Episode 153 – Suzanne Vega vs Tom’s Diner

The guys trace the unlikely story of one of modern pop music’s most enduring melodies – from folk singing exercise to it’s place in streaming music history. This episode brought to you in part by Louder Than Life Music Festival. Louder Than Life America’s Biggest Rock Festival Louisville, KY September 21-24, 2023 Highland Festival Grounds At Kentucky Exposition Center Foo Fighters, Green Day, Tool, Avenged Sevenfold, Godsmack, Pantera, Queens Of The Stone Age, Weezer, Limp Bizkit, Megadeth, Rancid, Turnstile & More General Admission And VIP Passes On Sale Now Starting At $10 Down Win Louder Than Life tickets by entering HERE! Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rocknrollbedtimestories SHOW NOTES: “Seinfeld Theme” by Jonathan Wolff, “Tom’s Diner,” “Tom’s Diner (Reprise),” “Luka” by Suzanne Vega https://diffuser.fm/suzanne-vega-toms-diner/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzanne_Vega https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_Folk https://folkways.si.edu/fast-folk-musical-magazine-vol-1-no-1/american-folk/music/album/smithsonian https://www.nytimes.com/1982/03/05/arts/greenwich-village-is-again-a-magnet-for-folk-singers.html https://www.brianrose.com/journal/2006/08/new-yorksuzanne-vega.html https://www.brianrose.com/hardy/hardy.htm https://www.highroadtouring.com/artists/suzanne-vega/ https://archive.nytimes.com/opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/23/toms-essay/ https://www.passionweiss.com/2021/02/02/1nce-again-suzanne-vega-toms-diner-dna-remix/ https://www.whosampled.com/Suzanne-Vega/Tom%27s-Diner/sampled/ https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/19727/how-toms-diner-tuned-mp3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlheinz_Brandenburg