Regina Spektor - Reading Time with Pickle (Songs)

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  • Regina's "Reading Time with Pickle" from her Songs album.
    --
    Walking home from work
    Stop at the supermarket
    The condiment aisle
    A jar of pickles catches the eye
    Made eye contact with a solitary pickle-ah!
    Bought the jar, took it home
    Then made it up the stairs
    And made it through the doorway
    And waded through the floor
    Tried to head in the general direction of the bathroom
    The truest room
    In the whole damn
    House
    Sayin' love
    Is the answer
    To a question that I
    have forgotten
    And I know I've been asked
    So the answer has got to be
    Love
    Yeah
    So feeding time with TV
    Then sleeping time, not sleepy
    So reading time with pickle
    But where the bedside lamp had been
    Is now emanating soft, soft green
    Has it always been this way?
    Is it possible that all this magic went unnoticed?
    Maybe now things'll start to change
    And life will turn a better page
    No more rage
    Sayin' love
    Is the answer
    To a question that I
    Have forgotten
    But I know I've been asked
    And the answer's got to be love
    La-love, la-la-la, la-la-love
    Tomorrow, back to work again
    But run to the supermarket
    Running hopeful through the aisles
    Haven't been this happy in a long time
    But not a single jar was smiling
    After all
    Man, pickle jars are just
    Pickle jars
    And pickles are just pickles
    Ingredients:
    Water, salt, cucumbers
    Garlic and pickling spices
    But love
    Is the answer to a question that I
    Have forgotten
    And I know I've been asked
    And the answer's got to be
    Lo... love
    Is the answer to a question that I
    Have forgotten
    And I know I've been asked
    And the answer's got to be
    Love
    And the answer's got to be love
    And the answer's got to be love
    And the answer's got to be love

ความคิดเห็น • 123

  • @jezzz111
    @jezzz111 16 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    "Has it always been this way?
    Is it possible all this magic went unnoticed?"
    I love that lyric. It's like talking about finding poetry in simple things like pickles.

    • @yassinebarhoumi6973
      @yassinebarhoumi6973 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      still after 11 years !!

    • @oliviagarden9460
      @oliviagarden9460 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      It’s about masturbation lol

    • @moiff_
      @moiff_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@oliviagarden9460 what the heck, no

    • @tortis6342
      @tortis6342 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      thats because pickles are frikin awesome.

    • @zen-sinniqzonps4623
      @zen-sinniqzonps4623 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It never says that

  • @ashleighironside8276
    @ashleighironside8276 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    “Love is the answer, to a question that I have forgotten, but I know I’ve been asked. And the answer’s got to be love.”
    So many good lines in this song.

  • @sabrina12333
    @sabrina12333 9 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    this is one of my favorite songs by her and i'm not even sure why myself. it's just so - perfect.

  • @justforthesparks
    @justforthesparks 14 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    @tonias82 My personal interpretation is that her life is hard (as is everyones) and in this one bedtime snack she finds happyness and serinity for just a little while. Because of this she thinks that she has discovered how to be forever happy, but the next day she realizes that no one thing can make you happy. You just have to accept that life has ups and downs, and that everything is just what it is, the meaning it has to you is really something you made up.

  • @Edandush
    @Edandush 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    This is so beautiful, and I don't even know why. One of Regina's best (and underrated) songs.

  • @martalobos7822
    @martalobos7822 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    "Among my friends love is an answer to a question that has not been asked.
    Then ask it". Robert Duncan

  • @lolzlmaorofllol
    @lolzlmaorofllol 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    What a glorious song

  • @patricialovell7753
    @patricialovell7753 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    i love listening to this song as loud as i can while eating an entire jar of pickles which is exactly what im doing rn ^_^

  • @brianaallbright3525
    @brianaallbright3525 7 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    My cat's name is Pickle so I got really excited when I discovered this song

    • @tortis6342
      @tortis6342 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      aw. thats so cute

    • @sean9794
      @sean9794 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I love this! I hope Pickle is doing well. :)

    • @brianaallbright3525
      @brianaallbright3525 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@sean9794 He’s doing great! Almost 10 years old now and still the bestest boy ☺️💕

    • @sean9794
      @sean9794 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      THAT MAKES ME SO HAPPY!!! 🥰

  • @WNF
    @WNF 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This song is the reason I asked for this album for Christmas (and got it).

