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| andrewmi (capitoltown) | Posted: Feb 25, 2013 - 14:20 stunix wrote: Bless dear Eric. His music was generally written for , about and in rememberance of his childhood sweetheart for whom he did .... whats the correct word, court?, date?, get off with? anyway, she dumped him soon after. he died quite young, broke and possibly heartbroken. reflected in his music I think. I was intrigued by this so I looked him up on Wikipedia, but can't find anything to this end. Could you possibly be thinking of someone else? Satie lived to the age of 59, whereupon he died of cirrhosis - after enjoying great success, fame, and the acquaintance of several major figures in the arts. As to the song: Wonderful. |
| lkovathana (Chicago, Illinois) | Posted: Feb 25, 2013 - 14:18 As always, love this piece. |
| Boy_Wonder (Bath, back in the UK) | Posted: Feb 25, 2013 - 14:14 Just heard the Stones belting their way through 'Midnight Rambler' and then straight into Erik.... what a sublime juxtaposition! |
| jimys (A land far, far away with no television) | Posted: Jan 25, 2013 - 06:57 I love this. I remember my grandfather playing Satie when I was a little kid. |
| GarageDragon | Posted: Jan 25, 2013 - 06:56 Reminds me of the Ikea lamp commercial. |
| yuel (Taka-Tuka-Land) | Posted: Aug 21, 2012 - 06:16 is this the endtitle of the assault on precinct 13 movie? |
| BLADERUNNER (Port City on the Cape Fear) | Posted: Aug 21, 2012 - 06:14 Just the perfect music to listen to on a cold, wet, windy, end-of-summer morning |
| mauflex (florence, italy) | Posted: Aug 21, 2012 - 06:12 Timeless masterpiece. |
| stunix (Narrowboat nr Caen Locks) | Posted: Jun 19, 2012 - 08:01 Bless dear Eric. His music was generally written for , about and in rememberance of his childhood sweetheart for whom he did .... whats the correct word, court?, date?, get off with? anyway, she dumped him soon after. he died quite young, broke and possibly heartbroken. reflected in his music I think. |
| ziakut (Albeit In The Meantime) | Posted: Jun 19, 2012 - 08:01 This will always remind me of my beautiful, lovely wife who will always be a deep part of my soul. Love you, hunny! |
| planet_lizard (Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy) | Posted: May 18, 2012 - 13:09 Less is more. |
| Pedro1874 (Bolton, England) | Posted: May 18, 2012 - 13:09 What a great surprise to hear this beautiful piece of music on RP. It was used perfectly in the sound track to a wonderful, very deep, Woody Allen/Gena Rowlands/Mia Farrow movie - "Another Woman" 1988 |
| glowworm (Devon, UK) | Posted: May 18, 2012 - 13:05 Introduced to this by my ex wife. One of two beautiful things the relationship gifted me (the other was my daughter). |
| jagdriver (Just a nod and a wink south of Paradise) | Posted: May 18, 2012 - 13:03 Pyro wrote: My first introduction to this wonderful piece was on a Blood Sweat and Tears album in the late 60s or early 70s. Have loved it ever since. Very late '60s. It appeared on BS&T's second LP, where David Clayton Thomas had taken over for Al Kooper (and ruined the band). |
| meinthecorner (Past the gravy, far beyond the golden fries) | Posted: Apr 16, 2012 - 19:25 A little bit o' heaven on earth, there, Bill...aahhh, yes! |
| gypsyman (just passing through....) | Posted: Apr 16, 2012 - 19:20 DoctorHooey wrote: This piece is so ethereal and perfect that it's hard to imagine it being composed. It feels like the only way it could have come into the world is fully formed, lazily drifting down a sunbeam on a warm summer sunday, resting for a moment on a windowsill then tumbling into the dewey hedge below to snooze through the afternoon. It is a perfect thing. Plus I love being able to hear the performer's breathing on this track. A nice touch Then again, sometimes a sonata is just an etude. |
| vento (italy) | Posted: Mar 16, 2012 - 03:33 This radio is very the number one! |
| vento (italy) | Posted: Mar 16, 2012 - 03:32 Questo brano è BELLISSIMO!! |
| vento (italy) | Posted: Mar 16, 2012 - 03:31 Questo brano è BELLISSIMO!! |
| vento (italy) | Posted: Mar 16, 2012 - 03:31 Questo brano è BELLISSIMO!! |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: Feb 13, 2012 - 08:56 KalleB wrote: It's really not the speed that makes a song goodlike ... I assume you mean the tempo of the piece and are not referring to a controlled substance. |
| DoctorHooey (/etc) | Posted: Feb 13, 2012 - 08:51 This piece is so ethereal and perfect that it's hard to imagine it being composed. It feels like the only way it could have come into the world is fully formed, lazily drifting down a sunbeam on a warm summer sunday, resting for a moment on a windowsill then tumbling into the dewey hedge below to snooze through the afternoon. It is a perfect thing. Plus I love being able to hear the performer's breathing on this track. A nice touch |
