jeawhiz

Pillion non-spoiler fun fact:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WfaotSK3mI

The featured piano piece is Erik Satie's Gymnopédie No. 1. The French title "Gymnopédie" means nude dance and derives from an ancient Greek word for an annual festival that featured young men dancing nude.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gymnop%C3%A9dies

It's all the more poignant that Ray is just self-learning how to play it.

Satie - Gymnopédie No. 1

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Mar 7 at 5:07pmWeb
Show threadjeawhizMar 7
That isn't a great recording of the piece (at all), but the choice for the light-up keyboard was deliberate. 😉
Show threadChung-chieh Shan 單中杰Mar 7
@jeawhiz ok but when I heard it start in the film I was like, this is kind of trite
Show threadjeawhizMar 7

@ccshan Yeah, I was also like, Oh this piece 🙄. Cliché. But when Ray started plunking through it, I gave him +1 for the struggle to learn something of shared culture. He's not some oaf.

I want to write an essay, "In defense of Ray". I saw myself in both of them in different regards.

Show threadwasszmutMar 10

@jeawhiz Gymno... OMG! Instant epiphany orgasm here! So Gymnosperm (the scientific term for the pine trees) means "naked seed"! Must explain why I'm so aroused each time I take a hike!

#themoreyouknow