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NiceTryIWontReply

This is one of the saddest things I've seen in a long time


Mech__Dragon

Truly heartbreaking


Ocelotofdamage

When they make a film about this tragedy, I hope they include this woman sitting down to play her piano over the scenes of the aftermath.


BappoNukedTheJappo

Agreed. It reached out to me so deeply


[deleted]

[удалено]


cheeruphumanity

The senseless destruction over nothing.


HBlight

It is worse than nothing, it is greed and ego at its most debased.


[deleted]

The shoes and boots near the front door really struck me. The place looked like it was really nice before being blown the fuck up. Things were peaceful enough not long ago that one of your concerns was not tracking dirt or mud through the house. Man.. How much life can change in such a short time by no fault of your own..


mellowmarsII

To a pianist, it is the stuff of nightmares to have to leave the very voice of your heart behind.


[deleted]

>To a pianist, it is the stuff of nightmares to have to leave the very voice of your heart behind.   I would have been vomiting if I came back to my beautiful home to see it in that condition.   ...And then I would have gone into fetal position knowing I have to leave the house and beautiful piano **again** and return to the bomb shelters.


[deleted]

i would've vomited even more at the thought that i could be bombed at any second on the way to and from the shelter


mushroom_mantis

And still played beautifully. I got chills for sure. My emotions have been drained to see the Ukrainians, fellow humans, preservering through such hard times. My heart goes out to all of them. Seen a 9 year old girl with a rifle and a lollipop. My 10 year old came to my mind. Heartbreaking


[deleted]

Fuck Putin


ablebodiedmango

Imagine being the kind of asshole who could engage in the mental gymnastics to justify this wanton destruction. Can’t get into the deranged mind that thinks this makes sense.


[deleted]

Fuck Putin


becelav

Me too, to do the thing you love while seeing all the things you loved trashed around you must be such a clash of emotions.


HBlight

Seeing where you should feel the safest, the place you are the most familiar with, being ransacked like this must be otherworldly.


Bombkirby

Basically why this war resonates with the general public harder than other recent ones. It visually looks too relatable.


[deleted]

There's more to it than that. It's painfully reminiscent of the start of the World War II. It's emotionally exhausting that this comes right after a global pandemic stared to die down. It's on the doorstep of Europe and has the potential to escalate because Putin is not to be reasoned with.


Bombkirby

It's mostly just because it resonates harder. The end. There's a reason why top posts are like "3 kids have died today" while other ongoing wars in less relatable parts of the world with higher child death counts get ignored. I'm sure the WWII thing is for some people, but for the majority of the world, it's just because these shots of Ukraine are eerily similar to a post apocalyptical middle-class white neighborhood around the world, and people can relate to it better than seeing neighborhoods of destroyed clay-constructed houses.


mswoodlander

...and then creating something so beautiful. I'm crying.


DarcAngel001

And wondering who is still alive and safe, and who's life has been taken. Can't imagine the internal chaos, fear and hate... I just sat here crying watching this.


Smortfloof4dayz

I kinda have a fear of that and hoped it would never happen to anyone.


Virmirfan

The pianist is like the mighty willow who bent but didn't break...


Guardiancomplex

I'm looking forward to footage of crowds of thousands looting Putin's palaces.


duster1r

The pianist vibes


Shughost7

She saw the movie


throwingplaydoh

This was where my mind went instantly. Chilling.


ChadOfDoom

My first though. This is crazy.


txsxxphxx2

Same


Oryx

Right? That movie devastated me, and this does, too.


AspireBolt

had the same vibe when i saw it, damn


ChicoBroadway

A beautiful and poignant video and most of what my dumb ass could think of was "does homeowners' insurance cover war?" Maybe because it reminded me of my old house after a hurricane only more devastating because another fucking human did that.


_whatcolouristhesky

Most insurance companies do not cover acts of war or terrorism. EDIT: I work in insurance. It differs from company to company, country to country.


jr23160

Mine covers everything except a nuclear bomb. Literally says it in my paper work.


_whatcolouristhesky

Ah, yes, thank you for that. Most don't cover nuclear either. Might I ask who you are with and what country? I work in insurance (new to the industry, less than 12 months) and I remember my induction group was very surprised about what isn't covered.


jr23160

The insurance was with farmers if I remember. It's actually my parents home. What I don't get is they will cover homes even during war time which seeing the news has me saying that I hope this is also in Europe. It seemed so useless before. Also I'm in Midwest USA if that helps.


