1 Minute in, meh, unique, emotional, atonal, "i've seen freeform jazz before." 6 Minutes in, this is one of the most unique, interesting, challenging but pleasant pianists I've ever heard. I am impressed. Wow.
It doesn't really sound like a song. More like etudes, which hardly count as songs in my opinion. But that's not to make this sound any less difficult to play.
hater haters haters. Salvador Dali wasnt good painter at all, but his uniqueness brang so much to art that witouth him were wouldnt be surrealism. so world needs these ppl who got pasion to find something new. just think about Van Gogh, picasso.
This man is ridiculous. After all of these years, he finally seems COMPLETELY happy with what he's doing, which is whatever he wants. He has truly reached the top state of musicianship
Wow, that guy is crazy! Not in a bad way, but that is just some crazy stuff he gets out of that piano. You can certainly tell by his face that he's feeling the music, which I think is one of the most things about making it. On a different topic, I say comment, whether you like it or not. However, if you don't like it, don't say things like "God, that guy fing sucks!" And if you don't like comments like that, don't respond with "you're such a godam moron! You just have no taste." Not much better.
@walleeece We are too similar and bullheaded to be having this argument. We are both defending our opinions. I really said nothing to deserve the title of arrogant considering I made no self-important claim of musicianship but rather defended like you... ignorant was a cheap shot... but I used to turn a cheek to music like this too. Until I learned what the artist was putting behind it. You probably still disagree and that is fine, but don't put your musical knowledge above mine or anyone elses.
@walleeece Arrogance, sir, would be the man waving his 40+ years of experience and claiming to be better than the man he can only dream of scoffing about on youtube. This has nothing to do with MY intellect, or skill. ERIC, however, has done what you've done and backwards at the Manhattan School of Music and for a few years after. Now he wants to apply it elsewhere. It does not make him "wank" or "tripe" to take what he knows about tonality and chord structure and change it. Get over yourself.
@Whooshification at no point have i said i am better than him - i suggest you stop reading things that aren't there and read what is. you have your views i have mine. perhaps it is you who needs to get over yourself? i have not doubted his provenance or his ability i have said that this stuff is crap. as is my right. there is plenty that i like that you would say is crap and that would be your right. its called diversity.
If you look for answeres in music you alresdy have the wrong Questions. He may be taking simple pop tunes here and using any and all formats of playing style. You classically trained, can critique all you may . He's not trying to be anything , yet encompasses it artfully .Most of the pop tunes , sound alot more complete and Over The TOP, In Comparison.. HE, ONLY HAS A PIANO YET USES IT LIKE A FULL BAND etc.. Multi layers on both Hands. He, is Versatile .would'nt underrate Elew .
This, Man has got you all Fooled Hew is a Master at any craft He chooses and Long Beach Cakafony does'nt Deserve Talent like this... Rare .. Get off the Bus but not there...
Rather than 100% aggression like most of his stuff, this piece really keeps me captivated with all the dynamics. What an incredible balance between chaos and melodious lines.
The transition of playing that is his style has the same concept as bands in the mid 1900s, where they would up the distortion of their guitars to bring us sweet rock n roll and eventually metal. You can say that this dude here is re-inventing the way you can play the piano in the same way early rockers did with the guitar. Now if only we can get people to open up to this innovation! We can see the next big change in the music world.
I don't get it. All he's doing is banging on the inside of the piano and on the keys. Then in-between he translates going under onto the piano. And he doesn't even perform it well. Where is the talent in that? Someone please explain!
I saw him for the first time last night at the Josh Groban concert. He was simply amazing!! He was invited into our suite and watched part of the concert with us. What an awesome dude!
You guys are talking about a piano player that won the Monk Competition at a young age, his technique is amazing, so is his concept of phrasing and improvisation...He comes highly regarded from people like Wynton Marsalis. I dare any of his haters to come up with a unique contribution to the music world....lol If it's not your cup of tea then shut your mouth and listen to something else. If you like it then listen and enjoy!
eric lewis is pristine example of a jazz fusion pianist, improvisational and pure. Beautiful, powerful, and emotional. Even though it lacks perfection. reduce, re-use,re-comment.
I think this guy is pretty good...He has the right mindset. But it needs way more refinement...on one end of the spectrum, you have Boulez's serialist-era compositions, which are purely rational, very little expressive power, while on the other end you have people like this guy who is almost pure emotion. Everyone needs to move a bit to the middle. Striking tone clusters in a completely random though emotional manner doesn't make you a great artist.
I sat down and tried really hard to make this kind of sound by hitting each key individually, and I couldn't. It suggests there is at least skill involved and some child couldn't just do it.
dear whooshification - i dont seek fame for one and in a democratic society i am entitled to voice my opinion. nothing superior in that but you are obviously not equipped to see that. one thing i am is a piano player for some 40 years and i can smell pretentious wank a mile off. his touch is clumsy, his musicality is very basic and his composition a cross between play school and monty python. and at no point did i mention the male offspring of a cow. over to you to hurl abuse at me no doubt.
