Regina Spektor - "Samson" w/ National Symphony Orchestra | DECLASSIFIED: Ben Folds Presents

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  • Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
  • Regina Spektor performs "Samson" with the National Symphony Orchestra LIVE at The Kennedy Center.
    This performance was part of the National Symphony Orchestra event: DECLASSIFIED: Ben Folds Presents Regina Spektor & Caleb Teicher. Filmed live in the Kennedy Center's Concert Hall on November 2, 2018.
    In the concert series, NSO Artistic Advisor Ben Folds breaks down barriers between music genres. Folds selects the artists to showcase both classical and modern music arranged specifically for the NSO.
    Samson
    Performed by Regina Spektor and the National Symphony Orchestra
    Written by Regina Spektor
    Conducted by James Gaffigan
    Orchestration by Jherek Bischoff
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    #reginaspektor #declassified #samson

Комментарии • 200

  • @PaigeA6741
    @PaigeA6741 5 лет назад +504

    This song brings me back to a very specific time in my life. Such a significant time I named my dog Samson.

    • @JoanaGleyze
      @JoanaGleyze 5 лет назад +3

      Traz tanto significado que nos faz viajar no tempo.

    • @alexhart
      @alexhart 4 года назад +2

      Same... and I named my cat Samson! Haha

    • @LAWLESSKING
      @LAWLESSKING 4 года назад +4

      I feel you girl... me and Regina takes me back to when I was 19 in 2006 and my first love came and went and somehow her voice never gets old.

    • @ronaldcaliva5004
      @ronaldcaliva5004 3 года назад +2

      There's something about the song that I cant explain why ,as if it's taking me to zion

    • @guillecopez2316
      @guillecopez2316 3 года назад +2

      I named my ex Samson

  • @shiningjojo1103
    @shiningjojo1103 5 лет назад +237

    There's something about this song and her voice that whenever I hear this play, I feel all sorts of emotion both happy and sad.

  • @lemaquino7975
    @lemaquino7975 5 лет назад +291

    She ages like a fine wine. This song introduced me to an amazing artist. Please keep on making masterpieces.

    • @nickparsons337
      @nickparsons337 5 лет назад +8

      My introduction to her was hearing "Us" at the beginning of 500 Days of Summer. I've loved her ever since. It just blew me away. Still does.

    • @iranesparrago1428
      @iranesparrago1428 5 лет назад +1

      Filipino? I love Regina soooooo much!

    • @julianantoniogilgonzalez6494
      @julianantoniogilgonzalez6494 2 года назад

      I agree! She's just spectacular.

  • @relaxivegotthis
    @relaxivegotthis 5 лет назад +306

    People who can get the high note the first time in public without autotune deserve the Grammies. The end.

    • @HenryMoon
      @HenryMoon 5 лет назад +7

      *waits patiently for Grammies*

    • @xbq8034
      @xbq8034 4 года назад +3

      But she s not that well known comparing to other big names. (Love to see her get Grammy )

    • @kyonru
      @kyonru 4 года назад +13

      Grammies doesn't have the value you think. They are awards from the music INDUSTRY to the singers to make them sell millions. Not necessary talent or originality. Sometimes those things are present but sometimes they are not. Don't feel sad for Regina, she is amazingly amazing. (for me, she is the best, sure I want her to always do better, that why I always recommend her music). Anyway it's really sweet you wish the best for her, but don't worry, Grammies are not the best.

  • @amyjean9365
    @amyjean9365 5 лет назад +162

    I love her. She's one of a kind. So glad we are blessed with her music.

  • @izzyg.1933
    @izzyg.1933 5 лет назад +115

    Even the way she moves her hands across the piano is a form of art.

  • @olgafetisova5632
    @olgafetisova5632 5 лет назад +122

    I was there, and still get goosebumps listening to this video. Thank you, Regina!

  • @PMAngst
    @PMAngst 5 лет назад +53

    She was so immersed in her music... How come she's so underrated?!

