[HN Gopher] Tom's Essay (2008)
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       Tom's Essay (2008)
        
       Author : neom
       Score  : 68 points
       Date   : 2024-03-30 08:00 UTC (15 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (archive.nytimes.com)
        
       | leashless wrote:
       | I have always felt the MP3 format would have been better if they
       | had used a really high entropy test track with a lot of distorted
       | guitars and synth noises.
        
       | JKCalhoun wrote:
       | Two-hit wonder? Too bad.
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       | "Days of Open Hand" was a top-shelf album for me -- easily
       | several more songs on there that _should_ have been hits for
       | Suzanne Vega.
       | 
       | There's very little that's "fair" in the music business.
        
         | munchler wrote:
         | I love Suzanne Vega. Her first, eponymous album is an all-time
         | great, IMHO. It's very fluky that Tom's Diner and Luka were her
         | two hits. She was both lucky and unlucky.
        
       | dilap wrote:
       | > So I learned that hard work and long hours does not guarantee
       | success. Raw energy and great ideas spark the public interest
       | better than attention to "quality."
       | 
       | This defnly resonates for software as well.
        
       | dang wrote:
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       | jll29 wrote:
       | Suzanne Vega telling the history of her "Tom's Diner" song:
       | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D99PhzEIWuA
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       | Suzanne Vega - Luka https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZt7J0iaUD0
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       | Suzanne Vega - Tom's Diner
       | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-26hsZqwveA
        
       | ChrisMarshallNY wrote:
       | This was great. Thanks for sharing it.
       | 
       | I have a friend that is a retired music exec. I shared it with
       | him. It's likely he worked with her, at some point.
        
       | moonchild wrote:
       | > There a few new remixes or interpolations every year. Some ask
       | first, and some don't. The last one to ask permission was the
       | artist Pink, who I love
       | 
       | Is Pink's remix publicly available anywhere?
        
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