boyajian@akov68.DEC (JERRY BOYAJIAN) (10/26/85)
> From: mit-eddie!nessus (Doug Alan) > I will be one of the first to say that Jane Siberry is very talented and > deserves praise, but I don't think it fair of you at all to imply that > Suzanne Vega does not deserve the praise she has received. I also > challenge your claim that Jane Siberry is in anyway "deeper". How can > you make claims like these having only heard "a small piece of one > Suzanne Vega song"? I also don't find Jane Siberry and Suzanne Vega > very similar at all. Jane Siberry is usually quite humorous, and > Suzanne Vega is usually deathly serious. Siberry's melodies are much > catchier than Vega's. For once (only being funny, Doug) you hit the nail right on the head. I have Jane Siberry's NO BORDERS HERE and look forward eagerly to her next album's release, but she is definitely of a different flavor than Suzanne Vega. I prefer Vega, but that is simply a matter of personal taste. I also wonder how Mr. Iverson could claim that Siberry is "deeper" than Vega without having heard more than part of one song. Put the shoe on the other foot --- if all one heard of Siberry was "Waitress", I can't imagine thinking that she was "deep" in *any* way. And by the way, for those of you here in the U.S. who'd like a taste of Jane Siberry's music, her album NO BORDERS HERE is available in the U.S. It's on Open Air Records, a division of Windham Hill, and distributed by A&M Records (coincidentally, Suzanne Vega's label). The store where I got it had the LP in the Windham Hill section and the cassette in the Rock/Pop section, so try either/both if you're looking for it. --- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC, Acton-Nagog, MA) UUCP: {decvax|ihnp4|allegra|ucbvax|...}!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-akov68!boyajian ARPA: boyajian%akov68.DEC@DECWRL.ARPA