Regina Spektor - "Samson" w/ National Symphony Orchestra | DECLASSIFIED: Ben Folds Presents

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  • Regina Spektor performs "Samson" with the National Symphony Orchestra LIVE at The Kennedy Center.
    This performance was part of the National Symphony Orchestra event: DECLASSIFIED: Ben Folds Presents Regina Spektor & Caleb Teicher. Filmed live in the Kennedy Center's Concert Hall on November 2, 2018.
    In the concert series, NSO Artistic Advisor Ben Folds breaks down barriers between music genres. Folds selects the artists to showcase both classical and modern music arranged specifically for the NSO.
    Samson
    Performed by Regina Spektor and the National Symphony Orchestra
    Written by Regina Spektor
    Conducted by James Gaffigan
    Orchestration by Jherek Bischoff
    Subscribe to The Kennedy Center: bit.ly/2gNFrtb
    Subscribe to Regina Spektor: bit.ly/2FMUoHp
    #reginaspektor #declassified #samson
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Komentáře • 195

  • @PaigeA6741
    @PaigeA6741 Před 5 lety +480

    This song brings me back to a very specific time in my life. Such a significant time I named my dog Samson.

    • @JoanaGleyze
      @JoanaGleyze Před 4 lety +2

      Traz tanto significado que nos faz viajar no tempo.

    • @alexhart
      @alexhart Před 3 lety +2

      Same... and I named my cat Samson! Haha

    • @LAWLESSKING
      @LAWLESSKING Před 3 lety +4

      I feel you girl... me and Regina takes me back to when I was 19 in 2006 and my first love came and went and somehow her voice never gets old.

    • @ronaldcaliva5004
      @ronaldcaliva5004 Před 3 lety +2

      There's something about the song that I cant explain why ,as if it's taking me to zion

    • @guillecopez2316
      @guillecopez2316 Před 2 lety +2

      I named my ex Samson

  • @shiningjojo1103
    @shiningjojo1103 Před 4 lety +228

    There's something about this song and her voice that whenever I hear this play, I feel all sorts of emotion both happy and sad.

  • @relaxivegotthis
    @relaxivegotthis Před 4 lety +295

    People who can get the high note the first time in public without autotune deserve the Grammies. The end.

    • @HenryMoon
      @HenryMoon Před 4 lety +7

      *waits patiently for Grammies*

    • @xbq8034
      @xbq8034 Před 4 lety +3

      But she s not that well known comparing to other big names. (Love to see her get Grammy )

    • @kyonru
      @kyonru Před 4 lety +12

      Grammies doesn't have the value you think. They are awards from the music INDUSTRY to the singers to make them sell millions. Not necessary talent or originality. Sometimes those things are present but sometimes they are not. Don't feel sad for Regina, she is amazingly amazing. (for me, she is the best, sure I want her to always do better, that why I always recommend her music). Anyway it's really sweet you wish the best for her, but don't worry, Grammies are not the best.

  • @lemaquino7975
    @lemaquino7975 Před 5 lety +288

    She ages like a fine wine. This song introduced me to an amazing artist. Please keep on making masterpieces.

    • @nickparsons337
      @nickparsons337 Před 4 lety +8

      My introduction to her was hearing "Us" at the beginning of 500 Days of Summer. I've loved her ever since. It just blew me away. Still does.

    • @iranesparrago1428
      @iranesparrago1428 Před 4 lety +1

      Filipino? I love Regina soooooo much!

    • @julianantoniogilgonzalez6494
      @julianantoniogilgonzalez6494 Před rokem

      I agree! She's just spectacular.

  • @izzyg.1933
    @izzyg.1933 Před 4 lety +114

    Even the way she moves her hands across the piano is a form of art.

  • @amyjean9365
    @amyjean9365 Před 4 lety +158

    I love her. She's one of a kind. So glad we are blessed with her music.

