Tracy Chapman wins CMA “song of the year” for “Fast Car”

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Anonymous wrote:10000% he did a better job.

You're high. His is dreadful.

[Anonymous]

I really prefer Tracy's version. I feel like he just copied hers exactly and didn't add his own spin to it - I would have preferred a different take that was more modern if he was going to redo it.

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Anonymous wrote:Love the song, and very happy for her to get more recognition among a new audience.

I can appreciate Combs introducing the song to a new generation, but I also feel he really didn't add anything. It still feels like HER story, just sung in his voice. I think he could have really made it his own with some tweaks to the lyrics so it doesn't feel like such a distinctly female experience ... but then we'd probably all be complaining that he changed it and it's just not "Fast Car" anymore. Such is always the dilemma with covers, I guess.

+1. If it had been a song about going to the club it wouldn’t have seemed discordant to have a cover done. But the lyrics were so specific to the artist that it was hard for me to hear him sing them and believe he had the same experience. Also, the arrangement sounded very similar to my ears.

I think sting once said his kids didn’t believe he wrote “every breath you take” because they KNEW it was a puff daddy song.

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Anonymous wrote:Just want to say that fast car (original version) makes me cry every time. So soulful, and so hopeful, while being devastatingly sad at the same time. When Luke sings it I dunno I just imagine a deadbeat. Even though the lyrics are the same, and it’s just prejudice on my part. But I don’t like what he makes it sound like. Just me.

I agree, it is just so beautiful and so sad. Every time I hear it I get emotional. When I hear the new version it just makes me think of the original.
I hope this kids who hear it today take the time to listen to the original as well.

[Anonymous]

Sorry not sorry his rendition was wayyy better. There I said it!

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry not sorry his rendition was wayyy better. There I said it!

we heard you already

[Anonymous]

Combs covered/copied this song religiously - he did not add his signature style to the song at all. So people who say his cover is waayyyy better cannot be believed. Combs is crazy talented and having his moment at country radio but in this case he did not make a huge improvement on the original (and no one has suggested otherwise)- and he was given proper credit for his copy cover.

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Anonymous wrote:To anyone who claims to LOVE Combs cover and HATES the original, I say that’s all we need to know about you.

You do seem like the kind of person that thinks everyone cares about your opinion. But trust me, we don’t.

But we care about yours for sure!

Thanks! I put a lot of thought into it.