32 children. sounds like the description of a show on tlc.... the learning channel.....? well i guess from those shows you learn to never wear a condom so you can be on tv.
we are reading antigone in my class. and of course this song came into my mind immediently.. but i listen to it now, and im trying to find the real connection between this and oedipus.. gah i guess im just bad at deciphering XD
@auderehmargo If I remember correctly, Antigone is Oedipus's daughter or something. She blames him for her being sent into a cave to dye in one of the acts.
Sorry if this is incorrect, I had to read the play last year ^.^
Oepidus is a greek mythological character from the play Antigone. Oepidus killed his father and then married his mother, they had 4 children and when he found out he married his mother she hung herself and Oepidus took his eyeballs out and had his daughter (antigone) lead him into exile.
This song isn't exactly about the Oedipus complex like some people are saying... It's about the myth itself, about Oedipus... He was the king of Thebes after killing his father. And he married and had kids with his mother, so that's why regina talks about the king and the mother being kinda disgusted... And the people screaming is because Oedipus was punished by the people of Thebes... Anyway, read the myth, it's really good ^^
@InesFTWin I feel like its an extension of the myth because in the myth wasn't he an only child? I don't remember it too well, but it is a really good myth, totally agree. Also, in this song I feel that the boy is fully aware that he is attracted to his mother because he is unloved and needs someone to love him, but in the myth he gauged his eyes out when he found out, correct, because he didn't know who she was when they met? Correct me as much as necessary, haha, its been a while.
@kenyahp Yes, he is an only child... And yes, he didn't know that she was his mother, because he had kind of an adoptive family. But yes, the song is an extension of the myth, not the myth literally.. I just said that because I thought it kind of wrong to say that it was about the Oedipus complex... But thanks for reading anyway ahahah. And if you need any explanation about the myth, please, just ask =D
@InesFTWin Thats what I thought, haha. If it helps, I knew it was about the myth and that the complex stems from the myth. Mythology used to be the only thing I read. I loved it so much that when I have a daughter I am naming her Persephone, haha. Only problem is that I don't want her to be kidnapped to be queen of the underworld...hrm.
@kenyahp That itself is great already! Ahaha I love Mythology too, actually I am currently in college studying the ancient Greece and Rome! And its awesome! Ahahah Persephone is a really nice name, and oh well, if that happens at least you'll have your daughter half the year! AhahahI always thought Agamemnon was a nice name for a son... Although he doesn't have an happy life either...
@InesFTWin Thats so cool. I'm studying psychology. We both brought something to to the table for this great song, haha. And, honestly, there are very few truly happy myths. But I love how everything modern, story wise, pretty much comes from Greek and Roman myths. Reading them is like finding the key to what we read, hear, and see now.
@kenyahp Psychology is really nice too! Yeah exactly, it's great to speak to different people about a subject because they all have different opinions ans experiences... Yes, there are.. The Greek culture is all about tragedy xD And that is soooo true!! I find myself reading and watching movies and thinking about all the things that are influenced by those cultures... actually I found this song because I'm doing a paper about the influence of the Oedipus myth in european cinema... xD
@InesFTWin It annoys my friends when we watch a movie and Im pointing out where it connects to myths. It annoys them so bad. A paper about the influence of the Oedipus myth in european cinema? My word, that sounds really difficult. at least it brought you to a fantastic song, right?!
@kenyahp Ahahah It happens exactly the same thing with me xD But not only with movies, I also point mythological things in, for example, portuguese expressions (we have lots os expressions based on myths) and other things... Well, when I chose the theme I didn't know it would be so hard, but now I see it is reallyyyyyy difficult :S Yeah exactly, I'm finding things really cool with this, so it's worth it ^^
@kenyahp You're almost right, but it's only a complex when the desire becomes continues past roughly the age of 12. Before that, it's normal for a son to want to replace his father to some degree, and for a girl to wish to replace her mother. A complex isn't normal behaviour, as this is, it's a psychological problem. You're right about the Oedipus complex and Elektra complex, and I'm pretty sure you're right about the terms being coined by Freud. I'm no psychologist, but I'm pretty sure of this.
@Corthrovin Well thats what modern psychologists will tell you. That its after the age of twelve. But, Freud himself coined the terms for children around the age of...I wanna say 5 is when children start to realize that they have "sex organs" but not understand what sex is. Just the parts themselves. You're totally right that a complex, nowadays, is typically for adults or people passed puberty. But I was saying from Freud's view because he was...well, he was Freud.
The Oedipus complex is when a young child expresses desire or possessiveness over their opposite sex parent and desires to replace their same sex parent.
@VelvetScandel No, its only when the son has that for the mother. The opposite, that being a girl for her father, is called the Electra complex. Don't quote me on this part, but I believe they were coined by Freud. He theorized that all kids had one of these, depending on their gender. Thats why we have mama's boys and daddy's girls. Freud thought it was cause we, as children, wanted to have sex with our opposite gendered parents.