  • @ryand394
    @ryand394 4 года назад +123

    I think what makes an impression on me with Regina is something beyond even empathy.
    There's simplicity to what she sings and complexity, but it's never forced. It doesn't feel like she's fighting for anything, she's just mirroring the human condition with stories that are so specifically detailed they are believable. She herself has a childish innocence and wonder towards the music she makes, but it's more than that, too. I guess it might not have to be her, but there's a quality in her (when her voice, her tone, her lyrics, and her personality all come together on stage) that I can't find in any other singer.
    "Dear Theodosia" feels like it's my own dad singing it to me, but it's something that's never happened, and I can't stand it.
    "Samson" is a singular moment of failure that's completely embraced by someone with no judgement at all.
    "Lady" feels like I'm looking out of my window and seeing the world for the first time.
    There's so much more to it, and these are such reductionist statements. All of Regina's songs are things I long for and instead experience separately, remember sweetly or bitterly. But they're so inextricable from what it means to be human at all that some part of me gets it, and I reconnect to it.
    No matter how artistically creative or philosophically profound a song, it's not really meaningful to me if it doesn't feel nostalgic.
    Regina makes me a kid again.

    • @diaargh
      @diaargh 3 года назад +3

      That's what I like about her too. The magic and the childlike wonder 😭

    • @n.o.l.a.m8909
      @n.o.l.a.m8909 2 года назад

      🖤🥹 Samson

    • @hifellowhumans8393
      @hifellowhumans8393 Год назад +3

      Nailed it. She does not try to appear profound because she already is. Her style exudes playfulness, but offers so much insight at the same time.

    • @camilaecheverri6421
      @camilaecheverri6421 Год назад +3

      your comment has such a beautiful and precise way of breaking down everything she makes you feel. Wow. beautiful writing, honestly

    • @melideukie.
      @melideukie. Год назад

      perfectly said

  • @pepperinomontoya170
    @pepperinomontoya170 5 лет назад +67

    Terribly Underrated

  • @f15H8ul8
    @f15H8ul8 5 лет назад +87

    my favorite performances are her solo ones but they did a great job of fleshing this out with the orchestra. great version of the song. glad Regina is getting the serious recognition that she deserves as an artist. one of the most talented artists of our time, and nearly a perfect person in every way. just love her!

  • @evea4527
    @evea4527 5 лет назад +40

    If this doesn't find it's way to Spotify I'm suing someone.

    • @giogarcia5413
      @giogarcia5413 6 месяцев назад

      So is it actually on Spotify? Been contemplating for a long while now if I should just get yt prem

  • @allysaespinosa6483
    @allysaespinosa6483 5 лет назад +14

    I feel emotional every time i hear this song.

  • @reichjunker
    @reichjunker 5 лет назад +33

    Love you, Reg (and Sara Bareilles).😊

    • @ry-iy6zj
      @ry-iy6zj 5 лет назад +2

      YAS 💖

    • @noemiesandoval1140
      @noemiesandoval1140 5 лет назад +2

      Omg yeees! Love them both ❤️

    • @TlanImass
      @TlanImass 3 года назад +1

      Look at the album cover of "Songs". Regina looks like Sara B. there. :D

    • @YinYan_24
      @YinYan_24 Месяц назад

      Same..Sara and Regina..another level artists...real performers
      .🎉🎉🎉

  • @rsteve-lz1lt
    @rsteve-lz1lt 5 лет назад +18

    i love the classic red dress it matches the orchestra

  • @gaile_18
    @gaile_18 5 лет назад +31

    Its amazing how she sings this same as in the record. And how it took you back to the time you played it on repeat in your ipod.

    • @MrNagano00
      @MrNagano00 3 года назад +2

      This is so true, I've seen her live... I was so surprised at how clean her voice is, beautiful experience.

  • @giada4125
    @giada4125 5 лет назад +38

    This is Art, there's no other words to describe it.

  • @annonnie
    @annonnie 5 лет назад +17

    The song brings me to tears every time.

    • @iloveblondy
      @iloveblondy 3 года назад

      same, tears dripping off my chin listening

  • @annabelle7123
    @annabelle7123 5 лет назад +37

    The most beautiful live ever... yes, she deserves an orchestra!!

  • @mikatile
    @mikatile 5 лет назад +24

    One of the best. Sad and beautiful.

  • @4956jerrysun
    @4956jerrysun 5 лет назад +15

    Talking about good music, this is good music.

  • @chipsychuotchit
    @chipsychuotchit 4 года назад +5

    Seem like she's singing with all her heart...