@walleeece You missed the point bud. I didn't hurl abuse nor do I plan to... I simply aim to open your mind. Obviously people like what Eric does... part of the whole pretentious wank statement would mean that he is trying to be something that he is not, and express self-importance... people obviously paid him for this. If he does indeed think he is important... he's not the only one. Eric Lewis is indeed a talented man.
@walleeece Check out his composition "Thanksgiving" it should be an NPR recording.. you might actually dig it. If you don't, then I guess I'll just leave you to being a crabby old man.
@Whooshification cheap comment. i am sure you have the tools to do better than resorting to tired old cliches. i am neither crabby or old. but i am opinionated which is no bad thing when i come across dross like this guy.
@Whooshification there is no fine line between opinion and ignorance. ignorance is born out of lack of knowledge - after 40 years+ of playing and performing clearly i am not ignorant. opinion has no grounding in knowledge. therefore they are poles apart. i will repeat it as you are obviously a bit simple as well as arrogant - my view is this guy is tripe. plenty of people think he is brilliant. thats fine. that is their OPINION which they are more than entitled to. my OPINION is different.
I heard a cover version of this once. Someone had accidently left the piano open at our local church hall during a meeting of the mother and toddler group. They were bashing the strings and jumping on the keys. It sounded just the same as this. If I had known some Americans think this is "Pure Genious", I would have recorded it and launched it as a CD and made a fortune. I have listened to some more of this chaps performances. I suppose it makes work for us piano tuners so its not all bad.
what a load of pretentious wank. underneath all the posturing and 'wild eyed look of despair' is an extraordinarily average piano player. what a surprise the yanks fall for this bollocks. no he isnt talented but hey - well done for making money out of making fools of the stupid public
@walleeece ...and what have you created for the world? If you're so smart with your "wank" and "bullocks" how come you're not famous to "the yanks". Yes he is talented. Cut the superiority complex... you do not set the bar for musical taste. Eric Lewis isn't trying to be famous... he's playing music the way he likes it... the way he feels it... review the video, too call ANY of that average would be extremely uninformed and ignorant. Why does everyone always have to be so negative on youtube?
I think the idea of this song is based on the idea that beauty is relative, a sunny day is only truely appreciated after months of drudging through endless rain and constant snow. If you can't see beyond the rudimentary there is nothing wrong with that, but just think how strong it is 'feels' when he breaks into a simple harmony
This thing that Lewis has created... It moves me to tears. I often think of it as a musical telling of the story of the universe--from chaotic origin to beautiful and terrible organization, and finally, returning to oblivion. Also, I love to see the joy Lewis takes in his creation. It's like seeing into his soul when he's playing.
omgz, its not like the traditional musical values I was raised on! It sounds so different so it must be bad and wrong! Where is my security blanket while I coax myself into a false reality based on safeness and sameness. Phew, that was close I almost felt an emotion and used a new brain cell there for a second. /s
After about 2 mins, my ?? is, what did the piano do to you? Its value of being a beautiful instrument meant nothing to you, it just depreciated for this violence you imparted on it! Your face shows attitude. This isnt entertainment. ANGER MANAGEMENT!!!
The chaos and experimentation makes the beauty of the song even more poignant. I love his style. Everything on a piano (or any instrument for that matter) can be used to make sound.
Choose the style you're going to play in and stick with it! Would've liked it better had he remained contemporary or began and ended with sappy emotional piano...
The first couple minutes are pure garbage. Like soooo fucking baddd. If you close your eyes, it sounds like all sorts of zoo animals took turns jumping on the piano
His musicality is beyond me, I couldn't understand his music (a politically correct way to say I think it's pretty awful). Still there must be a reason why he's up there performing for an audience of that capacity. His showmanship is a little... eccentric 0_0
man, this dude is a bit of a wanker! Look at his face, it's actually like he's jerking himself off!
penderecki is way cooler than this. His harmony is either philip glass / pachelbel simplistic cheese or totally atonally mashed gong dischord. He's got nothing in between, either consonance or total dissonance. Go listen to some bach or beethoven.
A composer he isn't. Paganini he isn't. A virtuoso, quite possibly. The guy can play anything in his head, but there's not a lot in there!!
It is disgusting to see this abuse of a fine musical instrurment. He thinks he is a genius but he is really on the wrong instrument-he should play drums like Billy Cobham! He is fired!!!!!!!!!!!!
What you don't realize is that Mr. Lewis is trying to convey an emotion of chaos while he plays those "abstract" sections. This isn't music to dance to. Just because it isn't melodies doesn't mean it can't have meaning or psychological impact. Listen to the story. It makes quite a lot of sense.
