Once you said you loved me Placed no one above me Prayed for me to make that vow What dumb thing did I say So busy being blasé How I wish you'd ask me now I was vain and bind then Prone to be unkind then Wish they'd turn back time somehow Then I was audacious I ignored what was precious How I wish you'd ask me now I thought then I'd always be Footloose and fancy free How could I have been so blind What I once made light of turned out to be true lve Once my ego ruled me Flattered me and fooled me More times than the laws allow You asked me could I care My attention was elsewhere How I wish you'd ask me now
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james perry
It's like someone asking how you feel. Then you play this amazing tune,and after you're finished playing it,you say "ask me now". If they were listening ,I mean really
listening,...and knowing what they know about you,they would hear the pains,joys,
dreams that never came true,past hopes that were dashed,etc.....that you could never put into words,but COULD be expressed in a piece of music that is as sublime as this wonderful composition by Monk.
Akiyama
if I could carry a piano to go out, I wouldn't need to talk anymore
cinnamonsinner
Perry I read your comment 7 years ago!!! 😭😭 Ask me now how i feel after seeing your comment still there i feel nostalgic, happiness, but mostly sadness! 😢😭
sanmarinojr
he plays it so vigorous you can hear every note clearly...every consonance, and dissonance...the music transcends really
Akiyama
Listening to a piece of music is just like looking at a photo. The dissonant chords is what makes the whole piece stand out. Don't just focus on the dissonant chord, focus on how the dissonant chord accompanies the melody and see the beauty of it.
mando
I know I've heard this before, like in a movie, or something along those lines.
Anyways, Monk's ridiculously clean flourishes, and insane amount of dissonance make him have his own original sound. That's pretty hard to do, considering the fact that it's a piano. Though he was a weird guy, he's still a wondrous icon, not necessarily just to jazz, but to music, and to piano players across the globe.
james perry
It's like someone asking how you feel. Then you play this amazing tune,and after you're finished playing it,you say "ask me now". If they were listening ,I mean really
listening,...and knowing what they know about you,they would hear the pains,joys,
dreams that never came true,past hopes that were dashed,etc.....that you could never put into words,but COULD be expressed in a piece of music that is as sublime as this wonderful composition by Monk.
as Monk's composition.
cinnamonsinner
I'm weeping.
Stepan Vakeev
Once you said you loved me Placed no one above me Prayed for me to make that vow What dumb thing did I say So busy being blasé How I wish you'd ask me now I was vain and bind then Prone to be unkind then Wish they'd turn back time somehow Then I was audacious I ignored what was precious How I wish you'd ask me now I thought then I'd always be Footloose and fancy free How could I have been so blind What I once made light of turned out to be true lve Once my ego ruled me Flattered me and fooled me More times than the laws allow You asked me could I care My attention was elsewhere How I wish you'd ask me now
Aileen
Stepan, thanks for the lyrics! :))
Peter Ashford
I love those dissonant notes!!!
Paul pax Andrews
how strong is this melody!? and the sweetest bridge..
beautiful, impeccable .
Oliver Graham
Positively exuberant
Huy Vu
Love this piece.
forzafabian
Sonidos del alma.
• THE Baka Girl •
This is the obligatory solo on piano to get into the conservatory in my city—
the thing is that I started piano very recently and I’m afraid to not being able to pass… im not like those kids that learn since they were babies, but I learn fast, so wish me luck…
Lorenzo Galasso
Hi! How did you do?
thedking94
i love how monk uses the concept of space it just makes you want more
Grant McInnes
Stewart Copeland agrees.
George Rueckert
It really is literally like someone is massaging your brain with their fingertips! <3 <3
Chris Clem
1.Thelonious Monk (piano) 2. cool jazz 3. 16 bar popular form 4. I love the progressions monk uses as he plays the bass parts with one hand the melody with the other. The tone is very melodic and soothing! It was a very calming piece to listen to.
Adoko Neil
I love it.
Open-minded Skeptic
Sweet, sweet music!
Yuri Lyakhov
Monk is alive. In his music.
Ariel Luzi
Que genio!
Henrique Messias
Jesus, its so profound.
samdian
cette mélodie <3
Hana Paraušić
all of the wrong notes are just in place <3
7thvenom
Well said thank you
McPfoot
there are no wrong notes ;)
Frederik Fog Bruun
Why are they wrong?
