Attentive readers with long memories may recall that way back in July -- hey, that's several years in Pandemic Time -- I posted an absolutely fabulous and adorable clip of two teenage (I think) aspiring hip-hop kids listening to Dolly Parton's "Jolene" for the first time. And digging the hell out of it.
Which kind of blew my tiny mind for a number of reasons, but I just encountered another similar clip -- featuring one of the two youths -- watching a great live 1981 performance by Queen of their ragingly beautiful "Somebody to Love." A song with which he was previously unfamiliar.
An by the time it's over, the kid is reduced to tears, as was I from watching his reaction.
Enjoy.
Oh, and BTW -- I don't really believe today's title, i.e. that music IS a universal language. Let's just say that you would be disabused of that notion very quickly if you attempted to play a Chinese classical piece on a country radio station in Nashville.
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"All while drinking beer. What more can you ask from a person?"
That made my week!
Again, I say, he was probably paid to react like that. I don't believe it for a minute.
I cried when I discovered that Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is the daughter of Major Lance, I kid you not.
There are a bunch of reaction videos on YouTube. I am not a fan of any of them.
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