This was the first song converted to MP3. "Karlheinz Brandenburg used a CD recording of Suzanne Vega's song "Tom's Diner" to assess and refine the MP3 compression algorithm. This song was chosen because of its nearly monophonic nature and wide spectral content, making it easier to hear imperfections in the compression format during playbacks. Some refer to Suzanne Vega as "The mother of MP3"" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP3
I remember listening to Don't fear the reaper as the first ever MP3 I heard and being blown away by the quality. I was into digital audio at the time in a big way making music on cakewalk audio back in about 1997. The mixdown wavs at 16bit 2 channel 44khz audio were huge. To hear the same song in SO close to the same quality in 4mb was just witchcraft. The fraunhofer MP3 algorithm was a crazy advance in digital audio that is just taken for granted nowadays. Luv and Peace.
Was taking a shit in a Kohl’s restroom back in 2005 and this song was playing in the restroom speakers I tried memorizing it so I can just go home and look it up but by the time I got home the lyrics had slipped my mind and the only lead I had was “do do do do do do do do do” been looking for it for 15 years and today January 11, 2021 I’ve finally came across it on my recomendations lol, I can finally die peacefully
Omg same thing. But I've been looking for this song since I was in the 6th Grade 2015-2016! I'm in the 11th rn. And finally found the song this morning February 4th 2021. What a blessing🙏🤲
Century of all songs... century.. CENTURIES BY FALL OUT BOY SAMPLES THIS SONG AND MY FRIENDS THOUGHT THIS WAS A RIPOFF!! lol theyheard it for the first time yesterday on fresh fm
I've been on the hunt for this song since I was like 9 years old. I'm now 24. I finally found this song yesterday and I have repeated it so many damn times at this point because I'm so happy to finally have it. My life is now complete
It’s because of the do do do part. It’s super catchy but you obviously can’t just look up “do do do”. I finally found this song after like four years this morning when I was listening to Apple Music’s classic alternative station
This song originally had no background music. It was just the vocals. Suzanne wrote it and sang it acapella style. About ten years later, two british dudes said "you need background music" for this. And they made this.
@@apollozero "kinda" ..... GCS only used it for a short small segment of their song and its debatable about how similar it was. The beat makes the song .... the song you are referring to GCS only used it during the bridge portion so it was like a feature to the song. Nevertheless they get recognized so I am sure it makes them feel good about it.
The best spoken word poem ever. The Classic 90s tripy wavey vibe of Acid house base that nearly doesnt stop the entire song. Ahh the beginings of trip hop. What a journey.
This is the most detailed, fascinating, boring story I ever heard. The Doo doo doo doo doo doo-doo doo part of the song made me think eerily about it. So from a child to a 38 year old man, sometimes I'd skip it. But Suzanne really paints a picture with her words... even the Doo doo doo doo doo doo-doo doo part has meaning. Many of us have these thoughts on our daily commute! lol
Yeah, it really does feel like a boring story from an ordinary day. There may be more subtext but part of the reason I always liked this song (even as a child) was because it seemed to be about nothing in particular. As if someone just decided they were going to take the events of their day and make them into a song. I respected the audaciousness of doing that.
Heard this in a restaurant about 2 years ago and have never been able to find the tune since... Then one day while walking into my office this song was going off and I KNEW IT WAS THE SONG. I googled the last four words that I heard and here I am now!
You should have just Googled 'De de derr da de der da der da de da der da der dad derrr de' and it would have come up straight away! Honestly! Some people!
Okay.this song is of the year 1987 .I was born next year and I listened to this song first time in 2009 from my best friend's mobile who is half German and half Indian
The song is actually based off a real restaurant in New York City that she used to go to called Tom's Restaurant. The same restaurant that Jerry Seinfeld and his friends went to on his show.
I went there once or twice when I was in grad school at Columbia in the early 90s. It was pretty mediocre. ["Bells of the Cathedral": St John the Divine Episcopal Cathedral, very nearby. When I finally finished my degree, early Aughts, that's where my commencement was at! Doctorates are marathon. Well, it was for me.] The two guys dancing side by side in B&W: SO classically early 90s...
I knew a friend back in college who jammed to this song. She had just gotten out of the shower, wearing a bath robe and a towel around her head and she was totally drunk off her ass. lol She was a true character. A funny moment to a dear departed college friend. Rest In Peace Old friend. ❤️
This song was way, way, way ahead of its time. Suzanne Vega is one of those artists who has such dynamic range and diversity in her music, it amazes me how people have heard her songs and know them but have no idea Suzanne Vega sings them.
+Marth This remix or the original? I would argue her original is ahead of its time. This remix is nothing more a remix, and isn't even her song anymore.
+icecube Both. Either version is timeless in my opinion, but the remix version complements the smooth tone of the song, plus in fairness Suzanne sampled I Dream of Genie, so turn about is fair play.
+Marth This song was an acapella. DNA took the music without Suzanne's permission and made it a dance music. DNA was caught but instead of going to jail, Suzanne ask DNA for her to be included in this video. Correct me if I am wrong.
Caramba! Esperei encontrar essa música por uns 10 anos! Kkk Na época, internet e UA-cam era lenda. Assisti pela primeira vez em DVD,daqueles que vinham 30clips ou mais! 👏👏👏👏👏
@@Hannah-kh5lw Found out from another video about Seinfeld and the coffee shop that this song was written there.. At first I was like pfft must be a never-heard-of song then I'm like dammmn Fallout Boy!
MickMcCaff04 oh, okay hmm. Since this song came out way before “centuries” I figured it was the other way around. Like fallout boy took a sample from this song, I thought. But who knows, I’m not an expert lol.
@@paleksanderify and all that she is observing in real time, the video her her eye (an eye...it sorta looks like her eye?) in it, spinning like a record, but taking everything in that she is observing. She is curious about the people, and can't focus on the paper. And yet, very much has a lonely feeling...it's raining...the woman in the window doesn't see her, her hair in rained on, while she is also alone, lovers meeting in the diner are together, etc, etc.
It's funny, someone else here made a similar comment about finally finding this song... I too have been looking for it - since the 90's. and today on March 11, 2021, I was lead here, because I heard it in a video game stream. After I asked what the song was, the woman broadcasting the stream told me it is in the Women's History Month Songlist, and gave me the link. This song has a lot of nostalgic value for me... I used to hear it in a trailer before the movie on an old VHS tape... I don't remember what movie the trailer was for... but I think the VHS tape was Benny & Joon? It's really something, not hearing it for so many years, every once in a while it pops in my head... and now here it is! Finally!!
