The recent rise in popularity of the piano accordion in the district of Whitechapel has been linked to the newly formed presidency of Joe Biden, according to a poll conducted among residents.
Since the inauguration, over ninety per cent of Whitechapel residents have taken up the instrument, with many playing in the street, in supermarkets and even public lavatories.
One local woman, Tracy Dell, 52, from Berner Street, told The Whelk: “Since Trump got the boot and Joe took up office, I’ve rarely stopped playing and neither has my husband and the kids.
“I’ve learned The Rose of Traylee by heart and can also play Adagio by Andoni with the aid of sheet music.
“It’s as if the whole district is celebrating Joe’s win through the music of the piano accordion and I couldn’t be happier”
In 1962, the Yorkshire town of Sheffield experienced a huge spike in mouth organ recitals following Prime Minister Harold Wilson’s famous, ‘The pound in your pocket’ speech during a televised election broadcast on the BBC.
March 18, 2021 at 4:59 pm
I can take accordion music, but if you folks break out the bag pipes, I’m leading a chorus of “build a wall” and “lock ’em up.” Just so you know.
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March 18, 2021 at 7:36 pm
The bagpipes are more our Scottish neighbours’ cup of tea. To us ‘sassenachs’ it just sounds like somebody slowly strangling a cat. Talking of strangling, I’m currently reading a book about the exploits of ‘The Night Stalker’. This fella makes The Boston Stranler look like Bambi’s much nicer baby brother!
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March 18, 2021 at 9:37 pm
Ha! Not sure I want to know him.
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March 20, 2021 at 12:54 am
OMG..now I know what that distant noise is.
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March 26, 2021 at 6:03 pm
It’s difficult to make the connection between Biden & the accordion.
Now if everyone in Whitechapel was playing the waterphone, then I’d get it!
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March 29, 2021 at 5:29 am
Waterphone? Is that when you drop your cellphone down the toilet?
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March 29, 2021 at 4:28 pm
Erm… well, yes, valid, but I was thinking of a different water phone. It’s an odd instrument, filled with water, and makes great sounds for horror movies. SO, now that I think about it, it seems our water phones are related. One IS a horror, the other amplifies the horror.
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March 29, 2021 at 4:50 pm
I’m going to have to google and youtube it now! 😀
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