Suzanne Vega, DNA - Tom's Diner

[@jonathonbrown8522]

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.

[@Lopal12]

i thought he was just a fan lol

[@khwarizmatic437]

No way …gohhhh!!!!🤣🤣🤣

[@jjsan27]

It's always a German lol.

[@rockbarcellos]

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

[@FlyingBeast009]

Source?

[@Ginger_Sweet]

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 ❤️.

[@pilar9247]

Your aunt rules

[@Ginger_Sweet]

@@pilar9247 she really does took me for my birthday dinner yesterday 💜💜💜

[@ssm5708]

This is so wholesome

[@kickback4me]

Waytogo ginger!

[@nicolesands3209]

Sampled in Nikki D.'s Song Daddy's Little Girl

[@-TriP-]

This has been stuck on loop in my head since 1987, god please help me

[@zkimoon4799]

Woah

[@alielkhadir6848]

God is actually helping you

[@little1920]

Yield to it son. Let the music take control. Don’t fight it

[@lostinlife8033]

Rip Rest in Pleasure

[@pebbles987]

That’s my birth year that’s a long time man

[@christophergakuo9108]

I ve been looking for this song for over 15yrs, I love this jam listening 1st July 2024

[@music.medication]

Me too! Finally found it 😁 When I Google doo do doo do, it wouldn't show up lol

[@ГогаГогин-х3я]

i hand the same situation with avicii levels ​@@music.medication

[@emmanuelparsotam5028]

@@music.medication doja cat and tyga used this backtrack in freaky deaky

[@playle2710]

Bless you umso glad youfound it welovethis singing ourghouse & ihopywecan oas on thloveofvitvtonourvtwo kids who are24& 16 theylovemusic so I hope they will love this beautiful song asmuch as you and I do bless you take care & go safely withlocefromTim in England x

[@playle2710]

@@music.medicationI tried the same but then I remembered Tom’s Diner have you listened to the original Suzanne Vega version it’s SO DIFFERENT

[@adrade1854]

This song is weirdly timeless. I feel like it could have been recorded as easily yesterday as twenty years ago.

[@MrAgentTurner]

Nawh. It very much feels early 2000s

[@tylerthompson273]

Go listen to Giant Rooks version. Both are iconic!

[@Art-bk6vv]

Definite break beat vibes reminds me of Primal Scream

[@froadindan8695]

@@MrAgentTurner weird cause it was released in 1987.

[@manitolas]

It feels 92/95😀

[@shawnjvojames96]

This beat is forever sick and her sound n flow just smooth with it

[@JLanc1982]

The piano near the end makes it better!

[@RBYW1234]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4mXfn5_eduLgq8

[@magdonysperezestrada1942]

Even without meaning in the lyrics sound great.

[@carollockhart7756]

The acapella version before they put the beat to it is smooth... ...then they did a GREAT JOB with the beats!!

[@SpidaButla]

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

[@endlessrepeat]

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.

[@patchcali]

Seconded! One of my top memorable concert experiences. (Come back to the Cascade Theatre anytime, Suzanne!)

[@yaboimm9948]

Poetic lyrics really😂

[@cabbage0dusk]

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

[@bippitybopitybooty4208]

Does she still perform live?

[@endlessrepeat]

@@bippitybopitybooty4208 Yes, she's going on tour in the US and Europe this year!

[@johnathanlewis2049]

September 2024. I love this song. It’s the sort of song that sticks in your head. Y’all have a great day!

[@thisisify4152]

Have a great day too Sir.🫡✊🏼

[@AskJeeves572]

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.

[@reuppbee8872]

it was actually only the vocals (the original version) that were used to test mp3

[@SplitBumperLife]

Lol fun fact Indeed!!!!

[@jeffreytackett3922]

@@reuppbee8872 Nobody likes the "actually" guy.

[@marcuszama4770]

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

[@jeffreytackett3922]

@@reuppbee8872 Ahh, so you're that guy, too. You must be quite popular at the local magic tournaments.

[@KenCroft]

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.

[@michaelkayser4194]

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.

[@BenjiB-]

Well put!