@VelvetScandel I would def agree. Thats where the term "penis envy" was first used. Freud did a lot of coke and had some mother problems of his own. Its a creepy concept.
@kenyahp (his reason was either because we saw societal standards that men and women go together and so we picked the opposite sex we loved the most and he warped that, or because we, as girls, were jealous that we didnt have penises and they, as men, wanted to be the men of the household and, he theorized, thought they could only do that by bagging mama. If I remember correctly.)
@VelvetScandel Also, that sounded ruder than it was meant to. Im super interested in psychology and this part was also really fascinating because Freud is just a screwball, haha. Just trying to pass some really creepy yet interesting knowledge!
Born out of wedlock, there are many Oedipus in today's time. Regina Spektor puts a lure in alluding one of the most controversial Greek tragedy in mythology.
the lines "sometimes i stand by the royal wall, the sky'd be so big it broke my soul" make my heart ache. they dig deep in my flesh and have implemented onto my heart. im getting that tattooed on my chest tomorrow.
Sometimes I'd stand by the royal gate, people screamin' love and hate. And they'd scream, and they'd scream, and they'd scream and they'd scream. Long live the king, long live the queen!
I'm no lyric analyst, but I believe this is about being angry about being "just a number," and then hurting people you love to achieve some sort of success to prove your worth, resulting in regret.
it's not " born to him with the night still young" she says "born to him with my hair still on" also "my mom had been around the graves of queens?" dont think so, she says "my mom had been a rather crazy queen" It just makes more sense
@OwlsnTurtles This song's an allusion to the greek tragedy of Oedipus, who grew up without knowing his parents - later he unknowingly had children with his mother and killed his father. That's why it says "and to see me made her awful" etc. Regina's also talking about meaning more than a number (32) or whatever your label is.
@daisies234 The song isn't directly related to Oedipus; 32 has very little to do with the actual play. The song contains many allusions to the play's plot elements. The theme of the play is echoed in the song but not mirrored.
@daisies234 There is no special signifigance to the number 32 to this specific song or artist. Other than to make the line "thirty seconds" and "thirty second" be related.
It seems like the song is about the 32nd son of a king, who feels rejected, and decides to murder his parents. Oedipus ended up killing the king, I think, so it connects.
@HoverponiesForever He also found out that the chick he was banging was his own mother, making his sons and daughters his siblings, later gouging out his eyes to "hide" from the horrors.
The line: "My mom had been around the graves of queens" should say: "My mom had been a rather crazy queen." I noticed because I was listening to it without looking at the lyrics. And I also looked it up on azlyrics.com just to be sure.
@Brooke13Silver Correction, he had four children: two daughters and two sons. The wife/mother hangs herself, and Oedipus gouges his eyes out in repentance for his sins and yells at a bunch of people before being semi-forcefully expelled from the palace by his brother-in-law.
As I remember it, at the end of Oedipus, he finds out that the king he killed was his birth father, and he finds out that the queen he married and had 3 daughters with was his birth mother. And when his mother/wife, the queen, finds out that he is her son, she gouges her eyes out. So, in the end, he ended up fulfilling the prophecy, despite his parents' trying to prevent it from coming true. That is about all I remember from learning about Oedipus in school.
Oedipus Rex is the name of the play. It doesn't make much sense according to the actual play itself, but I don't think the song is meant to be interpreted literally.
Didn't Oedipus Rex have sex with his mother, or something along those lines? I remember our teacher back in seventh grade mentioning that he was an odd man...
@PeachesRulestheWorld Mmm... I'm sketchy on the details. I've only read the sequel to Oedipus (Antigone). But as I understood it when others explained it to me, there was a prophesy that said he would kill his father and marry his mother so as soon as he was born (?) they sent him off to live in a neighbouring kingdom and basically be adopted. So when he met his father in the road years later and killed him he had no idea who it was and took over his kingdom and married the queen.
When I first heard this song, I thought it was kind of weird. I guess I still think it is, but it’s grown on me. It’s one of those songs that I hear and think, “This song is too different for me to like it...but somehow I’ll end up liking it.” And here I am, attacking the replay button.
I've read about Oedipus and I don't get how he's the 32nd son if the king and queen were childless until he was born... and what's the thing with Rex?
@StarryNight316Jesus I'm assuming she took creative license with the 32nd son thing. That was more a focus on the fact that he's just like everyone else and can't get his mother's love. As for the the Rex thing, Rex means king in Greek, so maybe Oedipus realized in all his thinking that he could be king, and not his father.
@StarryNight316Jesus "Rex" is king in Latin, so his title would have been "Oedipus Rex," which is also the title of the play, for that reason. That's my understanding.
I believe that 0:35 is "My mom had been a rather crazy queen" instead of "My mom has been around the graves of queens" But the video still rocks, I listen to it almost every day, cheers!