Just not my cup of tea I suppose. I like certain parts of it, but the abstract parts just confuse my ears and really make me feel like i'm listening to a bunch of kids all playing on the same piano. I mean, i'm not bashing the guy... it is abstract after all, but this doesn't sync up at all with any part of me. There are parts that I did enjoy but they were only a few seconds here and there. I find it hard to use the term genius for him as many people have. different... absolutely.
as the whole thing starts falling apart in i believe the 6 minute area its just... so sad. like trying to hold onto something while everything is falling apart.
@Vomitorator Yes!! That's exactly what I got from it.
Before the melody began, it felt so ugly and angry before eventually evolving into something genuine and passionate. You can almost feel the point where he grabs on to the feeling, forcing it before it ultimately slips away. The Frustration and desperation at that point is heart breaking.
Top pianist- everything you hear is exactly how he imagines it. Its easy to play chaos, but its hard to organize it into something that reaches out and grabs you from the ears down.
i recommend you to see "four minutes", a german movie in whith the main character plays the piano in the same way lewis do, combining "ment to play" manners with "whole piano play" hits... it has an amazing end. really.
why are people so quick to put people down who truly play with emotion and energy? people are scared of really connecting with others. let go of your egos.
If you want to hear a really talented pianist do something beautiful and creative with a simple melody or chord progression, check out Brad Mehldau. He's a monster. He is a young, forward looking jazz-informed player who has an open mind, and is not scared to play something simple.
He does what this guy is ACTING like he's doing... but for real. Nothing against this guy. Have fun. Enjoy. French cuffs, the whole thing. But if you want to do some real listening... check out my man Brad!!!
It's strange to me that you can hear Mehldau (or can you?) and not EL. They are both savants of the astral latitudes and supremely gifted. Nothing against this guy? But then you say he's ACTING? check yourself
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Terrible, it's when the desire to be original fosters the production of garbage like this that tells you its time to invent a new instrument. Same thing goes to the self-proclaimed artists who shoot paint out of their assholes at canvas and call it 'master-works'! WE WANT TO SEE REAL TALENT!
He decends into chaos and goes under and can't breathe...during the struggle you can hear him coming up for breathe a couple of times...then he climbs out of the madness and redeems himself, but you can hear that he's wounded from the experience.
don't think there was much actual jazz in this piece, apart from the odd chromatic asides, it was mainly a very cliched and done-to-death chord sequence done with a lot of 'oomph'. A tad pretentious.
This is an average musician pretending to be something special with a bunch of gimmickry and french cuffs. And he's very intentionally trying to remind you of Jimi Hendrix with his overall look btw.
He may have talent as a showman but if he has any musical talent, he didn't bring it.
If you know six chords on a piano, and have some remedial ability, you could probably 'do better' than this.
Read my comment again- I did not say that I was better than him. I don't know the guy and my critique even offered him the caveat that he might be better than he is showing. But, one doesn't have to be a virtuoso to spot a sensationalistic hack performance.
I... hm. His slow stuff works. When he starts improvising faster, a lot of it starts to become a little random, for the sake of keeping a steady rhythmic texture. I still think the two best improvisers out there are Keith Jarrett and Gabriela Montero - their pieces - especially Montero's - are usually so phenomenal they hardly even sound improvised. At points, I can tell this guy's making it up as he goes.
WOW 6:03 on is TOO GOOD LOL. hahaha. I feel good that this is on TED talks, otherwise this would be a total guilty pleasure for me. I might be able to reach musical orgasm with this, something I havbe always dreamed of.
HE IS THE BEST, full stop
Gioheidi 1 week ago
amazing, absolutely amazing. This guys does wonders with the piano.
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this man is brilliant
GriftingGriff 4 weeks ago
1 Minute in, meh, unique, emotional, atonal, "i've seen freeform jazz before." 6 Minutes in, this is one of the most unique, interesting, challenging but pleasant pianists I've ever heard. I am impressed. Wow.
onionhole 4 weeks ago
reminds me of a less organized milcho leviev!!!
jazzpsalti 2 months ago
I wanna play with this guy!
jonnierekkisvalur 2 months ago
It doesn't really sound like a song. More like etudes, which hardly count as songs in my opinion. But that's not to make this sound any less difficult to play.
ttuurrttlle 2 months ago
Sucks
pelonelcojedor 2 months ago
Damn, every time I watch this, I love it more. I see something extra. The atonal falling at the end, ending with the F#'s, that gets me every time
xinlo 2 months ago
his music scare me
sandwichfrito 2 months ago
hater haters haters. Salvador Dali wasnt good painter at all, but his uniqueness brang so much to art that witouth him were wouldnt be surrealism. so world needs these ppl who got pasion to find something new. just think about Van Gogh, picasso.
Sk1pasz 2 months ago
Try that with your Casio from Wal Mart
Studflucker 3 months ago
what are the chords for the left hand around the 5mins mark. it's incredibly catchy.
xKurogashi 4 months ago
@xKurogashi that'd be a i VI III V in Bm... so Bm, G, D, A
jazzpsalti 2 months ago
This seems suspiciously close to the songs I played on the piano when I was eight.
