Eternal Sunshine - Peer Pressure / Elephant Parade (Piano)

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  • Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
  • This cover goes off the "Peer Pressure" theme from Jon Brion's score to Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. It's pretty simple, but still beautiful.
    *** I've received a number of requests for tutorials or sheet music. I'm not currently living at home, so I don't have access to a piano where I could make a tutorial. Also, there isn't any sheet music that I have found (I just messed around until I had it figured out). Sorry!!

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  • @AlexanderJSmolowe
    @AlexanderJSmolowe  6 років тому +91

    Had a few minutes-- here's the basic skeleton of it. I'm new to Pro Tools score editor, so it's rough, but you should get the idea!
    www.dropbox.com/s/ps36q6pmnf7wvmn/Sort%20of%20the%20Eteranal%20Sunshine%20Theme.pdf?dl=0

  • @Optics21
    @Optics21 7 років тому +262

    Jon brion perfectly catched the essence of feeling what love is

    • @MyDstarz
      @MyDstarz 4 роки тому +7

      And you’ve aptly described it. 🖤

  • @daytripperarrabal
    @daytripperarrabal 14 років тому +163

    "You said "So go" with such disdain y'know?"

    • @soumick7104
      @soumick7104 2 роки тому +7

      Haunting dialog... And unforgettable delivery

    • @Godisglorious1
      @Godisglorious1 2 роки тому +12

      "Awe, I'm sorry, Joel."

    • @SECRETARIATguy224
      @SECRETARIATguy224 2 роки тому +3

      That whole sequence is deep, and very moving.

    • @Iovesick1998
      @Iovesick1998 2 роки тому +3

      @@Godisglorious1 "it's okay."

    • @bellemendoza83
      @bellemendoza83 Рік тому

      ​@@soumick7104​ Absolutely, I think about it to this day

  • @daftchocobo302
    @daftchocobo302 11 років тому +207

    This is the best cover of this song available. No other song can instantly bring me on the verge of tears like this piece. It gets me every single time.

  • @stevienguyen2047
    @stevienguyen2047 5 років тому +55

    I know this video is over a decade old but I just want you know that here I am in California crying listening to it on a rainy day. Absolutely beautiful. It’s what to me is the feeling of love in a nutshell. Thank you for this whoever you are!

    • @AlexanderJSmolowe
      @AlexanderJSmolowe  5 років тому +23

      I'm inside on a rainy california day also! glad you still like it :)

  • @elliottbarletta5220
    @elliottbarletta5220 10 років тому +99

    Used this song in my wedding. Wish our marriage had ended up different. Still very good tuneage. Methinks it a strange cross between nostalgia over things lost and hope for the future.

    • @AReputableMan
      @AReputableMan 8 років тому +20

      So for the late reply but sorry it didn't work out, man. There's still hope in the future.

  • @MarcelaRoy
    @MarcelaRoy 7 років тому +50

    I commented on this video 4 years ago and I still thank you to this day. Still in my top 5 UA-cam videos.

    • @derrickyoung40
      @derrickyoung40 7 років тому +2

      Marcela Roy same, I've found myself in the exact same spot years later. So glad this is here. Such a profound movie with incredible music. This cover being magnificent.

    • @derrickyoung40
      @derrickyoung40 5 років тому +2

      I instinctively commented on this just now... Just to see I commented here a year ago, lol. Wow....

    • @Marcela-ke3tw
      @Marcela-ke3tw 5 років тому +1

      Derrick Young, I’m back on here too. Insanely wonderful song!!!

    • @Marcela-ke3tw
      @Marcela-ke3tw 2 роки тому +1

      I’m back.. 2 years later. I will forever love this cover. Whenever I am looking for peace, I play this. 9 years now. Thank you.

    • @itzyoung
      @itzyoung 6 місяців тому

      ​@@Marcela-ke3twTime to come back to this masterpiece

  • @jbuell311
    @jbuell311 3 роки тому +33

    How happy is the blameless vestal’s lot
    The world forgetting by the world forgot
    Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
    Each prayer accepted
    And each wish resigned

  • @어-w7p
    @어-w7p 2 роки тому +12

    I was amazed this video is about 13 years ago…still beautiful and touching..thx for playing

  • @emanuelecordeglio4400
    @emanuelecordeglio4400 4 роки тому +25

    Sometimes i come here to hear this music again... it gives me the same emotion everytime

  • @jbro8934
    @jbro8934 6 років тому +78

    "Bye Joel"

  • @nktrs
    @nktrs 9 років тому +166

    This is what being in love sounded like

    • @trugangsta4real
      @trugangsta4real 8 років тому +9

      +Naseem Syed Those 8 words just told me a story.

