When I was a kid I had this stuck in my head and I didn’t know who sang it or what it was called .So my aunt called a radio station - kiss 95fm and I sang it for them , they told me the artist and the song name and then my aunt took me to Sam the record man to buy the CD. I fell in love with every song on the album, I still have all my old CDs from my childhood . I have a disorder that has been eating away at my long term memory for years just hearing the song again brought that memory flooding back I’m happy she recently uploaded it on here ❤️.
Fun fact, The very first song to become an MP3 was Suzanne Vega's "Tom's Diner." A German engineer played the song over and over again as he tried to squeeze the song into a smaller size without changing its sound too much. The rhythm helped the encoding of the file.
if I'm not mistaken, the version that was used to make the first MP3 was the acapella one, since it was just her voice singing it was much easier to do it
Fun fact for those of you who don’t know, when she says “I open up the paper, there's a story of an actor who had died while he was drinking, it was no one I had heard of” she’s talking about William Holden.
Thanks for explaining. I'll point out that at four years of age when this song was released - I knew what drinking was. I had the copy of the album on cassette.
And that (plus NYC area newspapers that featured the headline and had horoscopes & comics) narrowed down the day described in the song. November 17th, 1981 (his body was found on the 16th but remember, newspapers took a day to print)
Bro I heard this song & IMMEDIATELY it reminded me of a song but I *could not remember what song* but after listening to this song I remembered the rhythm is like a song by Fall Out Boy lol
November 11, 2023 at work and this song pops in my head. I Remember Christmas back in the day my parents brought me a walkman along with this cassette tape. Now listening on my Smart phone jamming..thank you Suzanne Vega..for this beautiful piece ❤️
@sanemiyashegardens-cooks-s3912 oh wow, sorry for the late reply sometimes I can't tell when people respond 😫..and yes I'm doing pretty good thank you..hope you are as well☺️
I saw her a couple of years ago at Beautiful Days festival... this is the only song I knew of her, and i didn't even realise she was playing the festival. She was by far the best act I saw that weekend! She was so down to earth and relaxed talking to the crowd too, amazing person
@@Baldgo bro the kid is just having fun, this song is fire 🔥 and idk why a kid dancing/singing to a uncommon song (this generation) bothers you , Fix your brain like Seriously you are acting like a 9 yearold rn :/
@@Baldgo do you know my son to make such and assumption? It was my son singing the song that bought me to this video in the first place. He likes to go on CZcams and look at videos of action scenes from his favorite movies these things are usually sped up and use a time-lapse of some sort the background music of the scenes is usually dance music and house music. So when my son started singing the course of toms River I automatically knew he didn't look up the actual song I knew it was those videos that he enjoys watching so that brought me here to the original song so I can show him that I wants enjoy this song to when I was his back in 1999. Don't be mad at my son and me for having a good ear for good music even if it's remix and not the original song. I was just sharing what brought me to this particular video almost two decades after its original release and yes it was my five-year-old son to jog my memory of this awesome song
I come here when I want to be transported back to a nostalgic moment in my 90s childhood. its of simpler times and childhood comfort - being able to let your imagination run wild knowing that you are safe and secure in your loving family. I had a lovely childhood full of family and laughter. RIP Mom and Grandma. I'm lost with out you ladies.
holisticallyholly what a fab handle. 🥰I am so sorry dear lady you feel so bereft to lose people so important to you. I hope their love is so close you can feel them as if they were giving you a hug every day, several times a day. I pray the kindness of random people will uplift you. Ignore my centre of the universe rant...I don't know what I will do when my mother is no longer with me. Vale Peter Hock and his unconditional love, my sweet gentle and patient uncle and my piano teaching up to the last moment auntie 'Peter', my Grandma who gave me my first Derwent pencils and her love and encouragement that I treasure 🎉 I wear my auntie's wrap and she us there with me. I will get my little keyboard out from storage, and I will learn this song ... 🎵 😌 😇❤
I love this sort of slice of life style songwriting where it feels like you're just taking a brief peek into a bigger story. It's like you're an extra in a movie where someone else is the main character. You're not even the coffee shop owner, you're just one of the faces in the room. This song rules
It reminds me of the movies where they show ten different random stories that somehow all end up crossing over (like magnolia) I’m a complete sucker for those movies..and this type of song
There’s a bunch of good laid back tunes, check out: The Marias Cannons Chromatics Still Corners Michelle Gurevich Men I Trust Blue Puma Jonathan Bree Joji Billie Eilish
@@JePe-on4ff Not sure what you're into exactly, of the artists I mentioned, most of their discography is solid, but check these out for starters. The Marias = ABQ, No One Noticed, Exit Music For A Film Cannons = Golden, Lightning, Goodbye Chromatics = Lady, Shadow, Cherry Still Corners = Strange Pleasures, Midnight Drive, Fireflies Michelle G = Feel More, To Be With Others Men I Trust = Show Me How, Tailwhip Faye Webster = Overslept Puma Blue= Falling Down, Velvet Leaves, Want Me Jonathan Bree = In The Sunshine Joji = Will He, Slow Dancing In The Dark Billie Eilish = Hotline Bling, Billie Bossa Nova D4vd = Romantic Homicide I can list more synth based chill tunes like: Trevor Something = Eternal Love, Ghost, Fade Away, Crash, Crush Veronicavon = Dreamgirl Mr Kitty = After Dark Else = Paris Naeleck = All My Heroes Annie = Anthonio Grimes = Vanessa (Remix), So Heavy I Fell Through The Earth Pure Bathing Culture= Scotty Mood Rings = The Line Julee Cruise = Falling Alicia Clara = Closing Time At The Gates R Missing = Veronica (original and remix) Q LAzarus = Goodbye Horses Beach House = Levitation, Space Song Porches = Underwater Flight Facilities = Clair De Lune Kat Von D = Fear You Claude = Screen Correatown = What Is Love
