{"id":705,"date":"2011-07-31T18:00:49","date_gmt":"2011-07-31T22:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?p=705"},"modified":"2011-07-31T18:27:15","modified_gmt":"2011-07-31T22:27:15","slug":"july-video-challenge-tracy-chapman-fast-car-and-telling-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2011\/07\/31\/july-video-challenge-tracy-chapman-fast-car-and-telling-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"July Video Challenge: Tracy Chapman, Fast Car and Telling Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I went looking for the video for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tracychapman.com\/\">Tracy Chapman<\/a>&#8216;s <em>Fast Car<\/em> on YouTube, and to my deep dismay, the original, official one was not there, and nor was it at any of her official sites. A brief rattling of the Intertubes turned it up at an alternate location, but still, it was much like going to the bookshelf and finding a familiar, well-loved volume has vanished, leaving an empty space behind.<\/p>\n<p>So here it is:<\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#000000;width:440px;height:272px\"><embed flashVars=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metacafe.com\/fplayer\/wm-A10302B0000196761F\/tracy_chapman_fast_car_official_music_video.swf\" width=\"440\" height=\"272\" wmode=\"transparent\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" name=\"Metacafe_wm-A10302B0000196761F\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\"><\/embed><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:12px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metacafe.com\/watch\/wm-A10302B0000196761F\/tracy_chapman_fast_car_official_music_video\/\">Tracy Chapman &#8211; Fast Car (Official Music Video)<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metacafe.com\/topics\/Tracy_Chapman\/\" title=\"Tracy Chapman\">Tracy Chapman<\/a><\/div>\n<p>And, as a bonus, here she is in 2009, with <em>Telling Stories<\/em>:<\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#000000;width:440px;height:272px\"><embed flashVars=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metacafe.com\/fplayer\/wm-A10302B0000196795W\/tracy_chapman_telling_stories_official_music_video.swf\" width=\"440\" height=\"272\" wmode=\"transparent\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" name=\"Metacafe_wm-A10302B0000196795W\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\"><\/embed><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:12px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metacafe.com\/watch\/wm-A10302B0000196795W\/tracy_chapman_telling_stories_official_music_video\/\">Tracy Chapman &#8211; Telling Stories (Official Music Video)<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metacafe.com\/topics\/Tracy_Chapman\/\" title=\"Tracy Chapman\">Tracy Chapman<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Finally, on a related note, MTV turns 30 tomorrow, and there&#8217;s an interesting interview on the subject with original VJ Mark Goodman at <a href=\"http:\/\/gothamist.com\/2011\/07\/28\/mark_goodman_mtvs_original_veejay.php\">Gothamist<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I went looking for the video for Tracy Chapman&#8216;s Fast Car on YouTube, and to my deep dismay, the original, official one was not there, and nor was it at any of her official sites. 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