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Video footage of Regina's much loved October 2004 set at Tonic, provided by Henry L.

The footage is a little dark, though.

Ghost of Corporate Future:





Full Set:


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Blogger andreseng said...

This is just so nice to see...Thanks Henry and Serge

January 12, 2010 10:36 PM  
Blogger Frank said...

Wow, awesome set! I love Ghost of Corporate Future..I'll have to add these youtube videos over at http://www.reginaspektormusic.com :)

April 04, 2010 12:50 AM  

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We're having a party and we're happy to invite you

A special party following Radio City Music Hall concert
LifeBeat
The Music Industry Fights AIDS &
Chip Duckett
invite you to join

Regina Spektor

at a special party following
her Radio City Music Hall concert

Music by DJ Miss Guy
Complimentary cocktails 10:30PM - 12:30AM

10:30PM Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Aspen Social Club
157 West 47th Street

Tickets available at http://www.lifebeat.org
or at 212-352-3101
(Ask for the Regina Spektor Red Carpet Event)

$20 advance/$25 door if available.
The cost of the ticket is a donation to
LIFEbeat - The Music Industry Fights AIDS.

21 & Over only, please.

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

¡REGINA A ARGENTINA!

¡REGINA A ARGENTINA!

kind of SOUTH AMERICAN TOUR!

October 27, 2009 2:26 PM  

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Carefully Laid Wires, Remembering It

Thursday 9/24 marked Regina's second performance of the unreleased song tentatively titled "Carefully Laid Plans" by the community, but known only as "Solo Song" on the set list.  This mysterious new track was captured in Philly in listenable quality for the first time, and is now available here, along with the rest of the show.  Also included is a quick rendition of "Happy Birthday" for Jack Dishel of past Regina openers Only Son and Little Joy.

2009-09-24 Philadelphia, PA | Electric Factory


The Calculation
Eet
Folding Chair
Ode to Divorce
Machine
Laughing With
One More Time With Feeling
Two Birds
Blue Lips
On The Radio
Dance Anthem of the 80s
Bobbin' for Apples
That Time
Apres Moi
Carefully Laid Plans
The Wallet
Man of a Thousand Faces
Samson
Us
Fidelity
Happy Birthday
Hotel Song
Love You're a Whore

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Have you seen this clip yet? Canadian Idol winner Theo Tams performing Samson, and it is gorgeous.

October 13, 2009 1:15 AM  
Blogger Dawn said...

Thank you so much for posting!
This is such good news for reginitis didn't live in U.S. or EU.
Thanks again! I really appreciate that~

December 14, 2009 9:02 PM  
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March 02, 2010 1:05 AM  

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In with the old, In with the new

ReginaSpektor.net is now partnering with RespektOnline.com in order to bring you even more live recordings. Saturday night's show at the Chicago Theater, which included a live performance of "Two Birds," was recorded by RespektOnline and is now available here.

2009-09-12 Chicago, IL | Chicago Theater

The Calculation
Eet
Machine
Ode to Divorce
Two Birds
Folding Chair
Blue Lips
On The Radio
Dance Anthem of the 80s
Laughing With
One More Time With Feeling
Bobbin' for Apples
That Time
Apres Moi
Human of the Year
Poor Little Rich Boy
Man of a Thousand Faces
Samson
Us
Fidelity
Hotel Song

Watch for more updates from this partnership in the future.

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No one ever leaves, they just change shape

All recorded by the prolific pattivill...

2002-12-21 New York, NY | Sidewalk Cafe

opening
Paris
interlude
Dusseldorf
interlude
BYOS
interlude
Soho
interlude
One String Blues
interlude
Carbon Monoxide
interlude
20 Years of Snow
interlude
The Flowers
interlude
Music Box
interlude
Chemo Limo
interlude
The Soup
interlude
Samson
closing

2003-02-09 Hoboken, NJ | Maxwell's

Opening for the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players (that's papa Jason Trachtenburg doing the intro) on a weekend afternoon show that was advertised as fun for the whole family, hence...
opening
Dusseldorf
interlude
Dance Anthem of the 80s
interlude
Ghost of Corporate Future
interlude
Poor Little Rich Boy
interlude
Better
interlude
The Bronx
interlude
Samson
closing

2003-02-15 New York, NY | C-Note

opening
Dusseldorf
interlude
Prisoners
interlude
Carbon Monoxide
interlude
Oh, Marcello!
interlude
Ave Maria
interlude
Dance Anthem of the 80s
interlude
Better
interlude
Your Honor
interlude
'the floor heard everything'
interlude
Sailor Song
interlude
Us
interlude
Ghost of Corporate Future
interlude
Samson
closing

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making wishes, watching dreams

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Anonymous chelsea said...

my god that is beautiful.
too bad things don't last forever.

July 01, 2009 8:43 PM  

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possible leakage

Wednesday, June 17th
Regina kicks off her series of summer shows with a phee-nomenal show at the Beacon Theatre, featuring the live debuts for several songs from far, along with the previously unheard bonus track "Riot Gear" and the devastating "Ink Stains". The ushers haven't finished wiping the drool from my armrest before recordings are posted by both nyctaper and RespektOnline.
Thursday, June 18th
NPR begins streaming the new album in a bid to thwart the hackers. In related news, my biggest thrill remains that one time Björk brushed up against me at the Screening Room on Canal. ::sigh::
Friday, June 19th
Regina visits with John Schaefer at WNYC and plays "Laughing With", "One More Time with Feeling", & "Man of a Thousand Faces".
Saturday, June 20th
"[I have] daily arguments with myself...and I win" -- Regina confronts schizophrenia in a BBC interview (skip ahead to the 1:06 mark).
Sunday, June 21st
The Sunday New York Times reports that Jeff Lynne thinks "Regina’s music is high-class, bizarre and beautiful" and David Byrne is "a fan of Regina’s". I think those guys might be onto something.


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Anonymous Roth Welles said...

ty for the BBC Interview link. do you know if there is any way to record /extract her interview there ?

June 27, 2009 12:23 PM  

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insert "far" pun here

Quite a bit going on...so much so that an ORDERED LIST is in...order:
  1. Apparently, far can be streamed online in its entirety right now, but only in the UK

  2. For the rest of us, the full album will be streaming online a full week before its release date

  3. In the meanwhile, thirty-second previews for all 13 tracks on far (plus the 2 Special Edition bonus tracks) are available from Amazon UK

  4. The Laughing With EP is also on sale now from indie retailers

  5. And Regina will be appearing on the "Late Show with David Letterman" and "Good Morning America" the week of far's release

  6. And there surely will be more than small handful of press features and interviews

  7. As well as radio appearances

  8. And last but not least, a few good seats are still available for Regina's show on June 17th at the Beacon Theatre (seriously, I just checked).

    I expect to see you there.

    Or else.



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Anonymous Anonymous said...

If you have technical buddies in the UK, you could, were it legal, grab all of Far from http://reginafar.co.uk/timesalbumstream.

While it appears only to stream, it is in fact only 10 minutes work to download and convert the whole album to mp3. It is only in 128kb format, but, hell, t'aint out yet.

June 14, 2009 6:05 PM  

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"Eet" Video Streaming on MySpace



Eet "Viral" Video

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Anonymous A the gem said...

Does anyone know where I can buy a copy of Raindrop. I've looked for cd couldn't find it on a cd and don't know where to look for mp3 version I can buy??? Thanks
A the gem
Please post

June 07, 2009 2:58 PM  
Blogger srg said...

No version of "Raindrops" has been officially released; however, you can download a live version here (http://www.reginaspektor.net/blog/labels/Raindrops) or a demo version from RespektOnline.com (http://respektonline.com/demos.php).

June 13, 2009 11:29 PM  

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"Folding Chair" Streaming at MySpace

That would be here...



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I tried your cat's name, I tried your favorite band


It's been a long time coming, and now far is close enough that we can almost taste it. You can read more about it, download two tracks from iTunes, download a third track when you pre-order your special edition CD+DVD+lithograph from WBR, or just watch the videos below repeatedly to whet your appetite...


Laughing With Official Video


Dance Anthem of the 80s "Viral" Video

And another nail for your heart...


Blue Lips on Later Live...with Jools Holland

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Your hair looks like Robert Smith...brings to mind the word "obsessed"

This recording made the rounds back in the day, but it appears to have fallen out of general circulation. Zo...

2004-11-15 London, England | Bush Hall



photo by Flutterby
Recorded by the talented and generous BloodRoses:
Intro
Dance Anthem of the 80s
Carbon Monoxide
Time Is All Around
interlude
The Virgin Queen
Poor Little Rich Boy
Blue Lips
interlude
Bobbing for Apples
interlude
That Time
Après Moi
interlude
Uh-merica
interlude
Hero (of the Story)
interlude
Ghost of Corporate Future
Summer in the City
interlude
Samson
This show earned a 5-star review from The Guardian and features the first (and, to date, only) known performance and recording of The Virgin Queen.