@@hellotcautiver Well there seem to be a lot of playlists actually lol. but the one I was linked to was this: ua-cam.com/play/PLtlUas_aMzxr6-67wzV2566F5dZ8kav02.html
I am sitting on my love seat, I am playing the computer, There's a song that has come on, It reminds me of my childhood So I ask another gamer If they know just what the song is But I'm getting no response And so I end up searching UA-cam Do do do-do do do do-do, Do do do-do doot-de-do-do
Song came out when I was around 6 or 7 in 1990 and despite having older siblings who watched a lot of MTV in the early 90s I had never seen the music video so when it'd come on the radio as a child I always imagined a long legged, blonde woman in a knee length skirt and white blouse (yea kinda specific, child me was weird) sitting in a diner on a rainy day, observing the people around her. Even though I loved the song it always gave me a sad vibe, like the woman in the diner is lonely, possibly missing a lover. The line "I am thinking of your voice " kind of solidified that in my mind. When I did finally see this video, not going to lie, I was kinda disappointed that there is no leggy blonde in a skirt and no diner, lol. Doesn't matter though everytime I hear this even 30 years later, the way I imagined it as a child is still how it plays out in my mind. Edit..just saw the video about the background of the song and Suzanne Vega mentions the perspective of the song is that the woman is lonely and alienated from the people around her in the diner so I suppose that "lonely sad vibe " I always got from the song is intentional
+Britanny Lichel I think the lyrics suggest vaguely at lesbianism and sexuality but when the song came out I was only just beginning to go through puberty and didn't quite understand the reference...
My family was driving home later than usual and my dad puts on radio stations that play classics and this was playing. Mine and my brother’s phones had died and I was just trying desperately to remember a lyric. Anyways once we got home he somehow remembered a few and then showed me what song it had been. I hadn’t listened to this song since the early 2000’s when I was like what 5 or 7 and I’m 23 now and happily get to replay this song as much as I want. I’m still looking for another song but have no memory of the lyrics but at least I have this one. Thanks to my brother. 😊
People, can we just love that this came out in 1987 and sounds like a 90s jam? I always think of a clothing store my sister used to frequent called Clothestime. Seems this song and What is Love was always playing.
I know everyone else has already said something similar to this but Jesus Christ thank you suhdude! I’ve had this song stuck in my head back when I was working in a crappy little diner (ironic) on the radio back in high school and I have never been able to find it till now. You are my hero!!
The original version on the LP was a cappella - just her singing by herself. Then two DJs under the name RNA added the loops and the keyboards. The record label jumped on it....and that's why this video was made. RNA rarely gets credit....but without them this song would have never been released.
It's actually because of Fall Out Boy I found this song again, because nobody ever knew what "that song that goes dodododo dodododo" is. Since I was able to just look at what Centuries sampled, I was able to find the song that I heard so many times, but never knew the name of.
She has such a clear voice that she sounds almost exactly like the automated phone voice you receive that tells you to leave a message if nobody picks up. 📱
I knew it from Fall out boy and started singing it next to my mom, she went like « oh you listen to Suzanne Vega ? » and I was so surprised but I’m glad she made me discover it !
Took me 20+ years and shazam while passing by somewhere to finally discover this song. Such a delightiful song, it's all about the sound instead of other vain things.
На протяжении примерно 15 лет пытался найти эту песню, последний раз слышал на радио Россия в 1999-2000 году. Перерыл весь интернет. По началу думал что это мотив из рекламы "ленор" - исполнитель Samira- it was him... уже было смирился. И слава всем олдскульным форумам, Бинго я нашёл её)
The original version of Tom's Diner did came out in 1987 for 2nd album Solitude Standing, the original version of the song was sung in acapella. The song ended up being sampled in 1990 by DNA which they made dance track out of it, once they got consent from Suzanne Vega and her record label they went ahead released it around September 1990. The 1990 remix was originally targeted to the small audience in the dance club, instead song sold over 3 million copies just like in 1991 when Sadeness, Pt.1 by Enigma selling over 5 million copies worldwide.
Smith WilliamN its in the newspaper which means its tomorrow of that day also, sometimes it may only rain in one little street and the streets around them might just get a little dribble
The "Mother of the MP3" An article in the now defunct magazine Business 2.0 revealed that "Tom's Diner" was also used by Karlheinz Brandenburg to develop the audio compression scheme known as MP3 at what is now the Fraunhofer Society. He recalled: "I was ready to fine-tune my compression algorithm...somewhere down the corridor, a radio was playing 'Tom's Diner.' I was electrified. I knew it would be nearly impossible to compress this warm a cappella voice." In a 2009 documentary about the history of the song by Swedish SVT, Brandenburg said: "I was finishing my PhD thesis, and then I was reading some hi-fi magazine and found that they had used this song to test loudspeakers. I said 'OK, let's test what this song does to my sound system, to MP3'. And the result was, at bit rates where everything else sounded quite nice, Suzanne Vega's voice sounded horrible." Brandenburg adopted the song for testing purposes, listening to it again and again each time he refined the scheme, making sure it did not adversely affect the subtlety of Vega's voice. While the MP3 compression format is not specifically tuned to play the song "Tom's Diner" (an assortment of critically analyzed material was involved in the design of the codec over many years), among audio engineers this anecdote has earned Vega the informal title "The Mother of the MP3"
I use it in the classroom to practice present continues and simple present in ESL classes. My students look surprised when they first listen to it, but it's also an opportunity to appreciate good music.
I wasn't even born when this song came out. I only heard it as a kid when my parents had the radio on. All I remembered about this song was sitting in the back seat driving around in my dad's old Cadillac, and the 'do do do' repetitiveness. I didn't think about the song for WELL over a decade, probably two. I was LEGITIMATELY a kid when we still had the Cadillac. Like, 10 at the oldest. I'm in my late twenties. And a couple days ago THIS FREAKING SONG decides to pop into my head. It sent me up several walls trying to find it. Because all the apps and sites I tried where I hum it, said it 'sorry, we can't match that tune.' But I finally got it to come up on one. And it was either Fall Out Boy or Suzanne Vega. I knew immediately which one it was. But find it hilarious that one of my favorite bands from my high school years sampled the song. And I never knew it.
