Music video by Mary Chapin Carpenter performing This Shirt. (C) 1990 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
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@bodinmuschinsky37428 ай бұрын
A candidate for the most reflective and touching song ever written.
@PaulHarris-sw1ih4 ай бұрын
Along with "Other streets, other towns."
@PAUONE012 ай бұрын
And family hands. She's a treasure. So many good songs
@scottkirby82049 ай бұрын
After all these years, and so many great songs, I have to say this is still my favorite Mary Chapin song. Beautiful!
@Massivo0714 жыл бұрын
This song is a gem of popular music. I love these simple yet magical words. No one can describe everybody´s life so beautifully. This girl is unique!
@jarnojarvelainen281110 жыл бұрын
I could try to explain how beautiful this song is... but I'm not about to try.
@lolitagrant32259 жыл бұрын
Well said! One of my favorite songs of all time.
@tinabegley55987 жыл бұрын
Jarno Järveläinen lbbbbb
@waynesanchez65044 жыл бұрын
It's like Louie Armstrong said to a woman who asked him to explain what Jazz is, "Lady, if you dont know, I cant tell you."
@lifetimes29836 ай бұрын
Exactly....No worries...No need !
@DuggieMcRae14 жыл бұрын
I absolutely LOVE this song. I sing along with Mary Chapin (Chappy) and usually get teary eyed.
@johnwbanjo9 ай бұрын
The line about the cat gets me every time.
@jaddison11124 жыл бұрын
I'm happy to say a stray mama cat my neighbor and I are taking care of had 6 kittens April 27. All of those sweet kittens survived among all the death and misery of 2020. No crying, ... just joy from them ..... amen.
@gardengnome32496 жыл бұрын
Okay now it is 9 songs of Mary's in a row. Damn I am addicted. At 64 I am ashamed to say I have never heard of her until now. You tube rocks and more. So does Mary.
@jeffcwatson5 ай бұрын
30 years late is better than never ❤
@bekahraible13 жыл бұрын
I've listened to this song as long as I can remember. It brings back memories from when things were simple, pure. Brings tears to my eyes every time.
@TheWaltm2 жыл бұрын
This piece of material should have so many more views, it is so personal and makes you think of someplace, much more beautiful than this reality we call life we have to live in these days. I miss those days so much at times, something's in life you can never have again. Damn!
@bobapelian87738 жыл бұрын
Who else do we know that can write a great song about a "Shirt" ?
@ankemerckx2 жыл бұрын
After careful thought, I chose 'This Shirt' when asked about my favorite song ever in a songwriting workshop. But it might just as well have been 'Only a Dream'. Or 'Hally Came to Jackson'. It was only a matter of choosing one of her songs. She's always been my favorite songwriter. Her music is what my feelings sound like. Hope to hear her live in Belgium some day!
@billbrosius18305 жыл бұрын
The Shirt is symbolic of each of our life’s journeys. One of the best written songs about life. I’ve been listening to it for years. Thanks MC2.
@carlygrayson9565 жыл бұрын
We all have our own "this shirt", whatever it may be, that defines our life's journey. That's the beauty of this song, that we all relate in our own way.
@larrycarroll737111 ай бұрын
A poem worthy of singing every day.
@sharonvyse36862 жыл бұрын
Such a beautiful song that honestly grew on me over the years, and I've had the sense and pleasure to follow this dear artist and humane being since her earliest career days. What a gift and treasure to us. So happy she is about to hit the road again on tour.
@buckybucky50289 жыл бұрын
Mary is one of the best songwriters around. This is the first country cd I've ever bought.
@lloydpotts83086 жыл бұрын
Mumford
@TheRMSU13 жыл бұрын
I say more folk than country
@imthetwit684 жыл бұрын
Absolutely my favorite Mary Chaplin song. So beautiful. Was so fortunate to see her in concert at Slims in SF when the power went out and she climbed up onto the bar and played acoustic until the power came back on. Absolutely incredible!
@Ma_Ba4 жыл бұрын
Telling story about her!
@theresabclayton2 жыл бұрын
I get to see her in Grass Valley and I am so excited. Love, love, love this song.
