Regina Spektor - The Virgin Queen (11-15-2004)

[rad941205]

to be played loud x

[sponend]

how can I listen to it reversed? that's so interesting!

[Lilyfloss]

@sponend someone did a video :)

[sponend]

@Lilyfloss link:)?

[Lilyfloss]

@sponend just search "regina spektor virgin queen reverse

[alicepotter777]

BEST SONG EVER:):):)

[alicepotter777]

@julscasablancas respekt is the most powerful angel in the universe and all of existance. ive listened to all of her songs, there are about 300 of them:):):)

[Lilyfloss]

sorry I keep commenting to this but.. I searched the meaning of the name Regina and this is what came: "Regina \r(e)-gi-na\ as a girl's name is pronounced re-JEEN-ah. It is of Latin origin, and the meaning of Regina is "queen". Appeared at the end of the Victorian era, possibly because Her Majesty was often known as Victoria Regina. May also be used as reference to the Virgin Mary, Regina Coelis, "Queen of the Heavens". Nightclub founder Régine; track celebrity Regina Jacobs."

QUEEN.VIRGIN.REGI

[fallonmlol]

Happy Belated Birthday Regina 

[Lilyfloss]

tomorrows her birthday

[ADreamAsLovely]

can someone PLEASE message me if they might have the sheet music for this? thanks!

[Evangeline30575]

Creepy as Fuck the chanting towards the end i wish i could play it backwards!

[mokkaaaaa]

@thefifthnail one million at least :P and they are all wonderful :)

[greynezz]

i wish this was in better quality sounds sweeet

[ADreamAsLovely]

if someone has the mp3 please message me for my email and send it to me.. i looked on respekt online and couldn't find it!

[kcrabonite]

I love this song. :) Regina Spektor is a legend. Can't believe not a lot of people really get to appreciate her genius. :(

[LeaveN0Evidence]

She quotes Shakespeare here, so cool!

[LightningbladeXIII]

Loved it. Regina should totally release a new album with all this unreleased goodness (ex: The Virgin Queen, Aquarius, Mermaid).

[TwiliticHorizon]

She has so many good unreleased songs.. well all of them are :) She should make an album with all of these.

[dupunka]

I want The Virgin Queen, Mermaid, and Lucky Penny all on a cd, right NOW!!!

[TomDemian]

I LOVE THIS SONG!

and i love Reg.

[luv4friends192]

oh regina, why do you never release your best songs?

[oneshoej3]

Does anyone know if she is quoting another song from 0:51-1:03 ? It makes me think of some traditional British anthem or Christian hymn, but I can't put my finger on what it is.

[pearlearring17]

To me the chords sound similar to the line "joyful and tri-um-phant" from the Christmas carol O Come All Ye Faithful. Maybe that's what it reminds you of?

[bexsullie]

this has been one of my favorite songs by regina for so long and i can never download it. please help:)

[strawberrygirlxD16]

I love all of her newest stuff so much. Shes evelved a great deal since Samson and Fidelity, which I also loved, but her new material is revealing in her a greater capacity for lyrical depth and intensity, as well as an outstanding ability for serious creative expasion, Iove it!!

[larahannah]

great intense song

[jaxn]

I've had this on my ipod for a good year+ and never quite got the lyrics until i saw it here. nice transcribing

[emilyunderscoremarie]

what do you use to download your music? cause i can't find this song anywhere.. *sighs*

[jaxn]

i think i got this from seeqpod regina but i think that's gone now...or not..

[zonalGman92]

Thanks to Slicknick. It's such a brilliant gig this one & she mentions it as a fav of hers on some interview back in a 2005 interview. It would have been so fine to have been there. I think she genuinely likes England and our quirkiness.

[Nnuku72]

Thanks Slicknick for putting these gems out, your the best!

[Fringy14]

*dies*

*comes back as ghost just to listen to more Regina*

*enjoys*

[rachelhug]

@Fringy14 I deffo hope there's music like this to listen to in whatever afterlife there is :)

[ScarletsBeautifulLie]

I love this song. Regina's lyrics always manage to floor me. Also the gibberish part is pretty awesome too...

