they disappear,, then we have artist like this yeaaaaaars later still one of the best songs ever written
Sometimes the fewer the words the more powerful, because it can adapt to more situations. And specifically your own personal situation. But these words seem to just be perfect!
@@lalcantaralcantar3750 When you are 16 living with parents and someone comes to you and tells you his life is hard, you don't get it totally because you don't know what hardship is really meaning but after you grow and goes through life then will feel more when someone talks about hardship.
@@maxinewallace6213 🎭 Film/🎨 Art/🎼 Music/🩰 Dance: twists/shapes/moves-fluidy into whatever the words/lyrics/images are to the reader/viewer/listener. All artists know this. Love, is the answer, to e v e r y t h i n g.
One of my daughters favorite songs she is In heaven along with my mom dad and3 brothers my youngest brother 2 weeks ago i cant stop crying its awful!! I love this song so did my child!!
haha I just watched a performance of a german singer where one of the top comments was nearly the same as yours :) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wUdHmShc4xU.html
@@Vsghdjfdhkfd If you only knew and understood: Wordily pleasures for the ears and for the eyes: music, movies, sport. That kind of entertainment is given by lucifer to mankind, to keep them busy doing and knowing nothing, When human dies, he or she is surprised that he or she keeps existing. Yet the only reason for it is, they had their lifetime on earth catching delusions and illusions. Never loved the truth, never cared for it and as some used to say: 1st comes laughter, then turning of the head, then closing of the ears, freezing of the heart, then life in struggle and then regrets and cries. The last 2 shall be there forever. = the life of a ignorant fools. Creating “perfect” offspring who`s genetic DNA is mixed: human + animal + angel + inverting every soul + posses them with evil spirits = perfect spell casting, look at the public, they all sing and dance along not sensing reality. The tares and the wheat - a story in the bible. 2 different offspring, growing together, shoulder next to shoulder. The "rituals" haven`t stopped happening, these got renamed to fit the timelines: in our days, the rituals are: music concerts showing off the masonic hand sighs and symbols becoming "trans" still needed blood sacrificing (singers, actors, in need of sacrificing their loved ones and friends, later being the needed sacrifice themselves, these are knows an “accidental overdoses”). few more.
@@theharshtruthoutthere How about fuck off with the self righteous essays. God also has music, or are your hymns, organs and pianos also Satan's work? Don't you all congregate in groups and sing in concert? So then the Christian faith is also Satanic? Fucking cretins of religion who think they can condemn others when they're simply mortal fools with no idea about the greater dimensional beings who exist around us. If your God is so Good and almighty, then we would not suffer. He is malevolent and evil in his very nature by allowing humanity to suffer. Even with faith in him, you still suffer, but simply persuade yourself it has reason, it doesn't. Your God has left you. The fact you follow a religion made by man is hilarious. Three books that ruined humanity, all written by drunkards and lunatics.
58 years down. I warn all those who are younger, do not let this song end up as your future regret, for having not acted. Take that fast car, and go find the life that's right for you. You ARE some one, so BE someone.
me and my girlfriend snuck out and went to pittsburgh through the night and must’ve listened to this song like 10 times, we’re both seniors. the feeling of this song is like it’s taking you out of the bs and putting you in the moment
maybe you don't know that in italy there is a tracy chapman with a wonderful voice. listen to her below and let me know via comment if you liked her voice and the faithful arrangement of the song ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-s7l7-emr86g.html&start_radio=1
I believe there is still an audience for that today, but music industry is kind if stuck in their approach. As I am originally from germany, i noticed that there, "low key music" became very popular these days! However, Tracy is an exceptional artist which will propapbly never reached again
Who else is here after her 2024 grammy performance with luke combs, i had heard the song back in 88 but i really felt it in 24 , thanks racy for this gem
@@thomasrussell795because you can feel the raw emotion in her voice. I love Luke, but Tracy really makes you feel something when she sings. It’s so raw and authentic.
This was recorded in 1988, and I'm playing it in 2020. The recording is so clear it sounds like she's actually playing live in my living room. Hats off to the sound guy 🎩👏👌
Some songs you get up and dance to. Some songs you nod your head. And some songs you just sit in complete silence, listen to every word and appreciate the fact you were around on this earth to hear it. This song is the latter. Will always be in my mind as one of the best songs ever
Chris C, it's weird how that type of thing works, isn't it? I'm 25 but the soul in this song speaks to those who actually listen. Maybe that's why it took so long to become one of The Greats
Yes!! Brings me back to being 3 yrs old, I never knew this was that old, I thought it was from Early 90's! Great song tho! Grew up on this music! 90's were the best!!!