Makes me want to cry... listened to this as a young child vacationing with my brothers away at my big mummies house. Some of those with whom I shared these moments with are gone to meet with the lord. L.I.F.E
I accidentally interrupted a photo shoot of Suzanne Vega when I was attending afternoon tea at CARAMOOR, an historic estate in Katonah, New York (Westchester County) that is now open for classical concerts and performances. When tea ended in early afternoon, I saw Ms. Vega and her stylists preparing her for a future CD cover, and I approached her with my story: I had just finished listening to her 'Best of Suzanne Vega' CD on my way to the CARAMOOR tea event, and memorizing the entire discography when she asked me to bring her the CD plastic case and she would autograph the paper insert. I never ran so quickly to the parking lot to fetch her CD, and the surprise was that she asked for my address and telephone number. Within a week, I had House seats to her New York concert, and a visit to her back stage. What an incredible night that was! Thank you, Suzanne-you're a CHAMP! X-O-X-O
Awww what a beautiful story, it and this song, watching the dancers and a percussionist makes MY DAY ... there have been terrible things happening in Sydney, absolutely awful. The aBC was suggesting playing Tetris to help disrupt repeated images of what has happened, but I think I will watch and tap to this clip, and go back to my beautiful, kind drumming teacher Peter Vadiveloo when I have the dough and my head is a bit better, and more cxxx is unpacked in chateau rental evil agent la mould. We need the trees people ! Careful with plastics and the poor fishes and birds. Save the Koalas... sorry for my rant, this music is right up there! JOY JOY JOY and hope! XOX Blessings to you if you are having a hard time, hope you feel loved and less alone in your hurt and times of crisis ❤🌳🌲🌴🍀🪷🐝🐨
Lyrics: I am sitting In the morning At the diner On the corner I am waiting At the counter For the man To pour the coffee And he fills it Only halfway And before I even argue He is looking Out the window At somebody Coming in "It is always Nice to see you" Says the man Behind the counter To the woman Who has come in She is shaking Her umbrella And I look The other way As they are kissing Their hellos And I'm pretending Not to see them And instead I pour the milk I open Up the paper There's a story Of an actor Who had died While he was drinking It was no one I had heard of And I'm turning To the horoscope And looking For the funnies When I'm feeling Someone watching me And so I raise my head There's a woman On the outside Looking inside Does she see me? No she does not Really see me 'Cause she sees Her own reflection And I'm trying Not to notice That she's hitching Up her skirt And while she's Straightening her stockings Her hair Has gotten wet Oh this rain It will continue Through the morning As I'm listening To the bells Of the cathedral I am thinking Of your voice
No lovely sound music or inventive lyrics like this anymore, no creativity for 2023/2024. We need good talent like this other than Taylor Swift all of the time. Yikes!
The slow burn vibe of the song, plus the trancelike wordless chorus, plus the inscrutable almost haiku like observational poetry of the lyrics that feels like it contains so much more than it lets on. What a weird, beautiful pop hit.
I first heard this song as a kid in 1991. The melody has stuck in my head ever since. I've spent the last 10 years searching for it till today. Brings back fond memories 🙂
I so fondly remember when this song first came out that every time I walked into a blockbuster video this song would come on. Funny thing was no matter how intensely I had been looking for a movie to watch at that moment, I would immediately hear this song, and stop what I was doing, and just be mesmerized every single time no matter how many times I’ve heard it before
I teach a music appreciation course at Southwest Tennessee Community College in Memphis. I'm always looking for ways to help my students understand that many devices and techniques used in classical music are still used today in many genres, just styled differently. I love introducing this piece to the class when we are studying Puccini's operas and his use of "verismo".... creating his operas from stories of everyday life people could relate to, rather than gods or mythology (as Wagner) or dramatic scenes with sometime terrible outcomes (as Verdi). So thank you Suzanne Vega and DNA.
I remember hearing this when I was a kid and thinking it was cool, but it vanished from my memory until my wife put it on recently during one of our 90s music marathons. Now I can't stop listening, dang this song is timeless.
and the worst part is, when you tried to tell somebody what song it was that got stuck in your head, you ended up saying "duh duh duh duh duh duh duh duh" and they think you are crazy😀classic 90s moment
I have never stopped listening to this song since 1987. I used to walk to secondary school with my best friend at the time Danielle Mason and we used to sing this together with our permed hair and hooped earrings and loafers! I'm 45 now and still listen to this. Reminds me of my childhood days. I lost my dad 2 months ago and this song reminds me of when I was a teenager living at home and my mum and dad doing there own thing, dad washing his car or cutting the grass, mum cooking or gardening, and me and my little sis just hanging out listening to music or watching TV. Ah the good old days. Now life is different and difficult at times, this song reminds me of how lucky I am to have a brilliant childhood ❤
you are magical.. I live in Russia, and yet, people in America are different, you and I are so different, and that's cool. Listening to this song, and reading what you wrote, I feel this atmosphere that you described, I am amazed and it is just charming.
Though a little older, I'm also fortunate to have such memories of this song and getting excited when it came on the radio, dancing to it with friends, just altogether happy, simple times. So sorry for your loss but happy to know you have such good memories of your parents. Memories of better times are such a blessing. And yes, we did have brilliant childhoods.
I remember me and my sister walking down the street at night in the early 2000s and singing this tune. I never had heard the original, just this remix, and the beat was so catchy that I learned lyrics after hearing it a few times. Good memories.
