Suzanne Vega – Tom’s Diner
An evening pause: I like the simplicity, as it forces you to listen to the words.
Hat tip Wayne DeVette.
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My favorite Suzanne Vega song!
Joe–
way cool!
-This original version was used by Karl Heinz Brandenburg to fine-tune the MP3 audio-compression codec his team invented. (There’s audio/video of him relating the whole entire history of the mp3 format– great stuff.)
In contrast to the “digitally compressed” version, check this out:
Suzanne Vega records “Tom’s Diner” onto a wax cylinder at Thomas Edison National Historical Park (2012)
https://youtu.be/RT8Y6VCTdvA
(2:20)
Just imagine
if instea-d
she had simply tweeted the lines …
The Toms Diner is the famous “Reataurant” sign from Seinfeld – Toms Restaurant, actually, right by Columbia (SV went to Barnard)