> Vega has said she wrote the song in 1981/2, and she based elements of the song on actual events. So… at one point she reads the funnies in the paper. Only two newspapers in New York City carried comic strips in 1981/2. And of those, in that period only the New York Post carried a front page story about the death of an actor, [William Holden](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Holden). And Holden did indeed die from a fall resulting from his drinking excessively. Which means the day the song refers to has got to be the day that story was published, which was Wednesday, November 18, 1981.
It appears that there isn’t any precipitation data going back that far, so unable to confirm weather or not it was indeed raining that day.
I never would’ve guessed this song is about the same diner that Jerry, George, Elaine, and Kramer eat at all the time.
This is the remix by DNA https://youtu.be/j4jtIDaeaWI
Brilliant, gave me chills.
From a YT comment:
> Vega has said she wrote the song in 1981/2, and she based elements of the song on actual events. So… at one point she reads the funnies in the paper. Only two newspapers in New York City carried comic strips in 1981/2. And of those, in that period only the New York Post carried a front page story about the death of an actor, [William Holden](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Holden). And Holden did indeed die from a fall resulting from his drinking excessively. Which means the day the song refers to has got to be the day that story was published, which was Wednesday, November 18, 1981.
It appears that there isn’t any precipitation data going back that far, so unable to confirm weather or not it was indeed raining that day.
Edit: It’s also the [auditory equivalent](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%27s_Diner#The_%22Mother_of_the_MP3%22) of [Lenna](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenna).
This song was the first mp3
[YTP version](https://youtu.be/W3MuLyGTF-E)
Oddly i don’t recall having ever heard this song, and I’m 38