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errr, why did all the papers say he was a genius giving 4 hour classical recitals? if he was only pressing one note, you would've thought somebody would've noticed it was total bollocks. |
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I always suspected it would be a fake, but had thought more along the lines of a publicity-whore "artist" doing it to launch a career on the talk show circuit, rather than a failed suicide. |
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yeah, thats pretty fucked too. i guess it was to spice up the story. |
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It just illustrates, once again, the bullshit manner in which the media works. They make out he can play the piano like a virtuoso, as it makes the story that more exotic, then when they find out they've been duped, suddenly he can only play one note, because then that suits the story of him being a sham. I like the way the Mirror words it as he "confessed... that he was a gay German" Two crimes there for the price of one. |
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the bbc website gives a different |
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from the bbc The man has since written music, which has been verified as genuine. Mr Camp added: "It is extraordinary. The first time we took him down to the piano he played for several hours, non-stop." now if the hospital staff enjoyed listening to one note for 4 or 5 hours they must be either really stupid or fans of avant-garde. |
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'It was reported that health and social workers said they were "stunned" when he proceeded to give them a virtuoso performance. However, newspaper reports now suggest he was only able to play one note continuously.' |
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I don't know what to believe, and frankly, as it is largely some media created myth anyway, I can't find it within me to give a fuck. It just further discredits the media, were such a thing neccessary. And the Mirror, jesus fuck, what a paper. I guess they're extra sensitive to being duped after printing those fake pictures of British soldiers abusing Iraqie prisnors, the arseholes. |
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don't believe anything you read in the mirror... sensationalism gone mad. |
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Notice how the Mirror uses the word "gay" in a rather derogatory, negative sense in this article. |
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Well exactly, why do they have to mention it at all? Absolute wankers. |
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i completly missed all this shit in the news |
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"I don't know what to believe, and frankly, as it is largely some media created myth anyway, I can't find it within me to give a fuck. It just further discredits the media, were such a thing neccessary." Ditto. |
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i thot this was going to be about how elton john didnt really write the song 'piano man'. i guess i was wrong. |
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HE DIDN'T?! oh, that big GAY!!! misleading us all this time... |
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Yes, as if wasting thousands of pounds of the taxpayers money, not to mention hospital staff's time, wasn't enough of a crime, he compounds it by BEING A HOMOSEXUAL! |
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a german gay, at that. |
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The man has since written music, which has been verified as genuine. Haha, as opposed to...? Fake music? Inaudible? What? |
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probably as opposed to "plagiarised". it should really be "genuinely his own" or something similar. |
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Update:- the music which was found to be genuine actually turned out to be a box of special K |
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bah, i knew at first sight this was just an attention seeking GERMAN GAYBO! |
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Fucking awesome! I love how the mirror camera crew mentioned that news agencies from Germany came. As if trying to say his family didn't want him BECAUSE HE WAS GAY! |
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I didn't think the news report was negative towards gays, it just mentioned the fact that he's gay. They didn't imply they thought being gay was bad. The mirror is pretty liberal for a tabloid. |
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what a pity... just when the world started to become a little less down-to-earth. how boring. -_- still, a bit weird that people thought of him as a virtuoso when he could only play one note repeatedly... and kudos to him for fooling everyone. |
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First thing I thought when I read about it earlier today was MONOID! |
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:D That would explain a lot. |
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hahahaha! it's amazing how differently people are interpreting these articles. |
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