2ndAct 4 months ago 6
what is that?
Dimivim 4 months ago
ok i cant describe its awesomeness without swearing, so yeah, HOLY MOTHERFUCKIN SON OF JESUS THAT WAS HORRIFYINGLY AWESOME
nextblain 4 months ago
This man is ridiculous. After all of these years, he finally seems COMPLETELY happy with what he's doing, which is whatever he wants. He has truly reached the top state of musicianship
panamanian911 4 months ago
thanks i forgot how much i hated jass
gravel71 4 months ago
Wow, that guy is crazy! Not in a bad way, but that is just some crazy stuff he gets out of that piano. You can certainly tell by his face that he's feeling the music, which I think is one of the most things about making it. On a different topic, I say comment, whether you like it or not. However, if you don't like it, don't say things like "God, that guy fing sucks!" And if you don't like comments like that, don't respond with "you're such a godam moron! You just have no taste." Not much better.
fcakelr 4 months ago
@walleeece We are too similar and bullheaded to be having this argument. We are both defending our opinions. I really said nothing to deserve the title of arrogant considering I made no self-important claim of musicianship but rather defended like you... ignorant was a cheap shot... but I used to turn a cheek to music like this too. Until I learned what the artist was putting behind it. You probably still disagree and that is fine, but don't put your musical knowledge above mine or anyone elses.
Whooshification 5 months ago
@Whooshification fair point. i apologise. i do get hot headed. life is to short to argue over opinions. good luck to you.
walleeece 5 months ago
@walleeece Arrogance, sir, would be the man waving his 40+ years of experience and claiming to be better than the man he can only dream of scoffing about on youtube. This has nothing to do with MY intellect, or skill. ERIC, however, has done what you've done and backwards at the Manhattan School of Music and for a few years after. Now he wants to apply it elsewhere. It does not make him "wank" or "tripe" to take what he knows about tonality and chord structure and change it. Get over yourself.
Whooshification 5 months ago
@Whooshification at no point have i said i am better than him - i suggest you stop reading things that aren't there and read what is. you have your views i have mine. perhaps it is you who needs to get over yourself? i have not doubted his provenance or his ability i have said that this stuff is crap. as is my right. there is plenty that i like that you would say is crap and that would be your right. its called diversity.
walleeece 5 months ago
If you look for answeres in music you alresdy have the wrong Questions. He may be taking simple pop tunes here and using any and all formats of playing style. You classically trained, can critique all you may . He's not trying to be anything , yet encompasses it artfully .Most of the pop tunes , sound alot more complete and Over The TOP, In Comparison.. HE, ONLY HAS A PIANO YET USES IT LIKE A FULL BAND etc.. Multi layers on both Hands. He, is Versatile .would'nt underrate Elew .
DYNODRUM 5 months ago
This, Man has got you all Fooled Hew is a Master at any craft He chooses and Long Beach Cakafony does'nt Deserve Talent like this... Rare .. Get off the Bus but not there...
DYNODRUM 5 months ago
man, this guy is AMAZING!
nsideout72 5 months ago
Rather than 100% aggression like most of his stuff, this piece really keeps me captivated with all the dynamics. What an incredible balance between chaos and melodious lines.
littobear 5 months ago
Simply brilliant !
TechnoFou 6 months ago
The transition of playing that is his style has the same concept as bands in the mid 1900s, where they would up the distortion of their guitars to bring us sweet rock n roll and eventually metal. You can say that this dude here is re-inventing the way you can play the piano in the same way early rockers did with the guitar. Now if only we can get people to open up to this innovation! We can see the next big change in the music world.
008SteelFalconII 6 months ago
Opening act for Josh Groban Straight to You Tour - heard wonderful things about him!
MariMagdalen 6 months ago
anyone who dislikes this, doesn't understand jazz. there simply are NO RULES.
ojofroffle 6 months ago
His fingers fall on the keys like rain
Ohioma 6 months ago 3
Avant-garde jazz piano?
NathanPhungMusic 6 months ago
Amazing
crosbynum1 7 months ago
He's now taking his shot at America's Got Talent.
WesByNorthWest 7 months ago
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WesByNorthWest 7 months ago
The song he played was Going Under, and it indeed went under for me. This wasn't my cup of tea. He should've played Georgia On My Mind.
htnguyen32 7 months ago
at like 3:50 my fav part starts
Wingedhussar1997 7 months ago
powersoftritone: did you mean to say 'Greatest painist' in the world? I a way, t's appropriate.
Personally, I love it: brilliant.
There was a wrong note at 7'22'' though but that didn't spoil the performance.
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anonymousQ45 7 months ago
very good ambient music. its abstract and has a special voice
anonymousQ45 7 months ago
I don't get it. All he's doing is banging on the inside of the piano and on the keys. Then in-between he translates going under onto the piano. And he doesn't even perform it well. Where is the talent in that? Someone please explain!