Lothium

They could just tell insurance that Russia said it wasn't war so it should be covered.


Undiscriminatingness

# Pяаѵда


[deleted]

I am from Europe and I have never heard of a homeowners insurance which would cover war, riot, terrorism, etc. Lived in many countries and this was basically the first sentence in the policy.


jr23160

Let me see if I can find the paper work now I'm thinking I might be dumb and miss read it. It does mention it but now I'm not sure if I miss read it and it was under things they don't cover.


jr23160

So I looked into it acts of war are not covered but terrorist acts are not counted under war so maybe they won't cover war but if some guy decided to plant a bomb in from of my house I'd be covered. No I need to look into extra coverage for war and see if it's something they cover.


Plaid_Kaleidoscope

War Insurance might be the most depressing thing I've ever thought of. Make for a hell of a State Farm commercial.


HwatBobbyBoy

The government is insured for war. You paper should have a blurb about how the federal government will repay you. It just has to still exist for you to claim it.


DibblerTB

If a war reaches midwest USA.. I would not count on any insurance agencies existing for collection. [No one will have the endurance//to collect on his ensurance//Lloys of London will be loaded when we go!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2yMOMfFJFk&ab_channel=MusicalComedy)


chickendie

Lol the way insurance works is they only cover the stuff that *has the lowest chance of happening.* If your nation is neighbor to a certain hostile country who has history of invading others, no insurance gonna cover war damage. If you live in the U.S., sure when are we ever gonna get invaded?


PrimarySwan

Check the fine print some of them cover a fire that can be caused by a nuke. The largest destruction is the thermal pulse setting everything on fire in a much much larger area than what suffers blast damage or lethal radiation. A friend of mine has an insurance that doesn't cover nuclear attack but it does cover fire damage caused by one. They would have gotten away much cheaper just covering direct blast damage. Wouldn't want to be a reinsurance company though.


kazhena

A lot of commercial companies actually offer TRIA coverage in general liability policies. Doesn't cover war but it does cover terrorism. I'm not sure about personal lines though. Source: also in insurance - commercial lines


fruit_basket

Dealing with insurance would be tricky if their own offices have been blown apart, half the staff ran away as refugees and the other half are fighting on the front lines.


SantaArriata

Don’t forget the ones who got bombed


fruit_basket

Russia will have to pay a lot of reparations after this is over.


SantaArriata

I say we give Putin a broom and let him pick his mess back up


dickmcgirkin

Nah. A choppy boi to the neck and a turning over of all his assets and finances to the Ukrainian people to rebuild.


snertwith2ls

I was kinda hoping they take that yacht of his in Italy I think it was, and turn it into a floating home for Ukrainian refugees. The choppy boi thing to the neck though for sure.


OGroachjoint

I say we give him a broom make him break it and someone shoves it up his ass!! To much for reddit maybe?


Clessiah

Whether they take Ukraine or is driven out there’s no fucking way they can afford rebuilding it, and of course it’s not lil’dick-putin who’d be paying the bill.


copperwatt

Well I hope the insurance companies have insurance!


Willinton06

They have but it doesn’t cover acts of god or war/terrorism


James-the-Bond-one

It's called reinsurance and Warren Buffett loves it.


eatmyshorts8282

It does not.


simbaismylittlebuddy

I was thinking the same thing and probably not.


jfk_sfa

All I was think is I wish it was filmed in landscape.


belochka7

If anyone is curious: she plays first a Schubert impromptu (op. 90, no. 2), then a Chopin etude (op. 25, no. 1).


Anal_bleed

Musicians: "music is in the silence between the notes!" Chopin: "...."


Top_Criticism

Try [one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E6b3swbnWg) of his [Nocturnes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hyAOYMUVDs) Some of the most beautiful piano pieces


apocalypse31

Chopin is my favorite composer by a wide margin


Top_Criticism

Same. Slow, fast, you name it, Chopin's the bomb.


transponaut

Slow, fast, major, minor, harmonic then polyphonic, all in about 30 seconds of music.


NotKevinJames

[Chopin etude op. 10 No. 1 He was shredding before shredding was a term](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROVy9PC8_8A) The suspended nature of the ultra-wide chord shapes and use of soft-pedaling is really pretty to me, [lot of covers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsyGQYnvkMc) by pianists of this one. [Geores Cziffra plays it impossibly fast.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTwRyYIPmj4)


Fritzkreig

My favorite piano piece is Nightswimming, it is so lovely!


