Luka.....

obiwon76

I've always been a great fan of this song by Suzanne Vega. Not sure when the first time I heard it, but as the years went by and I would occasionally hear it, I was interested in finding out what her inspriation was to write it. Recently, I found an interview in which she discussed her motivation behind it:

A few years ago, I used to see this group of children playing in front of my building, and there was one of them, whose name was Luka, who seemed a little bit distinctive from the other children. I always remembered his name, and I always remembered his face, and I didn't know much about him, but he just seemed set apart from these other children that I would see playing. And his character is what I based the song Luka on. In the song, the boy Luka is an abused child—in real life I don't think he was. I think he was just different

This is a great example of the power of music. How she could take a real life situation and turn it into a song of inspiration for those over the world who have experienced something similar. Amazing... Beautiful song.

MJSB74

This is a great song. I bought the 7" of this the same day my Grandad died(which I think was 1987) and Ive never played it once because its too hard for me.

reeferchief

obiwon76 wrote:

I've always been a great fan of this song by Suzanne Vega. Not sure when the first time I heard it, but as the years went by and I would occasionally hear it, I was interested in finding out what her inspriation was to write it. Recently, I found an interview in which she discussed her motivation behind it:

A few years ago, I used to see this group of children playing in front of my building, and there was one of them, whose name was Luka, who seemed a little bit distinctive from the other children. I always remembered his name, and I always remembered his face, and I didn't know much about him, but he just seemed set apart from these other children that I would see playing. And his character is what I based the song Luka on. In the song, the boy Luka is an abused child—in real life I don't think he was. I think he was just different

This is a great example of the power of music. How she could take a real life situation and turn it into a song of inspiration for those over the world who have experienced something similar. Amazing... Beautiful song.

Have you heard The Lemonheads cover? awesome.:)

TrixieCat

I absolutely love her music. I saw her in Hartford years ago and it was one of the best shows ever. I still listen to her. I agree with what you said. Thanks for bringing it up.

obiwon76

If you have time, go to You.Tube and you will find a few live performances of the song. One in particular was an open festival back in 1987, the performance is very moving, especially Suzanne. I believe she is one of few singers I can just sit there and watch for 2 hours in amazement.