Erik Satie - Gymnopédie No.2

[oxedinc]

te voto 4

[TheSlavette]

Perfection; beautiful, calming, and so emotionally balanced...LOVE THIS SO DAMN MUCH !

Seattle, WA

[yukitokirima]

es tan sutil, tan elegante, como un copo de nieve que cae en la noche, en su blancura, la perfeccion del cielo, que en un instante se desvanece... Yukito Prince Vampire

[n1zz4c3r0]

Me encanta, lo interesante de ésta melodía es imaginar cual es la nota que seguirá a la pieza musical y encontrarte con algo totalmente distinto, es esperar lo inesperado, dejarte sorprender.

[Requinix17]

Heard an arrangement of this in the Haruhi Suzumiya movie in the scene where Yuki Nagato recreates the world. Great scene!

[julioclau]

Is the pain of Remedios Varo?

[julioclau]

@julioclau paint*

[canon21100]

@julioclau painting

[SacredWolf10]

This and RainyMood at the same time :3<3

[DafniElissa]

@SacredWolf10 !!!

[Geckogold]

I loved how powerful this song made the scene from The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya where Yuki Nagato borrows Haruhi's powers to make the world normal.

[jmko7]

this guy is slash's favorite composer Iii|B)

[ingkfg]

maravillosa composicion, divina y sublime, atemporal, como un remanso de paz en medio de la selva de cemento

[ondaleo]

@ingkfg Usted siente y se expresa de manera muy similar a como lo hago yo.

[ingkfg]

@ondaleo es imposible no sentirse invadida con la energia y magestuosidad de las composiciones de Erik Satie, me considero una admiradora del talento del compositor...

[COWBOYDELESPACIO]

@ingkfg i maimagen de Leonora Carrington ke sabia de masoneria y tanta cosa misteriosa como satanica huyhuyhuyhuy saludos 

[tennisbabyjo]

i think the images are fantastic! they're not what i would pair with the music but i find it very interesting that somebody else did. i think that youtube has introduced to the world a really interesting new idea of people being able to pair music with whatever images they wish. i think it's so fascinating to see what people choose!

[amazingwave]

@tennisbabyjo Agreed, I would have used Claude Monet, but this works just as well. It's very interesting.

[dragonz4]

I find the music and the paintings quite wonderful. That is all. :)

[elsenbed]

Erik Satie was a Surrealist Composer, these are Surrealist paintings. Surrealism is a genre of art that is meant to evoke dream-like, imaginary, images as the word Surreal itself means not real. Not only would Satie love these paintings by themselves but would fully embrace them being associated with his music. He wants the listeners to use their imagination when listening to his music. Unbound, undefined, unreal, imagination.

[fiveonefiveohwe]

@elsenbed I would have called him impressionist, and have heard others before me describe him as such. I've never heard him labelled 'surrealist' before P: Its not that the painting is bad, I just don't think it suits the music.. I would have put it with Cezanne's works, for instance.

[fieldofamber]

@fiveonefiveohwe SHUT UP OR IL FART

[fieldofamber]

@fieldofamber DO IT. YOU WONT.

[fieldofamber]

@fieldofamber NO BALLS

[fieldofamber]

I LOVE THIS SONG <3

[aristopus]

I think Satie would throw up seeing this ugly images associated with his music.

[Claudetite]

@aristopus I think Satie, as an artist himself, would be able to appreciate them as the ART they actually are, you oaf.

[aristopus]

@Claudetite, to me there’s a wonderful feeling of serenity given off from his music—tranquility. These images of the macabre are saturnine and gloomy. I don't believe Satie would have approved. I write something you don't agree with and you feel to need to insult me. What do you know about art?

[Claudetite]

@aristopus And because you find Satie's music to be relaxing does that make Leonora Carrington a lame artist? :/ I insulted you not only because I disagree with you, because you were insulting to begin with.

How is my knowledge about art related to anything?? One doesn't need to know about art to respect artists, or at least their works.

[SkyyVodkaa]

@aristopus Your the one who was tossing the insults around. Also, how would you know what art Satie liked or disliked?

[fieldofamber]

@SkyyVodkaa you're* 

[SkyyVodkaa]

@fieldofamber Thanks man, can I send you my art dissertation and you can correct my punctuation and spelling for me?