I am sitting In the morning At the diner On the corner I am waiting At the counter For the man To pour the coffee And he fills it Only halfway And before I even argue He is looking Out the window At somebody Coming in "It is always Nice to see you" Says the man Behind the counter To the woman Who has come in She is shaking Her umbrella And I look The other way As they are kissing Their hellos I'm pretending Not to see them And Instead I pour the milk I open Up the paper There's a story Of an actor Who had died While he was drinking He was no one I had heard of And I'm turning To the horoscope And looking For the funnies When I'm feeling Someone watching me And so I raise my head There's a woman On the outside Looking inside Does she see me? No she does not Really see me Cause she sees Her own reflection And I'm trying Not to notice That she's hitching Up her skirt And while she's Straightening her stockings Her hair Is getting wet Oh, this rain It will continue Through the morning As I'm listening To the bells Of the cathedral I am thinking Of your voice And of the midnight picnic Once upon a time Before the rain began I finish up my coffee It's time to catch the train
This song and video reminds me of strange 'meshing' dreams that I often have that combine different elements of my life into one narrative story. It's these dreams that I often remember the most because they are so tangible, yet seem so distant. I feel this song is similar; so tangible that I can hum the melody and picture the lyrics as I hear them, but yet so distant, like there's something greater in the song that I can't quite pin down and understand. All this leaves me in a dazed state of mind. I feel like I'm content and yet I feel solitary and secluded.
While I'm happy Fall Out Boy's shitty music is getting people to discover actual GOOD music, I really wish they stopped sampling shit. There were EIGHT PEOPLE to write that song, they don't have any excuse to sample someone else's work. Oh, and the whole "We wanted to re-inject Tom's Diner back into popular culture" thing is bullshit. They did it because it was catchy, easily recognizable, and they were too lazy to come up with their own thing. It's cashing in on cheap nostalgia, and nothing more
@@AlintraxAika my issue isn't with sampling. The problem occurs when you sample something tastelessly. Pitbull is notorious for this. When he sampled, say, Take On Me, it wasn't to invoke the emotion the song is trying to convey, but rather, because the beat is an instantly recognizable part of pop culture, and is catchy. It's the equivalent of Disaster Movie's use of Po from Kung Fu Panda. He's not there for any reason other than to ride off the success of something else that's popular. That's what F.O.B. did when sampling Tom's Diner. They tastelessly sampled another song's hook, not because Tom's Diner's hook envoked the emotions of their message, but because it was a catchy, memorable hook from pop culture, that they could use the flesh out their limp fart of a song, and make more money, despite several people capable of making a good, original hook.
@Moonlight io First off, no it's not. Second, I've said it already, and I'm not saying again. Not my fault that you're too stupid to read my comments all the way through, and that you can't take a valid criticism about your pwecious faww out boy, and just get butthurt. So how about YOU shut the fuck up?
Was looking for this song as a kid for YEARSSS & eventually found it & it was sooo satisfying but then I forgot about it & have been lookin for it again for years but now I got it for good!!! 😂🔥
I actually, heard this song for some time on the radio but only recognised the song by its familiar hook. I accidentally discovered the title and the singer through wikipedia search of standard test items.
+Reshard Watson Please tell me you're joking. Its nice ear candy, but my 5 year old listens to more complex and interesting melodies. Its great for what it is, though.
This was one of many songs used for development of MP3. It was the song that was hardest to convert (exposed bugs), and so the last of those test songs to be converted successfully. The last, not the first.
I had completely forgotten about this song and Pandora decided i need to hear it again. I cant remember another song that as melancholy and slaps at the same time. so after so after 31 years i was blown away!
Had this melody in my head the whole morning but I didn't know the name of the song.. So I googled girl singing du du dudu and yep there it was.. I love you internet !
I once saw the last ten minutes of the movie Knowing, and I wanted to know what it was, so I just googled "that movie where nicholas cage goes to his parent's house and hugs them then the world explodes and the kids are in a space field at a tree" and got it"
Sandy Candy Ive been trying to find this for years. it was on the radio this morning so when i got home i literally typed in "do do do doo do do do doo 90's song," and it brought me here!
I am sitting during COVID and can't leave my house today My cat is just waiting for me to feed him something new I watch some news on UA-cam and eat my cereal bar because my milk had expired and the grocery store is empty I'm down to 3 rolls of toilet paper and my paychecks stopped arriving I drink my coffee black I have no more sugar My neighbors all have guns maybe I should get one too oh this virus, it will continue through the morning I'm listening to the sounds of ambulances in the hospital district I go back down to my basement to play some video games i think my throat is sore but pretend it's just my brain I finish up my coffee and my cat wants to eat again
Man I am fucking crying laughing omg I needed this laugh even though it’s not funny I was singing your words and it just made things go down hill. Hey I needed that laugh but I hope you get more food and groceries stay safe
Am I the only one who just heard it on the radio once and was like, “That’s oddly familiar sounding, but idk where it’s from,” and downloaded it? I feel kinda silly for not having to spend years looking for it lol.
That kinda happened to me. I heard it in the car like almost 3 days ago and loved it immediately, took me sometime to find it, but the beat was all I remembered
And the song is about a restaurant that was Edwin Armstrong's lab at one time. Armstrong was the inventor of FM radio and the superheterodyne receiver system. many RADAR innovations. Widely believed he was killed by spies or industrial espionage.
This was the first song converted to MP3.
"Karlheinz Brandenburg used a CD recording of Suzanne Vega's song "Tom's Diner" to assess and refine the MP3 compression algorithm. This song was chosen because of its nearly monophonic nature and wide spectral content, making it easier to hear imperfections in the compression format during playbacks. Some refer to Suzanne Vega as "The mother of MP3""
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP3
You have to also thank DNA for remixing Suzanne Vega's Tom Diner. What you got is the birth of MP3.
wow
Cool fact.
Indeed. And a +1 for you.
I remember listening to Don't fear the reaper as the first ever MP3 I heard and being blown away by the quality.
I was into digital audio at the time in a big way making music on cakewalk audio back in about 1997. The mixdown wavs at 16bit 2 channel 44khz audio were huge.
To hear the same song in SO close to the same quality in 4mb was just witchcraft.
The fraunhofer MP3 algorithm was a crazy advance in digital audio that is just taken for granted nowadays.
Luv and Peace.
This is probably one of the most known yet unknown songs ever.
Probably cus of fall out boy
Why you copy a comment frown 5 years ogo
Spot on...
I grew up on this but honestly forgot all about it until today
i first heard the melody in "Century" by FOB
Was taking a shit in a Kohl’s restroom back in 2005 and this song was playing in the restroom speakers I tried memorizing it so I can just go home and look it up but by the time I got home the lyrics had slipped my mind and the only lead I had was “do do do do do do do do do” been looking for it for 15 years and today January 11, 2021 I’ve finally came across it on my recomendations lol,
I can finally die peacefully
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Must have been tough...
I get it!!!
Omg same thing. But I've been looking for this song since I was in the 6th Grade 2015-2016! I'm in the 11th rn. And finally found the song this morning February 4th 2021. What a blessing🙏🤲
Thanx for sharing, l think.
