Suzanne Vega - Tom's Diner (Live At Royal Albert Hall/1986)

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  • Опубликовано: 16 ноя 2021
  • Music video by Suzanne Vega performing Tom's Diner (Live At Royal Albert Hall/1986). An A&M Records Release; © 1986 UMG Recordings, Inc., Courtesy of A&M Records under license from Universal Music Enterprisespop
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  • @ginotarabotto
    @ginotarabotto 2 года назад +969

    this song is weird and awesome at the same time. love it.

    • @dreamcast.0
      @dreamcast.0 2 года назад +8

      what's weird abt it? /gen

    • @matrixofdeath
      @matrixofdeath 2 года назад +19

      @@dreamcast.0 The tempo, the pause, soupirs, but it's perfect in its own way leaving space for great remixes with that diamond clear voice :)

    • @B05S
      @B05S 2 года назад +4

      Is this song I thought she was reading a poem 😆

    • @dreamcast.0
      @dreamcast.0 2 года назад +2

      @@B05S yes it's a song.

    • @user-fk6oz9wz2n
      @user-fk6oz9wz2n Год назад

      @@matrixofdeath ь

  • @williamk2803
    @williamk2803 2 года назад +911

    That’s is the greatest show of respect I’ve ever seen an artist achieve, that crowd was dead SILENT, with made the performance even more eerily remarkable. Like that’s insane , not one person was making a sound , so amazing, I’m blown away.

    • @clarissawalker5210
      @clarissawalker5210 2 года назад +17

      The audience is ALWAYS part of the performance.

    • @growthandunderstanding
      @growthandunderstanding Год назад +6

      What an astute point! Thank you!

    • @exitido
      @exitido Год назад +6

      0:48

    • @z4nd4r
      @z4nd4r Год назад +17

      The person at 0:48 was silently choked out by other people in the audience.

    • @spoofyman
      @spoofyman Год назад +5

      When people acted humane simpler times

  • @matthewwilkes6065
    @matthewwilkes6065 2 года назад +336

    Effortlessly performed. We need more of this style of music to settle down the overburdened mind in the chaotic world we live in now.

    • @alex_chugaev
      @alex_chugaev 2 года назад +4

      Can’t agree more 👍🏻

    • @daCubanaqt
      @daCubanaqt Месяц назад

      This type of music isn’t what you hear on the radio. It is out there, it’s just not the popular stuff.

  • @Imran-Emu
    @Imran-Emu 2 года назад +293

    Her voice is so sensational. ❤️

    • @PuritART
      @PuritART 2 года назад +1

      Why?

    • @sergioruiz5218
      @sergioruiz5218 Год назад +2

      its a very soothing beautifull voice !

    • @robersniper
      @robersniper Год назад +2

      @@PuritART good, but not awsome

    • @beetea2886
      @beetea2886 Год назад

      ​@@PuritART because her pitch is fine af and her intonation is beautiful. She has this realistic vibe

  • @javier0027
    @javier0027 2 года назад +191

    It's not just the story of this song, is more how is being interpreted by the author, it is kind of a piece of art.

  • @ryand6150
    @ryand6150 Год назад +121

    never knew this song was so old, it has such a 90s vibe to it.

    • @epiphany501
      @epiphany501 Год назад +9

      Agreed. I would guess 1993. That's odd. I was just thinking that and read this comment .

    • @user-cs4bp5me5h
      @user-cs4bp5me5h Год назад +1

      Me too

    • @mr.mesmermanasmr1558
      @mr.mesmermanasmr1558 Год назад +5

      It gained more fame in 1990 when DNA made it into a dance mix.

    • @BassBunnyMusic
      @BassBunnyMusic 5 месяцев назад

      Came here to say this. Similar story to Miss Jane - It's a fine day, Covered by ATB, Opus III, and recently Cloonee

  • @everydaydre1185
    @everydaydre1185 Год назад +37

    The power of keeping an audience focused and locked in

  • @MC-rr5iz
    @MC-rr5iz 2 года назад +179

    I'm almost 50 years old. I learned this song when I was a teenager and even though I never tried to sing it in almost 35 years, I still remember all the words and inflections of her voice. Magic?

    • @shiwanikhokhar1993
      @shiwanikhokhar1993 Год назад +1

      Another teenager here Sir...

