. Debussy and Ravel were contemporaries of Eric Satie. There are certain similarities among those composers’ piano and orchestral pieces, although Satie set himself apart from the musical elite of the day both in his criticisms of the elite and their compositions; so does Aphex Twin, according to his Wiki page.
. I found this vid posted at Occupy Austria, and an online translator was used to provide a rather rough understanding of Reinhard Mey’s message, which, in part ecological, is sung not so subtly to the leaders of nations.
LYRICS. Rain runs in small brooks over my face, Are soaked up to the skin, but I do not resist. When I was a child, I was too small And gladly a small bit wanted to be larger. The garden with its rain in May wished For my daily desire fulfillment and growth. Thus it came for days in spring Before the entry door I stood and the clouds besang:
To May rains let me grow, May rains make for me courage To May rains let me believe, Everything becomes good.
Some childlike faith never leaves you in life. Finally I am more largely for Berlusconi, than Sarkozy. Therefore it is shown, you lead at every step and turn A small rain cloud with you also, Because in life it comes sometimes thickly burdensome And you believe, you have the choice only between ball and cord. If the last sparklet of hope leaves you, You hold on to a small Kinder rhyme:
To May rains let me grow, May rains make for me courage To May rains let me believe, Everything becomes good.
I was nearly always good in life, Always the good little hand gave, I was the child, who never cries. I at table always sat, Good to my plates empty ate, So that for all the sun shines. Now I do not know, what I am with so much sun, As much blue sky accustomed I am not, Oh nevertheless my plate was again full And the rain would fall on my face!
May rains come and rain, Rain into my heart, Rain mean grief away, Alleviate mean pain.
To May rains let me grow, May rains make for me courage, To May rains let me believe, Everything becomes again good.
Art will be the last bastion when all else fades away. ~ Timothy White (b 1952), American rock music journalist _________________
"The universe is 40 billion light years across and every inch of it would kill you if you went there. That is the position of the universe with regard to human life."
by American Dream » Mon Oct 10, 2011 3:22 pm 
