El galardón a Tracy Chapman creadora de 'Fast Car' mientras su canción está de actualidad con Loke Combs

Tracy Chapman ha sido designada por su trayectoria con el premio Elaine Weissman Lifetime Achievement Awards que se presenta cada año para honrar el impacto cultural de figuras legendarias de la música folk. Todo bajo el paraguas de Folk Alliance International (FAI) que es una organización de servicios artísticos internacionales sin fines de lucro con sede en Kansas City (Missouri, EE. UU.) y fundada en 1989.

Esto ocurre cuando 'Fast Car' ha vuelto a la actualidad en voz del también norteamericano Loke Combs que, además, ha ganado un hueco de notoriedad en La Mejor Variedad Musical de CADENA 100.

El premio

Desde la Folk Alliance International (FAI), a la hora de conceder la distinción, destacan que Tracy Chapman, cuatro veces ganadora del premio GRAMMY, y trece veces nominada, llamó la atención del mundo por primera vez con 'Fast Car', aquel impresionante sencillo de 1988 que se sintió intensamente personal y universal. Cuando los oyentes descubrieron su álbum homónimo ese mismo año. Chapman surgió como una de las voces musicales más importantes de su generación. Canciones como 'Baby, Can I Hold You' y 'Talkin' Bout a Revolution' mostraron diferentes facetas de su escritura, al igual que su éxito Billboard Hot #3 de 1995, 'Give Me One Reason'.

Chapman creció en un barrio de clase trabajadora negra en Cleveland, Ohio. Obtuvo una beca para asistir a un internado en Connecticut y luego se matriculó en la Universidad de Tufts. Realizó sets acústicos en Boston cuando aún estaba en la universidad; a la edad de 24 años lanzó Tracy Chapman , el primero de sus ocho álbumes de estudio.

'Fast Car' encontró una nueva audiencia cuando la interpretación de Luke Combs alcanzó el #1 en la lista Hot Country Songs de Billboard en 2023.

'Fast Car'

Reiteremos que etamos ante una canción de Tracy Chapman lanzada el 6 de abril de 1988 como sencillo principal de su álbum de estudio debut homónimo de 1988. La aparición de Chapman en el tributo del 70 cumpleaños de Nelson Mandela ayudó a que la canción se convirtiera en un éxito entre los diez primeros en los Estados Unidos, alcanzando el #seis en el Billboard Hot 100.

Tracy Chapman

Luke Combs

Letra BY The Vibe Guide

[Verse 1]

You got a fast car

And I want a ticket to anywhere

Maybe we make a deal

Maybe together we can get somewhere

Any place is better

Startin' from zero, got nothin' to lose

Maybe we'll make something

Me, myself, I got nothin' to prove

[Verse 2]

You got a fast car

And I got a plan to get us out of here

I've been workin' at the convenience store

Managed to save just a little bit of money

Won't have to drive too far

Just across th? border and into the city

And you and I can both get jobs

Finally see what it m?ans to be livin'

[Verse 3]

See, my old man's got a problem

He live in the bottle, that's the way it is

He said his body's too old for working

His body's too young to look like his

So Mama went off and left him

She wanted more from life than he could give

I said, somebody's got to take care of him

So I quit school and that's what I did

[Pre-Chorus]

You got a fast car

Is it fast enough so we can fly away?

Still gotta make a decision

Leave tonight or live and die this way

[Chorus]

So I remember when we were driving, driving in your car

Speed so fast, I felt like I was drunk

City lights lay out before us and your arm felt nice wrapped around my shoulder

And I, I, had a feeling that I belonged

I, I, had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone

[Verse 4]

You got a fast car

We go cruising and entertain ourselves

You still ain't got a job

So I work in the market as a checkout girl

I know things will get better

You'll find work and I'll get promoted

And we'll move out of the shelter

Buy a bigger house, live in the suburbs

[Chorus]

Said I remember when we were driving, driving in your car

Speed so fast, I felt like I was drunk

City lights lay out before us and your arm felt nice wrapped around my shoulder

And I, I, had a feeling that I belonged

I, I, had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone

[Verse 5]

You got a fast car

I got a job that pays all our bills

You stay out drinking late at the bar

See more of your friends than you do your kids

I'd always hoped for better

Thought maybe together you and me would find it

I got no plans, I ain't goin' nowhere

Take your fast car and keep on driving

[Chorus]

So I remember when we were driving, driving in your car

Speed so fast, I felt like I was drunk

City lights lay out before us and your arm felt nice wrapped around my shoulder

And I, I, had a feeling that I belonged

I, I, had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone

[Instrumental Break]

[Outro]

You got a fast car

Is it fast enough so we can fly away?

Still gotta make a decision

Leave tonight or live and die this way