TheWindowsGamer 7 months ago
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Some people don't understand how God works through a man. Why don't you go home and try play what he just played.
56IAM 7 months ago
139 musically challenged clickers. This is genius.
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hes reliving his childhood and at 6:13 is when he got raped in the ass but near the end he seems better now kind of
doulos24 7 months ago
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doulos24 7 months ago
lol lets play every note at random who cares if it doent fit the melody after 6:00 um no just no
doulos24 7 months ago
Sheet music = More black than white (Because of how many notes not his skin color, you racists)
AlexSpragle 8 months ago
Greatest painist ever
powersoftritone 8 months ago
I saw him for the first time last night at the Josh Groban concert. He was simply amazing!! He was invited into our suite and watched part of the concert with us. What an awesome dude!
johnsonracing93 8 months ago
I think my cerebrum just had multiple orgasms..? ive listened to this 40 times and it is still amazing
danthemanzizzle 8 months ago
This is actually very musical playing (from the beginning to the end) I bet no-one can deny that
Narriz 8 months ago
Awesome. Though I can imagine that people who haven't got a chance to study music don't appreciate
Narriz 8 months ago
You guys are talking about a piano player that won the Monk Competition at a young age, his technique is amazing, so is his concept of phrasing and improvisation...He comes highly regarded from people like Wynton Marsalis. I dare any of his haters to come up with a unique contribution to the music world....lol If it's not your cup of tea then shut your mouth and listen to something else. If you like it then listen and enjoy!
DrkTide7 8 months ago 22
@DrkTide7 so if you dont like it you are not entitled to an opinion? where would be the balance in that?
walleeece 5 months ago
He could be the next Silent Hill composer!!
madgameman1 9 months ago
he molested the piano like a japanese doctor molests a highschool girl.
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eric lewis is pristine example of a jazz fusion pianist, improvisational and pure. Beautiful, powerful, and emotional. Even though it lacks perfection. reduce, re-use,re-comment.
hatefulfkface 9 months ago
i think i accidentally wrote the beginning of this arrangement when i was seven.
dmp6119 10 months ago
I think this guy is pretty good...He has the right mindset. But it needs way more refinement...on one end of the spectrum, you have Boulez's serialist-era compositions, which are purely rational, very little expressive power, while on the other end you have people like this guy who is almost pure emotion. Everyone needs to move a bit to the middle. Striking tone clusters in a completely random though emotional manner doesn't make you a great artist.
physphilmusic 10 months ago
6:10
I sat down and tried really hard to make this kind of sound by hitting each key individually, and I couldn't. It suggests there is at least skill involved and some child couldn't just do it.
7:48
Utter shit. Not all atonal music is "art."
9:30
I found this build up to be extremely effective despite the atonality.
9:54
Favorite part for me. It shows the atonality and chaos that finally ends nicely on those F#s.
There was SOME redeeming art in the chaos, I believe
xinlo 11 months ago
he looks like retarted, no offense
makulitkaha 11 months ago
This man is an artist. FUCK ANYONE who says otherwise. This is music, and there is no such thing as bad music.
MeHimAndThatGuy 1 year ago 2
Stunning, every time.
pyrocyon 1 year ago 2
just listened again. richard clayderman meets les dawson meets edward scissorhands
walleeece 1 year ago
dear whooshification - i dont seek fame for one and in a democratic society i am entitled to voice my opinion. nothing superior in that but you are obviously not equipped to see that. one thing i am is a piano player for some 40 years and i can smell pretentious wank a mile off. his touch is clumsy, his musicality is very basic and his composition a cross between play school and monty python. and at no point did i mention the male offspring of a cow. over to you to hurl abuse at me no doubt.
walleeece 1 year ago
@walleeece You missed the point bud. I didn't hurl abuse nor do I plan to... I simply aim to open your mind. Obviously people like what Eric does... part of the whole pretentious wank statement would mean that he is trying to be something that he is not, and express self-importance... people obviously paid him for this. If he does indeed think he is important... he's not the only one. Eric Lewis is indeed a talented man.
Whooshification 10 months ago
@walleeece Check out his composition "Thanksgiving" it should be an NPR recording.. you might actually dig it. If you don't, then I guess I'll just leave you to being a crabby old man.
Whooshification 10 months ago
@Whooshification cheap comment. i am sure you have the tools to do better than resorting to tired old cliches. i am neither crabby or old. but i am opinionated which is no bad thing when i come across dross like this guy.
walleeece 10 months ago
@Whooshification There's a fine fine line between opinion and ignorance. Stop BEING the cliche and I won't point it out.
