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Erik Satie — Gnossienne No1
Album: Satie: Piano Music (Frank Glazer, Piano)
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Released: 1889
Length: 3:34
Plays (last 30 days): 2
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I don't know why, but this piece makes me think of a late autumn day, a young man wandering through Manhattan, wearing an ochre windbreaker, holding a coffee, moodily contemplating the universe.
Posted 3 weeks ago by Lucinda805    [ Reply ]
 flyboy wrote:

This has become my favorite song, and it’s not really close. 



I know what you mean - transcendent
Posted 1 month ago by Jakethemuss    [ Reply ]
Makes me want to drink a Boulevardier cocktail at an outdoor cafe on the Champs-Élysées in Sep and watch the world go by on a cool Sep afternoon, contemplating the statues of Voltaire and Rousseau on top of one of the Louvre buildings.  

Wait a minute...I did that last week!

C'est la vie! 







Posted 1 month ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
This has become my favorite song, and it’s not really close. 
Posted 2 months ago by flyboy    [ Reply ]
 KevinM wrote:

I prefer the Pascal Roge rendition 



Actually this is the Pascal Rogé rendition. The album info is wrong. More info in my comment on Gymnopedie No. 1.
Posted 3 months ago by DrLex    [ Reply ]
EXCELLENT!  GREAT TUNE!    ...I almost sprayed my coffee all over my laptop while reading his biography, when I got to:  he was the "son of a French father"!  LOL!  I have been called everything, but never a  "sunnova French father"!   
Posted 3 months ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 bluematrix wrote:




To lame 


This reply goes into my RP Hall of Fame replies! Well done sir!


Yes!  WOW indeed.  That response exemplifies Satie's genius so magnificently. Deserves a 10 itself.  Eric Satie has been in my top play list for decades.  
Posted 4 months ago by Moles    [ Reply ]
WHO Gives this stuff a 1????
Posted 10 months ago by KPC1    [ Reply ]
From Leftover Cuties to Bob Seger to Erik Satie.
. . . this must be RP.   ; )
Posted 11 months ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
fills my heart with peace - so beautiful 
Posted 1 year ago by Roku    [ Reply ]
Posted 1 year ago by kuly-s    [ Reply ]
RP needs a repeat button sometimes
Posted 1 year ago by johkir    [ Reply ]
Love all 'things' Satie, but ..............  

                                          Gymnopédie No.1 is the best  ❤️
Posted 1 year ago by Dapps    [ Reply ]


helgigermany wrote:

To lame 

oldviolin wrote:

Ah, I see it. Crippled and lonely; he wanders the crumbling alleys paved with ancient cobbles polished by circular regeneration; the streets littered with the refuse of intolerant time, and cruel space...how is it that music can so express suffering at the whim of the eternal muse...
to lame indeed. And yet, to healing comes the listening ear and hearing heart...

This reply goes into my RP Hall of Fame replies! Well done sir!
Posted 1 year ago by bluematrix    [ Reply ]
more of this and less 
sad sack country music
Posted 2 years ago by Michaeljcovel    [ Reply ]
This piece has been used to fantastic effect as a bridge between disparate music astonishingly well. Fantastic grasp of music provided by the best mixer of music I’ve ever encountered!
Posted 2 years ago by bam23    [ Reply ]
This is absolutely beautiful :)
Posted 2 years ago by garrettb    [ Reply ]
 AhhtheMusic wrote:

Some things are just too amazing to explain...


there was a way: Emile Berliner Gramophone (patent 1887)
Posted 2 years ago by PaoloManana    [ Reply ]
This is one of the only Satie pieces that I love and connect with.  It is beautiful...
Posted 2 years ago by tm    [ Reply ]
Ab major? 
Posted 2 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
Now that is old music.
Very nice
Posted 2 years ago by bennie482    [ Reply ]
Gnossiennes no.3, please! 🙂
Posted 2 years ago by CCSandman    [ Reply ]
10 for the music and 9 for the performance.  I prefer versions that have a slower tempo.
Posted 2 years ago by Frodo    [ Reply ]


Satie never married, and his home for most of his adult life was a single small room, first in Montmartre and from 1898 to his death, in Arcueil, a suburb of Paris. He adopted various images over the years, including a period in quasi-priestly dress, another in which he always wore identically-coloured velvet suits, and is known for his last persona, in neat bourgeois costume, with bowler hat, wing collar and umbrella. He was a lifelong heavy drinker, and died of cirrhosis of the liver at the age of 59.