[fieldofamber]

@SkyyVodkaa challenge accepted

[clonetrooper250]

Distant Mirrors, why was Gymnopedie no 3 blocked in some countries?

[woowoo678]

That painting is not creepy at all, nope.

Completely fine.

I'm TOTALLY going to sleep tonight

[MrPienkfok]

@woowoo678 haha!!

[MrKaytho]

@woowoo678 Haha so true... But no matter how creepy these Pics are, it still does not manage to get in the way of something this beautiful!

I'm a 19 year old appreciating real Music!!

[TheeGrandmaster]

@MrKaytho

No one cares how old you are.

[MrKaytho]

@TheeGrandmaster

Damn, you're that pathetic to look through comments, and send me that?

Like to see you but in to a conversation in the street and say something to someone. Because you wouldn't and you want to know why? Because you're a little Bitch!!

[Fluffypopcicle]

@MrKaytho

Look through comments? You're comment is pretty blatant and clear as day, he didn't have to "look through" anything< and I'll say whatever the fuck I want, where I want, and when I want. It's not like it takes any balls to say "I don't care how old you are" anyways. Stop trying to act like some sort of gangster and shut your immature mouth. If you appreciate good music then you appreciate good music, nobody gives a shit about how old you are.

[MrKaytho]

@Fluffypopcicle Of course it doesn't take any balls to say that ON YOUTUBE! Say this to me in the street, I'll take the shitty musical instruments you play on you're videos and kick the fuck out of you!

[Fluffypopcicle]

@MrKaytho

The guitar is by no means a shitty instrument. Neither is the keyboard. If you attempted to beat people over things as silly as "I don't care how old you are" then you wouldn't be typing comments on youtube, you would be sitting in a jail cell rethinking your life. What I meant was hat it wouldn't take balls to say something like that in person or on the internet. Stop posing as something your not. you aren't hardcore and don't get in fights over stupid things.

[MrKaytho]

@Fluffypopcicle You fucking prick you started a fight with me if I remember correctly!

[Fluffypopcicle]

@MrKaytho

Who started the fight is completely irrelevant, I don't see why you think it is. I was responding to your immature, and quite frankly hilarious response to TheeGrandmaster.

[MrKaytho]

@Fluffypopcicle Irrelevnat? why are you acting intellectual when you're clearly not! First of all by you responding to me you triggered this argument. If you thought it was immature or whatever I'm sure you could of responded in a different way. But you didn't.

[Fluffypopcicle]

@MrKaytho

There are times when getting a point across REQUIRES harshness, and on the internet words with no emotions will always be harsh when it comes to lecturing. You triggered my reaction by being immature. There is no "nice way" to tell somebody that they're immature, no matter what I would have come across the way I did. You think people are cowards for talking smack over the internet, but you do the same thing to an incredibly immature extreme.

[SirBenMurrie]

@Fluffypopcicle Hey just build a bridge and get over the troll.

[white0elephant]

so Gymnopedie No.1 was played in minor (sad) and Gymnopedie No.2 is exactly the same but played in major (happy)??

[Radhazardman]

@white0elephant Sounds like it

[JesusCristo2002]

@DistantMirrors - Is there any way you could upload the videos that UMG blocked a while back? The other Satie works?

[jameslhenry100]

The painting looks scary, but I like the music.

[pedodebruja]

leonora carrington era preciosa

[zach200cc]

I love this painting!



[PatriciaMartinsJJB]

@zach200cc yeaah me too ! xD

[88coldsummer]

One of mt fave!

[DJteKaii]

any idea which piano was used for this song?

[simonquevedo1984]

Sutil

[hazeldominicana]

this song reminds me of my beautiful relationship with my ex which is now broken

[lemurianchick]

Does anyone know how to properly pronounce his name? Is it SAY-tee?

[piersastontaylor]

@lemurianchick I thought it was sah - TEA

[lemurianchick]

@piersastontaylor : Oh, okay...Thanks! It's French so I wouldn't know. I just don't want to sound like an idiot when I name drop to impress everyone.

[Rocksolid88]

@lemurianchick " Sá ' tie ". The 'Sa' is like in the last part of 'salsa' and the 'tie' is like in 'I will drink some 'tea''.

