― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Wednesday, 31 December 2003 05:12 (twenty years ago) link
I have to go with "Fast Car," though, since it was one of the first songs I could play beginning to end when I was just learning the guitar.
― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Wednesday, 31 December 2003 06:12 (twenty years ago) link
― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Wednesday, 31 December 2003 06:15 (twenty years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 31 December 2003 06:42 (twenty years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Saturday, 28 January 2006 23:47 (eighteen years ago) link
Yes, "Fast Car" was the first song I could play from beginning to end on guitar. I love it so much and am listening to it now. Has made me cry before.
― Tape Store, Sunday, 14 September 2008 06:20 (sixteen years ago) link
and now she sniffin' again
― The Juan MacCain (The Reverend), Sunday, 14 September 2008 10:42 (sixteen years ago) link
Anybody else sensing some sort of Tracy Chapman revival recently? Overheard 'Fast Car' 3 times in the past week when it had been like 5 years since I last heard it. Also two friends from different circles mentioned her in conversation this weekend.
― Moka, Monday, 14 March 2011 09:03 (thirteen years ago) link
fast car is amazing
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 00:45 (twelve years ago) link
friend put this on mixtape, did not know about the original, lol:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkDJw6Bo_EA
nonetheless, decent
― Kevin Love and Ricky Rubio ARE: Timblr Whites (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 04:47 (twelve years ago) link
― his hands are a dirty fountain through which lives spurt (contenderizer), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 06:54 (twelve years ago) link
i feel like i always hear tracy chapman when im somewhere i dont want to be like a mall or a chain restaurant with my bf's drunk friends or the dentist and its so soothing and enjoyable it helps me feel better abt drinking overpriced rye and gingers and having my teeth scraped
― the parable is the parable of the (Lamp), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 06:56 (twelve years ago) link
OTM
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 12:46 (twelve years ago) link
We've gotta make a decision:Leave tonightor live and die this way
I can't even believe how real this song is.
― wack nerd zinging in the dead of night (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 1 July 2012 17:34 (twelve years ago) link
However, putting "Chick-o-stick" in the chorus redeems it somewhat.
in the first verse
saw the video for this for the first time a year or two ago, was o_0 at the repeated shots of spinning a gun on the table via the trigger guard. I guess this never got to be the big US summer crossover smash it ought to have?
― the hat's filthy lesson (sic), Monday, 2 July 2012 00:23 (twelve years ago) link
See my old man's got a problemYou live with the bottle that's the way it isHe says, 'My body's too old for working'His body's too young to look like hisMy mama went off and left himShe wanted more from life than he could giveI said, 'Somebody's gotta take care of him'So I quit school and that's what I did
― flappy bird, Saturday, 30 June 2018 06:53 (six years ago) link
My top 'oh shit I am about to have a cry' songs:
- Fast Car- Against Pollution (The Mountain Goats)- Heavy Water/ I'd Rather Be Sleeping (Grouper)
Something about wanting to love despite how fucked up everything is really sends me I guess
― blue light or electric light (the table is the table), Thursday, 29 August 2019 14:50 (five years ago) link