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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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** 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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