"Tom's Diner" is a song written in 1982 by American singer and songwriter Suzanne Vega. It was first released as a track on the January 1984 issue of Fast Folk Musical Magazine.[1] Originally featured on her second studio album, Solitude Standing (1987), it was released as a single in Europe only in 1987
The restaurant was at 112th and Broadway in NYC. She would stop there every morning for breakfast before taking the subway to her job as a receptionist.
There's a cover by Annenmaykantereit that has gained popularity recently. It's a wonderful rendition, and I think you may like it if you want to give it a listen.
I have been humming this song for years , haven't heard it since it was on the radio years ago. I came across the cover that a previous commentor posted today and viola, here i am! Life quest complete hah.
Wow she wrote this in 1981 the year i was born and released it in 1984. All this time i was thinking it came out in 1989 or 90" by the beat and the way it sound. That's crazy. 🙏🏾🎉
This song along with this beat and Suzanne's voice is impossible to stay old It's over 32yrs old but sounds so cm fresh i play it with Windows down in my car..
This song came out exactly 30yrs ago. I'll be 39 on January 28 and I can still clearly hear my mom telling me and my brother to sit down before we break something because we were dancing the whole entire time 🤣 when the video come on.
I had to do a whole slew of searching on google until I found a post on Twitter where one person was asking about a song that went "do doot do doot do do do doot" and found a single user who mentioned this song. I regret nothing
I loved this song as a small child. Then I just forgot it existed. Then when I was a teen Fall Out Boy released the song "Centuries" and that "Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo" sent me on a quest to rediscover this song. SUCCESS!!!!
Song stuck in my head for years since I was a kid. Couldn't find it anywhere as I didn't know the lyrics or who sang it. Today I used Google hum to find it. I'm so happy right now
One of my favorites!! It's so descriptive, I can see it all playing out just as she sings it. What a fantastic, artist!! All these years later and I still love to listen to her!! 😚💜💜💜🌹
The acappella "Tom's Diner" from Solitude is the original version. It became a big hit in 1990, having been remixed and Vega’s voice being layed on club beats by two British dance producers under the name DNA. The track was originally a bootleg, until Vega allowed DNA to release it through her record company, and it became her biggest hit.
This song makes absolutely no sense to me, but it resonates so deeply within my being. The music is fantastic of course, it’s so simple and yet catchy and bouncy, but the lyrics just don’t make any kind of lyrical sense at all, yet I love it so much. Idk what it is about this song but it’s a wonderful piece and brilliantly done!
For what it's worth, the 1987 version was just Suzanne Vega singing A capella, the entire instrumental here is a remix made in 1990, so is technically is a 90s song. Still really cool though.
After all these years I still love this funky beat. Tom's Diner I remember hearing this song on WBLS they played this song allot on the radio. When I first heard this song? I said wow!!! This is some good funky beat. But I never knew the artist that was singing words to this song.
Fun fact She was told by a family member to make a song on the spot about her day and she fulfilled that family members request and made it her biggest hit!! Love this song💕💕
Wow. I didn't know that. That is a fun fact. Thanks for sharing. Glad Suzanne completed that request otherwise this classic would never have been born. Still love this song.
@@orangegouice Yeah she never mentioned anything about it coming from a family member when she told the story of how the song came about. The place is actually Tom's Restaurant but she said she called it "Diner" in the song title because it sounded cooler or better. But it is based on several morning experiences at the restaurant though. An she started laughing because she found out that later on her name was added to the menu but it was spelled incorrectly.
Everyone here is wrong, It's a story of how her friend sees the world as a photographer.. he just studies moments in time and will always feel like he is behind the moment not in it. Just describing the things around him.
They don't make music like this no more... This whole music happened in the dinner.. and the lyrics create a whole visual in your mind different from the music video. Just Brilliant!
![Tom's Diner [Long Version] DNA feat. Suzanne Vega (1990)](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/32ZTjFW2RYo/mqdefault.jpg)
When I was a kid I had this stuck in my head and I didn’t know who sang it or what it was called .So my aunt called a radio station - kiss 95fm and I sang it for them , they told me the artist and the song name and then my aunt took me to Sam the record man to buy the CD. I fell in love with every song on the album, I still have all my old CDs from my childhood . I have a disorder that has been eating away at my long term memory for years just hearing the song again brought that memory flooding back I’m happy she recently uploaded it on here ❤️.
Your aunt rules
@@pilar9247 she really does took me for my birthday dinner yesterday 💜💜💜
This is so wholesome
Waytogo ginger!
Sampled in Nikki D.'s Song Daddy's Little Girl
Fun fact, The very first song to become an MP3 was Suzanne Vega's "Tom's Diner." A German engineer played the song over and over again as he tried to squeeze the song into a smaller size without changing its sound too much. The rhythm helped the encoding of the file.
i thought he was just a fan lol
No way …gohhhh!!!!🤣🤣🤣
It's always a German lol.
if I'm not mistaken, the version that was used to make the first MP3 was the acapella one, since it was just her voice singing it was much easier to do it
Source?
Anyone listening to this in June 2024?
😊
Have been since the songs release 😊😊
🙋🏼♂️
Here!
Still listening
Fun fact for those of you who don’t know, when she says “I open up the paper, there's a story of an actor who had died while he was drinking, it was no one I had heard of” she’s talking about William Holden.
Thanks for the fun fact
Oh snap!! Your Right!
Thanks for explaining. I'll point out that at four years of age when this song was released - I knew what drinking was.
I had the copy of the album on cassette.
I hope I die drinking. Drinking and drunk.
And that (plus NYC area newspapers that featured the headline and had horoscopes & comics) narrowed down the day described in the song. November 17th, 1981 (his body was found on the 16th but remember, newspapers took a day to print)
This beat is forever sick and her sound n flow just smooth with it
The piano near the end makes it better!
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Even without meaning in the lyrics sound great.