  • @leoniekaiser7143
    @leoniekaiser7143 3 года назад +2

    We played this song on my dads funeral 10 years ago. Every time I hear it it brings me back to this day

  • @stuarthannay3370
    @stuarthannay3370 11 месяцев назад +1

    I remember loving Soviet Kitsch, and then forgot all about her until this week. She has unblocked my tear ducts fully. What a gem.

  • @arregull
    @arregull 3 года назад +2

    You feel happy, sad, together and broken all at the same time. Amazing how a song can do that.

  • @arian_motta
    @arian_motta Год назад +2

    2:22 She plays the piano so softly here... it makes me cry for some reason. Amazing performance!

  • @firstrunnerup1675
    @firstrunnerup1675 3 года назад +2

    the song that made me reminisce my innocence, no much phone, no media gigs, just plain simple life, going to school meeting with friends, sharing cool screts about monsters lurking in the quarters, magnificent old trees outside our classroom windows billowing thru air, so much good times, so pure, and so fragile, but times had changed, no more pureness, but lessons, that we can't bring back the past anymore......|
    sorry my inner author is awakened again hahha

  • @XavierGuillaume
    @XavierGuillaume 5 месяцев назад +1

    I love her so much! There is something so pure and joyous in her.

  • @sharonaniciete9826
    @sharonaniciete9826 5 лет назад +1

    I wish I could watch you before I die. I love you, Reg.

  • @Rob_MC99
    @Rob_MC99 5 лет назад +6

    Regina, you're amazing...

  • @booknerd5738
    @booknerd5738 5 лет назад +13

    Goosebumps... simply beautiful

  • @eelliee18
    @eelliee18 5 лет назад +20

    absolutely magical. i heard this song a loooong time ago and i can't believe she still sounds exactly the same. thank you for blessing us with your music. regina, you are something else 😍

  • @truliewezt
    @truliewezt 5 лет назад +8

    This here gave me goose bumps

  • @hubich3416
    @hubich3416 5 лет назад +2

    I love her for loving her own song as much as I love her song.

  • @deeliciousplum
    @deeliciousplum 5 лет назад +14

    It was due to a recent interview of Regina Spektor which pressed upon me towards exploring what Regina has been up to. This performance immediately reminds me of how exceptional and beautiful Regina's compositions and singing voice are. While listening to this performance, I am covered in goosebumps! 🎶💕

  • @sweetestmangoes
    @sweetestmangoes 5 лет назад +6

    I used to listen to this when I was young...now I'm 19 and this song is still a magic. Regina ages like a fine wine; she gets better and better. She is truly amazing. No one can do it like her.

  • @sambrightbart489
    @sambrightbart489 7 месяцев назад

    Regina is ridiculously good live. It's hard to believe. I think she might be one of the greats.

  • @C.J.J.R
    @C.J.J.R 3 года назад +4

    01:46-01:52 mins.
    02:17-02:29 mins.
    Gives me a goosebumps and chill at the same time.
    It enlightens me. It makes my eyes close for a while and me feel the "now" moment. Alone but not loved. I feel I am around that place for that few seconds; I feel alive without thinking anything.
    This version gives me another feeling for the song.
    Love you, Regina. From a fan of yours. :)

  • @TheIndividual.
    @TheIndividual. 3 года назад

    I searched for this. No ads. Finally. Regina is super talented.

  • @veronicaaverina3546
    @veronicaaverina3546 5 лет назад +5

    So very beautiful

  • @n.o.l.a.m8909
    @n.o.l.a.m8909 2 года назад +1

    1:25 ❤️😍

  • @ProfessorChomsky
    @ProfessorChomsky 2 года назад

    "He kissed me til the morning light, the morning light, kissed me til the morning light....". Wonderful x

  • @mgjacome
    @mgjacome 4 года назад +1

    Four years, four years and it still hurts, sometimes the pain is silent and I evade the memory, but it always comes back, today is one of those days where I can't avoid the memory, and I let my eyes free, that my soul releases the guilt .

  • @dalexisb
    @dalexisb 5 лет назад +9

    So glad Regi is getting some recognition!! Loved hearing it with the strings

  • @alarc
    @alarc 5 лет назад +7

    AAAAAAAAAAAH I LOVE THIIIIIS

  • @braddywarbucks
    @braddywarbucks 2 года назад

    I'm a total sap. Sitting her crying because I can feel how happy she is that it sounds so great.

