Erik Satie - Embryons desséchés

[RockMtalPunkandStuff]

A couple chords more won't hurt *troll face

[pian0freak]

This troll....oh he's great XDD

[Dunderhead36]

is it just me, or are his glasses hypnotizing me?

[remilobry]

petits ronrons moqueurs.

[smithfield06]

apparently he got his dark humour from a quircky and eccentric uncle who he knew as a child. maybe it influenced his unconventional style

[youngbloodfantasy91]

I say to myself that there is always beauty in simplicity and Satie demonstrates how that can be possible. Of course his variations on Chopin and famous compositions during his time are necessary to note, there is something about it that makes it his own work and his commentary on the nature of the music that was around during his time. I dig this.

[1862Debussy]

ok! je suis québecois et le sujet....comment dire...me fait un peu peur...a-t-il fait de la prison?!

[menestrelmoderne]

@1862Debussy Non, il voulait juste faire un satyre de Debussy!

[lmfviolet78]

The names of the 3 movements of this are various kinds of sea cucumber-like crustaceans. dried baby crustaceans... WHAT THE HECK??

[MobiusBandwidth]

@Atlanteansettler because Metal.

[AlexChiusday]

Trollest composer of all.

[Dunderhead36]

@AlexChiusday indeed, the lavender man strikes again!

[240soundwave]

such a cool photo looks like zola but starring in sin city

[Shanelololol]

@Atlanteansettler and the title of the first movement translates oddly enough to "sea cucumber".

[vmdaff]

@Atlanteansettler Actually it means "Dissected embryos" stil... it raises a lot of questions... :P

[TheBrokenFibula]

@vmdaff No, indeed, it means "dried embryos". Dissected embryos would be "Embryons disséqués", which isn't the exact word.

[MrPaevo]

Yuck!

[SingHouse]

haha Satie was a turn of the century musical troll... how very niche of him.

[alaspeanutbutter]

Is it just me or is there a link to absurdism and this piece?

[bayonetsluts]

@Atlanteansettler now they used dried human embryo as flavour enhancers... think i'm shitting you?.. google it! maybe Satie knew the new world order agenda.. "let the dead eat their dead"!!

[tayloreh]

Satie was 'compelled by destiny' to write this, but he said it just to mock that romantic age tradition of every piece being written with the writer solely as a conduit.

[thecr8tor]

A nice variation of the Funeral March in the 2nd mvt.

[spacedawgee]

this is genious. couldn't stop laughing in our Music History class :D

[Bluesimmons42]

What's This?

THE COUNCILOR!!!!!!!!

[MrFarcry1966]

slow. down.

[IgNaceus]

This is humour made pure music

[ivanaman]

1:45

[eightyeightthousand]

@ivanaman

Yes

:)

[mstoastburner]

Excellent!

tororo166, who is the pianist playing this? I like this version very much.

[ubergossen]

Gotta love the phony epicness of the grand V I finale, hahah

[GingerJoberton]

1:24 sounds very Beethoven, but a tad exaggerated. Was Satie being cheeky?

[gokucrazy22]

@GingerJoberton probably

[ironpianist]

@GingerJoberton yeahp this piece was composed to mock  the romantic style..

[Coolcat607]

am i the only one who absolutely erik satie (and maybe giggle when i hear his stuff for some reason lol)

[AndreLucLevesque]

@Coolcat607 yes but me i see Satie more like an humorist than a composer even if he is the greatest composer of the impressionist period(from my point of view). The reason is that if you ever play one of his piece the indication is humor you can see and he often laugh of other composer.

[zntx]

@Coolcat607 i think you accidentally a word

[Coolcat607]

@zntx no didn't. i never that! (oh and the word I left out was "loves"... i think) o.O

[kosmischesynth]

why bother with the 'old movie' effect on the picture, seriously

[Adamreir]

@kosmischesynth

Why bother commenting on it?

[kosmischesynth]

@Adamreir 'cause it looks silly, that's why...

[Adamreir]

@kosmischesynth

No

:)

[drfreezman]

god