Someone please make a movie of this guy's life
Posted 2 years ago by paloeguevo    [ Reply ]
I feel like this is on once every two days... but it's not, the 30-day play count says only 5.  I know people feel that way too about songs they get tired of hearing.
 
I can't figure out what kind of bias this is.  It's like recency bias but the opposite, but no such thing appears to exist.
 
Maybe I'll call it the Ludovico Einaudi Effect, since it feels like Primavera is on every day.
Posted 2 years ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
 Mackmoney3000 wrote:

Listening to this gives me Frisson which makes it a 10.




That's actually my benchmark for an 8.
I could tell you what makes me give a 10, but this is a family station.
Posted 2 years ago by snowcone    [ Reply ]
A pair of nutters (Matthias Bossi as well as Jon Evans-who worked with Tori Amos back in the day) going by "Ridiculon" do soundtracks for an independent game developer put together an interesting interpretation of this piece for the title screen of a game about the end of the world...

https://ridiculon.bandcamp.com...
Posted 2 years ago by snowcone    [ Reply ]
Anything less than submitting a 10 for this is null and void, yes?
Posted 2 years ago by CCSandman    [ Reply ]
 Froggy_Matt wrote:

Thnks RP for this Gnossienne
As a froggy french i would prefer the interpretation of Jean-Yves Thibaudet or
Daniel Varsano.
Just sayin'. No offense, Mister Glazer
Stay relax anyway listening to RP waiting for 2020 to end.




Et Ciccolini, vieux ?
Posted 2 years ago by CoYoT51    [ Reply ]
 On_The_Beach wrote:

Just the right amount of rubato.

Domo arigato, Mr. ... uh, never mind.
Posted 2 years ago by dwhayslett    [ Reply ]
Posted 3 years ago by invidu    [ Reply ]
Merci RP, je suis Français !!!!
Posted 3 years ago by mathieu.alexandre83    [ Reply ]
This is my favorite piano piece by Erik Satie.
Also, Chicken Satie is my favorite Thai cuisine appetizer.
Posted 3 years ago by Ipse_Dixit    [ Reply ]
Those who give 8 to Ludovico Einaudi should reconsider their rating after listening to Satie.
Posted 3 years ago by nicknt    [ Reply ]
Man, Satie knows just when to drop dat bass.
Posted 3 years ago by TheGusBus    [ Reply ]
 Edweirdo wrote:

Far too much rubato.


Just the right amount of rubato.
Posted 3 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
hauntingly-hypnotic-simplicity 
Posted 3 years ago by ray_killeen    [ Reply ]
Good doogs.
Posted 3 years ago by jab49    [ Reply ]
Vive l'avant-garde!
Posted 3 years ago by macadavy    [ Reply ]
 helgigermany wrote:

To lame...




Do you mean that he wrote this for someone named Lame? Or do you mean the song is "Too" lame, and your grammar just sucks? I think you're wrong either way.
Posted 3 years ago by stalfnzo    [ Reply ]
Ironic pathos
Posted 3 years ago by dray2009    [ Reply ]
La Touch'Française !!!!
Posted 3 years ago by mathieu.alexandre83    [ Reply ]
I prefer the Pascal Roge rendition 
Posted 3 years ago by KevinM    [ Reply ]
What was modern in 1889 is still modern.
Posted 3 years ago by CosmicDon    [ Reply ]
 KalleB wrote:
The only reason for 9 only for me it's the overdone changing of speed in playing. Pushing too hard to be special. Otherwise godlike of course.
 

Indeed.  The rubato is strong in this one.
Posted 3 years ago by Edweirdo    [ Reply ]
Will always remind me of feeding the fires on the river as a volunteer with WateFire Providence (waterfire.org) 
Posted 3 years ago by costoonces    [ Reply ]
Listening to this gives me Frisson which makes it a 10.
Posted 3 years ago by Mackmoney3000    [ Reply ]
Check out the version of Gnosienne No.1 by Helene Grimaud. She has a knack for finding and nailing the essence of the pieces she plays.
Posted 4 years ago by bifcake    [ Reply ]
I feel a very heavy funk descending and not like Sly and the Family Stoners.

First Leeoh-nardd Cohen, now Satie ....   beautiful but hits the melancholic sweet spot so to speak ... weep
Posted 4 years ago by arserocket    [ Reply ]
Eric gets a 10 and also the album cover. Lovely piece of art depicting how it was in more accommodating times. 
Posted 4 years ago by DW4554    [ Reply ]
The only reason for 9 only for me it's the overdone changing of speed in playing. Pushing too hard to be special. Otherwise godlike of course.
Posted 4 years ago by KalleB    [ Reply ]
Thnks RP for this Gnossienne
As a froggy french i would prefer the interpretation of Jean-Yves Thibaudet or
Daniel Varsano.
Just sayin'. No offense, Mister Glazer
Stay relax anyway listening to RP waiting for 2020 to end.