[TheHiddenMoonVillage]

her music gives me insperation to keep being diffrent from everyone else

[spinaziepasta]

I'm addicted to Regina-isme

[reginaholic]

A woman who has transformed my life

Regina Spektor

[spitballz]

i love it how she can sing things that aren't even words and she can still make it still sound good

she's such a wonderful artist i love her

[teellh89]

isnt she cute?

[jenners101]

more like breathtaking.

[8yepyep8]

whats amazing about Regina Spektor is her mind! Shes smart and witty and artistic:)

[footballinx36x]

beautiful too

[crazykitty9997]

i love lovey love this song.

[xSmootHope]

Regina Spektor.

[missbritface]

She is Regina Spektor.

[missbritface]

Gahh!! I tried to post the lyrics, but I forgot that I can't post a comment more than 500 characters.... and its so sad, because the lyrics are the absolute best part of the song... *tear*... The Virgin Queen is my absolute favorite song ever.

One of my favorite parts of the whole song is where she quotes Hamlet ^_^

[envase]

The lyrics are already over there.

[xSmootHope]

This is an amazing song <3

[STHanson08]

Queen Elizabeth I was known as the virgin queen as she never married, want to not give up her country to a foreigner, or lose control of her own power. She presided over the Elizabethan era, a time of prosperity, and incidentally, hamlet was written this time "to be or not to be; that is the quest: whether tis' nobler to..."

[rainacorn]

I love the little section from Hamlet. <3

[odieburger12]

that's my favorite part :)

[citm]

anyone has the music score for this song ? i'd really love to know how to play it. love the song to bits...

[xoangel2789xo]

this is great

[cass0619]

Yeah, she tends to do that, thevillagejoke!

[NikkiFaery]

slicknick1986, you are my HERO for posting so many breathtaking songs from our good friend Regina.

Thank you

=]

[emelilla]

Hi. I'm trying to play this song backwards... not that easy. I've got Audacity and I've marked the audio I want to reverse... but I can't choose the reverse-button... Anyone who knows what might be wrong??

[koeienkop]

you have to look in the "effects" button, there's reverse, if I'm correct.. I have the dutch version so I don't know exactly what it's called.. sorry ^_^"

[thevillagejoke]

i think this might be my favorite song of hers.

i love it when she does the "emoh hey umo emoh emoh ey uh..." thing.

i nearly start crying even though i have no freakin idea if it even means anything.

haha

regina brought me to tears, guys! :D

[rosedewitt]

I totally agree, I have no idea what she's saying, but it sounds so sad and at the same time beautiful to me. I almost got a tear too :)

[monkeythito]

is there a better quality than this? first time I've heard it...god...

[slicknick1986]

Unfortunately no, this is the only known recording (and performance) of this song.

[monkeythito]

ah..too bad. lyrical genius at her best, i'd say

[kisskelly95]

wow...that sucks, i love this song

[cerulean25]

can u name any songs that shes bringing back? because i havent been to any of her concerts yet, so i dont know what shes playing and what she isnt, but it would be very interesting to know what she is :)

[slicknick1986]

I just got back from her show at Soundfix in Brooklyn, and she played Time Is All Around, The Wallet, Genious Next Door, and two songs from Begin to Hope (Summer in the City and Hotel Song). She is so amazing in person! They also had a signing and I got an autograph and a picture. :D I was totally floored.

In between she also mentioned that she was working on a bunch of brand new songs, which is amazing considering how much she already has.

[cerulean25]

did she happen to play or mention anything else about her new songs or even mention when the next album is coming out?? :)

[slicknick1986]

She just said she was busy doing "a lot of new stuff" :) and no she did not play anything new.

[musicallymoved13]

omg! i was at soundfix too!

[67annorexorcist94]

how can I listen to a song backwards?

[slicknick1986]

Download Audacity, its a free sound editing program. Then just drag and drop any sound file into it, and in the "Effects" menu you can reverse all or part of the recording.

[67annorexorcist94]

ok, thanks! I will check it out.

[drumminCasey012]

i wish she would bring this back like she's been doing with some others

[slicknick1986]

Maybe she will at some point. In total she has 142 known songs to date!

[alicepotter777]

@slicknick1986 really because i went on a web site and it had all the songs ive listened to. m a total of i think 165:):):)

[23Allie23]

Thats freaky- the gibberish backwards thing. But knowing Regina, i think it was a complete mistake, but she went with it lol.

[alicepotter777]

@23Allie23 good theory:):):)