John Cale - I've Got a Secret - higher resolution

[@Pianomantodd1]

I just learned that my grandfather is actually Karl Schenzer. Crazy stuff.

[@dwightv9468]

The piece is Satie's 'Vexations' (1893), a short number to be repeated 840 times. I performed it as a music student in the mid-70s. Smartly, I recorded it as a tape loop and played that.

[@karllux-d6g]

Ah those overtly liberal music teachers of the 70s....

[@caryheuchert]

John Cale, a true artist.

[@reflecteddetcelfer]

It is John Cale, It is John Cale, It is John Cale, It is John Cale, It is John Cale, it is indeed John Cale.

[@LazyIRanch]

Not to be confused with J.J. Cale! This is John Cale, who later teamed up with the great Lou Reed and formed The Velvet Underground.

[@thediamonddog95]

I would love if, at time when Cale told host his secret, he'd start to whisper to him : Waldo Jeffers had reached his limits...

[@MrMusicbyMartin]

It was more than the human mind could bear!

[@thediamonddog95]

@@MrMusicbyMartin Vissions of Martha's faithlessness haunted him.

[@MrMusicbyMartin]

@@thediamonddog95 haha!!

[@krisscanlon4051]

He was like an 🐙!

[@serjtankian5474]

“What a shmuck” said Martha

[@zebbart]

I'm waiting for the man, to finish this damn concert!

[@alexcampbell3032]

He's never early.

[@phil040951]

1963. Always ahead of his time. Wonderful!

[@Rayquesto]

Only 21 years old. By today’s standard, he looks 35.

[@7karlheinz]

Very astute observation (by Garry Moore) about the piece not resolving at the end.

[@alicehom7338]

Can you imagine ANY TV show today that would have a spot about a classical music piece like this? Can you imagine panelists who actually might have HEARD OF such a concert? And even had some educated knowledge about it?? And, perhaps lastly, can you imagine that said TV show would actually allow someone to PLAY the classical music piece on the air??? The times, they have a change-ed.

[@daverice2426]

Ha! Almost exactly what I came here to say! How about a game show host with the musical literacy to remark about the piece not resolving?

[@abdul-lateefismail3978]

Have you heard of a show called QI?

[@daverice2426]

@@abdul-lateefismail3978 Looking it up now...

[@Argonaut121]

I remember the one and only time I saw the Velvet Underground. I also remember I've Got a Secret. This makes me feel very old.

[@simonegad]

i loved i've got a secret-watched it all the time-found it very enlightening as a child-so hey i'm old too!

[@abanana2561]

Tell us about it please

[@rosemarymills1671]

how fun to go back like this!!

[@cuebj]

September 1963. Just over a year later, towards end of 1964, founded the group that eventually they called Velvet Underground in 1965. Managed by Andy Warhol from 1966. Release the first LP in 1967 to almost complete indifference... I first saw Cale at Nottingham University in mid 1970s after release of Fear, which bought immediately came out. I still have it and know it by heart. Reed played at Charlton Athletic Football Club ground in support of The Who, not a great performance, he probably wasn't suited to an all-day very large stadium gig where there was a pretty nasty mood due to heat, alcohol, and whatever else some of the crowd might have been taking.

[@johnnydeutschemark3620]

I would watch tv still if it was this good.

[@karllux-d6g]

I was 2 months old and not in the audience of Vexations or of this Tv show. I must have heard Cale solo on National Fm (Portugal) for the first time, sometime around late 75, early 76, at 12 yrs old (but the album in question was still Fear - national FM was eclectic but not always up to date). Cale was/is highly admired and considered here. And my secret is - I have shared a stage with Cale, my local Aveirense Theatre, renewed and remodeled, but not on the same day. I like Lou's solo work, but Cale's is something else.

[@RobinParmar]

This is amazing on every level.

[@simonegad]

gorgeous performance-i love john cale. i so love eric satie. sad that the actors were i felt insensitive. i loved this television program hosted by george gobel and watched it all the time when i was a kid however.

