rromulus
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How about repetitive and derivative?
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bluecshells
(EARTH) | | Posted: Nov 18, 2011 - 09:24 | |
Great song from a great time....
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Pibailey
(Melbourne) | | Posted: Oct 17, 2011 - 19:26 | |
It has hardly any production at all, and doesn't need it because it has such a great tune.
Proclivities wrote:
"Tuneless"? You may want to look that word up in a dictionary, becuase this song is certainly not "lacking in melody" or "silent".
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Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC) | | Posted: Sep 16, 2011 - 05:46 | |
sfListener wrote:One of her best but still practically tuneless.
"Tuneless"? You may want to look that word up in a dictionary, becuase this song is certainly not "lacking in melody" or "silent". |
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LizK
(Houston, Texas) | | Posted: Aug 15, 2011 - 20:58 | |
Lightly dancing from syllable to syllable, great enuciation, one can actually understand the lyrics. Easy to listen to.  |
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Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal) | | Posted: Jun 13, 2011 - 19:56 | |
I have to bump this to a 10. Every time I hear something from Suzanne Vega, I re-discover her and realize that I don't have enough of her music in my library.
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calypsus_1
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"I love very much this song, I love her voice, the way she play her guitar, the sound of her melancoly with a big box of fragility and sweetness. I will never forget my first days with her first songs on my walkmans, walking lonely in my town streets, dreaming about a woman that I still have not meet. Thank you very much." etresanchez |
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jools
(Brighton UK) | | Posted: Mar 11, 2011 - 02:31 | |
cooch wrote:It's kind of amazing that 24 years later this song still sounds fairly contemporary Spot on - timeless |
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Netto
(Khimki, Russia) | | Posted: Oct 04, 2010 - 13:28 | |
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calypsus_1
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Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal) | | Posted: Sep 02, 2010 - 13:34 | |
MusicAddict wrote:
This song was from her first album, a few years before Luka. I have and enjoy all her albums, but I think the first was the best.
When I said she's come a long way from "Luka," I wasn't referring to this song, since, yes, it did come long before "Luka." The reference was only to point out that the song that put Suzanne Vega on the map with the general public was "Luka." This song is just one example of the talent she possesses, in case anyone had doubts based on "Luka." I agree - her first work is still her best, although there have been a couple of things that come close to that perfection...  |
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MusicAddict
(Powhatan, VA) | | Posted: Aug 01, 2010 - 13:33 | |
Cynaera wrote:I've suggested this song as a follow-up to several other RP songs, but it stands on its own. Suzanne Vega has come a long way since "Luka" (although I heard an interview with her on a Portland, Oregon radio station, wherein she explained about who "Luka" was. Not quite what the song portrayed, but it didn't change my mind about her talent.) She's got this laser-sharp perception of things, cross-currented with a quirk or twist that takes the listener just a leedle beet off the beaten track. I really love Suzanne Vega's music. She writes the way I always wished I could write. This song was from her first album, a few years before Luka. I have and enjoy all her albums, but I think the first was the best. |
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Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal) | | Posted: Jun 30, 2010 - 16:42 | |
I've suggested this song as a follow-up to several other RP songs, but it stands on its own. Suzanne Vega has come a long way since "Luka" (although I heard an interview with her on a Portland, Oregon radio station, wherein she explained about who "Luka" was. Not quite what the song portrayed, but it didn't change my mind about her talent.) She's got this laser-sharp perception of things, cross-currented with a quirk or twist that takes the listener just a leedle beet off the beaten track. I really love Suzanne Vega's music. She writes the way I always wished I could write. |
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DaveInVA
(In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA) | | Posted: Jan 23, 2010 - 12:20 | |
I think this is my favorite SV song....good stuff  |
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EssexTex
(Gitche Gumee) | | Posted: Oct 21, 2009 - 05:49 | |
I've loved this for years
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peter_james_bond
(Lunenburg, NS) | | Posted: Aug 19, 2009 - 04:53 | |
out_to_lunch wrote:Even if I am in love with you
who's to say what's good to you
Observe the blood on the
rose tattoo
and the finger prints
on me from you Other evidence has shown
that
You and I are still alone
we
skirt around the danger zone
and don't talk about it
later.... and I tried so hard
to resist you
as you held me in your handsome fist
reminded me of the night we'd kissed
and of why I should be leaving... those are my favorite lines from that song...
Brilliant song writing for sure! |
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Papernapkin
(Mountain View, CA) | | Posted: Jul 18, 2009 - 13:53 | |
It's more like reading than singing.
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cooch
(Belmont MA) | | Posted: Feb 10, 2009 - 07:16 | |
It's kind of amazing that 24 years later this song still sounds fairly contemporary
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Deadwing
(Cincinnati OH) | | Posted: Jan 09, 2009 - 15:29 | |
This one brings back memories (good ones)  |
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Gish05
(Pittsburgh, PA) | | Posted: Dec 09, 2008 - 00:55 | |
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joanot
(Matadepera) | | Posted: Sep 05, 2008 - 13:01 | |
"Marlena on the wall"... a lot of years since I listen it last time. Remembering now, when I begun to learn my poor english i translated the lyrics of this song . Still have the paper with translation into the album cover.
Certainly, great song, great voice. |
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BjornPhrei
(Michigan) | | Posted: Aug 04, 2008 - 16:05 | |
Aimee Mann, Suzanne Vega...do I hear Jill Sobule for next?
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nigelr
(Coffs Harbour, Australia) | | Posted: Jul 04, 2008 - 03:04 | |
cafortier wrote:ughhhhhh. horrible!!!!!! :puke:
Hey, go easy on yourself! |
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Shimmer
(Bethesda, MD) | | Posted: Jun 02, 2008 - 14:20 | |
Her first album changed my world. This isn't even close to the best song on it.
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Huey
(Netherlands) | | Posted: Jun 02, 2008 - 14:16 | |
is there a "rose tattoo" theme here??
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JohnBauer
(Washington, DC, USA) | | Posted: Jun 02, 2008 - 14:16 | |
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sfListener
| | Posted: Mar 31, 2008 - 16:14 | |
One of her best but still practically tuneless.
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JsDad
(Chapel Hill, NC) | | Posted: Mar 31, 2008 - 16:13 | |
Aimee Mann and Suzanne Vega back to back. Two singer-songwriters I could listen to all day. Now if Imogene Heap is next...
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bokey
(I'm up on the tightwire one sides ice and one is fire) | | Posted: Mar 31, 2008 - 16:11 | |
She is such a good writer
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Papernapkin
(Mountain View, CA) | | Posted: Mar 31, 2008 - 16:09 | |
Similar to Joni Mitchell. She reads more than sings.
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