The acapella version before they put the beat to it is smooth...
...then they did a GREAT JOB with the beats!!
Bro I heard this song & IMMEDIATELY it reminded me of a song but I *could not remember what song* but after listening to this song I remembered the rhythm is like a song by Fall Out Boy lol
This song is weirdly timeless. I feel like it could have been recorded as easily yesterday as twenty years ago.
Nawh. It very much feels early 2000s
Go listen to Giant Rooks version. Both are iconic!
Definite break beat vibes reminds me of Primal Scream
@@MrAgentTurner weird cause it was released in 1987.
It feels 92/95😀
Anyone in 2024 ?
Yes sir
May 4, 2024
@@zorahafer3092Ayyyyy! Same here! Here to see/hear the original... And then the cover. Damn IG 🤣
Here forever ❤
No
November 11, 2023 at work and this song pops in my head. I Remember Christmas back in the day my parents brought me a walkman along with this cassette tape. Now listening on my Smart phone jamming..thank you Suzanne Vega..for this beautiful piece ❤️
Nd it's the next day for me - been singing this since yesterday - had to play it. Hope ur good
Thirteen days later, here I am as well.
Just heard it on 92.1 WJNI 11/29/2023
@sanemiyashegardens-cooks-s3912 oh wow, sorry for the late reply sometimes I can't tell when people respond 😫..and yes I'm doing pretty good thank you..hope you are as well☺️
@@Mike-er5xb IKDR just such a great song😇
Fun fact, this song was used to test mp3 technology. Iconic.
Edit: It was this song, but the acapella version that was used for mp3 technology.
it was actually only the vocals (the original version) that were used to test mp3
Lol fun fact Indeed!!!!
@@reuppbee8872 Nobody likes the "actually" guy.
No naked buts, ugly faces, killing and etc....a nice voice in hip hop drum act, miss those days...nowadays music sucks, all about same thing
@@reuppbee8872 Ahh, so you're that guy, too. You must be quite popular at the local magic tournaments.
If you ever get the chance to see Suzanne Vega live, go for it. Her voice, her music, and her poetic lyrics are so worth it.
Seconded! One of my top memorable concert experiences. (Come back to the Cascade Theatre anytime, Suzanne!)
Poetic lyrics really😂
I saw her a couple of years ago at Beautiful Days festival... this is the only song I knew of her, and i didn't even realise she was playing the festival. She was by far the best act I saw that weekend! She was so down to earth and relaxed talking to the crowd too, amazing person
Does she still perform live?
@@bippitybopitybooty4208 Yes, she's going on tour in the US and Europe this year!
My 5 year old started randomly singing this yesterday and I was impressed!! Good music never dies.
Same i keep singing this Song ❤
Vayy çocuğunuz şarkı gibi çok etkileyiciymiş ❤
There Is a new rendition of the song.
You should check it out, I imagine you will be floored by the guys voices.
@@Baldgo bro the kid is just having fun, this song is fire 🔥 and idk why a kid dancing/singing to a uncommon song (this generation) bothers you , Fix your brain like Seriously you are acting like a 9 yearold rn :/
@@Baldgo do you know my son to make such and assumption? It was my son singing the song that bought me to this video in the first place. He likes to go on CZcams and look at videos of action scenes from his favorite movies these things are usually sped up and use a time-lapse of some sort the background music of the scenes is usually dance music and house music. So when my son started singing the course of toms River I automatically knew he didn't look up the actual song I knew it was those videos that he enjoys watching so that brought me here to the original song so I can show him that I wants enjoy this song to when I was his back in 1999. Don't be mad at my son and me for having a good ear for good music even if it's remix and not the original song. I was just sharing what brought me to this particular video almost two decades after its original release and yes it was my five-year-old son to jog my memory of this awesome song
Yet another proof that shows 90's dance music like this has aged perfectly like fine wine, even in July 2023!!!!!!🎵👍
It's august now ..
@@alexkoln5849September now
YES!!
Революция
Nov now 😭
After 30 years still rocks !!
Yep
Wow is it really that old?
@@OrganicDolphin yep. First time i heard it, in this time 1989. i think.
Still
@@ricardoheyarnold837 I’m not even that old bruh.
This has been stuck on loop in my head since 1987, god please help me
Woah
God is actually helping you
Yield to it son. Let the music take control. Don’t fight it
Rip
Rest in Pleasure
That’s my birth year that’s a long time man
I come here when I want to be transported back to a nostalgic moment in my 90s childhood. its of simpler times and childhood comfort - being able to let your imagination run wild knowing that you are safe and secure in your loving family. I had a lovely childhood full of family and laughter. RIP Mom and Grandma. I'm lost with out you ladies.
Very touching
They’re still with you. Love energy never dies
@@tokenblack7983 I appreciate your kind words and energy more than you know! Thank you!
Ánimo ❤
holisticallyholly what a fab handle. 🥰I am so sorry dear lady you feel so bereft to lose people so important to you. I hope their love is so close you can feel them as if they were giving you a hug every day, several times a day. I pray the kindness of random people will uplift you. Ignore my centre of the universe rant...I don't know what I will do when my mother is no longer with me. Vale Peter Hock and his unconditional love, my sweet gentle and patient uncle and my piano teaching up to the last moment auntie 'Peter', my Grandma who gave me my first Derwent pencils and her love and encouragement that I treasure 🎉 I wear my auntie's wrap and she us there with me. I will get my little keyboard out from storage, and I will learn this song ... 🎵 😌 😇❤
Hermosa canción me lleva a un pasado pleno de juventud.
You will remember this song, remember it for centuries.
BRO I WAS TRYNA FIGURE OUT WICH SONG IT WAS SIMILAR TOO istg it was stuck in my head the doo doo doo doo part
Ew
Fucking hell, now I remember what this song sounded like.