    • @rantg
      @rantg 8 років тому +7

      Brilliant comment. True.

    • @aftereverett
      @aftereverett 8 років тому

      it sounds like happiness by jonsi and alex

    • @Carmen-zi3hv
      @Carmen-zi3hv 6 років тому +2

      It's more like the nostalgia of some lost love...

  • @ZeranZeran
    @ZeranZeran 7 років тому +22

    I've been using UA-cam since it came out and this is still one of my favorite things here. Please never take it down. You captured the piece(s) and their feelings so well. Jon Brion should be proud.

  • @derrickyoung40
    @derrickyoung40 7 років тому +29

    Thank you for this. Have been listening to your cover for at least 4 years. Its my go-to for when I need to cry and feel love...

    • @yellowshirting
      @yellowshirting 5 років тому +2

      Been listening for about a decade. Thanks for being one my favorite youtube videos.

  • @kalinamiletic
    @kalinamiletic 14 років тому +7

    this is probably my favourite movie soundtrack ever. the music is so beautiful. this is was really well done!

  • @MominMalikYT
    @MominMalikYT 8 років тому +25

    PLEASE MAKE A TUTORIAL, THE WORLD IS DYING WITHOUT IT

  • @bellemendoza83
    @bellemendoza83 Рік тому +2

    I've come back to this beautiful piano rendition time & again throughout the years, and look forward to continuing to do so. Thank you for sharing such touching music✨💙

  • @iz4291
    @iz4291 2 роки тому +1

    i can’t believe i’m nineteen and this cover came out when i was five, i’m learning it today. i always thought this song captured love so well. the dizziness and warmth of it all. will always be one of my faves:)

  • @MyDstarz
    @MyDstarz 5 років тому +3

    My god...... just tears, tears streaming down my face your ability is so beautiful

  • @stuayers552
    @stuayers552 4 роки тому +7

    This music still brings tears to my eyes. Every time I hear it.

  • @kattykit139
    @kattykit139 4 роки тому +10

    It’s been 5 years and I think you’re finally letting go of me. I’ll never forget all the memories we shared together. I’m going to miss you so much I love you

  • @gabicvaz
    @gabicvaz 12 років тому +161

    Joely, what if you stayed this time?

  • @mattp1293
    @mattp1293 5 років тому +4

    The best mix of the 2, thank you, exactly what I’ve been searching for. Top notch, please make an exact recording in studio. So great

  • @Temmink6
    @Temmink6 8 років тому +8

    This just gives me the goosebumps. You've translated this song so well, thank you for sharing this great piece!

  • @yellowshirting
    @yellowshirting 4 роки тому +1

    It's 2021, and I still return to this. Thank you again.

  • @richyding
    @richyding 4 роки тому +8

    Alex - this is awesome. This video alone is one of the main reasons I decided to buy a keyboard and try and learn from scratch. Started with Peer Pressure - it's a beaut. Hope to be able to read music one day and learn your interpretation too. Cheers

  • @JJonny66
    @JJonny66 6 років тому +1

    This just brought me to tears, for the 3rd time. Who could possible not like this?!

  • @bymaxxie
    @bymaxxie 2 роки тому +2

    Why this old piano videos in UA-cam are probably better than any performance I have ever listened to?

  • @ironcountry
    @ironcountry 15 років тому +1

    One of the few songs that (almost) always makes me cry! Thanks for sharing your version.

  • @AlexanderJSmolowe
    @AlexanderJSmolowe  12 років тому +19

    Thanks! That's really cool, glad you liked it. I posted this years ago, it's amazing to come back and see what a positive response people have had to it. Maybe time to get back into videos...?

  • @Indiosea
    @Indiosea 10 років тому +6

    There are 3 Jon Brion songs I love from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. This was definitely one of those and was really a joy to watch.

    • @kevinpusateri5848
      @kevinpusateri5848 10 років тому

      Bookstore peer pressure and....row?

