Baby Glenn Gould
August 27, 2020 5:13 AM Subscribe
Lise Linde Kronenberg composed and played this piano concert on her first birthday (SLYT)
This post was deleted for the following reason: Sorry for the late delete on this. It's pretty thin to begin with, which would be ok if it were bringing the intended lighthearted fun (which is why we've let it ride for this long) -- but having given it a chance here, the joke isn't really working for people, so I'm going to pull it. -- LobsterMitten
Yeah...it's cute but that's a stretch. My cat didn't compose things when we had a piano, but he played it about as thoughtfully as this baby. Amused, but not impressed, sorry kid.
posted by tiny frying pan at 5:27 AM on August 27, 2020 [2 favorites]
posted by tiny frying pan at 5:27 AM on August 27, 2020 [2 favorites]
A very cursory search on YouTube turned up only one other video of her playing, when she was six years old. Same schtick, she tinkles away a bit while a score is retconned around her noodlings.
posted by senor biggles at 6:16 AM on August 27, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by senor biggles at 6:16 AM on August 27, 2020 [1 favorite]
Tough crowd. Keep at it folks--we'll show that baby what's what!
(I enjoyed her enjoyment on a day I really needed a smile)
posted by Earthtopus at 6:31 AM on August 27, 2020 [6 favorites]
(I enjoyed her enjoyment on a day I really needed a smile)
posted by Earthtopus at 6:31 AM on August 27, 2020 [6 favorites]
The notes coming out of the speaker are not matching the keys she is hitting.
posted by grumpybear69 at 6:33 AM on August 27, 2020 [6 favorites]
posted by grumpybear69 at 6:33 AM on August 27, 2020 [6 favorites]
Am I the only one who assumed the title was a joke and was amused and is now confused that people seem to be taking it as a serious claim?
posted by Shutter at 6:38 AM on August 27, 2020 [12 favorites]
posted by Shutter at 6:38 AM on August 27, 2020 [12 favorites]
Metafilter: We'll show that baby what's what.
posted by We put our faith in Blast Hardcheese at 6:49 AM on August 27, 2020 [7 favorites]
posted by We put our faith in Blast Hardcheese at 6:49 AM on August 27, 2020 [7 favorites]
I am sorry to say I didn't read the title as a joke. We are crabby. *sigh*
posted by JanetLand at 6:50 AM on August 27, 2020 [2 favorites]
posted by JanetLand at 6:50 AM on August 27, 2020 [2 favorites]
Am I the only one who assumed the title was a joke and was amused and is now confused that people seem to be taking it as a serious claim?Maybe I'm just in a bad mood today. My response was, "hey, that's incredible!" Followed immediately by, "oh. . . because it's not at all credible." Cheers to those who recognized the joke and enjoyed it. I am envious and a bit embarrassed.
posted by eotvos at 6:56 AM on August 27, 2020
My four year old asked me if we were watching a video of her as a baby.
I said yes, of course.
posted by Catblack at 6:59 AM on August 27, 2020 [4 favorites]
I said yes, of course.
posted by Catblack at 6:59 AM on August 27, 2020 [4 favorites]
If you think that's impressive you should see the footage of the string section just off-camera, which is composed entirely of six-month-olds.
posted by clawsoon at 7:02 AM on August 27, 2020 [12 favorites]
posted by clawsoon at 7:02 AM on August 27, 2020 [12 favorites]
That video is from 2009, so Lise Linde Kronenberg is now 12 years old. I wonder if she still plays?
posted by briank at 7:35 AM on August 27, 2020
posted by briank at 7:35 AM on August 27, 2020
I am a Deadhead. That baby was improvising on "space". Could not tell if it was before or after "drums". Nor could I tell if it was before or after nitrous. Definitely sounded like a 70s show from the Fillmore at about 2am. My guess is that they break into a killer Dark Star or maybe The Other One.
posted by AugustWest at 7:46 AM on August 27, 2020 [3 favorites]
posted by AugustWest at 7:46 AM on August 27, 2020 [3 favorites]
Well it is cute. And arguably better than anything that I could pound out.
posted by davidmsc at 8:00 AM on August 27, 2020
posted by davidmsc at 8:00 AM on August 27, 2020
It may be a harmless joke about a baby composer, but it is yet another instance of a video that purports to be something it isn't. That is, to me, a tiresome genre, even if it is of the cute baby variety. What's frustrating is that she was playing something which could have easily been orchestrated and tagged as "baby improvises variations on Schoenberg" which would have been both more honest and also funny.
posted by grumpybear69 at 8:03 AM on August 27, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by grumpybear69 at 8:03 AM on August 27, 2020 [1 favorite]
tagged as "baby improvises variations on Schoenberg" which would have been both more honest and also funny.
