Sometimes they really don't understand, and it's not you ;)

Uh, why would a crowd gather, especially when almost everyone is on the way to work? That's one strange article, and, I think, a badly flawed experiment.

That's almost cruel.

I've never seen the article, thanks for sharing it.

It did not suprise me one bit that nobody stopped to listen to him. The super-duper long article never really addressed the fact that because this was during morning rush in a busy location, that people didn't have time to stop whether they liked the music or not. If they were anything like me on their way to work, they timed their commute every morning down to the minute with no time to spare.

Duh!

Furthermore, most people probably are not familiar with what Joshua Bell looks like, let alone up close, if they know who he is at all. Yes, he's a famous violinist. I've heard his name, but I'm not very familiar with him or his music. So, the only thing all those people witnessed in their hurry to get to work was a few seconds of a guy playing violin. Then they were gone.

What was this experiment supposed to prove?

The only people who would have acknowledged him are those either familiar with his work and had the time to stand and listen, as one lady did. She saw him on stage a couple of weeks before. Of course she knew who he was!

A better experiment would have been to place him in a shopping mall, maybe an outdoor one on a nice day where people would have had more time to stop and listen.

But this experiment was a waste of a good opportunity, a good performer, and lots of words.

I'm sure it shined through! I watched the video. It sounded awesome and he looked like a professional violinist.

But it was rush hour. Shining through or not, everyone had someplace they had to be.

If I have somewhere I need to be, Shannon Leto couldn't stop me getting there.

It's a matter of priorities. What sort of person are you if you blow your boss out to listen to some supposed busker at the station? An unreliable one, that's what.

Not that I've ever heard of Bell, but until he pays my rent and puts food on the table, making money to feed myself is a priority over listening to him or anyone else when they're trying to distract me from work.

scarletpeaches said:

It's a matter of priorities. What sort of person are you if you blow your boss out to listen to some supposed busker at the station? An unreliable one, that's what.

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Probably depends a bit what you think of your boss and your financial situation...

I guess it depends how much of a hurry I'm in...

I find it a little hard to believe that so many people wouldn't have a few minutes.

But then I'm the kind of person who usually times stuff so I'm a little early.