@@KratKrit subhuman behavior
@@znamasters7090 it’s not just similar, centuries uses a sample from toms diner.
I love this sort of slice of life style songwriting where it feels like you're just taking a brief peek into a bigger story. It's like you're an extra in a movie where someone else is the main character. You're not even the coffee shop owner, you're just one of the faces in the room.
This song rules
I love the way you explained that.
Search for the song Terminal.
T-t-t-t-t-tasty
Nothing Brings Me Down by Emiliana Torrini
Heartstopper by Emiliana Torrini
It reminds me of the movies where they show ten different random stories that somehow all end up crossing over (like magnolia) I’m a complete sucker for those movies..and this type of song
I like how catchy, simple and laid back this song is. Why can't modern songs have this kind of vibe?
There’s a bunch of good laid back tunes, check out:
The Marias
Cannons
Chromatics
Still Corners
Michelle Gurevich
Men I Trust
Blue Puma
Jonathan Bree
Joji
Billie Eilish
@@Taru1blmdoing God's work, thank you!!
Try Solitude Standing or In Liverpool - those are less simple.
@@Taru1blmname of songs plz
@@JePe-on4ff Not sure what you're into exactly, of the artists I mentioned, most of their discography is solid, but check these out for starters.
The Marias = ABQ, No One Noticed, Exit Music For A Film
Cannons = Golden, Lightning, Goodbye
Chromatics = Lady, Shadow, Cherry
Still Corners = Strange Pleasures, Midnight Drive, Fireflies
Michelle G = Feel More, To Be With Others
Men I Trust = Show Me How, Tailwhip
Faye Webster = Overslept
Puma Blue= Falling Down, Velvet Leaves, Want Me
Jonathan Bree = In The Sunshine
Joji = Will He, Slow Dancing In The Dark
Billie Eilish = Hotline Bling, Billie Bossa Nova
D4vd = Romantic Homicide
I can list more synth based chill tunes like:
Trevor Something = Eternal Love, Ghost, Fade Away, Crash, Crush
Veronicavon = Dreamgirl
Mr Kitty = After Dark
Else = Paris
Naeleck = All My Heroes
Annie = Anthonio
Grimes = Vanessa (Remix), So Heavy I Fell Through The Earth
Pure Bathing Culture= Scotty
Mood Rings = The Line
Julee Cruise = Falling
Alicia Clara = Closing Time At The Gates
R Missing = Veronica (original and remix)
Q LAzarus = Goodbye Horses
Beach House = Levitation, Space Song
Porches = Underwater
Flight Facilities = Clair De Lune
Kat Von D = Fear You
Claude = Screen
Correatown = What Is Love
Makes me want to cry... listened to this as a young child vacationing with my brothers away at my big mummies house. Some of those with whom I shared these moments with are gone to meet with the lord. L.I.F.E
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I accidentally interrupted a photo shoot of Suzanne Vega when I was attending afternoon tea at CARAMOOR, an historic estate in Katonah, New York (Westchester County) that is now open for classical concerts and performances. When tea ended in early afternoon, I saw Ms. Vega and her stylists preparing her for a future CD cover, and I approached her with my story: I had just finished listening to her 'Best of Suzanne Vega' CD on my way to the CARAMOOR tea event, and memorizing the entire discography when she asked me to bring her the CD plastic case and she would autograph the paper insert. I never ran so quickly to the parking lot to fetch her CD, and the surprise was that she asked for my address and telephone number. Within a week, I had House seats to her New York concert, and a visit to her back stage. What an incredible night that was! Thank you, Suzanne-you're a CHAMP! X-O-X-O
Wow. Right place AND right time ! : -)
That’s a good anecdote.
Wow, what a wonderful story 😃
Awww what a beautiful story, it and this song, watching the dancers and a percussionist makes MY DAY ... there have been terrible things happening in Sydney, absolutely awful. The aBC was suggesting playing Tetris to help disrupt repeated images of what has happened, but I think I will watch and tap to this clip, and go back to my beautiful, kind drumming teacher Peter Vadiveloo when I have the dough and my head is a bit better, and more cxxx is unpacked in chateau rental evil agent la mould. We need the trees people ! Careful with plastics and the poor fishes and birds. Save the Koalas... sorry for my rant, this music is right up there! JOY JOY JOY and hope! XOX Blessings to you if you are having a hard time, hope you feel loved and less alone in your hurt and times of crisis
❤🌳🌲🌴🍀🪷🐝🐨
This song came on the radio yesterday and my 6 year old son said "turn it up!".
A legit proud dad moment for me.
Insert the "oh shut the fuck up Rebecca he did not say that meme"
which station?
@@dang8526 ur mom station XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!
as opposed to all the moments where you have to pretend to be proud?
I’ll take, that shit didn’t happen for 500
Lyrics:
I am sitting
In the morning
At the diner
On the corner
I am waiting
At the counter
For the man
To pour the coffee
And he fills it
Only halfway
And before
I even argue
He is looking
Out the window
At somebody
Coming in
"It is always
Nice to see you"
Says the man
Behind the counter
To the woman
Who has come in
She is shaking
Her umbrella
And I look
The other way
As they are kissing
Their hellos
And I'm pretending
Not to see them
And instead
I pour the milk
I open
Up the paper
There's a story
Of an actor
Who had died
While he was drinking
It was no one
I had heard of
And I'm turning
To the horoscope
And looking
For the funnies
When I'm feeling
Someone watching me
And so
I raise my head
There's a woman
On the outside
Looking inside
Does she see me?