    • @Indiosea
      @Indiosea 10 років тому +4

      Kevin pusateri Actually, phone call instead of bookstore but you've got the other two right. :)

    • @Indiosea
      @Indiosea 10 років тому

      Kevin pusateri Bookstore is pretty darn good too.

    • @kevinpusateri5848
      @kevinpusateri5848 10 років тому

      O ya phonecall is a good one. It was a rap beat before being used in the movie. I prefer the movie version but nevertheless props to Jay electronica for creating it.

    • @Indiosea
      @Indiosea 10 років тому +2

      Actually it seems Jay electronica took it from the movie. At the end of his first verse he says "I took the beat from Sunshine boy and killed it." Plus he came out with the song about 5 years later.

  • @gooseman117
    @gooseman117 12 років тому +1

    Just wanted to say that you did an amazing job bringing these two songs together. I turned the audio from this into an MP3 a few months ago when I first heard it and it is the most played song on my iTunes library (with a good 800 plays or so). Thanks so much for this song!

    • @aylynnryanalexi
      @aylynnryanalexi 8 років тому

      Michael Guzman do you have a link to that mp3

  • @OutLoudOutLoud
    @OutLoudOutLoud 16 років тому

    This melody never fails to make me tear up. The whole soundtrack is absolutely brilliant.

  • @zachanderson5097
    @zachanderson5097 3 роки тому +1

    Been listening to this cover for years just want to say awesome job and thank you for this piece of music as it has touched so many of us!!

  • @harrycook3353
    @harrycook3353 9 років тому +46

    I love this film, and this song. Great cover.. I wish I knew how to play the piano just to play this

    • @Smallenface
      @Smallenface 7 років тому +10

      talent is a myth, believe in the power of practice :)

    • @hell4punk
      @hell4punk 7 років тому +1

      Sam Allen 💖💖💖💖💖

  • @MarcelaRoy
    @MarcelaRoy 12 років тому +1

    I'm so happy you uploaded this. I get sad when the original ends so soon. You sound incredible.

    • @Marcela-ke3tw
      @Marcela-ke3tw Рік тому

      11 years later… still listening to it. A forever favorite of mine.

  • @realmareva18
    @realmareva18 15 років тому +1

    An absolutely beautiful arrangement. I love those two pieces so much. This is exactly how Jon Brion should have done it in the first place. Thanks for posting it. :-)

  • @zackfisher134
    @zackfisher134 7 років тому +3

    Best cover on UA-cam. Really captured the feeling of the music. This inspired me to make my own cover of the song!

  • @jellymeizer
    @jellymeizer 16 років тому

    You compiled the two of these songs so well, it's amazing. i often listened to peer pressure and elephant parade back to back, I admit. Too beautiful.

  • @Nomis2779
    @Nomis2779 12 років тому +1

    Just to let you know man that I made this into an mp3 and I have it on my iPod and I listen to it whenever I'm driving, relaxing at home etc. Great job! Love the movie and soundtrack! It touches me deep.

  • @JOEPASHLEY17
    @JOEPASHLEY17 10 років тому +76

    Please one day, make a tutorial/sheet music for this. Been coming back to this song for a long time.

    • @JOEPASHLEY17
      @JOEPASHLEY17 10 років тому +19

      Joe Pashley If anyone wanted I found the basic chords for this song:
      E, A, F#m
      G#m, Dbm, G#m, A, B

    • @ricardomendoza6504
      @ricardomendoza6504 9 років тому

      Joe Pashley Thank you very much dude!

    • @songyiworld
      @songyiworld 9 років тому

      Joe Pashley Thank you!

    • @BasswipeNC
      @BasswipeNC 9 років тому

      +Joe Pashley I come back to listen to it a lot too.

    • @AlexanderJSmolowe
      @AlexanderJSmolowe  9 років тому +11

      +Joe Pashley So I finally have a digital piano hooked up to a PC. Only took seven years!
      Any suggestions from anyone on how I can make this happen for people?

  • @BasswipeNC
    @BasswipeNC 11 років тому +2

    Really good. I just watched this movie and this song grabbed me immediately.

