Regina Spektor - "On The Radio" [Official Music Video] 

sad 2 hear about the shool shooting. regina's mum shouldn't blame herself

Boner Pig Are you trying to be funny??? That person above was saying that this was filmed at the school Regina's mother taught at.

sorry i misread it. thanks for telling me I haven't listened to this song since because i thought it was too sad

I thought the school thing might have been a reference to her mother's career in teaching.

Boner Pig I hope you can listen to it happily now! :)

Jim Strowd Wow.

Wrong. Her mom sang with the Ronettes. And on "Take Me Home Tonight" by Eddie Rabbit.

@@lewcipher358 not sure what's "wrong" but the classroom (without the students) could be a new york city public school classroom.

@@lewcipher358 (musicians often have other jobs I don't know if you knew that)

Jim Strowd I was in her moms music class

Is this poetry?

She’s amazing 😉

When she says «You hear November rain» she’s talking about «November rain» by Guns N’ Roses???

@@mossadhunter1361 yes

@@ilmaio thought so

probably

Agreed x10000

There are a lot of those.

@@phinixyt6694 Yes but I would argue she is one of the most uniquely talented if you listen to her full scope of work

@@Moon_Fire_Water there are also a lot of those.

Kostya Cheban exsacly

Lol

2020

✍🏻

@@blink3460 2022😮

Wow same reason bro

Тб Тб I WAS THINKING I WAS THE ONLY ONE!

janeARTorrick wish I could find the version from the series

Fuck that disable dude

@@tbtb771 same...I can't find it anywhere

adopted

S1iced this is the comment i was searching for.

RIP

Rest in peace, love his songs.

what song was this?

May he Rest In Peace 😿😿😿

@@DrYahya7 sad

I agree with you. I'd never heard her name or her music. I like her. 😊✌️

@@racerx1189 she's been live proof for over a decade that talented ppl who don't sell out don't get the contracts they deserve. Regina gained some notoriety in the 2000's, toured a lot, but she wasn't selling overly sexualized music which is what sells the most, unfortunately.

A lot of people know her from the call. The end song in the movie narnia :).

Kian McGugan :)

Maevis!

I almost cried

And I cried like a bitch 😖

And that fucken invalid ruined it! Imma make him paralyzed again!!!!

We’re on the same vibe right now

Broooo me too. 17 years for me now, and it’s still a frequent banger 🥰

Saw her in concert last week, truly amazing! She sounds perfect!

16 years later and I am LIVING her albums/songs

17 YEARS NOW!

same.. but a lot prettier!

OMG i did to

Regina sings better than Ms Fritz & better bun. I miss her.

lmao

ITS MS. FRIZZLE YOU CARROT

My music teacher wore velvet suits and rollerbladed to school.....so there’s that

LITERALLY SAME

Dude that must have been such a blessing ❣️

ME TOO IM WENT TO HAMILTON LMFAOO

Bb

I'm sorry, I hope you all are finding your way and making it through

@@hmmmm. Things are better now! We are more resiliet than i thought we would be!

@@AquilesAwK1 congratulations!!! I'm so happy to hear it!😊

@@AquilesAwK1 i'm so happy to read this!

@@AquilesAwK1 maybe it's because Regina's songs can make anyone emotional, but reading this gave me happy tears. I'm so glad you and your friends are better now. 🙏🏼

Yes, kind of the same feel..an awesome era

And yet that is not always the case is it.

iv been listening to e double for many years now, always comeing back to him when I'm at my lowest in life and IV only found "on the radio today". good thing iv looked for the original song he sampled,this is helping me a little now and I feel satisfied hearing this now ❤❤❤

Missing my dad heavily. Almost two years now.. He was my best friend in the whole wide world.. PLEASE take this advice from this comment.."When she sings “ everyone must breathe until they’re dying breath” just makes me think about my parents and how I have so much time on this earth with my parents yet how little it is at the same time. Cherish your loved ones." *CHERISH*

​@@elliecuffari9423❤

Those are one of my favourite lyrics ever, it describes all possible lifes

"No this is how it works. You peer inside yourself. You take the things you like, and try to love the things you took. And then you take that love you made and stick it into someone else's heart - pumping someone else's blood." That follow-up is important. While what precedes it is absolutely honest and and beautiful - the second part changes it. She says "No, this is how it works" If you're able to do more than survive, if you're able to somehow find beauty and passion on top that, you share it with other people. Which makes sense, given the music video and that her mom is a music teacher. When times are hard, laugh until you cry, cry until you laugh, and just keep breathing, it's all you have to do. But when times aren't hard - take the love you've found and share it with others.

Golden words! They've stuck with me since i first bought this record

And her voice too

i was going to say the SAME THING

How very prophetic

We all wanna be...

