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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

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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SteppedOnASyringe said...: the amazing performance that graced us with "the virgin queen"

ahh/// =]; November 01, 2007 10:35 PM
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
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 said...: you updated! yes!; November 10, 2007 11:32 PM
Anonymous said...: Thank you!; November 15, 2007 8:52 AM
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

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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 said...: I love when you post :); February 28, 2007 12:32 PM
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 said...: thank youuu!!; March 10, 2007 12:20 PM
Shobhna said...: Holy shit, Dead Rat made my day. :D; March 29, 2007 3:35 AM
Anonymous said...: Could you please update de lyrics session, dear?; March 30, 2007 8:21 AM
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
Pearl said...: thanks so much. the recording quality is excellent!; May 31, 2007 4:36 AM
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
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
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 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 said...: time to update the lyrics session, huh?; November 09, 2006 2:55 PM
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
BIL said...: Have you been posting comments under Anonymous again srg?; November 26, 2006 12:48 PM
adam said...: wow regina was on morning sedition i loved that show!; November 27, 2006 5:35 PM
Brittany said...: Woww. Your site is amazing. I come here all the time.

<3; November 28, 2006 5:53 AM
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 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 said...: More music please!!! I'm jonesing.; January 19, 2007 1:38 AM
Anonymous said...: i think it's time for an update ;); February 08, 2007 10:08 PM
Anonymous said...: today is 18 de febrero!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY REGINA!!!!!!

nadie se acordo!!!!!!; February 18, 2007 6:36 PM
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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zweiundzwei said...: oooooooh, she played Begin To Hope! Thank you so much! :); November 06, 2006 3:23 PM
Anonymous said...: hey, cool. the frames. (referring to the title); November 07, 2006 5:02 PM
Anonymous said...: new loveology. doumo arigatou!; November 07, 2006 8:16 PM
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 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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zweiundzwei said...: sweeeeet, thank you!; June 19, 2006 7:15 AM
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
sgt. slaughter said...: i've never heard "soho", either.; June 29, 2006 4:31 PM
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 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 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
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
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
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 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
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
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 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 said...: nevermind. I'm a moron; September 20, 2006 4:27 PM
Brink said...: Regina Interview & Missbehave story...

Regina Spektor Unedited Missbehave Interview

Regina Spektor Missbehave Article; October 01, 2006 2:20 PM
marcus said...: i think the word missing on dusseldorf is "mother"....; October 02, 2006 7:34 PM
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
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
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 said...: ps you can fix some of the lyrics now (ie Dusseldorf); June 13, 2006 9:36 PM
baobabs said...: yeah the new album is greaaattt; June 14, 2006 10:12 AM
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
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 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 said...: youtube.com might have 'em in a few days.; June 15, 2006 5:56 PM
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 said...: Hurry with the show, the week ends tonight.; June 17, 2006 3:10 PM
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
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
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 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
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:

I think they TOTALLY FUCKING ROCK! Yeah!
If you don't like them, I think you're crazy. Or just afraid of change.
But I'm pretty confident you'll like them eventually, once the shock of dissimilarity wears off.
Unless you're stubborn. Or just crazy.
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 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
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 rig