Im not going to join in this fight, all I will say is Regina.. Your voice is beautiful and underapreaciated. It's sad that your songs get put down like they do, but just know that you have loyal followers who love your music and the feelings that you create in us. I will forever love your music Regina.. thank you for being a real artist.
For the first time in - ever - I can't wait until the dislikes reach from 26 to 32. It's somehow make me think that Regina purposely did that with her mind. Muahahaha. Long live the Queen.
I hope that one day that Rainbowkeewee meets one of those " dick-eating motherfucking faggot who has aids" as he describes, and that they kick the shit out of him/her.
@RainbowKeewee : maybe you should get a life. If you don't like this song and music, then don't listen to it. Search music you do like but stop acting that retarded on this page. Have fun with your further life.
Hello people of the poor music industry, im here to tell you that you all are a bunch of ass loving retards who have no good taste in music. this song is a huge piece of shit that repeats itself, completely pointless, and sounds like it came from a terminally ill child. she states herself as a boy, which is kind of weird, and whoever appreciates this song for what it is, is a fucking loser, needs a life, and get better taste. You all are a bunch of dick eating motherfucking faggots who have aids
@RainbowKeewee well maybe you just don't know what YOUR talking about this is a beautiful piece of music so stop being and idiot and go bother other people that don't appreciate the arts like yourself
@RainbowKeewee Im So Sorry, So Sorry About The Facts That Even Retards Have Enogh Intelligence To Make A U Tube Account And Post Dumbass Shit Like This.... What A Terrible World....
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what a bunch of bullshit. this song is the biggest piece of shit i have ever listened to, all you people who think this is art, go fuck yourselves in the ass.
Sorry, I haven't read the story but with Oedipus, he had some type of weird fate because he was the 32nd born, and he didn't get to know his royal parents, right? (bad synopsis, I know) but is that how it went and how it relates to this song?
@TheGirlinAmask98 No, not at all. He was the only son and then the king got a prophecy saying his son would over throw him and so he made his servant get rid of him. But the servant couldnt kill him. Years later Oedipus is traveling back to his birthplace (He didnt know it though) and he meets a sranger on a road and they start to fight and he kills the stranger.
@Ms18girly He then continues to Phebes i think it was where he solves all their problems and they make him king cause their king was murdered on the roadside. So he marries the widowed queen and they have kids together only later to realize that the queen is his mom so she kills herself and her takes out his own eyes. This is just the first book in a trilogy written by Sophocles in ancient greece, they are plays.
Oedipus is a character in a play by Socrates, as well as some other works. He unknowingly kills his father and marries his mother, without knowing that they're his parents, and fulfills a prophesy that his parents tried to avoid by giving him away as an infant.
32 children. sounds like the description of a show on tlc.... the learning channel.....? well i guess from those shows you learn to never wear a condom so you can be on tv.
wtfisasnuggie1 1 day ago
I always thought it was " My mom had been a rather crazy queen"
cassie7373 3 days ago
It's not 'My mom had been around the graves of queens.' it's 'my mom had been a rather crazy queen'
Insanepurpleperson 4 days ago
I just realized that the female version of Oedipus Rex would be Oedipus Regina.
StarfireandSakura 1 week ago
Is she trying to tell us something?
"im the kings 32nd SON"
dtill1992 1 week ago
Is there any way to get the track? It's not on iTunes
videorock2020 1 week ago in playlist Chill
@videorock2020 You'd have to download the album from her website. It's available there.
Didoslament1 1 week ago
we are reading antigone in my class. and of course this song came into my mind immediently.. but i listen to it now, and im trying to find the real connection between this and oedipus.. gah i guess im just bad at deciphering XD
auderehmargo 3 weeks ago
@auderehmargo If I remember correctly, Antigone is Oedipus's daughter or something. She blames him for her being sent into a cave to dye in one of the acts.
Sorry if this is incorrect, I had to read the play last year ^.^
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mrbigmog 4 weeks ago
Oepidus is a greek mythological character from the play Antigone. Oepidus killed his father and then married his mother, they had 4 children and when he found out he married his mother she hung herself and Oepidus took his eyeballs out and had his daughter (antigone) lead him into exile.
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@shackton When someone is killed in this manner, the past tense of hang is "hanged". It sounds wrong but that's English
mrbigmog 4 weeks ago
@Joeluvrxoxo Oepidus is a mythological character who killed his father and married his mother. I had to look it up lol. I guess this is her take.
RainaHatari 1 month ago
dont get me wrong i like regina spektor and most of her songs but does anyone else think that they sometimes make absolutely no sense?
