Sufjan Stevens - Untitled (piano)
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Taken from "All Delighted People (vinyl - D/side)" by Sufjan Stevens. © 2010
More Info/Buy: music.sufjan.com/
Apart from this, Sufjan is god. - Hudba
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“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams
thank you for sharing this inspiring quote
not necessarily, it depends on your interpretation of physics and whether all of this is predetermined. i'd rather wax poetic about the future than be stuck in the past.
wow this quote brought me to tears at work, great share
I was reading an old poem while writing this, and I thought it fit in perfectly. Thought I'd share it with you.
the look
when i imagine
the way i will fall in love
it always begins with
a single look,
a fleeting glance
taken in the presence
of the blind.
unbeknownst to me,
you have stolen a peek
while i was busy staring
at the bruises on my knees.
my words are bent and folded
like crumpled pieces of paper
balled up below my wrists
because your expression
has rendered speech obsolete.
i think to myself
this is a cinema scene.
it could not possibly
be true-
because this feeling must be
ethereal
reserved only for the holy
and the beautiful
and not for lowly pilgrims
stuck in this never-ending labyrinth
of life,
cursed to stumble
through to dead ends
and shady corners.
where the preachers go
to pray,
and the mothers hurry
to weep in secret,
where the lovers flee
to lock lips,
where my brother
hides to breathe-
there are some places
we keep a secret.
we call them home.
we call them sanctuary.
they are mere nooks
and crannies
and temporal spaces
inflated with meaning,
yet they inject
some sense of nostalgia
into the tapestry of our universe.
this is safe.
this is sacred.
this is where i grew to love,
and i will never forget
to offer a prayer
every time i walk past
this monument of my memory
for once upon another time
its soil had kissed
the soles of your feet,
and its air
had been electric with the energy
of your soul.
every atom of you
once occupied this little space.
it is sacrosanct,
in every sense of the word-
my muse,
my god,
my love.
but i digress-
what i mean to say
is your eyes are traveling
into the depths of my soul,
and our throats are parched,
our lips are chapped
as we tread this desert land.
and the mountains are crumbling,
and the hurricanes are stealing away
the air in our lungs,
and the whole universe
is collapsing into silt
and fairy dust,
and still-
you are looking at me.
and the world
in all its chaotic glory
is some kind of beautiful.
this poem has my crying with the music trailing in the background. it's so powerful. thank you so much for sharing
@@catetrandai8804 that means so much, so happy you stumbled upon this! thank you!!
@@becca7045 it's so beautiful I copied and pasted it in my notes for whenever I'm feeling hopeless about love. Your poetry is beautiful, and I hope you keep on writing!!!
Thank you for sharing the poem - it’s beautiful
Thank you for sharing this poem. It's very sweet
he's like "fuck dude my shoes are all wet now"
Fucking photographers am i right!
Sounds like an alternative soundtrack to Her
Yeah, that's what i was thinking!
HAHAHA I CAME HERE FOR SUN CAME. HER IS MY FAVORITE MOVIE OF THIS 2014-5
Wow I can see this
@@SynthieFlowers that's what I was thinking too
Her was released in 2013, this is the music for a short film (Eve) released in 2008 :)
I´m 56, and listening to this man for the first time. Feels like I´ve wasted decades of my life, Sufjan Stevens is the master genius for our times
im 17 and i feel like my life is complete by this man
lamo idc
cool to see people of all ages still discovering his work. glad you are enjoying it!
He is so the master genius of our times! Welcome aboard! I'm sure you've discovered a lot of his magic by now?
The modern Bob Dylan to me.
This feels like looking at the reflected sun in a stream of melted ice. Sufjan makes things feel beautiful
"Sufjan makes things feel beautiful". Yep.
Isaac Samuel you mean water?
hello Lol
Lovely imagery
The melody at the start is the Majesty Snowbird melody - the melody which according to Sufjan will play when humanity embraces itself and lets go of all hatred (to paraphrase). The entire track itself is in the sonata form - three sections of different speeds: the opening, the complication and the return to the opening with a new form.
Then a mystery final fourth movement.
The Majesty Snowbird Sonata.
Funny, I've wrote a poem years ago called Snow Birds Now Full Time Soon which mirrors some of what you're saying:
In the seventh stage, last scene of all,
That ends this strange eventful history,
Wintry trees, pale-twigged,
Take their last struggling breaths.
Upon their branches hang cages,
Black and creaking with the wind,
Which for six stages past,
Have made of fear a prison.
