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[[Suzanne Vega]] is a woman with a heavenly voice, and equally divine music to cushion it. She's known chiefly by the mainstream for “Luka” & “Tom’s Diner”, but her entire career is something to appreciate.
"Tom's Diner" was used as the reference track in an early trial of the [[
Another notable song is "The Queen And The Soldier" (1985), the characters of which have an active fandom to this day.
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* ''[[Self-Titled Album|Suzanne Vega]]'' (1985)
* ''Solitude Standing'' (1987), [[The One With...]] the aformentioned "Tom's Diner" and "Luka".
* ''Days of Open Hand'' (1990)
* ''99.9F°'' (1992)
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* ''Songs in Red and Gray'' (2001)
* ''Beauty and Crime'' (2007)
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* [[Answer Song]]: "(I'll Never Be) Your Maggie May", in answer to [[Captain Obvious|Rod Stewart's "Maggie May".]]
* [[Anvils That Needed to Be Dropped]] - "Luka" - Child abuse and how no one should ignore the plight of the children enduring it.
** The [[Lyrical Dissonance]] makes the song even more anvilicious when people pay attention to the lyrics, and so they should.
* [[Cut Himself Shaving]] - "Luka," a song very obviously about child abuse, runs with the "walked into the door again" approach in amidst claims of being clumsy and recommendations not to ask.
* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: The lyrics to "World Before Columbus" is based on the myth that [[Common Knowledge|Columbus made his journey to prove that the world is round]]. Granted, it's only used as a metaphor.
* [[Driven to Suicide]]: "Straight Lines" could very well be about this, while "In Liverpool" is pretty unambiguously about this.
* [[Everyone Is Jesus in Purgatory]]: Vega says "The Queen and the Soldier" is about power, but it can and has been interpreted as just about any subject where someone supresses their wants for the good of others.
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* [[Non-Appearing Title]] - "Tom's Diner". The name of the diner the singer is in is never mentioned in the lyrics.
** Also "Penitent", "Woman on the Tier" (though the subtitle, "I'll See You Through", does appear) and "Gypsy".
* [[Rape
* [[Refrain From Assuming]] – Her most famous song is not "My Name Is Luka", it's just "Luka".
* [[Shout
** "Calypso" is about the Greek goddess Calypso, as seen in the Odyssey.
** "Frank and Ava" describes the relationship between Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner
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