From her self-titled album : Tracy Chapman.
This is another song about courage and love. The song title: Fast Car for me is taking on life hastily.
Basically, it’s about a girl who met this guy who’s running fast in his life. The guy is ambitious and impulsive. At first, the girl wanted to get drifted along the ride in the guy’s fast car to escape the life that she had and just move along. After all, the girl had nothing to lose. So she took the risk with hopes that he can turn her and their life around.
So they went off, escape and runaway from yesterday and build a life on their own. Bearing the courage that their love can take on Anything. Everything.
But then things don’t come easy; the guy wanted more than what they had. Regrettably, the girl can’t get that far as rooted from her unfortunate past as heard in the second stanza.
See, what the guy makes her feel is the sense of belongingness and security despite the fact that the only thing that they had at the very moment is their selves. But more importantly; the guy taught the girl to Dream and don’t settle for any less leaving him with an option: “leave tonight or live and die this way.”
About Tracy Chapman
She’s an American singer – songwriter who is a politically and socially active musician (as heard on her 88’s song: Talking about revolution). I admire how her voice gets deep and sounds more of like a guy. Another popular song from her is “Baby can I hold you”. On an interview about her, she said that Fast Car is the closest song to her heart and describes about her previous life as she went through the cycle of poverty and chasing empty dreams.
She’s an American singer – songwriter who is a politically and socially active musician (as heard on her 88’s song: Talking about revolution). I admire how her voice gets deep and sounds more of like a guy. Another popular song from her is “Baby can I hold you”. On an interview about her, she said that Fast Car is the closest song to her heart and describes about her previous life as she went through the cycle of poverty and chasing empty dreams.
About the Music
An 88’s song that is built in a simple arrangement structure. Acoustic on all stanzas’s followed by a heavy drum and bass beat in the chorus that intensifies the totality of the mood and highlights the scene that would definitely play on every listener’s head. For each of the first time listener, the flow of words on the chorus will surely makes you chase the lyrics and opt to hear it again. Not to mention the LSS-ing factor: ”I…I, got the feeling that I belong and I…I, had the feeling that I could be someone. Be someone.”
An 88’s song that is built in a simple arrangement structure. Acoustic on all stanzas’s followed by a heavy drum and bass beat in the chorus that intensifies the totality of the mood and highlights the scene that would definitely play on every listener’s head. For each of the first time listener, the flow of words on the chorus will surely makes you chase the lyrics and opt to hear it again. Not to mention the LSS-ing factor: ”I…I, got the feeling that I belong and I…I, had the feeling that I could be someone. Be someone.”
Watch this live performance that will definitely move you:
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