Night has blanketed past memories;
The bewitching time approaches,
The silver moon climbs towards its peak:
The end of ends approaches.
The bell tolls; now is the time,
Where frail cages made of dust,
Wake, and from their fitful dreams,
Undergo a wondrous journey:
Look! Toward the rising sun fly birds of snow.
People think classical music is dead but sonatas, symphonies, and suites still exist, and here is one
Is this... even Sufjan?
I never knew his solos were this beautiful
Reminiscent of Satie's Gymnopedies in many places
Exactly what I was thinking!!
I thought this also.
Damn you, I just commented this.
Not at all! Nor the chords, not the melody, nor the cadence, nor the harmony, nor the tone. I guess that people who are not used to this kind of music just try to find a reference, and among the most popular of minimalistic works are the Gymnopedies. I guess for you guys all minimalistic piano works sound like the Gymnopedies, but that is like saying that all orchestral works sound like Beethoven, when one doesn't know much about classical music.
@@screambeyond wow good job on your high musical IQ. us plebs clearly could never understand or appreciate music the way you can.
(for the record I happen to agree with you that this doesn't exactly remind me of Gymnopedies but you don't have to be such a condescending prick about it)
untitled piano took me to the very personal moments of my life and I got lost, I almost forgot that I am sitting alone here in pandemic...ooohhh this beautiful music is making me cry...
wah it's 2020 and we're still listening
The photo accompanying this piece perfectly matches the tone of the composition. Reflective, sinking into water while still standing above it...
Pure moment of poetic music, debussy vibes. Sufjan is one of the great young modern music talents.
Compositionally it’s more like Satie, but the second movement resembles Debussy quite well
The way this guy switches his music between the sound of Satie and Phillip Glass back and forth really shows that he is the musical genius of our time.
So happy I stumbled upon this. Raw, pure emotion. Like wandering thoughts made audible.
I hurt someone I love over two years now, it’s been. There are days when the pain is forgiven and there are days when time stops. Regret over and over.
I feel this very much
i am very glad to read things like this. as someone who has been hurt, to see that you have such empathy to feel regret... i think that's very respectable. i think... i don't know your story, but if my comment can help you forgive yourself just a little, then it's worth it.
Me too
the flesh is weak, you know...
Trying to live life without ever hurting someone is simply not possible. One day we'll all bring some level of pain to someone, even if only to our mothers. Its our ability to make it up to the ones we hurt that will mostly be remembered 😉
I was once in love and this music stops time for me and reality dissipates away and reminds me what it felt like
Daniel Zaman i hope u r ok
'Once in Love'... I'm sorry if You feel loss, I feel the same way about the song... I'm in Love with someone I've hurt so badly that we're not together... I listen to this song as I try to figure out how to make things right again. I too Hope you're okay
@@bamb.6034 Well I’m OK from that. But since then I fallen in love with someone else and basically it’s a Romeo Juliet kind of deal our families come from such a different cultures and we really don’t know if we can make it work.
@@Ellienollie Wow. Thank You for that update... 5 years in the making. I don't want to comment too much on lives I obviously know nothing about, but hopefully without over-simplifying or trivializing your current situation... I'd like to offer consolation in the form of saying "Where there is a will, there is a way." Not to be confused with the trivial advice of "Where there is a Will, there is a Smith."
Joke aside, I appreciate You sharing with me where You are now in your Love journey. I Hope everything works out as smoothly as possible. And really, if You guys truly Love each other and want to be together, then what force wishing You apart could be greater than that keeping You together? Ms. I-Dont-Know-It-All-But-I-Might-Know-Something over here screams NOTHING!
I wish You the best!
@@bamb.6034 since I was a child I liked love songs and the thought of having a partner whom you are truly connected with. I’ve been lucky enough to taste this feeling from time to time…my current situation is basically being in love and we had to move away after being together daily for 3 years. I feel the love slipping and I hate it nothing much I can do about it so many factors against us I would love to just run away with her….
my new song is “time moves slow” from badbadnotgood…..I find myself looking at the city skyline at night with the lights and water near by with all these thoughts racing through my head…in the back of my mind I really don’t think it will work. So now I’m wondering what’s next. I would stop time to be with her:
I forgot where to find this video or any info about 5 years ago and I finally found it again. It gives me great nostalgia to a more curious, wide eyed, slower moving, and more present me. I'm being dramatic about this but it's true. I'm not sure why I want to comment this but i felt an urge to. Take care reader.
Beautiful music, I discovered only now in 2019.
