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

[@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.

[@uspeople77]

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)

[@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

[@user-yx6ut6jq6c]

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

[@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.

[@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😀

[@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😇

[@user-gn7vw3xq1c]

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

[@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!

[@marcussmith3934]

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

[@megadrivecar_]

I found this song by typing "tu tu tu rah tu tu ru rah" lol

[@bighapps7570]

Lucky ! I never found it like that!

[@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??

[@-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

[@user-hv5uc5bf5o]

1990 год,родился сын,я отказался от металла, Вега одна из самых запомнившихся на всю жизнь исполнителей... с того времени и до сих пор!!!

[@pmak6074]

ради этого от металла отказался?

[@MikhailKondratyev1966]

​@@pmak6074душевное пение, красивый голос Suzanne.

[@JohnSmith-us6vu]

@@pmak6074 многие слезают с тяжелой музыки со временем. она чрезмерно шумная и злая. тем кто слушает только металл - сложно понять тех кто слушает Музыку

[@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

[@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

[@Kittykatt5612]

Anyone listening to this in July 2024?

[@nadadannoui8323]

😊

[@DickPeters-kq9ss]

Have been since the songs release 😊😊

[@lexilongbottoms3812]

🙋🏼‍♂️

[@jmanink00]

Here!

[@cosmicchaos5945]

Still listening

[@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 ✌️

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.

[@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.

[@cemsilver4261]

30 yıla yakın bu şarkıyı arıyordum,sözleride çok güzel,teşekkür ederim

[@Baby-yf6oi]

Anyone in 2024 ?

[@craigmartin738]

Yes sir

[@zorahafer3092]

May 4, 2024

[@hamdizzle]

​@@zorahafer3092Ayyyyy! Same here! Here to see/hear the original... And then the cover. Damn IG 🤣

[@wanderingfool7136]

Here forever ❤

[@bobsagely812]

No

[@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.

[@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😉

[@sharanagati658]

Anyone after nadaniyaaa song??

[@Aman_Jangra_Art]

🙋

[@theandroidtech01]

Hell copied from this

[@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.

[@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 😊

[@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.

[@trey7013]

I can’t believe I finally found this song after like 12 years 😅 I’m so happy now

[@user-vz4uw1hu4t]

Who is here after remake nadaniyaan 👇

[@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

[@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 👍

[@cesarmedina5750]

Hermosa canción me lleva a un pasado pleno de juventud.

[@Robin_Hood054]

*Anyone* *from* *2024* *to* *this* *listening* *masterpiece* *.*

[@RazerflameRageboi]

Uh huh! 😃

[@sg0771]

Definitely! It captures the 90s so perfectly.

[@55bwalnut]

Ummm yeah!

[@kathyschulz4251]

This cat is❤

[@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]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4mXfn5_eduLgq8

[@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.

[@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 ..

[@eyesleerage64]

​@@alexkoln5849September now

[@anne-mariewalsh6308]

YES!!

[@user-pf6zo9iz8b]

Революция

[@aryanpandey8888]

Nov now 😭

[@user-gw2bi9xr7e]

This chill and expressive song with its visual lyrics was a positive note in my high school years. Still great.

[@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.

[@bossup6207]

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

[@Skeptor505]

After 30 years

[@user-ji9qg2tq8z]

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

[@kennethmighty9383]

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

[@Snukergball]

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.

[@Snukergball]

@@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 :/

[@kennethmighty9383]

@@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 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

[@LucidAcidTunsi]

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

[@jennagrizzle5735]

It's 2024 and this beat is still stuck in my head 💜

[@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

[@holisticallyholly4612]

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

[@holisticallyholly4612]

@@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 ... 🎵 😌 😇❤

[@tredd4997]

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

[@Orathadaxiicc]

These oldies' songs Hit better than all these 2024 songs 😂😂 .... Perfect song to start my workout

[@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.

[@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 :)

[@Yophillips3272]

This song smacked me with nostalgia I haven't heard "Tom's Diner" since I was a kid.

[@Shnozzler]

I can’t stop hearing “Some legends are told, some turn to dust or to gold”

[@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😕

[@KingMB_XJ_Official]

Do not argue with the man that pours the coffee.

[@lunch5779]

Facts

[@Leehuss5582]

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..

[@antvn222]

same im 32 and so happy to hear this

[@josiahlara7216]

I remember this being the best song ever. Anyone else slapping this in 2024??

[@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]

🤣🤣🤣

[@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.

[@goodolarchie]

It's insane how ahead of its time this song was. It sounds like it was straight out of 1993-95 female pop, but it was written over a decade before that.

[@mysticxiiii]

2024 and cleaning house on weekends still doesnt feel right without this song. Legendary vibes.

[@RobertoZambiaOfficial]

Congrats to everyone that Googled TATATATATATA and you eventually ended up here. You love this song definitely 😂

[@WeThePeeps13]

I did...haha.

[@31StudioAnimations]

I looked up centuries sample

[@dkwhattouseasusername1012]

Heh used the KZbin shorts option where you can see videos with the same audio

[@user-tr6ty1pj6n]

Doo doo doo doo doooo

[@highpineapple]

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

[@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]

✨ 💪🏻

[@Kem4ik993]

Наконец-то я нашел эту песню,писав в поиск просто "тэ тэ тэре, тэ тэ тэре"

[@GSXK4]

The song is about a Wednesday, 18 November, 1981 in Manhattan.

[@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]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@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.

[@Mr_Belt1]

🎵I am sitting on the toilet, I had to take a doodie. When the doodie hit the water, the water hit my booty!🎵

[@randallsmith5631]

It's actually named Tom's Restaurant.

