First listen to Harry Chapin - Mr. Tanner (REACTION)

[@sorrystaunton]

I saw Harry in concert....it was an experience unlike any other...Harry was a character whose explanation of his songs and why he wrote them added weight and a bit of awe as to how could any man put together a lyric from the scraps of memories he held on to......try listening to “The Rock” a brilliant song.....I was upset when Harry died....he always did one concert to feed the hungry in the world and one concert to feed his family.....he was an unbelievable humanitarian.....I’m sure he’s in heaven.....

[@kaafromoz]

The Incomparable Harry Chapin, his story songs just dig deep into your soul and place you in the picture, it takes you away to a life that could have been you ..I Love Him..RIP Harry

[@cathynb9205]

I have a special place in my heart for Harry Chaplin. My fathers favourite singer. So nice to see someone so young as yourself to appreciate great music like this. Thank you 🎸🤗😎

[@lindehughes1773]

You are very mature and sensitive, I like your work

[@howcotube]

One of my favorite artists and had the privilege to see him in concert. I love every track he has done and there are many

[@actorJSB]

For anyone interested a few years ago Martin Tubridy (Mr Tanner himself) performed the 'O Holy Night' sections of the song with Harry's brothers and other family/band members - kzbin.info/www/bejne/nn3XnamGfd6HjKc - Daniel, for your next Harry reaction I'd suggest one with a happy ending - I Wanna Learn a Love Song, the story of how he met his wife (okay, so it wasn't a happy ending for her FIRST husband, but hey...!)

[@IllumeEltanin]

Wow! What a fantastic alternate conclusion to the story!

[@redcrabsc1149]

That performance with Martin Tubridy is fantastic! So cool that they found him and got him to sing...

[@I-am-EmJay]

Then listen to Poor Damned Fool for the happy ending.

[@miketocci]

Thank you so much for continuing to do Harry Chapin songs!!! I last commented on your previous Chapin video. On this live version of Mr. Tanner, "Big John" Wallace played bass and sang background vocals, as he did for Harry's entire career, and Mike Masters was on the cello. If you'd like to do more, please try "Better Place To Be" and/or "W.O.L.D." (title is in reference to call letters of a radio station) from this same album, Greatest Stories Live (1975). Your reactions to Harry's songs are DEAD ON, I am beside myself with a huge grin plastered on my face while listening to these reactions! I've been listening to Chapin story songs since I was kid in the 90s and Harry was long since gone at that point. His music has touched me for my entire life. It is so great to see another generation appreciating his words and music. By the way, there is a brand new documentary that just premiered this past Friday 10/16/20 called "When In Doubt, Do Something" about the life of Harry Chapin. It will be on Amazon Prime and DVD in November. I sincerely hope you can check it out. Harry is my hero and his work really deserves to live on. And special kudos for doing live versions. Harry could really electrify an audience like no one I have ever seen. Rock on buddy!

[@cnatview]

One of my favorite songs of Harry's. Harry learned of Mr. Tanner (not his real name) in a newspaper article and he wrote this song about him. Here's a link to Martin Tubridy, the real Mr. Tanner, singing Mr. Tanner. Harry's brother put this video together. The background singer is John Wallace. He looks nothing like what he sounds like. Thanks for reacting to Harry's music. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nn3XnamGfd6HjKc

[@toddnicholas4056]

This is my favorite song by Harry....despite the beauty of Taxi, A Better Place to Be, Sequel, WOLD, I Want to Learn a Love Song, etc....I saw Harry live when I was very young, maybe 9 or 10....yet, I still remember....Songs that have great music are wonderful, but lyrics reign supreme to me...see Bob Dylan or John Denver or Jim Croce....and Harry told great stories, this one I felt the most...definitely the live version...

[@theplanetruth]

Thank you thank you thank you. I was a kid in the 80s and this album was my favorite.

[@wfj50]

Great reaction, Daniel. Please don't forget "A better place to be", "Corey's coming", and "Mail order Annie". Harry will never let you down!

[@FerroMancer]

Could not agree more about Mail Order Annie, especially. His version from "Legends of the Lost and Found" is epic. Here's a link that has lyrics. kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2WTc5KnmruooZI

[@jddelvec1870]

Thank You for discovering Harry Chapin, I was fortunate enough to see him live a number of times. Please react to “A better place to be” and “ I want to learn a love song”

[@alanpeterson4939]

If you want to be shocked to your core, try Harry Chapin’s Sniper. There has never been a song like it, ever.