This might be the hardest song to find in the century of all songs.
Yeah I had to put in the search "Do do do do 90's Song" Then I yelled TOM'S DINER!!
Century of all songs... century.. CENTURIES BY FALL OUT BOY SAMPLES THIS SONG AND MY FRIENDS THOUGHT THIS WAS A RIPOFF!!
lol theyheard it for the first time yesterday on fresh fm
Apollo Ailus
A lot of Artists take a sample of an old song.
Maes Hughs yes i know
Apollo Ailus
But, does your friends?
The actor who “died while he was drinking” was William Holden from Sunset Boulevard. Vega acknowledged this and it’s in his Wikipedia.
But it was no one she had heard of...
i just heard this as i read this comment
@@MrYognaughtDave I never heard of him until this comment.
Holden did so many films; it's odd that Vega had never heard of him. If the lyrics are to be taken at face value.
Can we appreciate this dude still watches the comment section and hearts stuff?
It’s so awesome. I wish I can have my comment section like this
Woah
I can
Brilliant!
Wow look at all those hearts
“Do do do do do dododo SOME LEGENDS ARE TOLD-“ wait a second...
Nah..
centuries is sampled from this sing
@@fishmonkey9218 I know. That was the joke
I feel bad for youtube having to allow stupid people to comment... I guess idiots have rights too
@@schmimag000 yeah ik but i thought it was cool
I finally f*cking found that his song. After 6 years....
Now you won't have to go through all that trouble again you just hum what you know and Google will find it for you. That's how I found this.
@@rudee1 THATS HOW I FOUND IT
Lol
same
Same here ajajaj
I've been on the hunt for this song since I was like 9 years old. I'm now 24. I finally found this song yesterday and I have repeated it so many damn times at this point because I'm so happy to finally have it. My life is now complete
Good job, sir
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I really like Kascades spin on it called "The Diner "
I can partially feel you, I found this song after 5 years🤣.
Why did I read this like lyrics to the song?
This song breaks every rule of traditional songs, yet it somehow borders on being genius.
It just is genius.
it's transcends all music reasoning
Absolutely!!
Are you 6?
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She is straight up rapping in her own style way ahead of her time
Straight up, there's a reason this song is so commonly sampled.
Should have done a collab with Digable Planets
Soulja Boy the first rapper to rap in her way
@@vicmo25 but he still didn't rap it better than YoungBoy 😤
I wouldn’t call this rapping
Not a single line rhymes with another, but still a great song.
Do you just listen to only one music genre?
@@seabsn98 No, I listen to many genres, but mostly r&b, and this song was in heavy rotation on many r&b stations.
Rythmically they rime
The story of a morning routine told by a human. ;-)
@@seabsn98 Tf does that have to with this song?
Can we appreciate that this dude is still hearting comment to this day lol
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Nice 😂
True story
😱🤗
Yes we can ❤🦘🐨
I like how everyone is just sharing their stories on not being able to find this song. Pretty iconic.
IKR!
I just looked for Tom's Diner by Suzanne Vega.
It’s because of the do do do part. It’s super catchy but you obviously can’t just look up “do do do”. I finally found this song after like four years this morning when I was listening to Apple Music’s classic alternative station
Gut feeling tells me if you type "do-do-do-dah-do-do-do-duh-do-dah" into Google then this song comes up first 😂😭
Did you learn what ironic means from Alanis Morissette?
The fact that this vid was uploaded so long ago but the original poster still hearts comments is the best thing ever
This song originally had no background music. It was just the vocals. Suzanne wrote it and sang it acapella style. About ten years later, two british dudes said "you need background music" for this. And they made this.
and they stole the beat from ua-cam.com/video/1iQl46-zIcM/v-deo.html
Only 50 other people mentioned that.
Yea I remember just hearing the vocals on the radio once
And Soul To Soul "stole" the beat from Grand Central Station...
@@apollozero "kinda" ..... GCS only used it for a short small segment of their song and its debatable about how similar it was. The beat makes the song .... the song you are referring to GCS only used it during the bridge portion so it was like a feature to the song. Nevertheless they get recognized so I am sure it makes them feel good about it.
The best spoken word poem ever. The Classic 90s tripy wavey vibe of Acid house base that nearly doesnt stop the entire song. Ahh the beginings of trip hop. What a journey.
Oh 90s....i've missed you so much
She originally recorded this in the 80s. :)
+Rilnix 87
+Val Solncev i missed everything that came before 2000....
+Salman Qadir agree
1987 to be exact
An INCREDIBLE trip-hop low-fi lounge song. Perfectly encapsulates 90s music culture
Pretty impressive considering it was written in 1981 and released in '87.
The nostalgia is overwhelming...
rabXS And I mean... ANYTHING! lol
😩😩😩
my search history right now:
"do do do do do do do do do..."
"song that goes do do do do do do..."
"do do do do do do... i am sititng"
Its Toma dinner you moron
@@TheKghm what the fuck is Toma you moron
@@TheKghm r/whooosh
@@TheKghm bot
Maddie my husband and I have been driving each other nuts for 2 weeks trying to find this song.
This is the most detailed, fascinating, boring story I ever heard.
The Doo doo doo doo doo doo-doo doo part of the song made me think eerily about it. So from a child to a 38 year old man, sometimes I'd skip it. But Suzanne really paints a picture with her words... even the Doo doo doo doo doo doo-doo doo part has meaning.
Many of us have these thoughts on our daily commute! lol
Facts lol
Fr its creepy I skip a lot lmao
I feel like its definitely has a deeper meaning to it about how she wants to be in a relationship and be desired but she instead feels invisible!
Yeah, it really does feel like a boring story from an ordinary day. There may be more subtext but part of the reason I always liked this song (even as a child) was because it seemed to be about nothing in particular. As if someone just decided they were going to take the events of their day and make them into a song. I respected the audaciousness of doing that.
i threw my phone bruh
I literally had to go to Fall Out Boy’s Centuries and hoped they had sampled this song to actually find THIS song lol
I thought I was the only one who realized that part in this song
какой нахер fallout boy????? BANDANA!!!!!
Heard this in a restaurant about 2 years ago and have never been able to find the tune since... Then one day while walking into my office this song was going off and I KNEW IT WAS THE SONG. I googled the last four words that I heard and here I am now!
Lord Brathwaite congratulations mayn
Get shazam! It saves my life.
Be sure to check out "untamed heart" with Marisa Tomei and Christian Slater.
You should have just Googled 'De de derr da de der da der da de da der da der dad derrr de' and it would have come up straight away! Honestly! Some people!
Welcome....
