Regina Spektor - The Virgin Queen (11-15-2004)

[@snowfishe]

this song is the reason I have the "slings and arrows" quote from Hamlet memorised. I feel like I've got to attribute a fair bit of my successes in Year 12 English to Regina

[@woolycooly9595]

:)

[@AddBowIfGirl]

Especially the chanting part near the end. Gave me chills. Low quality helped that effect.

[@spitballz]

i love it how she can sing things that aren't even words and she can still make it still sound good she's such a wonderful artist i love her

[@thevillagejoke]

i think this might be my favorite song of hers. i love it when she does the "emoh hey umo emoh emoh ey uh..." thing. i nearly start crying even though i have no freakin idea if it even means anything. haha regina brought me to tears, guys! :D

[@akoyaahime]

I'm always back to this gem.

[@AliciaBaldelli]

A woman who has transformed my life Regina Spektor

[@TwiliticHorizon]

She has so many good unreleased songs.. well all of them are :) She should make an album with all of these.

[@Ichikue]

Strangely, I think the recording quality adds to the timbre of the song

[@woolycooly9595]

same

[@jaxn2127]

I've had this on my ipod for a good year+ and never quite got the lyrics until i saw it here. nice transcribing

[@dupunka]

I want The Virgin Queen, Mermaid, and Lucky Penny all on a cd, right NOW!!!

[@Nnuku72]

Thanks Slicknick for putting these gems out, your the best!

[@woolycooly9595]

i agree

[@STHanson08]

Queen Elizabeth I was known as the virgin queen as she never married, want to not give up her country to a foreigner, or lose control of her own power. She presided over the Elizabethan era, a time of prosperity, and incidentally, hamlet was written this time "to be or not to be; that is the quest: whether tis' nobler to..."

[@zonalGman92]

Thanks to Slicknick. It's such a brilliant gig this one & she mentions it as a fav of hers on some interview back in a 2005 interview. It would have been so fine to have been there. I think she genuinely likes England and our quirkiness.

[@concars1234]

Her voice is so powerful here

[@greynezz]

i wish this was in better quality sounds sweeet

[@alicepotter777]

BEST SONG EVER:):):)

[@TomDemian]

I LOVE THIS SONG! and i love Reg.

[@TheHiddenMoonVillage]

her music gives me insperation to keep being diffrent from everyone else

[@xSmootHope]

This is an amazing song

[@xoangel2789xo]

this is great

[@alicepotter777]

well as of 3 weeks ago it is now 166 songs and in another 9 weeks it will be another whole album!!! i cant wait! balloon car races!

[@musicallymoved13]

omg! i was at soundfix too!

[@odieburger12]

that's my favorite part :)

[@xSmootHope]

Regina Spektor.

[@pearlearring17]

To me the chords sound similar to the line "joyful and tri-um-phant" from the Christmas carol O Come All Ye Faithful. Maybe that's what it reminds you of?

[@rachelhug]

@Fringy14 I deffo hope there's music like this to listen to in whatever afterlife there is :)

[@bexsullie]

this has been one of my favorite songs by regina for so long and i can never download it. please help:)

[@mokkaaaaa]

@thefifthnail one million at least :P and they are all wonderful :)

[@alicepotter777]

yeah, i know,

[@alicepotter777]

all the rowboats! what we saw from the cheap seats:)

[@AHalloweenSky]

More like all but 3 songs on What we saw from the cheap seats ;)

[@sponend]

how can I listen to it reversed? that's so interesting!

[@envase]

The lyrics are already over there.

[@emilyunderscoremarie]

what do you use to download your music? cause i can't find this song anywhere.. *sighs*

[@jaxn2127]

i think i got this from seeqpod regina but i think that's gone now...or not..

[@oneshoej3]

Does anyone know if she is quoting another song from 0:51-1:03 ? It makes me think of some traditional British anthem or Christian hymn, but I can't put my finger on what it is.

[@OAnIncurableHumanist]

It's the melody of "in excelcius deo" from Gloria in excelsius Deo

[@rad941205]

to be played loud x

[@sponend]

@Lilyfloss link:)?

[@Evangeline30575]

Creepy as Fuck the chanting towards the end i wish i could play it backwards!

[@alicepotter777]

@julscasablancas respekt is the most powerful angel in the universe and all of existance. ive listened to all of her songs, there are about 300 of them:):):)

[@alicepotter777]

@23Allie23 good theory:):):)

[@23Allie23]

Thats freaky- the gibberish backwards thing. But knowing Regina, i think it was a complete mistake, but she went with it lol.

[@missbritface]

She is Regina Spektor.