This doesn't sound like revolutionary music--but trust me it is!! Dissolved 500 years of diatonic music. It is one of the 4 revolutionary spots in music, most music historians agree--the other three are the Eroica sym (Bee.), Tristan and isolde (Wagner) and Schoernburg's second string quartet (last movement shattered 500 years of chords--atonalism).
I can only imagine how proud of myself and bad-ass Id feel if I had written this piece of music. I could smoke the strongest pharmaceutical grade ganga and not even give a shit about paranoia because I'd be like 'whatever you cunts, I have written this',,
I can only imagine how proud of myself and bad-ass Id feel if I had written this piece of music. I could smoke the strongest pharmaceutical grade ganga and not even give a shit about paranoia because I'd be like 'whatever you cunts, I have written this',,
When I was a child I would wander around in the park. The days seemed brighter and the air crisper and more fresh somehow. This piece transports me back to the magical time of my childhood. The innocence gone and replaced by the despair that can only be known as adulthood and realization that not only is my time short but that of my loved ones. I remember my strong Father and safety. Forever gone now. But with tears in my eyes I remember him fondly as do I this piece. Thank you for posting.
@averyms That's how Debussy makes me feel in general. I got married this July and my processional was Claire de Lune...in it's entirety (My wedding party was ten pairings long... yeah, we made the 4.5 mins of music work.^_^) but it was in honor of my late grandfather who was a huge creative and spiritual force in my life. He's a lot of the reason I am who I am today. Claire de Lune was our "song". I wax nostalgic every time I listen to it, for a lot of the same reasons. :)
Avery, we are eternal beings. We did not spring into existence upon birth on Earth nor do we blink into nothingness upon death. That same sociality that we have enjoyed here in mortality continues eternally; except that it will be coupled with the love and glory of our Father in Heaven. Ponder that and I think you can gain insight as to the veracity of that statement. All the best to you. Life is rich and that eternally. I know.
@rivermoonrise This piece spoke to my heart and opened my soul to the wonders and possibilities of this beautiful yet harsh world - as if a light was turned on in a dark room - and I knew upon listening to this my life would be an amazing and wonderful journey - and it has turned out to be just that! Thank you Mr. Debussy - this song was the beginning of my life in so many ways!
1. Which orchestra is this? 2. Oh how I want to respond to the musical comments on this page, but there ain't no time! Rather than Stravinsky, think Wagner gone transparent. Symbolism: think about the poetic trend of Symbolism first, then relate these concepts to this tone poem turned ballet and the orchestration. Transcendentalism? doesn't work for me, so good luck there! It's Symbolist through and through, suggestive and erotic, so enjoy the ride, again and again.
@MusicfromMarrs Thank you! I took a track much like that in finding the symbolist features. Symbolism as a movement in music confused me because I had a very hard time differentiating it from impressionism, but I believe I did a good job clearing it up!
@MrBoricuadepuracepa Indeed. The first double phrase (flute), which is repeated over and over again throughout the whole peace, may remind of Strawinsky´s Rite.
If anyone has any good thoughts on how to relate this song as well as Debussy's other pieces to Emerson's works of the transcendentalist movement I would love love LOVE the help! I'm having some major writer's block.
@epplersm the flute as the main instrument symbolizes the faun. This was a faun's main instrument. what he carried around. Extreme chromaticism flowing up and down represents falling in and out, specifically in what could be the main motif (good example at 2:35-3:00, of reality and dream. The piece is meant to invoke a fragmented sense of what is/was real and is/was a dream.
@sgwilliams1 Thank You! I didn't read this in time but I eventually came to a similar conclusion, and got an A in the course (not sure about the paper). Thanks for the response
I'm regularly a rock/electronic fan, but sometimes I just take shelter on some classical stuff. Don't know but, but I need it periodically. And God, this piece must've been the most surprisingly beautiful I've heard in a good time
Debussy was a fantastic composer, but he had a poor personality. I remember there was a story of him, where he used to have cane he walked around with, and some asked him "Debussy why do carry around a cane?" He responded to them with "I carry a cane around to beat crying children, and ugly women."
The flute part at 2:02 and the progression from 5:11 to 5:19 are two of the most beautiful things I have ever heard. This is a dazzling composition (and performance!).
@maryboberry4life U have so musical sense.If it has good lyrics and if is Japanese rap I can forgive, BUT IF U ARE TALKING ABOUT AMERICAN NONSENSE RAP,then U have a lot to learn adn Im not old if U are thinking about i'm 15 so, young people can learn to like good music.
@maryboberry4life - rap is bad poetry recited unintelligibly over a background of irritating unimaginative sonic clutter. Classical is anything up to a hundred totally unamplified or otherwise distorted musical instruments (crafted with obsessive care to bring forth the clearest, most accurate note) played by experts who have typically been learning from the age of 6 how to play things like this, all together, all in time, all in tune, no machines. That's music. Rap isn't.
@sibeliandrift i dissagree. rap definatley is music, because the "unimaginative sonic clutter" is musical in nature. it isnt supposed to be an amazing auditory experience like this either, its supposed to say something. im really tired of all the classical snobs ruining music for everyone else.
How about we all stop talking about 'how this is real music' or 'this is representative of peace'... just enjoy the music because it speaks for itself!