The ending scared the shit out of me
Same 😄😂💀
OMG SAME
So... eat at Tom's Diner, cure constipation?
I read your comment as soon as it came on with my earbuds full volume 😀
no fr
3:38 SCARED THE SHIT OUT OF ME WITH HEADPHONES
I should have listened to your warning
Jajajajaja
Read this comment about 2 seconds before it got me too. fuckinhell
Oh god.... the way i jumped! 😰
When the ad kicks in? Yeah. That was jarring!
let's take a moment to thank youtube for knowing what song I wanted when searching "do do dodododo"
Fr
Nbs
Wow, song out 32 years ago and still rockin it.
Sounds more like 94 or 95 though
What ngl thought this was made in early 2000
Okay.this song is of the year 1987 .I was born next year and I listened to this song first time in 2009 from my best friend's mobile who is half German and half Indian
Moment of silence for everybody on google still looking for this song
mfs googling tututututu
I found it by Googling "song that sounds like I Dream of Jeannie song"
The song is actually based off a real restaurant in New York City that she used to go to called Tom's Restaurant. The same restaurant that Jerry Seinfeld and his friends went to on his show.
Yeah its true, i saw it today on German Television. But in Seinfeld they renamed into Monk's Restaurant.
It was the lab for Edwin Armstrong, inventor of FM Radio.
The song does have the Seinfeld feel of capturing the little things that happen every day that we don't notice.
The ringing bells must be those of St John the Divine church which is a block away from Tom's restaurant.
I went there once or twice when I was in grad school at Columbia in the early 90s. It was pretty mediocre. ["Bells of the Cathedral": St John the Divine Episcopal Cathedral, very nearby. When I finally finished my degree, early Aughts, that's where my commencement was at! Doctorates are marathon. Well, it was for me.]
The two guys dancing side by side in B&W: SO classically early 90s...
This song just scratches my brain in the right spots. Simple with beautiful sound
I knew a friend back in college who jammed to this song. She had just gotten out of the shower, wearing a bath robe and a towel around her head and she was totally drunk off her ass. lol She was a true character. A funny moment to a dear departed college friend. Rest In Peace Old friend. ❤️
Simon Deacon rest in peace 😔
How she die?
@@rexfordkoomsonii1409 hava
@@RonathanDeezly what’s hava?
Yeah you right. And from Darryl (D Rivs) of MOORESTOWN OF, MOORESTOWN resident brings fresh beats to Eagles songs.
This song was way, way, way ahead of its time. Suzanne Vega is one of those artists who has such dynamic range and diversity in her music, it amazes me how people have heard her songs and know them but have no idea Suzanne Vega sings them.
+Marth This remix or the original? I would argue her original is ahead of its time. This remix is nothing more a remix, and isn't even her song anymore.
+icecube Both. Either version is timeless in my opinion, but the remix version complements the smooth tone of the song, plus in fairness Suzanne sampled I Dream of Genie, so turn about is fair play.
+Marth This song was an acapella. DNA took the music without Suzanne's permission and made it a dance music. DNA was caught but instead of going to jail, Suzanne ask DNA for her to be included in this video. Correct me if I am wrong.
+Marth This is considered the mother of all mp3's.
+marthafakker Shazam is the best.
This song can drive a person insane just by getting stuck in their head.
Caramba!
Esperei encontrar essa música por uns 10 anos!
Kkk
Na época, internet e UA-cam era lenda.
Assisti pela primeira vez em DVD,daqueles que vinham 30clips ou mais!
👏👏👏👏👏
-that one song from the beginning of fallout boy “centuries”
I'm only in the Comments to see if someone also thought about it😅😂
@@Hannah-kh5lw Found out from another video about Seinfeld and the coffee shop that this song was written there.. At first I was like pfft must be a never-heard-of song then I'm like dammmn Fallout Boy!
He just sampled the du du du
MickMcCaff04 oh, okay hmm. Since this song came out way before “centuries” I figured it was the other way around. Like fallout boy took a sample from this song, I thought. But who knows, I’m not an expert lol.
Oh Jordyn wtf dym that’s literally what I just said
🎵 I am singing about nothing but my voice is soft and sexy 🎵
Ya its about nothing
It's a series of events on which the person feels somewhat invisible and also tries to not see other people.
Its a song about nothing, in a coffee shop. Seems fitting that the coffee shop would go on to be a landmark in a show about nothing.
The song is not about nothing... Its about a heart break, being invisible and alone in the city...
@@paleksanderify and all that she is observing in real time, the video her her eye (an eye...it sorta looks like her eye?) in it, spinning like a record, but taking everything in that she is observing.
She is curious about the people, and can't focus on the paper. And yet, very much has a lonely feeling...it's raining...the woman in the window doesn't see her, her hair in rained on, while she is also alone, lovers meeting in the diner are together, etc, etc.
Who needs lyrics to rhyme when you have one of the best hooks ever in history?!
Came for the nostalgia, staying for a heart
LMAO HE DIDNT GET THE HEART
💚here you go
He might haven't given you a heart but here is one ❤️
Taking Ls
I found this song by humming it to Google 😅😂😭
Sammee
You can do that?? Wow
🤣🤣🤣so did I
Modern problems require modern solutions
Same here... found it after 21yrs
that scared the shit outta me 3:38
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Lil bitch lol
😂😂😂
Were you wearing headphones?
It's funny, someone else here made a similar comment about finally finding this song... I too have been looking for it - since the 90's. and today on March 11, 2021, I was lead here, because I heard it in a video game stream. After I asked what the song was, the woman broadcasting the stream told me it is in the Women's History Month Songlist, and gave me the link. This song has a lot of nostalgic value for me... I used to hear it in a trailer before the movie on an old VHS tape... I don't remember what movie the trailer was for... but I think the VHS tape was Benny & Joon? It's really something, not hearing it for so many years, every once in a while it pops in my head... and now here it is! Finally!!
What’s the Women’s History Songlist?
