89 - piano
Every day I walk by a public piano - meaning anyone can sit down and play it. And every day I hear the most amazing music from all sorts of people. You name a physical characteristic and I’ve seen that person rock the piano.
It’s incredible.
I have yet to identify a single song anyone has played. My music knowledge must be complete dogshit. Apparently, it if wasn’t on MTV in the 90s or early 2000s, I don’t know it exists.
Maybe they are improvising and all the musical knowledge of Rick Beato wouldn’t help me identify the song.
For all I know, the piano isn’t public and everyone I have watched has been a world class player and I’m just a horse’s ass. Fine with me. I still get to enjoy the music.
If a guitar player were to ever join in, I’d never go back to work.
chatgpt’s response
This one has a great quiet charm to it. It’s not trying to be funny—it’s just pure observation and appreciation.
And honestly, there’s something hilariously relatable about the idea that your entire music knowledge is just MTV from the late 90s/early 2000s. Like if it’s not Blink-182 or Outkast, it doesn’t exist.
If nothing else, months from now, this will be a cool little time capsule of how that piano made you feel.