[@tfodthogtmfof7644]

The poetry of the verses in it. “The first words he spoke took the town by surprise. One caught mrs Gibbons above the right eye. It blew her through the window, wedged her against the door. Reality spilled from her face straining the floor.” It paints such a picture that just stays with you. That is quintessential Harry Chapin.

[@kenyule6928]

Holy crap man! That song was great! I had no idea what I was in for here. Thank you!

[@Harley57]

@@tfodthogtmfof7644 I’m sure you’ve heard The Mayor of Candor Lied, it’s one of his greatest to me.

[@tfodthogtmfof7644]

@@Harley57 yes a great song! I still think my all time favorite is There Only Was One Choice. So many great phrases and concepts in it. “When I started this song I was still 33. The age that Mozart died and sweet Jesus was set free, Keats and Shelley to soon finished Charlie Parker would be, and I fantasized some tragedy would soon befall on me. But just today I had my birthday. I made it 34, mere mortal, not immortal, not star crossed anymore. I have this problem with my aging I no longer can ignore a tame and toothless tabby can’t produce a lion’s roar.”

[@4redniwediS]

Bummer is a song with a simular feel!

[@jasonurroz570]

Top 5 Harry Chapin song for me. I cry every time!

[@ellendobbyn-blackmore3504]

Harry Chapin understood so much. We could use this kind of compassion.

[@aplacetohideaway]

So glad you listened to Mr Tanner! It amazes me that John Wallace, Harry's bass player, sang both the part of Mr. Tanner and the high falsetto background vocal in Taxi. I would suggest "Stranger With the Melodies" from Harry as another great story song.

[@miketocci]

Nice call! "Stranger..." is a too often overlooked gem from an overlooked album, "Legends of the Lost and Found", one of my favorite albums.

[@aplacetohideaway]

@@miketocci A favorite of mine as well!

[@thomaslibbey647]

As always...GREAT REACTION........you have a Beautiful respect to the older music

[@monicalavers6516]

Harry 💙

[@kj320175]

A BETTER PLACE TO BE- HARRY CHAPIN ( I have lyrics tattooed on my forearm from this) Or THERE ONLY WAS ONE CHOICE- HARRY CHAPIN

[@theplanetruth]

I love this song too. Which lyrics??

[@kj320175]

@@theplanetruth "I wish that I was beautiful or that you were halfway blind "

[@markkozielec2200]

One of the best songs anyone’s ever written, IMO.

[@tedr3586]

Love the version from "Greatest Stories Live" Album. Such a great song/story

[@tfodthogtmfof7644]

Both of those are songs that keep popping into my mind throughout my life. There are lines from many Harry songs that stick with you. “She left a six word letter saying “it’s time that I moved on.” That has always stuck in my head. The verse from There only was one choice about “when I started this song I was still 33..”

[@pamelawatson2366]

I have such personal memories of hearing this for the first time in the early 80's and after Harry had died. It moves me like no other song. Xx

[@andyoke50]

Very Nice, Thank you even as I listen. I guess the only thing that matters is what you think and feel. People are by nature cruel and insensitive but an individuals self worth is paramount irregardless of what others push on you. We have to remember that we cannot let our peers make our decisions for us or let them run our lives.

[@daveking9393]

Love being a part of these journeys

[@joanbounacos8958]

Still gives me goose bumps every time I hear it, and is the reason "O Holy Night" is my favorite Christmas Carol. It doesn't matter how well you sing if it makes you whole, and never let someone else's opinion make you give up something you love. Good advice.

[@joanbounacos8958]

If you want one of the best songs of Harry's, listen to the live version of "Remember when the Music" sung by Bruce Springsteen at Harry's memorial concert. It is a masterpiece, both the song and the performance. You'll cry happy tears.

[@joanbounacos8958]

And if you want to laugh, try the live version of "30,000 Pounds of Bananas." 🤣

[@1A4atheist]

My parents had this album and I have been listening to these songs for over 40 years. I cry every time.

[@wwhtp]

I was fortunate to see Harry several times. Thanks for doing a reaction video of him.

[@kathygraff3413]

Harry uses a cello in his band. He read an article in the New York Times about this man. So he wrote a song about him. Evidently some folks recognized the singer and called him Mr. Tanner. The man said he wasn’t Mr. Tanner. He did not know that Harry Chapin had written a song about him. They play the song for him and he loved it and said, yes that’s me. I saw Tom Chapin (Harry’s brother) on youtube with his band playing Harry’s songs. When he was ready to sing Mr. Tanner, he had the gentleman come out on the stage and tell his story. When they played the song - the gentleman stepped up to the mic and played Mr. Tanner‘s part by singing oh holy night in the backgreound. I guess he finally got his gig. What a story.

