Imagine you come to this country from Russia at age 9, spent your whole career playing bar after after, being rejected by record companies, get discovered by The Strokes, sign a record deal, tour small venues, then your big chance comes when you open for Keane at Radio City Music Hall, the most famous venue in the world. You sign a song acappella with a lyrics that ends "go away" then some dipshit yells from the crowd, "Yeah, go away". What would you do? Same thing I would do -- say "fuck you" to the guy in the place where million of families have visited to see the Christmas Spectacular.
God bless you, Regina Spektor. That was so cool.
In any event, I dusted off my copy of Soviet Kitsch to see what I thought and I was impressed. Each song tells a unique story and her vocals are strong. It's a great time for singer-songwriters because there are so many good ones out there (Nellie McKay, Keren Ann, Feist, Madeleine Peyroux and The Dresdon Dolls) that are influenced by jazz, classical and cabaret. It's a shame they don't get the same credit that bore Norah Jones receives.
When she walked out, she seemed a bit over-whelmed by the space. I was worried for a second because she took a long pause before she started. I said to myself, "She better not cry and walk off stage." It was all good. Great performance -- I especially liked "Ghost of Corporate Future" and one song, "Bobbing For Apples" that had the lyric "Someone next door is fucking to my song." (thanks for the clarification, Melissa) Here a picture, even from the 7th row I still felt far away.
The lyric is "someone next door's fucking to one of my songs" and the song is called Bobbing For Apples :)
Posted by: Melissa | June 08, 2005 at 01:01 AM
yeah she is NOT used to such large venues
Posted by: Jayk | June 08, 2005 at 04:50 AM
LMAO good on her I would have done the same thing,
she is brilliant and her lyrics are either extrordinarily meaningful or hilarious :D
Posted by: Lucii | October 08, 2008 at 02:10 AM
amen Regina!
Posted by: Azalia | December 29, 2009 at 03:21 PM
OOhh, poor families had to hear such a curse! I bet the families had never, never before heard of "FUCK YOU" and the children where traumatized by hearing it!
Ok come on, seriously? You write an article like this about an anti-comformist artist and you expect what? Our sympathy to the children that watch and listen to much worse crap all day??? I bet that was the best day of their lives, having the opportunity to listen to a still underestimated artist like Spektor.
After all, she did right cursing the stupid man. What f'ing redneck would dare to say such thing to an artist up stage?
(copying from above)
Amen Regina!
Posted by: Elias Bats | January 03, 2011 at 08:08 AM
Elias Bate: She was commending her for doing it, you illiterate cunt.
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