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Blogger SteppedOnASyringe said...

the amazing performance that graced us with "the virgin queen"

ahh/// =]

November 01, 2007 10:35 PM  
Anonymous Jüri said...

Actually, I have a recording of "Virgin Queen" since... well, I don't remember for how long I've had it, but this here is not the first one, sorry...
:D

November 02, 2007 9:08 AM  
Blogger SteppedOnASyringe said...

oh i know. ive had it for quite some time.

i just mean i never had the whole CONCERT before. just the virgin queen mp3.

November 02, 2007 3:44 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

you updated! yes!

November 10, 2007 11:32 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thank you!

November 15, 2007 8:52 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

hahahah, nice barcelona name-check. didn't you go to that show with me?
good to see you saturday, dh

January 01, 2008 2:00 AM  
Anonymous Chad S. said...

Didn't know where to put this.


The song Lacrimosa, you wondered what she says at the end?



Lacrimosa dies illa,
qua resurget ex favilla
iudicandus homo reus:
huic ergo parce, Deus.


Translation.

That sorrowful day,
on which will arise from the buring coals
Man accused to be judged:
therefore, O God, do Thou spare him.

January 20, 2009 10:45 PM  

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A toast, Jedediah, to love on my terms

Of course, now I'll have to turn in my Regina Spektor Know-It-All Fan badge. I mean, how do you forget a song titled Dead Rat, for crimeny's sake?

Bah...we don't need no stinking badges!

17 April 2002, The (Original) Living Room, New York

intro
Ain't No Cover
interlude
Twenty Years of Snow
interlude
Raindrops
interlude
Lounge
interlude
Belt
interlude
Dead Rat
interlude
One-String Blues
interlude
Bear Spektor
Daniel Cowman (aborted)
Buildings (aborted)
Buildings
interlude
Lulliby
interlude
Braille
closing

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

I love when you post :)

February 28, 2007 12:32 PM  
Anonymous Seth said...

Hey, I dunno if you heard about the swedish high quality show that was recently released, its only like 30 mins long, anyway, here is the link to it, I had to pull it from the stream, then split it up to the smaller files, but feel free to post em all if you want http://www.sendspace.com/file/34auqv

March 01, 2007 10:54 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

thank youuu!!

March 10, 2007 12:20 PM  
Blogger Shobhna said...

Holy shit, Dead Rat made my day. :D

March 29, 2007 3:35 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Could you please update de lyrics session, dear?

March 30, 2007 8:21 AM  
Blogger El Hombre Ilustrado said...

HOLA!

MUCHAS GRACIAS POR SUBIR TODOS ESOS TEMAS!

ES UNA PENA QUE NO SEPA SI ALGUN DIA VENDRA PARA ARGENTINA, BUENOS AIRES.. TAL VEZ.. ALGUN DIA..

MUCHA SUERTE!

April 02, 2007 12:33 AM  
Blogger Pearl said...

thanks so much. the recording quality is excellent!

May 31, 2007 4:36 AM  
Anonymous Adam said...

Heya! I'm seeing Regina perform in Auckland (NZ) on 7/18 and I'm really excited. Does anyone know if she has meet-and-greets at her larger venues? (and if so, any idea of when?) Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Many thanks,
Adam
(purplesprinkle@hotmail.com)

July 09, 2007 10:12 PM  
Anonymous TRY Podcast Team said...

Hello! I MUST say that your site is absolutely THE best Regina-fansite EVER! I mean, it's got a COMPLETE database of lyrics and it absolutely makes me cream my pants with joy to see all of this information on our piano-princess, my Jewish Queen, Regina Spektor. A few quick questions, though...there are a few songs you have lyrics for that can't be found ANYWHERE...and I mean, literally, ANYWHERE! Do you know how we can come to acquire such songs as:

Be like a cloud
By the time you read this letter
In the studio
Oh, Marcello!
The big towns
The floor heard everything
Woolen gloves

I've tried everything, but I still can't find these songs in any form...do they really exist? If so, can you post them somewhere, somehow? I look forward to when you post again! Love and such from the Ruthless Yolandas.

August 14, 2007 1:03 AM  
Anonymous Amy said...

Hi all

Watch Regina answer 10 questions about democracy on: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBsIGqxzGeY

Enjoy

September 25, 2007 5:34 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey, this is so wonderful of you to post up here.

But it literally makes me cry with frustration because my computer doesn't have sound and I don't know how to burn these songs to a disc. And I want to hear them so, so badly.

Does anyone know how to burn them to a disc? ANYONEEEEE?

April 15, 2008 10:20 PM  

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Abortions for some, miniature American flags for others

Three years ago, I wore a sign that read "NO WAR" around my neck for 3 months. I abhor this administration. I am not excited at the prospect of a Democratic Congress.

I voted anyway.

I encourage you to do likewise (but only mildly encourage, because it's not in my character to be rah-rah about these things).

***

Anyway, this is ReginaSpektor.net, not HalfAssedPoliticalActivism.net, so here's a couple of interviews I don't even remember having uploaded:

14 September 2005, Morning Sedition

22 February 2006, Radio Warwick


I haven't re-listened to these, but I do remember that the recording quality on the Radio Warwick file is absurdly bad. Fairly warned be thee, says I.

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

time to update the lyrics session, huh?

November 09, 2006 2:55 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

god regina i admire u soooo much i swear...u rock. U are soooo talented i wish i could be more like u....=)

November 21, 2006 9:04 PM  
Anonymous BIL said...

Have you been posting comments under Anonymous again srg?

November 26, 2006 12:48 PM  
Blogger adam said...

wow regina was on morning sedition i loved that show!

November 27, 2006 5:35 PM  
Anonymous Brittany said...

Woww. Your site is amazing. I come here all the time.

<3

November 28, 2006 5:53 AM  
Blogger Sal said...

You should get the pole out of your ass and stick to music. Not excited about a Democratic Congress? Maybe some of us have gotten nostalgic for the days of unending gridlock. That's better than letting some illiterate Texas dude blow up the whole world.

December 05, 2006 9:39 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

i have the translation (and phonetic) for the russian part in "8th Floor" if you're interested
sailorpunk777@earthlink.net

December 20, 2006 11:53 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

More music please!!! I'm jonesing.

January 19, 2007 1:38 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

i think it's time for an update ;)

February 08, 2007 10:08 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

today is 18 de febrero!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY REGINA!!!!!!

nadie se acordo!!!!!!

February 18, 2007 6:36 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

hey...thank you so much for setting this up...awesome blog....

kullboy12@yahoo.com

February 22, 2007 11:17 AM  

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It's a long way to the house of Fitzcarraldo

If you had consulted your srg-to-English dictionaries, you would know that "this weekend" in fact means "6 or more weeks from now" (duh!). Anyway, here are two shows for you (some of these individual tracks were posted previously).

The marathon set from Bowery Ballroom last year features, among other things, a rare performance of Rejazz and the resurrection of the long-dormant Hotel Song, which has since evolved into a set-closing rocker.

The Housing Works show, which took place the night before a Tonic gig (recorded by Crimson and available for download here) , includes the debut performance of Blue Lips, the first attempt at the piano-less Ghost of Corporate Future, and the first & only performance, as far as I know, of the disturbing & awesome Long Brown Hair. Regina previously played the Live from Home series ca. January 2003, but I don't think any recording has surfaced.

30 March 2005, Bowery Ballroom, New York
(with Sean Lennon opening)
intro
Ain't No Cover
interlude
Edit
interlude
Ode to Divorce
interlude
Loveology
interlude
Blue Lips
interlude
Ghost of Corporate Future
interlude
Hero + Bartender
interlude
Rejazz
interlude
Pound of Flesh
interlude
Folding Chair
interlude
Baby Jesus
interlude
Ave Maria
interlude
Sailor Song
interlude
"begin to hope"
interlude
Après Moi
interlude
Prisoners
interlude
Summer in the City
interlude
Time Is All Around
interlude
Somedays
interlude
Carbon Monoxide
interlude
Poor Little Rich Boy
interlude
The Flowers
interlude
"open"
interlude
Silly Eye-Color Generalizations
interlude
Samson
interlude
Hotel Song
interlude
Your Honor
interlude
That Time
interlude
Bobbing for Apples
interlude
Reginasaurus
closing

15 October 2004, Housing Works Used Book Cafe, New York
(Live from Home series, with John Wesley Harding and Buddy Miller)

intro
Edit
interlude
Ghost of Corporate Future
interlude
You
interlude
Blue Lips
interlude
Long Brown Hair
interlude
Loveology
closing

I also had the distinct pleasure of attending the Halloween night record release party for Nellie McKay's long-delayed Pretty Little Head (buy it!); muchas thank-you's to the guys at NellieMcKay.org (now that's how you design a fansite).

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Blogger zweiundzwei said...

oooooooh, she played Begin To Hope! Thank you so much! :)

November 06, 2006 3:23 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

hey, cool. the frames. (referring to the title)

November 07, 2006 5:02 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

new loveology. doumo arigatou!

