Old Man Reacts to Music

[Gene]

Hope this hasn't been posted before, but it's pretty amazing!

[video=youtube_share;NKDXuCE7LeQ]http://youtu.be/NKDXuCE7LeQ[/video]

 

[dhermann1]

It's been all over Facebook. It's really a clandestine ad for Apple, but that's OK. Still inspiring.

 

[sheeplady]

It's been all over Facebook. It's really a clandestine ad for Apple, but that's OK. Still inspiring.

Is there any evidence that this was actually started by Apple or they had anything to do with it's production? I tried to look up this info, but I couldn't find anything conclusive.

 

[Shangas]

Music has big therapeutic properties.

When my grandmother was still alive, after she moved to the nursing home, I would visit her every now and then (every week, every fortnight, etc). And I would play music for the people who lived there. I would play jazz standards on the piano. And the reactions were always very positive.

I didn't play that crappy 'old people music' like singalongs and hymns and stuff like that which clueless people think that they listen to all the time and enjoy. I played stuff like "Blue Moon", "Ain't Misbehavin'", "Fly Me to the Moon", "Moonlight Serenade" and all that stuff. And they loved it. It really brightened up their days.

 

[dhermann1]

I don't know if there's any Apple connection, but this is a professionally produced film. It features Oliver Sacks, who wrote the book that the film "Awakenings" was based on. He's a very famous neurological researcher.

 

[sheeplady]

Ok, thanks. There's a couple reasons why I asked. I'm glad that no direct connections have been made to Apple, that would really concern me. The professional video thing doesn't bother me.

As far as reacting to music, that's great. It would be great if more centers and caretakers tried this.

 

[scottyrocks]

That was a very heart-warming and inspirational piece. This man apparently non-verbal for much of the time, was able to come back into himself for a while after listening to (his?) music. Beautiful.

 

[AtomicEraTom]

I saw this on Facebook, it's really wonderful. Music has a way of reaching the soul, it seems. Like when you hear a song and it takes you back to a a specific time and place.