Tracy Chapman makes history

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Anonymous wrote:See, here’s the thing. You’re all just a bunch of a$$holes. Yea, the original version is better. They usually are. And she’s an amazing artist. But here you have a country star, a guy no less, who’s paying homage to her by singing the song as similar to the original as he can, without even attempting to do the bullshit like change the gender from him to her etc. And she’s a liberal, lesbian, African American woman singing about the black experience. It’s very brave in a real way for him to have taken this on considering his audience. I applaud him.

Nah, it’s just a lazy hit for Combs. He writes most of his stuff so maybe he just wanted an easy #1 from another writer — see Luke Bryan, Blake Shelton, Jason Aldean and their automatic hits from other songwriters. To Combs’s credit, he didn’t pretend he wrote it.

Lol ok except for the part where it’s an “easy” number one when history suggests that it wasn’t.

Every single Luke Combs puts out goes to #1. That’s how country fans & radio work. If he sang the ABC’s as a radio single, it would go to #1. That’s why it’s an easy #1 for Luke. He didn’t need to bother to write, arrange, or barely produce a song.

No, that’s not how “country fans & radio work.” It’s how it works for HIM. He’s doing something right and he’s choosing right. That counts for something. It’s not like every country singer has his string of hits.

I am not a country fan but c’mon - stop being a shrew and give credit where credit is due.

It’s obvious you’re not a country fan. Luke Combs, Luke Bryan, Blake Shelton, Jason Aldean, and others are reigning hitmakers in country radio. Every single goes to #1. The older guys will age out. Combs has a while to enjoy. The big difference, and to his credit, as was stated upthread, is that Combs is a songwriter as well. But his voice lacks variety. So he covers a great song with great lyrics, changes nothing, and gets his umpteenth #1.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s really interesting that he didn’t change any of the lyrics to reflect he is singing. He sings about being a “check out girl”. I like that he kept the original lyrics, but Chapman’s version is so much better. I listened to her version freshman year at Berkeley over and over and over again.

Me too. It was right up there with Springsteen's "Thunder Road" on my playlist of anthems.

Enjoying retirement? Lol.

I wish, lol.

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Tracy Chapman was an is an inspirational artist. Love her sound so much and the country guy did ok, great that he made her some more money, she deserves is.

For Tracy Chapman fans, here is a treasure to listen to. A duet with....Luciano Pavarotti...amazing.

https://www.google.com/search?q=tracy+chapman+and+pavarotti+concert&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS909US909&ei=91GoZJ7cEt2h5NoPoomxKA&oq=tracy+chapman+PAVPRPTTI&gs_lcp=Cgxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAQARgEMgcILhANEIAEMgcIABANEIAEMgcIABANEIAEMgYIABAeEA0yCAgAEAgQHhANMggIABAIEB4QDTIICAAQCBAeEA0yCAgAEAgQHhANMggIABCKBRCGAzoKCAAQRxDWBBCwAzoKCAAQigUQsAMQQzoNCAAQ5AIQ1gQQsAMYAToPCC4QigUQyAMQsAMQQxgCOggIABCKBRCRAjoFCC4QgAQ6BQgAEIAEOgsIABCABBCxAxCDAToTCC4QgAQQlwUQ3AQQ3gQQ4AQYAzoGCAAQFhAeOgUIIRCgAToFCAAQogQ6FQguEA0QgAQQlwUQ3AQQ3gQQ4AQYA0oECEEYAFCBBViMEWC3RGgBcAB4AIABiQqIAZ4akgEPMC42LjEuMC4xLjEuMC4xmAEAoAEBwAEByAER2gEGCAEQARgJ2gEGCAIQARgI2gEGCAMQARgU&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:2d2e29b5,vid:qQdnl0_IuRg

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Happy for her, but her OG performance was infinitely better!

I get such an ick feeling from the fact that this needed to covered a white dude. The original is so much better.

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Anonymous wrote:Happy for her, but her OG performance was infinitely better!

I get such an ick feeling from the fact that this needed to covered a white dude. The original is so much better.

Not everything is about race people.

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Anonymous wrote:She is now the first African-American woman to write a #1 country song.

https://www.billboard.com/music/country/tracy-chapman-first-black-woman-sole-writer-no-1-on-country-airplay-1235366302/amp/

Here’s Luke Combs’ recent cover of her 1988 hit “Fast Car”—which has rocketed up the country music charts:

He did not make this his own song. He simply just remade Chapman’s song with a differ t voice. The music, beat, tempo all remained the same.

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Get paid, Tracy Chapman!! She is incredible. Such a unique voice and beautiful sound.

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I much prefer the Tracy Chapman version. Fast Car and the whole album was the soundtrack as I drove from grad school in the Midwest to move to DC way back in the late ‘80s.

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Anonymous wrote:Happy for her, but her OG performance was infinitely better!

I get such an ick feeling from the fact that this needed to covered a white dude. The original is so much better.

Not everything is about race people.

I think people are upset that a white dude is topping the charts with a song written by a black, lgbt woman. Country music and its fans don’t exactly have a history of supporting black people.

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Anonymous wrote:Get paid, Tracy Chapman!! She is incredible. Such a unique voice and beautiful sound.

I'm glad she is getting recognition and $$$, no matter what way!

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Good thing that the morgan wallen country fans (most?) did not know or figure out the origin of Luke's cover before they sent this song charging up the charts. It is curious that Luke sings and produces this song as close to an exact copy that he can manage. But because I prefer the original, I'm glad Luke didn't make this song "his own." Why mess with perfection?

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Anonymous wrote:Happy for her, but her OG performance was infinitely better!

Yeah, I hate this version

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Happy for her, but her OG performance was infinitely better!

I get such an ick feeling from the fact that this needed to covered a white dude. The original is so much better.

Not everything is about race people.

I think people are upset that a white dude is topping the charts with a song written by a black, lgbt woman. Country music and its fans don’t exactly have a history of supporting black people.

How can you be upset when her music is reaching a different genre of audience and new generations plus making her royalties? Glad for both of them. Good music is timeless.

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Anonymous wrote:Happy for her, but her OG performance was infinitely better!

I get such an ick feeling from the fact that this needed to covered a white dude. The original is so much better.

You need to do some introspection. You really do. It didn’t “need” any such thing, not to mention Ms Chapman could have simply said “no.”

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She wrote it from a gay perspective about a female lover.