Produced by lenny kaye and steve addabbo, the songs feature vega s acoustic guitar in straightforward arrangements. The key track is small blue thing, in which the singer pictures herself as an object like a marbleor an eye, made of chinamade of glass, lost inside your pocket, and turning in your hand. Though born in california, vega has lived most of her life in new york city. Suzanne vegas profile including the latest music, albums, songs, music videos and more updates. Download suzanne vega suzanne vega in hires stereo format.
Suzanne vega born suzanne nadine vega on 11 july 1959 in santa monica. She came to prominence in the mid 1980s, releasing four singles that entered the top 40 charts in the uk during the 1980s and 1990s, including marlene on the wall, left of center, luka a. Vega opened the show a cappella, with toms diner, which would be transformed by bootleg. This show was engineered by suzanne s soundman phil sullivan, who mixed it to perfection. Cd universe is your source for suzanne vegas song luka mp3 download lyrics and much more. Left of center film directors ken ross, richard levine 1986. Suzanne vega live at warfield theatre, aug 6, 1987 early. I will get around to listing all of the songs in order, but heres a start. Today i am a small blue thing like a marble or an eye with my knees against my mouth i am perfectly round i am watching you i am cold against your skin you are perfectly reflected i am lost inside your pocket i am lost against your fingers i am falling down the stairs. Suzanne vega suzanne vega vinyl mp3 album download.
Its small blue thing, a hauntingly beautiful love song that originally appeared on her 1985 debut album suzanne vega. This was suzannes first offering she followed this up with solitude standing best track on that was luka. Scrobble songs and get recommendations on other tracks and artists. With her sultry voice, suzanne vega seamlessly joins her poetry and contemporary folk song with a sound that is utterly unique and identifiable to her alone. Watch the video for small blue thing from suzanne vegas retrospective. On our website you can download small blue thing and other popular mp3 songs for free, not bothering to check the other useless in the digital world today and outdated formalities. The best of suzanne vega for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Widely regarded as one of the most brilliant songwriters of her generation, suzanne vega emerged as a leading figure of the folkmusic revival of the early 1. Listen to this track by new york singersongwriter and backcatalog revisiting artiste suzanne vega. Suzanne nadine vega born july 11, 1959 is an american singersongwriter, musician and record producer, best known for her folkinspired music vega s music career spans more than 30 years. Oct 11, 2008 a video with lyrics i made for the song a small blue thing of susanne vega i dont own the song nor the pictuers, i just edited it most of the pictuers are fr.
Luka is a song written and performed by suzanne vega. Suzanne vega so lancaria outro disco tres anos depois, em 2001. This version of the song appears on her 2010 release, closeup, vol. She came to prominence in the mid 1980s, releasing four singles that entered the top 40 charts in the uk during the 1980s and 1990s, including marlene on the wall, left of center, luka and. Song information for small blue thing suzanne vega on allmusic. It was released as a single in 1987 and first featured on vega s album, solitude standing. Stream ad free or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. The best of suzanne vega is a greatest hits album by the american singersongwriter suzanne vega, released in 2003. Suzanne vega lyrics 102 song lyrics sorted by album, including luka, toms diner, walk on the wild side. Suzanne vega born suzanne nadine vega on 11 july 1959 in santa monica, california is an american singersongwriter noted for her eclectic folkinspired music. Download suzanne vega suzanne vega in hires stereo. Today i am a small blue thing like a marble or an eye with my knees against my mouth i am perfectly.
Other songs from her early period abound including straight lines, small blue thing, cracking, and a wonderful medley of ironboundfancy poultry. This album was one of four that vega would release between 2010 and 2012, most of. Today i am a small blue thing like a marble or an eye with my knees against my mouth i am per. The album consists of rerecordings of songs from vega s back catalogue with strippeddown arrangements that highlight her lyrics and melodies. Although restricted to what vega has defined as love songs, five of the tracks would be in my own top 10 suzanne vega works of any kind. Suzanne vega is the selftitled debut album by suzanne vega. Download soft rock album by suzanne vega suzanne vega 2018 sacdr. The lyrics of the song deal with the issue of child abuse about a child called luka, who is unable to talk about the abuse he is suffering. Suzanne vega will again perform in nyc on january 8, 2011 when she plays town hall with marc cohn. Ogdenss nut gone flake lyrics, free of hope lyrics. Today i am a small blue thing, like a marble or an eye. Produced by patti smith guitarist lenny kaye, the sound is softly sculpted by kayes silvery guitar and an airy, occaisonal string section, matching the dreamlike introspection of queen and the soldier and the surreal word play of small blue thing.