November 07, 2006 8:16 PM  
Anonymous adam said...

thanks, srg!

honestly, what would we do without you?

my offer still stands, by the way. about working with you on a redesign for your site. if you want to do one, and if you want my help. i don't want to overstep any boundaries, and i know i'm sort of an overacheiver, but i'd love to play some minor role in rs.net because it's so important to the regina fan community at large!

-adam
adam@sogoddamnyoung.org

November 09, 2006 9:23 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

What are the chances that you have the bootleg of Sean Lennon opening for her??? Email me... stfd_crst_pza@comcast.net

May 12, 2007 12:55 PM  

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You're too old for precocious. You're too young for me.

Don't say I didn't warn you about the quality...but there's at least one nugget here that you probably haven't heard before.

13 March 2002, The (Original) Living Room, New York

intro
Twenty Years of Snow
interlude
Bonne Idee
interlude
8th Floor
interlude
Baobabs
interlude
Mustard Musketeers
interlude
A Lesson in How Fleeting Preservation Is
interlude
Buildings
interlude
Love Affair
interlude
Soho
interlude
Braille
interlude
Samson
closing
In case you're wondering, Morgan Taylor's Rock Group (whom Regina mentions at the outset) no longer exists as such (which is sad, because it really did rock), but you can check out what Morgan Taylor & co. are up to these days at Gustafer Yellowgold music.

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Blogger zweiundzwei said...

sweeeeet, thank you!

June 19, 2006 7:15 AM  
Blogger Coluch said...

Woot! A new/old song and a live version of Braille to boot! You are truely kind, sir SRG. Many gracious thank-you's.

June 21, 2006 12:56 AM  
Blogger sgt. slaughter said...

i've never heard "soho", either.

June 29, 2006 4:31 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

To my joy I see most of Virgin Queen's lyrics are up! Been waiting a while (no complaints). I can fill in a couple blanks:

"headless mother, heartless fodder"

"in the end, you try to rule as best as you can
but the crown gets cold, and mind gets old, and all of the gold...
(???)
in the end
it's just a bed
and the thing we've made
have begun to fade"

Also, the last question marked section of your lyrics is non-worded.

Thanks verrry much for the other bits though! Oh, and I saw Queen Spektor a week ago in London- her venues keep getting grander. And she's slightly stylized quite a few of her songs, experimenting with her voice, which certainly improves the 50th hearing of Samson!

no complaints! Regina Forever.

July 05, 2006 9:10 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I found the russian lyrics to "8th Floor:"

восьмой этаж /the eight floor
восьмой этаж /the eight floor
все высоко / everything's high
все надо мной / everything is above me

вот идет домой / somebody is coming home
карман пустой / pocket is empty
хоть милостыню просите / you could go begging
три рубля на водку и буханку белого хлеба / it's three rubles for vodka and a loaf of white bread.

а теперь, наверное, все дороже / but now, for certain, everything's more expensive
и дорожки те забыты / and the old paths are forgotten
а над ними паруса / above them we set sail

первый этаж / the first floor
я маленькая / I'm really small
все высоко/ everything's high
все надо мной / everything is above me

восьмой этаж / the eight floor
Америка / America
я высоко/ I am high
все подо мной / everything is below me

*******

восьмой этаж / vassmoy etazh
восьмой этаж / vassmoy etazh
все высоко / fsyo vuhsaka
все надо мной /fsyo nado m'noy

вот идет домой / vot idyot domoy
карман пустой / karman poostoy
хоть милостыню просите / khot milost-uh-nyu prasitye
три рубля на водку и буханку белого хлеба / tree rooblya na vodkoo e bookhankoo belava khleba

а теперь, наверное, все дороже / a teper, navernoye, fsyo dorozhye
и дорожки те забыты / e dorozhkii te zabuhtuh
а над ними паруса / a nad nimi paroosa

первый этаж / p'yervee etazh
я маленькая / ya malinkaya
все высоко / fsyo vuhsako
все надо мной / fso nado m'noy

восьмой этаж / vassmoy etazh
Америка / A'meri'ka
я высоко / ya vuhsaka
все подо мной / fsyo podo m'noy
я высоко... / ya vuhsaka

July 08, 2006 6:40 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I was reading the Bobbing For Apples lyrics, and if it isn't too forward o me, I'd like to make a correction:

'I'm dating Jack Daniels with Kalevs and Miss Nicotine'

The Kalevs is a guess. I hear Calebs but that means nothing to me, but Kalevs is Estonian candy. Meh, y'never know.

July 13, 2006 1:40 PM  
Anonymous Nick Pass said...

The Russian in Apres Moi is some cheap translation from freetranslation.com or something. This one is more accurate:

"February, pick up your pen and weep,
Write poems about february in sobs and ink,
While thunder booming in the background
Is burning in the black of spring ."

It's poetry, not fragments.

July 14, 2006 9:23 PM  
Blogger steph o knee said...

great posts all around.

if anyone is interested i have a couple bootlegs that arent on this site.

mermaid
eight miles high
blue lips*
field below*
on the radio*

* i have not noticed them on this site, i could be mistaken.

contact me through aim: tabloidpanda
(i never check my email..)

be well all.

thank you SRG
for having this sanctuary
and regina
for her sonance

July 16, 2006 3:47 PM  
Anonymous Esther said...

nick pass, I really like that translation- did you do that yourself, or get from somewhere? I know it's unlikely that you'll read this comment, and sorry to the site owner for treating this as a message board, but I'd REALLY like a quality translation of the rest of BP's 'February, pick up your pen and weep' poem.

I found one online, but it wasn't as good as the stanza you posted; my own Russian is pretty rudimentary and leads me nowhere poetical right now.

So here's hopin'...

July 25, 2006 6:11 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

um, i apologize too, for treating this as a message board, but it seems to be the place where the most hax-est regina fans congregate, so i was wondering if there were any alternate performances of either "loveology" or "aquarius" other than the tonic and sin-e ones (respectively) available from the wires here. thank you and i apologize, but i love these songs and am dying to hear more of them! (also, i'm sorry i didn't sign in, but i seem to have forgotten my password, but i'm the sgt. slaughter who commented up there)

July 30, 2006 8:33 AM  
Anonymous Matt said...

hey..
the missing lyrics in Lacrimosa are:

Lacrimosa dies illa,
qua resurget ex favilla

judicandus homo reus -
Huic ergo parce, Deus.


translation:

That tearful day,
when from the ashes shall rise again

sinful man to be judged.
Therefore pardon him, o God.


(from the latin Requiem text)

:)

September 02, 2006 8:34 AM  
Anonymous Jonathan said...

Hi,

I came by to ask if you still needed the Latin lyrics of Lacrimosa, but I see I've been beaten to it!

Thanks a million for the site, and especially all the recordings on it (for those of us not fortunate enough to have seen Regina live, that's particularly amazing)!

September 06, 2006 8:23 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Can anyone tell me how to download these songs off this site -so I can listen to them without being online- since I can't purchase them as a CD? Thanks

September 20, 2006 2:19 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

nevermind. I'm a moron

September 20, 2006 4:27 PM  
Anonymous Brink said...

Regina Interview & Missbehave story...


Regina Spektor Unedited Missbehave Interview

Regina Spektor Missbehave Article

October 01, 2006 2:20 PM  
Anonymous marcus said...

i think the word missing on dusseldorf is "mother"....

October 02, 2006 7:34 PM  
Blogger the maryland democrat said...

are you going to do this to the NPR REOCRDING it was a very nice recording but needs to be chopped up still

October 15, 2006 11:26 AM  
Anonymous Tommy Rousse said...

This is a great website. I thought you might be interested in a live review I did of Regina Spektor. I saw her in Chicago at Park West. You can read the review here!

October 21, 2006 5:51 PM  
Anonymous perksofawallflower said...

you can get the "not english words" to 8th floor on this site in russian, or romanized russian at this website.
http://lyricwiki.org/Regina_Spektor:8th_Floor

sorry im not so good at html tags..

April 02, 2007 6:49 PM  

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Not dead? Not yet quite dead?


So, uh, I don't know if you've heard, but Regina's got, like, a new album coming out today and stuff...maybe you were tipped off by New York magazine, or anthem, or American Songwriter, or Alternative Press...maybe it won't really sink in until you watch her on Conan Wednesday night.

For my part, you can probably guess what I have to say about the new record...but just in case: I think that Begin to Hope is not only the best work Regina's ever done, but also among the greatest things ever. I'm talking Master of Puppets-, The Godfather Part II-, tattered blue jeans- levels of awesomeness here.

Don't believe me? Such absurd heights of hyperbole strain my credibility, you say?

::menacing glare::

I'm going to pretend you didn't say that. I think you'd better buy the album and get the hell out of here before I get upset.

***

p.s., I'll have another old show recording of questionable quality up later this week.

p.p.s., You'd do well to pick up a copy of Dayna Kurtz's record Another Black Feather (for the Wings of a Sinner), also released today.

