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Older man's street cover of Say Something is the only way to start your day

It’s too early for onion chopping, surely.

Sep 16th 2014, 7:28 AM 3,330 Views 1 Comment

WHEN CANADIAN ARTIST Katriona Dean designed her special Foxgang Amadeus piano for street performances in Cobourg, Ontario she never guessed this would happen.

Local musician Michael McNamara happened upon it and started playing his version of A Great Big World’s Say Something.

Dean grabbed her camera and filmed the lot:

Source: Katriona Dean/YouTube

The pair have now been extensively interviewed by Canadian media, and A Great Big World have given McNamara’s version the thumbs up.

Is this the coolest old man ever, and the best video ever?

Hornets built a huge nest on this guy’s window, and he filmed inside it

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Older man's street cover of Say Something is the only way to start your day

It’s too early for onion chopping, surely.

Is this the coolest old man ever, and the best video ever?