
Suzanne Vega (born July 11, 1959) is an United States songwriter and singer. She was born in Santa Monica, California, but, at the age of one, moved with her mother and her stepfather to New York City, where she grew up in a socially problematic area. At the age of nine she began to write poems; she wrote her first song at 14. Later she attended the New York High School of Performing Arts (the school seen in the film and musical ''Fame (movie, TV series, and theme song)''), where she studied modern dance. Music, however, was her first love. While she was an English language literature major at Columbia University's Barnard College, she performed in small venues in Greenwich Village. In 1984 in music she received a major label record contract. Suzanne's Suzanne Vega (album) album was released in 1985 in music and was well received by critics. The songs are straightforward and oppose the 'bigger is better' slogan of the mid-1980s. They are not typical protest songs, but are Introspection, in the manner of the singer-songwriters of the 1970s, such as Leonard Cohen. Her sophomore effort, ''Solitude Standing'' (1987 in music), contained two successful single (music): "Tom's Diner" (a hit later remixed by two British dance producers under the name DNA (producers), not to be confused with the no wave band DNA (band)) and "Luka". "Luka" is written from the point of view of an abused child—uncommon for a popular music hit. The music is more strongly pop-oriented compared with her first album. Vega's third album, ''Days of Open Hand'' (1990 in music) signified a change in style: the music became more experimental and the lyrics expressed greater emotion. The album lacked hit single material and is best considered as a whole. 1992 in music saw the release of the album ''99.9F°'' ("ninety-nine point nine Fahrenheit degree (temperature)s"). It consists of an eclectic mixture of folk music, Dance music and industrial music. This gives a sunny quality to the work in contrast to the previous album. The songs are short and the lyric style compressed. The fifth album, ''Nine Objects of Desire'', was released in 1996 in music. The music varies between a frugal, simple style and the industrial production of ''99.9F°''. This album contains "Caramel", featured in the film ''Truth About Cats and Dogs'', and "Dead Man Walking", a song from the soundtrack of a Dead Man Walking. September 2001 in music saw the release of a new album, ''Songs In Red and Grey''. The subject matter deals with Vega's divorce from her ex-husband, record producer Mitchell Froom. At the memorial concert for the death of her brother Timothy Vega in December, 2002 she began as the subject of a cinema verite documentary Some Journey, by documentary director Christopher Seufert. This is rumoured to be released in 2006. In 2003 in music, the twenty-one-song greatest hits compilation ''Retrospective: The Best of Suzanne Vega'' was released. (The United Kingdom version of ''Retrospective'' included an eight-song bonus CD as well as a DVD containing twelve songs.) She is planning to go into the recording studios in the autumn 2005, with the aim of releasing a new studio album in early 2006. Vega has a daughter, Ruby Froom. In computing circles, she is known for her song Tom's Diner, which was used as the reference track in an early trial of the MP3 compression system. ==Discography== *Suzanne Vega (album), 1985 *Solitude Standing, 1987 *Days of Open Hand, 1990 *99.9F°, 1992 *Nine Objects of Desire, 1996 *Songs in Red and Gray, 2001 ==External links== *[http://www.suzannevega.com SuzanneVega.com] - Suzanne Vega's official website *[http://www.SuzanneVegaFilm.com Suzanne Vega Documentary] by Mooncusser Films & Christopher Seufert 1959 births American songwriters Female singers United States musicians
Does anyone know why about half the pages turned up on Google list Vega's birthday as August 12 and the other half list it as July 11? I'm leaving the text as it is, since I'm taking the author at his/her word that vega.net is the official Suzanne Vega site (could be anyone at that site, really--an overzealous fan, a cybersquatter, or suzanne vega). I'm just curious about the date though. That's disorienting. --KQ ''Don't know the reason, but I can confirm its July 11th. See http://www.vega.net/co98.htm for a v. old email from Vega herself that mentions the date.'' -- User:GWO Ok, thanks. I see it about halfway down. Apparently she's been dogged by this misinfo for some time: "I want to thank everybody for the wonderful birthday greetings - yes, it is July 11!! Not in August!!" Odd. --user:Koyaanis Qatsi ---- If anyone decides to write up the New York Performing Arts scholl, please note that there are several references to this in the wikipedia, all pointing to slightly different names (search "performing arts school") none exist as articles yet. They may of course be different places! -- User:SGBailey 21:58 Jan 1, 2003 (UTC)
