Regina Spektor - Reading Time with Pickle (Songs)

[alicepotter777]

someone got a tattoo of the lyrics on their arm. i wish i were old enough to get one too. this reminds me of my friend jillian. BEST SONG EVER:):):)

[bozo47p]

heh..she can tickle my pickle anyday....hehehe... I am a dirty old man aren't I ?...UH-OH! now I can't stand up ...crap!

[onthewalkoffame]

I always thought it was a song about falling temporarily in love with anyone/anything that looks at you. Then realising how stupid you/the thing you fall in love with is.

[nizzystar]

i cant help but think the pickle is for masturbation purposes

and the answer is actually love instead of lust

i don know

[chanceie12]

In Bruges!!

[BreannaHello]

I think of this song every time I get out of work, lol thanks Regina :D

[lostaddict12]

"picklinggg....spices!" :D

my first thought about the meaning was it could have to do with a pregnant woman's craving for pickles. but I'm not sure if it makes sense.

[Roosers]

I wish I could write a decent song about a pickle. I once wrote a song about cheese. It wasnt very good. Regina has got mega talent. If she wrote a song about cheese I'm 100% Certain that it would blow my mind!

[morikahjo]

@Roosers Ahaha! I WOULD write a song about cheese...Keep working on it though! You'll get better if you practice....and if Cheese is what makes you feel good and inspires you, then maybe you could have a career of singing about cheese!

[brendanzig]

Love is the answer to a question that I have forgotten ♥

[TheGirlinAmask98]

okay, everyone knows that every time we listen to a Regina song we want to know exactly what its about, why it was written, where the lyrics came from, etc. but as fans of such a complex musical artist, we have to stop and just keep an open mind. none of her songs will ever have a clear and exact interpretation no matter how many different ways you analyze or listen over and over.thats just how it is. and i hate to break it to you guys, but i think thats the way she wants it to be. ;)

[Lilyfloss]

I think this song is written by Snooki from Jersey Shore

[LesleyInVinylRecords]

Regina's got the best jazz voice ever, you can hear it in the song. She's awesome!

[INF3darkgreen]

I love how Regina's music makes people so controversial...just read the comments!

[imbarehungry]

ah making eye contact with a pickle... i've been there before. o_o

[Spoonular]

in a more literal matter, this song made me want to eat a pickle. i haven't had one in years...

[nellybean33]

yup definitely not about masterbation....its just how regina is....she can make any random thing into a masterpiece..haha i love her

[KaitieStarr]

I think this song is about her being insane and falling in love with the pickle [jar]. if you read the lyrics, you can see that the pickle jar catches her eye, so she takes them home and falls in love with them.

the next day, she is excited to see the pickle jars again, (i hadn't been this happy in a long time) but she realizes that she cannot love the pickle jars (they aren't smiling back). and pickle jars are just pickle jars, and pickles are just pickles.

but love is the answer!

[Ali12rox]

I think this song is about masturbation. The pickle is probably supposed to represent a penis or a dildo. Like she finds lots of pleasure in it but its not the real thing so you know :p

[slicknick1986]

@Ali12rox You know I never thought about the song in that way before at all, but now that you mention it I can definitely see it from that angle!

[Zarafraze]

@Ali12rox Thank for killing the song for me, buddy. This was almost my favorite Regina song, and it was about the lost friendship between a girl and magical food. I-hate-you :( bastard... :´(

[Gyozomroka]

@Ali12rox I JUST realized this, then scrolled down to see if anyone else was saying it. She makes eye contact with the specific pickle. Goes up to the bathroom., immediately it goes into the chorus "LOVE, is the answer, to the question I have forgotten..."

I love you Regina Spektor, haha

[BreannaHello]

@Ali12rox I kinda felt that way too lol

[tigerseyeproductions]

@Ali12rox Oh gosh.. Now that you've said that, the meaning of the song is so obvious. I feel slightly uncomfortable listening to this now. o_o

[tonias82]

this song seems to be random, but i know it isn't, does someone understand the real message? whe ni listen to this song i try to figure it out...

i think the question she forgot is¨: "what's missing in your life? or or what do you need? or a stuff like that

whatever, i love every regina's song

[justforthesparks]

@tonias82 My personal interpretation is that her life is hard (as is everyones) and in this one bedtime snack she finds happyness and serinity for just a little while. Because of this she thinks that she has discovered how to be forever happy, but the next day she realizes that no one thing can make you happy. You just have to accept that life has ups and downs, and that everything is just what it is, the meaning it has to you is really something you made up.

[seizetheday224]

@justforthesparks Interpreting Regina songs like this is a waste of time. She herself says that she doesn't even know what most of her songs are about. Just enjoy it for what it is- a cute song inspired by a pickle.

[justforthesparks]

@seizetheday224 I think she doesnt asign just one interpretation just so that people CAN interpret it as they like. Not because she doesnt want any meaning to the song, but she wants people to infer their own meaning. She makes her songs open ended, that way you can aply it to your life and how you percieve things. What is a song but for the way it affects you and how you see something.