[@mazafakabitch1113]

This song really deserves to be the first MP3 ever

[@ilikespacedinosaurs]

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

[@RBYW1234]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4mXfn5_eduLgq8

[@jaimlawson]

Lol I could see this as an ITunes commercial if it isn’t already

[@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

[@dougeeemcfly1]

I had the stupid beginning stuck in my head, but I had no idea what the title of this song was. I had to type ‘ walking by the corner’ and miraculously the song popped up

[@TheAvargas687]

A timeless classic track no matter what decade it is

[@christianpascal5593]

Depuis longtemps j'aime cette mélodie. Merci. Et bravo !

[@thaakbar3027]

Who still running off this fire 🔥 in 2024?

[@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

[@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 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@justis_xoxo]

Please like this so I can be reminded of this beautiful song 🖤🖤👍

[@robertorussovisions]

Melody is what gives an "identity" to a song and allows to remember it more easily. Here we listen to a nice melody.

[@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!! 😚💜💜💜🌹

[@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.

[@cletusjones9411]

Once you’ve heard this song it will randomly pop into your head for the rest of your life.

[@ms.jocelynj3213]

Love it True Facts😂 it's gotten you for life

[@DaReal00MENACE]

I’m just standing in that Kitchen, Over that stove just water whippin’ …. 😂 anyone?

[@DragnSly]

"It's nice to pour the coffee." - the man who pours the coffee

[@lostfan5054]

JOJ

[@djk1288]

DO NOT ARGUE WITH THE MAN WHO POURS THE COFFEE.

[@WhiteChocolate74]

Be nice. Otherwise he might spit in your coffee

[@eclipsesonic]

I like how catchy, simple and laid back this song is. Why can't modern songs have this kind of vibe?

[@Taru1blm]

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

[@garrulus3399]

​@@Taru1blmdoing God's work, thank you!!

[@alexpetrov8871]

Try Solitude Standing or In Liverpool - those are less simple.

[@JePe-on4ff]

​@@Taru1blmname of songs plz

[@Taru1blm]

@@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

[@Yosemite-George-61]

Suzanne... I'm in Normandy, in a basement room (my bunker) listening to Solitude Standing cassette album I bought in Alaska in 1987... You are the best American poet... Tom's Dinner, Gypsy, Wooden Horse... your words are just magnifficent an they can "soften up" this 60 year old Vet. Thank you for sharing your talent. All the best!

[@MrIndependent2407]

I just learned this: “Tom’s Diner”, an a cappella song set in a restaurant, that had “popped into [her] head fully formed”. Although the album, Solitude Standing (released in 1987) did well, this song made the top 30 in Ireland, grazed the top 60 in the UK, and flopped elsewhere. And then something strange happened. Three years later, in 1990, two enterprising musicians from Bath added minimal sound-system beats from Soul II Soul’s “Keep On Movin’” to the song, and when Vega’s record company was about to reach for its lawyers, the singer suggested they put it out as an official release. This time, “Tom’s Diner (DNA Remix)” was inescapable - topping the charts in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, reaching number two in the UK and Ireland and number five in the US. It is now probably Vega’s best-known song.

[@Psychlist1972]

One of those musicians from DNA is Nick Batt. He runs the Sonic State channel here on YT and around.

[@buff_baby_jaylontv1738]

My son sings this really loud if he loses me in the store 😂🧡

[@warrenchampagne5176]

Stop losing your son 😄

[@saint2600]

@@warrenchampagne5176 Nah No matter what age imma walk away from my mom in the store and search every aisle to find her again 💯

[@bowtho]

@@warrenchampagne5176 he doesn't lose his son, his son loses him.

[@AcousticSerenity]

Thats awesome

[@mclovinit2213]

Haha! That’s adorable!

[@mzsweet69]

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

[@GeographyB-um1cs]

Is it just me or has everyone here heard this song like 20 times before

[@janecolburn8959]

Being stuck in my head and till this day ..I feel the same.. da da da da da da da da...😅😊❤

[@theknight6094]

Can't ever hear this without thinking "SOME LEGENDS ARE TOLD..."

[@omarramirez6121]

I knew it XD

[@franmoran1249]

Yeeeees x2

[@syedtcb]

Finally!!!!

[@iisstupidity]

Yeah FOB sampled this song.

[@holdingontoyou_]

Yeaahhy

[@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. 🎆🎉

[@7wounders]

So much detail in this tune. 1987? It's still on the radio every day on pop stations. It came on today my 15 yr old daughter and her friend enjoy it. I'm like, this song is almost 40 years old.. But how the heck can this song be an oldie?😂

[@BruceAlmighty91]

Sooooo glad I FINALLY know the name & artist behind the song constantly popping into my head at random times of the day lol

[@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

[@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!

[@ZenShroud1]

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned this, but 'Tom's Diner' is 'Tom's Restaurant', which was 'Monk's Cafe' on Seinfeld.

[@sabinalauritano2757]

Ritrovata ora....ho 52 anni....l' ho ritrovataaaaaaa ❤🎉🎉 meravigliosa!L' avevo dimenticata!

[@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!

[@joshuaplaze6271]

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💕💕

[@pansysgarden]

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]

that is absolutely not true.

[@JAYFLOPROBEATS]

@@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.

[@lazii_knight1098]

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.

[@PrimataGamer]

@@lazii_knight1098 I looked it up and got the same result as you, I think this is the true story of this song.

[@KIS3D0]

Did anyone else grow up thinking this song was by Dido??? Or was it just me?