During the quarantine, a pianist in Barcelona went to his balcony to play "My Heart Will Go On"....

[steve2470]

During the quarantine, a pianist in Barcelona went to his balcony to play “My Heart Will Go On” for his neighborhood.

After he started, a sax player in the building next door joined him.

I’m here for all of this...

Link to tweet

Hope this gives people a smile

eta: For some reason the video is not playing here. It plays on twitter.com just fine. I dunno. Anyone know why ?

eta2: The twitter.com address is https://twitter.com/RexChapman/statuses/1240127212528992256 (just click that link)

[lindysalsagal]

1. Yesterday I took my fiddle out to the parkinglot of my apartment building to play

Irish jigs. A few people heard me and came out to listen. It made me feel like I'm not totally helpless in this mess.

People are going to have to become more open and empathetic: It's all we've got, now.

[steve2470]

2. that's awesome :) nt

[LisaM]

3. Thank you.

I wouldn't be lying if I said the Dropkick Murphys were the best thing that happened in my house yesterday.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

4. Still one of my favorite movies.

Every April 14th, my best friend Linda and I get together at my house to watch TITANIC on my big screen in BluRay with surround sound .

We have to nibble on snacks, drink wine from my Crystal White Star Line glasses, I dress up in period attire. We have been doing this for the past 16 years.

[redstatebluegirl]

5. My first love was a musician they are amazing people.

[lindysalsagal]

12. gotta agree with you :)

[GemDigger]

6. Thses things give me goose bumps. I love their spirit in thease times.

Thanks for posting it.

[DFW]

7. I was just there last week

The people of Barcelona were always music lovers. There was the flash mob playing Beethoven's Ninth in front of that bank in Sabadell (a suburb of Barcelona) eight years ago.*

I knew things were serious when the tradition Catalan folk dance, the Sardana, that is held every Saturday morning in the Cathedral Square (Plaça de la Catedral), didn't take place last weekend. Since I first set foot in that city (and that was 1968), I have never seen that canceled.

*

As a musician myself, I always get a rush when I watch the video of the scene at the Banc de Sabadell.

[steve2470]

8. hope you and your family are doing well! :) nt

[DFW]

11. We think so, anyway!

I have no symptoms so far. I tried to get tested but combine inflexible German bureaucracy with a rigidly set up health system, and you get--nowhere. I called my ENT doctor, and he said they didn't do the test, so call your GP or a lung specialist or the health department. Lung specialist and health department said if you have no symptoms, call your GP and stay home and self-quarantine for two weeks. The GP said call the health department. I.e. "run in circles until you drop."

I'm stuck anyway. Most of the countries where I have anything to do are locked down tight anyway. I couldn't get into France or Switzerland even if I wanted to. Belgium is a definite maybe, and Holland seems still to accept traffic from Germany. Maybe they figure, "what could they do to us that is worse than what they did 80 years ago?" Whatever, I'm under what amounts to virtual house arrest. If this is what retirement is like, I think it would kill me inside of half a year..

Our younger daughter is stuck in her town outside Frankfurt, frantically trying to remotely do all the stuff that "required" her presence in Vienna, Zürich, Hamburg and London. Our elder daughter in the USA had just been laid off her job--after ten years!--as her company was slowly going bust. By now, it probably has. But she has some savings, and her husband earns a decent living, so she should be OK for a long time.

[dawg day]

9. The twitterer Rex... great bballer

Went to high school near me. Good guy.

[crickets]

10. Meanwhile, in Germany...

Link to tweet

When playing the musical balconies game, never try to perform '99 Red Balloons.' Ever. Also, don't try this during naptime and/or quiet time. It's a bad idea.




Ruhezeit and Hausordnung = Rest time and house rules
fresse halten = shut up
Ist es nicht ein wundervolles Land = Isn't it a wonderful country

[DFW]

14. Oh, yes, they love their Ordnung here.

Every German town even has its own "Ordnungsamt."

"Bureau of Order," or "order department." For real!! I scheiß thee not!!

[crickets]

16. I believe it. It's not a bad idea-

Naptime and quiet time are important too!

I honestly think the real complaint was the song. So many people hate that song.

I'm sorry to hear you couldn't get tested. I hope you and your family stay healthy, symptom free, and safe.

[DFW]

17. I agree that naptime and quiet time are important

I stop when there is a state agency with the power to regulate when that is.

There is a reason people risked their lives to get out of East Germany. In the beginning, just after reunification, East German families taking vacations for the first time in the former West Germany were totally confused when it came to breakfast. They would ask when breakfast was, and were told, for example, anytime between 6:30 AM until ten. They would say, yes, OK, but when is OUR breakfast? The flustered receptionist would repeat, from 6:30 to ten. The Easterners, also getting frustrated, would ask again, yes, but when are WE supposed to have breakfast? The receptionist explained one more time, saying "whenever you want!" The East Germans, coming from a society where the hotel told every guest the exact hour when they were to take their breakfast, were totally confused at being told it was a decision they were to make for themselves. They came from a society that frowned upon people making decisions for themselves.

[StarryNite]

13. Bittersweet

It actually makes me cry.

[ecstatic]

15. I love the front balcony set up. Does anyone live in a neighborhood like that? nt

[sinkingfeeling]

18. I'm crying, yet again.