I was fortunate to be at this concert. When she played Fast Car, I was just stunned. I've been to a lot of concerts in my 57 years. This moment is easily one of the most powerful performances I have ever witnessed.
This song is still in 2021 so powerful. Growing up in Portland Oregon both my parents were drug addicts, dad gone, and my mom in and out of jail. I grew up hard and fast, and worked hard to buy a fast car myself, to get out and see what it means to be living.
This song just reminds me how life isn't always what you planned..Sometimes dreams die, and people change. We don't always get what we want out of life, no matter how hard we try. Sometimes all we can do is acknowledge that and try our best to move on and make due with what we have. This song is timeless, and no wonder so many people can relate to it. It sounds so haunting and sad, and yet comforting in a weird way..
First heard this ‘90/91. Fifteen years old. Alcoholic father with mom working three jobs. This was the first song that I ever felt relatable. 33 years later the tears still flow when I hear it. Such a powerful song.
Crying today. April 8 is my birthday, never celebrate them. But was going to celebrate this one because it marks 20 Years since I left an abusive childhood home by an angry single father in my teens. All I wanted was a nice dinner, flowers, friends and a day off work.But that won't happen, I work in Healthcare and will be on the front lines against this virus on my birthday. I scraped and struggled for 20 years all to take care of myself and I did it.
Thank you for doing the job you do..........hope you get the dinner and flowers at some stage in the future, the day off you deserve and a happy rest of life.
What is it about this song? The haunting voice? The lyrics reflecting on the realities of social hopelessness in today’s society? The guitar? Certainly grabs me. Great piece of music.
The individual below is stuck on gender rather than the experience of the human pain. Should the pain be greater or less felt if it were the different gender? Is one over the other more susceptible to the pain? I see a baby girl cry out in pain, I see the baby boy cry out in pain, what I truly see is the person, the human in pain. Refocus on the message of victory and celebrate the human endurance.
A girl I dated a few years ago loved this song, she just passed away tragically a few days ago and left behind a 13 year old son. This song will always make me think of her. Rest In Peace Kristen ❤️
The crowd is still there and loudly cheering sometimes. You just have trouble hearing it cause there's no mics in the crowd like they usually do now. You can tell how quiet it is when the crowd cheers at the end.
This song kills me. I've been through this in life and then I worked myself to success and then hit rock bottom. Worked myself up again ......71 and still wondering what's next . She is brilliant right here !!!
For a couple of decades i had an inexplicable dislike, bordering on hatred for this song and by extension, Tracy Chapman too. A few years ago i heard this version and as it played i realised that I was singing along and knew the lyrics by heart. Right then i had an epiphany, that many of the challenges in this girls life were present in my life and it was the fear of facing my own demons that made me avoid this song so ardently. Born in 1971 i was taken from my mother at birth by a shameful government policy (stolen generation) and adopted by a wo.an who despised me but doted on her real son, my older brother. I won't go into the details of the abuse other than to say that my early years had a profound impact on my life. Im 53 yrs old tomorrow and I live alone in a small unit with very few friends and even less family. Ive been in relationships with some lovely girls through my life, some ive even loved, but i always fuck it up and destroy any meaningful connections before my partner has a chance to hurt me. Ive been poor and ive been reasonably wealthy, but i threw it all away via gambling, alcoholism and drug abuse. Been locked up in psychiatric hospital on 6 occasions now and a couple of short stays in prison including the absolutely heartbreaking wing for the criminally insane yet i still hold onto some desperate hope that there is a place for me in this world. This song and its nsg is a beacon of hope for the people who fall the gaps in a society. Ive never physically hurt anyone in my life, my crimes have all been driving offences. Im kind to animals and people in equal measure including loads of volunteer work at a doggy rescue shelter and still something is missing and I fear ill never find it. We live in an increasingly cynical, cruel and cold society so id like to ask anyone who has read this comment to please take a moment to help make this world a better place. Give a dog/ cat , anything a pat and a cuddle, say hi and have a quick chat to your lonely old neighbour, do something selfless to gelp a stranger, for no other reason than its the right thing to do. Lastly, try to notice/ see the beauty that surrounds us ecery day, the songs of the birds in the trees, a nice sunset or sunrise, anything because there is great beauty if you look. Thanks for listening Mick Bray
This song came up during a song search for me. I listened intently and found that a time in life where I was. My family was just starting out and we encompassed something organic and a precipitous of what was coming. 20 years later I'm a Investment Banker helping the less fortunate families and my heart is warm with gratitude.
It we all knew how too save a life,life would not exist, because, lifetime is a purpose, we can't all live forever, forever doesn't exist,its not a problity,we start too expire on our delivery date,this is part of life,that we have no control, nobody does
