September

[cosmicrider287]

a beautiful soundtrack to the end of summer.

[Northyy1]

love



[kindredvampyre]

found via this awesome site that asks listeners to pick fave songs by topic..this one naturally september...

guardian.co.uk/music/2011/sep/­08/readers-recommend-songs-sep­tember-results

[knyeland]

It's September... Never a bad time to listen to David.

[scottwebb]

10 people have their taste centred up their ass

[positivity70]

Ethereal brilliance. Timeless.

[JorgeCortez01]

Even in spanish it sounds wonderful: El sol brilla en lo alto El sonido de las risas Aves deslizandose hacia abajo Sobre cruzes de viejas Iglesias grises Decimos estar enamorados Mientras secretamente deseamos que llueva Sorbiendo Coke y jugando juegos Septiembre esta de nuevo aqui! Septiembre esta de nuevo aqui.

[Joaocruz30]

@JorgeCortez01 E em Português, Chino e tudo e tudo! É intemporal, genial e universal! Abraços

[ejival]

Again ...

[aramanth]

Back to September.... secretly wishing for rain....

-Posted on September 1 2011

[sparkleshoes]

here we are again.....heaven.

[DavidDeluxe]

Repeating the cycle. :)

[caribbank1ng]

September's here again! My month! :) love this track so much and this album.

[BankruptBassplayer]

done my yearly ritual. September is here again...

[order57]

In my favourite vinyls.

[Rechtskraft8501]

What a beautifl sound!

[Chriskkboongg]

I wish Sylvian made a much longer version of this song. The most beautiful 1:15 in modern music history.

[jenniferjjjx]

This song is so beautifully breathtaking. Totally suits September. David Sylvian is a total genius. Heartbreaking song. One of the most underrated songwriters of our time. If you like this song, you should check out Fragile Bones (Feels Like Home) by Ali Murray, or anything by Ali Murray for that matter. Musically it's very different to this but it's still sad and dreamy and beautiful.

[andrewbb9]

beautiful and sublime genius,speaks volumes

[ddesini]

. . . Solo. . Stratosfera. . .

[ddesini]

. . .statosfera!!!

[fabiosantilli]

Emozione pura.

[misa1952]

+++++++++++++++

[caesarnihil]

ok, mi vuoi sposare?

[writer4writer2]

my leaf are withered

wanna be soil

and make you green

[irishcowboy42]

I will always try to understand his need for greed in the projection of thoughts regarding fulfillment and ambition and the desire to inspire in recent times but songs like 'September' and its ilk i.e (Orpheus, Nostalgia, Before the the bullfight, Darkest dreaming, Laughter and forgetting, Wave, Blackwater, Fire in the forest) will always be his legacy... Should have been seen as more of a forerunner in the the experimental brigade but alas was seen to be a pretty boy just pretending...

[Rawshack23]

nice vid

[burnsmay]

Close your eyes and enjoy this track

[dornoch1967]

The most perfect song, has changed my September's for ever.

[planOrama]

seven people are fear about genius music !

[aramanth]

Thank you David for letting us celebrate September again!

Those photos work beautifully with the lyrics... very artful and reflective!

[atrios28]

and here we are again ...

[sfb211]

David has put a message on his Samadhi Sound website. It seems very warm and heartfelt. I wish he would post more often....

[23sugarcane]

September is here again... September is here again...

I must have listened to this song about 100 times last Wednesday (the first of September), at home, in the car, on the tube, while walking and in bed. And at least twice a day since. Every year it's the same. This song means a lot to me, good and not so good things.

[order57]

My records come and go.

Music is a costant changing landscape.

But David's song never leave me alone.

[ZJProz]

I can't resist........

[mbrysondean]

I listen to this every September as well! It ushers in the beautiful New England autumn here. Sylvian is a fantastic, underrated artist.

[virginbirth]

September is again!!!

[JorgeCortez01]

Yearly September listening ritual done, see you again next year!

