Raugust 1 Report post Posted December 27, 2006 I was wondering if y'all would be interested in rating, on a simple 1-5 scale, how much you like or dislike various Regina songs. You can do as many or as few as you want, but I think it'd be really interesting to see where people's opinions tend to diverge and converge, plus it'd give us our first comprehensive idea of which songs are the "community favorites". The scale is: 5 - Favorite. "It's one of my favorites ever!" 4 - Great. "I love it!" 3 - Good. "I like it a lot." 2 - Fair. "It's pretty good." 1 - Mediocre. "Eh, I don't especially care for it." 0 - Poor. "I hate it." I made this poll because I wanted to get a more thorough and nuanced understanding of Regina fans' relative opinions on Regina's songs. I've found that most Regina fans have trouble choosing just one "favorite"--myself included. A system like this would allow for more flexibility than most "favorite" polls, allowing people to choose how they distribute various songs--for example, one person might have just one song rated "5", while another might have 30 songs rated "5". We've had lots of polls on people's favorite Regina songs, but I've never seen a poll for people's least favorite ones. This will simultaneously fulfill both roles: it will tell us what songs tend to average at "1", at "3", at "5", etc. It will tell us if most people agree on a certain song's rating (be it low or high), or whether a certain song is a "love it or hate it" one that sharply splits people's opinions. It will tell us what songs people tend to like in groups (e.g., "if you like Apres Moi, you'll probably like Pound of Flesh", or the like), giving us a good method to recommend certain songs to new listeners who have only heard a few Regina songs and just need one more "push" to become fans. And, if people want to give a little personal info about themselves, we will also be able to identify what songs different groups of fans tend to like: whether teenaged fans or middle-aged ones gravitate towards certain songs, whether there's a male/female divide, whether newer fans tend to like certain songs more or less than older ones, etc. You can give as much or as little personal info as you wish to; I may remove this option if people aren't interested in the extra work, or encourage everyone to do it if people agree that it would be very interesting: - What's your date of birth? - When did you become a Regina fan? - What are your favorite musicians and/or music genres and/or albums? - What's your gender and/or sexual orientation? - Where do you live and/or where are you from? - On a scale of 1 to 10, how obsessed/in love with Regina's music are you? - Anything else of note you'd like to say about yourself, such as interests and hobbies, religion and politics, ... To help people remember which songs they can choose from, here is a list of all the Regina songs known to have available recordings. You can rate as many or as few of them as you wish. If you want, you can also give different ratings to different versions of certain songs--for example, you can opt to give distinct ratings for the Begin to Hope "Samson" vs. the Songs "Samson", or for a live version of a song vs. a studio-recorded one. It's up to you. 2.99 Cent Blues 20 Years of Snow 8th Floor A Cannon A Cooler Version A Lesson in How Fleeting Preservation Is AB Aching to Pupate Ain't No Cover All is Love All the Rowboats Another Town Après Moi Aquarius Ave Maria Baby Jesus Back of a Truck Baobabs Bartender Begin to Hope Belt Better Blue Lips Bobbing for Apples Bon Idée Braille Buildings BYOS Carbon Monoxide Chelsea Hotel #2 Chemo Limo Consequence of Sounds Dance Anthem of the 80s Daniel Cowman December Dog and Pony Dulce et Decorum est Pro Patria Mori Düsseldorf Dust to Dust Edit Fidelity Field Below Flyin' Folding Chair Genius Next Door Ghost of Corporate Future Halikha LeKesariya Hallelujah Happy Hooker Hero Hotel Song Human of the Year I Cut