[@extraordinaryacoustics8424]

For some reason listening to it again, and watching it young man’s reactions as the story unfolded, has weeping the same way I did the first time I heard him sing it.

[@dalem8332]

Harry was such a great talent and incredible humanitarian. Did so much for charities. 😎🎼🎶🎶🇨🇦

[@sheryld1957]

Thank you for choosing more Harry Chapin and Jim Croce. They really can reach out and grab you.

[@stevejacobson2906]

"A Better Place To Be" and "W*O*L*D" also from the live album are GREAT stories. Like I've said before it's like watching movies with your ears. Just amazing.

[@SafferPOV]

Don McLean is probably the best known of the storyteller singers with songs like American Pie, Vincent, The Legend of Andrew McCrew and Homeless Brother

[@jimtuell4076]

Harry Chapin was the master of bittersweet - some were more bitter (Mr. Tanner) and some were more sweet (Corey's Coming or I Want to Learn a Love Song). I would also love for you to react to "Mail Order Annie." It tells the story of the 70's precursor to online dating - the 1870's. I once sang it to my date from an online service on our first date - her middle name was Annie and my middle name is Harry - and she is now my wife. The chorus to this song has meant so much to me (a singer from childhood and a guitar player for the last 55 years) that I put the words in my email account so every email I sent was "signed" with those words, ending "it just made him whole." I finally stopped doing that when I got a new email account, but I did do it for about 5 or 6 years.

[@jimphynn3359]

I’m convinced that this song at least partially inspired the Pixar movie Ratatouille. You ought to listen to Harry’s There Only Was One Choice.

[@kattatude6]

First of all, I love your channel. I think you’re a very mature young man with a good grasp on what you take away from all the older music. I’m 63 years old and I love hearing the music of my youth being enjoyed by one of your generation.If you like Harry Chapin’s storytelling. You might like to check out a cousin of his - Mary Chapin Carpenter. She’s an amazing storyteller, too. So many great stories in her songs. I would recommend Halley Came To Jackson, He Thinks He’ll Keep Her, This Shirt, The Moon and St. Christopher, Mrs. Hemingway, You Win Again, Stones In The Road... I could go on and on, but I don’t want to fan girl too much! Interesting bloodline behind the Chapins.

[@kendavis8046]

I never thought I was a good singer, either, but I always enjoyed singing. Avocation, not vocation, but did it with multiple bands from high school until I retired a couple of years ago. The biggest surprise was trying out for the Texas State Choir in 1978 (perhaps '77 for the tryouts) and gaining a seat as a second tenor. Seriously surprised. Thought I was out of it when they got down to naming the top 5. That said, I recall advice from Mrs. Harvey, our choir teacher in high school. "If you are going to be wrong, be wrong at the top of your voice." Worked for me over 40-ish years!

[@markoneil2055]

I was about 17 when I first heard Harry Live. I have never stopped listening to him. I am so amazed how you took to his song writing skills exactly how I did way back when. A better place to be and the Mayor of Candor lied are 2 must listen to song also. Keep up the good work my friend.

[@russellsearch7925]

Along with Sniper my favourite Harry song. This was a great reaction, one of the best I’ve seen actually. You really got it. Of course the song is about having a dream and going for it. The line about him singing on his own late at night brings a tear to my eyes every time. What a great life story yet again from the great man.

[@obiwanbenobi4943]

Awesome song by an awesome songwriter and singer. I've listened to this one hundreds of time already and will be more. :)

[@intothemusic908]

My favorite Harry Chapin song...and that's saying a lot!

[@relayer27]

I've said it before that no one does story songs like Harry Chapin, he somehow captured the spirit of America on so many levels. You should check out Sniper, Vacancy, Corey's Coming, A Better Place to Be and Mercanaries and so many more. Harry could write from loneliness or love, rage or fear, joy or sorrow; listening to his songs is always a pleasure and often enlightening too. Thanks again Daniel

[@lylewicks4112]

You owe it to yourself to listen to "A better place to be" which is arguably his best story. It's a master class in song writing as it takes the listener on an epic emotional journey involving a little man, a bar maid and the man's dream woman. You won't be disappointed.

[@jc296x]

8:29 when it hits you that it's "Oh Holy Night" he's singing... :) Best part of the video.