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Suzanne Vega (born July 11, 1959) is an United States songwriter and singer. She was born in Santa Monica, California, but, at the age of one, moved with her mother and her stepfather to New York City, where she grew up in a socially problematic area. At the age of nine she began to write poems; she wrote her first song at 14. Later she attended the New York High School of Performing Arts (the school seen in the film and musical ''Fame (movie, TV series, and theme song)''), where she studied modern dance. Music, however, was her first love. While she was an English language literature major at Columbia University's Barnard College, she performed in small venues in Greenwich Village. In 1984 in music she received a major label record contract. Suzanne's Suzanne Vega (album) album was released in 1985 in music and was well received by critics. The songs are straightforward and oppose the 'bigger is better' slogan of the mid-1980s. They are not typical protest songs, but are Introspection, in the manner of the singer-songwriters of the 1970s, such as Leonard Cohen. Her sophomore effort, ''Solitude Standing'' (1987 in music), contained two successful single (music): "Tom's Diner" (a hit later remixed by two British dance producers under the name DNA (producers), not to be confused with the no wave band DNA (band)) and "Luka". "Luka" is written from the point of view of an abused child—uncommon for a popular music hit. The music is more strongly pop-oriented compared with her first album. Vega's third album, ''Days of Open Hand'' (1990 in music) signified a change in style: the music became more experimental and the lyrics expressed greater emotion. The album lacked hit single material and is best considered as a whole. 1992 in music saw the release of the album ''99.9F°'' ("ninety-nine point nine Fahrenheit degree (temperature)s"). It consists of an eclectic mixture of folk music, Dance music and industrial music. This gives a sunny quality to the work in contrast to the previous album. The songs are short and the lyric style compressed. The fifth album, ''Nine Objects of Desire'', was released in 1996 in music. The music varies between a frugal, simple style and the industrial production of ''99.9F°''. This album contains "Caramel", featured in the film ''Truth About Cats and Dogs'', and "Dead Man Walking", a song from the soundtrack of a Dead Man Walking. September 2001 in music saw the release of a new album, ''Songs In Red and Grey''. The subject matter deals with Vega's divorce from her ex-husband, record producer Mitchell Froom. At the memorial concert for the death of her brother Timothy Vega in December, 2002 she began as the subject of a cinema verite documentary Some Journey, by documentary director Christopher Seufert. This is rumoured to be released in 2006. In 2003 in music, the twenty-one-song greatest hits compilation ''Retrospective: The Best of Suzanne Vega'' was released. (The United Kingdom version of ''Retrospective'' included an eight-song bonus CD as well as a DVD containing twelve songs.) She is planning to go into the recording studios in the autumn 2005, with the aim of releasing a new studio album in early 2006. Vega has a daughter, Ruby Froom. In computing circles, she is known for her song Tom's Diner, which was used as the reference track in an early trial of the MP3 compression system. ==Discography== *Suzanne Vega (album), 1985 *Solitude Standing, 1987 *Days of Open Hand, 1990 *99.9F°, 1992 *Nine Objects of Desire, 1996 *Songs in Red and Gray, 2001 ==External links== *[http://www.suzannevega.com SuzanneVega.com] - Suzanne Vega's official website *[http://www.SuzanneVegaFilm.com Suzanne Vega Documentary] by Mooncusser Films & Christopher Seufert 1959 births American songwriters Female singers United States musicians
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Does anyone know why about half the pages turned up on Google list Vega's birthday as August 12 and the other half list it as July 11? I'm leaving the text as it is, since I'm taking the author at his/her word that vega.net is the official Suzanne Vega site (could be anyone at that site, really--an overzealous fan, a cybersquatter, or suzanne vega). I'm just curious about the date though. That's disorienting. --KQ ''Don't know the reason, but I can confirm its July 11th. See http://www.vega.net/co98.htm for a v. old email from Vega herself that mentions the date.'' -- User:GWO Ok, thanks. I see it about halfway down. Apparently she's been dogged by this misinfo for some time: "I want to thank everybody for the wonderful birthday greetings - yes, it is July 11!! Not in August!!" Odd. --user:Koyaanis Qatsi ---- If anyone decides to write up the New York Performing Arts scholl, please note that there are several references to this in the wikipedia, all pointing to slightly different names (search "performing arts school") none exist as articles yet. They may of course be different places! -- User:SGBailey 21:58 Jan 1, 2003 (UTC)
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