Off My Hair I Want to Sing In the Studio Just Like the Movies Kids Lacrimosa Lady Little Boxes Long Brown Hair Lounge Loveology Love Affair Love Profusion Love, You're a Whore Lucky Penny Lulliby Making Records Mary Ann Mermaid Mockingbird Modern Girls & Old Fashion Men Music Box My Man Ne Me Quitte Pas Ode to Divorce Oedipus On The Radio One-String Blues Open Opposite Ends Paris Patron Saint Pavlov's Daughter Poor Little Rich Boy Pound of Flesh Prisoners Raindrops Reading Time with Pickle Reginasaurus Rejazz Rockland County Sailor Song Samson Scarecrow & Fungus Secret Stash Silly Eye Color Generalizations Small Town Moon Soho Somedays Summer in the City Sunshine That Time The Bronx The Clocks Were Asleep The Devil Come to Bethlehem The Flowers The Mustard Musketeers The Noise The Soup The Virgin Queen The Wallet Time is All Around Uh-Merica Uncle Bobby Us You Your Honor Wasteside If you don't have some of these songs and want to listen to them, you can find them at sites like http://www.reginaspektor.net and http://brottishluv.multiply.com/music/item/1. 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Raugust 1 Report post Posted December 27, 2006 I was wondering if y'all would be interested in rating, on a simple 1-5 scale, how much you like or dislike various Regina songs. You can do as many or as few as you want, but I think it'd be really interesting to see where people's opinions tend to diverge and converge, plus it'd give us our first comprehensive idea of which songs are the "community favorites". The scale is: 5 - Favorite. "It's one of my favorites ever!" 4 - Great. "I love it!" 3 - Good. "I like it a lot." 2 - Fair. "It's pretty good." 1 - Mediocre. "Eh, I don't especially care for it." 0 - Poor. "I hate it." I made this poll because I wanted to get a more thorough and nuanced understanding of Regina fans' relative opinions on Regina's songs. I've found that most Regina fans have trouble choosing just one "favorite"--myself included. A system like this would allow for more flexibility than most "favorite" polls, allowing people to choose how they distribute various songs--for example, one person might have just one song rated "5", while another might have 30 songs rated "5". We've had lots of polls on people's favorite Regina songs, but I've never seen a poll for people's least favorite ones. This will simultaneously fulfill both roles: it will tell us what songs tend to average at "1", at "3", at "5", etc. It will tell us if most people agree on a certain song's rating (be it low or high), or whether a certain song is a "love it or hate it" one that sharply splits people's opinions. It will tell us what songs people tend to like in groups (e.g., "if you like Apres Moi, you'll probably like Pound of Flesh", or the like), giving us a good method to recommend certain songs to new listeners who have only heard a few Regina songs and just need one more "push" to become fans. And, if people want to give a little personal info about themselves, we will also be able to identify what songs different groups of fans tend to like: whether teenaged fans or middle-aged ones gravitate towards certain songs, whether there's a male/female divide, whether newer fans tend to like certain songs more or less than older ones, etc. You can give as much or as little personal info as you wish to; I may remove this option if people aren't interested in the extra work, or encourage everyone to do it if people agree that it would be very interesting: - What's your date of birth? - When did you become a Regina fan? - What are your favorite musicians and/or music genres and/or albums? - What's your gender and/or sexual orientation? - Where do you live and/or where are you from? - On a scale of 1 to 10, how obsessed/in love with Regina's music are you? - Anything else of note you'd like to say about yourself, such as interests and hobbies, religion and politics, ... To help people remember which songs they