[@venturesquatch]

Astute observation!

[@vincentflournoy8024]

Third

[@lg31161]

Beautifully written ❤

[@Kingx90]

It’s as if you’re hearing a scary story, but when you really think about it there’s nothing scary about the song.

[@65chevelle44]

Such memories of this song , I had just graduated HS June 1990 I was 19 and had my whole life ahead to start a new adventure and here it is November 2024 and I'm 53 now thinking back on my adventure of life since and the ups and downs that we endure in life. I enjoyed the ups and learned life lessons during the downs that made me stronger to handle adversity and made appreciatethe ups, and I wouldn't change a thing.

[@richardiritano1197]

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

[@urheber_echt]

Wow. Right place AND right time ! : -)

[@chickenmonger123]

That’s a good anecdote.

[@helenchelmicka3028]

Wow, what a wonderful story 😃

[@hilarybee1797]

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 ❤🌳🌲🌴🍀🪷🐝🐨

[@AlaborJinta]

memorizing the entire discography? what do you mean... the best of CD?? has a discography? do you mean memorizing the order of the songs? in addition to listening to the best of CD you ALSO memorized all of her albums??

After 30 years still rocks !!

[@did805t2]

Yep

[@OrganicDolphin]

Wow is it really that old?

@@OrganicDolphin yep. First time i heard it, in this time 1989. i think.

[@ericdavis2928]

Still

[@OrganicDolphin]

@@ricardoheyarnold837 I’m not even that old bruh.

[@bossup6207]

Been looking for this since I was little 😂😂😂😂 it randomly pops in my head from time to time 😂😂😂

[@Skeptor505]

After 30 years

[@Алексей-ч9в2м]

Тоже искал, сейчас услышал в фильме, успел определить программой шазам. Радует песня. Решил прочесть комментарии . привет из России 🤝🇷🇺

[@RBYW1234]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4mXfn5_eduLgq8

[@연을쫓는아이-s4y]

드디어 찾았다.. 십수전부터 두두두두부분을 따라불렀지만 제목은 몰랐던 노래...

[@Tsavaof]

👍👏💥💯💐🌺😍😊

[@kjy0506kjy]

제가 찾던 뚜뚜뚜 여기 있었네요 ^^ 감사합니다

[@Siberius-]

That tune does sound familiar to me (and catchy). You have convinced me to add this song to my "Songs that get stuck in your head" youtube playlist lol

[@Gangnamgu1]

ㄹㅇ

[@bnmy6581i]

그건 centuries 아닌가요? Fall out boy

[@deewhy9663]

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 🙂

[@hotandsoursoup2664]

I’m so grateful that you were able to find this song. It means a lot to me as well.

[@joshuakleiman1040]

It was released in 1987.. i can't believe it's been over 30 years. It sounds just as good today.

[@Geminicricketi]

Y is everyone talking about the sound and not the fact the music video is different

[@SteveVi0lence]

Me too!

[@schlemmerreise570]

@@joshuakleiman1040aber diese musik video von 1990😉

[@claewilson8234]

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

[@Mark-wr1hz]

I love the way you explained that.

[@Un_k_noWN]

Search for the song Terminal.

[@mitchell310]

T-t-t-t-t-tasty

[@kyleaegis5613]

Nothing Brings Me Down by Emiliana Torrini Heartstopper by Emiliana Torrini

[@brittnay279]

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

[@kingdomkidl.s6430]

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]

Nd it's the next day for me - been singing this since yesterday - had to play it. Hope ur good

[@Mike-er5xb]

Thirteen days later, here I am as well.

[@dreameryoung38]

Just heard it on 92.1 WJNI 11/29/2023

[@kingdomkidl.s6430]

@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☺️

[@kingdomkidl.s6430]

@@Mike-er5xb IKDR just such a great song😇

[@marcussmith3934]

Happy 65th Birthday Suzanne Nadine Vega!(Born July 11, 1959)😃🥳🎂🎉🎊🎈🎁🍾🥂💛🎀🌷🌹💐👍👏🙌

[@janetplayssgames]

Why did I think it said 1511

[@evechavez1857]

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.

