Should street buskers be banned?
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I think his serious
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Originally posted by FireIce:
got this in email some time back
A Famous Musician goes Busking in a Metro Station as a Social Experiment!..Interesting Read!!!<!--- blog body --->
Washington, DC Metro Station on a cold January morning in 2007.
The man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time approx. 2 thousand people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.
After 3 minutes a middle aged man noticed there was a musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried to meet his schedule.
4 minutes later:
The violinist received his first dollar: a woman threw the money in the hat and, without stopping, continued to walk.
6 minutes:
A young man leaned against the wall to listen to him, then looked at his watch and started to walk again.
10 minutes:
A 3-year old boy stopped but his mother tugged him along hurriedly. The kid stopped to look at the violinist again, but the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk, turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other children. Every parent, without exception, forced their children to move on quickly.
45 minutes:
The musician played continuously. Only 6 people stopped and listened for a short while. About 20 gave money, but continued to walk at their normal pace. The man collected a total of $32.
1 hour:
He finished playing and silence took over. No one noticed. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.
Findings:
No one knew this, but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the greatest musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written, with a violin worth $3.5 million dollars. Two days before, Joshua Bell sold out a theater in Boston where the seats averaged $100.
This is a true story. Joshua Bell playing incognito in the Metro Station was organized by the Washington Post as part of a social experiment about perception, taste, and people's priorities . The questions raised: "In a common place environment, at an inappropriate hour, do we perceive beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize talent in an unexpected context?"
One possible conclusion reached from this experiment could be this: If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world, playing some of the finest music ever written, with one of the most beautiful instruments ever made.... How many other things are we missing? -
The buskers must get the proper licence from the authorities if I'm not wrong.
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One wonders who is the talented ones?
The busker or the passers-by.
The busker at least has some talent. Maybe too little for comfort. but at least there is.
The passers-by couldn't care less. Those that do, are little. Some contribute.
Licence? The government wants to control everything, and I mean everything. Very soon we can only do what is permissible, and can't do anything that is not allowed or not mentioned.
Just move and eat your meat pao. Presently you don't need a licence for that, but be mindful of where you are when your eat your pao. You could get into trouble!
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Originally posted by GHoST_18:
i thought the initial intention of allowing street buskering was to promote art?
but it seems that along the way, things have changed...
most of the so-called buskers in singapore are beggars with no talent, sad to say.
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from veggie bao become meat bao.
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Originally posted by av98m:
most of the so-called buskers in singapore are beggars with no talent, sad to say.
ehhh av... shld say skills ba...talent abit wierd lehx...
Then how shld a talented begger be?
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Originally posted by Veggie Bao:
Wah wah.....what is this?
Out of so many responses that I read, only yours is getting more and more ridiculous.
Looks like you are getting even more worked up than me, and yet you cencured me so severely for that. Maybe it is you who need to do more thinking.
The guy's only saying what everyone else is thinking. You're a fuckwit and you need to find a big enough toilet bowl to get flushed down.
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Spoil the mood then dont walk there lor.
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What's wrong with Singaporeans? Singaporeans complain that Singapore is so bland and boring. Then when there are buskers, acrobats here and there, they say ban them.....? Tampo tampo ban. KNS. Yes, lots of them can't sing or even plain irritating but can't we just let them do what they want? Didn't we kpkb that Singapore no freedom lah. TS wanna show how good he can sing, can set up one corner lah...... bo liao!