@maryboberry4life you quite obviously have no understanding or appreciation for music. This is music in a form YOU don't like, just say you don't like it. You can't say it isn't music because it quite clearly is. Maybe the "music" you listen to isn't music?! Please just try and write a piece of music that is so much better than this "non-music nonsense!" HA
@maryboberry4life Okay, and what IS real music, then? Rap? Please no! Rap isn't even well constructed. You don't even need talent to sing rap. Auto-tune helps you out there. Plus, the soundtrack is all computer-generated, for you, nowadays. Rock? While rock is probably my favorite genre, this is more music than rock is. Country? Nah, doesn't compare. Alternative? I love alternative. It actually has some musical dynamics, but it's still not as beautiful as this.
All this talk about - 'what if Debussy was around today?' is just a waste of time. He lived in a very different era - the height of modernism in the so called artistic capital of the world - Paris. There's no such equivalent today. If I ventured a guess, I'd say he'd still be a classical musician/composer and not move to a pop/rock style of music, but even saying something like this sounds so absurd because the premise makes no sense.
just wish youtube stops its destruction of youtube/. previously the best internet site in the world with skype. Not long before that is also ruined. My opinion!
Classical artists will forever endure the punishments of artificial music. I can't believe all the shit I hear from peoples I pods these days. Though I listen to metal often, to call rap and the other garbage "real" music is insane. Symphonies will last forever.
Of course I was speaking for myself. Some people's "Romantic" switch is flicked when they hear hard rock ... It's all a matter of taste. I am a design engineer and a musician. My appreciation of the construction/composition of these melodies at a time when the world never heard such things is what awes me.
Incredible. Deceptively so. Easy to dismiss as "mood music" but actually a masterful sound painting. But not like the staid landscape in the video! Motifs transformed & layered in an intoxicating haze. Knew it for years and thought "boring", then one morning heard it on the radio, half-asleep, and its hypnotic beauty hit me at last. Afterwards studied the score and read Mallarme's eponymous poem. Erotic longing & pain of lost youth, listen 7:45. This is a work of considerable depth and beauty.
I'm always amazed in this world of violence and greed that such genius can create timeless beauty as this. When I listen to Debussy(with my eyes closed), the visions his music invokes can only be from another world. Classical music will endure long after rock and roll becomes a fossil. When is the world going to wake-up!
@crowdmaker Dear Idiot, Are you so thick-headed that you can't understand what I was trying to say? Yes, you are ... dipshit. Can you act a bit more stupid? On the other hand, don't bother to respond ... I just became a little dumber wasting my time with you.
If Debussy were around today do you really think he'd be writing classical music. In his day he was breaking new ground (the six note scale, the odd chord progressions) and not everybody got what he was doing. It was too new and different for many, like rock and roll was at it's onset. If he were alive today I think he'd be writing music that challenges the modern ear. And it would of course be seen as radical by many. He had a rock and roll spirit. He'd be rocking new ground!
@terrybeaton I wasn't referring to today. I meant the greed and violence in his day. Of course he wouldn't have written Clair de lune in our time ... I get it. I'm pointing out how unfortunate that greed and violence is timeless. This world should be run by Engineers and artists opposed to dictators, outdated blue-bloods(royalty) and elected crooks ... then we'd get somewhere.
@terrybeaton I love music history at that period. To so many people, it all sounds the same "classical music" but if you know the history of the songs, and the techniques used, it all becomes so much richer. It's not just the music anymore, but you're starting to understand the persona of the song; it's how the song actually was received in its time, rather than just what you're hearing. It really adds another dimension to the listening, it's wonderful.
@Aerovistae Wow, at first I thought pointing out how idiotic your comment was would fall to deaf ears, but I think I have to say something on principal. Do you even fucking realize that he was saying if Debussy was born in this generation he would be seen as radical? Two things, 1) calling someone a dumbass when you clearly missed the point is nothing short idiotic irony. 2) there were guitars in the 1800's.
@Aerovistae "half-baked trombone-playing-wannabe" lol, possibly the funniest insult I've seen on youtube all day! I'm going to use that if its alright. I have a funny friend who plays trombone, he'd appreciate it, lol.
@terrybeaton it would be more complex than rock, rock is the music of rebellion, made by lowlifes who don't like rules, especially customs associated with Christianity, which is what gives the profanities we now here on the radio
not just rock, but the entire world of contemporary music, his style would be the same if he were alive, the style you can never take from the musician
@Gidenkidenk any style of music can be amazing. hate how snobbery always creeps into classical music videos. i love classical music, rap, rock etc. music's subjective because it's art.
@Gidenkidenk screamo will be some peoples favourite music and there's nothing wrong with that. does nothing for you and nothing for me but it does for some. rock is so broad that you can't put it in a box. ranges from the beatles to radiohead both of which by the way have influenced a lot of modern composers.
@bournebeats I think so too.I like a lot of all tipes of music the only request are the lyrics.They must have a meaning, a good meaning, I live in Brasil and I can't get what they did here.All they hear is Funk and is not like the American one.The lyrics are very repulsive.I like Vocaloid and Today I am listening Debussy.WHAT A DIFFERENCE!
@HaydnFan1732 In its beginnings, rock and roll was challenging to the ear. It has become so popular over the years because now people like it so much that it has become ingrained into our society, but before the energy rock music had was completely new. I would argue that rock and roll is much more inventive than contemporary classical composers who are simply trying to be different rather than using unconventional means to convey something specific.
