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Never you fear, boys, as I've long since gotten over the search for the "perfect" performance. I now listen to an artist's take on the material and enjoy it on its own terms. Because of this refreshing new outlook, I've been introduced to a nice variety of Satie interpreters.
...but de Leeuw is still my favorite.
So everything is well then.
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Aug 24, 2020 - 7:36 AM
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MusicMad
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Jim, I think you missed the final sentence of my posting.
About Satie rolling in his grave?
My apologies - my error: When I glanced back at my posting I overlooked that I had written the final paragraph as two sentences. I meant the first You may never go back to the original piano recordings ... I don't think! as I doubt, very much that you would like any of these adaptions. I made it too convoluted for its own good.
I figure most composers dislike other interpretations of their work--Richard Rodgers' opinion of "Lover" by Peggy Lee comes to mind--but that maybe you, with your peculiar views on film and music, might have liked those easy listening renditions.
I wasn't aware I had peculiar views, albeit I often go against the mainstream flow (never took to The Beatles et al., have no interest in the modern sci-fantasy films, etc.)
If songwriters, composers don't want their works adapted, oh well. Mr. Rodgers may not have liked Peggy Lee/Gordon Jenkins's interpretation, but one wonders what he thought of Johnny De Little's 1962 rendition ... as arranged/conducted by John Barry! 
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