A man can be seen singing familiar lyrics while sitting alone on a park bench in the video shared by Matej Priteržnik on YouTube. It doesn’t take long to realize that the song is Bon Jovi’s well-known 1986 hit “Living On A Prayer,” so when the man begins singing the chorus, it comes as no real surprise that everyone else in the vicinity has started to join in. As one user put it, it’s a very touching event that undoubtedly led to one of the man’s greatest days of his life.
Since then, more than 3.5 million people have viewed the film, and it’s hardly surprising that many of them have left encouraging, life-affirming comments on social media. One user speculated that this might be the closest humanity has been to global peace, while another emphasized that “all it takes is one person to move the masses towards good.” Several additional viewers will undoubtedly agree with the other users’ comments that the video served as a helpful reminder of the true power that music can possess.
On a broader scale, however, something similar may have happened if you were present at the 2017 British Summertime Festival at Hyde Park. Fans spontaneously began singing along to Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” while the song was playing over the speakers while they waited for the next act. It’s a spine-tingling experience to hear the 100,000-strong crowd chant in unison. One viewer even said that the video demonstrated Freddie Mercury, the lead vocalist of Queen,’s “immortality.”
While these kinds of singalongs are a common sight in films and TV series, they are perhaps quite uncommon in real life. But when they do happen, it makes them even more important, and it’s unlikely that the individuals singing Bon Jovi in the park or the large group singing Bohemian Rhapsody at the British Summertime Festival will quickly forget their experiences of such events.