  • @hannahjoycheng
    @hannahjoycheng 4 года назад +2

    Her voice is like silk. This song brings the Bible story to life, my favorite!! So bittersweet and sad but powerfully beautiful

    • @randmiller88
      @randmiller88 Год назад

      Yeah, I remember when Jesus multiplied the five loaves of Wonderbread

  • @adiohead
    @adiohead 3 года назад

    This song brings back all the loves lost.

  • @diaargh
    @diaargh 5 лет назад +13

    Please keep posting her performance :""") I love all of them and I know I'll love the rest 😭

  • @claudiaorense8908
    @claudiaorense8908 5 лет назад +3

    Why am i crying!? 😢😢

  • @t.beckah3798
    @t.beckah3798 5 лет назад +5

    This song is the one through which i came to know about Regina and her other songs... But this one has a special spot in my heart ♥️

  • @ProjectMoses
    @ProjectMoses 5 лет назад +233

    Who's the fools that disliked this? Fight me now!

    • @mnt87
      @mnt87 5 лет назад +13

      Got your back buddy! Let's bring 'em

    • @ComradeStiv
      @ComradeStiv 5 лет назад +5

      In position with nerf bat, we gotchu

    • @proovemewrong
      @proovemewrong 5 лет назад +2

      I second you, guys!

    • @spicyainsley9635
      @spicyainsley9635 4 года назад

      probably imbeciles who jams to mumble rap

    • @paralelepip9
      @paralelepip9 3 года назад

      "Come at me, haters!!!"

  • @gellichan09
    @gellichan09 5 лет назад +3

    Way back in my childhood, when I just started really listening to music, this was one of the songs I could honestly connect to and really loved. 💖

    • @AnaTonksCarver
      @AnaTonksCarver 5 лет назад

      gellichan09 me too ❤️ I always felt disconnected from music like I never felt a personal connection to it before her

  • @thomasthetankengine5528
    @thomasthetankengine5528 5 лет назад +1

    this performance of this song is a gift from god

  • @sharonshahar9388
    @sharonshahar9388 9 месяцев назад

    This so beautiful. Her voice is like velvet.

  • @drewbola
    @drewbola Год назад

    Seeing how much joy Regina has singing here, makes me smile. She has earned this.

  • @stupidlyhopeful
    @stupidlyhopeful 5 лет назад +2

    I had no idea that I was holding my breath the entire time until the end. Wow. 😩❤️

  • @ahmetozer7298
    @ahmetozer7298 5 лет назад +6

    Amazing...

  • @porgyt7177
    @porgyt7177 5 лет назад +5

    Lovely!

  • @bazingacurta2567
    @bazingacurta2567 Год назад

    This song is so freaking good.

  • @aeternum.maledictus
    @aeternum.maledictus 2 года назад

    The song
    The words
    Her voice....I felt this in my soul....

  • @Alhimik999
    @Alhimik999 7 месяцев назад

    Sound is great, amazing

  • @joses8395
    @joses8395 5 лет назад +5

    Damn! So lovely!

  • @funkyou_01
    @funkyou_01 3 года назад

    Thank You internet revolution, for bringing me here , this singer deserve much more , she is pure talent carved out towards perfection ,no words can prove the artistic capabilities , congrats every who participated in this event all musician

  • @2011whack
    @2011whack Год назад

    What an amazing song...Regina looks truly happy playing there

  • @lurategh
    @lurategh 5 лет назад +6

    I've always loved the orchestration for this track. I like listening to the album version with headphones on so that the rich sound is right up on my ears.

  • @MrDrewseph
    @MrDrewseph Год назад

    This sounds so good

  • @jouiereyes1785
    @jouiereyes1785 4 года назад +1

    Just heard this song when I was 4 yrs of age, and Spotify just led me back to this song 🥺 now I fully understand it now

    • @baysismful
      @baysismful 4 года назад

      Same!! I only understood it almost 10+ years later

  • @jacquelinecarlos4115
    @jacquelinecarlos4115 5 лет назад +2

    You're a masterpiece Ma'am Regina. Pinas loves you so much. ❤

  • @iloveblondy
    @iloveblondy 3 года назад

    magic doesnt show itself to often. pure magic. if you're moved by the music you're witnessing the magic. so much talent all coming together.

