Songs
Düsseldorf
Description
"Düsseldorf" is a song orginally composed, performed, recorded and released by Regina Spektor. The song was first performed live on 2002-11-30 at Sidewalk Cafe in New York. "Düsseldorf" was played extensively throughout 2003, originally slated to feature on the 2003 LP Soviet Kitsch. Ultimately, Regina felt that she could not get the sound just right, and the song was shelved. The song was last performed on 2003-02-09 at Maxwell's in New Jersey.
Three years later, "Düsseldorf" would reemerge on the LP Begin to Hope on 2006-06-13, later featuring as a b-side to the single On the Radio on 2006-07-03.
Due to the timing of its first performance and the subject matter of its lyrics, "Düsseldorf" is likely a embellished retelling of Regina's adventures in Europe, including one of her earliest shows in Gelterkinden, Switzerland and her series of shows in London, Amsterdam, and Brussels just a few days prior to the premiere of the song.
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Lyrics
In Dusseldorf I met a clown
His nose, it was red
In Gelterkinden I forgot to frown
Then remembered again
In Paris I saw a big fish
Swimming slow in the Siene
It made me hopeful that someday our water
Would be breathable again...
In Frankfurt I heard eins zwei drei
Counting cookies and no one was shot
In Berlin stopped by the Polizei
For drunk driving and everyone smiled
In Prague I knew I'd been a witch
Burnt alive, a pyre of Soviet kitsch
It made me miss my Moscow muttdom
It made me miss my New York nothing...
In Montpelier I stayed in a chateau
A boy climbed into my bed and he knew no boundaries
In Amsterdam I got quite crazy
It might have been all the tulips and canals
Or it might have been all that hash, and in
Barcelon, buenos dias, chocolato, le Picasso
And in Brussels, clean-cut hostel
And in London, me and the French existentialists...
In Corsica I floated away, all the way to Marseilles
I should have held an after party for all the thoughts I didn't say
In Dusseldorf I met a dwarf
With bad breath and a really good tan
In Gelterkinden I remembered how to laugh
And I never ever forgot it again
Song Facts
Release Status:
Released
Originally By:
Original
Collaborators:
Solo
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Written:
Unknown
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Time Between First Known Date and Last Known Date:
Time Between First and Last Performance:
about 10 months
# of Appearances on Official Releases:
2
# of Times Performed Live:
12
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