[@simonegad]

i meant garry moore-yikes-sorry!

[@alexapenn6399]

wow ~ ~ ~ what an incredible piece of music. it just goes right into you and stays there - i feel so calm and secretive - so meditative. . .

[@pablozewoppa]

You Tube has only just sent this to me, after 11 years. Thanks for posting!

[@sarahw641]

John Cale was very good looking when he was young.

[@hobojoe1482]

Then he got cocaine face

[@LazyIRanch]

@@hobojoe1482 Wrong John Cale. You are thinking of JJ Cale, an American who wrote "Cocaine". John Cale later teamed up with Lou Reed and formed the band "The Velvet Underground".

[@hobojoe1482]

@@LazyIRanch The velvet underground John Cale did a ton of cocaine

[@cactaceous]

Hobo Joe A ton. A lot of heroin too. The entirety of the recording of Nico's album Marble Index for example was spent between the two in a two week full on binge in the studio shooting up heroin and snorting cocaine. Then he really went head first into cocaine during the mid 70's. He really went crazy on it. Glad he got out and is still playing and recording to the day.

[@nancyfoster4599]

He is still a handsome man.

[@yyy333]

haaa cale looks like such a nice young man

[@tryharder75]

Beautiful!

[@tryharder75]

Thank you Mr Cale. You have a whim of iron.

[@reflecteddetcelfer]

That is indeed very interesting.

[@marks.3303]

"And now, ladies and gentlemen, 'Venus in Furs'..."

[@markandresen1]

The first and only time Cale had a sensible haircut.

[@headfullofideas]

His first appearance on tv!

[@alexapenn6399]

That was a beautiful and haunting composition - i can still hear it in my head (and a perfectly tuned piano with a beautiful sound). Mr. Cale playing was extremely impressive. One could see that Mr. Chezner really got this music - he was just lost in it - a very intelligent young man (i'm in love -lol) . . Who was the composer for heaven's sake?? i'm going to listen again (maybe not 840 times though :).

[@SpanglerConrad]

It's Schenzer, not Chezner, and yes he's very handsome.

[@caspianallen4522]

Instablaster.

[@nancyfoster4599]

The composer is Erik Satie. You should hear more of his work.

[@sandyatkins6978]

Cale is the most talented VU alum and one of the most interesting composers/performers of the latter 20th century. And Satie was a sly mischievous composer who had more fun with music than perhaps anyone ever.

[@jackhillty]

I'll be your mirror reflect what you are

[@gilwood7530]

I never knew this existed ...WOW ! I loved the Velvets But He was so much more !

[@harpmanb]

I wonder if Cale still owns the sheet music he used or if he auctioned it off. I'll buy it, John!

[@alexapenn6399]

Holy s--- ~ it's Erik Satie!!!!

[@liamjay6844]

Really interesting hearing his Welsh accent before he started to have a slight New York twang to it.

[@alexapenn6399]

i've been listening to other pianists and i think Mr. Cale is the best as was the piano. . .

[@robleeatheart]

As much as I admire JC (lol), there are a number of pianists that are at least his equal …

[@APlaceForUtubes]

[Welsh Accent]: Glourious

[@MrMusicbyMartin]

I love how this intelligent, conservatory-educated pianist ended up playing the untutored drones and dissonance of the drug-addled Velvet Underground.

[@robleeatheart]

Ummm … drones, yes … dissonant music, yes ( So was Satie’s at the time), some drug use, yes .. addled, I respectfully disagree …

[@MrMusicbyMartin]

@@robleeatheart Listen again to Sister Ray and tell me that they weren’t just a little bit addled.

[@gotham61]

Thanks for posting. Vexations has been performed many times since 1963, and there is even a French pianist who has played it solo non-stop several times. watch?v=gImDzmNuEDA

[@robertmurray4490]

On a par with the young Frank Zappa's appearance on the Steve Allen Show playing a bicycle.

[@victoriaviola143]

Cale es un artista enorme. De qué se han reído??

