Suzanne Vega vs Madonna

Two artists who hit it huge in different spectrums of music in the 80s. Do you like the folky and ambience of Vega or the cameleon carear of Madonna.. pick your fav

Listening to Solitude Standing by Suzanna Vega, a very good album


Love Luka

Edited by Icarium - November 17 2016 at 01:33

^^ .....I live on the 2nd floor........
I don't actively (willingly) listen to either, but Madonna..............

Edited by Tom Ozric - November 17 2016 at 01:48

Suzanne Vega, definitely!

Madonna by light years, she was more progressive in her career and hit different genres, as well as a tremendous performer.

Vega. Always liked her first album, almost dreamlike in quality. 

someone_else wrote: Suzanne Vega definitely (though a few Madonna songs belong to my guilty pleasures ).

This.

hahahha... who?

Quote from Allmusics bio of Suzanne

"Suzanne Vega was the first major figure in the bumper crop of female singer/songwriters who rose to prominence during the late '80s and '90s. Her hushed, restrained folk-pop and highly literate lyrics (inspired chiefly by Leonard Cohen, as well as Lou Reed and Bob Dylan) laid the initial musical groundwork for what later became the trademark sound of Lilith Fair (a tour on which she was a regular). Moreover, her left-field hit single "Luka" helped convince record companies that folk-styled singer/songwriters were not a thing of the past after all, paving the way for breakthroughs by Tracy Chapman, Michelle Shocked, Shawn Colvin, Edie Brickell, the Indigo Girls, Sinéad O'Connor, and a host of others throughout the '90s. Vega's early commercial success helped open doors for a wealth of talent".

Are you kidding me ?
Of these two, SV of course (though she aged poorly, I saw her live just a couple years ago and it broke my heart)

But nowhere near my fav female singer/songwriter, I can think of half a dozen right from the top of my head (Tracy, Joan, Joni, Sandy, Judy, Annette, ....)


Edited by Quinino - November 19 2016 at 13:01

Always thought Old Ma Donna plumbed the depths of '80s pop shallowness with an ability and aplomb that matched the nude photos supporting the vacuity of the audio content. The piano solo in Like A Virgin is a career highlight. Not being funny, it is good and stand s proud of the cloying 80s production "values". I'd go well out of my way to avoid something that seems like a porn version of The Sound Of Music but without the actual quality and meaning (and it's one actual funny moment).

Not familiar with Suzanne Vega, I may have heard something but it has not caught me yet. My fault. Seems like she'd be the artist to listen to than the other one to avoid.