  • @BreannaHello
    @BreannaHello 13 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I think of this song every time I get out of work, lol thanks Regina :D

  • @Nalanisan
    @Nalanisan 12 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This song hits a place of my human soul that I know I have and live but don't get to feel it often enough..Regina is a true beautiful artist and I am so happy to hear her music I bet George Harrison would loooove her stuff so would John

  • @campmerricat
    @campmerricat 10 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    man pickle jars are just pickle jars and pickles are just pickles.
    ingredients: water, salt, cucumbers, garlic, and pickling spices

  • @vinisuxxx
    @vinisuxxx 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I do agree! pickle is just an excuse to tell how we fall in love... We are doing ordinary and suddenly "A jar of pickles catches the eye / Made eye contact with a solitary pickle".. I feel like 'love is the answer', but is also an awkward feeling. It's so hard to say what love is, but she captures and sings in a way that makes you understand and share the feeling... That's why I love her songs, she's so talented...

  • @nylam4035
    @nylam4035 9 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    This song makes me hungry...

    • @fr0gg1t
      @fr0gg1t 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol

  • @KaitieStarr
    @KaitieStarr 14 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I think this song is about her being insane and falling in love with the pickle [jar]. if you read the lyrics, you can see that the pickle jar catches her eye, so she takes them home and falls in love with them.
    the next day, she is excited to see the pickle jars again, (i hadn't been this happy in a long time) but she realizes that she cannot love the pickle jars (they aren't smiling back). and pickle jars are just pickle jars, and pickles are just pickles.
    but love is the answer!

  • @justinberg9903
    @justinberg9903 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Starting to get Little Prince vibes from this song

  • @MiniDrules
    @MiniDrules 15 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I luv this song is so brilliant, i burst out laughing at "pickling spices" said perfectly

  • @theLyMproject
    @theLyMproject 9 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I bought a jar of pickes today

  • @madisonfallmorales
    @madisonfallmorales 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love her

  • @someone9292
    @someone9292 15 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    She is fucking BRILLIANT. the last minute of the song especially like omg her voice at some points is just so amazing it gives me shivers

  • @ollieroberts5472
    @ollieroberts5472 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i love this song omg

  • @alicepotter777
    @alicepotter777 13 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    someone got a tattoo of the lyrics on their arm. i wish i were old enough to get one too. this reminds me of my friend jillian. BEST SONG EVER:):):)

  • @adelechanguion288
    @adelechanguion288 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Why is this song so relatable?

  • @kryptoncolomo
    @kryptoncolomo 16 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    this is the first time i hear this song and i think is very very cool!!! i love the way she makes a good song out of any simple thing... like a pickle haha

  • @BOMBOVA
    @BOMBOVA 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    thanks for posting this slicknick1986 , i am not up on the full dimension regina, and this sweet ugly stuff, makes me appreciate this rare doll.

  • @asepo3
    @asepo3 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I like pickles, so I like this song!

  • @TheGirlinAmask98
    @TheGirlinAmask98 13 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    okay, everyone knows that every time we listen to a Regina song we want to know exactly what its about, why it was written, where the lyrics came from, etc. but as fans of such a complex musical artist, we have to stop and just keep an open mind. none of her songs will ever have a clear and exact interpretation no matter how many different ways you analyze or listen over and over.thats just how it is. and i hate to break it to you guys, but i think thats the way she wants it to be. ;)

  • @imaginarydrummer
    @imaginarydrummer 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    favorite regina song

  • @PaoloCaracciolo
    @PaoloCaracciolo 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    i LOVE her music!!!!!