Posted 4 years ago by Froggy_Matt    [ Reply ]
Please give us more such great classic pieces. All good musicians coming after these guys have some roots there.
Posted 4 years ago by Zelidar    [ Reply ]
Far too much rubato.
Posted 4 years ago by Edweirdo    [ Reply ]
 oldviolin wrote:

Ah, I see it. Crippled and lonely; he wanders the crumbling alleys paved with ancient cobbles polished by circular regeneration; the streets littered with the refuse of intolerant time, and cruel space...how is it that music can so express suffering at the whim of the eternal muse...
to lame indeed. And yet, to healing comes the listening ear and hearing heart...
 
Damn, you're good!  I hope you have a desire to write full time.  I'd love to read more.
Posted 4 years ago by pinto    [ Reply ]
A little too much feeling in my book. Tempos and dynamics sliding all around. A matter of taste, I know, but I prefer these pieces a little straighter. They're so evocative on their own, they don't need all that emoting. Still lovely to hear, though. 
Posted 4 years ago by FlatCat    [ Reply ]
 Laptopdog wrote:
This reminds me of the piano soundtrack in the movie Being There. Not sure if it's the same person, but a similar hauntingly beautiful melody.
 
Good ear....while I really enjoyed the film, thinking back I couldn't remember the music....and Wiki confirms this (sorta)

Incidental music is used very sparingly. What little original music is used was composed by Johnny Mandel, and primarily features two recurrent piano themes based on "Gnossiennes" No. 4 and No. 5 by Erik Satie. The other major piece of music used is the Eumir Deodato jazz/funk arrangement of the opening fanfare from Also Sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss.[14]

Long Live RP!!
Posted 4 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
Always love hearing this....it never gets old.
Posted 4 years ago by rubenbeagle    [ Reply ]
Just finished getting the garden ready to plant - this was a perfect piece to end with! Now I feel like I have a Rocky Spine...
Posted 4 years ago by xcranky_yankee    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:


You never know; it's been said that Erik Satie had magic powers and could manipulate time and space.
 
Whenever I hear this song, I associate it with this masterful work of manipulating time and space, drawing the reader back to the Hotel Del Coronado in 1896. It's a great read. 
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/581126.Somewhere_In_Time
Posted 4 years ago by NeuroJoe    [ Reply ]
We need to hear more of this kind of thing here on RP. The genre is underrepresented, IMO...
Posted 4 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
İliklerinize kadar hissedeceğiniz bir şaheser. 11/10
Posted 4 years ago by dilskesti    [ Reply ]
Envoûtant
Posted 4 years ago by Kort    [ Reply ]
Godlike of course-10x10x10
Posted 4 years ago by uksminas    [ Reply ]
"The works are for the most part in free time
(lacking time signatures or bar divisions) and highly experimental with
form, rhythm and chordal structure. The form as well as the term was
invented by Satie." - Wikipedia
Posted 4 years ago by obankenobi    [ Reply ]
What a nice break from the chitter chatter in my mind
Posted 5 years ago by stephen.king12101    [ Reply ]
If Satie is not a reason to learn how to play the piano, I don't know of one. This must be my first 10 on Radio Paradise.

 Karima wrote:
Also listen to France Clidat playing Satie. And Reinbert de Leeuw!

This was just what I was going to write. Although I'd name de Leeuw first – I still cannot believe how beautiful Satie's music gets by playing it so slowly that it almost stops. It must have taken such a lot of courage to play it that way!
Posted 5 years ago by mzuther    [ Reply ]
This reminds me of the piano soundtrack in the movie Being There. Not sure if it's the same person, but a similar hauntingly beautiful melody.
Posted 5 years ago by Laptopdog    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

Enter "Erik Satie" as the search criteria on IMDB and you should retrieve a list of films which feature his music.
 
and I heard he never once objected to using his music in films.
Posted 5 years ago by 1jerry    [ Reply ]
I wonder if he released it online..........

 AhhtheMusic wrote:

Some things are just too amazing to explain...
 

Posted 5 years ago by thundrpants    [ Reply ]
 rharvey658 wrote:
 cosmiclint wrote:
Album: Satie: Piano Music (Frank Glazer, Piano)
Released: 1889
Last play: Apr 8, 2018
Plays in last 30 days: 3
There is no way this album was released in 1889. Just saying ...
 