Joeluvrxoxo 1 month ago
@Joeluvrxoxo search ''oedipus'' on google
RodriQoz 1 month ago
@RodriQoz no don't say that! you should read the play!
browniebladder 1 month ago
@Joeluvrxoxo thats the point of some one them, in my opinion. they are words that only make sense to her. songs like these are my favorite. :)
emmakatherine5 3 weeks ago in playlist Favorite videos
What font did you use?
sakuramizu122 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
From now on, I'm no longer going to bed at night, instead I'm going to start retiring to my chamber. It sounds so much more epic.
milkenobi 1 month ago 14
Can you not buy this on iTunes? :(
Rasberryseed10 1 month ago in playlist SHUFFLE
one morning i woke up and thought oedipus
i think you mean every morning when we wake up we listen to oedipus ;)
talia272626 2 months ago 4
Love it<3
MirrMirr242 2 months ago
This is my favorite song ever.
Kimathy24 2 months ago
And there's 39 others who dislike me. 39 others should .... go the hell away.
TheHeroineOfTime 2 months ago
This song isn't exactly about the Oedipus complex like some people are saying... It's about the myth itself, about Oedipus... He was the king of Thebes after killing his father. And he married and had kids with his mother, so that's why regina talks about the king and the mother being kinda disgusted... And the people screaming is because Oedipus was punished by the people of Thebes... Anyway, read the myth, it's really good ^^
InesFTWin 2 months ago 4
@InesFTWin I feel like its an extension of the myth because in the myth wasn't he an only child? I don't remember it too well, but it is a really good myth, totally agree. Also, in this song I feel that the boy is fully aware that he is attracted to his mother because he is unloved and needs someone to love him, but in the myth he gauged his eyes out when he found out, correct, because he didn't know who she was when they met? Correct me as much as necessary, haha, its been a while.
kenyahp 2 months ago
@kenyahp Yes, he is an only child... And yes, he didn't know that she was his mother, because he had kind of an adoptive family. But yes, the song is an extension of the myth, not the myth literally.. I just said that because I thought it kind of wrong to say that it was about the Oedipus complex... But thanks for reading anyway ahahah. And if you need any explanation about the myth, please, just ask =D
InesFTWin 2 months ago
@InesFTWin Thats what I thought, haha. If it helps, I knew it was about the myth and that the complex stems from the myth. Mythology used to be the only thing I read. I loved it so much that when I have a daughter I am naming her Persephone, haha. Only problem is that I don't want her to be kidnapped to be queen of the underworld...hrm.
kenyahp 2 months ago
@kenyahp That itself is great already! Ahaha I love Mythology too, actually I am currently in college studying the ancient Greece and Rome! And its awesome! Ahahah Persephone is a really nice name, and oh well, if that happens at least you'll have your daughter half the year! AhahahI always thought Agamemnon was a nice name for a son... Although he doesn't have an happy life either...
InesFTWin 2 months ago
@InesFTWin Thats so cool. I'm studying psychology. We both brought something to to the table for this great song, haha. And, honestly, there are very few truly happy myths. But I love how everything modern, story wise, pretty much comes from Greek and Roman myths. Reading them is like finding the key to what we read, hear, and see now.
kenyahp 2 months ago
@kenyahp Psychology is really nice too! Yeah exactly, it's great to speak to different people about a subject because they all have different opinions ans experiences... Yes, there are.. The Greek culture is all about tragedy xD And that is soooo true!! I find myself reading and watching movies and thinking about all the things that are influenced by those cultures... actually I found this song because I'm doing a paper about the influence of the Oedipus myth in european cinema... xD
InesFTWin 2 months ago
@InesFTWin It annoys my friends when we watch a movie and Im pointing out where it connects to myths. It annoys them so bad. A paper about the influence of the Oedipus myth in european cinema? My word, that sounds really difficult. at least it brought you to a fantastic song, right?!
kenyahp 2 months ago
@kenyahp Ahahah It happens exactly the same thing with me xD But not only with movies, I also point mythological things in, for example, portuguese expressions (we have lots os expressions based on myths) and other things... Well, when I chose the theme I didn't know it would be so hard, but now I see it is reallyyyyyy difficult :S Yeah exactly, I'm finding things really cool with this, so it's worth it ^^
InesFTWin 1 month ago
@kenyahp You're almost right, but it's only a complex when the desire becomes continues past roughly the age of 12. Before that, it's normal for a son to want to replace his father to some degree, and for a girl to wish to replace her mother. A complex isn't normal behaviour, as this is, it's a psychological problem. You're right about the Oedipus complex and Elektra complex, and I'm pretty sure you're right about the terms being coined by Freud. I'm no psychologist, but I'm pretty sure of this.
Corthrovin 2 months ago
@Corthrovin Well thats what modern psychologists will tell you. That its after the age of twelve. But, Freud himself coined the terms for children around the age of...I wanna say 5 is when children start to realize that they have "sex organs" but not understand what sex is. Just the parts themselves. You're totally right that a complex, nowadays, is typically for adults or people passed puberty. But I was saying from Freud's view because he was...well, he was Freud.
kenyahp 2 months ago
oedipus oedipus oedipus oedipus and rex rex rex we're so amazing, it touched my soul.. and im a boy O.o i love regina spektor :)
TheChristian256 2 months ago
The Oedipus complex is when a young child expresses desire or possessiveness over their opposite sex parent and desires to replace their same sex parent.
kinda creepy.
