Tracey Chapman sang at the Grammy's last night. Brilliant, and only available in full via Twitter as far as I can find:
Tracy Chapman and Luke Combs singing “Fast Car” at the Grammys
Tracy featured in my desert island discs, she hasn't played live in years & we've missed herpic.twitter.com/fjy3Qnl28A
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Thank you for that. Wonderful how a simple song can be winning awards 35 years later. Now I feel old.
And apposite given the elections this year: “You gotta make a decision / [Vote] tonight or live and die this way”
Indeed
I think there was a lot of trolling of the establishment going on there
The fabulous Soul Music on BBC Radio 4 dedicated a recent episode to ‘Fast Car’, adding layers of memories and meaning and the story about how both song and singer where propelled to international prominence.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001ng37
Definitely one to listen to
I more often listen to BBC Sounds then I ever watch catch up TV
I was reminded of this by when my car broke down in the middle lane of the M56 a few weeks back and how I had to sit there with my daughter with my hazard lights on whilst people screeched behind and around me at high speed sounding horns and even driving right up to the back of me. The lorry that veered to the left of me with its wheels locked was the last straw and we were terrified. They all seemed to be ignoring the warning lights above the motorway as well.
People even beeped the recovery lorry as it pulled in to pick up because it had the temerity to slow down to stop.
In the film ‘Repo Man’ there is a great quote:
‘The more you drive, the less intelligent you get’.
It is so true.
People were designed not to go this fast and it shows.
Glad you got out of that OK