  • @Roodlepops
    @Roodlepops 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    "Love is the answer to a question i have forgotten"
    Ha I love it =)))
    x

  • @Sabuzo
    @Sabuzo 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    haha I always love her songs cause they can be serious, but some are just completely random and hilarious.

  • @aoifeeustacedoyle3795
    @aoifeeustacedoyle3795 11 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Actually the answer is 42

    • @TheAshumms
      @TheAshumms 10 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      But what is the question?

    • @bluespectralmonkey
      @bluespectralmonkey 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      TheAshumms the ultimate question of life the universe and everything!!!

  • @TheRatLover1
    @TheRatLover1 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i love the way she sings spices hands up if you agree!

  • @raspar6
    @raspar6 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    What a lovely refrain.

  • @Gyozomroka
    @Gyozomroka 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    @Ali12rox I JUST realized this, then scrolled down to see if anyone else was saying it. She makes eye contact with the specific pickle. Goes up to the bathroom., immediately it goes into the chorus "LOVE, is the answer, to the question I have forgotten..."
    I love you Regina Spektor, haha

  • @Roosers
    @Roosers 13 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I wish I could write a decent song about a pickle. I once wrote a song about cheese. It wasnt very good. Regina has got mega talent. If she wrote a song about cheese I'm 100% Certain that it would blow my mind!

  • @anukq
    @anukq 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    this song is veeeery nice

  • @psychedlicsouljam1995
    @psychedlicsouljam1995 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It's reading time with pickle. That should be her merch t-shirts lol

  • @bluespectralmonkey
    @bluespectralmonkey 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    love is the answer

  • @leanneandtheglamily
    @leanneandtheglamily 11 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    All of the comments are like 4 or 5 years old.
    NOVEMBER 6TH, 2013. 2013 IS THE BEST YEAR!!!!!

    • @pretzelguy5926
      @pretzelguy5926 10 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      You should check out 2014, its pretty cool.

    • @acedianPianist
      @acedianPianist 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      pretzelguy1
      2015 is pretty interesting. You should join us.

    • @pretzelguy5926
      @pretzelguy5926 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah, I have. Its pretty neat.

    • @kodad.s610
      @kodad.s610 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      2015 is where it's at bro

    • @leanneandtheglamily
      @leanneandtheglamily 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      2015 is definitely interesting as hell. xDDD

  • @STHanson08
    @STHanson08 16 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ^ said exactly what I was thinking, but couldn't say, seems like it was someday, and while she was eating a sandwich and looked at a pickle in an way she hadn't before, and then wrote about while looking out her apartment window watch it rain on new york ( least how I see it...peaceful..)

  • @collieollie
    @collieollie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Has it always been this way?
    Is it possible that all this magic went unnoticed?"
    When you find a good meme.

  • @Prometheus1st
    @Prometheus1st 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Pickle is someone important to her.

  • @RicardoMoralesMassin
    @RicardoMoralesMassin 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    @bloops588 I had a friend who said the EXACT SAME thing when we discovered her some years ago. Regina is a cornucopia of nothing but good things to me. GO SPEKTOR!

  • @onthewalkoffame
    @onthewalkoffame 13 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I always thought it was a song about falling temporarily in love with anyone/anything that looks at you. Then realising how stupid you/the thing you fall in love with is.

  • @axeburningfire2507
    @axeburningfire2507 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    bless the bathroom. 🙏

  • @t8tertotsp
    @t8tertotsp 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    sooo epic

  • @justforthesparks
    @justforthesparks 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    @seizetheday224 I think she doesnt asign just one interpretation just so that people CAN interpret it as they like. Not because she doesnt want any meaning to the song, but she wants people to infer their own meaning. She makes her songs open ended, that way you can aply it to your life and how you percieve things. What is a song but for the way it affects you and how you see something.