    • @pooryorick831
      @pooryorick831 11 месяцев назад +2

      Yeah. I'm a little older, I was in my early twenties. And then 35 years later the melody popped into my head and I had to hear it. It was like a ghost from the past came up and tapped my shoulder.
      It was raining the first time I heard it. That was in the car. I liked the song "Luka" so I bought the cassette. I was leaving Tower Records. I pulled off the wrapper, stuck it in and this comes on. And it has stuck with me all these years.

    • @gevinprathibha5408
      @gevinprathibha5408 4 месяца назад

      please do some basic algebra first,

  • @worldissuesmatter1643
    @worldissuesmatter1643 Год назад +35

    I am in awe of the fact that the people who developed audio compression used this song to test it. That’s when you know you area talent.

    • @rumblefish9
      @rumblefish9 10 месяцев назад +1

      They used this song because the original was recorded acapella. Her voice was so clear it made it easier for researchers to tell how much audio quality loss was due to compression

    • @daCubanaqt
      @daCubanaqt Месяц назад +1

      Yes, those engineers were very talented!!!

  • @Jere00249
    @Jere00249 2 года назад +45

    Her voice is everything

  • @baba-yoshino
    @baba-yoshino 2 года назад +196

    It still gives me goosebumps

    • @PuritART
      @PuritART 2 года назад

      Why?

    • @CaptainNab
      @CaptainNab Год назад

      I dont understand it but it made me cry

    • @asdrubal4523
      @asdrubal4523 Год назад

      Is called nostalgia 😢

    • @manuelmenendez5691
      @manuelmenendez5691 6 месяцев назад

      Me too. It gave me goosebumps and also nearly made me cry

  • @brenoleal741
    @brenoleal741 2 года назад +55

    Suzanne Vega, the first ASMR artist

    • @rumblefish9
      @rumblefish9 2 года назад

      I have been saying this forever. When she says "cool" you really feel it.

  • @timothinking9855
    @timothinking9855 Год назад +22

    Back when memories were amazing and when something like this was made people simply talked about it. No photos, no cell phones, I get it was recorded, and you could later purchase the vhs, but audience members weren't recording it, just sitting in awe listening.

  • @mymobile5014
    @mymobile5014 4 дня назад

    I saw this when it was first released and I've never got over it. I continue to play it now and again even now, 40 years later.

  • @antoxnsoekanto4529
    @antoxnsoekanto4529 2 года назад +25

    The 80' crowd is something else

  • @carolinagarzao
    @carolinagarzao 2 года назад +23

    The public is so respectful

  • @aodiogo
    @aodiogo 2 года назад +37

    So relaxing. Thank you Suzanne ❤️ March 14 2022

  • @HerStoryofMusic
    @HerStoryofMusic 11 месяцев назад +4

    OG spoken poetry. One of the most beautiful set of lyrics ever made ❤

  • @brianhatcher2799
    @brianhatcher2799 Год назад +7

    Her voice is absolutely incredible, but man, I was hoping for the subtle music, the bells, and the constant do-do-do that plays throughout the radio version, but mad props to her for just belting it without any of those extra details.👍 Now off to hear the radio version!!🎉

  • @MsKeiaDaBaddest
    @MsKeiaDaBaddest 2 года назад +48

    So simple and easy to digest, a work of art!

  • @burtontrent5121
    @burtontrent5121 Год назад +7

    Absolutely brilliant! Suzanne is really blessed with so much Talent.

  • @MilitaryBeauty
    @MilitaryBeauty Год назад +7

    Her voice is amazing for story telling

  • @peteramodio
    @peteramodio 2 года назад +70

    I was there, near the front, left of Center!

  • @tatjanabrand3517
    @tatjanabrand3517 Год назад +5

    Unbelievable. WOW!!! I love this song and Susan Vegas voice is so smart and lovely and special! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

  • @arunca190
    @arunca190 2 года назад +1613

    Takes a lot of nerve to do this. That alone is amazing. So minimal, no backing track, no support of any kind. And she pretty young then. And the respectful crowd. Unheard of these days.

    • @peteramodio
      @peteramodio 2 года назад +33

      Could have heard a pin drop! 💕

    • @paulasmith3374
      @paulasmith3374 2 года назад +13

      Duh duh da da duh duh da da duh duh da da da da da da.