@@hellotcautiver Well there seem to be a lot of playlists actually lol. but the one I was linked to was this: ua-cam.com/play/PLtlUas_aMzxr6-67wzV2566F5dZ8kav02.html
I am sitting on my love seat,
I am playing the computer,
There's a song that has come on,
It reminds me of my childhood
So I ask another gamer
If they know just what the song is
But I'm getting no response
And so I end up searching UA-cam
Do do do-do do do do-do,
Do do do-do doot-de-do-do
Song came out when I was around 6 or 7 in 1990 and despite having older siblings who watched a lot of MTV in the early 90s I had never seen the music video so when it'd come on the radio as a child I always imagined a long legged, blonde woman in a knee length skirt and white blouse (yea kinda specific, child me was weird) sitting in a diner on a rainy day, observing the people around her. Even though I loved the song it always gave me a sad vibe, like the woman in the diner is lonely, possibly missing a lover. The line "I am thinking of your voice " kind of solidified that in my mind. When I did finally see this video, not going to lie, I was kinda disappointed that there is no leggy blonde in a skirt and no diner, lol. Doesn't matter though everytime I hear this even 30 years later, the way I imagined it as a child is still how it plays out in my mind. Edit..just saw the video about the background of the song and Suzanne Vega mentions the perspective of the song is that the woman is lonely and alienated from the people around her in the diner so I suppose that "lonely sad vibe " I always got from the song is intentional
I cant tell if this a 90s or 00s song and its hurting my soul
Edit just found out it's an 80s song and I feel stupid
It is not an 80's song. So don't feel stupid. I believe it came out in 91. EDIT 1987?? what the fuck!?!??! Well, I never heard it until 91. :-D
@@Neal_UA-cam written in '82, released in '84, released on an album in' 87, remixed (this version) '90.
The way they dance tells you it is definitely before 00s :D
Ahead of her time!
First time I heard it I was just a little kid, maybe 94 or 95? I didn't know it was 87 either
Her voice is so soothing.
It also flows amazingly
+Britanny Lichel so true
that is so true tho
tru
+Britanny Lichel I think the lyrics suggest vaguely at lesbianism and sexuality but when the song came out I was only just beginning to go through puberty and didn't quite understand the reference...
So simple...yet so addictive. That rhythm was persistent like a heartbeat during my early childhood.
My family was driving home later than usual and my dad puts on radio stations that play classics and this was playing. Mine and my brother’s phones had died and I was just trying desperately to remember a lyric. Anyways once we got home he somehow remembered a few and then showed me what song it had been. I hadn’t listened to this song since the early 2000’s when I was like what 5 or 7 and I’m 23 now and happily get to replay this song as much as I want. I’m still looking for another song but have no memory of the lyrics but at least I have this one. Thanks to my brother. 😊
People, can we just love that this came out in 1987 and sounds like a 90s jam? I always think of a clothing store my sister used to frequent called Clothestime. Seems this song and What is Love was always playing.
This version was released in 1990, genius.
This took FOREVER for me to find, also your a legend because you still heart comments.
I finally found the original song...
I can't say I'm proud of the way I found it but at least I'm finally here.
You do realize that this is not the original - right? ua-cam.com/video/DkYPge6ZKSQ/v-deo.html
I know everyone else has already said something similar to this but Jesus Christ thank you suhdude! I’ve had this song stuck in my head back when I was working in a crappy little diner (ironic) on the radio back in high school and I have never been able to find it till now. You are my hero!!
The original version on the LP was a cappella - just her singing by herself. Then two DJs under the name RNA added the loops and the keyboards. The record label jumped on it....and that's why this video was made. RNA rarely gets credit....but without them this song would have never been released.
Sorry to correct you sir, but its DNA.
neat!
So you saying this is a remix?
Leon Hudson Yes, this is a remix done by DNA featuring Suzanne Vega.
***** Oh ok then i get it.
It's actually because of Fall Out Boy I found this song again, because nobody ever knew what "that song that goes dodododo dodododo" is. Since I was able to just look at what Centuries sampled, I was able to find the song that I heard so many times, but never knew the name of.
Same here, lol! I was thinking "damn, it's that doo doo doo doo song I've known since I was a kid!".
Same here!
drake also used this, apparently 2pac did as well. fallout just recently decided to use it
been lookin for this for over 3 years then heard fall out cunts and whammmmmmm this was the shit yeahhhhhh
It's not even the original singer singing those parts, it's some other wannabe.
Jesus Christ that ending nearly gave me a heart attack
Lmfaoo
Hahaha way too early in the morning
LMFAO!!!
Same
😂
She has such a clear voice that she sounds almost exactly like the automated phone voice you receive that tells you to leave a message if nobody picks up. 📱
Had this song as an earworm stuck in my head for over 15 years LOL
I'm here because this was the first song compressed in MP3 format.
I never knew that. Thats a cool fact.
crazlEgamer02 www.deathandtaxesmag.com/237292/all-the-ghostly-sounds-that-are-lost-when-you-compress-to-mp3/
SkyratsvsSeachickens That's cool :) I've seen many visual "deltas", but I've never heard one for audio. Thanks for that share.
The only reason I found this song is because I asked if my dad knew the do do do do do do do do song! And he did! Thanks dad
That man's a legend
i was literally saying the do do do do part and my dad knew what song i was talking about immediately lol
I knew it from Fall out boy and started singing it next to my mom, she went like « oh you listen to Suzanne Vega ? » and I was so surprised but I’m glad she made me discover it !
Took me 20+ years and shazam while passing by somewhere to finally discover this song.
Such a delightiful song, it's all about the sound instead of other vain things.
I'm getting TOTAL NOSTALGIC 1990 VIBES WHENEVER I LISTEN TO THIS SONG!
Albzz Mazzken it’s from 1987
This was the beat of the 90’s.It was used hundreds of times.
The funny thing is that although this is a major beat of the 90's, this song came out in 1987 lol
DNA remixed the song in 1990. The beat was from "Keep On Movin'" from Soul II Soul in 1989.
@@glokash yeh 80s
gza212 yeah the 80s
1987
Here because of Annen May Kantreit & Giant Rooks #shoutout
Same!
Saaame
На протяжении примерно 15 лет пытался найти эту песню, последний раз слышал на радио Россия в 1999-2000 году. Перерыл весь интернет. По началу думал что это мотив из рекламы "ленор" - исполнитель Samira- it was him... уже было смирился. И слава всем олдскульным форумам, Бинго я нашёл её)
То же самое- много лет гуглила не то, видимо: не удавалось опознать эту уникальную песенку...
В 90-е ...муз ТВ...там услышала впервые. Супер.
Тоже самое много лет искал.🤣Случайно наткнулся.
Heard this song when I was a little kid when my babysitter would play it. And I always think of a happier time whenever I hear it 😍
I always thought this was a '90's song, but nope... came out in '87.
The original version of Tom's Diner did came out in 1987 for 2nd album Solitude Standing, the original version of the song was sung in acapella. The song ended up being sampled in 1990 by DNA which they made dance track out of it, once they got consent from Suzanne Vega and her record label they went ahead released it around September 1990. The 1990 remix was originally targeted to the small audience in the dance club, instead song sold over 3 million copies just like in 1991 when Sadeness, Pt.1 by Enigma selling over 5 million copies worldwide.
The dead actor she mentions is William Holden who died November 12, 1981. It did not rain that day.