@stevelambert5051 Жыл бұрын
I can believe that😄I saw Nanci Griffith do the same in Manchester long before she came to the attention of the world.Class is permanent👏👏
@murmac6114 жыл бұрын
I am a man and not big on country music but I just Love this Lady---what an incredible songwriter---would love to meet her in person---
@allanliversidge98277 күн бұрын
First seen this lady, along with Roseanne Cash , Lucinda Williams at Enmore Theatre in Sydney Aussie. Great concert, just 3 exquisite ladys, 3 guitars no band. Mary is a perfectionist ,so good❤
@jeffcwatson5 ай бұрын
This is the first song of hers that I heard on radio in the early 90s. 30 years, many albums, many concerts. Thank you 🇨🇦❤🇺🇸
@OBparamour27 күн бұрын
I've never heard this song on the radio, and I've been listening to her since the '90s.
@vivianwilliams63444 жыл бұрын
I always cry at the line about the kitties.
@davidturner40864 жыл бұрын
Saw her sing this twice. Dear God. Can't even put this into a description. Loved it.
@Tompkins3911 жыл бұрын
My mother used to play this song over and over when I was a kid. Loved it, then actually listened to the lyrics when I got old. Great story behind the song
@GrainneDhu5 жыл бұрын
No one can rip at my heartstrings the way Mary Chapin can. I wish I could see her in concert just one more time...
@lastrada527 жыл бұрын
What an incredible song -- what a great subject to sing about. We can probably all relate to it in some manner. A favorite pair of shoes, boots, jacket, sweater, pocket book, hat, even an old car....but, Mary Chapin Carpenter's "This Shirt" hits the nail on the head. This singer-songwriter is one of the finest ever.
@g-mang-man79242 ай бұрын
I remember hearing this song the first time. Chapin played it live in Georgetown. I don't remember the bar, but Lord I remember Chapin and have been a fan since that night.
@heyoka56 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely poetic lyrics !
@debraarnold3703 Жыл бұрын
"And we wept when the last one died" I cry a little every time I hear it
@karenbarr6617Ай бұрын
So much of this song relates truly to my life . Thank you Mary you have eased my heart ❤
@topcog20064 жыл бұрын
Such a beautiful song by a beautiful songbird.
@SOLDbyYOU Жыл бұрын
Ms Chaplin …you have always been one of my shiny buttons
@zodiaccafe14 жыл бұрын
My favorite MCC song ever. Nice to revisit it after all these years. Thank you for home concerts bringing us all back together.
@captainjoebrown10 жыл бұрын
Still one of her all-time best.
@SPONDNO89 жыл бұрын
MCC communicates her pure heart into incredibly touching, beautiful songs. Brilliant.
@robertmartin26004 жыл бұрын
I saw Mary at the Canal Street Tavern in Dayton Oh. about a month before her first Grammy. A memory so old I should replace it, but I'm not about to try. The next time I saw her was at a sold-out Nutter Center in Ohio and as soon as she started playing guitar it brought tears to my eyes.
@helpinghal5 жыл бұрын
It was a shirt a young lady who I really loved picked out for me. We did not last together and I kept the shirt a lot longer than I should have. Yeah, this song hits me hard every time I hear it.
@larryreitz3425 Жыл бұрын
so much of life gets to be like 'this shirt'': softened with age, worn to slowly fit you and your shape, and irreplaceable.
@patriciamcgrath73085 жыл бұрын
I could play this song over and over. I treasure the times I have seen her perform. Thank you, Mary.
@user-kx3mn8dy7o4 ай бұрын
First MCC song I ever heard. I had to sit in my parked car in order to savor the whole song! Happy memory of driving through a rainy night.
@rahang41269 жыл бұрын
Again a real poet and musician. Thanks to exist, MCC, you bring so much heat in my heart.
@davidwillsofthenorth10 жыл бұрын
Still a beautiful song from a beautiful lady! Thank you!
@jameskaplan2634 жыл бұрын
My favorite of all her songs too!
@lydee0914 жыл бұрын
Mary's music is magically moving! I love her! So talented!
@ossian78 жыл бұрын
I feel so privileged to have first heard this song back in the days when MCC was doing warm up gigs and only had a handful of songs, inc. this gem.
@johnd7464 жыл бұрын
My favorite Mary Chappin Carpenter song. It just hits me in the right spot, and makes me feel very nostalgic. When I play it on my tape deck or my cd player, because I have both, I usually play this song twice. Love it.