I don't understand how you can say this. Rock's forebears, Elvis, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis and the like, have always written music tailored for the popular ear. Sure it was different, but there is nothing about it that suggests it was "challenging." Market economics pretty much supressed innovation (and still does) anyway. There are few instances of music throughout history which can compare to the immediate popularity and derivation that rock has created.
if Debussy were around today he most certainly be composing classical. there are a lot of classical composers TODAY... and they challenge the modern ear too!!!! ... heck, i don't even like them.
Debussy would have been breaking new ground in classical... or taking any songs (mellody) by Pitbull, AC/DC, Guns-N-Roses, etc and make it into a true classical piece.
@terrybeaton we cant be certain about what Debussy would do if he were around today. What I see clearly is that we are still thinking about what the Debussy´s, the Beethoven´s or Chopin´s of the past would be doing today, intead of listening to the Debussy´s, the Beethoven´s or Chopin´s of TODAY.
@leandrusi Agree and that's a shame. For me, a Debussy of TODAY would be someone like Kaija Saariaho, a Finnish composer who lives in Paris - write's great music (my favorite being Sept Papillon for solo cello)
@GhostmanDBP I agree with the first half of your statement but there are some songs in the so called "popular" genres that arouse the same emotions within me as this beautiful composition.
@GhostmanDBP Bravo for your comment!That's exactly what I always say/think!Think about it folks Bach,Mozart,Beethoven,Debussy..name them all? Are STILL selling CD's!And don't get me wrong, I also love the music from nowadays..50's till now?But I don't think any of these singers/songwriters/musicians from this time will be remembered after more than 300 years,like for instance J.S.Bach born on March 21 1685 died 28 July 1750) Anyway it proofs Classical Music is not only Devine,but timeless too!
@bibiJ63 In maybe 300 years, nowadays pop music will be their classical music. So, don't get me wrong, but I don't think the world will stop listening to The Beatles too soon.
@89murph . Im a teenager, i love rock and alternative music and appreciate most types of music, yet my most listened songs on itunes is the 4 movements of Dvoráks New World Symphony, so dont assume that all teenagers dont listen to "proper music". Just because some teens think that a talentless man shouting complete jibberish down a mic and calls it "rap" is music, doesn't mean we all do. Some have better taste than that. Becasue i think we can all agree that this a piece of magic
@89murph I'm 16 and love Debussy or other impressionistic or classical componists as much as the "crap" you are talking of. By the way do you now what Debussy's music has been called when he wrote it? This time's best musicians called it "crap". Of course I get what you're are saying and just want it as much as you that this kind of music becomes more popular. But if you want them to respect "your" music, respect "theirs".
You know, I don't really like this piece, suprising given how people seem to be gushing over it. Its a lovely piece of mood music, something to set the atmosphere in a movie or video game, but alone its just kind of boring.
As an impressionist composer, Debussy found a way to link the romantic era to the twentieth century. its amusing how he recieved so much judgement and negative feedback, purely because society had no knowledge of breaking away from the idea of functional tonality.
The stresses of this world overwhelm you. You fall asleep and you dream of fawns and dogs and cats and every childhood animal friend long since passed tells you to calm down and that they are waiting for you on the other side. They are with you but you must keep going. It's not time yet. You almost wish you would never awaken.
Debussy is definitely romantic, of which impressionism is a subset. A sort of introverted romanticism, but a romantic nonetheless. I'm an extroverted fiery romantic who loves Korngold and Richard Strauss, yet I also think this is one of the single greatest pieces of western music.
@Carthsgtr You're kind of missing the point. And the Romantic period in my opinion went from late Beethoven all the way to the death of Erich Wolfgang Korngold, the last of the romantics, in 1950. That said, Debussy was late 19th century, and while his music was a bold rejection of the German Romantic school his music was certainly very romantic in intent and execution, and this is made even more clear by the next most famous impressionist composer, Ravel.
this piece reminds of something out of the chronicles of Narnia movie .
jerseyqirl201 15 hours ago
this reminds of age of empires 3
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jorgealbertobaron1 6 days ago
this is one of the most beautiful works of art ever created.
cowpower12 1 week ago
This doesn't sound like revolutionary music--but trust me it is!! Dissolved 500 years of diatonic music. It is one of the 4 revolutionary spots in music, most music historians agree--the other three are the Eroica sym (Bee.), Tristan and isolde (Wagner) and Schoernburg's second string quartet (last movement shattered 500 years of chords--atonalism).
windstorm1000 1 week ago
UNA pasada !
oclokony 2 weeks ago
Omnia '98 <3
LoiDaniele 2 weeks ago
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I can only imagine how proud of myself and bad-ass Id feel if I had written this piece of music. I could smoke the strongest pharmaceutical grade ganga and not even give a shit about paranoia because I'd be like 'whatever you cunts, I have written this',,
Really need to get out of the house more..:-/
Thepeckinator 2 weeks ago
I can only imagine how proud of myself and bad-ass Id feel if I had written this piece of music. I could smoke the strongest pharmaceutical grade ganga and not even give a shit about paranoia because I'd be like 'whatever you cunts, I have written this',,
Really need to get out of the house more..:-/
Thepeckinator 2 weeks ago
Agree with rivermoonrise..from 4.45...amazing
juloop100 3 weeks ago
how God blessed this man with an ability to make music, sheer talent that will be played for many years after all of us!!! breathtaking!
