Regina Spektor, Poor Little Rich Boy (live), San Francisco, March 5, 2023 (4K)

Regina Spektor plays her song "Poor Little Rich Boy" live in concert before a sold-out crowd at The Warfield Theatre in San Francisco, California on March 5, 2023. Poor Little Rich Boy appeared on Spektor's third studio album, Soviet Kitsch (2003). Regina Spektor is a Russian-American singer, songwriter, and classically-trained pianist who grew up in Moscow and New York City. This was the fourth night of Spektor's Feeling Better Spring Solo Piano Tour, which had to be rescheduled from the fall after her bout with Covid.

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Feeling Better Spring Solo Tour live dates:

March 1 - Ithaca, NY @ State Theater
March 2 - Toronto, Ontario @ Massey Hall
March 3 - Ann Arbor, MI @ Michigan Theater
March 5 - San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield
March 7 - Los Angeles, CA @ Walt Disney Concert Hall
March 8 - San Diego, CA @ The Magnolia
March 11 - Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle
March 13 - Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
March 15 - Washington DC @ Warner Theater
March 16 - Port Chester, NY @ Capitol Theater
March 18 - Montclair, NJ @ Wellmont Theater

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Poor Little Rich Boy lyrics:

Poor little rich boy, all the couples have gone
You wish that they hadn't, you don't wanna be alone
But they wanna kiss and they got homes of their own
Poor little rich boy all the couples have gone, have gone, have gone

And you don't love your girlfriend
You don't love your girlfriend
And you think that you should, but she thinks that she's fat
But she isn't, but you don't love her anyway
And you don't love your mother
And you know that you should
And you wish that you would
But you don't anyway

Poor little rich boy, all the world is okay
The water runs off your skin and down into the drain
You're reading Fitzgerald, you're reading Hemingway
They're both super smart, and drinking in the cafes

But you don't love your girlfriend
You don't love your girlfriend
And you think that you should, but she thinks that she's fat
But she isn't, but you don't love her anyway
And you don't love your mother
And you know that you should
And you wish that you would
But you don't anyway

You're so young, you're so goddamn young
You're so young, you're so goddamn young
You're so young, you're so goddamn young
You're so goddamn young, you're so goddamn young
You're so young, you're so goddamn young
You're so young, you're so goddamn young
You're so goddamn young, you're so goddamn young
You're so goddamn young, you're so goddamn young
You're so goddamn young, you're so goddamn young
You're so goddamn young, you're so goddamn young

You don't love your girlfriend
And you don't love your girlfriend
And you don't love your girlfriend
And you don't love your girlfriend

Written by Regina Ilyinichna Spektor

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Regina Spektor official bio:

Born in the Soviet Union, Regina Spektor (Регина Спектор) began studying classical piano when she was six. Her family emigrated in 1989, landing in New York City, where she continued her classical training. Spektor eventually studied composition at the Conservatory of Music at Purchase College where she graduated with honors. She began writing pop songs in her late teens and made her recorded debut in 2001 with the self-released 11:11, a collection of songs heavily influenced by jazz and blues. Songs followed in 2002 and Soviet Kitsch in 2004. Spektor’s commercial breakthrough came in 2006 on her fourth LP, Begin to Hope. The gold-certified album included the singles “On the Radio,” “Better” and “Fidelity,” which climbed the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. Spektor’s fifth album, Far released in 2009, and sixth album, What We Saw From the Cheap Seats released in 2012, both debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.

Spektor’s songs have appeared in TV shows and movies including Orange Is The New Black, Grey’s Anatomy, Weeds, How I Met Your Mother, Veronica Mars, The Good Wife and (500) Days of Summer. Spektor played for the Obamas and guests at the White House and performed as part of philanthropic campaigns for Tibet, Doctors Without Borders, and many more. Her most recent tours included her first concerts in her native Russia plus sold out shows at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, The Royal Albert Hall in London and two nights at Sydney Opera House in Australia.

Spektor’s most recent album, her seventh, is entitled Remember Us To Life. The album has received extensive critical praise. Rolling Stone declared that Remember Us To Life wraps underdog storytelling in brilliant songcraft” and Esquire described Regina as “our generation’s Joni Mitchell” adding that “[Spektor] has long made a habit of spinning fictional, winding tales into songs that utilize humor and absurdity for the purpose of pointed social commentary. Her new LP is no different.”

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Typo catcher: Regina Spector, Regena Specktor, Ragina Specter

Tags: #reginaspektor #livemusic #liveconcert #audience #liveaudience #pianosolo #solopiano #singersongwriter

[darraghchapman]

I *needed* this song; so glad I impulsively clicked on this live version when I saw it :)

Thanks for the upload, Tim. I saw your pinned comment. Glad to see bootlegging is alive and well, despite hyperlitigious music companies. It's this kinda stuff that'll be released by them in 20 years to make a few more bucks.

[AeonX]

I just saw her show on July 30th. So fking amazing.

[navalonaramanantoanina]

I would end up slapping the piano and touching the stick