@fabfrith Жыл бұрын
I've been in love with this woman all my life, never met her, never even seen her in concert but nobody sings or writes songs like her, nobody. And this is one of my favorites.
@raynwolf28175 ай бұрын
I wish she was still performing but understand why not. Her songs probably speak more to me than anyone else’s. I will never stop listening and admiring❤
@ChaseRiverBandАй бұрын
Actually, she occasionally still does. I saw her in her "hometown" at Wolf Trap a few years ago, and I think she toured with Shawn Colvin last year. I believe she is taking a break in 2024!
@Aboz6 жыл бұрын
I first heard this song when I worked at a country station in 1992. Always looked forward to playing it, and still get dewy-eyed whenever I hear it.
@danielselvidge62709 жыл бұрын
I have my duffel bag issued at Ft Jackson in 1983 and went all over the world until 2007. Strange how we become attached to inanimate objects.
@kbencsik18 жыл бұрын
I drove out to Kansas from PA with three small boys all by myself and it was so wonderful. We listened to this album the whole way out and back!
@Massivo076 жыл бұрын
What an adorable poem and tune. Inspiring to all.
@michaelgiffey510811 жыл бұрын
I have all her albums, State of The Heart is still the one I listen to most.
@davidturner40864 жыл бұрын
Same here. I don't think anyone can argue it's her best.
@iracook87227 жыл бұрын
Been a while since I've heard her poetry... Incredible
@lorilori7126 Жыл бұрын
We all have that shirt. My Grandfather's work shirt from the Ranch. Grandma's shirt she wore collecting eggs with those big buttons and pockets. Even the Father of my Son. His plaid red and black shirt. Tatered and torn from a life long ago.
@claudi.o7 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful song and singer.
@mikegibbs30305 жыл бұрын
Thanks Mary...GREAT SONG !!!!
@iamintheburg8 жыл бұрын
The sleeve with your heart rolled into it, walking into the high school dance and hoping.......Just hoping. Things don't matter, except when they DO matter.
@katepiekut13862 жыл бұрын
Not one of MCC’s “hits” but I think my favorite. Or at least in the top three. Listened to her All. The. Time.; especially on road trips with my husband and my now adult daughter when she was just a baby. It was great driving music. (Landed on the PBS special tonight and it took me back 30 years in an instant. Love love love her distinctive voice.)
@davidlionheart24389 жыл бұрын
SO brilliant! I've never been able to get through it without crying. Ever.
@SirenHooper8 жыл бұрын
@rexdby29845 жыл бұрын
Pure Energy The line about the fifth kitten dying really gets me. The come on come on album had songs that could rip your heart out as well, I am a town, and only a dream. Just listened to these exquisite songs in rapid succession and feeling beautifully melancholy. These songs seem seem much more poignant at 50 than when I wore them out at 24. Mary Chapin Carpenter, now that, my friends is a songwriter!
@andrewlong68252 жыл бұрын
Me either.
@undeddjester10 жыл бұрын
Just before heading to Uni today I randomly remembered hearing this song when I was kid 16 years ago or so, but couldn't really remember it that well. Decided to quickly track it down, and had to even look it up by searching for a handful of lyrics I knew. Now I'm having to choke back the tears and dry my eyes again thanks to that little bit of curiosity. Damn it Mary!
@JancisHarvey10 жыл бұрын
best in all the world of MCC's songs. Love it
@josephwaters948 жыл бұрын
My wife and I saw MCC years ago in Vermont. Great concert, she is an excellent singer/songwriter.
@robparzych19055 ай бұрын
Makes me cry...every.damn.time.
@Wyllough10 жыл бұрын
Beautiful song. Makes me cry every time.
@AnthonyPeake18 жыл бұрын
+Bob Smith Me to ....
@sai-ij8es11 ай бұрын
An article in Reader's Digest got me here. Amazing song.
@marysalvi242 Жыл бұрын
2022 so many wonderful stories put to music of life, live on and on ~ 💕
@KMCastor14 жыл бұрын
still my favorite MCC song. She was great in concert a few months ago in Morristown, NJ!
@johnbutcher17103 жыл бұрын
A great song wonderful lyrics , think we all have one of these shirts , stay safe all .