  • @yellowshirting
    @yellowshirting 5 років тому +12

    still listening and enjoying in 2020 :)

  • @fated2pretend
    @fated2pretend 2 роки тому +1

    This evokes so many memories. I'm so thankful for this video. Great performance. I hope you still play.

  • @draon16
    @draon16 11 років тому +24

    I want to be a great big, huge elephant!
    Jon Brion is such a boss, and so is AlexanderJSmolowe

  • @tarbstudio
    @tarbstudio 4 роки тому +5

    Здравствуйте. Великолепно! Очень классно! Обожаю эту мелодию! Спасибо вам!
    Hello. Sumptuous! Very cool! I love this melody! Thanks you!

  • @Godisglorious1
    @Godisglorious1 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you. These are my favorites from the film. You play them very beautifully.

  • @spookstoly
    @spookstoly 3 роки тому

    Never fails to make me feel emotions

  • @tehmigster
    @tehmigster 15 років тому

    Breathtakingly beautiful. Thank you for posting this.
    Much better than the 26 seconds that we get on the Jon Brion track. :)

  • @DaoNguyen-vp7ki
    @DaoNguyen-vp7ki 2 роки тому

    touches my heart. Thank you for sharing Alexander. Appreciation from Austin, TX

  • @likesuppsamsta
    @likesuppsamsta 15 років тому +1

    peer pressure and elephant parade are my favorites. this is amazing.

  • @bgcgo5690
    @bgcgo5690 3 роки тому +1

    surge of goosebumps all over my body my god

  • @rbthesunsetloner
    @rbthesunsetloner 5 років тому

    Absolutely beautiful. Watch this gorgeous film last weekend. Was stunned by how complex and profound it was. Excellent cover mate.

  • @ReminiscentStudios
    @ReminiscentStudios 16 років тому

    My two favorite songs from my absolute favorite movie.
    Great job...I needed this tonight.

  • @Catgeek4891
    @Catgeek4891 15 років тому

    makes me cry that song its so beautiful that i cant take it, thank you thank you for playing the song

  • @CharlesBorcke
    @CharlesBorcke 9 років тому +2

    I almost cry while watching your video. This music is stunning. Thank you

  • @Princess-Daisy
    @Princess-Daisy 8 років тому +18

    Brings me back to a lonely skeleton trying to find a friend, but his friend always ties because the trip is 500 days long. So the skeleton goes back, heartbroken, trying to fine a friend that'll finally survive. Maybe the skeleton would play this at their wedding. :')

  • @QuidamByMoonlight
    @QuidamByMoonlight 16 років тому

    Beautiful playing! And an excellent selection. I really liked this film, and the music has a simple yet lingering quality to it...dreamlike, just like the subject of the film.

  • @tyenevarez5110
    @tyenevarez5110 5 років тому +1

    Listening on a loop... it’s so good. Best cover of this.

  • @1Pianiste
    @1Pianiste 14 років тому

    Wow. Good job. I'll have to learn these by ear as well. No matter how long it takes me, I MUST learn them.

  • @nivledamh
    @nivledamh 10 років тому +2

    Just like the imaginative touching masterpiece that is eternal sunshine of the spotless mind did touch my soul also.

  • @kappazushi5963
    @kappazushi5963 4 роки тому +1

    素晴らしい動画をありがとうございます。
    夜中に一人聴いて泣きました。

  • @Nomis2779
    @Nomis2779 15 років тому

    Unreal man! I loved it,I listened to it over and over.

  • @madeleinejaeger8901
    @madeleinejaeger8901 Рік тому

    this piece is so beautiful, and so is your playing💙

  • @Rukiakuchikixo
    @Rukiakuchikixo 8 років тому

    This song reminds me of so many things and still Can't stop crying at this.

  • @Temmink6
    @Temmink6 6 років тому

    Still one of the most awesome piano vids that I know.

  • @dynamixbeats
    @dynamixbeats 13 років тому

    this song just fits so perfectly with eternal sunshine. and you definitely played it beautifully :) great job. makes me tear up, this was def jim carrey's best "love" films aside from his comedy, even though the movie was a pretty funny too but more serious.

  • @jasonrocker13
    @jasonrocker13 6 років тому

    You are playing with heart. That's wonderful.the song really means something to you.

  • @DMarie0824
    @DMarie0824 12 років тому +10

    Everytime I listen to this song, I cry.

