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Maxence Cyrin — Where Is My Mind
Album: Novö Piano
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7.8

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Released: 2009
Length: 2:38
Plays (last 30 days): 1
(instrumental)
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Heaven.  Thanks RP. 
Breath, taken!  Thanks, William. 
Storm Large's version is the best in my opinion..
 Jelani wrote:

I LOVE the original version.
This is quite beautiful, though.



Agree and I think the Pixies would like it too.
Yes! Just trying to track down source. RP, apart. Can anyone enlighten me? It’s driving me nuts. Film soundscape?
 timesliphu wrote:

Beautiful transition from Satie..  



Isn't it though - it's hard to spot the 'join'
Beautiful transition from Satie..  
This song (this cover) was used in a TV series called "the leftovers"
I think it fits the tone of the show perfectly. It's well worth checking out.

Many people (viewers and critics) have called the show dark but if you look closely there is an undercurrent of a particular brand of humour I rather enjoy.
It makes a pretty piano piece but I just want to hear the original now
This is SO much better than that ridiculous, awful silly band!
 DW4554 wrote:

Great tune to cover by almost anyone but the Storm Large version remains my favorite.




Thank You for the info! I will check it out!
Great tune to cover by almost anyone but the Storm Large version remains my favorite.
The more I hear this, the more I like it!!  Thanx RP!  
just had to downgrade this from 7 to 6 because I was spoiled by the Satie that played right before.  It's hard to reach the levels of the old masters.
great time!
Great tune! Very well recorded! Excellent in FLAC w/ studio phones, amp & DAC!
Hearing this right after Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata makes me wonder what old Ludwig Von would think of this melody.
very nice segue from Satie, well done BillG
You know, this is just such a great tune that no mater who performs it, or their interpretation, it always works out beautifully.
 dmcanany wrote:

A superb transition from Moonlight Sonata. 



Satie's Gymnopedie No. 1 this time.  Both sublime segways
A superb transition from Moonlight Sonata. 
Following Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, number 1 on RP?  That's tough.
Nice follow up to Erik Satie!
Excellent version!
wow this is a great rendition of this track ordering this album just on this track
In the "small world" department...this just came on RP while I'm reading an NME article about Nandi Bushell's cover of this song.   Weird.

https://www.nme.com/news/music...
Really neat cover version. Lovely melody. FWIW, I love the Pixies.
A few hours ago Bill played this same song covered by Storm Large, which commenters trashed because it didn't have the same energy as the original. Well, this has the energy dialed down to 1, and it's still good. So there. 
 joempie wrote:
merobreno wrote:
NO! If you had never heard the Pixie's amazing delivery of this song and had the lyrics permanently burned into your brain and instead, heard this schlock without that previous experience, you would, at best, ignore this crap entirely or (a better response) say "WTFO". Not ooh and ah about it. Get over the lame covers are always good thing. IM(not so)HO.

Sorry for the run on sentence.

 
I think you're right, and I downgraded it from 8 to 5. Indeed I constantly hear the voice and the lyrics. If I wouldn't, I'd find this pretty boring. Having said that, it doesn sound pretty cool if your head fills in what's missing. But an 8 was too much...
 
You downgraded this from 8 to 5 because of a comment of a fellow RP-listener?

Where is your mind?!
oh, so lovely. It deserves just a 4 for missing the point entirely. Oh well.
 hayduke2 wrote:
Erik Satie doing Pixies  : P
 

*shrug* Works for me
For pianists: the sheet music of this is available for free, it's not that hard to play.
Splendid Isolation sounds ever so topical: I totally forgot just how Warren Zevon plays my heart strings —Peter Gabriel not so much 
I love all the renditions I know of this song/tune. The original, Storm large, and this. All so beautiful in their own way.
Hang in there Paris... we will meet again. 
Fantastic segue from Pink Floyd's "Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2", to this.   DJ'ing at it best 
No.  Just, no.   This is far too civilized for one's mind to be considered lost.   There is no off-key screeching, beckoning, for one's sense of reality.    A travesty, really.
Where is my band?
Whoa. I'm channeling Westworld doing Radiohead. Gorgeous
And yes, off to the original for Take 2 of Take 1
I know you wouldn't dare, BillG, but just once I'd love to hear the Pixies original played immediately after!
 hayduke2 wrote:
"FIGHT CLUB" is embossed on a pink bar of soap in the upper right. Below are head-and-shoulders portraits of Brad Pitt facing the viewer with a broad smile and wearing a red leather jacket over a decorative blue t-shirt, and Edward Norton in a white button-up shirt with a tie and the top button loosened. Norton's body faces right and his head faces the viewer with little expression. Below the portraits are the two actors' names, followed by "HELENA BONHAM CARTER" in smaller print. Above the portraits is "MISCHIEF. MAYHEM. SOAP."
 

Certainly fits at the end of this movie
Great tune turned into elevator music...
Can still hear the lyrics ...Beautiful little pixies jumping on the keys. 
This is rather lovely but it does make me realize what an integral part of the song Black Francis's histrionics are.
 cob427uk1 wrote:
Just cuts through the fog of my day with a refeshing interlude. Then cut to Coldplay i'm in heaven.
 
Amazing isn't it!!! Love RP <3
 aspalathin wrote:
Does anybody else think Coldplay 'borrowed' this (Fix You)?
 
I thought it was a cover of that song... although quick search reveals "Fix You" pre-dated this by 4 years if the release date is accurate. 

[edit] the plot thickens... this is actually a cover of a pixie's song
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Heard this on TV show the Leftovers.   Now I know....
 Jota wrote:
Typical, can't find this on CD anywhere.  Do record companies want to sell CD's or not?
 