  • @ryand394
    @ryand394 Před 4 lety +121

    I think what makes an impression on me with Regina is something beyond even empathy.
    There's simplicity to what she sings and complexity, but it's never forced. It doesn't feel like she's fighting for anything, she's just mirroring the human condition with stories that are so specifically detailed they are believable. She herself has a childish innocence and wonder towards the music she makes, but it's more than that, too. I guess it might not have to be her, but there's a quality in her (when her voice, her tone, her lyrics, and her personality all come together on stage) that I can't find in any other singer.
    "Dear Theodosia" feels like it's my own dad singing it to me, but it's something that's never happened, and I can't stand it.
    "Samson" is a singular moment of failure that's completely embraced by someone with no judgement at all.
    "Lady" feels like I'm looking out of my window and seeing the world for the first time.
    There's so much more to it, and these are such reductionist statements. All of Regina's songs are things I long for and instead experience separately, remember sweetly or bitterly. But they're so inextricable from what it means to be human at all that some part of me gets it, and I reconnect to it.
    No matter how artistically creative or philosophically profound a song, it's not really meaningful to me if it doesn't feel nostalgic.
    Regina makes me a kid again.

    • @diaargh
      @diaargh Před 3 lety +3

      That's what I like about her too. The magic and the childlike wonder 😭

    • @n.o.l.a.m8909
      @n.o.l.a.m8909 Před rokem

      🖤🥹 Samson

    • @hifellowhumans8393
      @hifellowhumans8393 Před rokem +3

      Nailed it. She does not try to appear profound because she already is. Her style exudes playfulness, but offers so much insight at the same time.

    • @camilaecheverri6421
      @camilaecheverri6421 Před rokem +3

      your comment has such a beautiful and precise way of breaking down everything she makes you feel. Wow. beautiful writing, honestly

    • @melideukie.
      @melideukie. Před rokem

      perfectly said

  • @PMAngst
    @PMAngst Před 4 lety +49

    She was so immersed in her music... How come she's so underrated?!

  • @olgafetisova5632
    @olgafetisova5632 Před 5 lety +118

    I was there, and still get goosebumps listening to this video. Thank you, Regina!

  • @f15H8ul8
    @f15H8ul8 Před 5 lety +87

    my favorite performances are her solo ones but they did a great job of fleshing this out with the orchestra. great version of the song. glad Regina is getting the serious recognition that she deserves as an artist. one of the most talented artists of our time, and nearly a perfect person in every way. just love her!

  • @pepperinomontoya170
    @pepperinomontoya170 Před 5 lety +66

    Terribly Underrated

  • @stuarthannay3370
    @stuarthannay3370 Před 8 měsíci +1

    I remember loving Soviet Kitsch, and then forgot all about her until this week. She has unblocked my tear ducts fully. What a gem.

  • @allysaespinosa6483
    @allysaespinosa6483 Před 4 lety +13

    I feel emotional every time i hear this song.

  • @gaile_18
    @gaile_18 Před 4 lety +31

    Its amazing how she sings this same as in the record. And how it took you back to the time you played it on repeat in your ipod.

    • @MrNagano00
      @MrNagano00 Před 2 lety +2

      This is so true, I've seen her live... I was so surprised at how clean her voice is, beautiful experience.

  • @XavierGuillaume
    @XavierGuillaume Před 2 měsíci +1

    I love her so much! There is something so pure and joyous in her.

  • @evea4527
    @evea4527 Před 4 lety +40

    If this doesn't find it's way to Spotify I'm suing someone.

    • @giogarcia5413
      @giogarcia5413 Před 2 měsíci

      So is it actually on Spotify? Been contemplating for a long while now if I should just get yt prem

  • @annabelle7123
    @annabelle7123 Před 4 lety +37

    The most beautiful live ever... yes, she deserves an orchestra!!

  • @giada4125
    @giada4125 Před 4 lety +38

    This is Art, there's no other words to describe it.

  • @annonnie
    @annonnie Před 4 lety +16

    The song brings me to tears every time.

    • @iloveblondy
      @iloveblondy Před 2 lety

      same, tears dripping off my chin listening

  • @mikatile
    @mikatile Před 5 lety +24

    One of the best. Sad and beautiful.

  • @4956jerrysun
    @4956jerrysun Před 5 lety +15

    Talking about good music, this is good music.

  • @arian_motta
    @arian_motta Před rokem +2

    2:22 She plays the piano so softly here... it makes me cry for some reason. Amazing performance!