Whooshification 10 months ago
@Whooshification there is no fine line between opinion and ignorance. ignorance is born out of lack of knowledge - after 40 years+ of playing and performing clearly i am not ignorant. opinion has no grounding in knowledge. therefore they are poles apart. i will repeat it as you are obviously a bit simple as well as arrogant - my view is this guy is tripe. plenty of people think he is brilliant. thats fine. that is their OPINION which they are more than entitled to. my OPINION is different.
walleeece 5 months ago
I heard a cover version of this once. Someone had accidently left the piano open at our local church hall during a meeting of the mother and toddler group. They were bashing the strings and jumping on the keys. It sounded just the same as this. If I had known some Americans think this is "Pure Genious", I would have recorded it and launched it as a CD and made a fortune. I have listened to some more of this chaps performances. I suppose it makes work for us piano tuners so its not all bad.
isthisduckdead 1 year ago
what a load of pretentious wank. underneath all the posturing and 'wild eyed look of despair' is an extraordinarily average piano player. what a surprise the yanks fall for this bollocks. no he isnt talented but hey - well done for making money out of making fools of the stupid public
walleeece 1 year ago
@walleeece -- Right on! I totally agree!
boomtao 1 year ago
@walleeece ...and what have you created for the world? If you're so smart with your "wank" and "bullocks" how come you're not famous to "the yanks". Yes he is talented. Cut the superiority complex... you do not set the bar for musical taste. Eric Lewis isn't trying to be famous... he's playing music the way he likes it... the way he feels it... review the video, too call ANY of that average would be extremely uninformed and ignorant. Why does everyone always have to be so negative on youtube?
Whooshification 1 year ago
like all abstract music it is hard to appreciate but this is just genious, pure genious
fdz1995 1 year ago
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fdz1995 1 year ago
wtf lol im not sure to say he is good or realy bad lol
halomaster734 1 year ago
Light hearted thriller. Ice and fire
mazomo 1 year ago
I think the idea of this song is based on the idea that beauty is relative, a sunny day is only truely appreciated after months of drudging through endless rain and constant snow. If you can't see beyond the rudimentary there is nothing wrong with that, but just think how strong it is 'feels' when he breaks into a simple harmony
tomyu18 1 year ago
4:53からすきだー
911LAPDSWAT 1 year ago
I'm going to play this for my Juilliard audition.... hahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahaha
tkanes17 1 year ago 4
cool
911LAPDSWAT 1 year ago
This thing that Lewis has created... It moves me to tears. I often think of it as a musical telling of the story of the universe--from chaotic origin to beautiful and terrible organization, and finally, returning to oblivion. Also, I love to see the joy Lewis takes in his creation. It's like seeing into his soul when he's playing.
Philosophyofmind 1 year ago
omgz, its not like the traditional musical values I was raised on! It sounds so different so it must be bad and wrong! Where is my security blanket while I coax myself into a false reality based on safeness and sameness. Phew, that was close I almost felt an emotion and used a new brain cell there for a second. /s
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you call this music????????????
skymilky 1 year ago
Was that what we called playing a piano?
Dareniel 1 year ago
esto es sorprendente, toca el piano con mucho sentimiento
I don't if there is someone who can understand me, but he is awesome, he is very talented, I'd like to play the piano as well as him
guest140 1 year ago
These kind are a dying breed, and amazing screw of talent, speed and sure fire creativity!
MarshyManify 1 year ago
A musical genius.
Amoracchius 1 year ago
After about 2 mins, my ?? is, what did the piano do to you? Its value of being a beautiful instrument meant nothing to you, it just depreciated for this violence you imparted on it! Your face shows attitude. This isnt entertainment. ANGER MANAGEMENT!!!
pezmony 1 year ago
@pezmony No, it's not entertainment. It's music.
tmad40blue 1 year ago
Wow
JodavomSharKS 1 year ago
This is a masterpiece...very impressive
thatchdawg10 1 year ago
@thatchdawg10 youtube.com/watch?v=kjGcehoUEaA !!
ELEWTube 1 year ago
When I get the opportunity to play a Steinway like that, believe me, I won't dare play it so violently.
(unless no one is there to see)
Luckytrumpet777 1 year ago
creepy horror movie:D
mjufpn 1 year ago
Just because u don't like it doesn't make it bad. Just makes it not for everyone. Chocolate Vanilla. 5 stars. Break the norm.
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manfredicomposer 1 year ago
the melodic parts kinna remind me of goin under by evanesence
kokolupo 1 year ago
@kokolupo lol
metavoice 1 year ago
The chaos and experimentation makes the beauty of the song even more poignant. I love his style. Everything on a piano (or any instrument for that matter) can be used to make sound.
Slntpsych 1 year ago
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@Slntpsych youtube.com/watch?v=kjGcehoUEaA !!