[lemurianchick]

@Rocksolid88 Okay, thanks...Do you stress the TEE part?

[Rocksolid88]

@lemurianchick if by that you mean if the accent is on the 'tie', then yes. saTIE. cheers!

[lemurianchick]

@Rocksolid88 Thanks! Now I won't make a fool of myself when I name-drop classical composers!

[juangarza94]

@Rocksolid88 - the accent is on your fat mama's punnie

[timetocomeup]

Thanks for u/l all these great compositions

[Memojimezg]

Sorprendente, las 3 son maravillosas!

[rantsandfrandsX3]

that is an interesting paintingg

[rav45x]

im sad i cant paint that well

[johndoe7033]

@rav45x Well what kind of painter ability do you refer to? I enjoy aerosol painting and i'm quite decent but still need practice. 

[rav45x]

@johndoe7033 i paint with acrylics. im pretty good for 14 but i still need to practice

[2BEcontinue1]

I'm kind of in love with gymnopedie no. 2 & no. 1 <3.

[DJBlissify]

I prefer no.1

[kt032]

this is quite a creepy painting to me..

i wonder what it means

[Pillysrule]

Amazing.

[cinammondream]

even better than the 1st one, although it's not obvious

[artmonkid]

You're right, I just went to the Mexican Anthropology Museum and there is a painting of Leonora Carrington depicting the Mayan creation of the world, "Popolvuh", and it bears the same style. I was more familiar with her abstract paintings.

Nevertheless, bothe Leonora and Remedios Varo are Mexican.

May you always feel the peace and longing conveyed by these beautiful pieces of music.

[TheMacroBlock]

There's a wonderful orchestral arrange of this performed by Eminence Symphony Orchestra on the soundtrack for 'The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya' - well worth a listen

[Drafter5]

This is painted by Carrington.

[7cormac]

another user said the song literally means "naked children". would this explain the context of the painting?

[gokucrazy22]

no one understands why satie named it gymnopedie

[tb0nestylz]

@gokucrazy22 I was lost too. On the infallible Wikipedia it says that the title refers to Satie's response when asked his profession by the owner of a cabaret who was known for his "sharp comments." At this point Satie didn't have a job title so he claimed to be a gymnopaedist to try to outwit the director. This title goes back to the ancient Greek practice of youth who showed off their athletic skill with a form of dance. Sometimes performed as religious ceremony, the youth (male) would . . .

[tb0nestylz]

@tb0nestylz go naked in front of a crowd of strictly males as a show of athletic and martial prowess. Somehow Satie became acquainted with this concept through a poet and friend, Contamine. It's likely that he simply chose the word Gymnopedia for its exotic appeal though.

[CK3890]

@gokucrazy22 Someone might. Just because it's not in the public doesn't mean it's not there.

[artmonkid]

Leonora Carrington is the one who´s Spanish my friend, not Remedios Varo, of that I'm certain.

[senripiano]

Has anybody heard this song in a movie or something? :O

[DepressedTelephone]

@senripiano

The full peice is used in "The Disaperance of Haruhi Suzumiya".

[wytzedeswart]

@senripiano yes

[Shoesarequiteuseful]

Is this a dream?

[wytzedeswart]

@Shoesarequiteuseful yes

[MsSherekia]

messed the song completely up :P

[MrGriser]

This is my favourite:)

[guitarfret1]

Wasn't Erik Satie insane? Even if he was, out of his insanity came an absolute masterpiece.

[behindtheaegis]

@guitarfret1 people only labeled him insane because nobody understood what was going on inside of his head. in actuality, he was probably more sane than most.

[artmonkid]

The paintings of these series were made by Mexican female artist Remedios Varo, not Leonora Carrington.

[DistantMirrors]

@artmonkid This painting is by Leonora Carrington, "The Ancestor".

[artmonkid]

@DistantMirrors I apologize, I guess you're right. But other paintings shown in the series are by Remedios Varo. This is not the abstract style I know Carrington for. I don't know that much about painting.

[tdesanchez]

@DistantMirrors yes that's right. they can be a bit mistaken but i absolutely adore Remedios Varo's artwork more. her work is very fitting out of all surrealists and it is a shame we lost Carrington to Mexico. England had some good surrealist artists. Varo has a more definitive style compared to Carrington.