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

ps you can fix some of the lyrics now (ie Dusseldorf)

June 13, 2006 9:36 PM  
Blogger baobabs said...

yeah the new album is greaaattt

June 14, 2006 10:12 AM  
Anonymous Kasey said...

Dear regina fan whom helps complete my life,

I agree with you wholeheartedly.
The most incredible thing.
Better than sunshine, coffee, and old people holding hands combined.
Thank you for everything that you do.


<3 happy regina listening.

June 14, 2006 10:55 PM  
Anonymous RatioSpes said...

I just heard Regina perform Fidelity on Conan tonight - and wow! - I'm actually tempted to believe you! I've never heard her before, but this is incredible!

June 15, 2006 4:34 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

hi. does anyone know if any websites will have regina's conan performance online? i was taping it but the tape ran out part way through. thanks

June 15, 2006 8:48 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

youtube.com might have 'em in a few days.

June 15, 2006 5:56 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hola. Soy Amadeo desde Barcelona (España), 47 años. He oído esta mañana en la radio, por primera vez, una canción de Regina Spektor. Me ha encantado. Un saludo.

June 16, 2006 7:39 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hurry with the show, the week ends tonight.

June 17, 2006 3:10 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

i really hate the album cover, and the special edition one is even worse.

i still love her anyway.

June 18, 2006 6:59 PM  
Anonymous JOANNA said...

NOT AS QUIRKY AS HER OTHER ALBUMS BUT STILL AMAZING. FEEL LIKE I'VE DISCOVERED A SECRET GARDEN FINDING REGINA'S SONGS.

July 14, 2006 9:26 AM  
Blogger Adam said...

I really don't like this album at all. Her sound has been cleaned up far too much. It's so poppy. Not the Regina I fell in love with.

July 16, 2006 7:42 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I know what you mean about polished- her looks have changed likewise. It is verrry presumptuous of me to question, but I wonder if Regina gets sad that she's changed. Ah, maybe we can look at it as growing up- her childlike charm is replaced by a more womanly style! And we, the doting grandparents, sigh on.

Before, it felt like no one else knew her. The gigs' audience seemed a group of friends. Now I feel like she's left me for the rest of the world; she's flown the nest... (!)

Psst. I'm not even twenty years old

July 25, 2006 5:55 PM  
Blogger Angus Hepburn said...

Regina Spektor did a studio concert/interview with the BBC radio3 team a few weeks ago to coincide with the release of the new album and her concert tour in the UK. I have a recording of it if you're interested
Angus Hepburn

September 05, 2006 2:10 PM  

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Stage dive off of porches into crowds of dandelions

I trust that by now everyone has heard the 2 lead tracks off the forthcoming Begin to Hope over on Regina's MySpace page. For the record:
  1. I think they TOTALLY FUCKING ROCK! Yeah!
  2. If you don't like them, I think you're crazy. Or just afraid of change.
  3. But I'm pretty confident you'll like them eventually, once the shock of dissimilarity wears off.
  4. Unless you're stubborn. Or just crazy.
  5. But no matter what, we'll still be friends. Yeah!
Moving right along, here's a set from December 2003 in New York--a homecoming show of sorts after the Strokes/Kings of Leon tours, and also a stopover before playing New Year's Eve in Las Vegas with those same folks. The space was packed to fire-hazard level, as seemingly everyone was there, including the aforementioned Strokes (you'll hear a bit of banter between Regina and J. Casablancas on track 5), and Regina busted out a bunch of new stuff for the occasion (although by now it's nothing you haven't heard a thousand times already, I'm sure).

29 December 2003, The Living Room, New York

intro
"a cooler version"
interlude
Time Is All Around
interlude
Dance Anthem of the 80s
interlude
Prisoners
interlude
A Cannon
interlude
Patron Saint
interlude
Secret Stash
interlude
Carbon Monoxide
interlude
Folding Chair
interlude
Music Box
interlude
Ode to Divorce
interlude
Consequence of Sounds
closing

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

The subtext here is that if you don't like the new songs, Serge will totally kick your ass. Like, into next week.

(Don't mess with him. He is one dangerous mofo.)

March 14, 2006 4:58 PM  
Blogger STWONGBAD said...

Haha true dat.

Srg will mess you up.
I saw a a show once in NYC and afterwards he took me into a back alley and beat my face to a bloody pulp, and then he stole my Regina t-shirt right off my back.
.
He said it was cause i looked at the back of his head too much.
.
lying there shirtless in SOHO i knew never again to cross this guy

March 17, 2006 1:11 PM  
Blogger STWONGBAD said...

ah and happy 1st birthday reginaspektor.net!!!

March 17, 2006 1:17 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I went to college with the guy. I once made the mistake of living on his hall, and it cost me a fortune in "protection" money.

March 19, 2006 12:14 AM  
Anonymous Anne said...

The new songs are different and are amazing, love 'em! Regina rocks!!!!!!!!! It's great that she tries new stuff, that's what a real artist does. She's taking risks, exploring new sounds. It works because she's talented.
Thank you so much for all the mp3!

March 19, 2006 8:32 PM  
Blogger Coluch said...

Thanks for the update SRG!

Also, happy belated!

March 20, 2006 12:46 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

damn, the versions of her songs off her myspace... i want!

March 26, 2006 3:24 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

by the way, on Dusseldorf, it's
"Moscow mother"

April 02, 2006 5:05 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Oh God Regina is so fucking great!
So it makes me really sad that almost nobody in my country knows her.
Thank you for all the mp3's!

April 19, 2006 2:12 PM  
Blogger Rachelmundo said...

hi I noticed on the lyrics for "I cut off my hair" you have a question mark before shoes. I was listening to it and it sounds like point shoes (like for ballet)anyway that's it. I love this page! :)

April 20, 2006 12:57 AM  
Blogger Coluch said...

Yeah, in Dusseldorf it is "Moscow Mother". I seem to recall regina saying this somewhere in a discussion.

And I know this isn't the place to mention lyrics notes, but also in "Mermaid" the line is "an old photo of Belarus". Not ballet ruse, whatever that would be.

Thanks you for continuing to host and share everything that's on here SRGY PERGY! I don't know why I said your name like that. Sorry.

April 20, 2006 1:35 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

i love this site. have you ever considered databasing it
so one can do a search for words & phrases? kinda like at
http://www.bjork.com/facts/lyrics/ - i did that one, and if
you want it, i could ask my server-guy if it's possible to
copy the database structure and code if you have mysql/php
available on our server :) or maybe i could host it, but
i don't have any admin for it, so you kinda have to add
stuff via the phpmyadmin manually, which is a lil tedious
if you aren't used to that. lemme know.
lina(a)fromamouth.com

April 21, 2006 7:52 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

What about the lyrics for Chealsea Hotel # 2? I so need them. And I cannot get it from listening. :´[

April 23, 2006 6:27 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

THANK YOU.

April 24, 2006 11:47 AM  
Anonymous P. said...

THANK YOU.

April 24, 2006 11:48 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

All is Love
Bear Spektor
Dulce et Decorum Est Pro Patria Mori
Kids
Mockingbird
The Mustard Musketeers
Oh, Marcello!
Small Town Moon
"be like a cloud"
"the big towns"
"by the time you read this letter"
"the floor heard everything"
"human of the year"
"woolen gloves"

Do you have any idea of where can I find those songs?

May 13, 2006 8:40 AM  
Anonymous laura said...

hey there, great site.

i couldn't find your email anywhere so i'm leaving this message here. sorry about the waste of space.
the latin part in lacrimosa goes like:

'lacrimosa dies illa
qua resurget ex favilla
iudicandus homo reus.
huic ergo parce deus'

May 21, 2006 6:39 AM  
Anonymous Rick said...

I am not sure how else to get in touch with you. I wanted to let you know that she has an album comning out in two weeks. you should definitely post information about that on this page. If you have any questions about it you can email me at rick@warnerreprise.com. I am an intern at Warner Bros. Records.
Best wishes
Rick

May 31, 2006 2:57 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

hey butmunch how bout updating this site once in s while. we regina fans are getting restless.
note: this may come off as aggressive but it truly is all love and i count my blessings that this site exists

June 04, 2006 8:59 PM  
Blogger Camelmeister said...

Thanks for putting the effort in on the site, and for sharing her emotions - I just shed a tear to one of her live tracks... I am missing her Live in London tonight (another teardrop). Love the new CD, of course, but thesexycleverone is sooo much better live. So don't do a torrent search for thesexycleverone live at Grenoble - Audio Yummy

June 28, 2006 6:12 AM  
Anonymous moosha said...

omg..she's amazing..adorable singer.and i'm so mad at myself that i couldn't hav found her earlier..just my country is so far from the rest of the world..thank u, who created this site.if i be able i'll go her concert on the 23 of august in London..
moosha

July 25, 2006 8:16 AM  
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November 21, 2006 2:00 PM  
Blogger Cool like Plastic said...