VelvetScandel 2 months ago 4
@VelvetScandel No, its only when the son has that for the mother. The opposite, that being a girl for her father, is called the Electra complex. Don't quote me on this part, but I believe they were coined by Freud. He theorized that all kids had one of these, depending on their gender. Thats why we have mama's boys and daddy's girls. Freud thought it was cause we, as children, wanted to have sex with our opposite gendered parents.
kenyahp 2 months ago 2
@kenyahp Oh. I didnt know that. Thanks. But really, the whole thing about children obssesing and desiring our parents is still insanely creepy. >.<
VelvetScandel 2 months ago
@VelvetScandel I would def agree. Thats where the term "penis envy" was first used. Freud did a lot of coke and had some mother problems of his own. Its a creepy concept.
kenyahp 2 months ago
@kenyahp (his reason was either because we saw societal standards that men and women go together and so we picked the opposite sex we loved the most and he warped that, or because we, as girls, were jealous that we didnt have penises and they, as men, wanted to be the men of the household and, he theorized, thought they could only do that by bagging mama. If I remember correctly.)
kenyahp 2 months ago
@VelvetScandel Also, that sounded ruder than it was meant to. Im super interested in psychology and this part was also really fascinating because Freud is just a screwball, haha. Just trying to pass some really creepy yet interesting knowledge!
kenyahp 2 months ago
why do i like this song so dern much??
IBelongInThe80s 2 months ago
Born out of wedlock, there are many Oedipus in today's time. Regina Spektor puts a lure in alluding one of the most controversial Greek tragedy in mythology.
tweenyteen 3 months ago 2
Her songs are amazing.
maramoon1212 3 months ago
There's thirty one other's just like me, there's thirty one other's I can be.- this lyric makes my mind and soul drop.
stophatinlol135 3 months ago in playlist stophatinlol135's favorites 29
@Gracelovestodance It is! I think it's both. She's alluding to the Oedipus you're referring to.
AfishLovesAlfred 3 months ago
the lines "sometimes i stand by the royal wall, the sky'd be so big it broke my soul" make my heart ache. they dig deep in my flesh and have implemented onto my heart. im getting that tattooed on my chest tomorrow.
shadesod 3 months ago
@shadesod I know. Whenever I hear that, my heart gives a little jump. Makes you want to laugh hysterically and ball your eyes out at the same time.
OwlsnTurtles 3 months ago
Why do Regina Spektor's songs always make me feel like crying...
NijuuNiji 3 months ago in playlist regina spektor 2
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LaurenWuzHere 3 months ago
Sometimes I'd stand by the royal gate, people screamin' love and hate. And they'd scream, and they'd scream, and they'd scream and they'd scream. Long live the king, long live the queen!
Oenator08 4 months ago 5
this song is really depressing and the way she sings it makes me depressed eww
msiluvsnickerz 4 months ago
I'm no lyric analyst, but I believe this is about being angry about being "just a number," and then hurting people you love to achieve some sort of success to prove your worth, resulting in regret.
But I don't know, feel free to prove me wrong.
GoGoMariaGo 4 months ago
@GoGoMariaGo I thought this song was about Oedipus from a Greek legend.
Gracelovestodance 4 months ago 3
32's still a goddamn number<3
amazycrazygrl13 4 months ago 2
These lyrics haunt me "Sometimes I'd stand by the royal wall, The sky'd be so big that it broke my soul"
iMargie4Music 4 months ago 4
THIS SONG IS ABOUT SOMETHING WE'D ALL RATHER NOT TALK ABOUT. THUMBS UP IF YOU AGREE?
HEARTHEANGELSVOICES 4 months ago
@JOLLYJOEY101 I agree but the other 5 are just asswipes :)
mecagoenlaleche98 4 months ago
it's not " born to him with the night still young" she says "born to him with my hair still on" also "my mom had been around the graves of queens?" dont think so, she says "my mom had been a rather crazy queen" It just makes more sense
rockstar9739 4 months ago 7
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rockstar9739 4 months ago
this would be really cool if it was chillstep remixed! it's perfect for it!
mudparc 4 months ago
What does this song mean?
OwlsnTurtles 4 months ago 2
@OwlsnTurtles This song's an allusion to the greek tragedy of Oedipus, who grew up without knowing his parents - later he unknowingly had children with his mother and killed his father. That's why it says "and to see me made her awful" etc. Regina's also talking about meaning more than a number (32) or whatever your label is.
SafamanaJF 3 months ago
36 dislikes is a goddamned number, 36 never count
teecakes 4 months ago
why I'm in love with this song??? :) 'cause it's awesome like Regina's other creations.