[fmadyson]

Dude are you talking about masturbating ??? LMFAO girl !!

[fmadyson]

Dude are you talking about masturbating ??? LMFAO girl !!

[loverlycactus]

@fmadyson  no one masturbates with a pickle....

[KaitieStarr]

@loverlycactus it's not about masturbation! why does everyone think that?

[loverlycactus]

@KaitieStarr i know! i don't think that either, i just saw that someone commented and said is this about masturbation? which of course it isnt..

[KaitieStarr]

@KaitieStarr some dirty minded kids on here.

they probbs just think it's about masturbation because she had a few lines about the bathroom.

[t8tertotsp]

sooo epic

[Mordeth42]

god gives us all a talent, most of us just die before we figure it out

[raspar6]

Why is this song not on iTunes???!!!

[FlipLikesMusic]

@raspar6 The hole freakin' "Songs" album isn't on iTunes. I'm about to die. .___.

[shazam15]

@FlipLikesMusic

@FlipLikesMusic

zamzar . com

its been my saviour for months. it takes a while for things to download and it sends it to your email, but its worth the time because its legal.

[Kathleen883]

@shazam15 Zamzar actually isn't legal if you are using it to dowload music. The original artist isn't getting any money even though you now own their song.

[shazam15]

@Kathleen883

It doesnt work the way you think.

Technically, with zamzar, you're downloading the youtube video to your computer, but you can choose to get only the sound part of the video. When people post videos onto youtube, youtube checks them for the rights of the songs (which is why some videos have their sound removed). If the songs ( sound) are allowed to be on youtube, and there is no restriction for downoading a video off youtube, it is, by default and circumstance, legal.

[KatDoesVideo]

this song is so fucking epic its insane

[XxYeryxX]

shes wrong the answer is pickles

[Sabuzo]

haha I always love her songs cause they can be serious, but some are just completely random and hilarious.

[raspar6]

What a lovely refrain.

[bloops588]

i would turn lesbian for regina spektor if that is what she asked of me. <33

[Zarafraze]

@bloops588 I had a friend who said the EXACT SAME thing when we discovered her some years ago. Regina is a cornucopia of nothing but good things to me. GO SPEKTOR!

[BreannaHello]

@bloops588 I love Regina I would Marry Her in an instant :D

[shiftycapone83]

Zanmato, there are plenty of great pug videos for you to watch online. I noticed you favorited several of them. Quite the connoisseur of quality youtube videos indeed.

[Zanmato17]

I'd choose a pug over a pickle any day

[Sessel69]

Zanmato, your negative vibes are ruining this song for the rest of us. Go  away.

[FuckinPansyPirate]

Throw it down Takarafire!!! I hope you get that pickle lodged in your ear, if your gonna dis then dont even listen!

[Takarafire]

Wow, and you call this song shit, Zanmato17?

Just look at your oh so wonderful grammar and use a precious thing we all like to call, spellcheck.Because frankly, you have proved nothing more than declaring your incapability to spell you, love, fucking, shit, my, and yr love for caps.

This song is not forward to the vocal range but more of the story and meaning Regina's trying to show forth. Its the reading time.

Just don't listen to it if all you're going to do is shamelessly bash with failure.

[gogunn]

So why are you here??

[gracelikesvideos]

REGINA IS A GOD

[AsaNoWakaron]

No.....She's a person who God gave a talent too. Only one God dude, even if its like just a joke.

[squirrelman713]

@AsaNoWakaron

Why so serious? I'm not a huge god believer.. but when Regina sings I know there's something more powerful and posotive and meaningful than just existing until life's over.. and that sure seems like god to me.

[noxatracava]

This song may be a key to most of people's problems. "And the answer's got to be... "

[HiroRique1]

She is such a Genious!!! I love this song SO MUCH!!!

[thespottyzebra]

cause it;s amazing.

xx

[someone9292]

She is fucking BRILLIANT. the last minute of the song especially like omg her voice at some points is just so amazing it gives me shivers

[noxatracava]

I've noticed that people who don't like Regina's music are not able to say WHAT exactly is the problem... I would really appreciate if they try to register clearly... ;)

ahh, she's got huge voice...

[mandyem92]

i agree so much. i love regina!

[VashsMomba]

hahaha this drama is quite entertaining 4 sum1 with nothing better 2 do than skim through video comments! {ex.-MYSELF} hah

awesome song i love REGINA!

[MiniDrules]

I luv this song is so brilliant, i burst out laughing at "pickling spices" said perfectly

[MagicPillowFight]

I think she said pickley spices

[ginadoll66]

this song, while random, makes perfect sense to me. she's consoling herself with something meaningless and simple so she doesn't have to think about her problems.

[Roodlepops]

"Love is the answer to a question i have forgotten"

Ha I love it =)))

x

[Pataflafla24]

trying to analyze what you've typed here is the real challenge

[MagicPillowFight]

Um...Why don't you go learn how to speak English then come complain so we actually know what your saying. =D

[MagicPillowFight]

Hmmm...Let's see all the grammar fails you have here U 1, liik 2, vagiina 3, undasto0d 4, datt 5, ii 6, funnii 7, wit 8, itt 9 and not only that, you also missed a few words...I think....Can't really tell.

