Vienna Teng Live - "Recessional"

Vienna Teng sings Recessional, my favorite song from her new album Dreaming Through The Noise, at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, CA on July 27, 2006.

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[crimsonsmirk]

I truly admire Vienna's ability to make up analogies ("announcements beat their wings overhead"), and how she is capturing small details, characters, things each and everyone of us may have experienced or will experience at some point.

A wonderful artist... who happened to be at an awful venue. Or maybe it's just the recording that makes it seem as if the audience paid little attention to her?

[Klaorman]

The people in the "pit" were quiet and attentive; it's just that this venue had a bar in the back, which was where most of the noise was coming from. It didn't help that I was filming from the upper balcony; maybe if I was down in the pit near the front the noise might've been less, but then I wouldn't have this great perspective.

[lilifyre]

What's with the homophobia? Does it make the song any better or worse if she's straight or gay? She's a beautiful woman who has written some beautiful songs. Some have been written from a lesbian perspective. So WHAT????? We are human beings. We have feelings just like anyone else.

Proud Lesbian!

[WeAreNotFrog]

Actually, I always thought about the song being about a child, or something.

If you listen to the lyrics, and the way Vienna describes how whoever is sleeping, what they're wearing, etc., Vienna sounds somewhat mother-like.

Then again, I could be wrong. Stop being so homophobic guys. Don't like the song? Too fucking bad.

Love this song, by the way <3

[etnies397]

I'm not homophobic, she could be singing about another girl, but here's my interpretation of the song: She may be singing about herself... Like, two versions of herself in the song. The first person "I" and third person "she" are both her... Upon first listening, this song struck me as if she was reflecting on herself, like taking a step back and looking at herself.

[StenDabran]

Does anybody have sheet music for that song?

please send me...that song is so amazing 

[MusicAndHorses4ever]

@lilifyre Completely agree!

I'm a proud lesbian, too!

[koimaster]

the lyrics are just amazing

[HauntingGrammar]

(I always thought she was singing from the perspective of a man personally, since she does that sometimes.)

This song though is exactly why she's my favorite artist in any medium ever.

[funjojo678]

@funjojo678 * understood, gahh.

[funjojo678]

i always thought this song was an unrequited love between two girls and the fear of society judging them held all of the feelings back, so they pretend to be close friends or sisters around people.

i don't know, that's just the way i udnerstood it.

[taotapp]

One of the few singers who can pull off an amazing live performance. Beautiful. Thank you for the upload.

[tuamourju]

Wow. Vienna has one of the most beautiful voices I think I have ever heard, not to mention how she compliments it so well with absolutely genius lyrics. If only more artists these days had the talent and vocal strength that she does!

[singwithin]

i think it's about ex-lovers saying goodbye, who are then reunited by chance at the airport, with one of them (vienna's character, so to speak), falling in love again, having noticed how much the other has changed. except that character tries to resist getting involved again with the other, but stops resisting in the end. it makes sense if you read the verses backwards (since vienna did say this is a "reverse strip tease" kind of song). in any case, this is my absolute favourite vienna song. ♥