[@USpeople1776]

Thanks for the fun fact

[@rickychanko]

Oh snap!! Your Right!

[@pauljordan4452]

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.

[@andyskinner3534]

I hope I die drinking. Drinking and drunk.

[@Tconlon251_2]

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)

[@nelms78]

"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

[@bargainhuntermama]

And it didn't reach Asia for another couple more years so for us it was 90-91. Aahh ... life before the Internet and KZbin.

[@jpoconnor5744]

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.

[@leechjim8023]

@@jpoconnor5744 Wasn't it also featured in Seinfeld?

[@moicore82]

Creo que la versión de Giant Rooks le hace buen honor

[@purplereign5889]

​@leechjim8023 Yes it was 😊

[@tired7632]

This song has been playing in my head for years you guys. Finally found it!!

[@jermainelatimer804]

It just randomly started playing in my head too🤣🤣🤣

[@davederosa201]

A great feeling to finally find a great tune

[@tired7632]

@@davederosa201 right!

[@tynao2029]

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

[@chockymilk7202]

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 👍

[@yolandamcgill6460]

2024 & this still sounds good

[@mochigirl444]

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.

[@kiranlall5803]

Very touching

[@tokenblack7983]

They’re still with you. Love energy never dies

[@mochigirl444]

@@tokenblack7983 I appreciate your kind words and energy more than you know! Thank you!

[@arymonroyruiz]

Ánimo ❤

[@hilarybee1797]

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 ... 🎵 😌 😇❤

[@Reloaded2111]

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.

[@MrSuperG]

Yeah same

[@RBYW1234]

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[@Emily-iy7ev]

I have a very similar memory with my siblings and in the early 2000s 💭🥰

[@SkylerBaird]

My sister and I

[@comedy-and-cabaret]

I remember the same, with my sister. But we made out afterwards. Alabama, born and raised.

[@nickymehta1138]

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 ❤

[@cutemilk7177]

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.

[@Kocyk_i_kakalko]

Touching

[@typhongm7970]

Are you still friends with Danielle?

[@venussuz69]

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.

[@eklektikTechno]

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

[@denniscaceres1271]

Temaso la escucho desde 1989 wow

[@brandonfowler4876]

This song came on the radio yesterday and my 6 year old son said "turn it up!". A legit proud dad moment for me.

[@ritzharris1303]

Insert the "oh shut the fuck up Rebecca he did not say that meme"

[@dang8526]

which station?

[@KydaWoIf]

@@dang8526 ur mom station XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!

[@paddymulcahy5585]

as opposed to all the moments where you have to pretend to be proud?

[@martinluberthingjr2489]

I’ll take, that shit didn’t happen for 500

[@jermainelatimer804]

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.

[@brendabarber144]

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. 🤪

[@ozgekrmz980]

Happy new year, happy birthday :)

[@Cloth_Gloves]

happy birthday

[@jermainelatimer804]

@@ozgekrmz980 Thank you ❤️

[@ozgekrmz980]

@@jermainelatimer804 :)

[@thatguy5233]

finally found it again. the "old song doo doo doo by girl" worked

[@davidmckesey7119]

So cool right

[@BlueBoy0]

Same!

[@wxbrainiac]

i literally had to find it by searching dodododo do do do do do do

[@no-yj2cf]

Starts sweating because if you type the wrong amount of do's, baby shark pops up

[@skoobydoo5357]

🤣🤣🤣

[@havenobraincells]

Off topic but the random bird at 0:35 has me laughing my ass off.

[@andrewg3768]

It's a hoot

[@HL51_0]

❤😂🎉😢😮😅😊

[@kynoahbond8256]

Broken humor

[@GrazielaSanches-z5e]

Só sentir ...

[@GrazielaSanches-z5e]

Só sinta

[@dawnpaige3648]

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.

[@RichieB636]

Look up the acappela version, it's amazing

[@The_CIA]

Also look up "Take 5 - Kool Summer Mix" awesome track with same vibes.