7thvenom
Yes Monk was known for playing bum notes (for lack of better word) and thats what made him so special."ALL THE WRONG NOTES ARE JUST IN THE RIGHT PLACE"
zonker33
Yeah.. And with that out of tune piano. Only Monk could make it sound so good
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Khamomil
Yes, i was just saying I needed to hear this number to feel better, it's like a medicine.
No disrespect intended of course bc I love Monk, but this number reminds me of a ragtime that has been nuked.
Sam Grant
I sincerely love how you've described ask me now
Elfoscuro
This song was introduced to me by the comic The Outsiders. For Indy!
Studio Voo!
美しい!
Aidan Hegarty
To me the dissonance is the bullshit building up inside of you and the nice melody on top of it is us on the outside just putting on a smile.
ZazenFlyin
"He just kept walking back and forth saying, "Wrong is right."."
F Correa
TheloniuS was the monk
IAN MORTON
Woody Woodpecker !!!
7thvenom
@mrperryjthomas WELL PUT MY MAN !! WELL PUT CHEERS
campbellsoup93
Sigh. Poor Indigo.
tilt12345678
thanks!
Elfoscuro
A man of culture as well! for Indy!
Emanuel Venancio
thankssss
qwertyuiop123456789
Dvorak was right, the future of American music was through black people. While Europeans were plucking piano strings and writing tone rows the jazz artists were making music
Yusuf Johnson
David LoPan nah fam, that was a combo of capitalism and culture vultureism
Stepan Vakeev
Once you said you loved me
Placed no one above me
Prayed for me to make that vow
What dumb thing did I say
So busy being blasé
How I wish you'd ask me now
I was vain and bind then
Prone to be unkind then
Wish they'd turn back time somehow
Then I was audacious
I ignored what was precious
How I wish you'd ask me now
I thought then I'd always be
Footloose and fancy free
How could I have been so blind
What I once made light of turned out to be true lve
Once my ego ruled me
Flattered me and fooled me
More times than the laws allow
You asked me could I care
My attention was elsewhere
How I wish you'd ask me now
james perry
It's like someone asking how you feel. Then you play this amazing tune,and after you're finished playing it,you say "ask me now". If they were listening ,I mean really listening,...and knowing what they know about you,they would hear the pains,joys, dreams that never came true,past hopes that were dashed,etc.....that you could never put into words,but COULD be expressed in a piece of music that is as sublime as this wonderful composition by Monk.
Akiyama
if I could carry a piano to go out, I wouldn't need to talk anymore
cinnamonsinner
Perry I read your comment 7 years ago!!! 😭😭 Ask me now how i feel after seeing your comment still there i feel nostalgic, happiness, but mostly sadness! 😢😭
sanmarinojr
he plays it so vigorous you can hear every note clearly...every consonance, and dissonance...the music transcends really
Akiyama
Listening to a piece of music is just like looking at a photo. The dissonant chords is what makes the whole piece stand out. Don't just focus on the dissonant chord, focus on how the dissonant chord accompanies the melody and see the beauty of it.
mando
I know I've heard this before, like in a movie, or something along those lines.
Anyways, Monk's ridiculously clean flourishes, and insane amount of dissonance make him have his own original sound. That's pretty hard to do, considering the fact that it's a piano. Though he was a weird guy, he's still a wondrous icon, not necessarily just to jazz, but to music, and to piano players across the globe.
james perry
It's like someone asking how you feel. Then you play this amazing tune,and after you're finished playing it,you say "ask me now". If they were listening ,I mean really listening,...and knowing what they know about you,they would hear the pains,joys, dreams that never came true,past hopes that were dashed,etc.....that you could never put into words,but COULD be expressed in a piece of music that is as sublime as this wonderful composition by Monk. as Monk's composition.
cinnamonsinner
I'm weeping.
Stepan Vakeev
Once you said you loved me
Placed no one above me
Prayed for me to make that vow
What dumb thing did I say
So busy being blasé
How I wish you'd ask me now
I was vain and bind then
Prone to be unkind then
Wish they'd turn back time somehow
Then I was audacious
I ignored what was precious
How I wish you'd ask me now
I thought then I'd always be
Footloose and fancy free
How could I have been so blind
What I once made light of turned out to be true lve
Once my ego ruled me
Flattered me and fooled me
More times than the laws allow
You asked me could I care
My attention was elsewhere
How I wish you'd ask me now
Aileen
Stepan, thanks for the lyrics! :))