[renaitube]

@DistantMirrors thank you for the info. as dark as it seems, it's an incredibly beautiful picture.

[jemoyson]

@artmonkid Remedios was Spanish

[Amarkcalledme]

@artmonkid I know that the style seems really similar, but this is Leonora Carrington.

I should know, I have a poster of it in my room.

leonora was mexican, whilst remedios was spanish.

It's funy how often people confuse the two.

[xaviera8]

@Amarkcalledme she is alive...leonora

[balkis76]

@artmonkid Remedios Varo was born in Sevilla, Spain, but she lived in Mexico.

[yjakez]

@artmonkid your wrong, i google it.

distantmirrors was correct

[balkis76]

@artmonkid Remedios Varo was born in Sevilla, Spain, but she lived in Mexico.

[madamewho]

@artmonkid holy shit!!! I'm A Mexican teen! I'm fucking High and I saw the fucking painting and recognised it!!! I listen on the readio to gymnopedie 1 and then came home followed it in youtube and it lead me to this!!! holy shit!!

[milch7man]

@artmonkid Told.

[daddyleon]

@artmonkid creepy, but nice

[deletious]

@artmonkid Im interested, where did you get your false facts from?

[avend666]

@artmonkid You'd not say "male artist" so don't say "female artist" please.

[april20th2010]

@avend666

Get over yourself please.

[BackstageGunslinger]

I really love the way the Gymnopedies flow and evolve into one another. Plus that ghost is really cute and sad. Leonora Carrington is pretty badass too.

[mollyshortshorts]

Anyone know who that painting is by? its beautiful.

[baardagaampje]

@mollyshortshorts You might want to learn how to read descriptions of videos on youtube. Click the bar under the video and scroll down. It clearly says, Artwork: Leonora Carrington.

[yankdat62]

Never knew I could hear, taste, smell, and feel music.

[h92o]

@yankdat62 Now you know music for its actualized realism of being ., nothing .,

[JordanMonnot]

La gymnopédie est quand même plus appréciée par mes oreilles. J'ai l'impression que quand j'entends la NO2 apres la NO1, les premières notes sonnent faux :p



[wildthang2490]

so incredibly romantic. makes me want to walk down the streets of paris in the rain. :) intoxicating.

[wonderland03]

@wildthang2490 lol the whole theme of the pieces of gymnopedie was sorrow, but I'm glad I'm not alone with the feeling of romance in the pieces :D

[mo389]

i think i like no1 better. i gotta listen to it more, still amazing

[maestrojimbo]

What great colors!

[paulgossart0]

@laureljayifi It's common in Satie's work to find some similarities between the different parts of a piece. The gnosiennes have a very basic and common bass, the Ogives are the repetition of a line of different chords... But it sounds so pure, and i think that's why he wrote his music on that way. Satie is an anti-academist.

[thestyxx]

can you add the names of the paintings in the description?

[jasminelight]

whats up with the scary picture?

[MyUnfamous]

@jasminelight thats art my friend... or something like it

[ILockItDown]

@jasminelight wats up with the scary music, this the type o music u hatch an evil plot to

[MeandmySara]

@ILockItDown wrong. So wrong...

[ILockItDown]

@MeandmySara sry fogot to put imo

[randomrambled]

@ILockItDown I'm busy hatching an evil plot....good to have the right tunes for it :)

[ILockItDown]

@randomrambled yee thats right meandmysara  take that Ty randomrambled ;) :p

[britcrit09]

The chord work in this piece is just superb!

[888KIKO888]

it's not the continuation. it's just another version i think.

[laureljayify]

this sounds just like the first one ....

[alldini]

@laureljayify it is the continuation of the first part.

[owo27]

@laureljayify ???

[3Residence3]

@laureljayify I don't know if you're into this kind of music but there certainly is a difference between the music pieces. I'm not much into this music either so I can't tell you the technical differences, but the feeling in both pieces is not the same. It is most notable in the beginning I think

[lmfviolet78]

im reading comments that say gymnopedie means bare footed (which has a nice connotation) but some other comments said it means naked children... which is a tad bit creepy. which is it??