With a 40 in my hand ill poor some out for thoes who died

AllLies grey suit pants never on fire

my old music teacher was actually her mom and she used to love to show us some of regina’s music but she loves to show us this one specifically

Everytime

+Lucy Ramos omg ur comment made me cry. i love u( not in a weird way)

No, this is how it works You peer inside yourself You take the things you like And try to love the things you tookAnd then you take that love you made And stick it into some Someone else's heart Pumping someone else's bloodAnd walking arm in arm You hope it don't get harmed But even if it does You'll just do it all again

you got it

this song is amazing!!!

*Listen to 'Peacock Affect - Wallflower'*

It will come when you least expect it tho good to nudge yourself into an activity of passion if you can :) Glad you remember how you love pure and genuine . If you love music maybe a dance class will let you unfold that love again . I found Argentine Tango classes at a local rec center when I felt similar to you in the most depressed lost and hopeless time at 38 now 43 . I always secretly wanted to dance with this old music and to my surprise it wanted to dance with me too . Now I can take classes and dance at milongas no matter if I'm sad or celebrating . Tango is always there for me even when I'm timid of my skills . The journey has introduced me to what I call my "tango family" of all ages from youth to 80 year old friends . Doing something cool for yourself will help you find that love again BBN . I know it will :)))

Oh snap it is.

my music teacher is regina spektors mother 👌iM Not EvEn JoKinG

Alex Fairclough That would be cool.. I think your school needs a new piano?

Alex Fairclough That is so freaking cool

It’s Hamilton not Parker

CallMeAvocado oh how I wish I was 6 or 8 or 9!!:)))

idiot

me too!

Same

yo tambien

Knights of nee youre a dumbass if you think e dubble sucks

Knights of nee pretty stupid, he was a great rapper, and white, worked hard as hell, try making a new song every friday for a whole year(all of them were bomb)

Can You Please Not?

Can You Please Not? I heard edubble's song first so now is weird listen to the original one

haha same!

Stunning

***** Really? I think she's a doll!

+MrSpreadem who's lying? She's pretty

She's so elegant and statuesque

@@idontneedaname318 I hope that no one thinks I am taking anything away from this woman's stunning talent, when I say that she was just so drop dead beautiful in the video. Somebody should write a song "Hot for the teacher." Oh, wait!

She just radiates ancient peace, she has a lovely stillness about her that is missing form most people and performers

@@jellyrcw12 A million ancient bees, radiating ancient peace

2022

2024

Same

9 years ago*

I read this thinking it said "these are my kids" and got really freaked out when you said you were 15 lmao

Wow that's awesome

Tea Requiem copyright of the video on RU-vid. U see that a lot better with old videos and songs that came put before RU-vid

lol tea, that was a funny comment.

Mandela won't stop effecting us

your mother hates you

What's crazy, is I remember hearing this sometime in 2007 when I was 3 or 4, now I'm about to graduate highschool.

Hey 2012, I want your body

Gian Reyes And here comes Sir Peepsalot to ruin your happiness. XD

+Delta Lovers woah wtf man calm down

Delta Lovers I sure do :'( *runs off crying*

May just be to emphasize the word/the way she chose to sing it.

She just plays with the sounds. anytime she feels like playing

The words "the radio" together produce that sound (accidentally or otherwise) because of the abrupt end of "the." Based on the way she's singing it, it's kind of like filler.

This is probably due in part to the McGurk Effect--what it looks like she's saying and what you hear aren't exactly the same and it's causing a perception of something between the two.

if you're experiencing every sound that she makes only as the symbol it stands for you're missing the point. consider the difference between prose and poetry, prose treats language as an incidental inconvenience which must be overcome in order to communicate abstract ideas, whereas poetry is more concerned with the beauty of the words themselves. the abstract meaning of the words is still important, but there is more focus on/appreciation of the sound, texture, feel, and sensual beauty of the words themselves independent of their abstract meaning. what i'm trying to say is, Ms. Spektor, in her infinite aesthetic wisdom, is playing with the words and the way in which she sings them to give herself more expressive power. this is why she is so good at what she does, she isn't just singing things according to the common consensus about how you ought to sing particular words, anybody can do that. by breaking conventions she is producing art that only regina spektor could ever produce. in this particular instance she is especially emphasizing the attack of the ra in radio by turning a liquid sound into an aspirate. this extra expulsion of air is realized as br or a fr or what have you. in the act of translating language into song, many wonderful insertions similar to this can and should occur to add musicality and rhythm to the words. if you only concern yourself with reproducing words exactly as you are expected to, you miss out on a lot of expressive potential. if you've ever listened to a song, and heard someone singing words that described ideas you liked, and their voice was great, but it still felt like the words didn't sound like they belonged where they were put, lack of awareness of the poetic rhythm of their words is likely why it sounds off. good lyricists/songwriters are very aware of the phonotactics, rythm, and texture of words and are certain to arrange them in a way that works musically. fundamentally poetry and songwriting is arranging words such that they follow a rhythm.... oh dear ive gone off on another rant again, terribly sorry

Natassha Yu where r you now?