Album: FarAvg rating:
Your rating:
Total ratings: 1997
Length: 5:04
Plays (last 30 days): 4
share
tweet
Others said it must have been the weather
The neighbors were trying to keep it quiet
But I swear that I could hear the laughter
So they jokingly nicknamed it the porridge
Cause overnight that lake had turned as thick as butter
But the local kids would still go swimming, drinking
Saying that to them it doesn't matter
If you just hold in your breath til you come back up in full
Hold in your breath til you thought it through, you fool
The genius next door was busing tables
Wiping clean the ketchup bottle labels
Getting high and mumbling German fables
Didn't care as long as he was able
To strip his clothes off by the dumpsters
At night while everyone was sleeping
And to wade midway into that porridge
Just him and the secret he was keeping
If you just hold in your breath til you come back up in full
Hold in your breath til you thought it through, you foolish child
In the morning the film crews start arriving
With donuts, coffee and reporters
The kids were waking up hungover
The neighbors were starting up their cars
The garbageman were emptying the dumpsters
Atheists were praying full of sarcasm
And the genius next door was sleeping
Dreaming that the antidote is orgasm
If you just hold in your breath til you come back up in full
Hold in your breath til you thought it through, you foolish child!
I heard this wonderful performance recently. If you like Regina as much as I do, you should check it out.
I like how she tells a story
Usually I can get the point of a comment, even when I completely disagree. Not here. This piece, heard for the first time, strikes me as an unusually nuanced composition. Without any time to ponder, I was drawn in. This reminds me of nothing, neither guitar nor piano, that I have heard here. My feeling is that you simply do not like the song and responded to a stimulus. Maybe another day, you will feel differently.
I heard this wonderful performance recently. If you like Regina as much as I do, you should check it out.
Thanks. Sometimes I think I'm the only person who has never heard a song from Hamilton. At last I can shrug off the hair shirt.
I just learned Jeff Lynne produced this album from a fun article at Pitchfork...
Pitchfork: Jeff Lynne is a real old-school rock'n'roll great, how did you hook up with him? Were you a big fan of his before you guys started working together?
RS: It's kind of funny. Actually, it's kind of sad-- I didn't know who he was or what he had done when I asked him if he'd like to produce some songs. I'm the opposite of a knowledgeable music aficionado; tomorrow, I could discover an amazing artist that people have been listening to for the past 60 years and be, like, "wow."
The reason I asked to contact Jeff was because I saw he produced the last Tom Petty record, Highway Companion, which I really loved. I noted him down so next time I did a record I could actually tell people, like, "I have a few producers I'd like to check out." I remember the silence on the phone when I said the name "Jeff Lynne" to Tom Whalley, the president of Warner Bros. But Tom was really positive about it.
By the time I was about to meet Jeff I was sufficiently nervous. But he's really sweet. We drank a lot of tea. And after I worked with him, I started to understand, like, "Oh yeah! That's Jeff-- I know that song." Sometimes you know the song or voice but you have no idea who sings it. But Jeff's definitely in the world of legends. He had these banjoleles-- a mix between a banjo and a ukulele-- and I picked one up and he was like, "Yeah, George [Harrison] gave that to me." I was like, "Oh my god," and then put it down.
What a great story! The comments are a significant part of why I listen to RP. Thanks for sharing!
here's mine: it's about some guy who splooges (secretly) into the lake?
She left Russia by choice long ago, and is an American citizen.
....also don't blame or begrudge the Russian people/public. We all know who's to blame. The person who was given too much power, as always: Mao, Stalin, Lenin, Amin, Hitler....same old, same old.
Are we allowed to listen to Regina Spektor, given the current goings on, or must we boycott?
I believe I will continue to listen.
She left Russia by choice long ago, and is an American citizen.
I believe I will continue to listen.
I heard this wonderful performance recently. If you like Regina as much as I do, you should check it out.
Thanks, that link was just a fresh hug of friendly & exquisite music :-)
Funny
Funny
Ditto here. 😍
.
imho
I'm not sure what you find boring about them, much less "super boring". They are "unusual" perhaps, but that alone would keep them from being "boring". It seems like an interesting narrative to me, certainly more interesting than most lyrics I've heard from most contemporary artists.
Pitchfork: Jeff Lynne is a real old-school rock'n'roll great, how did you hook up with him? Were you a big fan of his before you guys started working together?
RS: It's kind of funny. Actually, it's kind of sad-- I didn't know who he was or what he had done when I asked him if he'd like to produce some songs. I'm the opposite of a knowledgeable music aficionado; tomorrow, I could discover an amazing artist that people have been listening to for the past 60 years and be, like, "wow."
The reason I asked to contact Jeff was because I saw he produced the last Tom Petty record, Highway Companion, which I really loved. I noted him down so next time I did a record I could actually tell people, like, "I have a few producers I'd like to check out." I remember the silence on the phone when I said the name "Jeff Lynne" to Tom Whalley, the president of Warner Bros. But Tom was really positive about it.
By the time I was about to meet Jeff I was sufficiently nervous. But he's really sweet. We drank a lot of tea. And after I worked with him, I started to understand, like, "Oh yeah! That's Jeff-- I know that song." Sometimes you know the song or voice but you have no idea who sings it. But Jeff's definitely in the world of legends. He had these banjoleles-- a mix between a banjo and a ukulele-- and I picked one up and he was like, "Yeah, George [Harrison] gave that to me." I was like, "Oh my god," and then put it down.
.
imho
Super opposed to your humble opinion. A work of dark beauty.
.
imho
Did you upload this song as an RP catalog candidate? If so, thank you!
Likewise, yes.
10.
Regina Spektor, born in Russia, is half the age of Kate Bush, born in Welling, Kent (where my father walked 4 miles to buy my pram 20 years earlier) can hardly be compared.
Each is her own woman.