SemperEadem8 4 months ago
hopefully this will help me pass the oedipus test on friday...
:D I LOVE YOU REGINA
everybodypoops11 4 months ago 5
Those 3 extra dislikes should be ashamed. It was perfect before.
daisies234 5 months ago 61
@daisies234 You have 32 likes ._.
HardYaoi1 2 months ago
@daisies234 I would totally like this comment, I don't want to ruin it though.
RebelsInRugbyShirts 2 months ago
We read the play Oedipus in my English class last year but I don't understand the significance of the number 32. Help anyone?
daisies234 5 months ago 4
@daisies234 The song isn't directly related to Oedipus; 32 has very little to do with the actual play. The song contains many allusions to the play's plot elements. The theme of the play is echoed in the song but not mirrored.
TheMuffinChef 4 months ago
@TheMuffinChef So what is the significance of the number 32? Is it something special to the artist?
daisies234 4 months ago
@daisies234 There is no special signifigance to the number 32 to this specific song or artist. Other than to make the line "thirty seconds" and "thirty second" be related.
TheMuffinChef 4 months ago
born to him with 2 eyebrows on and thats all i was wearing<3
InnerSailor 5 months ago
check out my History of Theatre videos at Professor NotOne! video 2 talks about Oedipus!
ProfessorNotOne 5 months ago
Wow, these lyrics are ripe for trolling. e.g I'm the 32nd son with hormonal imbalance hence the high pitch voice...etc etc.
benplotke 5 months ago
someopne please explain this to me
eduardoelmariguano 5 months ago
@eduardoelmariguano it's based off the play oedipus
HeartShapeGlasses007 5 months ago
@HeartShapeGlasses007 THANK YOU :)
eduardoelmariguano 5 months ago
It seems like the song is about the 32nd son of a king, who feels rejected, and decides to murder his parents. Oedipus ended up killing the king, I think, so it connects.
HoverponiesForever 5 months ago
@HoverponiesForever He also found out that the chick he was banging was his own mother, making his sons and daughters his siblings, later gouging out his eyes to "hide" from the horrors.
WhiteSpartanWolf 5 months ago
@HoverponiesForever He didn't mean to murder his father. He didn't it was his father.
ShiningMoon88 5 months ago
@ShiningMoon88 *know
GermanSailfish 4 months ago
itd be nice for people who dislike this song to comment on why they disliked this so we all can see what the hell is wrong with them.
hannahbabes411 5 months ago 4
i dont think this song has anything to do with the play
WTF123443 5 months ago
The line: "My mom had been around the graves of queens" should say: "My mom had been a rather crazy queen." I noticed because I was listening to it without looking at the lyrics. And I also looked it up on azlyrics.com just to be sure.
Brooke13Silver 5 months ago in playlist Regina Spektor Faves 3
@Brooke13Silver Correction, he had four children: two daughters and two sons. The wife/mother hangs herself, and Oedipus gouges his eyes out in repentance for his sins and yells at a bunch of people before being semi-forcefully expelled from the palace by his brother-in-law.
insomniaofinsanity 5 months ago
As I remember it, at the end of Oedipus, he finds out that the king he killed was his birth father, and he finds out that the queen he married and had 3 daughters with was his birth mother. And when his mother/wife, the queen, finds out that he is her son, she gouges her eyes out. So, in the end, he ended up fulfilling the prophecy, despite his parents' trying to prevent it from coming true. That is about all I remember from learning about Oedipus in school.
Brooke13Silver 6 months ago 3
Please go to read Oedipus Rex befor write here.... Oh, God!!
Edenlyspirit 6 months ago
Oedipus Rex is the name of the play. It doesn't make much sense according to the actual play itself, but I don't think the song is meant to be interpreted literally.
annabelee22 6 months ago
Didn't Oedipus Rex have sex with his mother, or something along those lines? I remember our teacher back in seventh grade mentioning that he was an odd man...
PeachesRulestheWorld 6 months ago 4
@PeachesRulestheWorld He killed his father and married his mother
coolmovie88 6 months ago
@coolmovie88 Ah. Okay. Thank you. My mind doesn't go all the way back to seventh grade, lol.
PeachesRulestheWorld 6 months ago
@PeachesRulestheWorld He didn't actually know they were his parents because they sent him away as a baby.
Anyality 6 months ago
@Anyality I also read somewhere that they weren't his real parents, or at least his mother wasn't... Is that correct? I'm not sure.
PeachesRulestheWorld 6 months ago
@PeachesRulestheWorld Mmm... I'm sketchy on the details. I've only read the sequel to Oedipus (Antigone). But as I understood it when others explained it to me, there was a prophesy that said he would kill his father and marry his mother so as soon as he was born (?) they sent him off to live in a neighbouring kingdom and basically be adopted. So when he met his father in the road years later and killed him he had no idea who it was and took over his kingdom and married the queen.
