There are so many more questions raised by this social experiment.

Did the commuters feel that their 'space' was impinged upon, albeit by one of such unquestionable talent?

Did the commuters feel that they did not have the right to enjoy and appreciate such beauty because they had not paid for the privilege?

Are many who attend concerts at say, $500 per ticket at 'appropriate' venues really there to partake of the beauty and splendour of the experience....or is their attendance actually keeping up with the Jones' in a league of high-brow upper-crust wankers who really wouldn't know (nor care) the difference between Vivaldi or Mozart.

Perhaps the experiment was attempting to place some negative spin on commuters who use public transport...demographic contexts related to lack of appreciation of the Arts.

Beauty is beauty...if I had been there, I would have missed my stop for sure and been moved to tears.

kiteboy dave said...

Only amazing if you've never experienced rush hour commuting on a busy metro. It's hell on earth. There is no beauty. No smiling. No talking. No unforced human contact. There are rules.

when i lived in sydney, travelling from cronulla to the city every morning and back at 4pm, id go out of my way to chat to people i saw every day. most of them ended up mates, even a few dates came out of it. those rules are fiction.

Hear/see the performance here...



and for those that are interested....

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Bell

"Bell began taking violin lessons at the age of four after his mother discovered her son had taken rubber bands from around the house and stretched them across the handles of his dresser drawer to pluck out music he had heard her play on the piano. His parents got a scaled-to-size violin for their then five-year-old son and started giving him lessons....."

The article is full of spin...

If "no-one noticed", then what about the lady who called him over to say that she had attended his concert in the library of congress?

bleh.

Could it be .....that if he were playing Slim Dusty, more people would have

noticed and stopped............but i do like his musical talent

I do get really touched by Stephen Grapelli and have sat thru his preformances,

live a few times,,,,,ssssssssooooooooooo ggggoooooooooood!

What is really amazing is that a violin can be worth $3.5 millon.

lotofwind said...

What is really amazing is that a violin can be worth $3.5 millon.

Stradivarius violins are mega bucks google it and have a look.

FYI - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stradivarius

doggie said...

lotofwind said...

What is really amazing is that a violin can be worth $3.5 millon.

Stradivarius violins are mega bucks google it and have a look.

FYI - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stradivarius

Or ididnotknowthatyesterday.blogspot.com/2006/12/what-makes-stradivarius-violin-so.html

i played with myself at the train station and was asked to stop after 45 seconds
And a lot more than 6 people noticed