Suzanne Vega - 99.9 F

[cosmicrider287]

catchy,and she was smart to progress with the songwriting idiom.

[duaneburnett]

one of the most passionate frankly sexual songs ever this is the right music if you want to get lucky

[YokoUno30]

She's pretty I wanna be like her.

[ignaciovalt]

99.9 F is the best Suzanne's CD. Sounds actual and fresh since 1992... and their tracks aren't similar...

[ChinaPhe]

I love this song. It gets stuck on my head....

[valderamablues]

God i love her voice 5/5

[zwartepiet412]

in 92 i was a member of a gym that had an indoor track and they played this song everyday while i was running - this song has the perfect rythym for running

[LunaSeaSane]

I always thought of the 'creature' featured on the CD inlay as Suzette Vogue. Something vaudevillian...

[joye25]

i love this song!

[ImaginationBlue]

This lady is brilliant.

[ksmoonbeam]

love it, Suzanne is awesome.

[yanmusicaracaju]

This song used to play everyday at the morning (6pm, always before i go to school), in the Brazil MTV. This is how i met her... Amazing.

[breezsolo]

still one of the most unique tracks ever recorded.  gorgeous.

[yanmusicaracaju]

Agree!

[MeangitarMingoMango]

Interesting classof77. Weakness? meticulous orderly moments of stunning purity? what the? What's wrong with that?

I'm glad you started with a positive "best album" pre-emptive strike, best album is arguable.

It's a Suzanne vega song, not a sloppy live Rolling Stones Jam. Fuzzed? How do you know? Yes I know, fuzz guitar AKA now as overdriven distorted guitar. Hmm, industrial production BKG. Noises?

Interesting analisys. Nothing is messed up with fuzzy guitar, it's an effective tool and hook.

[classof77]

This is her best album. Her one weakness has always been the desire to have everything meticulous and orderly and perfect in each arrangement. It can produce moments of stunning purity (like "Language" on Solitude Standing) but sometimes she plays it a little too safe.

Froom messed and fuzzed things up just enough on this album. Electric guitar distortion, quasi-industrial production, background noise, etc. Still precise, but her most alive record.

[LunaSeaSane]

At the time, critics were all hyped over U2s 'makeover'. So even though they loved the album, she still took flack for including some accoustic pieces

(Blood Sings, Song of Sand & Private Goes Public) which only goes to show that at the end of the day, best stick to your own sense of taste.

I cannot think of one bad Suzanne Vega album, quite frankly.

[ScooterNerd]

I had forgotten just how stunning her eyes and her music are. Small blue thing still sounds fresh.

[ellaandcrisandsoobi]

I agree with all the statements; SVega definitely very underated in the canon of music, but with all our list-makers being offered kickbacks from record complanies and filled with their white middle class patriarchal ideas should i expect any less? I'm just glad someone steered me to the notso mainstream. 99F is so succinct, almost clinical where all her notions she raises in her lyrics about the body and being female become fleshed out in the music which then creates reactions in your own body.

[dcmtr]

Ah, the guy is the one getting steamed up but she remains cool as anything. I never pictured it that way.

[eyalyamin]

listen you all misters knowing it all she is supereb beatiful like heaven pure like ice and so talented god envys her

[Renae4life]

god created her O.o.....

[fnurksak]

best video ever

[earthsunmoon2]

I think Suzanne Vega is perhaps amongst the most under-rated musicians ever. Most have heard Luka and this song and a few others, but just buy any of her discs and they are all good. Most of her discs I actually like every single song. Her stuff can drift into very dark matters and this is such a great artist and when I say dark it's almost dark like Depeche Mode only in her case maybe more personal and of course a whole different musical style than DM.

[giomoreira]

I love this song. And, of course, Suzanne.

[tegdirb1017]

this album is one of her best, even if it's a little to trippy hoppy than her folk roots. what a great voice to wrap around those sexy Froom grooves. the whole LP is this sultry - great tunes during the shoegaze rage years

[transcendrage1]

i like those distant acoustic jazz guitar chords in the background loaded with reverb they seem to be panned

to the left... very nice

[q1p0alzm]

what great comments people!

[jimthefin]

How many "folk chicks" have hooked up with such a funky bassline?

Very cool

[Blueskywatcher]

My New York City girl.

[PapaHeffer]

great video. i like her hair!