[@corujabiruta3732]

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

[@juliusigonzalez3742]

The best carried these basic lyrics.... 😃😃😃

[@tamboradorverde1]

This is the comment I was looking for.

[@readinzession1308]

YES, THE TRUE MEANING YOU SEARCH INTO, THE BEATS ARE DOPE

[@VLE-Grimace]

What a stupid concept

[@JamesDobson-ij4cn]

Facts

[@alexanderlevy158]

This is the first time I've ever listened to this song after only ever hearing that one cover of it, and at first my brain was telling me it was kinda boring, but eventually I started understanding the story that was going on, the beat got under my skin, and then before I knew it I couldn't help but to dance in my seat.

[@cesarmedina5750]

Hermosa canción me lleva a un pasado pleno de juventud.

[@MadScientyst]

Decades have passed & I still know the lyrics by heart....it'll always be timeless classic & personal favorite...LOL

[@bargainhuntermama]

Hahaha me too!

[@ClickClack_Bam]

Duh duh duh duh dun duh duh duh.

[@awman3966]

Soon centuries will pass.

[@solsol9515]

Puta que pariu eu fiquei uma hora e meia procurando essa música, achei num post de forum de 2009. Posso descansar em paz agora.

[@rodrigoelias1168]

Boa guerreiro. Essa agonia é foda kkkk

[@Guillermohistoriador999]

Feliz

[@kalylvazquez]

Faz anos que eu queria encontrar a música e só consegui agora graças ao sistema do google que pesquisa pela som kkk

[@rodrigoelias1168]

@@kalylvazquez Baixe o Shazam, é um app feito pra isso!

[@leta5930]

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 I'm pretending Not to see them 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... And of the midnight picnic Once upon a time Before the rain began... I finish up my coffee It's time to catch the train

[@marioantoniosilvestri225]

My mood now. It's wonderful this song, thanks for the lyrics :-)

[@lasinloser3979]

You forgot the doo doo doos

[@smartperson1]

The lyrics reminds me of the song in the movie Toys with Robin Williams and Joan Cusack. Maybe just a product of the same time.

[@coreyseigworth9822]

@@lasinloser3979 crucial lyrics!

[@brandyhazel4942]

You’re the GOAT

[@jamesprescottreal]

I spent years looking for this beautiful song.

[@RS-xj6tz]

How bizarre to think that it's 35 years old!! Still sounds fresh!! What a song! Xxxx

[@erikwaterson683]

😎😎😎

[@madmesh978]

Wow is it that long. .every thing in my life between 15 to 33 waa just a manic drug fuelled haze

[@djnatZOMG]

Not this version by DNA. This one is from 1990. Still an old choon which aged very well btw!

[@KingPolygons]

Shut up Shut up Shut up Ur making me feel old

[@mcmotoz]

The song came out in 1992😕

[@JoeMandell-]

For those of you new to Susan Vega you may discover some of her other songs such as Luka, but burried in the KZbin algorithms is 99.9°F; a brilliant album that she recorded in 1992. KZbin does not list this album under her discography. Like DNA's remix, 99.9°F is full of catchy hooks that will have your friends and family asking "what song are you humming". I hate to use the term under-rated. To me finding a rare gem of a song 💎 is like find a magical treasure chest 🌈 🎶. I hope you enjoy this "under-rated" treasure. 💖

[@zenthiat2292]

Gonna check it out just now! Thanks for the recommendation!

[@adams3560]

Fun fact: Luka actually appeared briefly in a Simpsons episode. Homer sings a line from it.

[@JeremyRoadruck]

Blood makes noise, it's a ringing n my ears... but if you were in my movie...

[@katenkechi6996]

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

[@jacquelineglover1721]

1

[@essence____beauty_92]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@kiekie84]

came across this classic in a reel and I had to have a listen i miss those days when music like this played new the old days

[@KydaWoIf]

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 Therels 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 stocking 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

[@piramidasukcesu9417]

Commitment. But you should put it in spaces like this, see?

