Knight Moves - Suzanne Vega

[pagandude1]

how beautiful is this. Ms Vega has a style all of her own. kind of a unique blend of folk and pop music. thanks for loading...

[UpRoaryus]

I think this is the first time I've realized this is a rock waltz. Weird.

[monkeygoesfishing]

My mother liked this years ago, and Mamas are often right :)

[JefferyWhiganshire]

Not sure how useful it is but I found this:

Suzanne explaing the meaning of the title "Knight Moves":

"The next song [Knight Moves] [...] is called like that because the person I was writing it for was behaving in such a way that he was taking one step forward and then he'd take two to the side, and then he'd take one step back and then he'd take two to the side..."

In concert, London School of Economics, England, October 24, 1985

[UpRoaryus]

@JefferyWhiganshire Fascinating. Thank you! I haven't listened to this album for at least a decade since my (extensive) LP collection has been ignored in the digital era. Regrettably, at that, now that I revisit this after so long. But it is interesting how my own maturity has influenced my perceptions too. I performed a dance that I choreographed to this song in my senior year of high school in 1990. Wonder how this knowledge would have influenced that if had known then...

[UpRoaryus]

@JefferyWhiganshire Listening again now with this in mind

[elenore88]

she's such a good songwriter

[MrMarkl1000]

reason why i bought this very album

[KennyRough]

/watch?v=Mjt39zLWVRU&ob=av2e

[thecarpy]

goosebumps

[mahnahkah]

This probably sounds silly, but when I listen to this song, all I can think of is Margo Roth Speigelman from Paper Towns by John Green. It just sounds like how she feels, when it's all slipping out of her control and she's frantically trying to bring it all back together, while fixing everyone else.

[bocanccini]

What an awesome song!!

Can you love one...

[BOX2BOXBAND]

yes!

[cromeo187]

This is one of my faves by this talented artist! It brings back alot of memories.

[AmbieBambie93]

i do

[hildaatje]

I love the mideval feel of this song,have done so from the first time I heard it,

I think it must have been almost 25 years ago......

[pinklotusalex]

this is still my favorite suzanne vega song ... just love it :o)

[cosmicrider287]

one of the best ever debut albums period.

[SueGlobalMixUp]

@cosmicrider287 have to agree with you there

[nofurrythings]

This brings back so many memories of a friend long gone. . . .

My favorite song by Vega.

[ines0488]

it seems to me like a "Part 2" of

"The queen and the soldier"-- sorry I don´t understand all of the lyrics but it´s as beautiful as all of the album

[sarojinius]

@ines0488 I always used to think that too. Now I think it could also be about a man who is cheating on his wife- from the point of view of the mistress, who has conflicting feelings of love for the man and pity for his wife?

[gaiawingz]

I'm surprised this song has so few comments & views -- this is [in my estimation] one of her very best tracks.

[giraffemangaz]

big fan 20yrs and more never heard a song a dont love spen

[blackjancsi]

@gaiawingz I made the same comment on another Youtube video of her 2000 Montreux Jazz performance of this song. Well, I might have been a bit more rash in my judgement, but that's just nuance... :-)

[Albertan1956]

" I called this song like that because the person I was writing it for was behaving in such a way that he was taking one step forward and then he'd take two to the side, and then he'd take one step back and then he'd take two to the side..."

In concert, London School of Economics, England, October 24, 1985

[esclaveankara]

Yes I love youuuu Suzanne Vega , you are the queen of singers

[lord112]

I just love this song

[StaceyQ483]

i honestly dont think she has EVER made a bad song lol Suzanne Vega=PERFECTION

[louiseduvee]

I LOVE Ms. Vega, but there is not much to choose from on You Tube...I'd love to hear more studio tracks: 'Gypsy", 'Undertow", anything from her 1st two albums.

Thank you;D

[700604201]

This song helps me te understand the queen in "the queen and the soldier" better. Solitude is the only place to go.

[trigidey]

You said it. From that point of view this song has that profound description of the queen's characteristics beneath thecold-hearted surface. All in all this song makes me shiver; it is impulsive, but then again, very smooth.

[MaikaGoesForAWalk]

shes one of the best thats out there. such an original voice and style.

[DRIVER23456]

Very cool... best CD quality bravo !!!

i love suzanne vega !!! :-)

[LivBennett]

same. sorry just had to reply. she's brilliant. i don't know like anyone else who knows her!

[jessfreak88]

cool