Mrmusicmakeslove 3 weeks ago 7
Amazing, very best song
tokoglu 3 weeks ago
When I was a child I would wander around in the park. The days seemed brighter and the air crisper and more fresh somehow. This piece transports me back to the magical time of my childhood. The innocence gone and replaced by the despair that can only be known as adulthood and realization that not only is my time short but that of my loved ones. I remember my strong Father and safety. Forever gone now. But with tears in my eyes I remember him fondly as do I this piece. Thank you for posting.
averyms 3 weeks ago 35
@averyms Omg! that is so beautiful! <3
curlzmt1 3 weeks ago 3
@averyms wow thats so sad :[
cebebee 3 weeks ago
@averyms That's how Debussy makes me feel in general. I got married this July and my processional was Claire de Lune...in it's entirety (My wedding party was ten pairings long... yeah, we made the 4.5 mins of music work.^_^) but it was in honor of my late grandfather who was a huge creative and spiritual force in my life. He's a lot of the reason I am who I am today. Claire de Lune was our "song". I wax nostalgic every time I listen to it, for a lot of the same reasons. :)
likethecheeze321 2 weeks ago 4
@averyms
OK.....
thedirtymeatball 1 week ago
@averyms beautiful.
JackRyan327 1 week ago
@averyms
Avery, we are eternal beings. We did not spring into existence upon birth on Earth nor do we blink into nothingness upon death. That same sociality that we have enjoyed here in mortality continues eternally; except that it will be coupled with the love and glory of our Father in Heaven. Ponder that and I think you can gain insight as to the veracity of that statement. All the best to you. Life is rich and that eternally. I know.
cb800808 4 days ago in playlist Classical-nice
@cb800808 veracity is the wrong word and no one knows what happens when you die
MrSkate4weed 2 days ago
@averyms How can this piece possibly transmit you a sense of innocence?
TheLolwutlolwut 2 days ago
one thing twilight did was pick damn good artists for the soundtracks
DarkLionInteractive 1 month ago 6
From 4:45 to 6:00 is the most beautiful thing I've ever heard.
rivermoonrise 1 month ago
@rivermoonrise This piece spoke to my heart and opened my soul to the wonders and possibilities of this beautiful yet harsh world - as if a light was turned on in a dark room - and I knew upon listening to this my life would be an amazing and wonderful journey - and it has turned out to be just that! Thank you Mr. Debussy - this song was the beginning of my life in so many ways!
MarkinArabia 3 weeks ago 3
Thumbs up if you aren't bieber
serkanhy 1 month ago
Listen to the overture to Star Trek: The Motion Picture after this.
Kirk00077 1 month ago
1. Which orchestra is this? 2. Oh how I want to respond to the musical comments on this page, but there ain't no time! Rather than Stravinsky, think Wagner gone transparent. Symbolism: think about the poetic trend of Symbolism first, then relate these concepts to this tone poem turned ballet and the orchestration. Transcendentalism? doesn't work for me, so good luck there! It's Symbolist through and through, suggestive and erotic, so enjoy the ride, again and again.
MusicfromMarrs 1 month ago
@MusicfromMarrs Thank you! I took a track much like that in finding the symbolist features. Symbolism as a movement in music confused me because I had a very hard time differentiating it from impressionism, but I believe I did a good job clearing it up!
epplersm 3 weeks ago
Why did Dubussy have to go on and be all freaking brilliant? -_-... This is truely amazing. :)
trp8155 1 month ago
This sounds like the right of spring to me
MrBoricuadepuracepa 1 month ago in playlist More videos from poloshia
@MrBoricuadepuracepa This sounds absolutely nothing like Stravinsky's Rite of Spring.
elphie1415 1 month ago
@MrBoricuadepuracepa Indeed. The first double phrase (flute), which is repeated over and over again throughout the whole peace, may remind of Strawinsky´s Rite.
ranarivelogabriel 1 month ago
5:38 what happened :S ahh
MrHarrytubing 1 month ago
If anyone has any good thoughts on how to relate this song as well as Debussy's other pieces to Emerson's works of the transcendentalist movement I would love love LOVE the help! I'm having some major writer's block.
gravitynverletmedown 1 month ago
I cried at 5:18. Stunning.
disanche 1 month ago
Some symbols according to what ?
gkollias14 1 month ago
Music History paper....... Somebody please help me identify some symbolist features in this piece
epplersm 1 month ago
@epplersm the flute as the main instrument symbolizes the faun. This was a faun's main instrument. what he carried around. Extreme chromaticism flowing up and down represents falling in and out, specifically in what could be the main motif (good example at 2:35-3:00, of reality and dream. The piece is meant to invoke a fragmented sense of what is/was real and is/was a dream.
sgwilliams1 1 month ago
@sgwilliams1 Thank You! I didn't read this in time but I eventually came to a similar conclusion, and got an A in the course (not sure about the paper). Thanks for the response
epplersm 3 weeks ago
I'm regularly a rock/electronic fan, but sometimes I just take shelter on some classical stuff. Don't know but, but I need it periodically. And God, this piece must've been the most surprisingly beautiful I've heard in a good time
FriedChickenofDeath6 1 month ago 4
Oh, my, I am having an out-of-body experience...
blessedhomosapiens 1 month ago 5
This song reminds me of the first time I ate shrooms.
doctorbrinker 1 month ago 43
@doctorbrinker Thumped up for listening on shrooms
Jilliodeath 1 month ago
A very beautiful and sensual song!