[@destroybot3000]

Going to add the final stanza from the og version, which are my favorites of the whole song. And of the midnight picnic Once upon a time Before the rain began And I finish up my coffee And it's time to catch the train

[@bobbywhitsett6428]

you forgot the chorus - lol

[@rosalizbeth4441]

😘🤘

[@28pompon]

✨ 💪🏻

[@lilymcalister1825]

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!! 😚💜💜💜🌹

[@TheGoldenHawaiianSwordsmanDrag]

Yet another proof that shows 90's dance music like this has aged perfectly like fine wine, even in July 2023!!!!!!🎵👍

[@alexkoln5849]

It's august now ..

[@surprisedsock]

​@@alexkoln5849September now

[@anne-mariewalsh6308]

YES!!

[@Максалтай-н5ш]

Революция

[@aryanpandey8888]

Nov now 😭

[@specialktheman]

I wish, oh how I wish, that the “…and of the midnight picnic once upon a time before the rain began…” lyric had have been left in this. Such a poetic song, that stirs emotions

[@kojopjay9478]

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!

[@pixiesouter9419]

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!!!!

[@USERVIC21]

Same here!!!

[@esthershih5575]

SAME when i first heard centuries something in my brain fizzled and clicked and i went on a hunt

[@stirlitziaofficial]

Yessir

[@WeThePeeps13]

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.

[@austinbrandenberger4154]

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.

[@WeThePeeps13]

@@austinbrandenberger4154 Thanks....will do.

[@WeThePeeps13]

@@austinbrandenberger4154 Just did. You were right....it ROCKS.

[@redfoxcaly]

@@austinbrandenberger4154 I love that cover, he has an amazing voice

[@Nedula007]

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.

[@auralepiphanies4055]

Music was so exciting then and this coffee culture introspection was the rage in my city. Bands would form, poetry was slammed, writers would network and creativity was a beacon. I really do shed a tear at that life.

[@kennethmighty9383]

My 5 year old started randomly singing this yesterday and I was impressed!! Good music never dies.

[@SnukerØMG]

Same i keep singing this Song ❤

[@Benbenimsenkimsin-]

Vayy çocuğunuz şarkı gibi çok etkileyiciymiş ❤

[@0rphio333]

There Is a new rendition of the song. You should check it out, I imagine you will be floored by the guys voices.

[@SnukerØMG]

@PandguinGod 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 :/

[@kennethmighty9383]

@PandguinGod 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 KZbin 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

[@markfromsomewhere52]

Damn after so many years and this is the official video

[@bunni795]

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

[@BledaDiaz]

Thank you 🙏

[@josepharrowmith5347]

A perfect "slice of life "song!

[@carljohnson1368]

Legend

[@dobry_den]

Forgot about: tttd tttd tttd ttdd"🗣️

[@corce209]

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!

[@HollywoodNostalgiaofficial]

Good old 90s :)

[@amfro4276]

I'll sometimes start humming random tunes that come into my head on the spot, and when I was younger I hummed this exact tune, I swear I didn't remember hearing it anywhere and I had refined it over and over and then hummed it for my parents because I was so so proud of it. They then told me it already existed and played this for me. I swear I had never hear it before. But that can happen sometimes when making any form of music

[@mzsweet69]

never get old.this song was played on every station you can think of

[@okiedokeypokey6309]

Thank you Miss Vega, I mean it, whenever I get in a slump, no matter how bad it gets, this upbeat tune to the vocals always just somehow manages to get me out of it. So, from the bottom of my heart, I mean it when I say thank you ❤

[@ВераШадрина-й4х]

Конец восмидесятых,Барнаул,дискотека.Молодость,классное время,классная музыка.Очень жаль,что ничего не вернешь назад.

[@nellies]

I love the original so much, but I gotta say this is such a good remix, I love the beat and the trumpet and everything. But I beg you to check out the original that's only acapella, it's so eerie, and also check out Suzannes other songs, she's amazing.