can choose from, here is a list of all the Regina songs known to have available recordings. You can rate as many or as few of them as you wish. If you want, you can also give different ratings to different versions of certain songs--for example, you can opt to give distinct ratings for the Begin to Hope "Samson" vs. the Songs "Samson", or for a live version of a song vs. a studio-recorded one. It's up to you. 2.99 Cent Blues 20 Years of Snow 8th Floor A Cannon A Cooler Version A Lesson in How Fleeting Preservation Is AB Aching to Pupate Ain't No Cover All is Love All the Rowboats Another Town Après Moi Aquarius Ave Maria Baby Jesus Back of a Truck Baobabs Bartender Begin to Hope Belt Better Blue Lips Bobbing for Apples Bon Idée Braille Buildings BYOS Carbon Monoxide Chelsea Hotel #2 Chemo Limo Consequence of Sounds Dance Anthem of the 80s Daniel Cowman December Dog and Pony Dulce et Decorum est Pro Patria Mori Düsseldorf Dust to Dust Edit Fidelity Field Below Flyin' Folding Chair Genius Next Door Ghost of Corporate Future Halikha LeKesariya Hallelujah Happy Hooker Hero Hotel Song Human of the Year I Cut Off My Hair I Want to Sing In the Studio Just Like the Movies Kids Lacrimosa Lady Little Boxes Long Brown Hair Lounge Loveology Love Affair Love Profusion Love, You're a Whore Lucky Penny Lulliby Making Records Mary Ann Mermaid Mockingbird Modern Girls & Old Fashion Men Music Box My Man Ne Me Quitte Pas Ode to Divorce Oedipus On The Radio One-String Blues Open Opposite Ends Paris Patron Saint Pavlov's Daughter Poor Little Rich Boy Pound of Flesh Prisoners Raindrops Reading Time with Pickle Reginasaurus Rejazz Rockland County Sailor Song Samson Scarecrow & Fungus Secret Stash Silly Eye Color Generalizations Small Town Moon Soho Somedays Summer in the City Sunshine That Time The Bronx The Clocks Were Asleep The Devil Come to Bethlehem The Flowers The Mustard Musketeers The Noise The Soup The Virgin Queen The Wallet Time is All Around Uh-Merica Uncle Bobby Us You Your Honor Wasteside If you don't have some of these songs and want to listen to them, you can find them at sites like http://www.reginaspektor.net and http://brottishluv.multiply.com/music/item/1. 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TheLastLizard 0 Report post Posted December 27, 2006 1985 April 2005 The most commonly known artists that come to mind at the moment are Joanna Newsom, The Beatles, Carlos Gardel, RHCP, Nina Simone, Bob Marley, Blind Melon, Daniel Johnston, Tom Waits, Janis Joplin, Gogol Bordello, The Stooges, Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, et cetera. Male/Straight Midway, California 10 5 - Favorite[/b]. "It's one of my favorites ever!" Another Town Après Moi Aquarius Blue Lips Braille BYOS Carbon Monoxide Chemo Limo Consequence of Sounds Daniel Cowman Dulce et Decorum est Pro Patria Mori Field Below Genius Next Door Ghost of Corporate Future Hero Hotel Song Human of the Year Just Like the Movies Long Brown Hair Ode to Divorce Oedipus Open Patron Saint Pavlov's Daughter Reading Time with Pickle Sailor Song Samson The Devil Come to Bethlehem The Flowers Uh-Merica Uncle Bobby Us 4 - Great. "I love it!" 20 Years of Snow A Cannon A Cooler Version A Lesson in How Fleeting Preservation Is AB Aching to Pupate Ain't No Cover Baby Jesus Back of a Truck Baobabs Begin to Hope Belt Better Bobbing for Apples Bon Idée Dance Anthem of the 80s December Dog and Pony Düsseldorf Dust to Dust Folding Chair Hallelujah Happy Hooker I Want to Sing Lacrimosa Loveology Love Affair Lucky Penny Music Box My Man Ne Me Quitte Pas Paris Poor Little Rich Boy Pound of Flesh Prisoners Raindrops Reginasaurus Rockland County Scarecrow & Fungus Secret Stash She Cut Off Her Hair Silly Eye Color Generalizations Summer in the City The Soup You Your Honor 3 - Good. "I like it a lot." 2.99 Cent Blues 8th Floor All the Rowboats Ave Maria Bartender Buildings Chelsea Hotel #2 Edit Fidelity Flyin' Halikha LeKesariya In the Studio