Geunoir 1 month ago
The paintings fit wonderful with the beautiful music!
KingKoboldMcMarco 1 month ago
Debussy was a fantastic composer, but he had a poor personality. I remember there was a story of him, where he used to have cane he walked around with, and some asked him "Debussy why do carry around a cane?" He responded to them with "I carry a cane around to beat crying children, and ugly women."
MrIndubitable 1 month ago 3
@MrIndubitable :-))
rlfmoba 2 weeks ago
This is just fuckin GORGEOUS.
babischucko 1 month ago
Pretty breathtaking music right here ^.^
AbernathyProductions 2 months ago
LOVE. DEBUSSY.
Silthrith 2 months ago
@maryboberry4life fux off !! this music gonna make us better when we cannot sleep!
YouSeems 2 months ago
The flute part at 2:02 and the progression from 5:11 to 5:19 are two of the most beautiful things I have ever heard. This is a dazzling composition (and performance!).
minous813 2 months ago 5
uh im not 15, im 19.
maryboberry4life 2 months ago
it is really amazing
Sissina2095 2 months ago
shut the fuck up bitch. Music to me is Rap!!!!
maryboberry4life 2 months ago
@maryboberry4life U have so musical sense.If it has good lyrics and if is Japanese rap I can forgive, BUT IF U ARE TALKING ABOUT AMERICAN NONSENSE RAP,then U have a lot to learn adn Im not old if U are thinking about i'm 15 so, young people can learn to like good music.
Necessity4fun 2 months ago
@Necessity4fun *and
Necessity4fun 2 months ago
@maryboberry4life - rap is bad poetry recited unintelligibly over a background of irritating unimaginative sonic clutter. Classical is anything up to a hundred totally unamplified or otherwise distorted musical instruments (crafted with obsessive care to bring forth the clearest, most accurate note) played by experts who have typically been learning from the age of 6 how to play things like this, all together, all in time, all in tune, no machines. That's music. Rap isn't.
sibeliandrift 1 week ago
@sibeliandrift i dissagree. rap definatley is music, because the "unimaginative sonic clutter" is musical in nature. it isnt supposed to be an amazing auditory experience like this either, its supposed to say something. im really tired of all the classical snobs ruining music for everyone else.
teenmetalhead666 5 days ago
if Debussy was still alive, he would have been the one to invent dubstep
jackassiskickass 2 months ago 3
@jackassiskickass what is dubstep?
Necessity4fun 2 months ago
@jackassiskickass
That's impossible. Dubstep isn't music.
Unholyterror 2 months ago
@jackassiskickass Hilarious. But true.
FriedChickenofDeath6 1 month ago
Lovely.. I cant say anything more. Drifting away and drowning out the negative noise on earth.
Primitive26 2 months ago
How about we all stop talking about 'how this is real music' or 'this is representative of peace'... just enjoy the music because it speaks for itself!
NadineSmile10 2 months ago
I have to listen to this song for my western civilization class. what the heck. this isnt music. very annoying and it made me fall asleep.
maryboberry4life 2 months ago
@maryboberry4life
PHILISTINE
zafira468 2 months ago
@maryboberry4life you quite obviously have no understanding or appreciation for music. This is music in a form YOU don't like, just say you don't like it. You can't say it isn't music because it quite clearly is. Maybe the "music" you listen to isn't music?! Please just try and write a piece of music that is so much better than this "non-music nonsense!" HA
xROUTSWOMANx 2 months ago
@xROUTSWOMANx I liked you in the exact moment i read your reply.Good one!
Necessity4fun 2 months ago
@Necessity4fun It made me feel happy when I read this.
xROUTSWOMANx 2 months ago
@maryboberry4life Okay, and what IS real music, then? Rap? Please no! Rap isn't even well constructed. You don't even need talent to sing rap. Auto-tune helps you out there. Plus, the soundtrack is all computer-generated, for you, nowadays. Rock? While rock is probably my favorite genre, this is more music than rock is. Country? Nah, doesn't compare. Alternative? I love alternative. It actually has some musical dynamics, but it's still not as beautiful as this.
212DP 2 months ago
@212DP do not limit yourself to a genre. Music is everywhere around us and it is beautiful in all of its forms.
Sw155 2 months ago
I love this song. It's so dreamy.
goldcherries 2 months ago
Thumbs up if you're here because of music class.
phamxp426 2 months ago 207
@phamxp426 big up! that was a definite laugh out loud. music class was the best my freshman year
Schiff252 2 months ago
@phamxp246 you troll. I hate you sooooo much
someoneselaine 1 month ago
All this talk about - 'what if Debussy was around today?' is just a waste of time. He lived in a very different era - the height of modernism in the so called artistic capital of the world - Paris. There's no such equivalent today. If I ventured a guess, I'd say he'd still be a classical musician/composer and not move to a pop/rock style of music, but even saying something like this sounds so absurd because the premise makes no sense.
willjooo 2 months ago
This recording is taken off of vinyl..........a record! Someone uploaded their prized vinyl record onto Youtube.
RichardEllisxyz 2 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Claude Debussy
I love this song...Debussy was the first person to make music have color
CandaceLovesMusic 2 months ago 2
@CandaceLovesMusic couldn't agree more. Debussy and Ravel, are two of my favourites! They honestly were a league of their own!
zo12 2 months ago
es bellisimo!
