Anonymous wrote:That's such an old song (which I did not like). How is it now just getting to the ears of country music fans?

because a white guy sang it.....

Anonymous wrote:I enjoy both the original and the cover.

Agree! And wonderful to bond with my 18 year old son over it. We listened to it together in spring when it first came out on our college trip ;(

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Anonymous wrote:I loved that song so much. Hated the cover. All wrong.

+1. Why mess up with a good thing.

Because fatboy combs brings music to the masses

Everyone on DCUM (except for maybe 2 people on this thread) hates the cover. Got it.

The song won song of the year and topped the chart for weeks.

But the cover is so, so terrible. But DCUM is ALWAYS right. Uh huh.

I like the song, I knew it was a cover but I was too young to know the TC OG song when it came out. He got the song back out there for a whole new generation, but it "sucks".

Right.

I love the original! And surprisingly, I don’t hate the cover. I like it. I think he did a good job. +1 to 8:58

Why didn't she win the prize? His cover sounds very much like her version. Seems like she should have won. Doesn't seem fair. Yes, at least she gets some money, but her name isn't on the prize. I feel like it would be similar to a situation where I did all of the work for a project, and a colleague took all of the credit and everyone knew it and they patted me on the head.

I love the original and the cover. I love that he stayed faithful to the original. It's OK to like multiple things.

It's an iconic song.

I'm glad it's been revived for another generation.

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Anonymous wrote:Good song, and good for Tracy Chapman, but Luke Combs adds nothing to the song at all. Just sings it the same way but with a male voice.

I completely agree. He even keeps the “checkout girl” line. Like. Zero changes. Except more bass I guess

I thought it was better he didn't change it, like a tribute to the original. The back story is nice in that it's the first song his dad taught him to play on the guitar and he used to always play it at concerts. I don't know why people are mad about this. Tracy Chapman isn't upset and has said she's happy a new genre was introduced to her song. The enormous pot of money probably doesn't hurt either.

Literally no one is mad about it.

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Anonymous wrote:Good song, and good for Tracy Chapman, but Luke Combs adds nothing to the song at all. Just sings it the same way but with a male voice.

I completely agree. He even keeps the “checkout girl” line. Like. Zero changes. Except more bass I guess

I thought it was better he didn't change it, like a tribute to the original. The back story is nice in that it's the first song his dad taught him to play on the guitar and he used to always play it at concerts. I don't know why people are mad about this. Tracy Chapman isn't upset and has said she's happy a new genre was introduced to her song. The enormous pot of money probably doesn't hurt either.

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Anonymous wrote:That's such an old song (which I did not like). How is it now just getting to the ears of country music fans?

OMG. I don't listen to country music and even I have heard the country version (it's not nearly as good as the original, in fact I think it's pretty terrible).

What’s amazing is not only that Chapman can win this year’s Song of the Year CMA for a 35-year-old song, but that country music right now is so bad that the Single of the Year CMA went to a lame flat bro country cover of a 35-year-old (albeit great) song.

We get it…you don’t like his cover.

But that doesn’t mean his cover isn’t great. Many of us love it.

I’m a Gen X white lady who loved Chapman’s song back in the day and was surprised to hear my teen listening to the country version earlier this year. I started listening to country music thanks to my teens, and I’ve found myself enjoying the simpler sounds of guitars and drums without all the computer editing. Ditto for vocals.

I’m glad he didn’t change her lyrics. It’s her story. Stories are important in country music. Her story resonates with country music fans. Chapman wrote a song that resonates with countless people from different backgrounds and different generations.

We should applaud that instead of criticizing country music. Painting all country music fans as dumb racists is ridiculous…particularly using this song as exhibit A.

BTW Trent Reznor also has a CMA because Johnny Cash’s cover of Hurt won for Song of the Year.

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Anonymous wrote:That's such an old song (which I did not like). How is it now just getting to the ears of country music fans?

OMG. I don't listen to country music and even I have heard the country version (it's not nearly as good as the original, in fact I think it's pretty terrible).

What’s amazing is not only that Chapman can win this year’s Song of the Year CMA for a 35-year-old song, but that country music right now is so bad that the Single of the Year CMA went to a lame flat bro country cover of a 35-year-old (albeit great) song.

I’ve always loved that song. Happy for Tracy Chapman that she is again getting acknowledgment for writing such a great and meaningful work of art.

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Anonymous wrote:I loved that song so much. Hated the cover. All wrong.

+1. Why mess up with a good thing.

Have you heard his other songs?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uXyxFMbqKYA

He’s essentially a country novelty act. I think it is sweet that this TC folk song is a beloved song of his, and I’m sure he was just putting out a cover as a love letter to the universe. I’m sure he wasn’t looking to cash in on the fame of a 35 year old song, and I think he knew that messing with it in any way based on HIS style would a let down for most of us.

“You got a fast pick-up…”