Lady Little Boxes Lounge Love Profusion Love, You're a Whore Lulliby Making Records Mary Ann Mermaids Mockingbird On The Radio One-String Blues Rejazz Soho Somedays Sunshine That Time The Bronx The Clocks Were Asleep The Mustard Musketeers The Noise The Virgin Queen The Wallet Time is All Around Wasteside 2 - Fair. "It's pretty good." All is Love Kids Modern Girls & Old Fashion Men Opposite Ends Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Raugust 1 Report post Posted December 27, 2006 NOTE: I forgot to add "Small Town Moon" to the above list, and I made some typos: "Mermaid" was mislabeled as "Mermaids", and "I Cut Off My Hair" (a.k.a. "Definition of a Crazy Person") was mislabeled as "She Cut Off Her Hair". Corrections made. DOB: Dec. 29, 1986 Fan since: June 2006 Favorite musicians: The Beatles, Yuki Kajiura, Regina Spektor, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Queen, Cake, Yoko Kanno, Nina Simone, Billy Joel, Janis Joplin, Jeff Buckley, etc. Favorite genres: Alternative rock, indie rock, classic rock, show tunes, operatic pop, j-pop; dabble in folk, jazz, gospel, etc. Gender: Male (Straight) Location: Indiana, United States; from Virginia, United States Reginameter: 7 5: Aprés Moi, Baby Jesus, Braille, Daniel Cowman, Dog and Pony, Folding Chair, Making Records, On The Radio 4: Aching to Pupate, Belt, Better, Blue Lips, Bon Ideé, Chemo Limo, Consequence of Sounds, Fidelity, Halikha LeKesariya, Human of the Year, Love Affair, Loveology, Music Box, Ode to Divorce, Pavlov's Daughter, Pound of Flesh, Raindrops, Reginasaurus 3: A Lesson in How Fleeting Preservation Is, Ain't No Cover, All the Rowboats, Ave Maria, Begin to Hope, Bobbing for Apples, Buildings, Ghost of Corporate Future, Hallelujah, Hotel Song, In the Studio, Just Like the Movies, Lacrimosa, Love Profusion, Lucky Penny, Mockingbird, Ne Me Quitte Pas, Opposite Ends, Patron Saint, Poor Little Rich Boy, Rejazz, Samson, Silly Eye Color Generalizations, Small Town Moon, Somedays, That Time, Time is All Around, Your Honor 2: 8th Floor, A Cannon, A Cooler Version, Another Town, Back of a Truck, BYOS, Carbon Monoxide, Dance Anthem of the 80s, Dulce et Decorum est Pro Patria Mori, Dust to Dust, Flyin', Happy Hooker, Hero, I Cut Off My Hair, Lady, Long Brown Hair, Lounge, Love You're a Whore, Mary Ann, Mermaid, My Man, Open, Reading Time with Pickle, Sailor Song, Secret Stash, Summer in the City, The Devil Come to Bethlehem, The Flowers, The Noise, Uncle Bobby, Us, You 1: 2.99 Cent Blues, 20 Years of Snow, AB, All is Love, Aquarius, Baobabs, Bartender, Chelsea Hotel No.2, December, Düsseldorf, Edit, Field Below, Genius Next Door, I Want to Sing, Kids, Little Boxes, Lulliby, Modern Girls & Old Fashion Men, Oedipus, One-String Blues, Paris, Prisoners, Rockland County, Scarecrow & Fungus, Soho, Sunshine, The Bronx, The Clocks Were Asleep, The Mustard Musketeers, The Soup, The Virgin Queen, The Wallet, Uh-Merica, Wasteside Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
earbrain 0 Report post Posted December 29, 2006 DOB: Dec. 31, 1951 Fan since: Nov. 2006 Male, straight Los Angeles I listen to Arvo Part, Blind Willie Johnson, Slapp Happy, Morricone, Martin Denny, The Fugs, Bach, Gesualdo, Carla Bley, Moondog, Prokofiev, oh-this is ridiculous Regina-meter: 10, of course A short list would be: 5- (the songs that are either crafted well or guilty pop pleasures) 20 Years of Snow (is it about Bjork?) Loveology (stunning - a tender dissection) Just Like the Movies (Satie meets Klezmer) Us (a teaming city-on-a-hill of a song) Better ("you're getting sadder, and I don't understand") Daniel Cowman ("the premature ejaculation of the death sentence") Ghost of Corporate Future (I like the rising modulation) Scarecrow and Fungus (feels like a beat poem) Somedays (the saddest song I've heard in ages) Bon Idee ("...and you will miss them oh so bad") December (what a bizarre melody!) 