Catalamasloca 3 months ago
just wish youtube stops its destruction of youtube/. previously the best internet site in the world with skype. Not long before that is also ruined. My opinion!
1CARNES 3 months ago in playlist 1CARNES's favorites
Classical artists will forever endure the punishments of artificial music. I can't believe all the shit I hear from peoples I pods these days. Though I listen to metal often, to call rap and the other garbage "real" music is insane. Symphonies will last forever.
OfHolyKnights 3 months ago
This is so beautiful. It´s hard not cry !
chillyam 3 months ago 2
Imádom !
unbann 3 months ago
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Of course I was speaking for myself. Some people's "Romantic" switch is flicked when they hear hard rock ... It's all a matter of taste. I am a design engineer and a musician. My appreciation of the construction/composition of these melodies at a time when the world never heard such things is what awes me.
GhostmanDBP 3 months ago
Gorgeously Intoxicating...
GhostofRipper 3 months ago
it is so peaceful and relaxing i think i heard this before!!! I feel so sleepy just listening to it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =^.^=
Blueberrycake945 3 months ago
watch?v=78jNEET0EKw , a Zappa Tribute/Parody
TheGumboVariator 3 months ago
@TheGumboVariator ul have to explain that one to me. my mind is now shattered.
dirosaga 3 months ago
Nodame Cantabile brought me here :)
chauhchao 3 months ago
if only the speakers on my laptop were louder... wonderful music.
SanguisNoxify 3 months ago
i <3 rock'n roll but i still love this
hrenwood 3 months ago
Justin Beiber created 59 accounts and disliked!
TheSingingSongman 3 months ago
AMAZING DEBUSSY
Elkin345 3 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Claude Debussy
Does anybody know from which CD this is?
Which orchestra?
I'd love to listen to this version in better quality.
Infenomeno 3 months ago
this music is amazing, but the quality is terrible.
auscaliber1 3 months ago
beautiful
JjMmGg35 3 months ago
'Listen to lots of unfamiliar music' is probably the best homework I've ever had.
ohumanchild 3 months ago
@ohumanchild I want one like this too.
Necessity4fun 2 months ago
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MetalicB0x 3 months ago
Incredible. Deceptively so. Easy to dismiss as "mood music" but actually a masterful sound painting. But not like the staid landscape in the video! Motifs transformed & layered in an intoxicating haze. Knew it for years and thought "boring", then one morning heard it on the radio, half-asleep, and its hypnotic beauty hit me at last. Afterwards studied the score and read Mallarme's eponymous poem. Erotic longing & pain of lost youth, listen 7:45. This is a work of considerable depth and beauty.
jazzmunky 4 months ago
i feel like im watching the land before time
jadedfeelings21 4 months ago 4
im only here for music homework but this tunes okaii . . . . .
XxX1GuardianAngelXxX 4 months ago
@XxX1GuardianAngelXxX Same :D
xJLSandTaylorSwiftx 4 months ago
I'm always amazed in this world of violence and greed that such genius can create timeless beauty as this. When I listen to Debussy(with my eyes closed), the visions his music invokes can only be from another world. Classical music will endure long after rock and roll becomes a fossil. When is the world going to wake-up!
GhostmanDBP 4 months ago 34
@GhostmanDBP When are you?
crowdmaker 4 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Claude Debussy
@crowdmaker When am I what?
GhostmanDBP 4 months ago
@GhostmanDBP "When is the world going to wake-up!" you ask. Amused, I asked the question back. The "world" is already wide awake, don't you know?
crowdmaker 4 months ago
@crowdmaker Dear Idiot, Are you so thick-headed that you can't understand what I was trying to say? Yes, you are ... dipshit. Can you act a bit more stupid? On the other hand, don't bother to respond ... I just became a little dumber wasting my time with you.
GhostmanDBP 4 months ago
@GhostmanDBP "(with my eyes closed)" you are so deep
wendywolfman 3 months ago
@GhostmanDBP
If Debussy were around today do you really think he'd be writing classical music. In his day he was breaking new ground (the six note scale, the odd chord progressions) and not everybody got what he was doing. It was too new and different for many, like rock and roll was at it's onset. If he were alive today I think he'd be writing music that challenges the modern ear. And it would of course be seen as radical by many. He had a rock and roll spirit. He'd be rocking new ground!
terrybeaton 3 months ago 97
@terrybeaton I wasn't referring to today. I meant the greed and violence in his day. Of course he wouldn't have written Clair de lune in our time ... I get it. I'm pointing out how unfortunate that greed and violence is timeless. This world should be run by Engineers and artists opposed to dictators, outdated blue-bloods(royalty) and elected crooks ... then we'd get somewhere.
