Piano Man

Mikey

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Wow. My first NMA thread. Someone gimme a gold star!!!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/4557619.stm

A wealth of names and nationalities have been suggested to try to identify a man found wandering in Kent who communicates only through piano music.

Health workers caring for the "Piano Man" could not confirm reports he had been identified as French street musician Steven Villa Masson.

The National Missing Persons Helpline has had hundreds of calls and e-mails.

Information has also been passed to West Kent NHS and Social Care Trust which is following up all leads.

The mystery man was unable to communicate with police or carers after he was found in a street in Sheerness in a rain-soaked suit.

Piano drawing

When staff at the Medway Maritime Hospital gave him a pen and paper in the hope he would write his name, he drew a grand piano.

His carers then put him in front of an instrument in the hospital chapel and he stunned them with a virtuoso classical performance.


The mystery man produced a pencil drawing of a piano

He has also composed music since he was found.

Social worker Michael Camp said the man, who is in his 20s or 30s, is usually very anxious but "comes alive" when he plays.

On Tuesday, a Polish street mime artist approached police in Rome saying he had worked with the man in Nice.

Social workers are working through a list of at least 300 other names.

The National Missing Persons Helpline has received more than 520 calls and more than 100 e-mails.

Musical experts sought

The trust has been approached by people from Australia, Canada, Sweden, Holland, Italy and France.

"(He) continues to be cared for by the trust, and there has been no change in his condition," a spokesman said.

The man has not said a word since police found him on 7 April. All the labels had been removed from every item of his clothing.

The case has drawn comparisons with the 1996 film Shine which depicts the story of acclaimed pianist David Helfgott who suffered a nervous breakdown.

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Who would remove all their clothing labels anyway? Or did someone do this to him? Why can't he speak? Why does he choose to 'communicate' through a piano?

Discuss. :)
 
Well, there's this movement of "no-branders" who buy designer clothes and rip the brands off.

Stupid idea, if you ask me. Why not buy cheap ass clothes, rip off the brands anyway and use the money saved to buy cold beer? ;)
 
He comes from the planet Audiostania where music is the one and only way to exchange ideas between people.

Seriously though thats pretty awesome...the next crazy person you see walking the streets could be a genius in all sorts of ways...I'd go looking to hire some.

Sincerely,
The Vault Dweller
 
I heard that Hollywood now wants to make a movie about this man's "life". Who didn't see this coming, deep down?
 
Why does this kind of stuff always happen in Britain? What is it with that country?

I think that's a more relevant question than were did Mr. Former-Terrorist-Tortured-By-Americans come from...

Wait, did I give something away? Ooops. Pretend you didn't read that
 
The guy is obviously a time traveller.
Remember "Twelve Monkeys"?
This bloke was beamed up from the future to warn us about the impending apocalypse, but due to the weird structure of the time space continuum, his braincells have been microwaved and now he is unable to talk. In his own time, he didn't even know what a piano was, but whilst travelling through the fabric of time, his cells got "infected" with genes from Chopin and Mozart and now he is a real piano virtuoso.
Due to the time travelling and the resulting brain damage, he also is unable to masturbate and wipe his own arse.
And that's a fact.
 
He is the Messiah we have been waiting for! We must form a religion around this insane hobo immediately!! All praise the Piano Man!!! Those who don't will be deemed heretics and burned!!!!
 
Lord Powerslave said:
I heard that Hollywood now wants to make a movie about this man's "life". Who didn't see this coming, deep down?

No doubt they will do a 'War of the Worlds' style thing: Set it in Britain, America's friendly but backward ally, and make sure an American helps him find his personality, since they're such nice guys. Why an American, I hear you ask? Well no one would watch the film if it were a Briton, would they?
 
To test him, they should sit someone down and play songs with random notes. If he gets pissed, he might start cursing him out. I bet he's just pulling a stunt or experiment or whatnot.
 
MadDog said:
I bet he's just pulling a stunt or experiment or whatnot.

I'm with you on that one. Maybe he's doing it for the publicity? Or for his 15 minutes of fame...

Lord Powerslave wrote:
I heard that Hollywood now wants to make a movie about this man's "life". Who didn't see this coming, deep down?

It's not surprising, Hollywood will make a movie out of anything.

He is the Messiah we have been waiting for! We must form a religion around this insane hobo immediately!! All praise the Piano Man!!! Those who don't will be deemed heretics and burned!!!!

"I am Piano Man!"

(Insert Iron Man lyrics here, just substitute Iron with Piano and your all set)
 
"I am Piano Man!"

(Insert Iron Man lyrics here, just substitute Iron with Piano and your all set)

ROFL!

Has he lost his mind?
Can he see or is he blind?
Can he walk at all,
Or if he moves will he fall?
Is he alive or dead?
Has he thoughts within his head?
We'll just pass him there
why should we even care?

Nobody wants him
He just stares at the world
Planning his vengeance
that he will soon unfold

Is it just me or do the lyrics of IRON MAN fit this man PERFECTLY? :lol:
 
Hey, I'm the one who told you the Gospel of he who is Piano-y. Does that make me, like, the sub-Messiah?
 
It makes you the wannabe cling-on that tries to bask in another man's reflected glory.
 
Jebus said:
It makes you the wannabe cling-on that tries to bask in another man's reflected glory.

Err... YAY!

Can I bask in your reflected glory too?
 
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