Comments | justben: Après Moi

justben

Après Moi

Jun 25, 2007 11:46

Wow. Is she really doing that? Is this really portraying the struggle to retain order in the face of impending violent social revolution? In a song? Is she really tying in the French and Bolshevik Revolutions by quoting Louis XV (in French) and Boris Pasternak (in Russian)? Is that a carefully-twisted reference to the Beatitudes in there? And is it ( Read more... )

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justben June 25 2007, 16:57:47 UTC

Yeah, I'm a little behind on the Regina Spektor hype. People have been buzzing about her for a while now. She's always been "the very next album I'm getting right after this one," whichever one was "this one" at any given moment. I haven't heard any of her other albums yet. I'll be getting them as I'm able.

I don't know if she's said anything herself about the song. I just looked up the quotes and put the pieces together. And wow.

chalepa_ta_kala June 25 2007, 19:37:20 UTC

I was just listening to that song this morning. :)

justben June 25 2007, 20:23:10 UTC

I've been listening to it most of the day. There was a while this morning that I felt the need to leave the song on repeat for an hour or so. Wow. :-)

abovenyquist June 26 2007, 01:46:08 UTC

I wasn't familiar with Regina Spektor before now, but I will now endeavor to become so...

I saw Dresden Dolls on the Cyndi Lauper/Erasure/Debbie Harry tour last week. They're fantastic. (Actually veryone in that show was fantastic.)

justben June 26 2007, 02:43:23 UTC

Yum. She's got a handful of videos and live performances up on YouTube. Highly recommended.

Note that most of her music sounds distinctly dissimilar from the Dresden Dolls. That's part of what makes it so fascinating to me that this particular song has such clear (in my opinion) roots there. She has a good musical range.

zoe_me June 27 2007, 20:33:20 UTC

considering she was raised in Russia, it's a fair bet that it's all beyond deliberate!

(Katie and I like her as well)