[aramanth]

Happy September 1st! Thank you David Sylvian for making September that much more wonderful........... September's here again.

[GreySunday29]

It's that wonderful time of year again. September's here again

[shabba195]

short but very sweet !!!

[196noah]

re: videocanone. Bryan Ferry once said that he should receive royalties from Japan because Sylvians singing style was so similar to his own - compare that humourless old sod 's output over the last 25 years with Sylvians and draw your own conclusions..... Anyway, I see your point but would rather hear one new track from Sylvian than an album of cover versions, leave that sort of thing to Mr Ferry

[jonni45]

This is da bizz...

[ruffian1868]

Mick Karn is extremely ill battling cancer at the moment. Please visit his website for information in regards to making a donation.

[videocanone]

He has such a great voice, and I love his work, but it would be neat if he say did an album of classic cover tunes in this vein with this kind of orchestration. I can see him singing an old Sinatra cover like "In the wee hours" or something. That could be neat ! His voice is a natural over orchestration.

[6610jb]

although i never thought this back in the 80's ...does anyone think this song may be a response to "April 5th" by Talk Talk?

[irishcowboy42]

@6610jb ... Eh... No... Not at all.. I like both but Sylvian is the deal sorry

[MyNameIsShelby]

@6610jb Interesting idea. One greets Spring, the other Fall.

[glueylouie]

i always imagined this song going on for a lot longer than it's 1:15.Fantastic piece nonetheless.The piano is achingly beautiful.

[streicher78]

I sing this to my self everyday.... Thank God for Weather box. My prized possesion

[tristumattoppas]

Brava ACCABADORA...no astessi de operas ?

[zacharia644]

An incredibly healthy, warm minute & 14 seconds - for anybody. . .We should all play it at our places (offices or otherwise) of work -- right at mid-day - or- mid night! Cheers--

[FerranK68]

Maybe one part of the Mr. Sylvian' succes is his capacity to show, share and transmit feelings. He gives to me deep emotions...

[MMACyborg]

For your name: "Unlikeanyotherhuman"..

Your way to show feelings is just like all the other human.. (Maybe a bit more intense)

[MMACyborg]

You're like all the other human...

[copeyattamsworth]

Check out some of Mark Hollis solo stuff or latter Talk Talk. Similiar mood also of an artist whose been given the keys to the kingdom and returned with Art.

[TheYellowPeaceMaker]

This song always makes me cry...it's an unforgettable music miracle. It touches you deeply inside.

[saricma]

meraviglia.....

[Lheojax]

poesia...

[dispecer10]

Beautiful!!!

[markiemarqueUK]

Beautiful and unforgettable ... a refrain for the brain.

This track keeps playing in the jukebox of my mind

[tencinage]

Il sole splende su, in alto

Il suono delle risa

Gli uccelli si posano

Sulle croci di antiche chiese grigie

Noi diciamo d'essere innamorati

Mentre in segreto speriamo che piova

Sorseggiamo Coca Cola, giochiamo

Settembre è qui, di nuovo

Settembre è qui, di nuovo

[sylvian82]

great tune! - im hoping none of you play january by pilot on new years day-that would be the end for me with a hangover!!!

[bemyart90]

David Sylvian is a genius. This tune never gets old...

[Rechtskraft8501]

@bemyart90

I think too!

[sailaway1966]

Ahh septembers's here again...

[delilah17]

Me too Jorge :)

[jackilpirata]

I want a coke!

[secondchancetrio]

September's here again...

[JorgeCortez01]

I have been playing this track every September since the album the album came out!

[HuishEpiscopi]

Me too! For over 20 years now

[juliaz3]

Me too! Just played it this morning to welcome in September 1.

[r2teteux]

ME TOO!!!

[r2teteux]

Me too. Since 20 years I start my day on september 1st with this song! Lovely ritual!

[superpopmaria]

@JorgeCortez01

me too!