No she does not
Really see me
'Cause she sees
Her own reflection
And I'm trying
Not to notice
That she's hitching
Up her skirt
And while she's
Straightening her stockings
Her hair
Has gotten wet
Oh this rain
It will continue
Through the morning
As I'm listening
To the bells
Of the cathedral
I am thinking
Of your voice
Thank you 🙏
A perfect "slice of life "song!
Legend
Forgot about: tttd tttd tttd ttdd"🗣️
No lovely sound music or inventive lyrics like this anymore, no creativity for 2023/2024. We need good talent like this other than Taylor Swift all of the time. Yikes!
Años sin escucharlo y de repente suena en una radio de Puebla, se me hizo mágico ese momento.
Eso si 👍🏽
Igual años sin escucharla y de repente en una estación de radio en cd juarez ✌️
The slow burn vibe of the song, plus the trancelike wordless chorus, plus the inscrutable almost haiku like observational poetry of the lyrics that feels like it contains so much more than it lets on. What a weird, beautiful pop hit.
Well put!
Astute observation!
Third
Beautifully written ❤
It’s as if you’re hearing a scary story, but when you really think about it there’s nothing scary about the song.
I first heard this song as a kid in 1991. The melody has stuck in my head ever since. I've spent the last 10 years searching for it till today. Brings back fond memories 🙂
I’m so grateful that you were able to find this song. It means a lot to me as well.
It was released in 1987.. i can't believe it's been over 30 years. It sounds just as good today.
Y is everyone talking about the sound and not the fact the music video is different
Me too!
@@joshuakleiman1040aber diese musik video von 1990😉
1990 год,родился сын,я отказался от металла, Вега одна из самых запомнившихся на всю жизнь исполнителей... с того времени и до сих пор!!!
I so fondly remember when this song first came out that every time I walked into a blockbuster video this song would come on. Funny thing was no matter how intensely I had been looking for a movie to watch at that moment, I would immediately hear this song, and stop what I was doing, and just be mesmerized every single time no matter how many times I’ve heard it before
I teach a music appreciation course at Southwest Tennessee Community College in Memphis. I'm always looking for ways to help my students understand that many devices and techniques used in classical music are still used today in many genres, just styled differently. I love introducing this piece to the class when we are studying Puccini's operas and his use of "verismo".... creating his operas from stories of everyday life people could relate to, rather than gods or mythology (as Wagner) or dramatic scenes with sometime terrible outcomes (as Verdi). So thank you Suzanne Vega and DNA.
Been looking for this since I was little 😂😂😂😂 it randomly pops in my head from time to time 😂😂😂
After 30 years
Тоже искал, сейчас услышал в фильме, успел определить программой шазам. Радует песня. Решил прочесть комментарии . привет из России 🤝🇷🇺
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I remember hearing this when I was a kid and thinking it was cool, but it vanished from my memory until my wife put it on recently during one of our 90s music marathons. Now I can't stop listening, dang this song is timeless.
I can't believe this rhythm was made 20 years ago, it's so catchy❤
This song was made in the late 80’s. That was over 30 years ago, haha.
This beat was invented by none other than Jazzie B creator of London's Grammy Award winning soul group Soul II Soul back in 1988.
40 years ago
Can’t believe? No one nowadays would be a rhythm or could make a beautiful rhythm like this.
@@-wackyou should get out more. This is great but there are tons of beats as great as this recently. Grinch’s ultimatum by PilotRedSun for instance
This song has been playing in my head for years you guys. Finally found it!!
It just randomly started playing in my head too🤣🤣🤣
A great feeling to finally find a great tune
@@davederosa201 right!
and the worst part is, when you tried to tell somebody what song it was that got stuck in your head, you ended up saying "duh duh duh duh duh duh duh duh" and they think you are crazy😀classic 90s moment
The part at the beginning is also in centuries by fall out boy, I know that’s probably not what you were thinking of, but it’s there too so 👍
I have never stopped listening to this song since 1987. I used to walk to secondary school with my best friend at the time Danielle Mason and we used to sing this together with our permed hair and hooped earrings and loafers!
I'm 45 now and still listen to this. Reminds me of my childhood days. I lost my dad 2 months ago and this song reminds me of when I was a teenager living at home and my mum and dad doing there own thing, dad washing his car or cutting the grass, mum cooking or gardening, and me and my little sis just hanging out listening to music or watching TV. Ah the good old days.
Now life is different and difficult at times, this song reminds me of how lucky I am to have a brilliant childhood ❤
you are magical.. I live in Russia, and yet, people in America are different, you and I are so different, and that's cool. Listening to this song, and reading what you wrote, I feel this atmosphere that you described, I am amazed and it is just charming.
Touching
Are you still friends with Danielle?
Though a little older, I'm also fortunate to have such memories of this song and getting excited when it came on the radio, dancing to it with friends, just altogether happy, simple times.
So sorry for your loss but happy to know you have such good memories of your parents. Memories of better times are such a blessing. And yes, we did have brilliant childhoods.
Wow! was it 1987 I lost track of time thought it was long 88- 89 or 90 I had just graduated from HS in 87
Jammin this since the early 90s😄& that base guitar & snare drum📀🎸🥁 is instantaneously dance infusive🎼
I can’t believe I finally found this song after like 12 years 😅 I’m so happy now
I remember me and my sister walking down the street at night in the early 2000s and singing this tune. I never had heard the original, just this remix, and the beat was so catchy that I learned lyrics after hearing it a few times. Good memories.
Yeah same
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I have a very similar memory with my siblings and in the early 2000s 💭🥰
My sister and I
I remember the same, with my sister. But we made out afterwards. Alabama, born and raised.
What I think is fun about this song is that you could fill in with anything you want, the lyrics dont matter as long as it is regular daily things
The best carried these basic lyrics.... 😃😃😃
This is the comment I was looking for.