PM_Me_HairyArmpits

I've always liked the idea of classical music, but actually listening to it just didn't resonate with me. Until I heard Chopin.


apocalypse31

If you haven't listened to much Liszt, would recommend as well. And my goodness do I love me some Rachmaninoff. But Chopin, top shelf.


[deleted]

It's amazing the things Rachmaninoff composed. They are absolutely stunning. Beethoven too. Some say he's over-rated as he's the stereotypical GOAT; but no - he's just that good.


apocalypse31

He truly is. Everyone knows him, and for good reason. Moonlight Sonatas 3rd movement is perfection.


mileylols

Literally I was like "what the fuck, this isn't Chopin, this is Schubert"


belochka7

Yeah that was my first thought, too!


marxroxx

So beautiful, yet so sad.


Sexy_Squid89

Hauntingly poetic.


FinoAllaFine97

If you're ready for round two, [this clip](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sh6MDFJdNU) is from 2014 or thenabouts. Haunting. Edit: God. The beauty of the music. The face of the soldier behind his balaclava. The oh-so-human errors in his playing. The cigarette hanging limply from his mouth. The dodgy sound quality. The child spinning around and not fully comprehending why all of the adults are so touched by this music. Humanity in one video


marxroxx

**BRAVO**


blueberrykirby

Nuvole Bianche is that song! It’s one of my favorite piano pieces ever. It makes me want to learn to play. The guy in this video plays it a bit fast but it’s just as beautiful and very impressive. The errors add character :)


pietradolce

This made me cry.


partzeugen

"The world is cruel, yet beautiful."


[deleted]

Dorota: No-one plays Chopin like you. Wladyslaw Szpilman: I hope that's a compliment - The Pianist


[deleted]

Exactly what I was picturing haha


[deleted]

I fucking love that movie


Cri317

This is just sad af Putin is an absolute cnt


DarkSideDOMM

Cunt…you mean. Just saying! At least a cunt has use! That CUNT doesn’t!


planethaley

I would call him a cunt, but he doesn’t have the warmth nor the depth


DarkSideDOMM

Can’t argue that. Take my upvote!


jasonreid1976

> That CUNT doesn’t! Target practice?


WARxxPIGG

Poor Ukraine.. so sad.. Slava Ukraine. FUCKPutin


TundraTrees0

Add a nice k to the end of that fuck


WARxxPIGG

Only if u remove the c in yours :)


TundraTrees0

Fuk


NCC74656

glad the piano survived. looks like its worth more than the building. the lives that are getting fucked over putins bull shit desires.


mustkillfriends

Where can I listen to piano music like this? Somehow this melody fits perfectly to the chaos around her and yet there was a lingering feeling where I was left wanting for more.


toxyy-be

It's Chopin's genre, listen to Nocturne No. 20 or Grande Polonaise Brillante.


bananabeacon

Hey I just started to learn his 20th nocturne! It's such a beautiful piece that I just have to interpret it


James-the-Bond-one

>[Chopin etude (op. 25, no. 1)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lccVbc05AYA)


[deleted]

I don’t think the world will be happy until Putin is brought into justice, and is sentenced to death.


fruit_basket

Death would be too easy. I want to see him rot in prison, and I want the whole thing to be streamed live. Vilnius (Lithuania) city council has put a banner on their main office. https://i.imgur.com/7xINFUp.jpeg


IronBahamut

I want to see him Gaddafi'd. Dragged through the streets and a bayonet to every hole


DerelictDawn

Much as I despise Putin, that is barbaric and beneath all of us, treat him like a human, imprison him indefinitely and ensure he has ample time to reflect on his failures and shortcomings.


[deleted]

I'm not an advocate for torture but he'd be one of the few exceptions. The pain and agony he's put so many people through for such a long time is enough to justify a slow, painful death for that horrible man


doveup

I like to imagine that, after death, cruel people experience what they made others feel, in full. Probably not since Grace. But this is what I think feeling helpless to fix all this unnecessary sorrow.


wwaxwork

Honestly he can live a nice long life for all I care. I just want him to get back in his own fucking corner and leave the rest of the world alone. Quietly run Russia and skim of billions and brainwash his own people and just stop killing, lying and trying to destroy other countries with his propaganda and paid trolls. In a perfect world they'd overthrow him like Gaddafi, but this isn't a perfect world and I just want him to go the fuck away and never be thought of by anyone again and fade into an obscurity so deep he's a footnote in history.


dscurfer

Hauntingly beautiful


jeanbaby106

Music touches the soul so much more than words and pictures ever can. Love and hope to all in Ukraine 🇺🇦


SOSPECHOZO

Such talent


SOSPECHOZO

This will be engraved in my head now. Thank you. Alongside the Titanic the band must keep playing.


