It’s not her fault “ALBUM” from Page 56 Solitude Standing,” her successful follow-up to 1985’s underground smash “Suzanne Vega,” is proof that Vega is the folksy parable spinner so many feminist artists have desperately tried to be for years. The difference is that Vega doesn’t hammer the listener over the head with tired pseudo-politico babble. “Luka,” Vega’s hit at the moment, seems an unlikely candidate for the pop airwaves. Few vocalists cc Jd get away with a song about the little kid downstairs telling how he gets slapped around. But Vega’s deadpan delivery and sincerity removes the slightest vestige of melodrama and instead makes an impossible pop subject seem bear able. Vega’s forte is her stream of con sciousness lyrical forays. These aren’t hummable ballads as much as they are melodic ramblings where Vega plays the subjective observer, thrusting her self into the situation and draining each slice of veracity out of it. In the a cappella opener, “Tom’s Diner, Vega describes a mysterious woman entering one of the East’s infamous greasy spoons. Vega doesn’t bother explaining anything here or anywhere else on the album; she merely describes the scene and obscures the outsider’s motives. She relates the fortitude of daily existence to her own neurosis without dragging the public into her demons. If anything, “Solitude Standing” is about the loner and the romance behind that, premise. On the title track, when Vega sings, ‘ ‘Solitude stands by the window/She turns her head as I walk into the room, ” you begin to understand the magnitude of her imagery and the meaning becomes simple. Vega avoids the source of her own angst, but it seems to creep up in each tacit fold of her paranoia. When that becomes evident in each song and each lyric, it’s easy to realize just how important a talent Vega is going to be as her career matures. Courtesy of A A M Records | IComeinandget carried away • Balloon I bouquets! I • Sorority gifts! I • Party stuff! I \ H arket Clock Tower Side Trips P 70th & A Gateway I Student guide to LTSlTphones. Start: ( 1 S I” T £e 1-1 LU LT&T □IIIIN ' h j 1 22 L_ •— - - zz ZZIIIIIIIIIII III lllllllllll Mil Hill nil — n—immimmimimmii ake the fast way to phone service and visit one of our Phone Centers. Well process your request for a phone on the spot. Then, simply pick up the telephone you want and take it with you. Save time and installation costs by plugging it in on your own. Ask us about buying your own telephone. A variety of styles and colors are available. UNL Dorm Students—A phone and local service is provided as part of your housing contract. When you fill out your housing contract, you will be asked to indi cate whether or not you want long distance service. Lincoln Telephone four communication connection. 111111111111111111 = For questions about your dorm phone ser vice, contact the UNL Telecommunications Center at 472-5151. JUST VISIT ONE OF THESE LOCATIONS DURING THESE CONVENIENT HOURS: LT&T Phone Center Downtown 15th &M 8:30 am - 5:00 pm. Monday-Friday LT&T Phone Center East, East Park Plaza 200 North 66th 9:00 am - 6:00 pm. Monday-Friday Also open Saturdays. 8:30 am - 5:00 pm «p «p «p «p «p