GhostmanDBP 3 months ago
@terrybeaton I love music history at that period. To so many people, it all sounds the same "classical music" but if you know the history of the songs, and the techniques used, it all becomes so much richer. It's not just the music anymore, but you're starting to understand the persona of the song; it's how the song actually was received in its time, rather than just what you're hearing. It really adds another dimension to the listening, it's wonderful.
kamikazemelon787 3 months ago 6
@terrybeaton are you fucking kidding me? he wouldnt even know what a guitar was if he was around today hes from the 1800s dumbass
Aerovistae 3 months ago
@Aerovistae Wow, at first I thought pointing out how idiotic your comment was would fall to deaf ears, but I think I have to say something on principal. Do you even fucking realize that he was saying if Debussy was born in this generation he would be seen as radical? Two things, 1) calling someone a dumbass when you clearly missed the point is nothing short idiotic irony. 2) there were guitars in the 1800's.
pnggolfer9 3 months ago in playlist Classical Music
@pnggolfer9 no you're stupid
Aerovistae 3 months ago
@Aerovistae He means if he was born today you ignorant piece of shit. And the guitar is way older than the 1800's
kongoman123 3 months ago
@kongoman123 no you're stupid
Aerovistae 3 months ago
@Aerovistae guitars and other similar instruments have been around for thousands of years you halfwit
swpier29 3 months ago
@swpier29 what do you know you half-baked trombone-playing-wannabe
Aerovistae 3 months ago
@Aerovistae "half-baked trombone-playing-wannabe" lol, possibly the funniest insult I've seen on youtube all day! I'm going to use that if its alright. I have a funny friend who plays trombone, he'd appreciate it, lol.
amilisom 2 months ago
@terrybeaton it would be more complex than rock, rock is the music of rebellion, made by lowlifes who don't like rules, especially customs associated with Christianity, which is what gives the profanities we now here on the radio
not just rock, but the entire world of contemporary music, his style would be the same if he were alive, the style you can never take from the musician
Gidenkidenk 3 months ago
@Gidenkidenk any style of music can be amazing. hate how snobbery always creeps into classical music videos. i love classical music, rap, rock etc. music's subjective because it's art.
bournebeats 2 months ago
@bournebeats definitely not any style, screamo is not amazing, and people just like rock because of the power chords and fast solos
Gidenkidenk 2 months ago
@Gidenkidenk screamo will be some peoples favourite music and there's nothing wrong with that. does nothing for you and nothing for me but it does for some. rock is so broad that you can't put it in a box. ranges from the beatles to radiohead both of which by the way have influenced a lot of modern composers.
bournebeats 2 months ago
@bournebeats I think so too.I like a lot of all tipes of music the only request are the lyrics.They must have a meaning, a good meaning, I live in Brasil and I can't get what they did here.All they hear is Funk and is not like the American one.The lyrics are very repulsive.I like Vocaloid and Today I am listening Debussy.WHAT A DIFFERENCE!
Necessity4fun 2 months ago
I don't like odd numbers but I HAD to like this piece.
Gidenkidenk 3 months ago 37
@Gidenkidenk odd numbers ? what of them ?
anisometropie 1 month ago
@Gidenkidenk I'm hearing OCD bells!
fdgnightmare 1 month ago
@terrybeaton Or Jazzing, or funking new ground.
swerve19 3 months ago
@terrybeaton I agree with you more.
marleyfan008 2 months ago
@terrybeaton
Rock and roll is not challenging any ear. it's a simple popular music.
the right example is the contemporary classical composers, who compose mostly non tonal music.
HaydnFan1732 2 months ago
@HaydnFan1732 In its beginnings, rock and roll was challenging to the ear. It has become so popular over the years because now people like it so much that it has become ingrained into our society, but before the energy rock music had was completely new. I would argue that rock and roll is much more inventive than contemporary classical composers who are simply trying to be different rather than using unconventional means to convey something specific.
caveman495 2 months ago
@caveman495
I don't understand how you can say this. Rock's forebears, Elvis, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis and the like, have always written music tailored for the popular ear. Sure it was different, but there is nothing about it that suggests it was "challenging." Market economics pretty much supressed innovation (and still does) anyway. There are few instances of music throughout history which can compare to the immediate popularity and derivation that rock has created.
saremo 2 months ago
@terrybeaton Or just as possible he'd be writing classical music that challenges the modern ear. The genre is still alive!
ebennetgirl 1 month ago
@terrybeaton
if Debussy were around today he most certainly be composing classical. there are a lot of classical composers TODAY... and they challenge the modern ear too!!!! ... heck, i don't even like them.
Debussy would have been breaking new ground in classical... or taking any songs (mellody) by Pitbull, AC/DC, Guns-N-Roses, etc and make it into a true classical piece.
pedritococacola 1 month ago
@terrybeaton we cant be certain about what Debussy would do if he were around today. What I see clearly is that we are still thinking about what the Debussy´s, the Beethoven´s or Chopin´s of the past would be doing today, intead of listening to the Debussy´s, the Beethoven´s or Chopin´s of TODAY.
leandrusi 1 month ago
@leandrusi Agree and that's a shame. For me, a Debussy of TODAY would be someone like Kaija Saariaho, a Finnish composer who lives in Paris - write's great music (my favorite being Sept Papillon for solo cello)
willjooo 1 month ago
@GhostmanDBP I agree with the first half of your statement but there are some songs in the so called "popular" genres that arouse the same emotions within me as this beautiful composition.
MrProgressivegroove 3 months ago 2
@GhostmanDBP Bravo for your comment!That's exactly what I always say/think!Think about it folks Bach,Mozart,Beethoven,Debussy..name them all? Are STILL selling CD's!And don't get me wrong, I also love the music from nowadays..50's till now?But I don't think any of these singers/songwriters/musicians from this time will be remembered after more than 300 years,like for instance J.S.Bach born on March 21 1685 died 28 July 1750) Anyway it proofs Classical Music is not only Devine,but timeless too!
bibiJ63 2 months ago
@bibiJ63 You are obviously intelligent and a free thinker. Such a beautiful mind hon. Like myself, you must have lived in another time.