More honest and funny to like 6 people, as most people would read "variations on Schoenberg" and go huh? And then THEY wouldn't get the joke.
posted by We put our faith in Blast Hardcheese at 8:12 AM on August 27, 2020 [2 favorites]
More honest and funny to like 6 people, as most people would read "variations on Schoenberg" and go huh? And then THEY wouldn't get the joke.
posted by We put our faith in Blast Hardcheese at 8:12 AM on August 27, 2020 [2 favorites]
I feel misled.
posted by signsofrain at 8:19 AM on August 27, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by signsofrain at 8:19 AM on August 27, 2020 [1 favorite]
Anyway, whatever, this really is a post-truth era.
posted by grumpybear69 at 8:19 AM on August 27, 2020 [2 favorites]
posted by grumpybear69 at 8:19 AM on August 27, 2020 [2 favorites]
Re: Schoenberg, (Gimme Some of That) Ol' Atonal Music (previously)
posted by He Is Only The Imposter at 8:23 AM on August 27, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by He Is Only The Imposter at 8:23 AM on August 27, 2020 [1 favorite]
yes as a composer I am deeply offended at the cute baby not actually playing an original piano concerto, also her technique is bad and you call that orchestration? where's the contrabassoon come on
posted by daisystomper at 8:24 AM on August 27, 2020 [4 favorites]
posted by daisystomper at 8:24 AM on August 27, 2020 [4 favorites]
Like at least Catcerto wasn't afraid of the actual nonsense notes the cat was playing. #HonestyCat
posted by grumpybear69 at 8:30 AM on August 27, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by grumpybear69 at 8:30 AM on August 27, 2020 [1 favorite]
This is my last comment, I promise. To be clear: the baby did nothing wrong. She's playing! She's exploring those keys! And that's beautiful and the very essence of creativity and improvisation. That should absolutely be celebrated.
The problem is that the person who created the video decided that what she actually played didn't sound good enough and replaced the notes with what they considered to be "better" notes, aka less dissonant notes, that could then be packaged into a video that was palatable to the general public. Her actual creative output was silenced and misrepresented in the interest of clicks and likes.
So what should have been a joyous exploration of a small child's foray into music is instead a manufactured piece of propaganda for Ron Kronenberg's musical stylings which essentially exploits his daughter.
posted by grumpybear69 at 8:39 AM on August 27, 2020 [3 favorites]
The problem is that the person who created the video decided that what she actually played didn't sound good enough and replaced the notes with what they considered to be "better" notes, aka less dissonant notes, that could then be packaged into a video that was palatable to the general public. Her actual creative output was silenced and misrepresented in the interest of clicks and likes.
So what should have been a joyous exploration of a small child's foray into music is instead a manufactured piece of propaganda for Ron Kronenberg's musical stylings which essentially exploits his daughter.
posted by grumpybear69 at 8:39 AM on August 27, 2020 [3 favorites]
Count me among the crabby ones, because what even is the joke here? A joke would be: "See, we put a grandiose title on a baby playing random notes, haha." But they added the strings in such earnest, and worse, they even falsified the actual notes being played by the baby. In doing so they defeated their attempt at a joke entirely.
My problem is they're lying to us twice (once in the grandiose video title and once in falsifying the baby's actual notes played) but they're trying to pretend they're only lying to us 0.5 times (they're really saying the title is only halfway grandiose, because look, if we just add some strings, doesn't this baby actually sound pretty darned good? Pay no attention to the fact that we clearly falsified the notes being played on the piano as well).
tl;dr grumpybear hit the nail on the head
posted by MiraK at 8:47 AM on August 27, 2020 [2 favorites]
My problem is they're lying to us twice (once in the grandiose video title and once in falsifying the baby's actual notes played) but they're trying to pretend they're only lying to us 0.5 times (they're really saying the title is only halfway grandiose, because look, if we just add some strings, doesn't this baby actually sound pretty darned good? Pay no attention to the fact that we clearly falsified the notes being played on the piano as well).
tl;dr grumpybear hit the nail on the head
posted by MiraK at 8:47 AM on August 27, 2020 [2 favorites]
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