  • @Spoonular
    @Spoonular 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    in a more literal matter, this song made me want to eat a pickle. i haven't had one in years...

  • @kennyfunkjr.4254
    @kennyfunkjr.4254 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Lumme some pickles and cheeze! {:{>

  • @Lulubellwilley
    @Lulubellwilley 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Man, pickle jars are just
    Pickle jars
    And pickles are just pickles

  • @TodA51
    @TodA51 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I realized it was about masturbation when I first listened to this ages ago XD It was one of my favorite songs to sing... you can just see people not quite understanding...

  • @julianabenetti2929
    @julianabenetti2929 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Voltando para casa do trabalho
    Walking home from work
    Pare no supermercado
    Stop at the supermarket
    O corredor do condimento
    The condiment aisle
    Um pote de picles chama a atenção
    A jar of pickles catches the eye
    Fez contato visual com um picles solitário
    Made eye contact with a solitary pickle
    Mas o frasco levou para casa
    But the jar took it home
    Então fez as escadas
    Then made up the stairs
    E conseguiu passar pela porta
    And made it through the doorway
    E andou pelo chão
    And waded through the floor
    Tentou ir na direção geral do banheiro
    Tried to head in the general direction of the bathroom
    O quarto mais verdadeiro de toda a maldita casa
    The truest room in the whole damn hous
    dizer amor é a resposta para uma pergunta que eu
    saying love is the answer to a question that I
    Esqueceu
    Have forgotten
    E eu sei que me perguntaram
    And I know I've been asked
    Então a resposta tem que ser amor
    So the answer's got to be love
    tempo de alimentação com TV
    so feeding time with TV
    Então o tempo de sono não está com sono, então leia o tempo com picles
    Then sleeping time not sleepy so reading time with pickle
    Mas onde a lâmpada de cabeceira estava
    But where the bedside lamp had been
    Agora emana verde suave e macio
    Is now emanating soft soft green
    Tem sempre sido desse jeito?
    Has it always been this way?
    É possível que toda essa mágica tenha passado despercebida?
    Is it possible that all this magic went unnoticed?
    talvez agora as coisas vão começar a mudar,
    maybe now things will start to change,
    E a vida vai virar uma página melhor
    And life will turn a better page
    Chega de raiva.
    No more rage.
    dizer amor é a resposta para uma pergunta que eu
    saying love is the answer to a question that I
    Esqueceu
    Have forgotten
    Mas eu sei que me perguntaram
    But I know I've been asked
    E a resposta tem que ser amor
    And the answer's got to be love
    Ame
    Love
    Amanhã de volta ao trabalho
    Tomorrow back to work again
    Mas corra para o supermercado
    But run to the supermarket
    Correndo esperançoso pelos corredores
    Running hopeful through the aisles
    Não são tão felizes há muito tempo
    Haven't been this happy in a long time
    Mas nem um único frasco sorri
    But not a single jar will smile
    Depois de horas
    After hours
    Os frascos de pickle do homem são apenas frascos de pickle
    Man pickle jars are just pickle jars
    E picles são apenas picles
    And pickles are just pickles
    Ingredientes: água, sal, pepino, alho e especiarias em conserva
    Ingredients: water, salt, cucumbers, garlic, and pickling spices
    Mas o amor é a resposta para uma pergunta que eu
    But love is the answer to a question that I
    Esqueceu
    Have forgotten
    E eu sei que me perguntaram
    And I know I've been asked
    E a resposta tem que ser amor
    And the answer's got to be love
    O amor é a resposta para uma pergunta que eu
    Love is the answer to a question that I
    Esqueceu
    Have forgotten
    E eu sei que me perguntaram
    And I know I've been asked
    E a resposta tem que ser amor
    And the answer's got to be love
    E a resposta tem que ser amor
    And the answer's got to be love
    E a resposta tem que ser amor
    And the answer's got to be love
    E a resposta tem que ser amor
    And the answer's got to be love

  • @TremblyAsATerrier
    @TremblyAsATerrier 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's not that random once you realize what it's REALLY about... >.>;
    But it's still adorably hilarious. =)

  • @fr0gg1t
    @fr0gg1t 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love pickles so much that my mom bought me one of those huge pickle jars.