GhostmanDBP 2 months ago
@bibiJ63 In maybe 300 years, nowadays pop music will be their classical music. So, don't get me wrong, but I don't think the world will stop listening to The Beatles too soon.
FriedChickenofDeath6 1 month ago
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char3e 4 months ago
@89murph . Im a teenager, i love rock and alternative music and appreciate most types of music, yet my most listened songs on itunes is the 4 movements of Dvoráks New World Symphony, so dont assume that all teenagers dont listen to "proper music". Just because some teens think that a talentless man shouting complete jibberish down a mic and calls it "rap" is music, doesn't mean we all do. Some have better taste than that. Becasue i think we can all agree that this a piece of magic
amasterson106 4 months ago 6
@amasterson106 I know it's most teens, but a few actually have taste (you).
89murph 4 months ago
It's a shame that teenagers don't listen proper music, just crap created by the music industry and disney shite.
89murph 4 months ago
@89murph I'm 16 and love Debussy or other impressionistic or classical componists as much as the "crap" you are talking of. By the way do you now what Debussy's music has been called when he wrote it? This time's best musicians called it "crap". Of course I get what you're are saying and just want it as much as you that this kind of music becomes more popular. But if you want them to respect "your" music, respect "theirs".
Banto00 4 months ago
@Banto00 As young as you are, you already have an open positive mind... I'm sure you will get a lot of benefit of that. Good reaction! :-)
RobertAtYt 3 months ago
@89murph I listen to rock AND classical. Kids do listen to this stuff, you just haven't found them yet.
JDSNCB23 4 months ago
Faun gets drunk-has wonderful dreams-
He's high on weed, essentially.
boyuanzhang96 4 months ago
Can you all just... SHHH!.. Please? I'm trying to listen.
TheHollylogan 4 months ago 6
such beauty cannot be expressed in words but only in music like this, provoking so much emotion from within.
mydiggisbigger 4 months ago
LOVE at first SOUND! So gorgeous..
lotuskissed 4 months ago in playlist More videos from poloshia
You know, I don't really like this piece, suprising given how people seem to be gushing over it. Its a lovely piece of mood music, something to set the atmosphere in a movie or video game, but alone its just kind of boring.
Chefodeath 4 months ago
@Chefodeath whats wrong with you???
albamboo73 4 months ago
As an impressionist composer, Debussy found a way to link the romantic era to the twentieth century. its amusing how he recieved so much judgement and negative feedback, purely because society had no knowledge of breaking away from the idea of functional tonality.
SoundIsTouch 4 months ago
the beginning of this piece reminds me of Narnia :)
NicAlba 4 months ago
was listening to this piece earlier yesterday and it got my muse into overdrive... now working on a new one shot comic based completely around it :D
outerglow 4 months ago
The amount of dislikes is only a fraction of what it would be a hundred years ago.
JonasKFriedChicken 4 months ago 2
@JonasKFriedChicken nice
lukat93 4 months ago
Oh my god.
Flutterbrony 4 months ago
@Flutterbrony Hey hey, a fellow brony who likes classical! :D
KaiserAdama 4 months ago
The stresses of this world overwhelm you. You fall asleep and you dream of fawns and dogs and cats and every childhood animal friend long since passed tells you to calm down and that they are waiting for you on the other side. They are with you but you must keep going. It's not time yet. You almost wish you would never awaken.
Debussey was brilliant.
starrynight0419gmail 4 months ago
stop writing your poetic crap everytime u listen to somethin else that the typical sh*t u listen on ur ipad.
kflynt2006 4 months ago
Imagine how many girls you could pull by writing a piece like this dedicated to them.
ColourOfNothing 4 months ago 5
Is that gentleman in the painting urinating? And does he only have one leg? My my.
inheritancerecords 5 months ago
the bar of silence at 0:31 always makes me shake my head, what a genius... so sensuous and vivid
brenonion 5 months ago
very sexy
jgh69 5 months ago
55 people are deaf . . .
Flyingedition 5 months ago 2
@Flyingedition 56 now. They are probably JB fans :O No offense, just a joke.
WizarditoWiz 4 months ago
@WizarditoWiz No Justin Bieber's the joke
jiffinbigles 4 months ago 3
@WizarditoWiz None offense taken . . . . . JB ugh. This is far better than him anyday
Flyingedition 4 months ago
Debussy is definitely romantic, of which impressionism is a subset. A sort of introverted romanticism, but a romantic nonetheless. I'm an extroverted fiery romantic who loves Korngold and Richard Strauss, yet I also think this is one of the single greatest pieces of western music.
malikrox 5 months ago
@malikrox
Late Beethoven was Romantic. This is as different to Romantic as Romantic is to classical. Impressionism is late 19th early 20th century.
Carthsgtr 5 months ago
@Carthsgtr You're kind of missing the point. And the Romantic period in my opinion went from late Beethoven all the way to the death of Erich Wolfgang Korngold, the last of the romantics, in 1950. That said, Debussy was late 19th century, and while his music was a bold rejection of the German Romantic school his music was certainly very romantic in intent and execution, and this is made even more clear by the next most famous impressionist composer, Ravel.
malikrox 5 months ago