Summer at it's end, giving way to the beauty of autumn......the slow change of the leaves. How beautiful the colors, so many of them. Enjoy what is displayed....soon comes winter. The white of the snow is the only color to show, amongst the dead twigs. How fluffy the snow, make snow angels to pass the time....Spring time arrives again! I'm only @2:48 into this song. Amazing music
I See all the painful/ losing / happy/ emotional/ childish / pure/ anxious/ beautifull Moments flashing in my head, dreaming, full of emotions listening to this, so INSPIRING
I listened to this in Cape May in the fall...feet in the cool sand, seagulls wheeling in clusters through the blustery salt air, delicate waves lapping at my ankles. Thank you, Sufjan!
natural born writer...you're imagery is poetic
I think I heard someone's life with this piece, all the ups and downs, the passing of sadness and joy or emotions that are much more complicated. It's very entertaining to listen to
Why is this not on Spotify is a crime against humanity.
thisssss.
Same with his cover of Lakes of Canada.
Amazing, he need do a Piano solo album !
I had no idea he could play the piano like this. It's just amazing!
Started listening to the soundtrack for 'Her' and then got to here, this sounds like it could be on there as its just as beautiful. I think i'm going to keep hopping from video to video, hopefully it brings me to some interesting places.
I keep coming here every now and then just to remember that day when I felt in love in high school for the first real time, 3 years ago now, on that day I found this piece, this video. My life and mind have changed so much since then, and it's beautiful to have such memories taking place on my present just by listening to something like this incredibly powerful piece.
Thank you so much for posting this. It's been a repeated gift to me for years.
+Rachel Parsons Thanks. I have it on my disk but I always come here. Sufjan is wisdom and when I need some wisdom in my life I listen to this. This says everything, it has the necessary amount of silence. I’ve grieved with this song, I’ve decided what to write, what to do with my life. I’ve smiled full of hope listening to these notes. To me it sounds like a perpetuous tune of the world. When I listen to this song I understand it better.
so beautiful so amazing to know other people feel this music much love to you all
I weeped. Too beautiful. Too sad.
Then I beamed. Such happiness. Such a shift.
i think this is the most beautiful song i've ever heard
Is there any version of this on Spotify? I love it, such a rollercoaster of emotion.
I come here everytime I'm sad just to torture myself even more
Oh my GOD, yes. A piano album should be his next project.
A comment so old 😲
@@roshbin3026 Not only that, it aged really well
I'm getting Satie vibes from this, and also some Debussy and Chopin. Love it.
the slow part just takes me back to a time when I was younger. When I was walking outside on a chilly, windy October day. Taking in the cold, fresh air.... feeling just so...calm and at peace, appreciating the nature all around me. That was over 10 years ago. I was younger, healthier and with no cares in the world. I wonder If I can ever capture these exact feelings again.... #homesick
Maybe you've heard it on Natalie Portmans shortmovie 'Eve'. Sufjan made the score, of which this little gem is a part, for that movie.
knaepsimon thank you! I've been obsessed with this and wondered about its origin. was inspired to make a short stop motion to a part of this recording.
thank you for the tip. watching now, found it here www.dailymotion.com/video/xkqpys
been coming back to this throughout quarantine
Je découvre cette facette de Sufjan Stevens à travers ses oeuvres au piano ( solo ) et il y a de très très belles choses ! !
pure artistry....such an incredibly talented human being....I am so honoured to witness that....big words, I know....but even those words cannot describe what this man is....would give a lot to grab a coffee with him, just like that..:) please come to Poland to give a concert....just...please.....
I’m... scared I won’t ever find the love of my life.
Pippi Amorin Same here. But life is beautiful like this song.
@@gsferde gracias, gracias, gracias por este comentario
@@gsferde un abrazo grandote ❤️
Don't worry, you will. Everybody will. We all deserve it eventually
Me too
listening to this during my day to help me pretend I'm in a coming of age film
just another artist that i'm new to and big fan of. not a big deal 😭 my god his work is beautiful!
Such a beautiful piece of mixed emotions
Anybody else get the feeling that this is what turned into/inspired Mercury?
I have the first song in the solo stuck in my head since yesterday.....it's so beautiful
Letting go of my younger me to give life to a baby with my girl. This song matches the feeling of a new experience.
so much pure emotions captured in this ..