Great site! Looking forward to visit it again!

I can't find the lyrics to "a cooler version" and I really do need them. Could you please send them to me? Thanks in advance!

November 21, 2006 2:02 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"A Cooler Version of Yourself" lyrics: http://lyricwiki.org/Regina_Spektor:A_Cooler_Version_of_Yourself

--Raugust

November 29, 2006 2:34 PM  

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To suffer greatly from the indignity of working for a living

Scanning the racks again, the January 21st issue of NME crowns "Us" as Track of the Week--a given, really, considering that it...
...surely must be the indie love song of the millennium...The way in which she manages to make the hiccoughed glottal stop in the word "contagious" sound like a mini-explosion of emotion is almost worth the asking price alone.
The first single off Soviet Kitsch is now of course drafted back into service as the second single off Mary Ann Meets the Gravediggers and Other Short Stories; the review even notes that the song is "about to blow out the candles on its second birthday cake" (not to be a gossip, but she's actually twice that age...you didn't hear it from me).

Anyway, Mary Ann... is out now on CD, as you probably already know, and the single is out next month, but you can pre-order your vinyl 7" from the men of Transgressive Records right now--apparently with artwork this time, and I must say that, even reduced to 1" square in the pulpy tabloid pages of the New Musical Express, it sure look purrty.

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Blogger Shawn said...

Begin to Hope is Mentioned in Spin this month. Thought you'd like to know if you didn't already.

Later days,
Shawn

January 31, 2006 7:28 AM  
Blogger Coluch said...

Srg, please come spread some sanity in the Brumstix. I have a feeling you can debunk (or bunk, as the case may be) this GEOGADDI guy's story.

Check his FEB-14 post in the "these things take forever" thread, and add some of your wisdom.

February 15, 2006 5:25 AM  
Blogger Steve_Green said...

There's a feature on Regina in the February 2006 issue of Spill, available free in the UK from the dvd/cd retail chain FOPP. You can contact the managing editor via [chris.dempsey @ spillonline.com].

February 21, 2006 9:13 AM  
Blogger steph o knee said...

8 americam tour dates were announced on the rs official website,
it starts in april

March 13, 2006 1:54 AM  

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I can't imagine why, but I feel like dancing

Crimson hooks it up again, by way of his man on the West Coast, name of Distortion:

26 January 2005, Hotel Cafe, Los Angeles
Pound of Flesh
Carbon Monoxide
"all the rowboats" First (and only? my mind is going) performance of this song
Poor Little Rich Boy
"open"
Bobbing for Apples
That Time
Uh-merica
Fidelity
Prisoners
Reginasaurus

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Blogger Shawn said...

Thanks again SRG! Hope all is well and that your cleaning is moving along nicely.
Later-

January 10, 2006 5:02 AM  
Blogger STWONGBAD said...

Positive this is not the only performance of "All the Rowboats". And i am half sure that i have another recording of it at home. Not at all sure the date on it. She definatley played it at the Philadelphia's show in the NorthStar. great song though either way.

____Love,
________David

P.S.
Thank you Srg, Keith and our west side taper for all your work and thought.

January 10, 2006 12:54 PM  
Blogger STWONGBAD said...

Uh Oh, the Brumstick is not working for me. Any one else havin a problem? I hope its just my computer and not the site being renovated again and losing everybodies postings.

-David

January 10, 2006 4:12 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I think it's your computer because the brumsticks work with me!

I hope they work soon!

January 15, 2006 12:27 PM  
Anonymous Passenger said...

Thank you very much. I was at this show, and as always it was amazing!!!

January 15, 2006 9:22 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Have any of y'all heard Regina's performance on NPR's 'The Next Big Thing,' which was recorded in April of 2005? On it, she claims that she wrote "The Breaks" (aka "Fidelity") the previous night and really hopes that she can remember it 'cause she really WANTS to remember it. And here's this performance recorded at the Hotel Cafe in LA in January 2005 with that exact same song. Come on, Regina. Integrity, my dear. Integrity.

February 26, 2006 2:14 PM  
Blogger srg said...

Nice detective work there...except that The Next Big Thing was recorded and originally broadcast in January 2005.

If you're going to be patronizing, at least have a fucking clue, my dear. Have a fucking clue.

February 26, 2006 5:32 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Language, my dear srg. Language.

March 01, 2006 11:16 PM  
Blogger steph o knee said...

if anyone has a copy of mermaid, pleaaase let me know.
steph o knee

March 07, 2006 2:39 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

if anyone has any sort of recognizable copy of Paris it would be reallly really great if you could send it to me.


lovely.people.lovely.places@hotmail.com


i may just love you forever.
<3

July 03, 2006 8:56 PM  

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I find your lack of pants disturbing

Courtesy of el fabuloso Señor Crimson, two more shows being served up, from early this year:

21 January 2005, Bowery Ballroom
(opening for Mates of State)
Carbon Monoxide
Pound of Flesh
Poor Little Rich Boy
Genius Next Door
Bobbing for Apples
The Flowers
"open" -- This was the song's debut, if I'm not mistaken
Us
Samson
Fidelity -- Also the debut for this one (not counting The Next Big Thing, recorded before but broadcast after this show)
Uh-merica
3 February 2005, Toad's Place, New Haven, CT
(opening for The Dresden Dolls)
Carbon Monoxide
Pound of Flesh
Poor Little Rich Boy
Baby Jesus
"open"
The Flowers
Bobbing for Apples
I should have another show up (and get some general housecleaning done) before the week is over. But then again, this is me you're talking to.

Thank you. Come again.

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Blogger STWONGBAD said...

Keep putting up shows Srg. Your my 'Hero of the Stoy"
.
.
_________________Love,
_________________________David

December 13, 2005 9:25 AM  
Anonymous Adam said...

Thank you muchly! Thanks to Mister Crimson as well!

I <3 this site, wow.

December 13, 2005 5:07 PM  
Anonymous Ashlee said...

Thanks soo very much.

December 15, 2005 12:04 PM  
Anonymous Passenger said...

Thank You

December 20, 2005 4:51 PM  
Blogger K. wawa said...

my hero--many moons ago i saw the girl and have had many (unrelased) songs in my head (they stayed floating around but how i wanted to hear them again and again)--

thanks for the reunion

--baby jesus
--if you're never sorry

this is a lovely site

January 01, 2006 11:59 PM  

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When they ask you, What's your church?, you say, I dance

Since you've already cleared out a shelf for all things Regina, please be advised that there's a short piece in the current issue of Heeb:
"There is no real 'I' in my music," Spektor continues. "An actor can take up any role and win an award for it. However, a musician can sing from the perspective of a wife-beater and suddenly that musician is inciting violence." Spektor takes another bite of her muffin and looks up, exclaiming, "Wow, this muffin is really amazing."
The item refers to her label as Record Collection (a different cog in the WB conglomerate) , but I'm chalking that one up to a slacking intern fact-checker.

R.I.P. Chris Whitley, and thank you.

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Blogger STWONGBAD said...

how do you find this stuff Srg. did you just randomly pick up a magazine in a shop and find the article? or do you have a subscription to Heeb? Either way, props to you. I might actually buy that mag just for the Cover of Sarah Silverman (so smokin'!) I just saw her movie "Jesus is Magic", which did not live up to my expectations of her. Also it was mostly just stand up material i had seen/heard before. Very Funny Woman (an oxymoron normaly I know) but not a very well put together film. To bad.
.
.
On the Regina part though, I think that is the second time I have heard her interviewd and argue the side of muscians compared to actors portraying violent characters in their respective mediums. (and I like what she says) Though I believe most of the parents that protest artists like eminem, Ozzy, manson, typically do not endorse violent films (save for Passion of the Christ) and video games either. or any other medium of artistic expression that is sex/violence/drugs/cursing/gay related.

November 28, 2005 1:33 PM  
Blogger STWONGBAD said...

My browser in my office suddenly stopped recognizing the Brumstick forum, when i try to access it. Saying it cannot find that location. Just wanted to see if you could still access it or if my work blocked it.

thanks, David

November 30, 2005 10:44 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

thank you regina my girlfriend i mean my half. really like your song "SAMSON & FIDELITY" thank you for creating that song she began to smile when she hear that song! im thankfull for that! always takecare... god bless...

every :)

October 13, 2007 4:41 AM  

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This is the way the world ends

Blogger STWONGBAD said...

SRG u da man!!!!

November 01, 2005 12:43 PM  
Blogger STWONGBAD said...

July 10th is the show date right?

November 01, 2005 12:51 PM  
Blogger Shawn said...

I'm downloading yet another show and I'm at a loss of knowing as to why. My worn out IPOD is currently at 25% Regina.....thank's SRG.

Later Days
Shawn

November 01, 2005 1:25 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Yes! This was the first Regina show I ever went to. Kimya and Junglefoot Dawson opened. Thank you so much!

