'Things I have loved i'm allowed to keep...' -- Regina Spektor :)

mariaoran · 11-13-2007, 12:50 AM

... I barely recently started listening to Regina Spektor and have fallen in luv with her!!

... especially her live performances!!! she sounds really good and so funny

So was wondering what you lovely eskimos thought about her??? And if any of you love her and have any suggestions on what songs to look for and such, it'd be muchly appreciated!

Here are some vids i haven't been able to stop watching on youtube!!

'Apres moi' @ lollapalooza : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otNyX_uMXYk
'Baby Jesus' @ Lollapalooza : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_cOkWjYEiE
'Flowers' Live : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHN7DgRxvMc

Topspin047 · 11-13-2007, 04:24 AM

I adore Regina Spektor. I saw her live last year and she is just as charming and bubbly on stage as she is during her songs.

cille · 11-13-2007, 07:13 AM

she's a brilliant songwriter. I don't like her latest album so much, but songs and soviet kitsch are great albums. SO many brilliant songs in there. I love playing and singing Samson and learning from how she built up the song.

mariaoran · 11-13-2007, 01:18 PM

ooh great thanks Cille !!

... i am liking samson as well and i think the songs i like right now are mostly from soviet Kitsch...

Also, anyone know russian? or knows what she says on that last part of Apres Moi?? ... it sounds really good in Russian but i would want to know what it means...

Kilombo · 11-13-2007, 01:42 PM

Oh, I only have Begin To Hope but from what you say I definitely should try the older ones!! I already love the new one, can't wait to discover even better songs by her

Thanks for reminding me of that, lately so many people gave me advice on good music that I got kind of overdosed so I didn't have time to investigate some stuff that I really liked.. Regina surely is one of them!
And thanks for the vids, she has such an interesting aura around her, can't really say what it is (what she does with her eyes and eyebrows just makes me want to hug my monitor)..

Greets,
Kil

PS.: Cille, you cover Samson?! I would kill to hear that

hazey · 11-13-2007, 03:34 PM

I prefer the earlier, officially unreleased, albums 11:11 and Songs. Both Soviet Kitsch and Begin To Hope are somewhat overproduced, especially the last album. Regina is best when it's just her and the piano. It also gives more room to her vocal abilities and improvs. Samson is an old song from the Songs album and it sounds much better in its original version.

mariaoran · 11-17-2007, 12:31 AM

I dunno if anybody is interested but i was browsing the net and found that the russian part of 'Apres Moi' is actually a poem by Boris Leonidovich and it goes something like this...

{original in Russian...}
Fevrale dostat chernil i plakat,
Pisat O Fevrale navsnryd,
Poka grohochushaya slyakot
Vesnoyu charnoyu gorit.

{Translation i found! :S dunno if its any good...Sounds very beautiful anyways ....

}
February, take out the inks and weep,
Write about February on my moans,
But right now, thundering sleet,
In the black Spring it burns...

11-13-2007, 12:50 AM	#1
mariaoran The girl from Venezuela Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Madrid Posts: 2,118	'Things I have loved i'm allowed to keep...' -- Regina Spektor :) ... I barely recently started listening to Regina Spektor and have fallen in luv with her!! ... especially her live performances!!! she sounds really good and so funny So was wondering what you lovely eskimos thought about her??? And if any of you love her and have any suggestions on what songs to look for and such, it'd be muchly appreciated! Here are some vids i haven't been able to stop watching on youtube!! 'Apres moi' @ lollapalooza : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otNyX_uMXYk 'Baby Jesus' @ Lollapalooza : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_cOkWjYEiE 'Flowers' Live : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHN7DgRxvMc __________________ "This place is a Gynocracy!" repetition creates pattern, repetition creates pattern, repetition creates pattern...

11-13-2007, 04:24 AM	#2
Topspin047 tennis pro Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: United States Posts: 505	I adore Regina Spektor. I saw her live last year and she is just as charming and bubbly on stage as she is during her songs. __________________ Volcanoes melt me down.

11-13-2007, 07:13 AM	#3
cille creepycute Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Copenhagen Posts: 15,333	she's a brilliant songwriter. I don't like her latest album so much, but songs and soviet kitsch are great albums. SO many brilliant songs in there. I love playing and singing Samson and learning from how she built up the song. __________________ Yeah

11-13-2007, 01:18 PM	#4
mariaoran The girl from Venezuela Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Madrid Posts: 2,118	ooh great thanks Cille !! ... i am liking samson as well and i think the songs i like right now are mostly from soviet Kitsch... Also, anyone know russian? or knows what she says on that last part of Apres Moi?? ... it sounds really good in Russian but i would want to know what it means... __________________ "This place is a Gynocracy!" repetition creates pattern, repetition creates pattern, repetition creates pattern... Last edited by mariaoran; 11-13-2007 at 01:56 PM.

11-13-2007, 03:34 PM	#6
hazey Draper's Girl Friday Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,910	I prefer the earlier, officially unreleased, albums 11:11 and Songs. Both Soviet Kitsch and Begin To Hope are somewhat overproduced, especially the last album. Regina is best when it's just her and the piano. It also gives more room to her vocal abilities and improvs. Samson is an old song from the Songs album and it sounds much better in its original version. __________________ "We de-whimsified ourselves. Yep, we're normal now."

11-13-2007, 01:42 PM	#5
Kilombo Mba'e teko pio? Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Münster, Germany Posts: 47	Oh, I only have Begin To Hope but from what you say I definitely should try the older ones!! I already love the new one, can't wait to discover even better songs by her Thanks for reminding me of that, lately so many people gave me advice on good music that I got kind of overdosed so I didn't have time to investigate some stuff that I really liked.. Regina surely is one of them! And thanks for the vids, she has such an interesting aura around her, can't really say what it is (what she does with her eyes and eyebrows just makes me want to hug my monitor).. Greets, Kil PS.: Cille, you cover Samson?! I would kill to hear that

11-17-2007, 12:31 AM	#7
mariaoran The girl from Venezuela Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Madrid Posts: 2,118	I dunno if anybody is interested but i was browsing the net and found that the russian part of 'Apres Moi' is actually a poem by Boris Leonidovich and it goes something like this... {original in Russian...} Fevrale dostat chernil i plakat, Pisat O Fevrale navsnryd, Poka grohochushaya slyakot Vesnoyu charnoyu gorit. {Translation i found! :S dunno if its any good...Sounds very beautiful anyways .... } February, take out the inks and weep, Write about February on my moans, But right now, thundering sleet, In the black Spring it burns... __________________ "This place is a Gynocracy!" repetition creates pattern, repetition creates pattern, repetition creates pattern...