I happened to be driving through a particularly sketchy part of Boston one day last week when an acoustic version of Tracy Chapman's Fast Car came on the radio. This song came out when I was 12 or 13 and I remember getting little chills everytime I heard it on the radio. I still think it's one of the prettiest songs in the world, but something about hearing it while I was driving past housing projects and abandoned buildings made me cry. I have yet to bring this up on the blog because I haven't even sorted out my own feelings but I'm living in a neighborhood that is just really different then anywhere I have ever lived. I'm feeling the differences between haves and have nots in a way that is both good for me and terribly uncomfortable. I will eventually elaborate, I want to make sure that I express it right.
Anyway, I haven't been able to find that acoustic version anywhere online except this streaming version. It's quite pretty.
Fast Car
7 comments:
That is one of my favorite songs of all times. Her "New Beginnings" album is a keeper too. I think I know where you are going with "sorting your feelings" and I look forward to your post. The slums of Brazil changed my perspective on some aspects of life permanently.
Costa Mesa is pretty bad too......You were 13 in 1982?
uh no, i am not that old...i was 12ish in 1988 which is when that song was released. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_Car)
wendi, i will look forward to your comments...and i LOVE new beginnings too. such a great album.
are you really just avoiding posting any pictures of you and your bicycle? or do you not have one at all! ah ha!! you've been outed!
Tom - bike pictures come AFTER car pictures.
I am originally from Huntington Beach and mormon too, maybe we know each other?
I lived in Boston for a couple of years too (Allston and Brighton) and loved the diversity you talk of. I love and miss that little big city of Boston so much.
Nice version of the song, thx.
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