-You broke my guitar!
-No, your guitar broke me!

thanks,
brendan

November 01, 2005 9:26 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

You can hear in this version of Samson that the line is "Oh I cut his hair myself one night, a pair of dull scissors in the yellow light." You should correct your lyrics page.

What a treat to be able to hear this concert! Thanks!

--Joe

November 06, 2005 12:32 PM  
Anonymous jenn said...

serge, my hero!

i just now found this...so it's way too late to answer your question of what i was doing, but i was indeed working. except i think i had off the night of the rufus show HELLO what the hell.

i have a new cell phone number too which i should email to you so we can actually get in touch.

thankyou for this. i can't believe i lost that cd!

November 06, 2005 12:48 PM  
Anonymous Rob said...

hey serge..i just came across the lyrics for lacrimosa and i know the latin part and translation. if you want, i can e-mail it to you my e-mail is Rob2cool00@comcast.net
just put regina in the subject. i hope it helps.

November 07, 2005 11:25 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

hi SRG,

Great site. I have the video of the complete concert of Regina playing at the Barfly in London. Are you interested in posing it?
Let me know

November 09, 2005 8:00 PM  
Anonymous Adam said...

1. THANKS!

2. Did you see my comment last time about giving you the short-lived first layout of sogoddamnyoung.org?

3. (to anonymous, above) if you yousendit.com and send me the link, I can re-encode to divx and stuff and share it via my site... Or whatever.

4. Contact info: adam@sogoddamnyoung.org

5. I love you, and dotnet.

November 12, 2005 1:31 PM  
Anonymous Geogaddi said...

July 10th? And there was me ...

"We're going to these meetings,
but we're not doing any meeting"

"Suppose I never ever met you?
Suppose we never fell in love?"

I just thought...

Delusional blind bastard after all.

If you see her, say "hello", and tell her that I'm sorry.

I guess ... I should apolgize to all the Spekorites as well.

Forgive me.

I'd love to see her face on a 30-foot cinema screen too.

But if she doesn't want it.
There's really nothing I can do.
x

Scarlett says "Hi"

Forgive me.

x













Hold my hand...



We'll trampoline.

November 20, 2005 4:56 PM  
Anonymous la.citta.player.boston said...

I sent an MP3 of Apres Moi to my friend Sergey and asked him to translate the Russian lyrics. He wrote back:

Regina recites (twice) the first stanza of a poem by Boris Pasternak written in 1912. You may know of Boris Pasternak - he wrote 'Doctor Zhivago.' Below is a translation of the whole poem by someone named Alex Miller:

February. Get ink, shed tears.
Write of it, sob your heart out, sing,
While torrential slush that roars
Burns in the blackness of the spring.

Go hire a buggy. For six grivnas,
Race through the noise of bells and wheels
To where the ink and all your grieving
Are muffled when the rainshower falls.

To where, like pears burnt black as charcoal,
A myriad rooks, plucked from the trees,
Fall down into the puddles, hurl
Dry sadness deep into the eyes.

Below, the wet black earth shows through,
With sudden cries the wind is pitted,
The more haphazard, the more true
The poetry that sobs its heart out.

December 10, 2005 7:26 AM  
Anonymous Lol said...

how can i download these bootlegs??
or get them to convert to iTunes files?
maybe i'm just being stupid,
but i can't get it to work....

from Lol
x

February 18, 2006 12:37 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

you there ^^^ Lol
all you have to do
is right click on the song that you want and select save target as.
and then
you got it
<3
abbs

July 03, 2006 8:50 PM  

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Hey, remember that time when I would only smoke Pall Malls?

With my days of gainful employment finally (mercifully) coming to a close, I'm overcome with heady thoughts of revamping this here dot net into what I've always evisioned it being...but I've had such notions many times before--bearing no fruit--so better to just toss something on here and at least momentarily clear out that stale smell of overflowing ashtrays and unwashed clothes...

Here's a decent recording of one of my earliest Regina shows on May 4, 2002 at the Sidewalk Café (just a couple of months after having seen her for the first time), with the excellent Anders Griffen providing accompaniment throughout most of the set. A couple of these you may not have heard before. Enjoy.

(intro)
Title Unknown ("in the studio" -- aborted)
Baobabs
(interlude)
Soho (w/ Anders)
(interlude)
Aching to Pupate (w/ Anders)
(interlude)
Anders Griffin (solo) - Title Unknown
(interlude)
One-String Blues
(interlude)
AB (w/ Anders)
(interlude)
Poor Little Rich Boy
(interlude)
Lulliby (w/ Anders)
(interlude)
Belt (w/ Anders)
(interlude)
8th Floor (w/ Anders)
(interlude)
Twenty Years of Snow
(closing)

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Blogger STWONGBAD said...

thanks a lot Srg. i know you have a pile of these tapes your sitting on. But you wont run out of songs to post. Just go ahead, throw them all up here!
David

October 19, 2005 12:23 PM  
Blogger STWONGBAD said...

And also what are Pall Malls? something (marlbros?)

October 19, 2005 1:17 PM  
Anonymous Adam said...

New BOOTLEG! YAY!

P.S. reginaspektor.net can have the old layout of sogoddamnyoung.org, if it so wishes. I stopped using it, because it wasn't at all practical for me.

I still have the old reject files up, so you can see it. I can adjust it so that it says "reginaspektor.net." Rather than mess with the image rollover navigation on the photographs, I can just label each with a different section, and then show you the template pages for you to add the lyrics/ect to... (they need some coding in the top and bottom so the style/scrolling works.)

I looove that layout, but as it lasted just a few weeks, and now sits and does nothing, I'd like it to be used again!

And on REGINASPEKTOR.NET! My favorite site ever since ever. It'd be excellent!

P.S. You should totally have a "Connect" section where you list the other bootleg resources.

P.P.S. Thank you, I love you, you are incredible and wonderful, almost to the point where you rival Regina, but not quite, of course.

P.P.P.S. Oops! Here's the link to see it! http://sogoddamnyoung.org/site/old/index2.html

October 20, 2005 5:53 PM  
Anonymous stephen said...

Everytime you put something up it's like a huge surprise that makes my week better, thank you. Another version of Belt! Three songs that I've never heard before too! Do you think the in the studio one was supposed to Making Music? in the studio, they're adjusting the wires and microphones...

If you need any help at all, I would gladly donate hours for organizing and tweaking or whatever. Even just making lists of shows and the songs played. Just so you know, I'd help if you needed any.

October 20, 2005 7:04 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

oh, how I love you.

October 21, 2005 5:59 PM  
Anonymous Leemore said...

hey... i was wondering if you had any bootlegs of regina singing two songs that i assume are new... they are:

a) "i wish i could see a field"
b) "this is how it works..." on the radio, you know, it talks about november rain.

either of those, or both (!!!) would be deeply and truly appreciated. cheapsunsets@aol.com or cheapsunsets on AIM! thank you so so much... -leemore

October 21, 2005 7:47 PM  
Anonymous jenn said...

write me, dude. we need coffee.

October 27, 2005 2:39 PM  
Blogger STWONGBAD said...

hey it looks like reginaspektor.net really is becoming the exclusive private Regina forum.(until that is until sells out to the man and has all sorts of advertising banners and pop up windows. ). YOu should give people secret passwords to access it, that expire ever 38 hours. And secret decoder rings.

October 28, 2005 1:00 PM  
Anonymous Seth said...

I love you.
What a wonderful service to the regina loving community...

March 22, 2006 3:15 PM  

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Vowels are for the Weak

Regina is featured in the current issue of ROCKRGRL magazine. If you're visiting this site, it's probably nothing you haven't heard before--pretty standard press-kit bio stuff--but we do aim for completeness.

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Anonymous Jacob said...

Pardon my posting this here, rather than simply e-mailing it to you, but I can't seem to find any contact info - if it's there and I'm being dense, I apologize.

Anyway, if I'm not mistaken the Russian in Apres Moi that you asked for some help with is the first stanza of this poem by Boris Pasternak:

Black spring! Pick up your pen, and weeping,
Of February, in sobs and ink,
Write poems, while the slush in thunder
Is burning in the black of spring.

Through clanking wheels, through church bells ringing
A hired cab will take you where
The town has ended, where the showers
Are louder still than ink and tears.

Where rooks, like charred pears, from the branches
In thousands break away, and sweep
Into the melting snow, instilling
Dry sadness into eyes that weep.

Beneath - the earth is black in puddles,
The wind with croaking screeches throbs,
And-the more randomly, the surer
Poems are forming out of sobs.

August 15, 2005 9:18 PM  

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New MP3s: The Bronx, and more

Where have I been? Got any what? Sorry for the radio silence, guys, but I've had supply problems of every kind, I've had labor difficulties...what's so funny?

Added the following MP3s to the recordings section ("the wires"):

Ghost of Corporate Future
Song from Soviet Kitsch, performed at the Housing Works Used Bookstore Cafe on October 15, 2004 (with Chris Kuffner on bass and Ben Kalb on cello) This setlist staple gets a makeover, as Regina ditches the piano completely.

