Harry Chapin - Sniper | Live on The Midnight Special | 4K UHD Remaster

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[@beverlyconrad616]

I miss Harry. This song is so powerful.

[@SusantheNerdy]

This is such great quality. Harry was amazing and had the best stories, even when they hurt.

[@craigiecubsfan71]

Absolutely brilliant. One of the greatest of all time.

[@dilanlake8870]

Holy Fuckin Shit!

[@kneegloc]

In my top 5 of Harry's songs. Thanks for this great quality performance of the song!

[@Vladie37]

Thanks for posting, what a great performance, awesome quality!

[@alexander3689]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🐺💙 x , i am still listening to this song , my neighbour's hate me lol but it is what it is people xb good in life people , life is to short to b something different 😢x

[@marykral6463]

You've done a great job on this Brandon. Watching this again brought me back to when I saw him sing this live. He poured his heart into this as shown here. Harry was a genius.

[@miketocci]

Looks great. Thanks for uploading.

[@misternikon]

In Harry's introduction to song I thought he was going to tell the story of Charles Whitman, who went to the top of the UT at Austin clock tower and using his sniper rifle killed 17 people and injured 31. He was killed by a policeman and 2 others that were able to get to top of the tower. Read the Wiki. Whitman knew there was something wrong with the thoughts and urges he had. But being 1966 they didn't really have brain imaging. It was very gutsy of Harry Chapin to do a song about a mass murderer. But the tragedy of the people killed and wounded are horrid. So is the story of Whitman. He knew something was wrong with him. But mental health was not popular in the 60's. An autopsy revealed a “mass” (my quotes) that 2 different autopsies discovered but in different areas. Read the Wiki. Again to Harry. Very brave to write a song about this subject. But under the grief was Whitman's sad story. I am so glad his story was told by Harry.

[@mikeyeden5791]

it is about charles whitman!

[@misternikon]

@mikeyeden5791 2nd paragraph first 2 sentences. I knew it was Whitman. I remember when it happened and the TV coverage. Aside from Whitman, there were no mass shootings back then, so media coverage shocked everybody. Now that shit is part of daily life. Sort of like, " Not another one!". Until the bext one. Thanks for commenting.