    • @luisotre
      @luisotre 2 года назад +13

      It’s like poetry

    • @aarongiles4885
      @aarongiles4885 2 года назад +3

      Very true

    • @shantanubondre2004
      @shantanubondre2004 2 года назад +14

      @@paulasmith3374 google translate translates your comment as
      Spirit spirit yes yes spirit spirit yes yes spirit Yes yes yes yes yes

  • @FirstnameLastname-cp9lr
    @FirstnameLastname-cp9lr 2 года назад +22

    Recently discovered this masterpiece...
    👏👏👏👏

    • @wesss9353
      @wesss9353 2 года назад

      yo
      i haven't heard this song since the 7th grade

    • @clearskies
      @clearskies 2 года назад

      Hang on, you haven't heard the dna remix??

  • @SiennaHall-tx8ps
    @SiennaHall-tx8ps Год назад +9

    I'm 30 years old , and I love this song, still

    • @Respector399
      @Respector399 17 дней назад

      Im 34🎉🎉🎉 my sister. Lost.

  • @kevinbell3700
    @kevinbell3700 Год назад +30

    I love Suzanne's voice and this a brilliant piece. Superb.

  • @fineassling3879
    @fineassling3879 Год назад +10

    This was just magical I can literally watch this always

  • @guspeake6167
    @guspeake6167 Год назад +7

    Forgotten what a class act she is. Simply sublime.

  • @kealivy
    @kealivy 2 года назад +90

    this song is like a Seinfeld episode. its like, about nothing but also relatable and incredible?

    • @sharkybuddy5192
      @sharkybuddy5192 2 года назад +4

      It mentions toms restaurant too

    • @rumblefish9
      @rumblefish9 2 года назад +9

      Its a lot more than you think it is. She wrote it about her days spent at Tom's Restaurant in NY. She would stay there all day. The story is about someone going about their mundane day but feeling alienated from everyone around her. She is watching everyone as a viewer would but not part of it. She is not bitter. Alienation is not bitterness. If anything she is emotionally disconnected from everyone--just watching everything unfold. She says in an essay that: she “felt as though he saw the world through a pane of glass.” The part about the actor dying was her reading about the death of actor William Holden (she didn't know who he was). Parts of the song also deal with the things she used to do with another folk singer, Jack Hardy, like picnicking at midnight on the steps of the cathedral. She explains it in detail in a New York Times essay

    • @brianhatcher2799
      @brianhatcher2799 Год назад

      When you’re by yourself in a restaurant it can be easy to feel that way sometimes. Thanks for sharing that story. That’s why this song is so relatable.

  • @ljh4880
    @ljh4880 2 года назад +33

    This is a poetry which has so much meaning inside it... looks weird and discursive, yet when you try to interpret it... you will find something that very relate to real life...

  • @TheSoteriologist
    @TheSoteriologist 2 года назад +48

    A year later we drove to and through Spain for 7700 km with a Fiat Uno and a Citroën 2CV and constantly listened to the album this is from. I was obsessed with _"Solitude Standing"_ .

  • @kailovesgacha
    @kailovesgacha 2 месяца назад +1

    She’s so beautiful. And what an amazing voice. This song was played in my school and we all loved it.

  • @achuthaprakash1064
    @achuthaprakash1064 2 года назад +23

    Such a cool song, I like the music the vocals and the lyrics -- all are top notch

  • @bobbymoss6160
    @bobbymoss6160 8 месяцев назад +1

    You'll never see an audience this respectful ever again. This was absolutely amazing the artist and the audience.

  • @nickbuchanan190
    @nickbuchanan190 Год назад +3

    Love you Suzanne! One of the greatest songwriters of our time!!

  • @Nebafyer_DandD
    @Nebafyer_DandD 4 месяца назад +1

    "Does she see me? No, she does not really see me, 'cus she sees her own reflection..." Is such a metaphorically resonate line.

  • @anthonyquiroz96
    @anthonyquiroz96 8 месяцев назад +2

    Reminds me of how sweet a mother sounds when she sings to her kids while they fall asleep.

  • @axy_the_alien7034
    @axy_the_alien7034 9 месяцев назад +1

    I love how this simplistic poem like song starts off, with a simple tempo and simple story but slowly goes to reflect that of a metaphorical, slow narrative that turns right around and leaves you relaxed but restless, wanting to know more about what this person has gone through

  • @kamilfingr371
    @kamilfingr371 Год назад +4

    What a mesmerizing voice.