YES, THE TRUE MEANING YOU SEARCH INTO, THE BEATS ARE DOPE
What a stupid concept
Facts
This song has lived rent free in my brain since the 90’s.
SOME LEGENDS ARE TOLD SOME TURN TO DUST TO GOLD
"Tom's Diner" is a song written in 1982 by American singer and songwriter Suzanne Vega. It was first released as a track on the January 1984 issue of Fast Folk Musical Magazine.[1] Originally featured on her second studio album, Solitude Standing (1987), it was released as a single in Europe only in 1987
And it didn't reach Asia for another couple more years so for us it was 90-91. Aahh ... life before the Internet and CZcams.
The restaurant was at 112th and Broadway in NYC. She would stop there every morning for breakfast before taking the subway to her job as a receptionist.
@@jpoconnor5744 Wasn't it also featured in Seinfeld?
Creo que la versión de Giant Rooks le hace buen honor
@leechjim8023 Yes it was 😊
My 27-year old son was humming this, just this morning and I had to give it a listen.
Love this song....
it was a whole time.
There's a cover by Annenmaykantereit that has gained popularity recently. It's a wonderful rendition, and I think you may like it if you want to give it a listen.
@@austinbrandenberger4154
Thanks....will do.
@@austinbrandenberger4154
Just did. You were right....it ROCKS.
@@austinbrandenberger4154 I love that cover, he has an amazing voice
I have been humming this song for years , haven't heard it since it was on the radio years ago. I came across the cover that a previous commentor posted today and viola, here i am! Life quest complete hah.
Wow she wrote this in 1981 the year i was born and released it in 1984. All this time i was thinking it came out in 1989 or 90" by the beat and the way it sound. That's crazy. 🙏🏾🎉
*Anyone* *from* *2024* *to* *this* *listening* *masterpiece* *.*
Uh huh! 😃
Definitely! It captures the 90s so perfectly.
Ummm yeah!
This cat is❤
bet
This song really deserves to be the first MP3 ever
it was the original (a capella) that was the first mp3 ever, DNA sampled her later. Unless you mean you like the remix better lol
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Lol I could see this as an ITunes commercial if it isn’t already
How bizarre to think that it's 35 years old!! Still sounds fresh!! What a song! Xxxx
😎😎😎
Wow is it that long. .every thing in my life between 15 to 33 waa just a manic drug fuelled haze
Not this version by DNA. This one is from 1990. Still an old choon which aged very well btw!
Shut up Shut up Shut up
Ur making me feel old
The song came out in 1992😕
One of the most calming songs ever made
This song along with this beat and Suzanne's voice is impossible to stay old
It's over 32yrs old but sounds so cm fresh i play it with Windows down in my car..
same im 32 and so happy to hear this
Do not argue with the man that pours the coffee.
Facts
finally found it again. the "old song doo doo doo by girl" worked
So cool right
Same!
i literally had to find it by searching dodododo do do do do do do
Starts sweating because if you type the wrong amount of do's, baby shark pops up
🤣🤣🤣
I found this song by typing "tu tu tu rah tu tu ru rah" lol
MY JAM!!! It's December 2023, and I'm still jamming to it.
This song came out exactly 30yrs ago. I'll be 39 on January 28 and I can still clearly hear my mom telling me and my brother to sit down before we break something because we were dancing the whole entire time 🤣 when the video come on.
When this song came out I was almost 38. On January 28th (same birthday) I'll be 68 but still grooving to this beat while feeling 38. 🤪
Happy new year, happy birthday :)
happy birthday
@@ozgekrmz980 Thank you ❤️
@@jermainelatimer804 :)
Congrats to everyone that Googled TATATATATATA and you eventually ended up here. You love this song definitely 😂
I did...haha.
I looked up centuries sample
Heh used the CZcams shorts option where you can see videos with the same audio
Doo doo doo doo doooo
I had to do a whole slew of searching on google until I found a post on Twitter where one person was asking about a song that went "do doot do doot do do do doot" and found a single user who mentioned this song.
I regret nothing
Awesome song I really like it....and it has such a wonderful and catchy beat!
Back in my clubbing days any club I went to they would play this song too warm the atmosphere and get the people dancing 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
The beat and her voice goes together like so perfectly this is the type of song that belongs on repeat.
It is!...
In my head😆
@@phantomcruizer It’s in my head at least one time per day lol
one hell of a sensual sexy singer ❤
@@ianbell7342 Yeah it is a superb classic
Decades have passed & I still know the lyrics by heart....it'll always be timeless classic & personal favorite...LOL
Hahaha me too!
Duh duh duh duh dun duh duh duh.
Soon centuries will pass.
Been looking for this jam for the last 3 years
This chill and expressive song with its visual lyrics was a positive note in my high school years. Still great.
I loved this song as a small child.
Then I just forgot it existed.
Then when I was a teen Fall Out Boy released the song "Centuries" and that "Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo" sent me on a quest to rediscover this song.
SUCCESS!!!!
Same here!!!
SAME when i first heard centuries something in my brain fizzled and clicked and i went on a hunt
Yessir
never get old.this song was played on every station you can think of
Being stuck in my head and till this day ..I feel the same.. da da da da da da da da...😅😊❤
30 yıla yakın bu şarkıyı arıyordum,sözleride çok güzel,teşekkür ederim
"It's nice to pour the coffee."
- the man who pours the coffee
JOJ
DO NOT ARGUE WITH THE MAN WHO POURS THE COFFEE.
Be nice. Otherwise he might spit in your coffee
Finally after 30 years we got an HD edition..
Каждый раз слушаю с наслаждением ❤ Моё детство 🎉мне 40😢😊 ладно, юность))
I usually only half-watch music videos I pull up on CZcams, but this is one of the most intriguing videos I've seen in a good while.