[@odedfried-gaon2880]

That was an awesome interview. Great little tidbit into history! #OdedFriedGaon #OdedMusic #OdedInformation

[@morganfisherart]

Come on Cale - why so po-faced? Satie was a fun-loving guy. And what to say about your fellow-pianist John Cage - he laughed more than anyone I have ever met. Oh well...

[@dafyddil]

The host struck me as a kind of buffoon... I wonder if he felt the same.

[@wineinmyfeet3741]

It was nerves, he was nervous about show appearances or concerts until around 1976-ish because he was too busy doing drugs which built up his confidence, although he did start taking drugs around this time.

[@JSTNtheWZRD]

Cale just might have used a bit of his relaxing aid that his music is known for reflecting before this, or rather reflects the relaxing aid perfectly in his person, as his countenance. Like bread and butter. Maybe not. But it is not a hated thing in some circles. Like Poe was said to have such an air about him. In a few years he was the biggest rock star in New York, then a couple years later biggest in all of England.

[@JSTNtheWZRD]

It is quite a good piece

[@bluealnico]

Come on John,cheer up-you got out of Wales didn’t you!

[@dafyddil]

Wales is a pretty nice place actually

[@osbournerudock8587]

Holy fuck! Bizzare. He's older than I thought.

[@bent2]

Born in 1942.

[@x.c.1706]

Satie was a dadaist before Dada!

[@biegebythesea6775]

his hair must have been considered long for 1963. i mean it's longer than The Beatles' hair.

[@jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj178]

Actually, before the sixties, classical music was often disparaged by non-fans as “long hair music.”

[@wraithby]

John Cale didn't cut the head off a chicken, and toss it in the audience, during this or the 18+ hour performance.

[@robleeatheart]

No

[@magicalharp]

I thought that name sounded familiar. This was 1963, in 1964 he was a founding member of The Velvet Underground (with Lou Reed and two others).

[@TomVfan]

I wish I had a voice like a 60 American TV show guy. Actually on 2nd thoughts the novelty would probably soon wear off...

[@brucermorgan]

WHO ON EARTH WOULD KNOW ANOUT THE NOTATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR SATIES PIANO SOLO PIECE "VEXATIONS" ?

[@EliZevin]

What a savage! Haha love it

[@bme7491]

After hearing the "composition", does anybody wonder why the "artists and musicians" felt their work wasn't being appreciated??

[@robleeatheart]

I imagine that you don’t like Satie’s work? … A pity …

[@bme7491]

@@robleeatheart It's like negative reinforcement.

[@edrepard]

Mr. X

[@sarahw641]

They're all sat twiddling their thumbs!

[@Argonaut121]

As a 12 year old i had fantasies about Betsy Palmer.

[@biegebythesea6775]

glasses as well!

[@alexapenn6399]

i love Garry Moore, but he just doesn't get it. . .

[@andersbreispast1398]

MarcMarc: the stinker harassing you and Bruno apparently is in the Mental Hospital now. Bye now, MarcMarc.

[@WilliamTamblyn-eg6be]

Black Communist Surgeons in case you need them

[@condocord7544]

stank

[@mansize6622]

Uggg

[@azarmuta]

Error. He is John Cage.

[@reflecteddetcelfer]

Explain please.

[@azarmuta]

I think that this person is John Cage, no John Cale.

[@andreaaluminum]

saturnales It's John Cale. Definitely looks like him, they clearly say "Cale", and he is Welsh while Cage is American.

[@azarmuta]

Sorry. I was worng: www.warholstars.org/andy_warhol_sleep_vexations.html the two men had played this Satie´s composition. Sorry

[@dmacmillion]

Way back in the day when gay was not allowed, and adults knew what it was, but they all pretended that they didn't, which allowed for a lot of knowing chuckles, which made you seem hip to your small town girl.

[@eddiewillers1442]

That was awful music.

[@robleeatheart]

??? … ok ….

[@user-rh2csk]

Cale looks exactly like in early 90s when he got sober and clean