Smith WilliamN its in the newspaper which means its tomorrow of that day
also, sometimes it may only rain in one little street and the streets around them might just get a little dribble
Philip Zamora Nick D, a female rapper, sampled this song in her rap " Daddy's Little Girl" in the early 90s'.
but it's so 90's!
i ve been looking and searching this title ...finally i got it.. thank u so much
rully kurniawan anytime, good man
tu tu turu tu tu turu tu tu tururu
Took me YEARS to find this song. Finally, on this day the 24th of April 2021. Thank you
took me about 30 seconds lmao
On my birthday
@@walashi882 there are 7.6 billion people in this world, your birthday isn’t special
@@MaruzSoChill shut yp
I hope you are doing well and staying safe.
Have you listened to AnnenMayKantereit's cover of this song? That's where I heard it for the first time and it's *great* :)
I have not! I'll go check it out!
@@ParasiteXSnuff yay let me know 😁
Yes! Such love for AnnenMayKantereit! That voice...
@@ParasiteXSnuff how was it ?
@@ParasiteXSnuff how was it ?
I'm sittin on a toilet
I had to take a doodie
When the doodie hit the water
The water hit my bootie
You copied this
Cause Why Not? That’s why I came here, but I heard this before that video. 😂😂😂
Cause Why Not? “Nicolai clement” posted the same comment 3 years ago on a this video.
2005 wants it’s joke back sorry
Cause Why Not?
Sounds like something Weird Al would do
The "Mother of the MP3"
An article in the now defunct magazine Business 2.0 revealed that "Tom's Diner" was also used by Karlheinz Brandenburg to develop the audio compression scheme known as MP3 at what is now the Fraunhofer Society. He recalled: "I was ready to fine-tune my compression algorithm...somewhere down the corridor, a radio was playing 'Tom's Diner.' I was electrified. I knew it would be nearly impossible to compress this warm a cappella voice."
In a 2009 documentary about the history of the song by Swedish SVT, Brandenburg said: "I was finishing my PhD thesis, and then I was reading some hi-fi magazine and found that they had used this song to test loudspeakers. I said 'OK, let's test what this song does to my sound system, to MP3'. And the result was, at bit rates where everything else sounded quite nice, Suzanne Vega's voice sounded horrible."
Brandenburg adopted the song for testing purposes, listening to it again and again each time he refined the scheme, making sure it did not adversely affect the subtlety of Vega's voice. While the MP3 compression format is not specifically tuned to play the song "Tom's Diner" (an assortment of critically analyzed material was involved in the design of the codec over many years), among audio engineers this anecdote has earned Vega the informal title "The Mother of the MP3"
I use it in the classroom to practice present continues and simple present in ESL classes. My students look surprised when they first listen to it, but it's also an opportunity to appreciate good music.
JESUS CHRIST IT'S HARD TO FIND THIS SONG!!!
tis simples really .......... but hey you found it well done!
fr have beeen lookin for it since 2016 and found it today!!
Just google Tom’s Diner by Suzanne Vega
@@scottcowen3272 no dummy, I couldn't because I didn't know the name.
How google lets u humm the melody. Gotta love tech.
My very first cassette single I owned. A true classic.
I wasn't even born when this song came out. I only heard it as a kid when my parents had the radio on. All I remembered about this song was sitting in the back seat driving around in my dad's old Cadillac, and the 'do do do' repetitiveness. I didn't think about the song for WELL over a decade, probably two. I was LEGITIMATELY a kid when we still had the Cadillac. Like, 10 at the oldest. I'm in my late twenties. And a couple days ago THIS FREAKING SONG decides to pop into my head. It sent me up several walls trying to find it. Because all the apps and sites I tried where I hum it, said it 'sorry, we can't match that tune.' But I finally got it to come up on one. And it was either Fall Out Boy or Suzanne Vega. I knew immediately which one it was. But find it hilarious that one of my favorite bands from my high school years sampled the song. And I never knew it.
Бандана здесь?
I am sitting
In the morning
At the diner
On the corner
I am waiting
At the counter
For the man
To pour the coffee
And he fills it
Only halfway
And before
I even argue
He is looking
Out the window
At somebody
Coming in
"It is always
Nice to see you"
Says the man
Behind the counter
To the woman
Who has come in
She is shaking
Her umbrella
And I look
The other way
As they are kissing
Their hellos
I'm pretending
Not to see them
And Instead
I pour the milk
I open
Up the paper
There's a story
Of an actor
Who had died
While he was drinking
He was no one
I had heard of
And I'm turning
To the horoscope
And looking
For the funnies
When I'm feeling
Someone watching me
And so
I raise my head
There's a woman
On the outside
Looking inside
Does she see me?
No she does not
Really see me
Cause she sees
Her own reflection
And I'm trying
Not to notice
That she's hitching
Up her skirt
And while she's
Straightening her stockings
Her hair
Is getting wet
Oh, this rain
It will continue
Through the morning
As I'm listening
To the bells
Of the cathedral
I am thinking
Of your voice
And of the midnight picnic
Once upon a time
Before the rain began
I finish up my coffee
It's time to catch the train
You might as well have finished the song
@@Sonin66 thanks :D
This song and video reminds me of strange 'meshing' dreams that I often have that combine different elements of my life into one narrative story. It's these dreams that I often remember the most because they are so tangible, yet seem so distant. I feel this song is similar; so tangible that I can hum the melody and picture the lyrics as I hear them, but yet so distant, like there's something greater in the song that I can't quite pin down and understand. All this leaves me in a dazed state of mind. I feel like I'm content and yet I feel solitary and secluded.
This song is a sonic aesthetic. Haven’t heard it in so long, but I heard someone sample it in another song and had to track it down.
Holy shit that noise at the end scared me.
holyfuck
Right?!?!
lol! same here
fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuk D:
WellBeSerious12 SAME!!
Is anyone else addicted even though this song is about nothing
my friend, sometimes it is something about nothing that people enjoy, watch Seinfeld and you shall know.
Its not about nothing, look up the lyrics
it's about heartbreak and how everything seems so mundane and pointless when you're heartbroken (in my opinion)
@@aliensystem1528 I concur.
It's about life and that's about everything.
SOME LEGENDS ARE TOLD, SOME TURN TO- oh sorry
Maha Qamer literally here cause of FOB
While I'm happy Fall Out Boy's shitty music is getting people to discover actual GOOD music, I really wish they stopped sampling shit. There were EIGHT PEOPLE to write that song, they don't have any excuse to sample someone else's work. Oh, and the whole "We wanted to re-inject Tom's Diner back into popular culture" thing is bullshit. They did it because it was catchy, easily recognizable, and they were too lazy to come up with their own thing. It's cashing in on cheap nostalgia, and nothing more
@Xodiaq666 what's the problem to sample a song? That's very common.