4 - (almost as listened to as the 5s) Après Moi A Canon Baby Jesus Consequence Of Sounds Düsseldorf Edit Fidelity The Flowers Sunshine Samson Reading Time With Pickle 3 - Still love 'em, though Bartender Braille Buildings Carbon Monoxide Hero of the Story Hotel Song Lacrimosa Love Affair Oedipus Music Box Ode to Divorce On the Radio Lounge Lullibye Your Honour 4 - Still better than most stuff from other people 2.99 Cent Blues Aching to Pupate Ave Maria BYOS Chemo Limo Field Below I Want to Sing Lady Mary Ann Paris Pavlov's Daughter Poor Little Rich Boy That Time Folding Chair 5 - I like her musical vision, no matter what song is manifesting it, but these I listen to the least The Soup Rejazz Summer in the City Hooker Prisoners Genius Flyin' Baobabs Aquarius Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Court_tasitic 0 Report post Posted January 1, 2007 June 86 Nove. 06 Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, and basically any old jazz. I also really like Corinne Bailey Rae, Jason Mraz, Ani diFranco, Joni Mitchell, and folk music in general. Female/ heterosexual I grew up in OK but I currently live in MN 10 I'm a vocalist. I sing jazz primarily. 5- I can't ever get enough of. Ain't No Cover All the Rowboats Après Moi Baby Jesus Back of a Truck Baobabs Bartender Blue Lips Carbon Monoxide Chemo Limo Daniel Cowman I Want to Sing Lady Oedipus Somedays Summer in the City The Noise Us 4- I love but have been known to skip it to hear another song Aching to Pupate Consequence of Sounds Dance Anthem of the 80s (I actually really like this song I just don't know it very well yet so I'm tentative to give it an all out 5) Edit Fidelity Ghost of Corporate Future Halikha LeKesariya (gorgeous! but... not something you just listen to) Hallelujah (an amazing cover! oh my word... beautiful) Hotel Song Just Like the Movies Lacrimosa Long Brown Hair Lounge Love Affair My Man Ne Me Quitte Pas On The Radio Poor Little Rich Boy Pound of Flesh Prisoners Samson That Time The Wallet Uh-Merica Your Honor 3- Dual meaning. Either I know it well but it's not a favorite or I don't know it well but it grabbed me and has potential to move up in life. Bon Idée Braille Buildings Chelsea Hotel #2 Field Below Flyin' Folding Chair Genius Next Door Hero Human of the Year Lucky Penny Music Box Ode to Divorce Pavlov's Daughter 2- I like it but not something that I ever get in the mood to listen to. Reading Time with Pickle Reginasaurus Rejazz Wasteside 1- Will probably only listen to a little bit before I get enough and want to hear something else 20 Years of Snow Better One-String Blues Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eshbach 3 Report post Posted January 1, 2007 8/6/86 Late 2004 Other favorites are The Bad Plus, Gov't Mule, John Coltrane, Mindi Abair, and Return to Forever Male/Straight San Luis Obispo, CA for college. Home near Philly. 10 violin since age 9, guitar since age 12. 5 A Lesson in How Fleeting Preservation Is All the Rowboats Après Moi Bartender Blue Lips Dance Anthem of the 80s Daniel Cowman Folding Chair Hero Music Box Ne Me Quitte Pas Love Affair Reginasaurus Rejazz Silly Eye Color Generalizations The Flowers Time is All Around Us 4 20 Years of Snow 8th Floor A Cannon Ain't No Cover Another Town Baby Jesus Back of a Truck Baobabs Begin to Hope Bobbing for Apples Braille Buildings Carbon Monoxide Chemo Limo Consequence of Sounds Düsseldorf Genius Next Door Ghost of Corporate Future Happy Hooker Hotel Song Lacrimosa Pavlov's Daughter Poor Little Rich Boy Pound of Flesh Prisoners Somedays Summer in the City Sunshine That Time Uh-Merica Wasteside 3 Aching to Pupate Bon Idée Dulce et Decorum est Pro Patria Mori Edit Fidelity Field Below I Want to Sing Lulliby Making Records Mary Ann Ode to Divorce Oedipus On The Radio One-String Blues Open Lounge Loveology Reading Time with Pickle Sailor Song Samson You Your Honor 2 2.99 Cent Blues A Cooler Version AB Aquarius Belt Flyin' Human of the Year I Cut Off My Hair Lady The Bronx The