Erik Satie is famous for his deeply eccentric nature, which extended to his dress (at one point he bought seven identical velvet suits and then, for more than ten years, wore nothing else) and his eating habits (he claimed to eat only white food: “eggs, sugar, shredded bones, the fat of dead animals, veal, salt, coconuts, chicken cooked in white water, mouldy fruit, rice, turnips, sausages in camphor, pastry, cheese (white varieties), cotton salad, and certain kinds of fish, without their skin.”).He lived in a poor section and his neighbours seemed to appreciate his coming among them: he was greatly respected by them.” He was always very poor, poor by conviction, I think. Instead he was forever rubbing his fingers with pumice. With his pince-nez, umbrella and galoshes he looked a perfect schoolmaster, but he looked just as much like one without these accoutrements… No-one ever saw him wash - he had a horror of soap. I had a great liking for him and he appreciated my friendliness, I think, and liked me in return. “He was certainly the oddest person I have ever known, but the most rare and consistently witty person, too. The habitual irony and characteristic strangeness are confirmed by many. I also owe much to Christopher Columbus, because the American spirit has occasionally tapped me on the shoulder and I have been delighted to feel its ironically glacial bite."Īs the formal style of this note gradually slides into parody the reader may suspect - correctly - that the description is Satie’s own. This is what he says about his humour: “My humour resembles that of Cromwell. He classes himself among the “fantasists” who are, in his opinion, “highly respectable people”… After having essayed the loftiest genres the eminent composer now presents some of his humoristic works. He is considered to be the strangest musician of our time.
Erik Satie was born in Honfleur (Calvados) on. Pour a glass of red wine and envision yourself listening to an old-timey record player at a French cafe - here is the entire soundtrack for A Simple Favor for your listening pleasure.M. In addition to newer musicians, A Simple Favor also draws on '60s nostalgia, noticeably using romantic Brigitte Bardot songs, such as "Une Histoire de Plage" and "La Madrague." The soulful songs are especially befitting given that the film is neo-noir, a genre that often uses moody, haunting music to tell stories. Besides Saint Privat and Coeur de Pirate, it showcases a heated track by popular rapper Orelsan ("Changement") and an impassioned ballad by jazzy singer-songwriter Zaz ("Les Passants"). The film's music selection encompasses emotionally charged new and old French sounds. Your obsession with the soundtrack may have already started with the trailers themselves, which use Saint Privat's mischievous bossa nova-enhanced "Poisson Rouge" and Coeur de Pirate's sultry "Crier Tout Bas."
In a movie about lust, revenge, and betrayal, the music has to be good. As though Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick were not enough reason to get us to watch A Simple Favor, director Paul Feig's mystery thriller also features an insatiable musical playlist lined with the best sounds of French pop.