When I was in university I used to volunteer once a week at a nursing home in Montreal's East End. Sébastien used to play the piano and sing French songs, I would play the guitar, my lab Kerouac would lick them all to death. And we all had a hoot.
Except for one woman who would just sit there on her plastic chair looking sad, never said a word, and couldn't be reached by anyone.
It bothered me a lot. Because if loneliness hurts when you're young, when you're old it must be devastating. And if you can't reach them you can't do anything to try to cheer them up.
So you can imagine how I felt when I saw this video about a lonely old guy and the magic of music...
