SUZANNE VEGA-SMALL BLUE THING-OGWT-BBC 2-1985

suzannevega.com Suzanne Vega performs live on the Whistle Test 1985.

[@jongordonmusic1]

So glad to find this video! Thanks to Brett Rogers for pointing it out to me. That's me on electric guitar! Playing with Suzanne in the early to mid 80's was a major high point of my career. I've seen a version of Marlene on the Wall from this shoot, but never this one before today.

[@autumnrain2110]

one of the greatest singer-songwriters to ever live

[@guyredares]

Smart, modest and talented as hell

[@stewartsanders6078]

35 years gone in the blink of an eye 😪

[@dreamyblue44]

In a brash decade she reminded us that having a soul mattered, wonderful footage, many thanks!

[@vicv.2720]

Always loved her talent and beauty. Her voice soothes my ears, her face holds my gaze, and her music/lyrics massage my brain. Perhaps a lot of makeup artists were doing this (so not necessarily something Suzanne had an opinion about), but I especially like her eye shadow in this video. The shading only being on the outer corners and following the downward edges of her brows, makes her eyes that much more expressive.

[@paxwallacejazz]

She's truly a wordsmith "scattering like light"

[@blissfulbaboon]

Timeless beauty will always be alive as the day it was written.Magnificent song in every way,a song that lives forever.They come along once in a century,a singer/writer like Suzanne Vega,a jewel of jewels

[@donnam2012]

Blending poetry and music with such haunting simplicity. I listened to Suzanne Vega in my early 20s, and today this song popped into my head when I thought about how I was feeling as the pandemic is taking off in my home city. I feel something small, smooth, hard and cold inside, and found myself singing "Today I am a small blue thing". The soothing calm strength of this song is magic. Thank you Suzanne Vega.

[@karasimon6766]

This just sounds like New York City of the 80s and 90s. Brings me to tears.

[@undershaft8828]

Good music never violates the silence in which it was created

[@xXNitXx]

This song tells a different story every time ❤

[@robin6797]

Beautiful soul . Life saver

[@AlanCanon2222]

Performed it at open mic night in Louisville, Kentucky. When lockdown happened I dremeled a cheap Yamaha guitar so I could put a Fishman pickup in it. And I swore if I survived COVID I would hit the open mic nights and perform Suzanne's entire catalog, one by one. Tonight I did Small Blue Thing, and I think it is my 18th public Suzanne Vega cover title in performance. Only 90 or so to go. All my friends at open mic are okay with it, we all have our muses, everyone knows SV is mine.

[@grahamgray2421]

This Ladies music is so nice to listen to, remarkable!

[@peterbustin2683]

I love the vulnerability in this song so much.

[@MrSilviut]

Crazy how much this is as good as the recorded version

[@pierlivexmusic]

GREAT Suzanne 🎸🎸🎸

[@jwckauman]

Man this has a real vibe.

[@railwaystationmaster]

Never fully appreciated just how elf like beautiful SV was back in the day, as for this song one of best and close forensic observations of such a simple every day object of the glass marble is pure acoustic alchemy of spherical proportions .