His recordings were/are on obscure, little labels.  This one is probably out of print but it can be downloaded from Amazon or purchased for over $100. US.
Everyone please stop saying the C word.
Just cuts through the fog of my day with a refeshing interlude. Then cut to Coldplay i'm in heaven.
Following this up with "coldplay" is like serving up a big mac after foie gras.
I think this is better than the official video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7sJlMG8UEA
Does anybody else think Coldplay 'borrowed' this (Fix You)?
I'd love the sheet music for this.
NICE ! Prefer original. 
Editing to segue is cheating Bill!!!!! Oh well, two amazing songs that belong together.
Beautiful... True music
 cayenne wrote:
This was used brilliantly in the first season of Mr. Robot.

 

Agreed!  Made me anticipate later seasons of the series significantly more after hearing it!
 hayduke2 wrote:
Erik Satie doing Pixies  : P

 
Yes absolutely {#Clap}
ooooooooooooh...

*STOP*

aye!
Where is my mind ? Somewhere over the rainbow ;-) 
This was used brilliantly in the first season of Mr. Robot.
 merobreno wrote:

dwhayslett Has nothing to do with being Pixie fan or not. This just is lame period.

 
I can only assume you didn't read the comment I replied to.
Erik Satie doing Pixies  : P
Thank you
 ciolca wrote:
A very nice version to a rather horrible original... 

 
what what?
Typical, can't find this on CD anywhere.  Do record companies want to sell CD's or not?
I like the original, and I really like this.
Love it!  
God this is awful.
Second time I've heard this and I like it more than before. 8>9.
 dwhayslett wrote:

New Radio Paradise motto:  Music Just For Pixies Fans.  Also No Smooth Jazz!

 
dwhayslett Has nothing to do with being Pixie fan or not. This just is lame period.
I love this, almost more than the original.  When you're singing "where is my mind?" it *should* sound tragic.
 buzzkill wrote:
You (DJ) are joking, right? Did you grow up thinking George Winston was jazz? Do you think Pixies fans want to hear this garbage? Play the real thing!

 
New Radio Paradise motto:  Music Just For Pixies Fans.  Also No Smooth Jazz!
I’ve always held that truly great songs transcend instrumentation. Put another way, if you can pickup a guitar or sit at a piano, play a given chord progression (and sing along where appropriate), and the result catches the ear, you’ve got a good song. This rendition is a perfect example.
 
Most of the great music of the ‘80s fits into the same camp for me – regardless of how glossy the production (not to mention the clothes and hair of the artist), most ‘80s songs can be played with simple instrumentation and still sound great, and that's why I frequent defend '80s music beyond its nostalgic value to me.
I LOVE the original version.
This is quite beautiful, though.

"FIGHT CLUB" is embossed on a pink bar of soap in the upper right. Below are head-and-shoulders portraits of Brad Pitt facing the viewer with a broad smile and wearing a red leather jacket over a decorative blue t-shirt, and Edward Norton in a white button-up shirt with a tie and the top button loosened. Norton's body faces right and his head faces the viewer with little expression. Below the portraits are the two actors' names, followed by "HELENA BONHAM CARTER" in smaller print. Above the portraits is "MISCHIEF. MAYHEM. SOAP."


 buzzkill wrote:
You (DJ) are joking, right? Did you grow up thinking George Winston was jazz? Do you think Pixies fans want to hear this garbage? Play the real thing!

 
Hey, don't kill my buzz...

Signed,
Big Pixies Fan 
A very nice version to a rather horrible original... 
Yum
The Pixies were a huge part of my youth and Where Is My Mind was a very emotional song for me. Maxence Cyrin's fantastic cover brings tears to my eyes every time I hear. Beautifully done
 Ahnyer_Keester wrote:
Turned a hauntingly odd song into something beautiful.

 
{#Clap}

Yes. I knew within the first minute that this was a Pixies song, but couldn't quite place it. I may not like this the next time I hear it, but I'm glad I heard it tonight. A tentative 8. 

4/2/16: Yah. This works: 8 —> 9.
You (DJ) are joking, right? Did you grow up thinking George Winston was jazz? Do you think Pixies fans want to hear this garbage? Play the real thing!
 Ahnyer_Keester wrote:
Turned a hauntingly odd song into something beautiful.

 

Hauntingly, sooo suitably sa(i)d.
No.  There are certain groups who should not be muzak-ed and the Pixies are one of them.  Let me off the elevator, please (=PSD).   
merobreno wrote:
NO! If you had never heard the Pixie's amazing delivery of this song and had the lyrics permanently burned into your brain and instead, heard this schlock without that previous experience, you would, at best, ignore this crap entirely or (a better response) say "WTFO". Not ooh and ah about it. Get over the lame covers are always good thing. IM(not so)HO.

Sorry for the run on sentence.

 
I think you're right, and I downgraded it from 8 to 5. Indeed I constantly hear the voice and the lyrics. If I wouldn't, I'd find this pretty boring. Having said that, it doesn sound pretty cool if your head fills in what's missing. But an 8 was too much...
What about Sunday Girl (Jade Williams), at least her cover has vocals!
Amazing...
NO! If you had never heard the Pixie's amazing delivery of this song and had the lyrics permanently burned into your brain and instead, heard this schlock without that previous experience, you would, at best, ignore this crap entirely or (a better response) say "WTFO". Not ooh and ah about it. Get over the lame covers are always good thing. IM(not so)HO.

Sorry for the run on sentence.
So much better than the original.
Turned a hauntingly odd song into something beautiful.
Maybe RP could split off an Easy Listening/Mellow Jazz station. This would be a perfect fit for that sort of thing.
This isn't bad.
My favorite cover of this song!
A wee bit on the minimal side of things.
I can name that song in two notes...