Anyality 6 months ago
When I first heard this song, I thought it was kind of weird. I guess I still think it is, but it’s grown on me. It’s one of those songs that I hear and think, “This song is too different for me to like it...but somehow I’ll end up liking it.” And here I am, attacking the replay button.
FictionLover333 6 months ago
who would hate this?
KIMBUCA123 6 months ago
32 dislikes are from the sons. the 33rd is the queen.
TheFrutti1997 6 months ago 4
long live regina spektor!!!!!!!!!!!!
TheFrutti1997 6 months ago 6
I've read about Oedipus and I don't get how he's the 32nd son if the king and queen were childless until he was born... and what's the thing with Rex?
StarryNight316Jesus 6 months ago
@StarryNight316Jesus Poetic liscence. This song probably isn't ONLY about Oedipus.
mahnahkah 6 months ago
@StarryNight316Jesus I'm assuming she took creative license with the 32nd son thing. That was more a focus on the fact that he's just like everyone else and can't get his mother's love. As for the the Rex thing, Rex means king in Greek, so maybe Oedipus realized in all his thinking that he could be king, and not his father.
iMonkey007 6 months ago
@StarryNight316Jesus "Rex" is king in Latin, so his title would have been "Oedipus Rex," which is also the title of the play, for that reason. That's my understanding.
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AllTimeAesthetic 5 months ago
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@StarryNight316Jesus Well Oedipus Rex is just the name of the tragedy.
AllTimeAesthetic 5 months ago
Is Oedipus the one who killed his father and married his mother, or is he the father of that guy?
NerdyHomosapian 6 months ago
@NerdyHomosapian, yeah he killed his father and married his mom.
purplecloudsyay 6 months ago
and I thought Oedipus, Oedipus, Oedipus, Oedipus. That's a catchy-ass line.
thehypercookie 6 months ago 103
My question is why the king didn't just kill his son after he had been born. Rather than give him to some maid to get rid of.
momochankb 6 months ago
i've listened to this for a few years and alway thought it was " my mum had been a rather crazy queen" thanks for informing me! :)
Sillilesshells 6 months ago
@Sillilesshells It is "My mom had been a rather crazy queen", the lyrics are wrong in the video.
JulsterIsCoolster 6 months ago in playlist Music Baybay
@JulsterIsCoolster ah, i see , :)
Sillilesshells 6 months ago
many of these lyrics are wrong...
dudeihaveaids 6 months ago
or maybe its "born to him with my hair still long"? its sounds like that to me...
wowEE109 6 months ago
@wowEE109 That wouldn't make any sense though.
vikigirl14997 6 months ago
Who is Oedipus?
TheDalina01 6 months ago
@TheDalina01 He had the hots for his mom. Look it up :P
catchxxmyfall 6 months ago in playlist My Girls
lolz I'm writing a research paper on Oedipus and I was reading it then I remembered she had a song about it then I couldn't get it outta my head. xD
Jessieboo1991 7 months ago 3
and to see me made her awful.
ilikePIEandPIE123456 7 months ago
I love the say she sings the "Long Live the King" chorus.
You can really hear the disdain and irony in her voice as she repeats the words. Its pretty amazing, and utterly impossible to listen to just once.
CyckOne 7 months ago 7
I believe that 0:35 is "My mom had been a rather crazy queen" instead of "My mom has been around the graves of queens" But the video still rocks, I listen to it almost every day, cheers!
radimsirl 7 months ago 6
I think its Eyes still on, not Eyebrows still on. wtv. I love this song!!!!!!!!! Regina, you have done it agian :)
RespektMyBlueLips 7 months ago
This song is hauntingly beautiful. I usually don't like 'weird' songs like this...
zackfair73195 7 months ago
@zackfair73195 It's not weird, It's a Reginasong =)
LittleEef 7 months ago 4
makes me feel good about my self lol except i hate the king of england he can go fuck him self
Mosher1911 7 months ago
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Sallymanderarian 7 months ago
@Mosher1911 what king of england it's a queen :p
ABH1212 7 months ago
why is katy perry in the suggest
MrYeathatsme 8 months ago
Im not going to join in this fight, all I will say is Regina.. Your voice is beautiful and underapreaciated. It's sad that your songs get put down like they do, but just know that you have loyal followers who love your music and the feelings that you create in us. I will forever love your music Regina.. thank you for being a real artist.
DarkFairy207 8 months ago 4
She sounds like a very well read person, I bet she would be so fun to talk to .
BreannaHello 8 months ago in playlist Regina Spektor 3
For the first time in - ever - I can't wait until the dislikes reach from 26 to 32. It's somehow make me think that Regina purposely did that with her mind. Muahahaha. Long live the Queen.
