Suzanne Vega: Close-Up Vol. 3: States Of Being (CD)

Suzanne Vega

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"Suzanne Vega Close-Up Vol 3, States of Being." Rote Töne über einem Gesicht mit intensiven Blicken und Lippen.

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Label:: Cooking Vinyl
Item number:: 1154799
UPC/EAN:: 0711297492323
Release date:: 11.7.2011

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Widely regarded as one of the most brilliant songwriters of her generation, Suzanne Vega is reinterpreting a majority of her catalogue in an intimate and personal manner, creating 4 new, thematic albums called The Close-Up series. The latest, Close-Up Vol. 3, States of Being, has Suzanne revisiting her most haunting songs.

“This is Volume 3 of the Close-Up series, called States of Being. I used to call these the ‘Mental Health’ songs. They express a state of mind, but also more than that. I wouldn’t call them personal songs, but descriptions of a place deep inside. Anyone can feel like the narrator in Penitent, or Cracking, depending on your mood.

The new song in this collection is called ‘The Instant of the Hour After’. It’s a song from a new theatre piece with music, Carson McCullers’ ‘Talks About Love’. Duncan Sheik is the composer, and I have written the script and lyrics. It is based on the short story by Carson McCullers, which is loosely modelled after the author and her husband Reeves McCullers, featuring two alcoholics at the end of a long night of drinking. Hope you enjoy what I think of as the freakier side of my songwriting” -SUZANNE VEGA

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,,Auf dem dritten Teil der akustischen Aufarbeitung ihres Backkataloges widmet sich Suzanne Vega nach “Liebesliedern” (Vol. 1) und “Leute & Orte” (Vol. 2) nun States Of Being, was sie selbst mit “Befindlichkeiten” übersetzt. In Stücken wie “Undertow”, “Cracking”, “Solitude Standing” oder “Penitent” drückt sie ganz bestimmte Gemütszustände aus, die sie heute wesentlich gelassener und mit mehr Lebenserfahrung umsetzen kann als zum Zeitpunkt der Originalveröffentlichung." (Good Times, August / September 2011)

,,Das neue Teilstück trägt die Überschrift ,States Of Being', womit sie Einblicke in ihr Seelenleben und ihre Gedankenwelt gewährt. Früher nannte sie diese Tracks ,,Mental Health-Songs", beziehungsweise ,,Umschreibungen von einem Ort tief im Inneren." 13 Stücke hat sie aus ihrem Repertoire dafür ausgesucht." (AkustikGitarre, November / Dezember 2011)