{"id":1982,"date":"2025-01-24T12:33:15","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T03:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/?p=1982"},"modified":"2025-01-24T12:33:15","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T03:33:15","slug":"memories-of-green-when-life-imitates-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2025\/01\/24\/memories-of-green-when-life-imitates-art\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Memories of Green,&#8221; when life imitates art"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Memories of Green Vangelis on an old free to take piano\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u2-Pjvrkbac?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Someone shared this incredible video on Gab. It&#8217;s not often when such a simple video will grab me like this, causing me to re-watch it numerous times. This young man plays &#8220;Memories of Green&#8221; by Vangelis on some old piano on a sidewalk which appears to be somewhere in the UK. The passing traffic only adds to the melody, emulating the ambience of the Blade Runner movie soundtrack. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether this was a spontaneous moment or deliberately planned, this simple moment captures such incredible beauty, evoking a wave of nostalgia for my favorite movie. As others have  said in this video&#8217;s comments section, it&#8217;s a pleasant surprise to see that someone so young would even know this tune. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s amazing how such a video can be so profound, striking a chord like this in my heart. As one commenter on this video put it, &#8220;This video restored my faith in humanity a little.&#8221; Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Someone shared this incredible video on Gab. It&#8217;s not often when such a simple video will grab me like this, causing me to re-watch it numerous times. This young man plays &#8220;Memories of Green&#8221; by Vangelis on some old piano on a sidewalk which appears to be somewhere in the UK. The passing traffic only &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2025\/01\/24\/memories-of-green-when-life-imitates-art\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8220;Memories of Green,&#8221; when life imitates art&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[60,242],"class_list":["post-1982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-blade-runner","tag-piano"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":334,"url":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2022\/07\/28\/commemorating-the-40th-anniversary-of-1982-the-best-year-for-science-fiction\/","url_meta":{"origin":1982,"position":0},"title":"Commemorating the 40th anniversary of 1982: the best year for science fiction","date":"2022-07-28","format":false,"excerpt":"Up for some science fiction movie viewing for summer? 1982 was the most prolific movie for science fiction films. 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