A photo from a Berlin bus goes around the world. Many incorrectly celebrate the man who can be seen. Do you know why?
- A photo from a bus in Berlin went viral among music fans.
- It shows a man reading notes.
- The photographer has since spoken up - and clarifies.
Berlin - A photo from a Berlin bus has gone viral among music fans. It's not just the picture itself that creates so much enthusiasm. But the comment about it. "Headphones are so overrated" , in German: "Headphones are so overrated".
Because the supposedly unnoticed photo shows a gentleman sitting in a bus and comfortably browsing a booklet with musical notes . Overall, that means: The man is so cool, he doesn't need headphones, he just looks at the notes, and the tones sound in his head.
Picture from Berlin bus: Now the photographer speaks
Unfortunately, this is not the case. Because the resolution could disappoint some and shake the hero status of the bus passenger. He himself spoke in November in the Facebook group "Specialist group: jokes for musicians". According to him, his name is Igor G. - it is not 100 percent confirmed that it is actually the photographed person, but there is also no reason to doubt it.
"But I only read the lyrics (stupid German: the lyrics)," is his sobering explanation. "They were songs by Friedrich Hollaender that I got from the music library in Berlin-Steglitz."
Apparently the photo went around the world in the months before. Because Igor G. had discovered the picture with a different font on it. With probably Cyrillic ! “This is the oldest post I have been able to find. Unfortunately, I can't read it any more than I do notes, ”he writes. And get help. "It says 'Nauschniki dlja slabakow', in German: 'Headphones [are what] for wimps', so the explanation. Another Internet photo with a Cyrillic remark is also being discussed.
Even so, the photo was already circulating.
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"Bus Held" from Berlin admits: "I am not a musician"
Some find the picture not soooo special. After all, there are actually musically talented and trained people who can convert notes in their heads into tones. Igor G. makes it clear again: “I am not a musician. I used to trumpet for a while and was able to read the notes for it. I even received a medal for the best grade in music theory at the music school. (If it should ever be found in my Tohuwabohu, I will take a picture of it and reveal it to the general Hohne). But what I can't do is hear a melody from the notes I read ”.
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"Bus hero" from Berlin would not have expected his fame
Igor G. is taken aback by all the fuss that the photo has sparked. "I was very surprised to discover a picture of myself on the net," explains the photographer, who unwillingly became a hero. And to which a superpower was attributed that he does not have.
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