ELEWTube 1 year ago
Culturally degenerate
Subbbba 1 year ago
Choose the style you're going to play in and stick with it! Would've liked it better had he remained contemporary or began and ended with sappy emotional piano...
jsundstrom2 1 year ago
The first couple minutes are pure garbage. Like soooo fucking baddd. If you close your eyes, it sounds like all sorts of zoo animals took turns jumping on the piano
ExtendedWeekend 1 year ago
His musicality is beyond me, I couldn't understand his music (a politically correct way to say I think it's pretty awful). Still there must be a reason why he's up there performing for an audience of that capacity. His showmanship is a little... eccentric 0_0
danielolaf87 1 year ago
Funky but the way he plays is too fake.....
skymilky 1 year ago
it looks like the style of mehldau
RayCmarco 1 year ago
sorry, sounds like he's totally bsing. uses just simple chords and then adds random notes. doesn't feel like music at all to me.
j00nk1m110 1 year ago
wtf sometimes.
SargeTrubix 1 year ago
Brilliant... Chaotic Avante Garde at its Nexus!!!
physicsmusico 1 year ago
this is what jesus plays piano like
lifelonggaybot 1 year ago
That can't be good for the strings.
Ryuuken117 1 year ago
So amazing! The control he brings is just incredible!
gentlefury 1 year ago
man, this dude is a bit of a wanker! Look at his face, it's actually like he's jerking himself off!
penderecki is way cooler than this. His harmony is either philip glass / pachelbel simplistic cheese or totally atonally mashed gong dischord. He's got nothing in between, either consonance or total dissonance. Go listen to some bach or beethoven.
A composer he isn't. Paganini he isn't. A virtuoso, quite possibly. The guy can play anything in his head, but there's not a lot in there!!
bishopdante 1 year ago
check out xenakis yall
zoranest 1 year ago
pure noise, dude
maybe my ear hasn't matured enough as a musician or something, but theoretically there's no harmony of any kind in Xenakis' stuff..
blahfuzzm 1 year ago
It is disgusting to see this abuse of a fine musical instrurment. He thinks he is a genius but he is really on the wrong instrument-he should play drums like Billy Cobham! He is fired!!!!!!!!!!!!
hippitybippitybop 1 year ago
Check out my tunes!
TimDvorkin 1 year ago
incredible musician!..
deniswonder 1 year ago
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a genious would not cover an evanescence song....
pbandja10 2 years ago
@pbandja10 haha
ijuitri 1 year ago
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MST3Killa:
What you don't realize is that Mr. Lewis is trying to convey an emotion of chaos while he plays those "abstract" sections. This isn't music to dance to. Just because it isn't melodies doesn't mean it can't have meaning or psychological impact. Listen to the story. It makes quite a lot of sense.
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and0rr 2 years ago
Just not my cup of tea I suppose. I like certain parts of it, but the abstract parts just confuse my ears and really make me feel like i'm listening to a bunch of kids all playing on the same piano. I mean, i'm not bashing the guy... it is abstract after all, but this doesn't sync up at all with any part of me. There are parts that I did enjoy but they were only a few seconds here and there. I find it hard to use the term genius for him as many people have. different... absolutely.
MST3Killa 2 years ago
@MST4Killa
Interesting opinion.
You should check out a band called 'autechre'.
Let me know what you think I would be really interested.
ge1org1e 1 year ago
Genialisk Galenskap/ Folie Génial.
HIHIMIII56 2 years ago
I love this.
mootbooxle 2 years ago 5
as the whole thing starts falling apart in i believe the 6 minute area its just... so sad. like trying to hold onto something while everything is falling apart.
Vomitorator 2 years ago 4
going under
johncoltranestyle 2 years ago
@Vomitorator Yes!! That's exactly what I got from it.
Before the melody began, it felt so ugly and angry before eventually evolving into something genuine and passionate. You can almost feel the point where he grabs on to the feeling, forcing it before it ultimately slips away. The Frustration and desperation at that point is heart breaking.
The word amazing simply does it no justice.
battleh0g 1 year ago
holy shit. starting at 2:40. absolutely genius
Vomitorator 2 years ago
i don't find the word to ex prime just great
ahchouch 2 years ago
jesus learn how to appreciate abstract music you closed minded hooligans
trec1080 2 years ago 46
@trec1080 it's actually not even that abstract. it's basically "going under" by evanescence
anticom1337 1 year ago
yeah pookie you prob suck so he would never come over your house
armokid15 2 years ago
Top pianist- everything you hear is exactly how he imagines it. Its easy to play chaos, but its hard to organize it into something that reaches out and grabs you from the ears down.
criticalsharp 2 years ago 7
i recommend you to see "four minutes", a german movie in whith the main character plays the piano in the same way lewis do, combining "ment to play" manners with "whole piano play" hits... it has an amazing end. really.
cronoscopic 2 years ago
at 2.43 ....there starts the music
andriancic 2 years ago
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I would punch him in the face if I ever saw him do that to my piano.
pookiehohn 2 years ago
@pookiehohn superb! i would hold him down for you!!!!
walleeece 1 year ago
parts of this were really cool, other parts sounded... terrible.
KingIllski 2 years ago 9
@KingIllski youtube.com/watch?v=kjGcehoUEaA !! RRRROOOOAAARR!!!
