The studio version DOES rely on effects and multitracking. She just manages to mimic all that with her single voice alone which is amazing and ends up sounding more dramatic.
"improve their singing". Her singing can't be improved. I'm sorry comrade you are now on a list for un-Regina thought :) It's not a big list and it doesn't have many effects, but I'm warning you right now, if Regina ever becomes world president..... expect the odd sideways glance!
@FallNorth I love a lot of styles of music, some I çonsider artists.. she is so damn good.I love beck and Jenny lewis, but Regina is on control of piano, and her voice with the lyrics she wrote, live on stage. She is a goddess of music to the keen ear.
Well, she's a pretty good ambassador of Rushian culture with this piece taken from Pasternak's poem which she smuggled into this beautiful song. I speak both Russian and English as foreign languages so I have some distance. And I must say listening to her singing in Russian takes it to the whole new dimention. Ever since I heard this song for the first time I've been hoping she would record something more in her beautiful native language which suits her vocal style so well. Not losing my hope.
Here I am 17 years after this some came out and 13 years after you commented this- still waiting for Regina to sing in Russian cause it gives me goosebumps
i feel so blessed right now to be alive and beeing able to watch this performance and listen to this heavenly pure sound. i am crying. thank you Regina! your music makes me feel things i never felt before.
HOW CAN A HUMAN CREATURE have such a voice, sing like that? She sings with the easyness and perfect control as a fish in the water. I only felt amazed like this with Janis Joplin, many years ago. Lucky me I knew her by the internet, and now am one of the privilegioused ones who can enjoy her music. Go ahead, Regina! (my aunt's name)
The Russian part from Boris Pasternak (written in 1912) 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
I truly love that Posternak’s lyrics in the middle of the song. Beautiful song, powerful russian lyrics, made at the time, when the mastership of poetry was flourishing.
Amazing, her Russian has no any American accent. Like at all, not a bit. Its pure Russian. And a song is great of cause, and she is very special, no doubt.
Feben H I know she is from Russia, but there r plenty Americans born in Russia and if they moved to USA in childhood (like in her case) they all have at least slight American accent when they talk Russian.
***** Might me due to singing. I know I often listen to musicians who are European or South America and I have no idea because their accent sounds American or British in song. Sondre Lechre and Mano Nerga come to mind.
She is singing the first stanza of a poem by Boris Pasternak, a Nobel Prize winner from Russia. An approximate translation would be: 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. And, if you're wondering, Apres Moi le deluge is, as said in the song, After me, the flood. It is believed to be said by King Louis XV when he died referring to the French Revolution that happens later in history.
I only discovered Regina through RUclips quite recently and have listened to nothing else since. What I like is that all the comments on all the songs are from people who love her as much as I do.
I know what you mean, but I would disagree, its isnt because she is not popular with everyone that we love her so much, its just that her type of music, more reflective, artistic and thoughtful, does not appeal to the larger crowd of music listeners, and we appreciate the greater amount of attention required to enjoy this music. This makes her less popular, but being less popular doesnt make her more enjoyable.
I discovered Regina last Sunday on 1st Russian Channel where her music was used in a performance on figure skating. I felt in love with this music from the very first time. Most I like part where she sings in Russian because it's my native. :-) Regina has perfect Russian! У Регины отличный русский! :-)
its like you cant not listen to the full song because you'll miss the unique&random greatness..hearing her music for the first time, you can't assume how a second verse will be..or how it will end..if all of Regina's songs were each a movie, viewers eyes' would be glued to the screen anticipating how it ends..never predictable.inspiring :)
Never know she knows Russian oO She speaks it so clear even without an accent. Maybe just a little little bit! As Russian I started to love her much more than I did before)
My favorite Regina song, and my favorite recording of it! I can't understand how anyone in the world would think she's weird. SO TALENTED! KEEP GOING REGINA AND DON'T STOP TILL EVERYONE IN THE WORLD WAKES UP FROM AN ETERNAL SLEEP OF MAINSTREAM MUSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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this song gives me goosebumps, especially the Russian part which is very poetic
Same. Every time. And I'm Russian )))
Это взято из стиха Бориса Пастернака
Love the way she replied the fan who shouted "i love you"
She sounds just the same as she does in her Album. I truly respect singers who don't use studio effects to improve their singing.
Right!
exactly. After listening to the studio records I wanted to check how worse the concert version is. Zero difference!
The studio version DOES rely on effects and multitracking. She just manages to mimic all that with her single voice alone which is amazing and ends up sounding more dramatic.
"improve their singing". Her singing can't be improved.
I'm sorry comrade you are now on a list for un-Regina thought :)
It's not a big list and it doesn't have many effects, but I'm warning you right now, if Regina ever becomes world president..... expect the odd sideways glance!