My recording is a blend of his soundboard feed along with the dpa microphones placed at the center of the room about 30 feet back from the stage. Vega opened the show a cappella, with toms diner, which would be transformed by bootleg djs into a top eurodance track some years later. Today i am a small blue thing like a marble or an eye with my knees against my mouth i am perfectly round i am watching you i am cold against your skin you are perfectly reflected i am lost inside your pocket. Suzanne is reinterpreting and rerecording her catalog in an acoustic, intimate, and personal manner, and releasing them as 4 new thematic albums over the course of 20102011. Two of vega s songs both from her second album solitude standing, 1987 reached the top 10 of various international chart listings. The album consists of rerecordings of songs from vegas back catalogue with strippeddown arrangements that highlight her. And you would be free then once i thought only tears could make us free salt wearing down to the bone like sand against the stone against the shoreline i am friend to the undertow i take you in, i dont let go and now i have you i wanted to learn all the secrets from the edge of a knife from the point of a needle from a diamond from a bullet in. Suzanne vega live at warfield theatre, aug 6, 1987 early at. Like cohen, vega observes the world in poetic metaphor, her cold urban. Like ian, she sings with a precise, frequently halfspoken phrasing that gives her lyrics an intensity that seems to suggest an unsteady control consciously held over emotional chaos. Listen online to suzanne vega caramel and see which albums it appears on. The discography of american singer suzanne vega consists of nine studio albums of original material, four acoustic albums plus one acoustic boxset, two compilation albums, and four live albums.
Songs in red and gray retomou o estilo dos dois primeiros albuns gravados pela cantora, apresentando o folk como essencia. Marlene on the wall film director leslie liebman 1985. Suzanne vega live at the bottom line 1986 2020 download. Suzanne vega straight lines live 2019 free download. Vega s philosophical, quiet, but confident approach would open the door for a second. Produced by lenny kaye and steve addabbo, the songs feature vegas acoustic guitar in straightforward arrangements. Suzanne vega suzanne vega lyrics and tracklist genius. Though born in california, vega has lived most of her life in. Produced by patti smith guitarist lenny kaye, the sound is softly sculpted by kayes silvery guitar and an. Suzanne vega suzanne vega 2018 sacd free download hi.
This was suzanne s first offering she followed this up with solitude standing best track on that was luka. Suzanne vega live at the bottom line 1986 2020 size. The sharply picked acoustic guitar and other isolated musical elements echo the closely observed scenes everything seems to be in tight close. Playing via spotify playing via youtube playback options. Though early comparisons were made to joni mitchell, suzanne vegas true antecedents were janis ian and leonard cohen. Suzanne nadine vega born july 11, 1959 is an american singersongwriter, musician and record producer, best known for her folkinspired music vegas music career spans more than 30 years. Jul, 20 suzanne vega small blue thing lets take a look at the lyric and see how the song starts, and more importantly, if the simile breaks down during the song. The reworking of gypsy, for example, is completely faithful to the original, but subtley different, like forgive me the process that ages the face of ravishing beauty.
Today i am a small blue thing like a marble or an eye with my knees against my mouth i am. On this we have her albatross marlene on the wall a song i can never tire of listening to, the other outstanding track is small blue thing if memory serves the vinyl live version of this track is better but still this is song writing in its finest art form. Buy mp3 music online suzanne vega suzanne vega vinyl suzanne vega. Produced by lenny kaye and steve addabbo, the songs feature vegas acoustic guitar in. Though not the songs that would put her on the pop music mapthat would come with 1987s solitude standingvegas first album shows her folky songwriting origins and, song for song, may still be her best. The first song is vega s a capella version of toms diner and the closer is the dna remix. Today i am a small blue thing like a marble or an eye with my knees against my mouth i am perfectly round i am watching you i am cold. Suzanne vega sings small blue thing 2010 version the. A video was released for the albums song marlene on the wall, which went into.
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