本来是对民谣之类的没什么兴趣的。不过也不是像见了恐龙一样躲之不及。比如Suzanne Vega（苏珊.维嘉）的作品我觉得就还可以听听。我在寻找的是一种偏向于轻松、欢快、节奏富于变换的声音。Suzanne Vega的一些作品是符合我的要求的。比如《Tom's Dinner》，还有《caramel》。这样的作品时间又不长，但给人带来的精神享受却可以很长久。这位20年前就推出首张专辑的woman，现在仍然能给我们带来一些愉快，这应该归功于我们的唱片业。如果没有这些记录美妙声音的碟片，估计我们的生活将会少了很多的乐趣。
《Tom's Dinner》让我觉得很适合做午饭的时候听，跟着歌曲里的“哒哒哒”的哼唱，估计我们做饭的心情要愉快不少。想象一下我们端着盘子在厨房里手舞足蹈的样子，似乎生活变得很有滋味。《caramel》则很适合在晚上坐在沙发上打瞌睡的时候听，轻柔、舒缓的节奏让人能够彻底放松。电视不好看，不如听听音乐更安逸。
附：Suzanne Vega的资料（官方网站地址：http://www.suzannevega.com/）
Suzanne Vega可谓继Joan Baez之后最具代表性的美国民谣才女歌女。她令民谣复兴于80年代流行乐坛，直到90年代的今天，Suzanne凭籍Fold Ro-ck以及火热动感的跳舞音乐仍稳座乐坛举足轻重之位。
早在少女时代，Suzanne Vega就接触了诗人歌手Leanard Cohen及早期的Bob Dyl-an知性音乐，开始对Folk Rock产生憧憬，并尝试以一支吉它在纽约城的夜总会自弹自唱，以简洁明快的手法演绎自己的作品。
1985年，推出了她的首张同名大碟，其中一首《Marlene One The Wall》冲上美国流行榜的第21位，这对于初涉乐坛的Suzan-ne而言不失为一个好的开端。《Cracking》以清新的木吉它伴奏，无助无依的呢喃将歌词中的淡淡情愫演绎得纤毫毕现。《The Q-ueen And The Soldier》则讲述了一个士兵参见女皇，声明自己不爱战争，只希望做回自己的故事，反战意识很浓。《Knight Mo-ves》惯常的Classical Guitar Scaling作adlib，使格调倾向于感伤、哀怨的气氛。1987年推出的《Solitude Outstanding》成Suzanne的转折点，这张专辑曲不仅获得了商业上的成功，更为她指明了音乐发展的新方向。其中一曲《LUKA》首闯入流行榜三甲。1990年的《Days of Open Hand》中加入了大量的设计，音乐结构上追求更深的层面，一如既往的Band sound歌曲如《Man In A War》依然清新流畅，而许多歌曲在排编上都十分成熟，巩固了Suzanne的艺术定位。1992年的《99·9F》有半数跳舞节奏的作品，极具个人风格：“Blood Mdes Noise”《As a Child》,《Song of Sand》主打歌《99·9F》听来都令人神怡不已。经过四年人生大事的安排，Suzanne终于在96年完成了新专辑《Nine Object of Desire》已经成为母亲的她，无论在造型抑或曲风上都展现出成熟性感的韵味。专辑融合了清新民谣，Jazz,Bassa, Nova尤其在打击乐的表现上十分突出。
2003年，Suzanne Vega推出了一张精选集《Retrospective The Best of》(苏珊.维嘉精选辑Retrospective The Best of)。这张精选集萃选“Luka”、“Toms Diner”，“Caramel”等21首优质唱作，可以说是长达77分钟的听觉餐宴。
Tom's Dinner
下载地址：http://221.144.12.143/board2/cwb-data/data/song/suzannevega-tomsdiner.mp3
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
Is getting 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
Suzanne Vega-Caramel
下载地址：http://birdbbs.idv.tw/~mozhuang/temp/caramel.mp3
It won't do
to dream of caramel,
to think of cinnamon
and long for you.
It won't do
to stir a deep desire,
to fan a hidden fire
that can never burn true.
I know your name,
I know your skin,
I know the way
these things begin;
But I don't know
how I would live with myself,
what I'd forgive of myself
if you don't go.
So goodbye,
sweet appetite,
no single bite
could satisfy...
I know your name,
I know your skin,
I know the way
these things begin;
But I don't know
what I would give of myself,
how I would live with myself
if you don't go.
It won't do
to dream of caramel,
to think of cinnamon
and long
for you.
