Harry Chapin - Short Stories
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Free Music Review: I miss Harry to this day and WHY (World Hunger Year) he started
Hit: 5 Stars
He had become a friend and am still in touch with his wife sandy....they dont make em like Harry EVER and I know he is "keeping the change"Free Music Review: short stories
Hit: 5 Stars
this is a favourite of mine because it contains 3 standouts WOLD Mail-order Annie and Mr Tanner. I'd recommend this cd to anyoneFree Music Review: Music was Harry Chapin's life AND his livelihood
Hit: 4 Stars
"Short Stories" was the third album of story songs produced by Harry Chapin in 1973 and because of his hit single "W.O.L.D." the album made it up to #61 on the Billboard album chart, which was just a notch below what his debut album "Heads & Tales" did because of what is considered his signature song, "Taxi." His fourth album, "Verities & Balderdash" would make it all the way to #4 because of his biggest hit, "Cats in the Cradle." This history lesson on the relative sales success of Harry Chapin's albums is an example of irony because all of Harry's fans know that his most memorable songs were too long to end up on the radio, a fact underscored by "Taxi."
So when I listen to "Short Stories" again and remember how Harry Chapin got me through my first semester of college by allowing me to wallow in my depression over my love life (or lack thereof), the song that stands out for me is "Mr. Tanner." Now, I know that this classic Harry Chapin song featuring the vocals of big John Wallace is not really a love song in the sense that it is about a man and a woman, but it is about the love of a man for something. Besides, "O Holy Night" is one of my favorite Christmas songs and I like the way it is incorporated into the song. More on target when it comes to melancholy songs would be "Mail Order Annie," the story of a mail order bride who is a lonely man's hope for happiness.
The title song provides a context for Chapin's story songs, and while there are only a few gems on this album, "Short Stories" proved that Harry was writing about more serious subjects than other balladeers at that same time (e.g., James Taylor, Cat Stevens). The key things is that with Harry the songs are about desperation without being depressing (at least, not as depressing as your own life), which is why we always care about the characters he signs about, whether it is the nomad disc jockey, the sad woman they call "Easy," or the dry cleaner who signs softly to himself as he sorts through the clothes. The gift of Harry Chapin was that he could move us with his simple, sad songs, which is part of the reason why he is so sorely missed by so many of us.
Free Music Review: Definitely worth lending an ear
Hit: 4 Stars
This is NOT Chapin's strongest album. It IS a collection of some of his easier-to-hear songs - "W.O.L.D." was Top-40 for a bit when it came out. "Short Stories" complements Chapin's other work by filling in some of the gaps (for lack of a better word) in his earlier albums.
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