stargazer1 wrote: 

"Last year I gave several lectures on "Intelligence and Musicality among Animals" ... Today I am going to speak to you about "Intelligence and Musicality among Critics" ... The subject is much the same, with some modifications, of course."

I am Satiesfied with this version.

stargazer1 wrote:
 
That is a funny song comment!

But actually, I believe Erik Satie would likely have applauded this interpretation of his composition, while (literally) sneering at more conventional performances as "imitative."  The man was unconventional, to say the very least!  And he did not consider most of his own compositions to be at all "serious" musically.

From Wikipedia:

"The (Gnossienne) are for the most part in free time (lacking time signatures or bar divisions) and highly experimental with form, rhythm and chordal structure. The form as well as the term was invented by Satie."
 
(Yes, Bill, I think you're right on with your own comment)!

This would not have felt out of place on the Pulp Fiction soundtrack.

This has a sort of Dengue Fever sound 

 Rockit9 wrote:

Oh gno you didn't

Puts me in the mood for a Dry Martini. Very dry.

why do I feel like William could fill a whole day with versions of Gnossienne No. 1?

It's an excerpt from the original Satie piece (the chorus of the song, if you will).  He wrote his music very unconventionally, and used very non-standard "tempo markings" such as the French "très luisant" (something like, "very shiny," instead of typical Italian tempo markings than translate to boring stuff like, "fast," "slow," or "walking pace.")
At fist I was going to simply comment, "très luisant," but people who haven't played the piece wouldn't get it.  I realize now that the image didn't really add much clarity and should have included the explanation.
Another lay explanation of how unusual Satie's scoring is - written music is usually divided into measures, or "bars," with vertical lines between them.  Each measure represents the repeating "1-2-3-4" that repeats throughout the piece.  Satie didn't bother with those.  The excerpt below would typically be divided into four measures.  Just another thing that makes studying and playing his music more unusual and interesting.

stanohlohovec5 wrote:
 

 haretic wrote:

This leaves me wondering what could have been born from a Eric Satie / Philip Glass collaboration if their time on this planet would have overlapped!  

stargazer1 wrote:
 

Replacing his tombstone with a magnet and wrapping  his corpse in copper wire, one could make a donation of several kWh to RP's power bill! 

I think Satie would appreciate it.

I listen to the Satie version EVERY night while I put my daughter to sleep.  I still couldn't place what this was a cover of when I heard it in the background.  great find!

jtherieau wrote: 
I'll bet that old Frenchman is dancing in his grave!

kcar wrote: 
bump! 

The whirring noise in the background is Eric Satie spinning in his grave. 

Lol was just practicing the original piece on the piano half an hour ago (and also had to think of this weird version I already knew from RP).. made my day 

I think if Bill had one soundtrack that permeates RP it would be the different Gnossiennes.
We'll hear it when they make a movie about his life.