  • @chipsychuotchit
    @chipsychuotchit Před 4 lety +5

    Seem like she's singing with all her heart...

  • @rsteve-lz1lt
    @rsteve-lz1lt Před 4 lety +18

    i love the classic red dress it matches the orchestra

  • @reichjunker
    @reichjunker Před 4 lety +32

    Love you, Reg (and Sara Bareilles).😊

    • @ry-iy6zj
      @ry-iy6zj Před 4 lety +2

      YAS 💖

    • @noemiesandoval1140
      @noemiesandoval1140 Před 4 lety +2

      Omg yeees! Love them both ❤️

    • @TlanImass
      @TlanImass Před 3 lety +1

      Look at the album cover of "Songs". Regina looks like Sara B. there. :D

  • @arregull
    @arregull Před 3 lety +2

    You feel happy, sad, together and broken all at the same time. Amazing how a song can do that.

  • @deeliciousplum
    @deeliciousplum Před 4 lety +14

    It was due to a recent interview of Regina Spektor which pressed upon me towards exploring what Regina has been up to. This performance immediately reminds me of how exceptional and beautiful Regina's compositions and singing voice are. While listening to this performance, I am covered in goosebumps! 🎶💕

  • @user-gc1bo4ry5n
    @user-gc1bo4ry5n Před 4 lety +20

    absolutely magical. i heard this song a loooong time ago and i can't believe she still sounds exactly the same. thank you for blessing us with your music. regina, you are something else 😍

  • @truliewezt
    @truliewezt Před 5 lety +8

    This here gave me goose bumps

  • @leoniekaiser7143
    @leoniekaiser7143 Před 3 lety +2

    We played this song on my dads funeral 10 years ago. Every time I hear it it brings me back to this day

  • @booknerd5738
    @booknerd5738 Před 5 lety +13

    Goosebumps... simply beautiful

  • @veronicaaverina3546
    @veronicaaverina3546 Před 5 lety +5

    So very beautiful

  • @garrettrobinson3826
    @garrettrobinson3826 Před 4 lety +73

    six Philistines disliked this

  • @parakangstupid9959
    @parakangstupid9959 Před 4 lety +6

    I used to listen to this when I was young...now I'm 19 and this song is still a magic. Regina ages like a fine wine; she gets better and better. She is truly amazing. No one can do it like her.

  • @dalexisb
    @dalexisb Před 4 lety +9

    So glad Regi is getting some recognition!! Loved hearing it with the strings

  • @sharonaniciete9826
    @sharonaniciete9826 Před 4 lety +1

    I wish I could watch you before I die. I love you, Reg.

  • @equidregykfr3523
    @equidregykfr3523 Před 3 měsíci

    heroic princess performance

  • @alarc
    @alarc Před 5 lety +7

    AAAAAAAAAAAH I LOVE THIIIIIS

  • @diaargh
    @diaargh Před 5 lety +13

    Please keep posting her performance :""") I love all of them and I know I'll love the rest 😭

  • @C.J.J.R
    @C.J.J.R Před 3 lety +4

    01:46-01:52 mins.
    02:17-02:29 mins.
    Gives me a goosebumps and chill at the same time.
    It enlightens me. It makes my eyes close for a while and me feel the "now" moment. Alone but not loved. I feel I am around that place for that few seconds; I feel alive without thinking anything.
    This version gives me another feeling for the song.
    Love you, Regina. From a fan of yours. :)

  • @missdeeeee
    @missdeeeee Před 4 měsíci

    So moving and emotional...🥺🩷

  • @Rob_MC99
    @Rob_MC99 Před 5 lety +6

    Regina, you're amazing...

  • @hubich3416
    @hubich3416 Před 4 lety +2

    I love her for loving her own song as much as I love her song.

  • @t.beckah3798
    @t.beckah3798 Před 4 lety +5

    This song is the one through which i came to know about Regina and her other songs... But this one has a special spot in my heart ♥️

  • @porgyt7177
    @porgyt7177 Před 5 lety +5

    Lovely!

  • @ahmetozer7298
    @ahmetozer7298 Před 5 lety +6

    Amazing...

  • @joses8395
    @joses8395 Před 5 lety +5

    Damn! So lovely!