"the clocks were asleep"
Unreleased song (title unknown), performed at Tonic on October 3, 2003 To the best of my knowledge, this is the first and only performance of this song--itself the source of one of the more nervous-chuckle-inducing of my cubicle dressings ("the gentleman giving the power presentation felt the bayonet scar on his shoulder reopen, a warm trickle of blood through his fresh-pressed shirt")

Uh-merica
Unreleased song, performed at Sin-é on May 31, 2003 This is the debut performance of this song, with backing vocals from Regina's friends Katie and Anya (sp?), capturing the almost accidental genesis of the whole audience-participation thing.

The Bronx
Unreleased song, performed at Barbès on May 11, 2003  Uh...I can't think of anything to say about this one...umm...it's cool...and, uh, short...

Thanks to everyone for the kind words, and I'm sorry I haven't cleared the cobwebs around here in a while...soon...

Oh, and I'd be remiss if I didn't mention Chris Garneau, whose show I stumbled upon quite accidentally not long ago, and who quite coincidentally is also a piano-playing singer-songwriter who plays with Ben Kalb. I haven't heard much yet, but he sounds interesting. So don't say I never hipped you to anything cool.

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Blogger jenn said...

Chris is a friend of mine, and has been since we were all in that big social circle that somehow, magically, had Regina as the lowest common denominator... chris is amazing, and his new recordings are incredible. So I've been hip to it for a while. ;)

Also, why aren't you answering my emails, man? What a punk. :P We need Russian diner food and misery soon. And cigarettes. Ah, yes.

August 04, 2005 2:31 PM  
Blogger srg said...

Crap--I sometimes forget that I have an email account. Or 5. I'm almost afraid to check now and see how many people I've alienated in the last few weeks. D'oh!

But if it's misery you want, then I'm your man...(wanders over to gmail)...

August 04, 2005 6:58 PM  
Blogger Shawn said...

Thanks for postin the new recordings. I check your site every-so-often and was afraid this was going to become a dead site. Keep postin..even if it's just a shout out for the sake of an update.

August 07, 2005 9:50 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I didn't know how else to contact the owner of this site, so sorry that this comment's kinda in the wrong place. I was looking at the lyrics collection, and in 'Bobbing For Apples' the line is:
'I'm dating Jack Daniels and calebs with miss nicotine'

or, that's just what I reckon, anyway

August 07, 2005 11:08 AM  
Blogger Shawn said...

That actaully makes perfect sense. The lyrics always seemed fuzzy at that line, but "miss nicotine" fits right along with what's being conveyed.

Later

August 08, 2005 3:18 PM  

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New MP3s: A Lesson in How Fleeting Preservation Is, and more

Considering how little I do and have done with my life, it's kind of remarkable that the time to do proper updates on the site still somehow eludes me. Anyway...added the following MP3s to the recordings section ("the wires"):


"all the rowboats"
Unreleased song (title unknown), performed at Hotel Cafe (Hollywood, CA) on January 26, 2005 (thanks again to Jenn and Keith) As far as I know, this show was the song's debut performance.

Ode to Divorce
Song from Soviet Kitsch, performed at the Knitting Factory (NY) on September 9, 2004 (with Chris Kuffner on bass and Ben Kalb on cello) By request of Ben the Cellist's Mom (that is, the mother of Ben the Cellist, not the cellist's mom named Ben), although not from the same show.


Chemo Limo
Song from Soviet Kitsch, performed at Sidewalk Cafe on November 30, 2002 I'm pretty sure this is the first public performance of this oft-requested but rarely-played song (first time I heard it, anyway)


A Lesson in How Fleeting Preservation Is
Unreleased song, performed at the Living Room on May 15, 2002 Regina almost always places a disclaimer in front of this song to the effect of "this next one's kind of weird"...what's weirder is that I recall she had jet black hair done up in a bun at this show. The significance of this, I don't know. Or perhaps I dreamt it all.

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Blogger jenn said...

Serge, we gotta talk soon, cause I need some CDs from you. :)

In return, I will give you Reg posters and copies of the CD, and promo dvds, which is I believe all I have. Fair enough? ;)

Call me sometime soon, dude...

May 09, 2005 10:56 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thanks so much, srg!
Ben's Mom

May 12, 2005 12:33 AM  
Anonymous Matt W said...

Hey there,
A couple of things.. First, obviously, thankx so much for sharing all this stuff!
Secondly I made a bootleg of the Islington show just gone (posted a setlist on Brumstix) and have also been transcribing SK songs into piano/vocal/guitar sheet music.. If you want either of these things to congribute to RS.net, just email me :)

scarecrow.and.fungus@gmail.com

Matt
xx

May 15, 2005 6:38 AM  
Anonymous nic nell said...

thanks so so sosoooooo much for posting all the row boats! it's such a fantasic song - lyrics are awesome. really cool simple backing piano - tabbed it on the guitar! so i can sing it! hurrah! and a lesson on how fleeting... is awesome too and thank you SOOSOSOSOSOO much for putting up loveology - i think all the row boats and loveololgy are 2 of my favourite regina songs ever! i wander what will go onto her next album - very muich hope she does loveology properly! epically! x

May 18, 2005 6:21 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Lacrimosa means tearful, sorrowful... sad. I was looking for lyrics to it, no lyrics sites have them. :)

May 28, 2005 6:29 PM  
Blogger sick_chio said...

these songs kick ass, actually regina kick ass to all musicians

i want to talk with regina's fans hmmm if somebdy want to add me
msn
sick_chio_lynch@hotmail.com

i've got love affair and december transcribed for guitar. i'm working on samson and your honor.

June 20, 2005 11:52 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Excellent, excellent ... more, more!

I eagerly await any unreleased downloads still to come ... just don't make me wait too long!

Thank you, really. I'm glad to have stumbled upon some new Regina songs ... each one I listen to makes my smile a little bigger. Peace.

June 24, 2005 5:58 PM  
Anonymous le gazon said...

I saw you asked for help with Russian lyrics for Après Moi

So here it is

Февраль. Достать чернил и плакать.
Писать о феврале навзрыд,
Пока грохочущая слякоть
Весною черною горит.

(it's by Boris Pasternak, famous Russian poet)

If you are curious, this is translation

February. Get ink, shed tears.
Write of it, sob your heart out, sing,
While torrential slush that roars
Burns in the blackness of the spring.

ps I am not sure that Rusian font will work, so here is the link

http://www.kulichki.com/poems/Poets/bp/Rus/bp_3.html

first 4 lines.

July 28, 2005 3:12 AM  
Anonymous val said...

ohh it's cool knowing the meaning behind the Russian lyrics of Après moi le déluge but i'd also interested in having like, the phonetics pronunciation of it. anyone?
thaaanks :)

December 09, 2005 11:46 AM  

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New Video: Regina on The Tonight Show

Muchisimas gracias to Op for recording, encoding, and uploading the video . It's in AVI format (~11MB), and you need to have the DivX codec installed.

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

I couldn't find an email address, so I'm just going to comment here.

I just went to a performance of Verdi's Requiem and the latin part of Lacrimosa is from it. It goes:
"Lacrymosa dies illa,
qua resurget ex favilla,
judicandus homo reus.
Huic ergo parce Deus."

The English translation is:
"Ah, that day of tears and mourning!
From the dust of earth returning,
Man for judgement must prepare him;
Spare, o god, in mercy spare him"

April 30, 2005 10:35 PM  

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[FIXED] New MP3s: Hero of the Story, Bartender, and more

Added the following MP3s (all from the Bowery Ballroom show on March 30, 2005) to the recordings section ("the wires"):


Hero of the Story & Bartender
Two unreleased songs (with Chris Kuffner on bass and Ben Kalb on cello for Hero of the Story)

"begin to hope"
Unreleased song (title unknown)

Time Is All Around
Unreleased song

"open"
Unreleased song (title unknown)

Hotel Song
Unreleased song (with Chris Kuffner and Ben Kalb on backing vocals)

Your Honor
Song from Soviet Kitsch (with Chris Kuffner on bass, Ben Kalb on cello, Elliot Jacobson on drums, and Andy Graziano on guitar)


A higher quality source for this show may surface in the coming weeks.

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Dear Srg,
Thanks so much for making the March 30th Bowery songs available. We're eagerly waiting for the better sound quality versions next! How about posting Ode to Divorce from that show too- my favorite...
Sincerely,
Ben the cellist's Mom

April 07, 2005 9:19 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thanks for having this site. It makes me giddy with happiness right down to my toes. Thank you.
Regina rules the pool.

April 15, 2005 6:41 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hello srg.

I am not completely anonymous, I am indeed
'odd pink fabric' from www.reginaspektor.com.

Thanks from my heart for your site
and all of your hard work --- truly
appreciated. By the way there is no fabric like odd pink fabric.