What are you like one of those wanna-be gangsters or something? Do you not know how to hold your pants up with a belt? Do you think wearing baggy clothes is cool? IT MAKES YOU LOOK STUPID

[MagicPillowFight]

U 10, stoopid 11, yaself 12, automaticalii 13, thinkyn 14, iim 15, iim (again) 16, nt 17, N 18, itt 19, crakks 20, mee 21, upp 22, U 23, deadass 24, D 25, tyme 26, writte 27, ou 28, mii 29, aniihoo 30, D 31, cuz 32, dats 33, wa 34, ii 35, fa 36, U 37, styll 38, liik 39, vagiina 40!!!!!! woooo

[zebraplop]

You do act pretty stupid.

[YeuxEnCristal]

haha It doesn't take much time to be a complete idiot

[CoriDeaththorn]

wow, uhm, u hav an adiiictioon to vagiiinies is it cuz u hav nun

lol0l0l0l l00k at me tpe liikee a friiickkiiin' iiidii0t

do you have ANY idea how annoying it is when people type like that, cause its like GOSH, its called ENGLISH....

trying to act cool- yet another EPIC FAIL~ moment (cool= constipated overrated out of style LOSER!)

[orbital151]

Gee. Don't be a jerk. Just ignore them.

[sexylove490]

this is definitely the definition of a random song... luv it

[TremblyAsATerrier]

It's not that random once you realize what it's REALLY about... >.>;

But it's still adorably hilarious. =)

[peachtable966]

uggh... that almost ruined the song for me! (calm down-- i said i almost!)

[teellh89]

i love how she says pickle

[aspiredactress10]

I love this <3

[beashubird]

I'm sorry to do this, but does anyone have a copy of this song they can mail me? I'd really appreciate it and I've got tons of other music i can give to you:) -thanks x

BTW I know it's really hard to find but Tube Catcher isn't workingatm.

[slicknick1986]

Just in case you didn't know you can still purchase this album on CD from CDBaby. (just go to Regina's official site for a quick link)

[justsomelwordfan]

Words cannot express my love for Regina Spektor. Whatever i attempt to say about a song (about a pickle, none the less) by Regina just doesnt seem to do it justice. I have over 100 songs by her on my ipod and love every single one, I'm actually yet to hear one i dislike. Each one is beautifully simple but yet so complicated.

[slicknick1986]

Indeed. :)

[tallchick16]

I agree. I completely love her to death! SHe heals my heart and my soul. She enlightens my day with her music. It brings my spirit up and my energy. I could listen to her for years and years and never get bored.

Tried to head in the general direction of the bathroom

The truest room

In the whole damn

House

lol so true!

My favorite line in this song:

[winechild]

it sounds like she recorded herself playing a song about a pickle while bored on some rainy day.

have to respect music by an artist who obviously just makes it because she feels like it. I mean to say I don't think she wrote a song about a pickle to impress anyone.

makes me smile.

[STHanson08]

^ said exactly what I was thinking, but couldn't say, seems like it was someday, and while she was eating a sandwich and looked at a pickle in an way she hadn't before, and then wrote about while looking out her apartment window watch it rain on new york ( least how I see it...peaceful..)

[britchesiscool]

Does anyone know where (or if) I can download this album? I'm a HUGE Regina fan but I haven't been able to find this anywhere so far. Thanks!

[almostspotless53]

You can buy it from her website, there's a link to order it. As far as I know, there's no way to download it, unless you record it from youtube. I don't think respektonline has it...

[jezzz111]

"Has it always been this way?

Is it possible all this magic went unnoticed?"

I love that lyric. It's like talking about finding poetry in simple things like pickles.

[sunshinex14]

That's my favorite line too. I love this song- it means so much but it's so simple :)

[thepurpleshoew]

love the name

[MetroStation90210]

she has a beautiful voice. we listened to this song in choir.

[spiderweaver2]

I love how quirky she is!

[kriskapow]

:') she's so brilliant. one of very few that could pull off such quirky topics and sound like a genious rather than madman. ah i love her i love her!

[kryptoncolomo]

this is the first time i hear this song and i think is very very cool!!! i love the way she makes a good song out of any simple thing... like a pickle haha

[plantnbloom]

Wow pickles are very poetic XD No I'm not trying to be mean I love Regina. Haha hilarious though it's supposed to be funny right? LOL

[AskMyPsychiatrist]

the answer is love :]

[burnin2ice]

to a question i have forgotten

[sukieisme]

haunting

[BOMBOVA]

thanks for posting this slicknick1986 , i am not up on the full dimension regina, and this sweet ugly stuff, makes me appreciate this rare doll.

[imaginarydrummer]

favorite regina song

[anukq]

this song is veeeery nice

[axior1]

i LOVE her music!!!!!

[37h4n]

thanks for posting this - i love this song!

[pigsAREforever]

Reading Time With Pickle is such a funny song name! I like it though. I loooooooove Regina Spektor!