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Regina Spektor was born in Russia in a Jewish family. In her early life, she learned to play the piano practising on a petrof that her mother gave her.When she was 9, her family left the country during the perestroika and moved to Austria, Italy and finally stayed in USA. Despite her family couldn't bring the piano from Russia, she found one in a synagogue and she also practised on another surfaces. She's been most influenced by classical music but she also uses to listen Queen, The Beatles, Bjork, Bob Dylan, Radiohead, Nirvana, John Lennon, Luis Armstrong, Eminem, David Bowie, The velvet underground and more rock, and jazz, and blues, and hip hop, and punk. She's big blue eyes, brown curly hair and big mouth. Official website: http://www.reginaspektor.com |
| Background Information |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Born | February 18, 1980 |
| Actual Age | 28 |
| Job | Singer, Songwriter and Music Producer |
| Genre | Anti-folk, Indie rock, acoustic |
Her Music Regina started doing music very young, and her first performances were on the anti-folk scene in downtown New York City. She plays the piano and the guitar and she also has a broad vocal range which she fully uses in her songs. About her songs, they aren't autobiographical, she affirms that her lyrics flows to her in the imagination, and, although she sings in English she even uses French and Russian words in some verses. Her first very important performance was on the "The Strokes"'s nationwide tour on 2003-2004, in which Jules Casablanca (leader of this band) invited Regina to perform and record 'Post Modern Girls and Old Fashioned Man'. She has done openings for "Keane" concerts and another openings for "The Strokes". |
| Discography Albums 2001: 11:11 (self-produced) 2002: Songs (self-produced)   2003/2004: Soviet Kitsch (self-produced/sire) 2006: Begin to hope (Sire)   EP'S, Singles and compilations 2000: Public Domain, Purchase Records 2005: Live at Bull Moose EP 2006: Mary Ann and the Gravediggers and Other shot stories 2007: Live in California 2006 EP 2007: Instant Karma: The amnesty International Campaign to save Darfur 2007: "Alan Glazen: PBS producer, picks Regina best of 2007" 2008: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian - song: "THE CALL" Some videos: 'Fidelity' - Album: Begin to hope. 'Samson' - Album: Songs 'Us' - Album: Soviet Kitsch 'Post-Modern Girls and Old Fashioned Man' - Regina & The Strokes Why I admire Regina Spektor. The first timeI listened Regina Spektor was in a music channel and I stayed admired by her great voice. Later I started to know more about her and i found that her lyrics is really cool and the most important thing... she makes the kind of music I like!. Some Regina's Lyrics (Gladys request) |
| Love Affair There was a love affair in this building the kind of love affair which every respectable building must keep as a legend Slowly festering through an innocent by the way or have you heard he was perfect except for the fact that he was an engineer and mothers prefer doctors and law-yers Yet despite this imperfection he was clean looking and respectable looking and you'll never find a mother who doesn't appreciate a natural man So he grew healthy aloe Vera plants by the window healthy teeth in his mouth healthy hair on his head He grew healthy wavy brown hair on his head the kind that babies always go for with sticky little fingers The Flowers The flowers you gave me are rotting and still I refuse to throw them away. Some of the bulbs never opened quite fully They might so i'm waiting and staying awake. Things I have loved i'm allowed to keep I'll never know if I go to sleep. The papers around me are piling and twisting regina the paper back mummy what then. I'm taking the knife to the books that I own and chopping and chopping and boiling soup from stone. Things I have loved i'm allowed to keep. I'll never know if I go to sleep. Things I have loved i'm allowed to keep. I'll never know if I go to sleep. | Ode to divorce The food that I'm eating is suddenly tasteless I know I'm alone now, I know what it tastes like So break me to small parts, let go in small doses But spare some for spare parts, there might be some good ones Like you might make a dollar I'm inside your mouth now Behind your tonsils, peeking over your molars You're talking to her now... And you've eaten something minty And you're making that face that I like And you're going in, in for the kill, kill, for the killer kiss, kiss for the kiss, kiss I need your money, it'll help me I need your car and I need your love [x2] So won't you help a brother out? Won't you help a brother out? Won't you help a brother out, out, out, out, out? So break me to small parts, let go in small doses But spare some for spare parts You might make a dollar, dollar, might make a dollar So won't you help a brother out? Won't you help a brother out? Won't you help a brother out, out, out, out, out? So break me to small parts, let go in small doses But spare some for spare parts, there might be some good ones You might make a dollar (There might be some good ones) There might be some good ones (You might make a dollar) You might make a dollar (There might be some good ones) There might be some good ones |
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What are Regina's songs about, Marieq? Perhaps you could share some of your favourite lines with us here? That'd help me understand why you look up to her, and perhaps I become a fan too!
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