| Poacher (Brighton, UK) | Posted: Feb 13, 2012 - 08:51 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zHBN45fbo8 Playing all the right notes. . . |
| bluecshells (EARTH) | Posted: Feb 13, 2012 - 08:51 Wow...haven't heard this one since I learned it years ago. |
| obstetricus | Posted: Feb 13, 2012 - 08:50 westslope wrote: Oh yes it is. It's a nice change of speed...get it? Speed? Hee hee... |
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: Jan 12, 2012 - 14:36 KalleB wrote: It's really not the speed that makes a song goodlike ... Oh yes it is. |
| KalleB (German Plain) | Posted: Jan 12, 2012 - 14:35 It's really not the speed that makes a song goodlike ... |
| Alexandra (PNW) | Posted: Jan 12, 2012 - 14:34 I've loved this song ever since learning to play it on the piano as a child. Satie is so relaxing and mood-provoking with the Gymnopedies and the Gnossienes.  |
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: Jan 12, 2012 - 14:34 Sweet. |
| justsomeone (Between a rock and a hard place) | Posted: Dec 31, 2011 - 19:11 Teardrops in the rain... |
| jools (Brighton UK) | Posted: Nov 10, 2011 - 02:19 Truly sublime...... |
| ferwoman | Posted: Oct 09, 2011 - 13:40 mapman wrote: If you like this hunt down "Sketches Of Satie" by former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett.
I'll have to check that out! I also like Hackett's work (with or without the rest of the Genesis crew). |
| physastro2050 (Aachen,Germany) | Posted: Sep 08, 2011 - 03:11 Perfet to my chemistry :) |
| lkovathana (Chicago, Illinois) | Posted: Aug 07, 2011 - 18:13 Erik Satie's Gymnopedie was the first song I can remember becoming sentient with — i.e. I never really LOVED music until I heard this at about eleven years old (even though I played violin for several years - where you're more concerned with being twisted into a calloused gymnast than appreciating music). |
| Snoopy2 (A Snoopy Lovin' House) | Posted: Aug 07, 2011 - 18:11 Nice song |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: Jul 07, 2011 - 09:22 jitterjames wrote: I love this song (9 or 10), but I hear it being played very frequently on RP for years now and as far as I can tell, there are no other Erik Satie songs being played. Surely Erik has more to offer us? Gnossienne No.1 is the only other Satie piece on the playlist at present, and I seem to hear that piece more than this here. |
| Gatlinburger | Posted: Jul 07, 2011 - 09:22 Wasn't there a peice by him in the soundtrack to "Corrina, Corrina"? |
| MiracleDrug (Earth) | Posted: Jul 07, 2011 - 09:22 what a wonderfully evocative melody... |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: Jul 07, 2011 - 09:21 This has been cited as a precursor to Ambient, as fashioned by Brian Eno. |
| jitterjames | Posted: May 05, 2011 - 04:10 I love this song (9 or 10), but I hear it being played very frequently on RP for years now and as far as I can tell, there are no other Erik Satie songs being played. Surely Erik has more to offer us? |
| zenmumu (Barcelona - Spain) | Posted: Mar 03, 2011 - 01:10 beatiful  |
| mapman (East Coast USA) | Posted: Jan 30, 2011 - 17:46 If you like this hunt down "Sketches Of Satie" by former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett. |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Oct 04, 2008 - 00:20 no comment - 10. |
| On_The_Beach (Vancouver, Canada) | Posted: Nov 06, 2007 - 16:09 Nice. In fact, I'd go so far as to call it one of the most beautiful (if simple) pieces of music ever written. Too bad I will forever associate it with a Woolite ad. |
| Kerly (Estonia) | Posted: Nov 06, 2007 - 04:46 Heavenlike! |
| pierpod (Paris, France) | Posted: Oct 05, 2007 - 18:27 La musique d'Erik Satie engendre une mélancolie si particulière... Elle rends à la fois triste et joyeux.  |
| CoYoT51 (Reims, France) | Posted: Oct 05, 2007 - 18:14 Better than Ciccolini's version... |
| AliGator (Lex, KY) | Posted: Sep 04, 2007 - 08:02 meloman wrote: Yes, that too, but my first impression of the intro was of an old Blood, Sweat & Tears number. They used this piece in one of their songs.  |
| meloman (Warsaw, Poland) | Posted: Sep 04, 2007 - 08:01 Jazbo wrote: "Old friends..Old friends..... sit on a park bench, like bookends......."
Yes, that too, but my first impression of the intro was of an old Blood, Sweat & Tears number. |
| AlienRelic (east of Eden) | Posted: Sep 04, 2007 - 08:01 This song introduced me to Satie, a truly Godlike composer. 10. |