[@andersonalmeida7520]

Quando esse som estourou aqui no Brasil, eu tinha uns 10 ou 11 anos . ( Anos 90 ) Curti muito esse som , bons tempos , boas recordações! Som top !!! 💃🕺👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@dhiegovieira5819]

Isso mesmo 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@geoffreyjonathanwilson9932]

Summer 1990! This song was a big hit in the UK singles charts back then.Great tune I think 😊

[@chev222]

grabe ilang araw din akong di natigil pakinggan to SOLID EYyyyyyyy 🤩

[@strayxxiii7601]

You will remember this song, remember it for centuries.

[@znamasters7090]

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

[@KratKrit]

Ew

[@ratstapler8501]

Fucking hell, now I remember what this song sounded like.

[@EccentricArc]

​@@KratKrit subhuman behavior

[@OliverSandys]

@@znamasters7090 it’s not just similar, centuries uses a sample from toms diner.

[@TheJoe1172]

This music was one of the killer songs of the late 80s and early 90s. Thanks for having this in videos. Awesome

[@_ARUS_]

Brilliant remix by DNA, so minimalistic (simple drums beat and a bit of brass and synth pads).

[@philliphwillis2854]

I do remember this song Tom,s Diner. Back then in 1990 year. I heard this song on the radio alots back then in 1990 to 1991 years.

[@ryanvernon6781]

I love the fact that I was born in 1993 because this song has been with me my whole life. Thank you for giving me the love for music that I have ❤

[@nasirjones3542]

So happy this was remastered!!!

[@AQUATRON_AND_ICY]

The fact this was made in 1987 and it flows on forever is amazing, The music the lines, its amazing, even doe I'll never understand the songs story, I like it

[@Cockpit16478]

Real music 🎶. Suzanne Vega rocks 💯. 8 years old when this was released on tape , single cassette. Class ❤

[@morenag.7769]

Total nostalgia…..& makes me feel like a teen from back in the early 90s!!!!🙌🏽❤️‍🔥🙌🏽

[@shairalapira9966]

This song tune has been stuck in my head for a year now, especially the intro. Asked my mom and even hummed to it on song search websites, but nothing came up. It's just today, January 1st that I discovered its title. Such a gem from 1987! Wishing you listeners a blessed New Year 2023 and a prosperous year ahead. 🎆🎉

[@GregoryManning-fj8up]

Jammin this since the early 90s😄& that base guitar & snare drum📀🎸🥁 is instantaneously dance infusive🎼

[@Todo-1996]

What's crazy to me about this song. Is that it doesn't sound like a 80s song. It sounds like something from the early to mid 90s.

[@Dalgren969]

Yes, because this is the remix which is from the 90s. The original acapella version is from 1987 or so

[@cirrustate8674]

@@Dalgren969 The original acapella version is from 1981.

[@franciscojavier1824]

Años sin escucharlo y de repente suena en una radio de Puebla, se me hizo mágico ese momento.

[@drecastaneda8640]

Eso si 👍🏽

[@elsadiaz487]

Igual años sin escucharla y de repente en una estación de radio en cd juarez ✌️

[@ariesqueenofdiamonds78]

Omg..haven't heard this song or seen this video in yrs...the nostalgic is real asf💞💞💞💞💞

[@teardataco8913]

Finally after 30 years we got an HD edition..

[@mithunsudas1651]

Finally found this song on youtube after 10 years of searching!!..😊😊 Feeling happy..🎉🎉 Love from India..❤❤🎶🎶🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@heavenking2065]

I’ve been forever trying to find this song. And right when I least expected it, it found me lol. My old job at Kmart used to play this song all the time and it grew on me.

[@iAvrilFan1]

Finally!! I was looking for this timeless classic!

[@rickystar5]

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.

[@TheGoaBase]

True

[@ronmatthews]

You don't know what you are talking about

[@rickykinsley6132]

It true 2 British guy who run a record shop were dna

[@judgegiant8951]

@@ronmatthews i think you'll find that he does

[@Cransridge2288]

They used to play this at the Ritzy nightclub in Kingston. I'm showing my age now.

[@murph9159]

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. 🙏🏾🎉

[@ttilt4sa201]

I have a question, am I the only one who noticed that in the song “centuries” by Fall Out Boy at minute 3:12 the same melody from the beginning of this song is hummed?