Wallet 1 Better Modern Girls & Old Fashion Men Uncle Bobby I haven't listened to these enough, there isn't a good enough recording to judge, or I don't know where to put them for some other reason All is Love Ave Maria BYOS Chelsea Hotel #2 December Dog and Pony Dust to Dust Halikha LeKesariya Hallelujah In the Studio Just Like the Movies Kids Little Boxes Long Brown Hair Love Profusion Love, You're a Whore Lucky Penny Mermaid Mockingbird My Man Opposite Ends Paris Patron Saint Raindrops Rockland County Scarecrow & Fungus Secret Stash Small Town Moon Soho The Clocks Were Asleep The Devil Come to Bethlehem The Mustard Musketeers The Noise The Soup The Virgin Queen Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stepped On A Syringe 16 Report post Posted January 2, 2007 "20 Years of Snow (is it about Bjork?)" Hahaha! i love you! Bjork is my favorite!!!!! (and regina of course) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
staring_sleepwalker 0 Report post Posted January 2, 2007 I'm a sociology major in college, so all of these group consciousness type things really intrigue me. Anyways, my demographics are: Birthday - 3/20/1987 When I became a Regina fan - end of 2005 Other favorite musicians - Tori Amos, Bjork, Ani DiFranco, Sigur Ros, Bright Eyes, Andrew Bird, Cat Power, Beck, Natalie Merchant Gender - Male Sexual Orientation - gay Hometown - Douglas, Wyoming, USA Where I live now - Vermillion, South Dakota, USA Scale of 1 to 10 obsession - 8 Political views - socialist Religious views - a combination of pagan, christian, and hindu 5: 2.99 Cent Blues 20 Years of Snow Baby Jesus Better Braille Buildings Carbon Monoxide Chemo Limo Consequence of Sounds Dance Anthem of the 80s Flyin' Ghost of Corporate Future Ne Me Quitte Pas Ode to Divorce On the Radio Pavlov's Daughter Poor Little Rich Boy Sailor Song Samson Scarecrow & Fungus That Time Uh-Merica Us 4: Ain't No Cover Another Town Apres Moi Back of a Truck Bobbing for Apples BYOS Daniel Cowman Dusseldorf Fidelity Hotel Song Loveology Oedipus Pound of Flesh Prisoners Reading Time With Pickle Reginasaurus Your Honor 3: Aching to Pupate Aquarius Ave Maria Bartender Bon Idee Field Below Folding Chair Lounge Love Affair Music Box Rejazzs Secret Stash Somedays Summer in the City Sunshine The Flowers The Noise Time is All Around 2: A Cannon A Lesson in how Fleeting Preservation Is Baobabs Happy Hooker Lacrimosa Lady Lulliby Mary Ann Patron Saint Wasteside 1: Edit I Want to Sing Long Brown Hair Modern Girls & Old Fashion Men My Man Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eliana 0 Report post Posted January 3, 2007 date of birth: december 29, 1989 fan since: just august 2006 (: favorite musicians other than regina: fiona apple, nellie mckay, neutral milk hotel, those are my favorites but i really like a little bit of everything female/straight regina obsession level: 9 religion: born jewish, agnostic de facto politics: very liberal playing piano since age 9 5 loveology patron saint i cut off my hair a canon byos december scarecrow and fungus ave maria open up your heart folding chair the flowers prisoners lacrimosa consequence of sounds pound of flesh apres moi dusseldorf music box uh-merica pavlov's daughter bobbing for apples a lesson in how fleeting preservation is oedipus hero bartender poor little rich boy chemo limo 4 sunshine 2.99 cent blues buildings mary ann back of a truck rejazz samson (both versions) baobabs summer in the city that time 20 years of snow on the radio reading time with pickle aching to pupate daniel cowman bon idee lounge ne me quitee pas ode to divorce us your honor somedays just like the movies raindrops the soup happy hooker soho 8th floor belt making records baby jesus you 3 love affair sailor song braille wasteside flyin lulliby ghost of corporate future mockingbird paris 2 i want to sing most songs are not rated.. i was either undecided or lazy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