  • @ComradeStiv
    @ComradeStiv 5 лет назад +1

    Dear God this creature shakes the feels all the way loose and crumbles my core. Every. Damn. Time.

  • @bobbyd1077
    @bobbyd1077 Месяц назад

    Amazing.

  • @andruwxx
    @andruwxx 4 года назад +1

    Perfection in every way.

  • @WillieWagglestick
    @WillieWagglestick 5 лет назад +1

    What a lovely, perfect performance. Adorable.

  • @mashakubrak2651
    @mashakubrak2651 5 лет назад +2

    She sounds so magical!

  • @breebts
    @breebts 5 лет назад +1

    OMG. I love this song 4ever! 😭😭

  • @amaikarai5007
    @amaikarai5007 5 лет назад +2

    God, I love Regina. Her voice is so pretty!

  • @garrettrobinson3826
    @garrettrobinson3826 5 лет назад +73

    six Philistines disliked this

    • @emz10000
      @emz10000 5 лет назад +1

      Garrett Robinson 😂😂😂

    • @blessing291
      @blessing291 4 года назад

      😂

    • @poyicban691
      @poyicban691 3 года назад

      They're 20 now. Lol.

    • @TlanImass
      @TlanImass 3 года назад

      Best comment I've read in a while! 😂😂

  • @cyrielmartens3575
    @cyrielmartens3575 2 года назад

    Just found this song on spotify, by accident... Oh man.... those strings hit me hard... and I can't explain why.

  • @missdeeeee
    @missdeeeee 8 месяцев назад

    So moving and emotional...🥺🩷

  • @andreapiumatti
    @andreapiumatti 4 года назад

    wow, she stands above anyone. Enchants me

  • @gdub999tub.
    @gdub999tub. 2 года назад

    This is pure beautry.

  • @equidregykfr3523
    @equidregykfr3523 7 месяцев назад

    heroic princess performance

  • @RodrigoZavala
    @RodrigoZavala 5 лет назад +3

    Goosebumps! Simply amazing.

  • @mgjacome
    @mgjacome 5 лет назад +2

    Masterpiece

  • @TheHermit72
    @TheHermit72 5 лет назад +1

    She is so magical!

  • @matteopucci
    @matteopucci 5 лет назад +3

    What a performance!!! Awesome!!!

  • @elineves76
    @elineves76 5 лет назад +2

    So so good

  • @Redirocks
    @Redirocks 4 года назад +1

    STUNNING!

  • @gemersonrealigue4470
    @gemersonrealigue4470 4 года назад

    I always love you Regina since I discovered your songs 8 years ago.

  • @moonsongatmorning
    @moonsongatmorning 5 лет назад +2

    Magical and sublime as always. ❤

  • @eduardobittencourt9067
    @eduardobittencourt9067 4 года назад

    Flawless performance! Regina almost reached the level of perfection in terms of interpretation on this day. She is really a musical diamond. She will never be obsolete.

  • @annaivory3546
    @annaivory3546 5 лет назад +1

    my favorite i remember my sister we always listen to this song😍

  • @jahazielconstanza
    @jahazielconstanza 4 года назад +1

    Amazing how she can sing exactly as in the Studio recorded song.

  • @jeroennishikigoi1164
    @jeroennishikigoi1164 2 года назад

    She is amazing! Voice like an angel!!

  • @alarconick
    @alarconick 4 года назад

    Listening to this in 2020. In this time of crisis and pandemic, her voice calms me.. I hope to hear new music from her soon 🤍

  • @siszt18
    @siszt18 4 года назад

    One of the best songs ever heard. 💕

  • @blamemabel
    @blamemabel 3 года назад

    This performance is giving me goosebumps. Regina is absolutely one in a million! The orchestra is also great!

  • @bastilleisgod3168
    @bastilleisgod3168 5 лет назад

    REGINA SPECKTOOOOR OH WOOOOWWW!! THIS SONG BRINGS BACK SO MUCH MEMORIES FOR MEE THANK YOU RUclips RECOMMENDATIONS

  • @richardpassariello2331
    @richardpassariello2331 2 года назад

    Such a beautiful song and woman