[LaudanumVoices]

@JorgeCortez01 I Came here on 1st September 2010 in order to say exactly the same thing...

[strangenew]

@JorgeCortez01 : Same here, too! Since 1992, in my case.

[isleoforkney]

@JorgeCortez01 Why?

[isleoforkney]

@JorgeCortez01 Why? you must be getting tired of it by now! every September!

[JorgeCortez01]

@isleoforkney It came out on 1988, and I have been playing it once every September 1st. so that means I have played it 22 times, not enough!

[isleoforkney]

@JorgeCortez01

I don't need David Sylvian to remind me, I just check on the calender towards the end of August. The song is melancholy, September's not that sad a time of year, I quite like the Autumn.

[zb4523]

@JorgeCortez01

me too!

[moonwave99]

@JorgeCortez01 so do I, since when I've stumbled upon Sylvian ;)

[yuxinlish]

Hello! I m looking for the piano sheet for this amazing music, can you please help me to find it, or maybe if you have it to send me by mail. A lot of thanks!

[JorgeCortez01]

@yuxinlish sorry, I don't know where to get it.

[KoolBloo]

@JorgeCortez01 HA HA! Me too...

[Ivolante]

@JorgeCortez01 Yo también, tal vez seamos amigos :)

[fumocamel]

@JorgeCortez01 me too! :)

[psiconauta1969]

@JorgeCortez01 Me too! And this is the day! :)

[syelkrab]

@JorgeCortez01 ......so i do !!

[piglomiglit]

Me too

[cippocigno]

Difficile trovare su You tube un video

piu' bello di questo...

[spyroks]

stunning!

[54spiritedwill54]

Beautiful song with beautiful lyrics

[bobtherelevator]

simply beautiful.

[bryanferryfan]

Simplicity can be very beautiful.

[Flakkks]

gusto to the brain make u think ...short burst of music then military flames take it down as fast u say the same phrase......

[writer4writer2]

i'm so glad that i can put september sunshine on

[garty22]

Does anyone see the similarities between this track and "On Your Own Again", the first track (proper) from Scott Walker's Scott 4? Similar length, similar mood, similar structure, similar-ish subject matter at a stretch, similar sort of mood-setter, similar vocals.. I'd say it's maybe intentional, a slight reference or an homage or something.

[aramanth]

Yeah I always play this on the first of September to get me in an autumn mood... these photographs are beautiful!

[Kaleidoscorp]

Secret of Beeehive

Loveless

Joshua Tree

[Newmarket1001]

love this track

[xxxholographic]

Always, every September, I play this song to get a sense of where I am.

And then I play 'Where the Railroad Meets the Sea' to see what I am not.

And finally, I play 'Before the Bullfight' to prepare for the battle ahead.

Thanks, David.

[sid1662]

bravo!

[HistoryOfHoles]

Hahaha xD

[deancooky]

he was devorecd by Ingrid.

[NYCjonnydiamond]

Beautifully simplistic.

I always think of this song as we enter September.

He is the greatest of the 3 David's although I have nothing against the other two.

[verymadchook]

I too, always sing this to myself wherever I am on September 1st. Ever since the record came out. Music for the greater sense of renewal.

[Kaleidoscorp]

Popularity in Japan

David Sylvian>David Bowie>>>>David Beckham

But British medias say "Beckham is very famouse in Japan"!

Ridiculous.

[Sadministrator]

"David Sylvian>David Bowie>>>>David Beckham"

... is my favourite comment that I have ever read on YouTube, and I've read a lot!

[ripvanjonesy]

sorry, that was meant to be a thumbs up and i hit the wrong one, doh!

[robtim1]

Yes i like that aswell very clever.

[enzomacintosh]

molto bello ciao

[schokokokokeks]

I like your video and especially the black and white photos. They have a lot of power... I'm speechless - really. And the title is something very special for me. One word, but it has so much to say. But there is a feeling which makes me a little bit sad. I don't know why..