ELEWTube 1 year ago
why are people so quick to put people down who truly play with emotion and energy? people are scared of really connecting with others. let go of your egos.
jumphier 2 years ago 4
I don't really care if he can play well like some of them said that he wasn't that good.
The sound mixed in my ears, make me feel love, and something like tears.
And that the only thing what tells, that it is good music for me.
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Kerdex 2 years ago
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douch bag.. play the piano like your ment to..
0o0nitro0o0 2 years ago
If you want to hear a really talented pianist do something beautiful and creative with a simple melody or chord progression, check out Brad Mehldau. He's a monster. He is a young, forward looking jazz-informed player who has an open mind, and is not scared to play something simple.
He does what this guy is ACTING like he's doing... but for real. Nothing against this guy. Have fun. Enjoy. French cuffs, the whole thing. But if you want to do some real listening... check out my man Brad!!!
djdavewittman 2 years ago
It's strange to me that you can hear Mehldau (or can you?) and not EL. They are both savants of the astral latitudes and supremely gifted. Nothing against this guy? But then you say he's ACTING? check yourself
jameslanni 2 years ago 5
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Terrible, it's when the desire to be original fosters the production of garbage like this that tells you its time to invent a new instrument. Same thing goes to the self-proclaimed artists who shoot paint out of their assholes at canvas and call it 'master-works'! WE WANT TO SEE REAL TALENT!
ashtray45 2 years ago
i cant but feel hes takin the piss a bit at points, wacky cheese over drive!
bladderpains 2 years ago
De folie pure au celestiel.
Magnifique!
HIHIMIII56 2 years ago
Simply a genious!!
clseven1 2 years ago
He decends into chaos and goes under and can't breathe...during the struggle you can hear him coming up for breathe a couple of times...then he climbs out of the madness and redeems himself, but you can hear that he's wounded from the experience.
This song is gorgeous.
brodyr 2 years ago 4
That's exactly how I interpreted it.
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Kerdex 2 years ago
@brodyr My god that's a pretentious thing to say.
TheManRaptor 1 year ago
don't think there was much actual jazz in this piece, apart from the odd chromatic asides, it was mainly a very cliched and done-to-death chord sequence done with a lot of 'oomph'. A tad pretentious.
martinmerrywinkle 2 years ago
Is he playing im going under by evanescence?
JermaineATL 2 years ago
"- sets fire to the keys with his shattering rendition of Evanescence's chart-topper, "Going Under.""
shakyed 2 years ago
sorry lol. I dont read video discriptions for the most part unless its about downloading something.
JermaineATL 2 years ago
O_O (i am now scared of this guy. His playing/look looks insane.... )
JermaineATL 2 years ago
This is an average musician pretending to be something special with a bunch of gimmickry and french cuffs. And he's very intentionally trying to remind you of Jimi Hendrix with his overall look btw.
He may have talent as a showman but if he has any musical talent, he didn't bring it.
thadeusmac 2 years ago
Can you do better? This is YouTube, which means that I'd like to see a video. This is a community, which means that I can say "bring it on".
iamgreaser 2 years ago
Are YOU taking my comment personally?
If you know six chords on a piano, and have some remedial ability, you could probably 'do better' than this.
Read my comment again- I did not say that I was better than him. I don't know the guy and my critique even offered him the caveat that he might be better than he is showing. But, one doesn't have to be a virtuoso to spot a sensationalistic hack performance.
thadeusmac 2 years ago
Thank you so much. Amen! :)
peavey2 2 years ago
*yawn* this was pretty bad.
tehtomi 2 years ago
Damn, i just watched an hour long video on the AtGoogleTalks channel which also had a link here, this guy is truly amazing.
jrdudedj 2 years ago
he may be ugly but he has a beautiful heart
composer63 2 years ago
I... hm. His slow stuff works. When he starts improvising faster, a lot of it starts to become a little random, for the sake of keeping a steady rhythmic texture. I still think the two best improvisers out there are Keith Jarrett and Gabriela Montero - their pieces - especially Montero's - are usually so phenomenal they hardly even sound improvised. At points, I can tell this guy's making it up as he goes.
madlutist 2 years ago 3
Well the white keys on the piano on his website play a chromatic scale so maybe that explains something. Check it out.
IDTFG 2 years ago
WOW 3:40 and on is INCREDIBLE!!!! 8:15 is a bit too cheesy for me but I still do enjoy it. really incredible performance. it's very powerful.
Animalll2003lll 2 years ago
WOW 6:03 on is TOO GOOD LOL. hahaha. I feel good that this is on TED talks, otherwise this would be a total guilty pleasure for me. I might be able to reach musical orgasm with this, something I havbe always dreamed of.
Animalll2003lll 2 years ago 2
ha excellent!!!! very evocative/ emotional. it's striking!!!
Animalll2003lll 2 years ago
The opening was...different. I expected him to play a whole song on the strings with an open ing like that LOL
iNinjaNuget 2 years ago