Summer of 1991. I was 24 years old and having the time of my life!!!!!♥️
Can't ever hear this without thinking "SOME LEGENDS ARE TOLD..."
I knew it XD
Yeeeees x2
Finally!!!!
Yeah FOB sampled this song.
Yeaahhy
It's actually named Tom's Restaurant.
Song stuck in my head for years since I was a kid. Couldn't find it anywhere as I didn't know the lyrics or who sang it. Today I used Google hum to find it. I'm so happy right now
SOME LEGENDS ARE TOLD
SOME TURN TO DUST OR TO GOLD
One of my favorites!! It's so descriptive, I can see it all playing out just as she sings it. What a fantastic, artist!! All these years later and I still love to listen to her!! 😚💜💜💜🌹
30 + years later and it still JAMS!!!
It's still on my Playlist!!!
90's was the best decade for alternative music, no doubt. Back then music was pure energy, genuine and had soul.
Anos 80
The '60s were. Much of it became mainstream since, but it was alternative back then. No other decade comes even close.
Lamour toujours
This came out in the 80s
@@xannedoutbangin3698 No, it came out in the '90s - 1990 to be precise. Suzanne Vega's original a cappella version came out in 1987.
The acappella "Tom's Diner" from Solitude is the original version. It became a big hit in 1990, having been remixed and Vega’s voice being layed on club beats by two British dance producers under the name DNA. The track was originally a bootleg, until Vega allowed DNA to release it through her record company, and it became her biggest hit.
True
You don't know what you are talking about
It true 2 British guy who run a record shop were dna
@@ronmatthews i think you'll find that he does
They used to play this at the Ritzy nightclub in Kingston. I'm showing my age now.
I have been looking for this song for ages. It made my day)))))
This song smacked me with nostalgia I haven't heard "Tom's Diner" since I was a kid.
Puta que pariu eu fiquei uma hora e meia procurando essa música, achei num post de forum de 2009.
Posso descansar em paz agora.
Boa guerreiro. Essa agonia é foda kkkk
Feliz
Faz anos que eu queria encontrar a música e só consegui agora graças ao sistema do google que pesquisa pela som kkk
@@kalylvazquez Baixe o Shazam, é um app feito pra isso!
Every time I hear this song it makes me smile…..
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@@sergioyourgulez555 ??
@@sarah.3599??
This song makes absolutely no sense to me, but it resonates so deeply within my being. The music is fantastic of course, it’s so simple and yet catchy and bouncy, but the lyrics just don’t make any kind of lyrical sense at all, yet I love it so much. Idk what it is about this song but it’s a wonderful piece and brilliantly done!
A perfect song to give all of us the best 90s vibes.
Timeless. This song is takes me right back to 90’s and I love it
Hell yeah dave in miss the late 80, s 90,s soooooo much
80s and 90s have been the greatest decades of music
This song must have blown minds in 1987. It sounds about 5-10 years ahead of its time, very '90s in atmosphere
For what it's worth, the 1987 version was just Suzanne Vega singing A capella, the entire instrumental here is a remix made in 1990, so is technically is a 90s song. Still really cool though.
It was WAY ahead of its time. My thoughts too when first I heard it visiting CA for 1st time.
2024 and cleaning house on weekends still doesnt feel right without this song. Legendary vibes.
找好久，終於找到了！
After all these years I still love this funky beat. Tom's Diner I remember hearing this song on WBLS they played this song allot on the radio. When I first heard this song? I said wow!!! This is some good funky beat. But I never knew the artist that was singing words to this song.
Look up the acappela version, it's amazing
Also look up "Take 5 - Kool Summer Mix" awesome track with same vibes.
Beautiful song!! I can listen to it all day!! 🤗🤗
There’s something witchy yet so clubby about this jam!
Damn after so many years and this is the official video
Fun fact
She was told by a family member to make a song on the spot about her day and she fulfilled that family members request and made it her biggest hit!! Love this song💕💕
Wow. I didn't know that. That is a fun fact. Thanks for sharing. Glad Suzanne completed that request otherwise this classic would never have been born. Still love this song.
that is absolutely not true.
@@orangegouice Yeah she never mentioned anything about it coming from a family member when she told the story of how the song came about. The place is actually Tom's Restaurant but she said she called it "Diner" in the song title because it sounded cooler or better. But it is based on several morning experiences at the restaurant though. An she started laughing because she found out that later on her name was added to the menu but it was spelled incorrectly.
Everyone here is wrong, It's a story of how her friend sees the world as a photographer.. he just studies moments in time and will always feel like he is behind the moment not in it. Just describing the things around him.
@@lazii_knight1098 I looked it up and got the same result as you, I think this is the true story of this song.
Such a bizarre, brilliant song.
Heard this on my work approved radio station, this is good stuff.
My son sings this really loud if he loses me in the store 😂🧡
Stop losing your son 😄
@@warrenchampagne5176 Nah No matter what age imma walk away from my mom in the store and search every aisle to find her again 💯
@@warrenchampagne5176 he doesn't lose his son, his son loses him.
Thats awesome
Haha! That’s adorable!
Depuis longtemps j'aime cette mélodie.
Merci.
Et bravo !
Is it just me or has everyone here heard this song like 20 times before
They don't make music like this no more... This whole music happened in the dinner.. and the lyrics create a whole visual in your mind different from the music video. Just Brilliant!
Something about this song gives me straight Liminal Space vibes
LOL Whats up man. Been a sub to you since you were a nobody.
Omfg I love ur vids
I love your uploads ! :o)
My dog listens to your coffee shop live stream while she stays home while I’m at work
Same I feel like this is what would play while in an elevator alone or an abandoned mall with no true exit