[TheCompleteGuitarist]

The beauty is in the brevity, like a haiku poem, tho' I confess to not little more about Haiku than it's brevity.

It's like savouring a morsel hoping that there will be more, but there isn't, so you have to work hard to absorb as much as possible in the short time you're exposed.

[saprenda]

Bello... bello.

[gregonline6506]

questo piccolo capolavoro lo ho scoperto oggi! Conocsco la canzone da un paio di anni, ma con questi immagini è più bella ancora. grazie accabadora ;-)

[tfgts11]

Ryuichi Sakamoto's piano arrangement is also brilliant!

[mizyama]

This song is Japonism of sylvian.We can see the japanese ukiyoe.

[thafonds]

The atmosphere set in this song makes me feel peaceful in a heartbeat.

Also an undeniable yearning for Autumn starts to nag at me :)

Luckily it's only a few more weeks and I can start sipping coke.

[gunforhirenz]

this is a breathtaking work from Mr syvian and The creator of this video. it fits so perfectly, great work!

[JIM2u007]

Sublime. 1-minute masterpiece. Amazing.

If David Sylvian was as famous as he should be then the world would have to be a more peaceful, less frenzied and non-commercial place. I'm irresistably drawn to his music and escape all that...yes, "sipping coke and playing games"! Thanks for posting.

[TheCompleteGuitarist]

My favourite line:

"We say that we're in love

While secretly wishing for rain"

To me there is subtext

Glad he's not a star, otherwise he'd be everyones' as it is he's just ours.

[Laurora1983]

I totally agree!

[dsbuchalter]

what's the subtext to you?

[TheCompleteGuitarist]

Subtext, we say, but we're not sure, the rain is a kind of pathetic phallacy, boding ill, that perhaps we'd prefer something to come and destroy the illusory happiness. David says it much better than me.

[dsbuchalter]

Thanks for responding (& subscribing- and I like your Tom Waits, btw).

:) I think you mean fallacy (unless there's something phallic about rain). But--not to be too contentious--I mean to converse, not to dispute) isn't is a pathetic fallacy to project onto rain the idea that it destroys happiness? In other words, what makes you say that rain is not happy? True, it is associated with sadness traditionally; but that doesn't mean that that association is not a pathetic fallacy.

[TheCompleteGuitarist]

Yes atrocious spelling, it's in my nature. I think rain has a significant power to different cultures. In GB we moan about the weather, talk about it far too often, use it as an excuse for conversation or the lack of.

Also knowing Davids lyrics, they are dark in nature and he kind of slices open relationships with songs. I think he's using the rain to suggest that it will test a relationship or that he's hoping almost for the pain that comes with a separation. Secretly wishing.

[dsbuchalter]

I'm sorry--I shouldn't have made that ph/f correction; actually, that was my ("pathetic") attempt to make a joke--I'm often told to keep my day job when I do that.

To be honest, I've often misspelled that word myself. So, now that I think about it, I was probably projecting my own insecurity about spelling it wrongly onto your comment.

As you probably are aware by now, I analyze things waaay too much! Anyway, u r a good sport!

I studied in Hull & York - lots of rain! loved it though.

[TheCompleteGuitarist]

It's impossible to offend me, so no worries. You must have an impressive CV if your Facebook and Youtube are anything to go by. I bet you checked to see if Philip Larkin had left a pair of slippers under the counter at Hull University Library. I never went to Hull, though it was the birthplace of the first woman I ever truly fell in love with, but that's another story.

Nothing wrong with analysis unless you're one of my students. They must think I love the sound of my own voice.

[morningglorify]

@TheCompleteGuitarist how beautiful.

[peteportland]

why is sylvian not a star? such a short moment but sublime. you like this check out old Nick Drake, and new guy Silvanus Slaughter The Empty Prey on the Full. Similar melancholy jazz noir poet

[Chime64]

What a beautiful song, especially the line "Sipping coke and playing games"

Sylvian at his best.......

