I love Suzanne Vega!! Really as a kid, she was the first person with my name that I knew who was famous! I have quite a few of her albums including this one and saw her at The Pavilion in Glasgow years ago; she was amazing.
My teenage crush. As a kid in New Zealand you were my everything. My favourite song of yours. So incredibly wonderful to see and hear you after all these years, sounding and looking divine. All the best.
Remember this performance at the time! Was so emotional + poignant to hear this 'classic' performed live on tv! 💗 Brought back so many memories of my childhood + youth 😔...still get goosebumps, as soon as the intro starts! 💜 Still sounding flawless, with her infamous soft vocals...🙏🏼😍💖
Cool, so cool. That song shone in an era of electro and hair metal (no judgement) and almost forty years later I still get the same feeling that I'm listening to a work of art. There are still true artists out there, untethered by boxes. They're just a bit older now...
If I remember rightly from previous festivals the BBC has a semi-private quiet performance area for interviews and 1-3 song acoustic sets, which they then release on iplayer, or show between major stage sets when broadcast ("earlier today we got a set with... " type )
Why don't the BBC put on this concert. She just does not come up to the North East anymore. I saw her live back in Newcastle in 2005 and again at the Sage Gateshead, and she was really very good. Very enjoyable performances. I have all her albums, and much rare footage from tv appearnces.
Far higher quality songwriting than many of the younger bands ... classic .And far more solid imsge than all those student-looking bands with their jeans and t shirts and no idea whatsoever of what its like to have a strong aesthetic
Aesthetic? Fashion per se? Pfft. Keep it to "I believe", rather than claiming you're an objective guru. It appears you're not resourceful, rather biased in your own bubble.
