Regina Spektor - Dance Anthem of the 80s (Older Version)

[curiousberryllama]

So my favourite song has existed since I was at least 9-years-old?

[willandfoxy]

SO AMAZING

[ExecutionOfAllThings]

So happy I found this... <3 regina <3

[adelaidebliss]

it's funny that I can recognize that one guy's laugh in a lot of these live songs :) I like it.

[jonherewhosthere]

I'm not sure why she added so many effects in the album version. I think this song is great with just the piano and her voice. It's so raw.

[loocytl]

I love how in the beginning people are laughing because the lyrics are clever, and cute. But after the solo it gets all quiet. Something about that part is so sad, so true.

[schizophrenicPrime]

i dont like this version as much... but its still beautiful ^^ i just hate whoever that guy was who kept laughing in the middle of her song >:O

[TheMovingPiano14]

she's so funny :D

[xJorg]

She's so sweet, so crazy (like me) and beautiful. that's why i love her. But now, i don't know why she needs a YAMAHA P250 keyboard, she can play it like this, it's nicer.

[Peganaminhaful]

como eu AMO essa mulher.

[carlos20182]

bueno ...no he escuchado la version rapida,pero esta me hace pensar un poco melancolico no se me hace recordar cosas de años anteriores jejeje

[cementCHEM]

i love this version! but i love the album version too haha. to me it seems like they're almost different songs, because the album version is like a really fast upbeat song, while this one is kinda slow...

[elebunny45]

can we see the video somewhere? I wanna see what was so funny. probably Regina being as cute as usual and I dont wanna miss it. plz let me see.

[snowfishe]

I'm so torn, I like the faster version on the album but I wish it had the ending (Possibly because I love this song so much I wish it lasted longer)

[salamandermusik]

ha???

[TuMaestra08]

I know everybody is saying it but I gotta say it again the ending is sooo good!

[Lo0pzy]

Oh wow the sleeeeeeeeeeeep is even better than on 'Far'

And the ending...!! How does she even do that?

[jarledes]

I'm so envious of you New Yorkers, you get to experience Regina much more often than we do in San Francisco.

[something0ranother]

And I love, love, love the ending. It's so Regina

[something0ranother]

She never ceases to amaze me. I am in such awe of her sense of control!

[TheIndianaBellows]

why are people laughing??

[CarlosIsDown]

I guess she allows them to have a good time. Yes? She's using odd inflections and whatnot. She's also using a slow tempo.

[TheIndianaBellows]

ok good! that makes sense. i thought they were laughing AT her. I was about to drop kick someone!

[fluzy4]

totally agree the ending is so much better with the old version. I have to say though this is one of my favourite songs on the album.

[stamada]

perfection

[Gman3thousand]

I think it's 'meet market', a place where singles go to meet each other, no?

[melodycool2]

Gman3thousand It's MEAT Market.

[Laneh]

I wish I could have done to an early show of hers ;_;

[LapisGarter]

I agree that the ending is better than the album. I like the album's faster version though.

[ElArlequin]

The ending of this is HELL better than the STUDIO version in Far. I love this song... but everytime it ends I think that it's like CUTTED or something. I never knew that his song was so old. :P

[sombrerosarelove]

Haha, this version is much cutter and more like Regina! I love when she says "this is my solo."

[sgtcampsalot]

Ah man, I wish she still filled her albums with her New York accent in her singingggg!

[slicknick1986]

Same! She "tones it down" for the album version of this song. :P

[footballinx36x]

This is the version I fell in love with and listened to billion of times, but I also love the new faster album version :)

regina, you never cease to amaze me. You ARE the 5th Beatle

[slicknick1986]

Same here, I enjoy the album version as much as this one pretty much. I love what she did with it for the album.

[akr06]

yeah, like a beatle. you buy an album and all the songs are cool.

[AnthonyMinsky]

Cool version. It is slower. And the solo part is just piano, not synthesizer like more recently. Plus that little touch at the end like the batteries are going dead. Hadn't heard that in other versions. While this is great, I do seem to be drawn to her live beat-box version at the McCarren Pool. Maybe cuz of the little dance beat, but probably mostly because you get to see her visually, which always beats out one with no video. :) I'm mostly kidn', I did love this version.

[peachtable966]

lol "see her visually"

[AnthonyMinsky]

Am I wrong? c'mon!

[AnthonyMinsky]

C'mon, am I wrong?

[peachtable966]

haha no. (why'd u post that twice?)

it's just redundant- if you're seeing someone, it's visual. and if the way that you're experiencing someone is visual, then that means that you're seeing them.

(sorry, i must be in the mood to pick on grammar/usage...)

[AnthonyMinsky]

Thanks for clearing that up. Your such a peachtable. P.S. - I'll post it a THIRD time if your not careful. :) I'll get visual all over your a..! (just being funny) :)

[peachtable966]

lmbo at that entire comment.

and i reckon i'm not the only peachtable on this comment page *wink wink*

[hideandscout93]

"it's been a long time since before i've been touched now i'm getting touched all the time, and its only a matter of whom and its only a matter of when" that is so sad and sweet =/

[MuSiCbOx37]

i hate the guy laughing like its not like i dont think its funny its just annoying

[ScarletsBeautifulLie]

I think it's possible that she was making a funny face or something and that's why he laughed. She likes to mess around, especially during this song. Who knows what gestures she was making that we can't see...

[MuSiCbOx37]

ohh lol i didnt know i lov when she does things like that

[jealousjeans]

This song makes me cry every time I listen to it. It stirs something deep inside my soul that i've lost touch with over the years. It hurts my body, but I can't get enough of it at the same time. Confused? Me too.

[Fringy14]

I think Regina has that affect on people love :)

Your not alone!

[MuSiCbOx37]

so true! :)

[AnthonyMinsky]

Regina casts a spell like no one else does. That's what has happened to you. I should know, cuz I'm under it too. And what makes it confusing is that no one has done that to me before like her. I'm like, 'what is happening to me?' 'Isn't she just a girl performing above average music'. Obviously 'not just' that. Otherwise I wouldn't be so drawn to her like I am. I get it and I don't all at the same time. Can anyone else elaborate on what's going on here. It can't be just me.

[shooterandwinniesmom]

@jealousjeans i think her songs and voice just affect people that way; i feel that way about "I Found a Wallet"

[therealmccoy93]

@jealousjeans o.O that might be the paoti, not the song. :P

[xSAVAxMASSACREx]

I love how she affects a British accent during the second verse!

[TenorSaxFace]

haha i love the crowd, and how she announces her own solo. so cute!

[cheifdanceswithgravy]

I like when she kinda plays it up a little more.. None the less, she's amazing. Regina=love.

[xheyitssam]

loveeee her

[musefan152]

I like the slower tempo in this version. Do you know where she was?

[slicknick1986]

Me too. She sung this one at the C-Note venue in NYC about a year before the place closed down.