@delanawhite21374 жыл бұрын
I can never love this song enough! Or this whole LP, it is phenomenal!
@KatsHouse2 жыл бұрын
Oh the Memories! I played this cassette so many times I wore it out! I have one of those shirts..still. It always makes me smile when I pass it in the closet looking for something else. But it's still there...as am I.
@SOLDbyYOU Жыл бұрын
From that era… I too grew up in DC… our orbits never crossing…. You growing a place in Americana… I was busy doing the Society Gig Black Tux thing…. Driving in to DC in the evenings for the gigs…. Go West, - From Baltimore to Paris… Icehouse - A Man of Color.. and every Mary Chaplin Carpenter…. You are… one of our silver buttons…
@ctcv-to8kq6 жыл бұрын
I'm no bleeding heart but as many times as I've heard this song I still have to brace myself each time for the verse about watching the five kittens die. Easily my favorite musical artist.
@stevejohnston5555 жыл бұрын
Pete, listen closely, if it's any consolation, only the last and fifth kitten dies....
@beegeesee13 жыл бұрын
Love this song/story :-)
@TerenceMarshall-cw5bt4 күн бұрын
Beautiful
@Charlotte0714 жыл бұрын
Love this song
@cathiefredrickson11 жыл бұрын
Such a great song and wonderfully talented lady, love her voice and great guitar playing
@OBparamour27 күн бұрын
Every person I've ever loved who has died, I have one of their shirts.
@peterlukaszyk60244 жыл бұрын
One of these songs, when she sings shining like a memory inside those silver buttons i have tears in my eyes
OH, yes, beautiful song.........I'll think of it often as I slip into one of my many old shirts full of memories.....Thank you.....
@georgemanes82955 жыл бұрын
Beautiful song; beautifully sung.
@sergeantmasson3669 Жыл бұрын
I have an old denim shirt that I've had for most of my adult life. It's worn and tattered, but I refused to let a be an old rag. The sleeves were removed long ago and now it's just a tired old worn and stained vest like it's owner.
@Aranyl8 жыл бұрын
I love all her songs!!! sadly they are hard to find in France. My favo is Jubilee!
@cvcoco6 жыл бұрын
Yeah. We all have that shirt and stories inside it, but we cant write them down the way Mary Chapin did. I knew that shirt so well, the red flanel one, and kept it 20 years past its prime just so I could listen to it speak to me so I could write it down and I couldnt do it. Maybe one day i'll hear it still, the weaves and threads finally letting go and giving up their treasure.
@joannekozaroff75003 жыл бұрын
I think we all have that one shirt that evokes memories and strong emotions but only MCC could turn it into a wonderful song.
@broadwayrocks18 жыл бұрын
this song is the reason I love MCC!
@kenible7 жыл бұрын
me too but also Marys Land...
@kawai991002 жыл бұрын
She released another just a tad slower one and it is the best. No one like her.
@gs776714 жыл бұрын
I love this song too!
@claudi.o6 жыл бұрын
What a so beautiful song!
@sarina101411 жыл бұрын
Johnny, you are wise beyond your years. I congratulate you on your mature taste I .am also a little concerned that you are listening to such introspective music. Please continue to keep your ears eyes and mind open
@stevepyle6408 Жыл бұрын
My favorite.
@JoMoMoss8 жыл бұрын
WOW! ... what Lyrics! ...... :-)
@halfdoorclub75205 жыл бұрын
Mary is a legend 😊
@kosjeyr Жыл бұрын
Still wear shirts from over 20 years ago...
@johnmacleod44813 ай бұрын
So old should replace it but I'm not about to try the lyrics in this song are just so powerful and the singer mary chapin carpenter makes me cry in a nice way
@peterkane87862 жыл бұрын
…..Excellent, thank you.
@clebus14 жыл бұрын
My favorite!!!!!!
@natashasealey594411 жыл бұрын
every song tells a story, this is a beautiful story. :3
@johngriffin9682 жыл бұрын
A beautiful song about life.
@juliemartinez3473 жыл бұрын
I LOVE this song. I have a shirt that I’ve had for years - I stole it from one of my old boyfriends. I use it as my “sick” shirt now. Whenever I wear it, my husband knows that I’m not doing well.