  • @fenriswolflp-verlierenmits5952
    @fenriswolflp-verlierenmits5952 2 года назад +5

    I love that song. I heard it on the radio when I was a teenager.

  • @cmonkey63
    @cmonkey63 2 месяца назад +2

    The audience let her sing the song without interruption. Such respect. Do do do doot....

  • @jamesirungu8809
    @jamesirungu8809 2 года назад +7

    Great lyrics , u can hear her breathing between the verses.....no auto tune .

  • @volkanerrgun
    @volkanerrgun Год назад +6

    Dear Suzanne Vega the great,
    Thank you for everything you have done for music.Each note and key change have been an inspiration for me and many others I am sure.
    All the best.
    As always;
    Keep rockin'❤

  • @D33Lux
    @D33Lux 11 месяцев назад +4

    Such a great voice with no auto-tune.

  • @ScienceFoundation
    @ScienceFoundation Год назад +1

    I close my eyes mouth along to the words. It takes me there and by the time the song is done I have to be startled back to reality.

  • @KiranKumar_46
    @KiranKumar_46 Год назад +2

    Storytelling at it's best!

  • @richardhare3996
    @richardhare3996 6 месяцев назад +1

    This is just SO beautiful but the whole album is amazing ❤❤

  • @vesterchampify
    @vesterchampify Год назад +2

    Such a professional. Wow!

  • @shonjayeedwards7130
    @shonjayeedwards7130 Месяц назад +1

    2024 checking in

  • @JesusChrist-yh4pi
    @JesusChrist-yh4pi 2 месяца назад +1

    This is art and it moves me. I dont know why i'm tearing up but i am.

  • @silpancho566
    @silpancho566 Месяц назад

    amazing. l have hear this song lots of this, but this is the first time l had pay attention.....you are

  • @saleenz9643
    @saleenz9643 2 года назад +3

    Thank you so much for this upload! Woke up humming this tune, spent 15 minutes searching before finding a link from an obscure forum. Much appreciated!

  • @jaimeduncan6167
    @jaimeduncan6167 Год назад +2

    She is someone of this beautiful moments. This is the stuff magic is build from, hundreds of humans really putting their minds in a single directions, full of discovery.

  • @zeeqwan6477
    @zeeqwan6477 2 года назад +5

    Still chill as heck

  • @luisotre
    @luisotre 2 года назад +27

    This makes me think the human experience is both beautiful and pointless at the same time but I’ll choose to love it just the same while it’s here and before it goes away for me at least

  • @truesamuraiHisashi
    @truesamuraiHisashi 2 года назад +8

    Beautiful! A great cut of our society. I can keep listening to forever. Thank you! ^_^

  • @ScienceFoundation
    @ScienceFoundation Год назад +8

    She once said in an interview that she likes to open or close with this song because it brings the audience to a dead quiet. Mrs. Vega, if you ever happen to read this I assure you we wouldn't mind if you did both.

  • @quinquiln14
    @quinquiln14 2 года назад +3

    This is great thank you!!!!

  • @MikeK2100
    @MikeK2100 9 месяцев назад +1

    I thought so and had to see if their is an a cappella version and what a surprise to find out it actually is from the beginning. A glimpse of the spirit of everyday life for me.

  • @davidshepherd2994
    @davidshepherd2994 3 месяца назад

    What a voice this gal has - absolute quality!!!!

  • @ChandaWalker-zt7gd
    @ChandaWalker-zt7gd 9 месяцев назад

    I love this unique song I've always did I grew up to this ty Suzanne Vega we as kids was sooooo excited when this song first played on stations and they played it at the roller rink we had so much fun😊🌎🌎🌎🌎🌎🌎🌎🌎🌎🌎🌎🌎🌎🌎🌎🌎🌎🌎🌎🌎🌎🌎🌎🌎🌎🌎🌎🌎🌎 TY ICON!

  • @gregvaldez6127
    @gregvaldez6127 9 дней назад

    That was badass

  • @mrlucasftw42
    @mrlucasftw42 9 месяцев назад +1

    What a song!

  • @mylovevega
    @mylovevega 2 года назад +5

    I am thinking of your voice...Aways thanks.

