this post was submitted on 07 Feb 2024
6 points (100.0% liked)

tails: A Place for Mastodon Posts

108 readers
1 users here now

A virtual community

Posts from Mastodon users, featured natively in a community, so you can view them without the need for them to be re-hosted or screenshoted, and reply to the original author and Mastodon respondents if you wish.

Has so far included content from Warsandpeas, Mr. Lovenstein, SMBC, Loading Artist, Low Quality Facts, nixCraft, ElleGray, and other interesting or provocative stuff I've random'd across on Mastodon.


Supported:
Comments & Upvotes
Unsupported:
Posts, Downvotes, & PD's Automod

founded 9 months ago
MODERATORS
 
I don't think most people understand how big of a deal it is that Tracy Chapman performed Fast Car at the Grammys. She wrote that song in 1988. Cars were MUCH slower back then. So when she got up on that stage, everyone watching thought "Uh oh, does she even know what a fast car is anymore?" But Tracy knocked it out of the park. She showed the world that 36 years later she can still sing about faster cars than we can even imagine.

(Originally published a few hours ago on mstdn)

top 6 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

This is the only take on the Grammys worth reading.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

speeds so fast she thought she was drunk!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I really wished she had sung: Talkin’ bout a Revolution!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Great song!

But my favorite is Cold Feet. Brutal song. Beautiful song.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

My first car maxed at 55mph. It was a very old piece of crap that was sold to us after the meter had been flipped. Only 25k miles my ass. Luckily I had an accident and it was totaled. My mechanic, who passed the car as a favor because he was friend said "Oh, thank god". Anyway, Tracy Chapman rocks!!!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Her voice was perfect too. And she looked great. A beautiful performance!