[@kathleenmclean2141]

Hi Daniel I enjoy your first reaction videos. You have good taste in your music choices. My son is your age and doesn’t enjoy a lot of the music I enjoyed from my youth like you do. May I suggest the following songs which are some of my old favorites: The Alan Parsons Project- Games People Play and I Wouldn’t Want To Be Like You Emerson Lake and Palmer- From the Beginning The Doors- The Spy Marshall Crenshaw- Someday Someway Keep up the great reviews👍🏻

[@relayer27]

Big John Wallace singing Oh Holy Night as Mr Tanner

[@dianehenkel9088]

One of my favorite songs. Shows you shouldn’t let other people’s opinions destroy you.

[@larryhutchens7593]

He was a real prolific poet & song writer. Great story teller. Had a cello in the band.

[@steamerbv]

0OMG! Sequel closed a loop! I had the honor of being the stage manager for Harry's concert at Cal Poly Pomona, 1977/78 (not quite sure). I saw his show in L.A Dorotyy Chandler Pavilion - filled to capacity, BTW. After the show I bought a "Harry, it sucks" t-shirt (30,000 pounds od bananas reference). He signed for me and I asked if he remembered our work at Cal Poly he said yes. Was he just being nice to me? Who knows, who cares.

[@keithmiller6277]

The man singing in the background is Big John Wallace. He had an almost perfect voice.

[@bryceeasterman3943]

You must react to W.O.L.D and a better place to be by Harry Chapin I always went to westbury music fair a small venue to see him play it was unforgettable what a great performer half of the proceeds from his concerts went to charity and would stay and meet the whole crowd after the show RIP Harry gone too soon we miss you

[@smalpmal]

I have enjoyed your commentary on Harry Chapin's music. I fell in love with his work with his 'Greatest Stories' album. Here are some of my favorites (aside from the ones you have already done) from that album that I think you will like as well: "I Wanna Learn a Love Song" "A Better Place to Be" "Circle" "30,000 Pounds of Bananas (Extended with two alternate endings)" This one is a fun, but somewhat sad story. "She Is Always Seventeen", I think this is my favorite of all of Harry's songs. Enjoy!!

[@bethgooch6243]

This is one of my favorite. Makes me think of my Dad. Grreatest Stories Live was on repeat a lot as a child & he’s an absolutely amazing artist.

[@bethgooch6243]

This is also the only version of “Mr. Tanner” that I like. There are some of his songs that just need to be heard live. The studio version is just not as raw as his live performances.

[@Pronzini1]

That man singing in the background is Harry's great backup Big John Wallace!

[@DamnSkippyToo]

Please react to "Mail Order Annie". I believe this is one of his most beautiful songs and it doesn't seem anyone reacts to it. I thank you for finding Harry and appreciating his work. I saw him in concert 3 times and they were 3 of the best evenings of my life. You've brought it all back. :)

[@jamescoomer4413]

"Better Place To Be" from this same live album is arguably his best song.

[@sherryheim5504]

Shooting Star is perhaps my favorite Harry Chapin song. It is on the Varities and Balderdash album. I think you will like that song as well.

[@miketocci]

I love that song. Check out the live version, it's not so produced and more powerful, in my opinion. It can easily be found here on KZbin. Pat Benetar also did an awesome version in 1987, at the tribute concert. Also on KZbin

[@Peter-oh3hc]

Get teary everytime.

[@rosmeeker1964]

I am so glad you did Mr Tanner Daniel. This is a song I can play when all alone and it will still make me shed a tear. And that is because of how well the song is crafted and how you can get swept up in the arrangement. In regards to criticism while I was at uni I would attend a couple of crit sessions a week. They weren't there to destroy you although sometimes they did. I would go home and the comments would echo and replay. Occasionally I would be all 'WTF!' what did that mean? And then there were times when I would come away feeling like there were so many directions my work could take and they were all exciting and valid. Good crit is a skill. My choices for another Chapin song would be 'The Mayor of Candor' or 'Corey's Coming.'

[@miketocci]

2 great songs from On The Road To Kimgdom Come! Still, I like the live version of "Cory's Coming" from "Legends of the Lost and Found" even better.

[@zoniekat]

Never heard this before. I bet Harry Chapin but on a good show. Thanks Daniel.. Oh yeah, great shirt. 😀

[@aaroncoberg68]

As always... I'm greatly enjoying your videos.