@FallNorth I love a lot of styles of music, some I çonsider artists.. she is so damn good.I love beck and Jenny lewis, but Regina is on control of piano, and her voice with the lyrics she wrote, live on stage. She is a goddess of music to the keen ear.
I always tell people that my favourite singer is Regina Spektor, but hardly anybody in Malaysia has heard of her.
The most amazing part of this song is always when she breaks into Russian...it's powerful everytime.
Well, she's a pretty good ambassador of Rushian culture with this piece taken from Pasternak's poem which she smuggled into this beautiful song. I speak both Russian and English as foreign languages so I have some distance. And I must say listening to her singing in Russian takes it to the whole new dimention. Ever since I heard this song for the first time I've been hoping she would record something more in her beautiful native language which suits her vocal style so well. Not losing my hope.
Here I am 17 years after this some came out and 13 years after you commented this- still waiting for Regina to sing in Russian cause it gives me goosebumps
i feel so blessed right now to be alive and beeing able to watch this performance and listen to this heavenly pure sound.
i am crying.
thank you Regina!
your music makes me feel things i never felt before.
Великолепно, Регина!!!!
Кто называл Пастернака средним поэтом? Регина - это доказательство обратного. Пастернак силён. Регина великолепна.
+Ярослав Полуэктов Спасибо
HOW CAN A HUMAN CREATURE have such a voice, sing like that? She sings with the easyness and perfect control as a fish in the water. I only felt amazed like this with Janis Joplin, many years ago. Lucky me I knew her by the internet, and now am one of the privilegioused ones who can enjoy her music. Go ahead, Regina! (my aunt's name)
The Russian part from Boris Pasternak (written in 1912)
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
spiff56747 beautiful
Bravo!
I truly love that Posternak’s lyrics in the middle of the song. Beautiful song, powerful russian lyrics, made at the time, when the mastership of poetry was flourishing.
Every time I think Regina Spektor has blown me totally away with a live performance, she tops it.
Amazing, her Russian has no any American accent. Like at all, not a bit. Its pure Russian. And a song is great of cause, and she is very special, no doubt.
well, she is born in russia.
Feben H I know she is from Russia, but there r plenty Americans born in Russia and if they moved to USA in childhood (like in her case) they all have at least slight American accent when they talk Russian.
***** Might me due to singing. I know I often listen to musicians who are European or South America and I have no idea because their accent sounds American or British in song. Sondre Lechre and Mano Nerga come to mind.
She lived from 9 years in America.
+Lex Bor Her American accent has a subtle East European twang. Very fetching. She must have spoken Russian to her parents growing up.
she needs to do more russian stuff, this is absolute genius.
Я совершенно очарован , услышал её песню в Love & other drugs , нашёл на ютубе , скачал альбомы , слушаю на работе , дома и в машине.
Oh that smile on 0:14
She is singing the first stanza of a poem by Boris Pasternak, a Nobel Prize winner from Russia. An approximate translation would be: 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.
And, if you're wondering, Apres Moi le deluge is, as said in the song, After me, the flood. It is believed to be said by King Louis XV when he died referring to the French Revolution that happens later in history.
Shocked! Pasternak's February in such a context! Marvellous! Me sobbing!
Безумно красиво!!!
ohh man i get the chills during this whole song.
This woman is one of the most wonderful things to hit this planet in a long time!!
Her weirdness is the first sign, that she is talented )))))
J'adore Regina
Moi aussi
she makes me see the potential of humanity more and more. A beautiful spirit with such clarity.
she always looks like shes gonna explode from happiness, its the sweest thing ever. she is too talented
She is stunning. I wasn't sure she'd be this amazing live. Well, this proved me dead wrong. How can one be so wonderful?
Thank you Sidewalk Cafe for giving her the start - long live open mic NYC!
love the part when she sings in Russian... makes me remember how beautiful our language is.
There is no word to describe uber awesomeness!! Just take a look at her n see her sing and play the piano...
WOW!
I only discovered Regina through RUclips quite recently and have listened to nothing else since. What I like is that all the comments on all the songs are from people who love her as much as I do.
she's a genius, and she plays the piano with her eyes closed!
This is the one song I'd take with me to a deserted island. Absolute fave.
regina is so great!
Beautiful voice, beautiful person!
i have only listened to fidelity for the past year and a half and ive just decided to listen to more of her music and im glad i did.
I know what you mean, but I would disagree, its isnt because she is not popular with everyone that we love her so much, its just that her type of music, more reflective, artistic and thoughtful, does not appeal to the larger crowd of music listeners, and we appreciate the greater amount of attention required to enjoy this music. This makes her less popular, but being less popular doesnt make her more enjoyable.
I discovered Regina last Sunday on 1st Russian Channel where her music was used in a performance on figure skating. I felt in love with this music from the very first time. Most I like part where she sings in Russian because it's my native. :-) Regina has perfect Russian! У Регины отличный русский! :-)
She is so PHENOMENAL.
