Suzanne Vega - World Before Columbus

[EarlieGee]

I Love Her. Love her. She was the only good thing about the 1980s.

[Bluenile38]

I much prefer this to the album version

[azazel637]

they like spectre on thee

[Whirligig12]

Whenever I hear this song, my snobbish mind goes, "Hey, Columbus was a horrible person who didn't do anything positive" but then I remember poetic license and realize how truly beautiful this song is. I love Suzanne Vega.

[notjulie]

And it's not license. She's not proclaiming Columbus a hero or a villain. She's just saying that the world became larger, greater and scarier than anyone had previously thought possible.

[Whirligig12]

You know, I hadn't thought about it that way before. Thanks.

[BobSlydell100]

@Whirligig12 Same thought!

[xxFionaJaynexx]

The thing I love the most about Suzanne Vega, and I don't mean this in a nasty way, is that she is so famous and so well-respected right across the world, but she still sounds ever so slightly nervous every time she performs. It just shows us that she cares so much about her audience that she doesn't feel big-headed and completely in control when she's on-stage. I'd say that's a true performer - one who still cares about their audience when they're world famous.

[kagokass]

Probably best poet-songstress we have

[hlmn1234]

She sucks !

Cruel as world before Columbus ?

Oh my god !

[TaoSVK]

I see that you understand to the text. Please stop talking things like this. If you dont like it, dont listen to it. Just shut up. thx

[HumansLib]

Not very bright, are you?

[deeplyc3]

beautiful song.

[gypsyluv]

I think I 've felt this way about a couple of people in my life....

[h78meiri]

A beautiful song -- that i love and cherish

[zyhz]

"as dark as the world before Columbus"...

She's absolutely brilliant.

Bravo Suzanne!

Thank you very much ThePersecutor for sharing such a great video!

[airmila]

just love the song... thanks for posting!