Marty McFly had it in the DeLorean when he went back in time to 1885. It must have been taken out of the car before he returned to 1985, and someone found it 4 years later.

 

Posted 5 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
Éric Alfred Leslie Satie (French: [eʁik sati]; 17 May 1866 – 1 July 1925), who signed his name Erik Satie after 1884, was a French composer and pianist. Satie was an influential artist in the late 19th- and early 20th-century Parisian avant-garde. His work was a precursor to later artistic movements such as minimalism, repetitive music, and the Theatre of the Absurd.

Well then!  Having your name used as a precursor to both repetitive music AND the Theatre of the Absurd....how cool is that!  It's still a 9, though Satie is an interesting character from back in the late 1800s....Long Live RP!!
Posted 5 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
 cosmiclint wrote:
Album: Satie: Piano Music (Frank Glazer, Piano)
Released: 1889
Last play: Apr 8, 2018
Plays in last 30 days: 3
There is no way this album was released in 1889. Just saying ...
 
Marty McFly had it in the DeLorean when he went back in time to 1885. It must have been taken out of the car before he returned to 1985, and someone found it 4 years later.

Posted 5 years ago by rharvey658    [ Reply ]
NINE
Posted 5 years ago by Rockit9    [ Reply ]
 cosmiclint wrote:
Album: Satie: Piano Music (Frank Glazer, Piano)
Released: 1889
Last play: Apr 8, 2018
Plays in last 30 days: 3


There is no way this album was released in 1889. Just saying ...
 

You never know; it's been said that Erik Satie had magic powers and could manipulate time and space.
Posted 5 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Tout à fait
Posted 5 years ago by jtherieau    [ Reply ]
More classical please!
Posted 5 years ago by SurfDoc    [ Reply ]
Hemelse muziek; elke keer weer magisch om te horen
Posted 5 years ago by splons294    [ Reply ]
 cosmiclint wrote:
Album: Satie: Piano Music (Frank Glazer, Piano)
Released: 1889
Last play: Apr 8, 2018
Plays in last 30 days: 3
There is no way this album was released in 1889. Just saying ...
 
Some things are just too amazing to explain...
Posted 5 years ago by AhhtheMusic    [ Reply ]
 jenakle wrote:
patreezia wrote:
This gorgeous delicate piece features in 100's of films, check Internet Movie Database!
I know the site, but how do you search the soundtracks?
 
Enter "Erik Satie" as the search criteria on IMDB and you should retrieve a list of films which feature his music.
Posted 6 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 kevrey wrote:
Continuing the mood from Vienna Teng Passage, a solemn bit of music.
 
Yeah, this is an inspired bit of work from RP. Kudos!

(But, could you follow it up with something that doesn't make me want to reach for the razor blades, please? Kthxbai.) 
Posted 6 years ago by missionaire    [ Reply ]
Slightly prefer the original by Chicha Libre
https://youtu.be/bHY2ldYdaKA


Posted 6 years ago by olixbob    [ Reply ]
Minimal-music at its best. 
Posted 6 years ago by chrischnak    [ Reply ]
 On_The_Beach wrote:
I mean, come on, this is it.
 
I would not say it is "it", but pretty good!
Posted 6 years ago by Webfoot    [ Reply ]
Continuing the mood from Vienna Teng Passage, a solemn bit of music.
Posted 6 years ago by kevrey    [ Reply ]
OBO

Outstanding, but overplayed....

<donning fire suit>
Posted 6 years ago by alain.brault    [ Reply ]
I mean, come on, this is it.
Posted 6 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
First heard this on a Delta playlist of all things - now every time I hear it, I sigh.

Posted 6 years ago by toujoursparis    [ Reply ]
When I hear this, I think of Isabelle Huppert walking barefoot on a parquet floor.
Posted 6 years ago by eveliko    [ Reply ]
Play this to your Cannabis plants {#Daisy}
Posted 6 years ago by ExploitingChaos    [ Reply ]
Fantastic.
Posted 6 years ago by Tom_Price    [ Reply ]
Album: Satie: Piano Music (Frank Glazer, Piano)
Released: 1889
Last play: Apr 8, 2018
Plays in last 30 days: 3


There is no way this album was released in 1889. Just saying ...
Posted 6 years ago by cosmiclint    [ Reply ]
 Tomasni wrote:
To me this is strong 8- Most Excellent