  • @firstrunnerup1675
    @firstrunnerup1675 Před 3 lety +2

    the song that made me reminisce my innocence, no much phone, no media gigs, just plain simple life, going to school meeting with friends, sharing cool screts about monsters lurking in the quarters, magnificent old trees outside our classroom windows billowing thru air, so much good times, so pure, and so fragile, but times had changed, no more pureness, but lessons, that we can't bring back the past anymore......|
    sorry my inner author is awakened again hahha

  • @claudiaorense8908
    @claudiaorense8908 Před 4 lety +3

    Why am i crying!? 😢😢

  • @mgjacome
    @mgjacome Před 4 lety +1

    Four years, four years and it still hurts, sometimes the pain is silent and I evade the memory, but it always comes back, today is one of those days where I can't avoid the memory, and I let my eyes free, that my soul releases the guilt .

  • @ProfessorChomsky
    @ProfessorChomsky Před 2 lety

    "He kissed me til the morning light, the morning light, kissed me til the morning light....". Wonderful x

  • @ErwinDiazDoomsdayParty

    Fan here. ❤

  • @lurategh
    @lurategh Před 4 lety +6

    I've always loved the orchestration for this track. I like listening to the album version with headphones on so that the rich sound is right up on my ears.

  • @ProjectMoses
    @ProjectMoses Před 5 lety +232

    Who's the fools that disliked this? Fight me now!

    • @mnt87
      @mnt87 Před 5 lety +13

      Got your back buddy! Let's bring 'em

    • @retsub3
      @retsub3 Před 4 lety +5

      In position with nerf bat, we gotchu

    • @proovemewrong
      @proovemewrong Před 4 lety +2

      I second you, guys!

    • @spicyainsley9635
      @spicyainsley9635 Před 3 lety

      probably imbeciles who jams to mumble rap

    • @paralelepip9
      @paralelepip9 Před 3 lety

      "Come at me, haters!!!"

  • @sharonshahar9388
    @sharonshahar9388 Před 6 měsíci

    This so beautiful. Her voice is like velvet.

  • @stupidlyhopeful
    @stupidlyhopeful Před 4 lety +2

    I had no idea that I was holding my breath the entire time until the end. Wow. 😩❤️

  • @TheIndividual.
    @TheIndividual. Před 2 lety

    I searched for this. No ads. Finally. Regina is super talented.

  • @drewbola
    @drewbola Před rokem

    Seeing how much joy Regina has singing here, makes me smile. She has earned this.

  • @sambrightbart489
    @sambrightbart489 Před 4 měsíci

    Regina is ridiculously good live. It's hard to believe. I think she might be one of the greats.

  • @jacquelinecarlos4115
    @jacquelinecarlos4115 Před 4 lety +2

    You're a masterpiece Ma'am Regina. Pinas loves you so much. ❤

  • @amaikarai5007
    @amaikarai5007 Před 4 lety +2

    God, I love Regina. Her voice is so pretty!

  • @2011whack
    @2011whack Před 8 měsíci

    What an amazing song...Regina looks truly happy playing there

  • @adiohead
    @adiohead Před 2 lety

    This song brings back all the loves lost.

  • @hannahjoycheng
    @hannahjoycheng Před 4 lety +2

    Her voice is like silk. This song brings the Bible story to life, my favorite!! So bittersweet and sad but powerfully beautiful

    • @randmiller88
      @randmiller88 Před rokem

      Yeah, I remember when Jesus multiplied the five loaves of Wonderbread

  • @Alhimik999
    @Alhimik999 Před 4 měsíci

    Sound is great, amazing

  • @retsub3
    @retsub3 Před 4 lety +1

    Dear God this creature shakes the feels all the way loose and crumbles my core. Every. Damn. Time.

  • @mashakubrak2651
    @mashakubrak2651 Před 4 lety +2

    She sounds so magical!

  • @WillieWagglestick
    @WillieWagglestick Před 4 lety +1

    What a lovely, perfect performance. Adorable.

  • @andruwxx
    @andruwxx Před 4 lety +1

    Perfection in every way.

  • @mgjacome
    @mgjacome Před 4 lety +2

    Masterpiece

  • @bazingacurta2567
    @bazingacurta2567 Před 11 měsíci

    This song is so freaking good.

