Suzanne Vega - Luka | Het verhaal achter het nummer | Top 2000 a gogo

Vanuit New York het verhaal achter het nummer 'Luka' van Suzanne Vega. Een reportage van Top 2000 a gogo uit 2018.

[tmo]

I have never been able to listen to this song without crying. I am now 63 years old.

[mindtones]

My father was a Luka too. He broke the cycle for me. Nothing but respect for my beloved dad. Rest in Peace my idol. I love you.

[KevMac]

Thank you Suzanne for this song. I was beat by my father with a belt all the time when I was a kid so bad that I couldn't sit at my desk at school because of the black an blues all over my body. I was so relieved that my mother left my father when I was 6. Alcohol played a big part but I got married and we had 3 boys an never did i touch my boys when they broke a window or do something wrong an they grew up just fine.Im so glad I broke the chain because my dad an grandfather used to get the belt from there dads.

[soupdragonuk]

This song spoke to me as a teenager. I had been physically and emotionally abused by both my father and step-mother. It was so bad I actually went to school one day with blood in my hair and on my face. I never went home that evening. I spent the school day in the staff room while my future was decided upon. Then years later I hear this masterpiece. It broke a piece of my heart as I recalled those awful days. She was right to record this, as it speaks to all those who suffered at the hands of others, so thank you Suzanne, you spoke to millions with a heartbreaking song.

[foreversunrise]

I was in the children's home when this song came out. An orphan and victim of so much abuse. It seemed like I was the only person in the world that was going through these troubles. When Suzanne Vega finally decided to let this song be released, it is one of the most pivotal songs of the 80s, in my opinion. Countless numbers of lost souls were found, and made to feel like they would never be alone again. No matter what you suffer from, no matter what you have been through, It can always get better. Music helps us through. Thank you

[mrmagassi]

Suzanne is a true artist and what a wonderful soul. Luka is forever a haunting song.

[markmarsh]

I was abused as a child and 32 years after its release I still cry every time I hear My Name Is Luka ... I LOVE Susanne Vega for writing it. ...It's not JUST socially important .... it's a Pop Music Masterpiece.

[chrismoyers]

I'm a Luka. Barely made it out of those years. I'm a survivor along with all the other's who made it. My heart goes out to the one's who didn't😢. Today, those memories are somewhat buried. The Lord is so wonderful. Cast all your anxieties and pain upon Him, for it matters to Him concerning you.

[nairbsggirb]

Hadn't heard this in 30 years, and it hit me like a ton of bricks again today, just like I was still a child cowering in fear from my mother's unrelenting violence and insults. Thank you, Suzanne, for giving a voice to the voiceless. <3

[sergs]

This was one of the best, if not the best song of 1987. I remember always hearing this song while on my commute to and from my first job after college. God I miss the glorious 80s!

[nowiknow]

I was a Luka too. I lived on the other end of the country. Ive always loved this song. I love you Suzanna Vega. Thank you.

[g.p.d.]

I’m an old guy now and survived abuse.
This song reminds me of the terror I felt back then.
It also makes me proud of how far I’ve come and how much farther I still need to go.

[garydunn]

I can identify totally with that song because as a child, I grew up in a home of domestic violence.
My father was really an angry man for most of the time. He would regularly abuse my mother, both
physically and verbally. Sometimes me, and my three brothers would also get a beating. I always
dreaded him coming home from work, because I just never knew what kind of a day he had, and he
always took his anger and frustration out on us when he got home. He has since passed away, and
although I have found inner peace, and forgiven him for what he did, it has left me scarred mentally
and emotionally. I think, towards the end, he tried to make up for those early years in my life by doing
things for me, he even drove me to see Suzanne perform "Live" twice. I am now in my early 60's, but
as I said, my early years have left scars. Thank you Suzanne for addressing this difficult issue.

[theonlyredspecial]

What a charming and talented lady. Lovely to see her again after all these years. It’s a song which is part of my childhood. I hope she reads the nice comments here and it makes her feel good.

[noticeddamian]

This song is so good that prince gave it a standing ovation on his own at the 88 music awards.

[eyecomeinpeace]

Susanne is still very much an incredibly beautiful woman today and her voice sounds just like she did over 30 years ago. I wish she would make more albums. She is a highly underrated artist.

[samuelcastagnera]

My dad was my idol too, I think about him every day. Rest in peace the best dad in the world.

[victorhugotoledocofre]

05:09 "Most of us are abused in life in some way or another." Greatest truth ever.

[ShyeNYC]

Nice documentary! Growning up in the 80s, I thought Suzanne Vega and Tracy Chapman were EVERYTHING!

[nycjohnb]

Same beautiful voice. Same beautiful smile.