Haha, I'm weird.
deetardeded 8 months ago 6
@deetardeded 32 dislikes lmao
xkawaiixkunoichix 7 months ago 6
26 people made me awful sad.
autumnstarrs 8 months ago 6
I hope that one day that Rainbowkeewee meets one of those " dick-eating motherfucking faggot who has aids" as he describes, and that they kick the shit out of him/her.
morikahjo 8 months ago
I love the song, but to be honest I just loooooveeee most of all when she goes tun tun ta ta tun at the start XD
ABH1212 8 months ago
Ewwwwwwwwwwww Firework katy perry is in the suggestions
lilac42600 8 months ago 6
@lilac42600
LOL, I was just thinking the same thing.
CyckOne 8 months ago
@RainbowKeewee : maybe you should get a life. If you don't like this song and music, then don't listen to it. Search music you do like but stop acting that retarded on this page. Have fun with your further life.
Lilousah 8 months ago
that rainbowkeewee is such a retard!
he would know real music if it fucked him or her in the ass!
MrSantanarose 8 months ago in playlist grrr
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Hello people of the poor music industry, im here to tell you that you all are a bunch of ass loving retards who have no good taste in music. this song is a huge piece of shit that repeats itself, completely pointless, and sounds like it came from a terminally ill child. she states herself as a boy, which is kind of weird, and whoever appreciates this song for what it is, is a fucking loser, needs a life, and get better taste. You all are a bunch of dick eating motherfucking faggots who have aids
RainbowKeewee 8 months ago
@RainbowKeewee well maybe you just don't know what YOUR talking about this is a beautiful piece of music so stop being and idiot and go bother other people that don't appreciate the arts like yourself
LightsCameraMichelle 8 months ago
@RainbowKeewee Im So Sorry, So Sorry About The Facts That Even Retards Have Enogh Intelligence To Make A U Tube Account And Post Dumbass Shit Like This.... What A Terrible World....
GaGaKiller2 8 months ago
@RainbowKeewee i totally agree comrade
MenOnBirthControl 8 months ago
...waiiiiiit, why can't she sing a song from a boy's point of view?
lemonsinthetoilet 8 months ago
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what a bunch of bullshit. this song is the biggest piece of shit i have ever listened to, all you people who think this is art, go fuck yourselves in the ass.
RainbowKeewee 8 months ago
Why the hell is Lady Gaga more popular than Regina Spektor? Seriously!
THETarKist 8 months ago 6
@KallaJane its from Songs, her second albun.
pudreteflandersedu 8 months ago
What album is this from?
KallaJane7 8 months ago
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pudreteflandersedu 8 months ago
shut up V
kayteekiddowinkwink 8 months ago
Sorry, I haven't read the story but with Oedipus, he had some type of weird fate because he was the 32nd born, and he didn't get to know his royal parents, right? (bad synopsis, I know) but is that how it went and how it relates to this song?
TheGirlinAmask98 8 months ago
@TheGirlinAmask98 No, not at all. He was the only son and then the king got a prophecy saying his son would over throw him and so he made his servant get rid of him. But the servant couldnt kill him. Years later Oedipus is traveling back to his birthplace (He didnt know it though) and he meets a sranger on a road and they start to fight and he kills the stranger.
Ms18girly 8 months ago
@Ms18girly He then continues to Phebes i think it was where he solves all their problems and they make him king cause their king was murdered on the roadside. So he marries the widowed queen and they have kids together only later to realize that the queen is his mom so she kills herself and her takes out his own eyes. This is just the first book in a trilogy written by Sophocles in ancient greece, they are plays.
Ms18girly 8 months ago
I've watched this so mamy times and I never get tired of it(:
TaraAnneLove 8 months ago
Regina Spektor always makes me curious with her songs.
misheruhime 8 months ago 6
@tiggerey12
Oedipus is a character in a play by Socrates, as well as some other works. He unknowingly kills his father and marries his mother, without knowing that they're his parents, and fulfills a prophesy that his parents tried to avoid by giving him away as an infant.
doctordaffodil 8 months ago
@doctordaffodil Sophocles, not Socrates.
kelliboehme 8 months ago 4
Point?
77p1993 8 months ago
what is oedipus???
tiggerey12 9 months ago
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THIS SONG SUCKS DICK. ANYONE WHO LIKES THIS SHITTY SONG IS A FLAMING HOMOSEXUAL. GO EAT DICK FAGGOTS
MenOnBirthControl 9 months ago
@MenOnBirthControl You have no ReSpekt.
audstarful 9 months ago 5
@audstarful i don't respect trash
MenOnBirthControl 9 months ago
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@MenOnBirthControl You have no self respect.
audstarful 9 months ago
@MenOnBirthControl Thank you. 648 of us are "FLAMING HOMOSEXUALS" as you say, and at this moment we are all eatting dicks. Happy now?
AcapellaAnni 9 months ago 4
@AcapellaAnni yes quite
MenOnBirthControl 9 months ago
@AcapellaAnni Niiiiiice
GaGaKiller2 9 months ago