[gelno]

@lmfviolet78 It actually means "Party of the naked children", in relation with the recklessness and naivety of childhood.

[thirtysecondthnote]

Ahh.. this is so nice.

Check out No. 1, in piano, my own interpretation.

Type in the youtube url then:

/watch?v=MYqKVr8WGHo

Thanks.

[FiatObscuritas]

shhhh.. please, Satie is around in music

[WhyNne0w]

I just noticed.. it's like gymnopedie number 1 with the note just played backwards...?

[skypoo]

@WhyNne0w wow good observation. I think it sounds like it but not sure

[CarlosCPT7]

@writer13426 @sugamoofinx Gymnopedie comes from the greek Gymnopaedia and appears in texts of Herodotus and others, predominantly as a festival (including several dances, sports, etc,...), in the later periods of antiquity gymnopaedia is referred to as a particular dance.

[redSUPERMAN2]

but other than that the music is just unexplanable

[kamelisurs]

that's really beautiful!

very sweet!

[redSUPERMAN2]

the picture is a little creepy imagine it in your room

[psychobittch]

@redSUPERMAN2 i agree

[NerdyNachos]

i like the picture

[ertolv]

Is it holding a brain? I think this picture is about existence

[JinxOz]

@ertolv Existence, what is it ?

[newportvtman37]

i can see why martha stewart skipped this one on her french food music.

[AnimeIsAwsome14]

after being a remix alarm that woke me up every morning at 6am, i can never appeciate this....well maybe a little

[jovenmedia]

@AnimeIsAwsome14 I can see why you chose Erik Satie as an alarm clock, but beauty can be taken for granted if you're surrounded by it constantly and like pavlov's dogs you associated Gymnopeidies with waking up and getting to work.

[GrobycTheBionic]

My favorite composer

[femaleguitar29age]

@writer13426 "wikipedia" says it comes from the greek words "gymnos" and "pais" and it means "naked" "boy" ??!!??

[ulikekidinme]

@femaleguitar29age it means an encyclopedia of nudity,

gumnos means nude but paideia means education. paidia means kids

[WhyNne0w]

@ulikekidinme heh, but gymn means women.....

[sugamoofinx]

@ulikekidinme actually it means bare footed...

[gamotonfasismo]

@femaleguitar29age yes, Gymnopédie possibly comes from "gymnopedies" a contest in ancient sparta where naked kids where fighting, dancing etc. if the word is inspired from a diffirent language, i cant tell you. also notise that gnossienne is also similar to some greek words like "gnosi" (knowledge) or knossos (an ancient city in crete)

[clazza01]

@gamotonfasismo yuk

[femaleguitar29age]

@writer13426 it seems if it could be french. i think it's a special word for a special kind of playing piano, but i don't really know

[MoveOnSoulClub]

@femaleguitar29age you're as bad as writer13426. Stupid or what. French!? Hahahaha.

[writer13426]

What does Gymnopédie MEAN? Is it in another language?

[raspberryxsmiles]

@writer13426 . . . . . . . . . .

[sugamoofinx]

@writer13426 French for Bare Footed

[Onvison]

Drifting through the notes, the journey forgets the destination

[raveralldayer]

@Onvison well put.

[femaleguitar29age]

@LusiaX yes, i've heard of kkk. But i don't think that it has something to do with this picture. I found out that Leonora Carrington is an artist of surrealistic art, the themes of her pictures are ghosts, dreams, fantastic things and so on. She is also a writer, she lives in Mexico and she's 83 years old.

[ahauho]

kreo k esto ya s un felling muy kabron,

[partinggift]

@ahauho jajajajaja buenisimo su comentario jajajajajaja

[femaleguitar29age]

@7FOX7 I'm not able to express myself in english like you, because i'm from germany. But i agree, the picture seems very strange. There are a lot of antagonisms in it. But i've never heard of a "grey" and i don't know what a kkk type outfit is. I think everybody has its own feelings while listening to music and watching art, and that's okay. Do you know who's the Artist who drew it?

[LusiaX]

@femaleguitar29age kkk = Ku-klux-klan, I am sure you heard about them. Don't know what it is "gray" either. Ghost? By the way the picture is Order of the Golden Lemur by Leonora Carrington (at last that I found on some blog). Maybe this can help us to figure it out.