[deathjnjune]

Non ho parole sulla bellezza fulminante dei colori suoni.......e' protagonisti.....semplice ma nello stesso tempo interminabile pianoforte......A

[roby30]

Bellissimo! -- shivers - shivers shivers !!! Grazie !

[wigginsdesign]

I just realized he can give me that similar deep melancholy as Nick Drake.

[insanityrulestheday]

I adore all of David's songs, but would particularly appreciate the chance to see the video for "Let The Happiness In" which is my ultimate favourite song, if anyone has this, please,please,please download it on the youtube site. It is adorable like Mr Sylvians' poetic creativity:-) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[STOPTRY]

UN DIAMANTE INCASTONATO NEL CIELO ...questa la mia definizione di questo brano ...dura un attimo ma dovrebbe durare per l'eternita' ...

Grazie David ...

[mirzamarco]

Bellissime immagini su questa canzone quasi irreale. Dura poco più di un minuto ma potrebbe durare sei mesi. Sylvian qui si accontenta di dire ciò che ha da dire, poi svanisce discretamente.

E i violini arrangiati da Ryuichi Sakamoto sembrano vivi.

[corradiello]

Da commuoversi definitivamente

[silmalila]

The photos you selected for this video emphasized the impressionst elements of this wonderful short piece of music.

[fdsaw]

Beautiful song with beautiful lyrics

[monsterhippy]

saw him perform live in manchester,sept 07,very mellow night

[rockaires]

Fabulous song of a brilliant album. When I heard this for the first time 15 years ago was a great discovery for me.

[broono72]

this song is beautiful. its from the heart as always

[Qaliara]

This brings back so many memories - so plaintive, so melancholy, so very very beautiful!

Thanks for posting it :)

[Yorgos72]

Mio Dio che note! e quelle nn suonate ci sono comumque, le sento anche se nn le suona. Che mostro, che genio, e che bello ascoltarla di nitte quando tutti dormono.

[Scumbolegend]

A superb song from a master.

[57bmun]

A masterpiece. Thanks for uploading it! Iwas born in September, by the way ^^

[hervepaulmichel]

La perfection. Une de ses plus belles compositions.

[mnn555]

everytime I listen to this song I have the same feeling: such a beautiful but so short track...

that's a masterpiece

thanx for sharing

[Accabadora]

;-)

[Krauta68]

Uno dei miei pezzi preferiti.....aahh September....

[belpoeta]

anch'io lo adoro, fa nascere dentro la malinconia dei poeti "Saturnini"... questo e' l' unioo disco da me ascoltato in ambito post-rock che abbia un respiro metatemporale, come di un medioevo post-moderno:l' unico che eleverei al rango di musica classica d' autore

[pluckinghopeless]

his latest track is better - called october

[JIM2u007]

A very special man. Such brilliance.

Every September, this poignant little piece starts me up again. ;)

[Koeckebacker]

There can be no better intro to Secrets of the Beehive

[Maxiclaudi]

En de rest dan???

[midlantica]

Brilliant. Sylvian is special.

[Nikosart]

The greatest artist is here!

[infinitGRS]

Sublime. David Sylvian is a true genius.

[marticus9]

september's here again.....

[sylvianblue]

God, I Love this little track of brilliance...

[ottoskidoo]

i too listen to this song every year to kickoff the month.

good work.

[Accabadora]

Thanks!

[BloodRayne001]

Every september, I listen to this song again, so as to never forget.

[Accabadora]

:-)

[dornoch1967]

Whenever I see the leaves change and the autumn city skyscapes return each year this song swims through my head...."we say that we're in love while secretly wishing for rain".

[9Derby]

Great song and nice shots but they're of January, not September.

[ModestoMuniz]

GREAT!!

[Accabadora]

Thank You!

[nebrulla]

Bellissimo!!!

[Accabadora]

Grazie :-)

[almoraba]

david sylvian is a god and a legend