We need more of this. Particularly the rift after 5:50
So beautiful❤️✨.. I imagined When I get my person we'll dance to this song in a cozy wooden cabin. Just us two, dancing and just being.🧘🏽♀️🧘🏻♂️ Then he falls to the ground: stage 4 cancer. I love him forever till his last day I play this song as he passes.. I'll see you again my lonely. 💔 Suddenly he just gets better, we leave the country and travel to all the romote parts of the earth spending the rest of our days like it's our last.🦊🦁🌼🌾
I listed to this on loop all day long. thanks
Sounds like the HER soundtrack.
Love this! So fantasticccc... goodness! Great work. ✨ 🎹
this break my heart beautifully
No song suits my feels better than this. And always and always
Gorgeous upload, I thank you 🙏
For some reason this just makes me want to cry. I love it so much x
New Fan acquired .....This is absolutely mesmerising x
I'm mesmerized. This is pure beauty and emotion. Beyond everything.
No finite object can cause in man the ultimate happiness he seeks, and so all he does is find objects which please but never satisfy. In all finite things there is a dim reflection of God.
That’s an interesting way of classifying the moments that trickle by us, I feel like someone should have said that before. I see God in everything that’s beautiful, and I don’t think of this vision as a reflection, but instead, as action made manifest. And if there is no beauty to be found in the immediate present, we can always retreat into the future.
I really wish this was on spotify
Holy s*** its beautiful... Sounds like how love feels, the good and the bad
The beginning sounds exactly like "Movement I: In the Countenance of Kings" from his BQE soundtrack.
This was recorded in 2008, a year after he actually wrote bqe, so it seems he really liked the piece. He carried it over for like 2 more years and incorporated it into some ADP and Age of Adz stuff (like some have noted the "do you want to be afraid" chord pattern). He even plays it at the end of the "It's a Long Life Jam". That is true creativity.
It isn't on iTunes, it is only on the vinyl of All Delighted People as far as I'm aware.
Seems like a precursor to "Majesty Snowbird"; you can hear some of the same chords at the start of the piece.
An amazing artist!
I hope he makes a solo piano release someday. This is a lovely little gem.
So BEAUTIFUL...
So lovely.
so beautiful
I love it. It's fantastic
To me (I'm not sure if this is universal) there is a healthy period of time after something bad happens (not gonna get into it) to let yourself feel sad. But eventually you have to stop feeling sorry for yourself and either move on or work to fix it.
Gracias por este momento muy agradable.
That was beautiful. Thanks.
If my dreams were a reality this would be the soundtrack
I have All Delighted People on vinyl but sometimes you need a quick fix. This has proven very useful. Thank you!
I'm so happy I discovered this today.
Before you find the love of your life, you must find your love of life.
The minimalistic repetition combined with little syncopated melodies is like a mixture of Philip Glass, Eric Satie, Scott Joplin, and a smidge of Ravel
beautiful
Oh mi Dios....que hermosa casualidad, sin querer encontré esa hermosa pieza musical....
Magnifique ❤️
For some reason I think of the Interstellar soundtrack when I hear the second song in this masterpiece. Oh, did I mention that I love Sufjan Stevens?!
this music is so beautiful, to pause it would be insulting
Untitled is an appropriate title, lol but yeah there is just *something* to it!!!! Love This Guy....I guess if I had to describe his music in a word in general "ethereal" comes to mind :-D I still remember seeing him live on stage years ago where he and his crew donned angel wings
this was a great piece to listen to while writing a research paper
Amazing. Hope to listen some new soft music of Sufjan.
I’m certain this is one of the very few ways to explain what life is.
this touches my soul
Its so beautiful it hurts
I recognize that tune! It's from his Michigan album!
I can hear my heartbeat
IF ANYONE HAS THE SHEET MUSIC PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE CONTACT ME!!!! :) I WILL SELL U MY SOUL FOR IT
I do not play piano, Florence, but I use this daily for one piece or another
chordify.net/chords/sufjan-stevens-untitled-piano-andgtome
@@RosablueHandMade thank you so, so much. I've been on a search for this music for so long, this means so much to me. Best wishes !!!
@@florencebrooks6012 Blessya! Happy New Year!
It shares elements with some of the vocals in Impossible Soul... "Do you want to be afraid"...
Don't be distracted
this guy was so beautiful!
Really reminds me of the Owl and The Tanager. What a beautiful piece.
Do you want to be afraid? ♫
sounds like a happy city theme that got really depressed and sad
@macuahuitl some of this is rearranged into "justice delivers its death" on his newest christmas album. may not be what you were thinking specifically though.
what is this i love this wow
this is amazing.