 
DuranAir agrees!  Mui Bueno!
Posted 6 years ago by DuranAir    [ Reply ]
quelle ambiance !!
Posted 6 years ago by dicentim    [ Reply ]
To me this is strong 8- Most Excellent
Posted 6 years ago by Tomasni    [ Reply ]
 stoatva wrote:
Check out Tony McManus’ guitar version of this one.  
 
https://youtu.be/MmiWlMJiq1s

(my cousin Mike made that guitar, he noted proudly)
Posted 6 years ago by stoatva    [ Reply ]
Check out Tony McManus’ guitar version of this one.  
Posted 6 years ago by stoatva    [ Reply ]
Not enough notes! Too short, too short!
Posted 6 years ago by gmichaelt    [ Reply ]
As the first few notes sounded, I said out loud "Oohh, nice!" The whole piece makes a nice change from whatever preceeded.
Da iawn, bendegedig!
Posted 6 years ago by JohnOfMalvern    [ Reply ]
To me this is strong 8- Most Excellent
Posted 6 years ago by Tomasni    [ Reply ]
What a nice break from U2 and Zeppelin. 
Posted 7 years ago by fraserji    [ Reply ]
Nice music.
Very black lyrics....
Posted 7 years ago by geodesmo    [ Reply ]
 nicolaluna wrote:
Does this feature in any soundtracks besides Man on Wire and Gloomy Sunday?  I know I've heard it somewhere before here, today, in association with some film....

~anyone?

  
Proclivities wrote:

I believe it's also in the film Chocolat.

 
Erik Satie's Gymnopédie No. 1 is in a fabulous film: Louis Malle's "My Dinner with Andre"  
My Dinner with Andre 1981 film theatrical release poster.jpg
Posted 7 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
 LAwolf8 wrote:
This is Paris cafe' music from that great Impressionist era turn of the century, can't you smell the absinth  ?

 
Un Ricard svp.....{#Cheers}
Posted 7 years ago by 25demayo    [ Reply ]
This is Paris cafe' music from that great Impressionist era turn of the century, can't you smell the absinth  ?
Posted 7 years ago by LAwolf8    [ Reply ]
https://jtinamac.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/mid-clouds-2-altocumulus-lenticular_13960_600x450.jpg
Posted 7 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
wonderful. love to hear songs interspersed with instrumentals like this. Lovely and moody.
Posted 7 years ago by sleepinggypC    [ Reply ]
Exquisite music

(hey Kicks have you read Roger Shattucks "The Banquet Years: The Origins of the Avant-Garde in France, 1885 to World War I (1955)"
it's super  : )


Posted 7 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
I realy love this music...!
It is strong, soft, sad and joyful!
I want this music at my funeral... ( It is still a very long time, untill I'll die... ;-) ) 
Posted 7 years ago by Kicks    [ Reply ]
Nice segue from the Carolina Chocolate Drops 'Snowden's Jig' piece!
Posted 7 years ago by Clarentine    [ Reply ]
perfect rainy day music
Posted 7 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
I love music in so many forms....more often raucous or with good lyrics.  But something about this Satie piece and Albinoni's Adagio in G Minor knock my emotional socks off.
Posted 7 years ago by dc_zee    [ Reply ]
Another of my "Chill Set" inhabitants.
Posted 7 years ago by Carl    [ Reply ]
The phrasing is exquisite; the secret of great jazz... Bill Evans, MM&W, Coltrane, Miles Davis, BB King, Gilmour, and yes Frank Zappa 
Posted 7 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Found this interesting:

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/a-dangerous-and-evil-piano-piece 
Posted 7 years ago by unclelonghair    [ Reply ]
Always been a fan of ES.
Posted 7 years ago by nomnol    [ Reply ]
This after Feist !    Bill, you still got it !   Awesome.
Posted 7 years ago by msymmes    [ Reply ]
 oldviolin wrote:

Ah, I see it. Crippled and lonely; he wanders the crumbling alleys paved with ancient cobbles polished by circular regeneration; the streets littered with the refuse of intolerant time, and cruel space...how is it that music can so express suffering at the whim of the eternal muse...
to lame indeed. And yet, to healing comes the listening ear and hearing heart...

 
Fu** yeah, man!
Posted 7 years ago by user4176    [ Reply ]
Yet another perfect segue: Carolina Chocolate Drops - Snowden's Jig to this. I wouldn't have called it but Bill nailed it. You are the master, sir!!
Posted 7 years ago by Ahnyer_Keester    [ Reply ]
This is my favorite song on RP, by a long ways.

Second is Ruby Falls by Guster.

Third is anything by LZ.

Fourth is Casimir Pulaski Day. 
Posted 7 years ago by flyboy    [ Reply ]