@@AlintraxAika my issue isn't with sampling. The problem occurs when you sample something tastelessly. Pitbull is notorious for this. When he sampled, say, Take On Me, it wasn't to invoke the emotion the song is trying to convey, but rather, because the beat is an instantly recognizable part of pop culture, and is catchy. It's the equivalent of Disaster Movie's use of Po from Kung Fu Panda. He's not there for any reason other than to ride off the success of something else that's popular. That's what F.O.B. did when sampling Tom's Diner. They tastelessly sampled another song's hook, not because Tom's Diner's hook envoked the emotions of their message, but because it was a catchy, memorable hook from pop culture, that they could use the flesh out their limp fart of a song, and make more money, despite several people capable of making a good, original hook.
@Moonlight io First off, no it's not. Second, I've said it already, and I'm not saying again. Not my fault that you're too stupid to read my comments all the way through, and that you can't take a valid criticism about your pwecious faww out boy, and just get butthurt. So how about YOU shut the fuck up?
It’s crazy how everyone knows this song yet nobody knows how they know it or the name of the song.
I saw 27 years ago and was confused
@@sourgrapes-1605 omg same 🤣
But also, I knew the song and had no idea from where 😅
I know the song under, tom' dinner
Heard this in home depot today.
Took me back to the 90s, heard it in some commercial.
RICORDO!
Mamma che mi chiamava
Quando il fine settimana
Al tramonto tornavo a casa
Che puzzavo di marijuana
SCUSA MAMMA!
Am I the only one here who is just here because I know the song..?
nope, I knew it because it was stuck in my head for the longest time after hearing it when my dad was playing it. Does that count?
Vixenarious yes and no, i heard the song on XM satelite radio on a 90s grunge station and wrote it down so i could listen 2 it later
Vixenarious I'm hear for you bro, now we can be old together. :)
Does it count if I heard it in Weird Al's Polka Your Eyes Out?
Vixenarious Nope.....I know it too
Was looking for this song as a kid for YEARSSS & eventually found it & it was sooo satisfying but then I forgot about it & have been lookin for it again for years but now I got it for good!!! 😂🔥
Same💪💪
Okay, seeing a lot of comments about Fall Out Boy. I don't know what the connection is, but who else came here NOT because of Fall Out Boy?
I'm not here cause of FOB. Here cause I love this song :)
I have known this song foreeever... but I just heard that Fallout Boy song and I knew something was familiar.
FOB sampled her hook that's why
I actually, heard this song for some time on the radio but only recognised the song by its familiar hook. I accidentally discovered the title and the singer through wikipedia search of standard test items.
tech n9ne
One of the greatest melodies of all time.
+Reshard Watson Please tell me you're joking. Its nice ear candy, but my 5 year old listens to more complex and interesting melodies. Its great for what it is, though.
+gururussell complex dosnt mean good.
+Ricardo Soto He probably listens to math rock or something
This was one of many songs used for development of MP3. It was the song that was hardest to convert (exposed bugs), and so the last of those test songs to be converted successfully. The last, not the first.
I had completely forgotten about this song and Pandora decided i need to hear it again. I cant remember another song that as melancholy and slaps at the same time. so after so after 31 years i was blown away!
Had this melody in my head the whole morning but I didn't know the name of the song.. So I googled girl singing du du dudu and yep there it was.. I love you internet !
I once saw the last ten minutes of the movie Knowing, and I wanted to know what it was, so I just googled "that movie where nicholas cage goes to his parent's house and hugs them then the world explodes and the kids are in a space field at a tree" and got it"
Sandy Candy seriously? lol and you were able to find it by only searching that and none of the lyrics? gotta love technology..
Sandy Candy Giorgio Moroder made a remix of this song with Britney Spears. And it's good. :)
Sandy Candy I did the same lol. cant believe I actually found it
Sandy Candy Ive been trying to find this for years. it was on the radio this morning so when i got home i literally typed in "do do do doo do do do doo 90's song," and it brought me here!
Итак, жду людей от песни Мейби Бейби- Бла Бла, которые пришли как и я послушать этот ту ту ту ру
на месте )
Хех
тута
Какая же Розэ прекрасная ✨
@@rinamalfoy ой а Лиса, просто шикарна
I am sitting during COVID
and can't leave my house today
My cat is just waiting
for me to feed him something new
I watch some news on UA-cam
and eat my cereal bar
because my milk had expired
and the grocery store is empty
I'm down to 3 rolls of toilet paper
and my paychecks stopped arriving
I drink my coffee black
I have no more sugar
My neighbors all have guns
maybe I should get one too
oh this virus, it will continue
through the morning I'm listening
to the sounds of ambulances
in the hospital district
I go back down to my basement
to play some video games
i think my throat is sore
but pretend it's just my brain
I finish up my coffee
and my cat wants to eat again
Beautiful! Now feed your cat and wash your hands sweaty
Man I am fucking crying laughing omg I needed this laugh even though it’s not funny I was singing your words and it just made things go down hill. Hey I needed that laugh but I hope you get more food and groceries stay safe
👏👏👏
Hahaha that's so funny, I hope you in good health.
Bob Donovan lmao
Am I the only one who just heard it on the radio once and was like, “That’s oddly familiar sounding, but idk where it’s from,” and downloaded it? I feel kinda silly for not having to spend years looking for it lol.
It's the theme song to the show "I Dream of Jeannie".
That kinda happened to me. I heard it in the car like almost 3 days ago and loved it immediately, took me sometime to find it, but the beat was all I remembered
Bet Tom's diner is lit as hell.
ikr
there's a lot going on there
░KenLinx░ agreed
yup best one of the best diner's in NYC
Tarkeema Lewis Tom's has one of the best milk shakes in the planet.
i remember this song playing in gangsters cars...with bass blasting....
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
What amazing sweet memories! early 90's: fantastic years! Hello from Athens Greece!
Im here from David Guetta - Let it be me
I just think of NY when I hear this. I don't know why
Raezer SAME!! Like Central Park on a lightly drizzling night!!
Raezer makes sense
It says London to me lol
For me it was San Francisco.
its the boom bap
So this was the first song used by Karlheinz Brandenburg to develop the MP3 audio coding format. :P
And the song is about a restaurant that was Edwin Armstrong's lab at one time. Armstrong was the inventor of FM radio and the superheterodyne receiver system. many RADAR innovations. Widely believed he was killed by spies or industrial espionage.
mindblowing
Could you imagine all the cool songs like this if people were free to sample each other's work.