  • @ToniSkit
    @ToniSkit 12 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    dude it is obviously about how to make pickles: Water, salt, cucumbers
    Garlic and pickling spices... good advice... btw im just kidding hehe

  • @raspar6
    @raspar6 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why is this song not on iTunes???!!!

  • @britchesiscool
    @britchesiscool 16 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Does anyone know where (or if) I can download this album? I'm a HUGE Regina fan but I haven't been able to find this anywhere so far. Thanks!

  • @chanceie12
    @chanceie12 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    In Bruges!!

  • @BreannaHello
    @BreannaHello 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    @Ali12rox I kinda felt that way too lol

  • @AsaNoWakaron
    @AsaNoWakaron 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    No.....She's a person who God gave a talent too. Only one God dude, even if its like just a joke.

  • @Kathleen883
    @Kathleen883 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    @shazam15 Zamzar actually isn't legal if you are using it to dowload music. The original artist isn't getting any money even though you now own their song.

  • @Zanmato17
    @Zanmato17 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'd choose a pug over a pickle any day

  • @beeeefa
    @beeeefa 11 ปีที่แล้ว

  • @alicealicealicealicealice
    @alicealicealicealicealice 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I think she got excited because there was only one pickle in the jar?

  • @tigerseyeproductions
    @tigerseyeproductions 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    @Ali12rox Oh gosh.. Now that you've said that, the meaning of the song is so obvious. I feel slightly uncomfortable listening to this now. o_o

  • @KaitieStarr
    @KaitieStarr 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    @loverlycactus it's not about masturbation! why does everyone think that?

  • @beashubird
    @beashubird 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm sorry to do this, but does anyone have a copy of this song they can mail me? I'd really appreciate it and I've got tons of other music i can give to you:) -thanks x
    BTW I know it's really hard to find but Tube Catcher isn't workingatm.

  • @BreannaHello
    @BreannaHello 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    @bloops588 I love Regina I would Marry Her in an instant :D

  • @orbital151
    @orbital151 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    Gee. Don't be a jerk. Just ignore them.

  • @gogunn
    @gogunn 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    So why are you here??

  • @Le_beaubrun
    @Le_beaubrun 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Meh I think its just a song about love... Not mastubation... ahah. Man pickles are just pickles... sounds a lot like ALL MEN ARE THE SAME nonsense girls always says after a relationship...

  • @user-cf2xi5wd2d
    @user-cf2xi5wd2d ปีที่แล้ว

    🤦‍♀️

  • @ciarangartland5160
    @ciarangartland5160 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    It’s about adoption, right?

  • @peachfountain
    @peachfountain 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    uggh... that almost ruined the song for me! (calm down-- i said i almost!)

  • @teluia
    @teluia 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    why the fuck am I listening to this.

  • @wolfgar45
    @wolfgar45 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    why does almost all white girl singers sing like this now?

    • @zabierushinishi1621
      @zabierushinishi1621 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Why does they indeed.

    • @wolfgar45
      @wolfgar45 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      ***** ikr

    • @krissyr.1549
      @krissyr.1549 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They're all copying from Regina she is the original to do this style.

    • @cynopt
      @cynopt 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Like what? You mean her accent specifically or the sound of her voice? People keep saying this and I don't get it. She sounds completely unique to me. Who else do you think sings like this?

    • @Jack.Strait
      @Jack.Strait 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Listen to Joanna Newsom, Caroline Polachek, Florence & The Machine, and Aldous Harding, and I dare you to tell me they all sound the same.