2 January 2024 - Suzanne Vega - Marlene On The Wall

It's gonna be that type of year where we struggle to get posts out on time.  

That's OK.  It's late, but here is Suzanne Vega with oue of her early singles, exhibiting her pop-folk sensibiliites from her very first album, her self-titled debut in 1985.  We love how fast she sings at parts in this song.

Written by Vega, the song was her first top 40 hit in the UK and remains her biggest hit there.  The "Marlene" in the title is actress Marlene Dietrich.  An obscure reference for a pop song? Maybe, but it still works.

Nearly 40 years later, she still performs this very upbeat song, as she did at the Glastonbury Fedtival in 2022.  She still sounds as brilliant as she did in the 1980s.