  • @NeaOfTheDesert
    @NeaOfTheDesert 16 років тому

    YA~Y !!! Peer Pressure and Elefant Parade are some of my favorites in the ESOTSM's soundtrack. You rock for playing this hihi Thanks ^^

  • @teokiddo
    @teokiddo 16 років тому

    there is no sound more adorable in the world than this one

  • @NirZak
    @NirZak Рік тому +2

    Would you please play this version again and record it in a high quality music video version? It is so beautifully played!

  • @leboyoyo
    @leboyoyo 15 років тому

    it's dam to short, it can last for ever........
    it's so great, thank you

  • @ashcangylliengallos5504
    @ashcangylliengallos5504 4 роки тому

    This music makes me emotional. Thank you for this. Keep safe.

  • @gilou148
    @gilou148 16 років тому +1

    Ooooooh! So nice. I love this song and you play it so well!

  • @3dib
    @3dib 16 років тому

    im totally into this video! listen to it almost every single day!

  • @gypsypirateLeah1574
    @gypsypirateLeah1574 10 років тому

    I can't wait to walk down the isle to this!

  • @laaleelaa
    @laaleelaa 15 років тому

    wow. This is the first time I have EVER bothered to write a comment on UA-cam. Alexander J Smolowe, this is beautiful. x

  • @CapitaineBuisson
    @CapitaineBuisson 13 років тому

    best cover/medley of this song! i really hope you do a longer version of this! and i really hope for the tutorial too! :)
    Thank's for sharin'

  • @starrynightzkai
    @starrynightzkai 11 років тому

    Absolutely beautiful cover.

  • @mrnickb
    @mrnickb 16 років тому

    ahh best 2 songs from the soundtrack well done

  • @Heelzfan26
    @Heelzfan26 15 років тому

    Absolutely Beautiful. I cry everytime I hear this song. Great Scene too.

  • @wawaras29
    @wawaras29 16 років тому +4

    hermoso!!!
    escepcional
    excelente
    tocas muy bonito el piano!!
    felicidades
    apunta a cosas mas grandes

  • @tinkerbell9341
    @tinkerbell9341 2 роки тому +1

    Going through a divorce. I remembered this movie. I love the soundtrack. Nothing as bittersweet.

  • @12itscoredawg
    @12itscoredawg 15 років тому +1

    I love love love love this song.
    THE BEST movie ever made.

  • @jillheather16
    @jillheather16 12 років тому

    Yes! Please get back into posting your music. The world needs more beautiful and soulful music like yours :-)

  • @zptzptzp
    @zptzptzp 4 роки тому +2

    Are you a judge?
    Because you just did justice with the piece

  • @heidihawthorne
    @heidihawthorne 12 років тому +1

    Man. Right in the feels.

  • @nikisoul
    @nikisoul 11 років тому

    amazingly beautiful.... just another reason to love this movie...

  • @Nomis2779
    @Nomis2779 16 років тому

    Bravo! Loved it man,thank you very much man.That was awesome.

  • @NirZak
    @NirZak Рік тому

    you have amazing piano skills

  • @ZygoChris
    @ZygoChris 14 років тому

    Thanks for your cover ! This melody is really deep !

  • @Notaravisen
    @Notaravisen 12 років тому +3

    This means so much to me!

  • @b.d6642
    @b.d6642 4 роки тому +1

    This is 12 years ago.
    WOW

  • @GoSolar
    @GoSolar 3 роки тому +1

    Beautiful

  • @SweetBobAWB
    @SweetBobAWB 13 років тому +1

    This is my favorite piece by Jon Brion. I wish this melody was revisited in other parts of the movie, but it was just one short part...maybe it was a smart move to not overuse it.

  • @frigginguitar
    @frigginguitar 15 років тому

    the elephant parade was played when Kirsten Dunst was reciting the Alexander Pope quote that led to the elephant parade in Joel's memory.

  • @LouiseBlond
    @LouiseBlond 11 років тому

    this is stunningly beautiful!

  • @holdenwatanabe
    @holdenwatanabe 14 років тому

    @jazincky
    I agree. THE PUBLIC NEEDS THIS SHEET MUSIC.

  • @Smallenface
    @Smallenface 7 років тому

    This is lovely, thanks for uploading!