[@tristen_grant]

its a sample of the song, not someone humming it.

[@ojhanirmalakapadi5011]

Yeh

[@richardgadberry8398]

"It is nice to pour the coffee", says the man who pours the coffee, and he is pouring the coffee on the counter, 'cause he is looking out the window at something funny. I say "Are you serious, you stupid piece of shit?!" And he pours the coffee on my head, and my hair has gotten wet.

[@mattsmoo58]

CS188 really outdid himself with that video. S tier sentence mixing.

[@ImJustThatGamer22]

I love that video 🤣

[@Penguindude1]

Do not argue with the man who pours the coffee.

[@ImJustThatGamer22]

@@mattsmoo58 So I threw the coffee out the windooooow

[@sarah.rarwasunavailable]

As soon as it got to the part about "he is pouring the coffee on the counter cause he's looking out the window" I knew then and there it was about to be a good one

[@Flexican510]

The beat and her voice goes together like so perfectly this is the type of song that belongs on repeat.

[@phantomcruizer]

It is!... In my head😆

[@Flexican510]

@@phantomcruizer It’s in my head at least one time per day lol

[@ianbell7342]

one hell of a sensual sexy singer ❤

[@Flexican510]

@@ianbell7342 Yeah it is a superb classic

[@livpro5161]

Myke towers song Degenere brought me back to this song...after a quick google search hear i am feeling all the nostalgia from my early childhood....this song has been playing in the background of my thoughts for years and i never knew who sang it till today...

[@flashthemonkey6032]

Ahhhh, THIS is the song to play while I’m eating breakfast and making myself coffee in the morning because I’m half-asleep.

[@fouronetwo813]

I remember my mom listening to this song on the radio in the car when I was a little kid. It was magical to me. Thanks for the memories. 👌

[@letsjustdirtbike]

Same!!!! But instead of my mom, it was my dad!

[@jarinsonmartinez3421]

Llegue aquí luego de saber el dato de que esta fue la primera canción en formato mp3. EXELENTE ELECCION

[@mariavarela1804dl]

Te lo dijo el chombo...

[@lourdesortizlomeli8896]

Te lo dijo el Chombo...

[@joseantoniogtz2503]

No los dijo el chombo :v

[@angelicameral4590]

Yo también jajajaja,

[@mariavarela1804dl]

@@joseantoniogtz2503 casi todos nosotros estamos acá luego del vídeo del chombo jajaja

[@tredd4997]

This song reminds me of a hot lt summer night in the early 90s, with a Cresent moon over the horizon.

[@arunca190]

Awesome mix. Originally just the vocal which was also PLANET EARTHS FIRST MP3!

[@brianblaise3930]

Every time I hear this song it makes me smile…..

[@sergioyourgulez555]

??

[@sarah.3599]

@@sergioyourgulez555 ??

[@nenadgutesa8978]

@@sarah.3599??

[@alinazaranska9135]

To jest moja ulubiona piosenka Suzanne Vega. Ma niezwykły klimat i poprawia mi nastrój

[@robozardexceptthisisthe3rdnew]

No offense to your language, but it's written like someone tripped over a keyboard.(in my opinion at least)

[@DC-iy5mm]

@@robozardexceptthisisthe3rdnew How dare you, you fjkghksdjfhzksdjh!

[@nakael6405]

@@robozardexceptthisisthe3rdnew And I suppose you are American, disrespectful like always

[@LucidAcidTunsi]

Funny FACT. i was searching for a vegan dinner for tonight. Thank you 😂😂

[@diablorises]

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!

[@charliebay9441]

It makes perfect sense. Someone sitting in a diner. Tom's Diner. Watching the people in the diner.

[@davehoward3645]

Timeless. This song is takes me right back to 90’s and I love it

[@geralddistefano7459]

Hell yeah dave in miss the late 80, s 90,s soooooo much

[@KingJohnson1985]

80s and 90s have been the greatest decades of music

[@peaceout506]

I was just sitting here thinking one day and this popped in my head brings back my childhood

[@Colette92017]

I like your music and I like your style🎉🎉❤❤😊😊