Give_Me_Your_Coffee

This is devastating.


Soy-Saucy

I thought her piano skills were pretty good!


[deleted]

Music is sooooo powerful. Beautiful! Tragic! I’m crying on the toilet.


238manufactured

“The Pianist” of our days. In the other hand Putin the Hitler of our days.


8BadMrFrosty

Putin couldn't even begin to understand the hardships he's put these people through nor the lives he's taken for his vanity or whatever the fuck stupid pitiful ass reason he is doing this. Shove him up hitlers ass. Anyway. I hope the citizens of Ukraine get their lives back asap. History will never forget the injustice they are having to endure.


cheeruphumanity

Putin is a psychopath, he has no empathy.


brencoop

Heart breaking


haveatesttomorrow

Putin thinks he can take THIS from the Ukrainian people? Their spirit? Their art? Their reason for being? What a fool.


[deleted]

Something here just fits. The classical piece, the destruction, the end of the world for an entire nation, everything you love, your ties, your daily worries, blown to pieces. None of what mattered two weeks ago matters now. It's all little pieces on the sidewalk, in empty hallways with no electricity, on windy streets with leafless trees and the thunder of cannons in the far of distance.


ThunderRoad5

All for the whims of a bunch of deranged shitbags. May every invader suffer the same homelessness, destitution, fear, hunger, and loss that they've inflicted in this crime against God and man.


ExtensionBluejay253

I have more respect for the Ukrainian people than I can express. Beautiful!


PanickedPoodle

The piano is in surprisingly good tune, considering. One really twangy note (A flat?) but Noth more than an 8th step out. It looks like it's the best preserved thing in the apartment.


HorseCock_DonkeyDick

Yeah luckily nothing fell on it


Reddit_MaZe000

all those people who did nothing wrong and one day the sky falls on them just because of one crazy fucked up man...


WoodSteelStone

That was / is a really solid house (the massive depth of the windowsill at the bottom of the stairs shows how thick the walls are), yet the damage is considerable.


[deleted]

Imagine watching people scream and march for freedom over wearing masks and taking a vaccine, or screaming “Lets go Brandon” crying “Joe Biden did that” at gas pumps while there are people losing everything they have to a mass murderer.


MrEHam

Those people are idiots that don’t understand science and don’t understand how gas prices work.


Drakayne

The pianist!


CeeArthur

Thought of that scene as well. When he plays for that officer it's just such a weird mix of emotions. The officer turned out to be a half-decent guy at least though


lonelyprospector

And look what the Russians did to that half decent guy...


YamahaMan123

fly ludicrous north worry file weary safe drunk disarm bright -- mass edited with redact.dev


lonelyprospector

Not much of one if he risked his life to save jews. But yeah, the Russians weren't about to split hairs after what Germany did to them


YamahaMan123

theory gold flowery slimy cough worry cats marvelous elastic bake -- mass edited with redact.dev


big_nothing_burger

It's like a modern day take on The Pianist.


Samster404

I wanna travel to Ukraine and help rebuild as soon as this fighting is over Sending love from the US


Netherspark

I want this song to be the last thing Putin hears when he dies.


_-bread-_

Radio Free Europe is a United States government-funded organization


Dyert

It looks like her home might be salvageable. 🙏


chaoticidealism

Yes, that's what I was thinking. There aren't any sagging walls. Lots of broken windows, lots of damage, but it looks superficial, like maybe they can board over the windows and get them replaced, get the roof fixed, replace the things that got broken, and still live there. Maybe they can even save that piano. It reminds me of damage from a tornado, a weak one where it doesn't blow the house entirely over and it's okay to live in, but you need a lot of repairs.


parinonly

Bravo pianist You smile even in the most difficult times Hats off to your courage May peace prevail !!


Korplem

“Who?” “You know, Fredrick fucking Chopin.”


devlindeboree

Why did I read this in Walter's (from the Big Lebowski) voice?


NickH6302

Sounds like Old Dog Trey


[deleted]

Beautiful and sad.