[@wallyboy6666]

:) One of my all time favorite albums was Harry Chapin Greatest Stories Live. His death hit me very hard. He was a big humanitarian, donating time & money to charities. A really good soul. I have to thank my older sister for my love of Harry Chapin's music. She had an album of his, Balderdash, and she would play that album repeatedly. So, thank you, Sis! ♡

[@danjimenez5304]

Thanks Daniel for your reaction.

[@Jim1791]

That is right album to listen to. In my opinion it has the best versions of his songs. Perform in front of a live audience it came out incredible. Listen to all the songs on that album it’s worth it.

[@dondiego2262]

You should check out Harry's 30,000 pounds of bananas

[@williammuntzer7374]

I am very glad that you enjoyed it. I still play this on my guitar.

[@redcrabsc1149]

This is a tear jerker for me- loved your reaction. And totally agree with you about critics. Harry got dissed a lot- several of his critics admitted they were not fair to him after he was killed (better late than never, I guess). Please do Sniper (live), A Better Place to Be, and Corey's Coming. I'll be glad to suggest more after those.😉💞🎶

[@Brace9541]

Awesome review! You are wise beyond your years! Love your perspective and love Harry!

[@edalisauskas7313]

W.O.L.D or 'A Better Place to Be' from the same Live album would be next recommendations. More great storytelling And yes, dont expect Happy The master of melodramatic storytelling Died in a car accident in 1980 on his way to a benefit concert (Harry devoted his life to World Hunger) Sad ending in his own life, ironically

[@miketocci]

I absolutely agree! And Harry died in 1981. I don't mean to criticize or anything, just trying to set the timeline straight

[@debramanrique]

A Better Place To Be, WOLD, I Wanna Learn a Love Song

[@robertheckman8013]

If you'd like to hear one of his "happy, humorous" stories, try his live version of "30,000 Pounds of Bananas". A fun tune that got a few minutes of popular airplay when first released. Will put a big smile on the faces of anyone who listens to it!

[@markoneil2055]

I agree Robert. The only sad part is it is a true story about a tragic day in Scranton PA.

[@jimmymarra5967]

"A better place to be" should be on the list for sure.

[@SusanRandt]

There is a great kids book about Mr. Tanner

[@daveking9393]

Nice shirt. Fly by night is a great song AND a great album

[@alanpeterson4939]

Harry Chapin: Better Place To Be, Corey’s Comin’, The Rock.

[@georgewodicka4839]

I'm sure it exists somewhere, but this type of music and songwriting seems extinct. All the stories cannot have been told already...

[@MrDeejf]

"Critics suck." Pretty much. I came to the conclusion long ago that being a full-time critic sucks something out of a person. Roger Ebert, a lifelong film critic and someone who avowedly went into the theater every time _wanting_ to love every movie he was going to see, at times seemed to go insane (he gave _Star Wars: The Phantom Menace_ a glowing review largely because it showed him a "spherical senate chamber", and he'd never seen that before; he wrote about giving a class on _Citizen Kane_ and thanking one of the students for showing him something trivial in the film he'd never noticed before, a prop wobbling because a crewmember had to set it there as the camera was moving, I think), and got very nasty even at fans of his, for capricious reasons. But only sometimes. As a writer, all I'll say is that every author friend I have knows not to read reviews. There are *so* many instances of people finding things in books that just weren't there, that it's not worth reading them if you are at ALL emotionally sensitive (and most writers are, of course). "Sang conscientiously" probably meant his singing was neither sloppy nor out of his control. It's a left-handed compliment, for sure. I'm going to make two "Obscure" Reaction Requests, neither of them all that obsure. Since this was a story song, several came to mind, but I'll stick to two. "Mr. Charlie" by Lightnin' Hopkins. Hopkins is my favorite blues man, though he's not so famous as B.B. King or John Lee Hooker. Most of the story comes before the song, but still, it's great. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXO7eaCHbM6dbq8 "Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town" by Pearl Jam. Not their most famous song, but one of their most haunting. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJvGoWuOYrShfMk

[@jayarr961]

His song A Better Place To Be is one worth reacting to.

[@sheryld1957]

Back then they didn't use autotune to sing I believe

[@StudeSteve62]

They couldn't. It didn't exist...sadly it does now...

[@armadillotoe]

Back then they used talent.

