Posted on 07/30/2023 8:38:58 AM PDT by Drew68
Links at the source.
And congrats to Chapman, who thanks to Combs' cover, became the first black female sole songwriter with a #1 hit on the country charts.
What’s this writer doing in seedy gay bars?
trans activists are now being given the credit for leading the gay-rights movement.
Right on.
It is profoundly weird that people who claim to be standing up for gays and lesbians are actually the ones erasing the history and achievements of homosexual people.
I thought the so g sucked then and it still sucks today.
Well I turned 18 the year it came out. I don't know what sort of barbeques the author went to, but this depressing slow-paced song would suck the joy out of any such event. And, no, it was not a "classic for the ages". It was a one-hit wonder that everyone had forgotten about until now.
What’s this writer doing in seedy gay bars?
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A Packer from way backer, sounds like.
Thanks for sharing.
Couldn’t stand the song then and still hate it today.
“The times, they are a changing.”
When Trump took office, regular Gays had achieved acceptance. In some cities, like Miami and Seattle, they were almost dominant. The Left had nothing more to gain from pushing Gay rights. They need something to expand their power, beyond Gays and Blacks. They would be able to push pedophilia as “trans rights”.
Seattle only had a 7.5% Black population in the census before the Summer of Love. The area that they took over was never Black. It was a Gay area and had been for decades. When the city of Seattle offered new subsidized housing to Gays only, it didn’t go over very well because Gays were as economically stable as any other demographic. There weren’t that many Black people. They had to import them for their Summer of Love.
They were in the market for a new demographic that they could use to continue their attack on Western civil society.
I'm not Sherlock Holmes but I'd wager he was being gay.
It did and still does.
“Fast Car’ by Tracy Chapman was everywhere. I heard it in seedy gay bars..“
TMI
Anyone who things Chapman is upset that her song just went platinum again does not understand how songwriting royalties work.
Well, years ago, nobody said “LGBT” or “LGBTQ” the way they do now. Years ago, people said “gays and lesbians” in references to homosexuals. Somewhere along the way, transgenders were added to the mix. I don’t remember when that happened, but now, nobody in the media ever says just “gays and lesbians” anymore. They always say “LGBT” or “LGBTQ” or even “LGBTQ+”.
For whatever reason, transsexuals were grafted onto the whole “gay” rights movement.
Don't understand how it ever became popular. Somebody must have liked it.
It was an annoying tune. You play this and sinead’s songs at a party and people would leave depressed.
Chapman not only authorized the cover but is happy with it, and certainly is enjoying the royalties.
And that's what really pisses off the wokesters. The Washington Post article linked at the source is particularly repulsive.
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