![]() The Best Of Suzanne Vega (1987) [ larger cover art ] |
I'd like to help you doctor
Yes I really really would
But the din in my head
It's too much and it's no good
I'm standing in a windy tunnel
Shouting through the roar
And I'd like to give the information
You're asking for
But blood makes noise
It's a ringing in my ear
Blood makes noise
And I can't really hear you
In the thickening of fear
I think that you might want to know
The details and the facts
But there's something in my blood
Denies the memory of the acts
So just forget it Doc.
I think it's really
Cool that you're concerned
But we'll have to try again
After the silence has returned
Cause blood makes noise
It's a ringing in my ear
Blood makes noise
And I can't really hear you
In the thickening of fear
Blood makes noise...
| :+:_DL (RVA) | Posted: Mar 28, 2013 - 12:50 One time this girl made me a mix tape and it had this song on it. I immediately cut all contacts. This is just awful. |
| clive369 (Windsor, UK) | Posted: Mar 22, 2013 - 15:29 Thought I'd heard all her stuff but this is a new, and thoroughly likeable, new discovery. |
| Saire | Posted: Oct 04, 2012 - 11:45 Quite enjoyed hearing this track at 3am here in Australia while feeding my newborn. Thanks RP :) |
| rockpommel16 (rockpommel´s land...dreaming of netherlands) | Posted: Oct 04, 2012 - 11:38 bluejay08003 wrote: two years later, the same thing—Suzanne Vega after Tom Petty? ...same thing 1 month later...crash..... |
| DD rabbi_phil (beach) | Posted: Sep 21, 2012 - 05:19 Hey...if u want ringing in your ears forget the blood thing...try my youngest son's fender strat and hiwatt set-up....that'll do it 4 sure |
| juul (Kingston) | Posted: Sep 21, 2012 - 05:15 Haven't heard this in YEARS - thanks! |
| bluejay08003 | Posted: Sep 02, 2012 - 22:30 Cynaera wrote: I love Suzanne Vega, but not after Tom Petty. I think I just crashed... RP - WTF? two years later, the same thing—Suzanne Vega after Tom Petty? |
| Markcaudill | Posted: May 17, 2012 - 23:25 Very different for her. Listen to Calypso. Sweet. |
| TerryS (Another SW) | Posted: Feb 06, 2012 - 19:46 Suzanne thought it would nice to make a rap record. |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: Jan 25, 2012 - 06:48 Shaker wrote: My ears are bleeding...just kidding but thought it too funny to not type. It's good that you're doing your part. That statement is probably somewhere in the comment threads for about 90% of the tunes here - that, or some lazy variation of "nails-on-a-chalkboard". |
| Cyclehawk (Athens GA) | Posted: Dec 24, 2011 - 12:56 The entire album is a departure from her usual style. Highly recommended. |
| mandolin (...drifting...) | Posted: Sep 20, 2011 - 12:59 plaice3 wrote: I love the way she says "fear." ...i loved her american accent from the very first time i heard this track back in ninety-two... |
| billybob123 (Southern California) | Posted: Sep 01, 2011 - 16:32 This is a really good album overall. All the songs you've heard and a lot that you haven't. |
| Hannio (Austin, TX) | Posted: May 17, 2011 - 12:54 More interesting than her usual stuff. |
| ziakut (A place with air, water and chocolate.) | Posted: Feb 24, 2011 - 14:31 Not my favorite SV track...but it's Suzanne...and I like me some Suzanne!!! |
| purplespider (Portland, OR) | Posted: Jan 11, 2011 - 21:26 My ears are bleeding...just kidding but thought it too funny to not type. |
| Shaker (Canada) | Posted: Oct 27, 2010 - 12:29 My ears are bleeding...just kidding but thought it too funny to not type. |
| Cynaera (South of Neanderthal) | Posted: Oct 09, 2010 - 01:14 I love Suzanne Vega, but not after Tom Petty. I think I just crashed... RP - WTF? |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Sep 17, 2010 - 21:59 ![]() Suzanne Vega (VRT Marconi Studio, Brussel) by daMusic.be http://www.flickr.com/photos/damusic/ Suzanne Vega 16 April 2007 - VRT Marconi Studio, Brussel Copyright daMusic/Nele De Beelde Lees het volledige verslag op daMusic . |
| mixplusik (everyone I love lives somewhere else) | Posted: Jul 30, 2010 - 04:04 This is excellent! Something unusual for Suzanne. She can do no wrong. (Except a few tracks on 9 Objects of Desire). Droidac wrote: This song totally reminded me of "Inertia Creeps" by Massive Attack. Anyone else hear that??? Maybe...a bit... but "Mezzanine" was released in 1998 and "Blood Makes Noise" is from 1992... |
| FerrariF1Fan | Posted: Jul 23, 2010 - 20:33 vomit.... |
| plaice3 | Posted: Jul 23, 2010 - 20:32 I love the way she says "fear." |
| Xstar (Florence, Kentucky) | Posted: Jun 16, 2010 - 01:32 Butt makes noise!? |
| Felix_The_Cat (Buenos Aires, Argentina) | Posted: Jun 03, 2010 - 07:20 Inertia Creeps Suzanne? |
| Nuance (Winnipeg) | Posted: Feb 28, 2010 - 07:59 my blood is making noise this morning.... has nothing to do with the amount I drank last night .... |
| rocklandlove (Hudson Valley, New York) | Posted: Feb 09, 2010 - 08:35 shutter wrote: Good tune. I like the un-balance previously referred to ;^) It's Tchad Blake — an engineer of genius. He's really into the binaural thing. He's probably mixed most of your favorite records — mine too! (Recently recorded/mixed Peter Gabriel's last records.) |
