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Meaning of Regina Spektor MusicAnti-Folk Artist More Than Just Good "Fidelity"Regina Spektor creates imaginative lyrics with carefully constructed rhetoric, which allows endless interpretations.
Unlike the popular diary-confessional based lyrics of the majority of contemporary female singer/songwriters, Spektor mostly crafts her songs as short stories and character studies. The beauty of Spektor’s music comes from its openness and its ability to be interpreted and appreciated in numerous ways depending on the individual listening. Anti-Adulthood Theme in Regina Spektor’s MusicPeople can interpret and appreciate Spektor’s music in macro terms (motifs throughout her cannon) without obsessing over the exact experiences she writes about in every individual song. Spektor has over 120 songs that any half-interested, half-computer savvy person can find and download on the internet. Her fan community, which resides in its largest numbers on Spektor’s official message board, Brumstix, shares Spektor concert bootlegs with the artist’s approval. Over Spektor’s vast cannon, it does not take obsessive analysis to pick up on a few themes. For instance, an anti-adulthood theme frequently pops up in Spektor’s music. This, however, should not to be confused with an anti-adult theme. Spektor’s lyrics often tell the stories of characters who waste their lives away in boorish, monotonous jobs as they succumb to societal standards. “But a one of these days your heart/Will just stop ticking,/And they sorta just don't find you till your cubicle is reeking,” Regina sings in “Consequence of Sounds” off of her 2002 album Songs. Perhaps “Ghost of Corporate Future,” from Spektor’s 2004 release Soviet Kitsch best exemplifies this anti-adulthood theme that suggests many people fall into a routine so thoroughly that they no longer live, they merely exist. But, this theme shows itself with noticeable consistency, even on unreleased tracks such as “Blue Lips.” “They started off beneath the knowledge tree/Then they chopped it down to make white picket fences/They marched along the railroad tracks/and smiled real wide for the camera lenses/They made it past the enemy lines/Just to become enslaved in the assembly lines.” For Spektor, It Is All About the Music, Not the ArtistMany music patrons clamor to know precisely what their favorite artists were thinking about as the songwriters constructed their favorite songs. Spektor does not like to reveal her state of mind while she composed a song no matter how much some fans may want to know. In a December 8, 2006 interview with Michael Dwyer for The Age, Spektor revealed how she acts as a fan, drawing from her experience at a Paul McCartney concert. “When I listen to ‘Martha My Dear,’ I'm not trying to find out what clues are being dropped as to the personality of the composer,” Spektor said. “It's about the music! It's not about shaking the hand of somebody. It's the fact that you get to behold their music.” For all the people who take her songs seriously, Spektor asks Dwyer, “What do they think when they read Kafka?”
The copyright of the article Meaning of Regina Spektor Music in Indie Pop Music is owned by Max Neibaur. Permission to republish Meaning of Regina Spektor Music in print or online must be granted by the author in writing.
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