[mhevalow]

that sounds sensual as hell!!!

[treefrog1982]

You should check her out in CSI... hot!

[Biochips1]

CSI?

[Biochips1]

What's her real hair color now? Sometimes it's brown, then red and then brown again...

I like women with red hair, but I don't know what she is...

[theKatherineL]

I assume it's red, but only because of her pale skin and blue eyes.

[tall32guy]

She's part Irish and Scottish so my assumption is it's red.

[Biochips1]

Her mother is of German-Swedish heritage. So, not only Irish and Scottish like her father. :)

[1000BeatsPerMinute]

Is nice.

[lovespineapples]

i loooooove this song!

[LyricWatch]

You can't really stop embedding because you can just use the link in the address bar!

[Biochips1]

What drugs did this woman consumed in order to be able composing such enormous damn cool songs!

If anyone knows give me the adress of the dealer

[solwolfpunk]

probably depression and suicidal tendencies with a ton of poetic talent. :)

[Biochips1]

If you were right she had already killed herself after writing and performing "Luka". :)

[solwolfpunk]

But I think this is a happy song about "getting hot".

[lordazuzu]

I would have killed myself after writing "The Queen and The Soldier" ;)

[sinfabulous]

i think every album...record...disc...she has given to us (the audience) has been worthwhile. that is hard to say about many artists whom give into the man or disappear or releas that one album that should have been burnt...she is in calibur of tori..sinead..siouxsie..paula.­.etc.. --at least in the opinion of moi!!

[Godzilla1985]

"Something cool against the skin is what you could need" - No that is not good advice for someone with a fever. Passive cooling is recommend for those with high fevers.

[solwolfpunk]

lol. I think she is encouraging a cold shower for the sexual arousal.However she wants the fever too.

[Soul74]

She's beautiful. Physically, as a person, as an artist...

[katjiepiering]

My mistake,,,you are right,I was thinking of the song "In Liverpool." Listened to the song so many times, but never checked up on the title.Thanks for pointing it out:)

[katjiepiering]

"Boy in a Bubble" was a great song of hers too.I love this song though,and the music video is amazing.

Greetings from South Africa

[fangeo]

I haven't been able to find a song she did called Boy in the Bubble, I think the track you are thinking of is "In Liverpool" from the 99.9F album and the line you are thinking of from that song is actually "Boy in the Belfry" :)

[januszfrompoland]

One of the most sensual voices in music I have ever heard. My 2nd favourite song of Suzanne. "Luka" is the 1st one of course.

Thanks for posting this video.

To all Suzanne's fans - greetings from Poland.

[hayabusasilver]

great song

[fmnstbear]

Whenever people talk about Suzanna Vega, they talk about "Luca" or "Tom's Diner". To me, this is the her greatest. This is, quite simply, one of the sexiest, most sensuous songs ever recorded.

[lepton250]

Get the retrospective DVD. I'd agree with you, but there are several videos on that disk that are absolutely *delicious*. You may find yourself a bit torn over which one is your favorite.

[dldyer]

i'll have to do that; i've got all of her cd's and they're are many songs that i like but have no idea what they're about.

[lepton250]

I'm pretty sure she sells directly on ebay. About $20 and *well* worth it. I've given the Retrospective DVD as gifts and trust me- it's a treasure.

[dldyer]

cool dude, thanks for all the info. i really love suzanne vega and really took a liking to her when she came out in 1987 with "Luka". i mean i was only 5, but i remember it. i just think she's so talented

[andreikinUSA]

Gosh, I haven't heard this song for 15 years!!! It came out when I was in High school..... Made me remember all my buddies from back then :-) Thank you!

[dldyer]

what in the world is this song about?

[lepton250]

flirting

[dldyer]

thanks, makes much more sense now.

[lepton250]

If you get the Suzanne Vega Retrospective DVD, she does a commentary track that covers each video. She's also done some interviews where she comments on 99.9F

[susanswan]

made my saturday morning.

[YanMusic]

Beautiful Music.

[ThisIsLove42]

This is an excellent song from Suzanne and put her on a different range of music. Also the sound quality on this video is perfection. 5 stars.

[christoc99]

greetings from Trujillo, Peru...hopefully she can visit us someday! I went to Santa Monica and i loved being there.

[rdwo]

Fantastic!  I miss this magic.