Tracy Chapman (born March 30, 1964) is a singer-songwriter, best known for her singles "Fast Car", "Talkin' 'bout a Revolution", "Baby Can I Hold You", "Give Me One Reason" and "Telling Stories". She is a multi-platinum and four-time Grammy Award-winning artist.
Tracy Chapman was born in Cleveland, Ohio, where she was raised by her mother. Despite not having much money, her mother recognized Tracy's love of music and bought her a ukulele at the age of three.Tracy Chapman began playing guitar and writing songs at the age of eight. She says she may have been first inspired to play the guitar by the television show Hee Haw.
Chapman was raised Baptist and went to an Episcopalian high school. She was quickly accepted into the program A Better Chance, which enabled her to attend Wooster School in Connecticut; she subsequently attended Tufts University. At Tufts she graduated with a B.A. degree in anthropology and African studies.
In Fast Car Tracy Chapman describes the hardships a girl faces with the people she loves and her search for a better way of life. The song has a narrative structure and the songwriter tells a hard story. Listen to the song and answer the following questions.
1. where is the woman working?
2. Where does she want to go and with whom?
3. What´s her plan?
4. who does she live with?
5. what´s the problem of this person?
6. Why does she quit school?
7. Does her dream come true? Explain the last part of the story.
8. Summarize the song and retell the whole story. As in a narrative there is a starting point, a development and a conclusion. Can you find them?
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1. where is the woman working?
She's been working at the convenience store and then she works at a market as a checkout girl.
2. Where does she want to go and with whom?
She would like to go anywhere with some guy driving fast a car.
3. What´s her plan?
To go away somewhere, find a job and just start a new life
4. who does she live with?
Her father, who drinks a lot.
5. what´s the problem of this person?
She's sick of her life at that moment, sick of her drunk father wich was abandoned even by her mother and because of him she had to leave school to take care of him and work.
6. Why does she quit school?
Because she's got to work as her father can't so.
7. Does her dream come true?
Explain the last part of the story.
No, after all the guy she goes away with becomes a drunk too. She says that they even have kids and that he spends more time with his friends than his children.
8. Summarize the song and retell the whole story. As in a narrative there is a starting point, a development and a conclusion. Can you find them?
This is a girl who's luck was not so good. Her father was an alcoholic and as her mother left him she had to quit school to start working. She feels tired of that situation so she just wants to live and go away with maybe her boyfriend and start a new life. She starts working in a market as a checkout girl but the guy doesn't make any changes though so she keeps dreaming it'll get better. They even have kids and still he spends more time at the bar drinking with his friends thatn with his family so she's like still dissapointed of everything but keeps on hoping.
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