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.
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.
“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.
Don't understand how it ever became popular. Somebody must have liked it.
I thought the song was a lament for the end of muscle cars.
“I Write A Fast Song” (From In Living Color)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofdl7tQnKwI
I love the song “Fast Car,” as well as Chapman’s other hit, “Give Me One Reason.”
The author of this article has a rather depressing interpretation of “Fast Car.” I always considered it a song about working hard to make a better future. Like the girl in the song, I had a pretty rough start to life, but I always kept my eyes on the goal for a better life. Since I eventually did achieve my goals, I view the checkout girl in the song as someone who would eventually reach her goals, as well.
She's a communist, so there's that.
“Zero chance” my arse. If it’s well written, has a good hook and listeners like it, they’ll buy it. If Chapman decided to join gay pride parades, expose her breasts in front of children and chant “we’re here, we’re queer, we’re coming for your children, she’d get the AH treatment. We’re all cancelling each other out. “Cancelling aint just for liberals anymore”.
I never found her music of Interest. I got sick of hearing it on the radio, just changed the channel when it came on. And I never knew nor cared that she was a lesbian. Which is relevant to jack anyway. Except to leftists and leftist writers.
And she generously complimented him on his cover & its success. I finally heard his version & he did a beautiful job. Some people now only feel life when they can create strife, anger, & division. I’m happy for Tracey making money. It’s an absolutely beautiful & iconic song.