  • @cannoli_aoli
    @cannoli_aoli 5 месяцев назад

    That was awesome! I love how the crowd was silent. 👏

  • @sm1137
    @sm1137 Год назад +1

    Talent

  • @dmitryponsov2870
    @dmitryponsov2870 Год назад

    One love! Music from childhood! Tnx!

  • @rjformation9038
    @rjformation9038 3 месяца назад

    Wow thats amazing and audience has so much respect, no one is shouting or interrupting

  • @Vansa962
    @Vansa962 2 месяца назад

    So adorable

  • @yerbanohay1
    @yerbanohay1 Год назад

    I come again and again to hear this.

  • @shiwanikhokhar1993
    @shiwanikhokhar1993 11 месяцев назад

    This one's on repeat 🔁

  • @jacquelinemcmenamin8204
    @jacquelinemcmenamin8204 2 года назад +4

    I saw her at the Kings Hall in Belfast in 1981.

  • @johnnyacosta9088
    @johnnyacosta9088 2 года назад +9

    Uff esa voz hermosa 💜

  • @aminanwar7438
    @aminanwar7438 Год назад

    Thank you madam.

  • @josefreitasoliveira4547
    @josefreitasoliveira4547 2 года назад +7

    Linda de lindo sucesso 💓

  • @gravity7208
    @gravity7208 2 года назад +1

    wow this is amazing.

  • @andyandy2579
    @andyandy2579 Год назад

    kaind of meditation. 5 minuts in the bar captured by the woman in hurry. No rythem in words, but capured life, like a picture. It blows my mind. The sipmplicity

  • @elotroichifer
    @elotroichifer 9 месяцев назад +1

    Sublime!

  • @bigbiemacaw
    @bigbiemacaw 2 года назад +7

    This song is everything, love the new version flying around tiktok atm As well, it should help the views on this...who's here to hear this for the 1st time in there life because they heard the one on tiktok by the German band..or ate they French.

    • @astrizia
      @astrizia 2 года назад

      German... AnnenMayKantereit with Giant Rooks

  • @trexinvert
    @trexinvert 10 месяцев назад

    I always liked this song ever since it played on my cassette player when I bought it.
    For anyone who feels uncomfortable when eating alone in public,
    you do not feel alone when you start to notice the world happening around you.

  • @RobertaG556
    @RobertaG556 5 месяцев назад

    Wowwww Brilliant ❤

  • @Sherinery
    @Sherinery 2 года назад +3

    Amazing 🤩👏❤️⭐️⭐️⭐️

  • @ruqaiyahkhatab6061
    @ruqaiyahkhatab6061 Год назад +1

    Maybe if I sing my English lessons in class to this hypnotic tune I'll get the attention from students that she receives from her audience.

  • @thomaslewis6361
    @thomaslewis6361 4 месяца назад

    Beautiful..!😊🙂👏👏

  • @winstonbrandt7900
    @winstonbrandt7900 5 месяцев назад

    Great song, great song, great song.... BTW did I mention,,,, great song. Sing it again for us!

  • @johndownie5867
    @johndownie5867 Год назад

    i love suzanne vega ever since the early nineties xxxx

  • @johnrockwell6540
    @johnrockwell6540 Год назад

    Amazing

  • @musicmonkalive
    @musicmonkalive Год назад

    F f f this is awesome, i have been listening to this song for ......i guess more than 14 years, i love it

  • @TV-bl5vf
    @TV-bl5vf 2 года назад

    Thanks

  • @davidobrien3897
    @davidobrien3897 Год назад

    AMAZING WITH NO BAND BEHIND HER !!! SO CREATIVE

  • @alxklochkov
    @alxklochkov Год назад

    Just great.

  • @JRBeast-nw3xg
    @JRBeast-nw3xg 2 года назад

    Awesome!

  • @nandanjena9329
    @nandanjena9329 8 дней назад

    Well invested 2 minute 37 sec of my life❤

  • @Wolkenpilot
    @Wolkenpilot 11 месяцев назад

    Nice love story.Thanks

  • @alisalah4017
    @alisalah4017 10 месяцев назад

    One of the best songs in 90s

  • @lifewithmarleyandjon4616
    @lifewithmarleyandjon4616 Год назад

    Beautiful lyrics

  • @daliacastello2608
    @daliacastello2608 Год назад

    No kidding the respect and only her voice I would enjoy an event like this

  • @Lisabeth458
    @Lisabeth458 Год назад +1

    Bravo 👌🏼😃🥰