The cynic might ponder Suzanne’s motives. Back with a collection of old songs rerecorded, on paper it sounds like little more than a money making stint. Suzanne herself even suggests after tonight’s opener, Marlene On The Wall, that ‘journalists might like to argue with me and say it’s not a love song, it’s an angst song’ which makes it’s addition to Close Up Volume 1, Love Songs suspect to say the least. Like its latest album version, Marlene comes with a stripped back sound, but the distinction from the original is subtle, a shift which only discerning fans would...12/07/2010 | Suzanne Vega – O2 Academy, Oxford
The cynic might ponder Suzanne’s motives. Back with a collection of old songs rerecorded, on paper it sounds like little more than a money making stint. Suzanne herself even suggests after tonight’s opener, Marlene On The Wall, that ‘journalists might like to argue with me and say it’s not a love song, it’s an angst song’ which makes it’s addition to Close Up Volume 1, Love Songs suspect to say the least. Like its latest album version, Marlene comes with a stripped back sound, but the distinction from the original is subtle, a shift which only discerning fans would...