[@joanbounacos8958]

I just saw this, and thank you Daniel!! ❤️ I am in the middle of the debate but be sure that as soon as it is over I will be here. It may be the only thing that can lower my blood pressure after this. 😬

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

Great reaction and song. I thought the guy was going to end up driving a Taxi. Maybe try “ The Mary Ellen Carter” by Stan Rogers

[@theplanetruth]

What else? THE WHOLE ALBUM

[@IllumeEltanin]

I post this :knowing: many will disagree with me, but the 1960s had several vocalists I feel were not the best singers. But, when they performed a song, they :sold: it. Examples of such :for me: include: Bob Dylan (incredible song writing) Janis Joplin (pure emotion) and Jimmi Hendrix. As you say, every one has their opinion; it should not dissuade others from pursuing their goals and dreams.

[@miketocci]

They weren't technically great singers, but as you say, they sold it. They each had individual voices with their own character and style.

[@kenyule6928]

If you want a happy story, listen to "Dreams go by" on the Greatest Stories Live album. BTW. Mr. Tanner is my favorite song. Your reaction is the most honest of all I've seen in any reaction video. Love the Rush shirt! Also check out 30,000 pounds of bananas on the same live album.

[@lawrencedizon-weisberg8073]

Since you love Singer/Songwriters so much, you must learn about Mr. Harry Nilsson (usually referred to simply as Nilsson). Back in the late-'60s, when asked who their favorite band was, The Beatles responded tongue-in-cheekily, "Harry Nilsson". Start with his amazing and definitive cover of Badfinger's "Without You" (kzbin.info/www/bejne/bpXRhqlpebqDaqc), then "Think About Your Troubles" (kzbin.info/www/bejne/nabUd6SZi5mDpZI), "The Moonbeam Song "(kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYC3qqiCn56Fprs), "Remember" (kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5ulhmZofM2pndU) and "The Puppy Song" (kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJWtm2t4lt5orM0), before you visit some of the rockier tracks "Gotta Get Up" (kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJu1mWWGh8Zkqrc), and "Daybreak" (kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHqTmph6m8eFjck). Enjoy!

[@ffranzos]

You really should try Chapin's "Sniper." Not one of his biggest hits, but certainly the one that is most worth dissecting. Quite juicy.

[@nancyaugustine9000]

those who can ,,,do,,,those who can not do,,,critique

[@treywest268]

This really isn't a sad ending as Mr. Tanner still felt the joy that was within him.

[@barbmirell2150]

I saw Harry Chapin in concert many times and was devastated when he died in his 30's. Check out this video (kzbin.info/www/bejne/nn3XnamGfd6HjKc) with Martin Tubridy, the real Mr. Tanner and Harry's brother Steve.

[@cathynb9205]

Totally subbed my friend

[@djremy3394]

Great reaction. If this song seems like a tear-jerker, check out A Better Place To Be.

[@tjdomerny4847]

I hope you do THE NIGHT THAT MADE AMERICA FAMOUS

[@robertfane1312]

Bob Dylan had a successful career and he'd never win a talent contest on just his singing voice.

[@paleasaghost1]

Check out Harry's A Better Place to Be

[@kansas1mjs483]

Agree with Better Place to Be, Corey's Coming, I would also add The Mayor of Candor Lied.

[@markoneil2055]

Heard him do The Mayor of Candor Lied live in CT and the whole place freaked out by the end. Blew my mind!!

[@rhys-michaelsilverlocke3085]

How you can listen to this song, my Cherished Youngling. How you can watch this without crying amazes me. I am old enough to have seen Harry Chapin on the Verities and Balderdash tour. I have a link for you that might do it-- it has the real inspiration for Mr. Tanner singing his operaratic baritone part. Here it is love: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nn3XnamGfd6HjKc If you can listen to him sing it and not cry you are made of stone. Rhys-Michael Corwyn Silverloncke-- as seen on T.V. and book covers. And if you like Harry look up his last concert-- it is just before his untimely death at 38 in a car accident. It's on youtube and almost every song and story of his does have touches of heart-wrenching genuine honesty no one can recreate. I can't hear the song without crying. EVER. So tell me you aren't made of stone and watch him sing it.

[@famat161]

..but you are critical to our enjoyment. : -)

[@mrtyreus0]

Although never explicitly stated, I believe this story may have also been inspired by the rather shitty reviews Harry himself received by Rolling Stone magazine and rock critics in general. Regardless, it's clear Harry and Mr. Tanner understood first hand the negatives effects of unqualified critics.

[@wasfazed]

Harry was special

[@meandinah4310]

Nice work...new subscriber!

[@anthonymussari8783]

If you want to hear a really dark tale by him try "Sniper"

[@lmkm57]

Try ”Sniper “ kzbin.info/www/bejne/moWUlKuGaK-HZsU This is from PBS, a show called Soundstage, which was sensational. I think you will appreciate it.