  • @jouiereyes1785
    @jouiereyes1785 Před 3 lety +2

    Just heard this song when I was 4 yrs of age, and Spotify just led me back to this song 🥺 now I fully understand it now

    • @baysismful
      @baysismful Před 3 lety

      Same!! I only understood it almost 10+ years later

  • @elineves76
    @elineves76 Před 5 lety +2

    So so good

  • @breebts
    @breebts Před 4 lety +1

    OMG. I love this song 4ever! 😭😭

  • @RodrigoZavala
    @RodrigoZavala Před 4 lety +3

    Goosebumps! Simply amazing.

  • @matteopucci
    @matteopucci Před 5 lety +3

    What a performance!!! Awesome!!!

  • @aeternum.maledictus
    @aeternum.maledictus Před 2 lety

    The song
    The words
    Her voice....I felt this in my soul....

  • @MrDrewseph
    @MrDrewseph Před 8 měsíci

    This sounds so good

  • @TheHermit72
    @TheHermit72 Před 4 lety +1

    She is so magical!

  • @Redirocks
    @Redirocks Před 4 lety +1

    STUNNING!

  • @iloveblondy
    @iloveblondy Před 2 lety

    magic doesnt show itself to often. pure magic. if you're moved by the music you're witnessing the magic. so much talent all coming together.

  • @gellichan09
    @gellichan09 Před 4 lety +2

    Way back in my childhood, when I just started really listening to music, this was one of the songs I could honestly connect to and really loved. 💖

    • @AnaTonksCarver
      @AnaTonksCarver Před 4 lety

      gellichan09 me too ❤️ I always felt disconnected from music like I never felt a personal connection to it before her

  • @ayvidyan
    @ayvidyan Před 4 lety

    I love her voice so much! 💗💗

  • @precilyaun2252
    @precilyaun2252 Před 3 lety

    this is amazing♥️ she is sooo talented!!!

  • @tearwordmelody
    @tearwordmelody Před 4 lety +2

    Magical and sublime as always. ❤

  • @whoistlovesburbrryshouldst186

    WOW! Just WOW!

  • @jimwaters1562
    @jimwaters1562 Před 4 lety

    Absolutely fantastic.

  • @FRIMES
    @FRIMES Před 4 lety

    Pure art!

  • @funkyou_01
    @funkyou_01 Před 3 lety

    Thank You internet revolution, for bringing me here , this singer deserve much more , she is pure talent carved out towards perfection ,no words can prove the artistic capabilities , congrats every who participated in this event all musician

  • @xbq8034
    @xbq8034 Před 4 lety

    Top notch live performance!

  • @emz10000
    @emz10000 Před 4 lety

    Wow this song gives me/takes me back to so many feelings for so many reasons... and it’s that much more this beautifully done! 😥

  • @Stoughton48
    @Stoughton48 Před 4 lety

    Speechless

  • @siszt18
    @siszt18 Před 3 lety

    One of the best songs ever heard. 💕

  • @bastilleisgod3168
    @bastilleisgod3168 Před 4 lety

    REGINA SPECKTOOOOR OH WOOOOWWW!! THIS SONG BRINGS BACK SO MUCH MEMORIES FOR MEE THANK YOU CZcams RECOMMENDATIONS

  • @jerickcarlosmangalus6856
    @jerickcarlosmangalus6856 Před 4 lety +1

    Wow familiar and soothing .magical feel

  • @braddywarbucks
    @braddywarbucks Před 2 lety

    I'm a total sap. Sitting her crying because I can feel how happy she is that it sounds so great.

  • @blamemabel
    @blamemabel Před 2 lety

    This performance is giving me goosebumps. Regina is absolutely one in a million! The orchestra is also great!

  • @jeroennishikigoi1164
    @jeroennishikigoi1164 Před 2 lety

    She is amazing! Voice like an angel!!

  • @gdub999tub.
    @gdub999tub. Před 2 lety

    This is pure beautry.

  • @eduardobittencourt9067

    Flawless performance! Regina almost reached the level of perfection in terms of interpretation on this day. She is really a musical diamond. She will never be obsolete.