| zenhead (Maine) | Posted: Feb 09, 2010 - 08:34 i didn't like her at all - that "my name is Luka" song got over played. but hearing some of her other stuff, like this song, changed my mind. her flat voice really fits her lyrics. |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Dec 08, 2009 - 13:10 Nice! |
| Jelani (Home of the freak, land of the vague) | Posted: Dec 08, 2009 - 13:09 Every time i hear this intro I think I'm going to hear "Satisfaction" from DEVO. Anybody out there got it? |
| shutter (You can't get here from there) | Posted: Oct 12, 2009 - 11:48 Good tune. I like the un-balance previously referred to ;^) |
| ziggytrix (Dallas, TX) | Posted: Oct 06, 2009 - 14:55 ce wrote: It seems she is singing separate voices in each stereo channel, slightly out of sync, probably intentionally, for "effect". yup. i think its appropriate to the song. never listened to this one over headphones tho. |
| ce (the Netherlands) | Posted: Sep 08, 2009 - 03:01 Ma'am, I need you to step AWAY from the Balance button. What is it exactly that makes this sound so weird on headphones? It seems she is singing separate voices in each stereo channel, slightly out of sync, probably intentionally, for "effect". Either that, or the producer's 3 year old was zapping the Balance button back and forth as fast as possible. I don't like it. |
| coentje (Rotterdam or anywhere...) | Posted: Aug 23, 2009 - 12:59 a classic, very cool |
| peter_james_bond (Lunenburg, NS) | Posted: Aug 10, 2009 - 10:48 crockydile wrote: It does, especially when you track it over hardwood floors! very interesting......... |
| Droidac (4066 kms east of Paradise) | Posted: Aug 10, 2009 - 10:48 This song totally reminded me of "Inertia Creeps" by Massive Attack. Anyone else hear that??? |
| crockydile (The swamps of Houston) | Posted: Aug 04, 2009 - 14:12 It does, especially when you track it over hardwood floors! |
| gekkosan (Ithaca, NY) | Posted: Mar 02, 2009 - 09:05 greyfin10 wrote: Well, I've been living with a mix CD a friend of mine made of Suzanne Vega for years now. While I can't claim to have a balanced view of the whole of her work, I AM very impressed with her songwriting and suspect she'll be considered a master in time. One of those artists I don't think get taken seriously until some popular come-lately mentions them as an influence. I could be wrong, but in my opinion she bears the marks of greatness. Well, heck... Suzanne Vega has been on the biz long enough, and published enough albums by now that if her quality, abilities and influence are not recognized by now, I don't think they're likely to be later. Not everyone may like her music, as is usually the case with just about anyone, but I do believe that she is already a sufficiently well-known and respected artist that she can do whatever pleases her. |
| jasonv | Posted: Feb 27, 2009 - 07:32 i love the album this came off.. it works well in that mix. |
| Jungle_Jim (Brighton UK) | Posted: Feb 01, 2009 - 15:28 I'm sorry but she aint a Paul Simon or a Joni Mitchell - I've always found her songs thin, apart from Marlene On The Wall. |
| greyfin10 (Orlando) | Posted: Sep 25, 2008 - 08:15 Well, I've been living with a mix CD a friend of mine made of Suzanne Vega for years now. While I can't claim to have a balanced view of the whole of her work, I AM very impressed with her songwriting and suspect she'll be considered a master in time. One of those artists I don't think get taken seriously until some popular come-lately mentions them as an influence. I could be wrong, but in my opinion she bears the marks of greatness. |
| vit | Posted: Aug 27, 2008 - 14:47 Excelsior wrote: Suzanne Vega: the personification of "Ho-Hum." As opposed to Simon and Garfunkle? |
| gekkosan (Ithaca, NY) | Posted: Aug 27, 2008 - 14:47 Gednabb wrote: And did her nose bleed, and did it make noise? |
| ROSSinDETROIT (Detroit, more or less. By teh Zoo.) | Posted: Aug 21, 2008 - 19:20 Is this the one with the Richard Thompson guitar solo? |
| EssexTex (Bee Cave, Texas) | Posted: Jul 24, 2008 - 02:54 I've gone off this song... ![]() |
| Excelsior | Posted: Jul 08, 2008 - 09:11 Suzanne Vega: the personification of "Ho-Hum." |
| Gednabb (New York City) | Posted: Jun 25, 2008 - 09:40 DrConcrescence wrote: Almost Broke her nose when she was touring with this album- SUNY Buffalo- I was an Usher and the Men/Women Bathroom had a single entrance door- I was going out she in 10 minutes before show time- Hit her in the face with the door- Many apologies and loved the show...
And did her nose bleed, and did it make noise? |
| DrConcrescence | Posted: Jun 19, 2008 - 14:32 Almost Broke her nose when she was touring with this album- SUNY Buffalo- I was an Usher and the Men/Women Bathroom had a single entrance door- I was going out she in 10 minutes before show time- Hit her in the face with the door- Many apologies and loved the show... |
| TheFriendlyCat (Five Miles South of Nowhere) | Posted: Jun 19, 2008 - 14:31 hah hah fun! |
| birdland (Right about....here.) | Posted: May 06, 2008 - 10:13 When the bass pedal pauses - it feels like i'm gonna die. Weird, but good. |
| Danimal174 | Posted: Apr 23, 2008 - 11:18 mandolin wrote: ...random observation: suzanne vega is cooler than tori amos...
...i wish i could get ahold of suzanne vega's american mavericks radio program - brilliant stuff... You know what they say about opinions, right? |


very interesting.........