Things I've learned from listening to this compilation:
1. Tracy Chapman has an awful lot in common with 10,000 Maniacs. Obviously this is a good thing but it's also a surprise!
2. She has a number of good songs beyond "Fast Car" and "Talkin' Bout A Revolution". For example, "Telling Stories", "Change", "Bang Bang Bang", and a neat live cover of "Stand By Me".
3. More of a re-learn but "Fast Car" is genuinely great. I reckon when I was first hearing it on the radio as a child, it already carried a nostalgic charge arising from a combination of the song's intrinsic qualities and the feeling it had of having always been there (it was released in 1988), and that's only deepened with time.
1. Tracy Chapman has an awful lot in common with 10,000 Maniacs. Obviously this is a good thing but it's also a surprise!
2. She has a number of good songs beyond "Fast Car" and "Talkin' Bout A Revolution". For example, "Telling Stories", "Change", "Bang Bang Bang", and a neat live cover of "Stand By Me".
3. More of a re-learn but "Fast Car" is genuinely great. I reckon when I was first hearing it on the radio as a child, it already carried a nostalgic charge arising from a combination of the song's intrinsic qualities and the feeling it had of having always been there (it was released in 1988), and that's only deepened with time.
