So, a friend and I are in Vienna. My friend is a musician, and a huge fan of Beethoven. So while we are there, she makes it a point to go see his gravesite. She comes back hysterical, telling me that I have to come to see something. She practically forces me out the door, and we take off. Upon arriving, she rushes me straight to the grave, and tells me to listen, and not make a noise. So Im listening, and I start to hear music. You hear that? She says.
Yes, I hear music!
That's Beethoven's 2nd piano concerto, but, its backwards! She says.
Backwards? I said.
Yes backwards, she says.
Why is it playing, and why is it playing backwards? I ask.
I don't know! She says.
We see a worker taking his lunch under a tree nearby, and call him over.
Can you hear that? we ask.
Yes, he says, that's Beethoven's 2nd piano concerto, played backwards.
Why? We ask.
Well, he says, that's Beethoven's grave.
We know that, she says, but why is it playing, and backwards?
Well he says...
......he's decomposing.