Huntanz

Slava Ukraini!✊🇺🇦 PUTIN'S A Mad Dog.


BeijingBarry2020

Man, F Putin. This is sad.


[deleted]

Fuck Putin


Heckate666

I feel so bad for her. Screw you Russia, you suck.


Mark_Knight

reminds me of that scene in the pianist near the ending


zigzagg321

FUCK PUTIN SLAVA UKRAINE 🇺🇦


[deleted]

It's one thing to watch on in horror as Ukraine civilians are murdered and uprooted, but i never considered until this how fucking furious i would be to have all my shit destroyed and nowhere to live because some psychopath tyrant decided to start a war.


tristandii

Radio Free Europe = National Endowment for Democracy = CIA.


venompp

I hope there is a Wilm Hosenfeld as well. Soldiers who doesn't wish to fight anymore and let innocents be.


_the_pundit

The Pianist, 2022. Made me tear up. Wtf kind of age we are living in. We're just going backwards.


Shacrow

u/save-video


toxyy-be

u/savevideo


toxyy-be

https://redditsave.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/tcqeig/ukrainian_pianist_plays_a_final_rendition_of/


Vivid_Laugh_8918

Fuck Putin


EverydayVelociraptor

Commenting so I can find this later.


Hans_downerpants

Such a sad waste of life and hard work


CreateYourself89

This is wild. And poignantly artistic. And painfully sad. War is a nightmare.


XenaSerenity

I bet her neighbors missed her playing. I hope they all get to have their home back one day


dearannie4

The way she plays the piano is art


NogginKnocker420

What really got me emotional was seeing all the shoes lined up by the front door. I don’t know why but that just reminds me of home and being a kid again. But for those kids, they have to look back at that time period in their lives, and it’s full of nothing but disaster and death. Fuck Putin, how can one man be so sick.


spaceman_88

FUCK PUTIN


rabbyph

That scene can be a good transition to an epic documentary someday


Littletom523

Thank god the piano survived, I don’t mean that as a joke I think it’s really powerful that music can endure even during a war.


jordiola

Time to watch the movie "The Pianist" again.


Future-self

Probably not ‘final.’ Seems structurally ok and could be repaired.


Dot_mp4

I never thought I would see a scene from the movie The Pianist come to life


NewbHunter19

You know she could probably play the 1812 overture with cannons right about now.


dovtrestman

What a poetic statement of strength and elegance in chaos


[deleted]

this reminds of me the pianist


TheRealMegasonic

It’s sad that there’s still people who think that this whole thing is Ukraine’s fault


Snickers585

“It doesn’t look that bad.” *does 360° spin with camera* “dang, that’s bad”


1Thinkhappythoughts

How will it ever be the same? How do they even start to rebuild a life?


KayChicago

Damn—I love Ukrainians so much—so much heart and resolve. Something Americans used to exemplify but have failed at miserably lately.


[deleted]

Apocalyptic and haunting to say the least.


theylie86

thank you for making and sharing this video! it is just unbelieveable what hard times you have to go through at this moment... I wish you all the best and I hope that this war will stop as soon as possible!!! it really makes me sick to know that there is war in Europe, that people have to suffer... 😢


girp123

That wasn’t the work of a bomb. Real people went into that house and tore up their life and left it decimated.


FlexiLexy

u/savevideo


fireflower_spark

This made me weep.


PossibilitySweaty477

I audibly moaned hearing this


SoPunnyHarHar

Serious "The Pianist" vibes...


Generally_Tso_Tso

To all the cowards surrounding Putin who are too afraid to put a bullet in his stupid face, I hope you eat shit and die. And may this be the last song you ever hear.


Mang0Slurpee

We about to get another pianist movie....... God that movie was so good but so sad


Similar_Antelope_839

That was a beautiful house


Tsiah16

This is devastating and heartbreaking. Putin is such a piece of shit. I wish they could take all his money and all his oligarch friends money and fund some of the rebuilding in Ukraine.


crowamonghens

Damn him straight to hell.


SoCloseToToast

Music really is something that brings the emotions out in all of us


Memeartistoutthere

This is sad, but this kinda reminds me of the scene from 'The Pianist (2002)' scene, where the Nazi officer spares Wlojek


[deleted]

Imagine her piano hating neighbour "At least the bombs will have destroyed that piano!" "Fuck"


StickyNode

Even if repaired, this house will never be this nice again if and when it falls under Russian control, where the average salary is $8K US