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Line 1: {{~~work~~creator}} [[File:Suzanne_Vega_364.jpg\|frame]] [[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 [[~~MP 3~~MP3]] compression system, earning her the distinction of being the Mother of the [[~~MP 3~~MP3]]. It was chosen because her a capella vocal with relatively little reverberation was used as the model for Karlheinz Brandenburg's compression algorithm. Brandenburg heard "Tom's Diner" on a radio playing the song. He was excited and at first convinced it would be “nearly impossible to compress this warm a capella voice.” Another notable song is "The Queen And The Soldier" (1985), the characters of which have an active fandom to this day. {{creatorworks\|Albums\|released}} ~~----~~ ~~She has released the following albums:~~ * ''[[Self-Titled Album\|Suzanne Vega]]'' (1985) * ''Solitude Standing'' (1987), [[The One With...]] the aformentioned "Tom's Diner" and "Luka". Line 17 ⟶ 16: * ''Songs in Red and Gray'' (2001) * ''Beauty and Crime'' (2007) ~~----~~ ~~=== Tropes [[Suzanne Vega]] provides: ===~~ {{creatortropes}} * [[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. Line 34 ⟶ 31: * [[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 Asas Drama]]: "Bad Wisdom" seems from the lyrics to be about a child who's been sexually abused. * [[Refrain From Assuming]] – Her most famous song is not "My Name Is Luka", it's just "Luka". * [[Shout-Out]]: Many of her songs are based on real events, people, or stories: