Anonymous
Post 07/07/2023 11:47     Subject: Tracy Chapman makes history
She's an amazing songwriter.
Anonymous
Post 07/07/2023 11:42     Subject: Re:Tracy Chapman makes history
Anonymous wrote:Luke Combs has such a distinctive voice (too much the same too much of the time) but his Faster Car sounds to me way too close to the original - more like a karaoke version than a unique cover.

They’re so similar that it took me a minute to realize it was a cover. A lazy but fine job for Luke and thrilled to see Tracy getting the credit.
Anonymous
Post 07/07/2023 11:28     Subject: Tracy Chapman makes history
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Happy for her, but her OG performance was infinitely better!


This!

Much prefer her voice to this song. There’s nothing else like it.


I was just going to say the opposite. Her voice is like nails on a chalkboard. Which is why assumed this post would be about a hit she had a hit as a writer


Agree, and I'm not a country fan.
Anonymous
Post 07/07/2023 11:13     Subject: Tracy Chapman makes history
Anonymous wrote:Versions? they are exactly the same just a different singer.

Her voice is better / more compelling.


+1. I heard the cover on the radio and just wanted to hear hers. But love that she's getting the recognition and $$$ she deserves. Love her so much!
Anonymous
Post 07/07/2023 11:11     Subject: Re:Tracy Chapman makes history
Anonymous wrote:Whoa! Love love love this remake. And I’m not a country fan at all. Thanks for sharing!


A lot of country music made these days is basically pop music or alternative music with real instruments and a bit of a twang. I recently started listening and it’s better than the garbage most pop stations play.
Anonymous
Post 07/07/2023 11:04     Subject: Tracy Chapman makes history
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Happy for her, but her OG performance was infinitely better!


This!

Much prefer her voice to this song. There’s nothing else like it.


I was just going to say the opposite. Her voice is like nails on a chalkboard. Which is why assumed this post would be about a hit she had a hit as a writer
Anonymous
Post 07/07/2023 10:59     Subject: Tracy Chapman makes history
Versions? they are exactly the same just a different singer.

Her voice is better / more compelling.
Anonymous
Post 07/07/2023 10:48     Subject: Tracy Chapman makes history
I like both versions, but love that Tracy Chapman is getting recognition and paid.
Anonymous
Post 07/07/2023 10:47     Subject: Tracy Chapman makes history
Anonymous wrote:Happy for her, but her OG performance was infinitely better!


This!

Much prefer her voice to this song. There’s nothing else like it.
Anonymous
Post 07/07/2023 10:46     Subject: Tracy Chapman makes history
Get that bag, Tracy
Anonymous
Post 07/07/2023 10:45     Subject: Re:Tracy Chapman makes history
Luke Combs has such a distinctive voice (too much the same too much of the time) but his Faster Car sounds to me way too close to the original - more like a karaoke version than a unique cover.
Anonymous
Post 07/07/2023 10:44     Subject: Re:Tracy Chapman makes history
"Billboard estimated that Chapman had already earned approximately $500,000 in publishing royalties since Combs’ album dropped in March." Damn.
Anonymous
Post 07/07/2023 10:40     Subject: Re:Tracy Chapman makes history
Whoa! Love love love this remake. And I’m not a country fan at all. Thanks for sharing!
Anonymous
Post 07/07/2023 10:38     Subject: Tracy Chapman makes history
Happy for her, but her OG performance was infinitely better!
Anonymous
Post 07/07/2023 10:37     Subject: Tracy Chapman makes history
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: