I've listened to this for years, but not rated it until now. Really great music, starting with 8, may go higher. Puts me in a great place.

 joejennings wrote: it is too stupid for that joe

 acferrad wrote:
Uncultured, simpleminded bum..!

 acferrad wrote:


So is your comment!  Learn how to use the "skip button". ...problem solved!  ...and spare us from your drivel!   

 DuncanC wrote:


LOL!  Too funny!   

 bruceandjenna wrote:

I have meant to look up the terms hyperbole  and procrastination a million times, but never got around to looking up either.

 Proclivities wrote:

Life Life Life..........................................................

 xray38 wrote:

Why do you think its wrong for someone to not like a song? 

 Kaw wrote:

bitte

this is such pithy shyte

had to turn away from the screen and just listen- Thanks RP

Somehow this song conjures up a memory of those old Bose radio commercials.

Modern day classic!

I really like this one! 😊 

 bruceandjenna wrote:

I never exaggerate but you always do!

I like to ponder sometimes Bill and Rebecca's thought process when stringing songs together.
My present ponder with Einaudi following Florence & The Machine is that Florence flits around on stage like she is listening to an Einaudi score.

 Ashloh wrote:

If I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times, don't exaggerate!

 Derecho wrote:

Italian Groucho.

Love this guy.....love his music!

 Proclivities wrote:


In case anyone is interested, this is Helene Stanley in John Huston's classic Asphalt Jungle.

 tcseeley wrote:


The Funk Soul Brother? 

Right Here! Right Now!

 agatem wrote:
 
this sounds like it is for a movie soundtrack

When I have to walk to the computer to see who is making this beautiful music, you know you hit my heart. Thanks. 

The highs get really high making the transitions more enjoyable.

 Derecho wrote:
 

/Bernie sanders by the transitive property

 Tomasni wrote:
 
Well, let me give it a 8 then

 Derecho wrote:
 

Nah more like Dr. Bunsen Honeydew - with eyeballs :)

 woodchuk wrote:
 
Si

 Proclivities wrote:
 
Come la ragazza, la vita e' bella, no?

Moving to a 10 because it moves me to a happy place and isn’t that what a great song is supposed to do?

 Tomasni wrote:
 
Good of you to take the time to post something negative, because we all need more negativity.

Looks like an Italian Larry David.

Beautiful!

Rating only   7 from me  and going down  

This is a wonderful segue from The Be Good Tanyas. Great job!

This performance live in Amsterdam was an amazing experience I am most grateful for.
9 

Nice enough song, albeit similar to his Divenire stuff. Bit of an "if the bike ain't broke" sort of guy?

Beautiful music, it's 1.05am here and it suits a cold November night. Bless you all at RP Thank you for playing such a great mix of music.

 Ashloh wrote: 
Or just step up and use PSD since THE MAJORITY  of reviews like it. Spare us your drivel!

 Ashloh wrote: 
Just listed to Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and thought the same. 

I couldn't agree more. 

Ashloh wrote: 

Oh please give us a break!
I must have heard this a million times now.
There just has to be other music out there, surely you don't really need to play the same stuff over and over? 

Not bad but it does go on a bit, doesn't it?

i like this instrumental song , i like all the time

Everytime I hear this instrumental song "Life" by Ludovic Einaudi I have to stop what I'm doing and just listen. It has the best aspects of a wonderful film score, where you can almost picture the emotions....

gruß an Nana , sag Ihr ich hab sie sooo tooole lieb

 ecomaniac wrote: 
I uploaded some of the best works from Bach but it got rejected. Odd to see 2Cellos, some cheesy classical covers of popular rock songs and Einaudi make it to the list. Or is the definition of eclectic corroding?

I'm always glad when I switch on RP, and something by Einaudi is playing.

 bheath wrote: 
There are tears in my eyes from that beautiful story and how fine to meld over this fine classic song, I am humbled.

Wonderlizard,
Wonderful story and wonderful of you to share that. 
This site has the great ability to propagate kindness through the discovery and love of music.
Lets hope that some commentators here will follow your lead, be more vulnerable and perhaps even a little less critical.
Best wishes from the Frozen North 

 WonderLizard wrote: 

What a nice story.  I'm sorry your friend is gone.  So glad you got to share such beautiful music together near the end. 

My best friend of 50+ years passed away last year. In his dotage he fell head over heels in love with a lovely, indeed stunning, young Italian girl. He and I habitually had spirited ourselves away from our women and our lives periodically to chill, talk, and too much toward the end reminisce. During our last trip, this after his cancer had been diagnosed, I decided one night that music was in order and played Einaudi's Devenire from my iPod. He looked up, "How did you know that's what I wanted?" Lucky guess. Turned out Einaudi was one of the mutual loves they bonded over. I can't hear Einaudi now without seeing him, forever jumbled in a tangle of emotions. Until the very end he never quite learned that you're never too old for love.

 Proclivities wrote: 

Rock it, Ludo!
 

Mesmerizing and delicate. Thank you radio paradise. Greetings from Venezuela 

 bluecshells wrote: 
I agree!

Perspective.  Thank you for a wonderful selection of music this evening.

Instant 7 > 8

I would pratice some yoga listen this song. Relaxing, very nice

Nice relaxing music on a Friday afternoon.  Thanks for providing the chill pill. 

I laugh a lot when I read people saying "elevator music", and then gives a 10 punctuation to weird and trance songs. You suck. Ludovico is not the best composer in the world, but is fine and listennable.

 Arkady_Arkright wrote: 

Well played sir!

 walchenbach wrote: 
I'd happily be trapped in that elevator. For real lift music, try Brian Eno's ambient stuff  - this is more accurately described as minimalist, in the Philip Glass mould. As folk often say, less is more, and I've always thought that about Einaudi's work: it has a subtle complexity that comes out on repeated listens. It's also highly evocative of its subject. 9 from the entranced Nottingham jury. 

 TerryS wrote: 
I used to play cops and robbers, but hey, to each his own.  :)

I used to play Ludo as a kid..

Once again lol no matter your tastes or likes and or  dislikes, out of 500 + reviews it gets a 7.+ rating so USE the PSD button and spare us your drivel! 

Spot on!

rdo wrote: 

 walchenbach wrote: 
I think that's the point. It's likely meant to be meditative/ambient music; he's not trying to emulate Parliament-Funkadelic.

Elevator music.

I for one can't get enough of this artist.

This is getting as worn as Pachelbel's canon, I'm afraid.  As rich as the classical repertoire is, can't you find something new?

Admittedly not for everyone, but when I read a particularly degrading comment and then see that user rate Radar Love a 10, I have to SMH .

I usually like this artist, but this one is a little too "Phillip Glass" for me (too tumultous).

"An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows." - Dwight D. Eisenhower

 Arkady_Arkright wrote: 

Hi all,

I really don't get it when people say that this is not good music, there is a button for that,( if  you don't like it, it's called PSD), but other than that, for me this is just making my day!

From the east coast I just love this music

Bye

hanssachs wrote: 
Arrogant twit...

Test

The beginning reminded me of Jeff Beal - only with strings.

 hbs47 wrote: 
That's a bit teddyist.

 hbs47 wrote: 
Exactly!!!

This, followed by Radiohead!  From the insipid to the inspired. 
I love the eclecticism of RP, but Einaudi?  What's next, George Winston, Yanni, Kenny G, Chris Botti, John Tesh...?
I'm always mystified by the high ratings that Einaudi's musical twaddle gets from RP's generally discerning listeners.

Meditative.

So fab - he always catches my ear.

Musical wallpaper. So tedious and has no soul.

 fredriley wrote: 
Agree. Ignorance is bliss for me as well.

Just the mood I'm in on a cold, snowy winter's morning. 

 hanssachs wrote: 
Call me a happy ignoramus . I think that this is i coglioni del cane, and I'm a big, big fan of Einaudi and his works. An immediate 8 from the minimalist, italophile Nottingham jury.

This only sounds good if you don't know anything about music ...

From a 6 to a 7.  

Some pretty sounds, to be sure, but at the end this just does not move me. Don't know why.
And the word, pablum, fits the music to me, too. 

 Proclivities wrote: 

Point taken. I guess I thought that "pablum" had spread farther afield and/or that fredriley's profession would have bumped him up against the word before now. 

 fredriley wrote: 

 kcar wrote: 
I agree that "pablum" is a good word, but it is an American colloquialism which Fred may not have heard or read before in The U.K. (as evidenced by his "WTF" query).  His mention of using "20th Century words" was probably referring to the notion of people using the Latin word "pabulum", and was not a demand for people here to limit their vocabularies.

I like his music; saw him in person about 3 years ago. My friends said every song sounded the same. Oh well. In any case, as with any of the wonderful tunes on RP, simply click on PSD if you don't care for it. I think it's fine to post our likes and dislikes but to go on a rant about anything - that really is boring.

Sublime.  Like wordless poetry painting pictures on my mind.  Another beautiful album from a modern genius. 

 fredriley wrote: 
Because "pablum" is a perfectly good word. I thought you were a linguist working at a university...This may be a bit simplistic but I think a limited vocabulary contributes to limited thought. I get tired of "meh", "this blows", etc. 

As for anger towards some music and musicians here...perhaps listeners feel trapped into listening to something they don't like. If true, it makes the PSD button a truly great development. Did you all know that you can double and triple PSD if you hit a string of songs you don't want to hear? Wunnerful.  

Ein Audi please 

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Pablum?

Noodling.

super luper off you go.....

If I could play like this, you all could just kiss my ass!

 oldsaxon wrote: 
I think Yanni could be blamed for a lot of what's wrong in the Universe these days.
 

One question I will ask Bill(God) when I meet him is: What's up with Ludovico Einaudi?

 Proclivities wrote: 
I blame Yanni

I'd rather be listening to Vivaldi instead.

 fredriley wrote: 
It is odd that his music seems to make some people so angry.  A lot of his music seems to be composed to elicit some sort of meditative or serene response yet it ironically produces the opposite response — there is something interesting about that.  It's not the sort of music I would buy, but it doesn't bother me so much either, and I agree, that at its worst, it's background muzak - unless there are some subliminal messages to buy Fiats or San Pellegrino beverages buried in the mix.  
I was amused by gvan's comment though: "He should be named Quaaludovico."

* "Pablum" is a 20th Century word which originated in the 1930s; it is a fortified oatmeal/corn meal/farina-type of cereal for babies.  It's name came from the older, Latin word "pabulum".

 

 helenofjoy wrote: 
I've often wondered the same thing.  I grew up listening to classical music, maybe that has something to do with it?

 fredriley wrote: 

I agree with you completely.  What the heck happened to these people?

What consistently amazes me is how such inoffensive music winds some RP folk up bigtime. I can see their veins bulging and steam come up out of their ears as they type their angry comments. Dislike of Einaudi I can understand, or even just plain boredom, but the burning hatred that appears on RP is staggering. What on earth is it about Einaudi that engenders such bile? At worst, his stuff is just background muzak.

And WTF is "pablum", and why can't folk use relatively modern (from the last century) English?

Dont like
classical but love Einaudi - Brilliant

The same old Einaudi trick ... boring and unbearable. The guy is smart like a fox ...

OMG, how I hate this cheap imitation of classic music!

Although this might not suit everyone's musical palette, thanks to RP for again introducing us to the wider spectrum of music out there, even though it might lie outside of some listeners narrow groove

 gvan wrote: 
Good one!

 IndyDoug wrote: 
Sarcasm?

If you have chills while listening to this musical master then you appreciate higher art forms that enlighten humanity. Godlike. J.S. Bach would approve.

 BrightonGuy wrote: 
hahaha

Something sounds familiar here..

9 plays in the last 30 days, yep that must be it.