May 11, 2005 9:04 PM  

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New MP3s: Aquarius, Uncle Bobby

Added the following MP3s to the recordings section ("the wires"):

Aquarius
Unreleased song, performed at Sin-é on June 29, 2004

Uncle Bobby
Unreleased song, performed at the Knitting Factory (NY) on September 9, 2004

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Anonymous gina said...

when i try to save these it says they aren't availible!

March 20, 2005 8:26 PM  
Blogger srg said...

I tried it this morning and it seemed to work. Could you please try again and let me know if you still have a problem? Thanks (and sorry for the trouble)

March 22, 2005 9:29 AM  
Anonymous Andres BIL said...

It really doesn't work.
I don't know if your server is maxed out, or the server is all of a sudden not allowing .mp3 files to go through (if this is the case, you may need to zip then up -- what a pain!). I was able to do this before. Nice site, though.

There are some links in the blog that appear to be broken:
"will you feel better?"
"dust to dust"
"a cooler version of yourself"
"if you're never sorry"

March 23, 2005 9:48 PM  

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New Video: Regina on Late Night

Credit to miao0726 who posted the original mpeg on the I♥Regina community. The version available here is a compressed version of that file--Windows Media Video, 320x240, ~15MB file size.

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New MP3: Long Brown Hair

Added the following MP3 to the recordings section ("the wires"):

Long Brown Hair
An unreleased song performed at the Housing Works Used Bookstore Cafe on October 15, 2004.

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Anonymous Kasey said...

Thank you so much! =] whoever you are, you make my world go round and my days much better <3 thanks again!

Kasey , 15

July 13, 2005 7:00 PM  
Anonymous kasey (again) said...

**

July 13, 2005 7:00 PM  

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Added Site Search

The contents of reginaspektor.net are now full-text searchable. What's that song that goes...?

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New MP3: Happy Hooker

Added the following MP3 to the recordings section ("the wires"):

Happy Hooker
Unreleased song, performed at Barbès on May 11, 2003

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Lyrics Added for Almost Every Regina Song

Added lyrics & info pages for the following:

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2.99 ¢ Blues
8th Floor
AB
Aching to Pupate
All is Love
Après Moi
Aquarius
Ave Maria
Baby Jesus
Back of a truck
Baobabs
Bartender
Bear Spektor (no lyrics)
Belt
Blue Lips
Bobbing for Apples
Bon Idée
Braille
The Bronx
Buildings
BYOS
A Cannon
Carbon Monoxide
Chemo Limo
Consequence of Sounds
Dance Anthem of the 80s
Daniel Cowman
December
Dog & Pony
Düsseldorf
Edit
The Flowers
Flyin'
Folding Chair
The Genius Next Door
Ghost of Corporate Future
Happy Hooker
Hero of the Story
I want to sing
Just like the Movies
Kids
Lacrimosa
A Lesson in How Fleeting Preservation Is
Long Brown Hair
Lounge
Love Affair
Loveology
Lucky Penny
Lulliby
Making Records
Mary Ann
Mermaid
Mockingbird
Modern Girls & Old Fashion Men
Music Box
The Mustard Musketeers
My Man
Ne Me Quitte Pas
Ode To Divorce
Oedipus
Oh, Marcello!
One-String Blues
Paris
Patron Saint
Pavlov's daughter
Poor Little Rich Boy
Prisoners
Raindrops
Reading Time With Pickle
Reginasaurus
Rejazz
Sailor Song
Samson
Scarecrow & Fungus
Silly Eye-Color Generalizations
Soho
Somedays
The Soup
Summer in the City
Sunshine
That Time
Time Is All Around
Twenty Years of Snow
Uh-merica
Uncle Bobby
Us
The Virgin Queen (no lyrics)
The Wallet
Wasteside
You
Your Honor
Title Unknown ("all the rowboats")
Title Unknown ("be like a cloud")
Title Unknown("the clocks were asleep")
Title Unknown("come into my world")
Title Unknown("a cooler version")
Title Unknown("the devil come to bethlehem")
Title Unknown("dust to dust")
Title Unknown("eight miles high")
Title Unknown("the floor heard everything")
Title Unknown("I cut off my hair")
Title Unknown("if you're never sorry")
Title Unknown("I never loved nobody fully")
Title Unknown("no one can take that away")
Title Unknown("open")
Title Unknown("the big towns") (no lyrics)
Title Unknown("will you feel better?")
Title Unknown ("woolen gloves")

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

I was wondering when are you going to have mp3's for all of the songs

May 16, 2005 5:51 PM  
Blogger colmore said...

someone PLEEEEEASE post an mp3 of uh-merica, I saw her play that song when she was the last-minute replacement opening act for The Dismemberment Plan at Irving Plaza in New York almost 2 years ago.

That song is the reason I got into her music. I've been looking for a recording for a long time.

Thanks!

May 16, 2005 11:50 PM  
Anonymous Emily said...

Hello,
what a fantastic site! I love people who take the time to put up lyrics.
I have a suggestions actually - I think that in Samson the lines
"I cut his hair myself one night/Buried those scissors in the yellow light"
might actually be "...a pair of doll's scissors in the yellow light"...
just a thought!

May 26, 2005 2:19 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Excellent, excellent ... more, more!

I eagerly await any unreleased downloads still to come ... just don't make me wait too long!

Thank you, really. I'm glad to have stumbled upon some new Regina songs ... each one I listen to makes my smile a little bigger. Peace.

June 03, 2005 8:51 PM  
Anonymous julie said...

thanks Srg! really cool web site!
i just have to thank u!
when i first saw this site i was like*WOW* really cool! and i think it`s great that u put all the lyrics aswell.....
cause then i dont have to search all around the internet..
oh n btw, i think emily`s right about that samson part, i didnt notice until she mentioned it..
well keep up the good work!
this site is exellento!

July 05, 2005 12:21 PM  
Anonymous Jacob said...

Thought you might want to know - the "lots of not English words" in 8th floor are Russian. Maybe I'll get around to transcribing them at some point, though not sure who I'd email it to...?

July 16, 2005 3:23 PM  
Anonymous kami said...

Your blog is very cool! I just thought I'd run past you something I always thought on "Blue Lips" as far as the lyrics go. I could clearly be wrong, but I always thought she was saying "Is this all there is?" and then the second time "This is all there is". Just me maybe, but I thought I'd pass it along.

July 26, 2005 1:19 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The latin bit at the end of Lacrimosa goes:
Lacrimosa dies illa
Qua resurget ex favilla
Judicandus homo reus
Huic ergo parce Deus

which translates to:
Oh this day full of tears
When from the ashes arises
Guilty man, to be judges,
Oh Lord, have mercy upon him.


Nice site btw, some hot live mp3 action is always appreciated

December 07, 2005 10:39 PM  
Anonymous Katie D said...

Russian on apres moi:
февраль достать чернил и плакать
писать о феврале навзрыд
пока грохочущая слякоть
весною чёрною горит

it's the first stanza of pasternak's "february" poem repeated twice


Russian pronounciation (Django from http://reginaspektor.infopop.cc/groupee):
Fevral'. Dostat' chernil i plakat'!
Pisat' o fevrale navzryd,
Poka grohochuschaya slyakot'
Vesnoyu chernoyu gorit.

April 14, 2006 7:52 PM  
Anonymous Lindsay said...

sorry if someone already said this, but I'm too lazy to read all the other posts...

for the lyrics for "Long Brown Hair," I think that one line is:

"Her body was free/Wanna bet so's her love"

I had this epiphany when listening to it last night on my headphones, where I can hear lyrics clearer...it seems to fit with the rest of the song...anyone agree or disagree?

February 02, 2007 5:09 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

i saw a commercial for "A Diamond is Forever" & i am quite sure it is regina...but i dont know what the name of the song is...can anyone help

August 04, 2007 7:36 PM  
Anonymous Mitholas said...

Lacrimosa: the latin lyrics are this:

Lacrimosa dies illa
Qua resurget ex favilla
Iudicandus homo reus.
Huic ergo parce, Deus,
Pie (Jesu Domine,
Dona eis requiem.)
(she doesn't sing the last lines between brackets, but that would be the continuation of it.. These lines were either taken from the very famous "Dies Irae", a Christian song from somewhere in the middle-ages, or from the original Lacrimosa (was it mozart?). The lyrics from both pieces are the same (the Lacrimosa 'borrowed' its words from "Dies Irae") and translations can be found on wikipedia.)

August 05, 2007 8:54 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I think the "??" word in Dusseldorf is "martyrdom".

October 29, 2007 5:05 PM  
Blogger philly said...

I think I love you. I was so afraid I'd never find these wonderful songs. The site is fantastic. Thank you thank you thank you!!!

June 22, 2010 8:46 PM  
Blogger RobnJenn said...

I think, like Thomas Edison, so I invented "Melodifluous."

By deduction from Merriam-Webster it means:

"a sweet or agreeable succession having a smooth rich flow."

References:

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/melody?show=0&t=1285657451

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mellifluous

Please visit my site sometime, honestbobby.com, its a work in progress but I would like to hear from people like yourself.

September 28, 2010 3:14 AM  

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