I Still Cant Believe I Saw her Live. She was So Sweet & Amazing !!
наш пастернак в такой блестящей песне-это же за душу берет. спасибо,регина!
she's so talented and so unique.
I love her style of music!
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Пока грохочущая слякоть
Весною черную горит...
Регина - чудо
She's simply the most [not-yet-known-adjective] i've ever heard. I love her =]
regina has such a good soul. humble and sweet. her awesome singing makes her one of the most amazing people.
Пастернак??? Куплет на русском был приятной неожиданностью😃
Anna Ivanova Ну да, откуда этим тупым обамовским уродам знать русскую литературу? Wait, oh shi~
***** Она родилась в СССР и прожила там вроде 7 лет.А чтобы любить русскую литературу необязательно быть русским.
Очередной "псведопатриот"
Вильгельм Винтер в сарказм совсем не умеем, да?
+Anna Ivanova da da, Boris Pasternak
I don't understand taka Putin taka
she is sweet, talented and authentic.
I really love this song.
She sings it with such passion.
Fantastic, creative, mesmeric - sooooo different!. One of the best performers around. Thank you Regina. x
Goose bumps! Regina's completely incredible :)
Regina Spektor is SO friggen awesome. I love her.
If I could ever meet someone half as beautiful and unique then life would be unbelievably grand!
she's so cute so great so amazing!
frebral dastan chirnel y plakat...
its like you cant not listen to the full song because you'll miss the unique&random greatness..hearing her music for the first time, you can't assume how a second verse will be..or how it will end..if all of Regina's songs were each a movie, viewers eyes' would be glued to the screen anticipating how it ends..never predictable.inspiring :)
i love her
her russian roots are showing.....wow... what a talent
I saw her show last night in LA and she was super amazing!
она молодец,непринужденность и гармония!!!!!!!!
I dare say that Regina has a perfect mind and soul and I could never get too much of her music or her infectious smile :-)
I don''t understrand how she did not become more popular. That whole record was a total masterpiece.
regina is the best!!!
SHE is soooooo CUTE..! must feel like heaven in her place..Bet she's weeping happy tears
She's so precious
Her Russian makes me melt 😍
Reginasaurous forever!!!!!!
i just cant get enough of that I LOVE YOU TOOOO that she screams to the audience!! she just such an amazing person, singer and pianist
She is so beautiful... inside and out... it makes me happy
it's the strongest song I've heard lately. I love the russian part in it. Regina, G-d bless you!!!
she's so freaking amazing
Regina made me spill my last mix for a joint. But i didnt even care, shes that good!
ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah. love her so.
This is pure
Never know she knows Russian oO She speaks it so clear even without an accent. Maybe just a little little bit! As Russian I started to love her much more than I did before)
thumbs up for those who replayed the "I LOVE YOU REGINA!!"
i wish i could tell regina how amazingly fantastic she is, how much she has changed my life. ah well.....
she seems so syched to have so many fans.
she seems like a very happy person
i would dieeeeeeeee to see her live!!!! please come to spain regina!!!!!!!!!
I love Regina love that part
okay lets just put it out there.. regina makes the best music! luv her
this song is beautiful. Regina spektor is just amazing.
Ah, shes so beautiful, as well as her voice
oh my goodness. at the beginning she is so adorable, i could just hug her.
Holy Crap, Regina. You blow my mind, once again.
She's beautiful
Isn't Regina Spektor just the cutest thing?!
I just loooooove this song!!! one of her best
Jag älskar dej Regina!
I love you Regina!
Ja ljublju tebja Regina!
:)
she makes me want to read poetry
послушав её я хочу читать поэзию
++++
I love the beginning. My god, she is so adorable. It's rare to find a truly innocent musician these days.
God, completely taken by this phenomena of beauty and art
ah i'm so glad she's doing a show in amsterdam this summer! i can't wait
My favorite Regina song, and my favorite recording of it! I can't understand how anyone in the world would think she's weird. SO TALENTED! KEEP GOING REGINA AND DON'T STOP TILL EVERYONE IN THE WORLD WAKES UP FROM AN ETERNAL SLEEP OF MAINSTREAM MUSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Have you heard her sing this in her Tiny Desk Concert with NPR?
its almost 8 years =3
Jhomarie Bonggo its ten years now!
Jhomarie Bonggo even after 11 years
Jhomarie Bonggo almost 12 years now!
love love love this one... and that key is fun… steeped with 'something'
she melting my heart...simply
Regina is so amazing!!!all of her songs are!! and she's so good playing the piano!!
she is just.. yeah.. love...
I LOOOOOOOOOVE HER A LOT...!!! Thank you for sharing the video!!
ahh she is amazing. i hope to see her live soon!! she is so full of life and culture.
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