Glenn Gould on Animals

Here's Glenn talking about his love of animals, and doing a little singing.

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[tropicalpimp]

"I get along better with animals than I do with humans.." I concur.

[GermanOperaSinger]

...Maybe my fascination and admiration for animals and young children comes from the fact that I can relate to them more than adults - I was an autistic child myself and still in many ways have the brain of a child - this has gotten me into trouble many times in the adult world, where I have been too straightforward in my remarks. I've not learned to fake interest and hospitality towards people I dislike, and my social relationships (with fellow adults) have suffered as a result.

[BrianBruise]

This is from Cities "A thirteen-part series featuring Peter Ustinov in Leningrad, Elie Wiesel in Jerusalem, George Plimpton in New York, R.D. Laing in Glasgow, Glenn Gould in Toronto, Jonathan Miller in London, Hildegard Knef in Berlin, Germaine Greer in Sydney, Studs Terkel in Chicago, Mai Zetterling in Stockholm, John Huston in Dublin, Anthony Burgess in Rome and Melina Mercouri in Athens, Only Gould's Toronto is available ANYWHERE. You will find it in 6 parts on YouTube.

[MijnheerCogito]

Curious that he is singing in C-sharp minor, when the song is writ a semitone lower. I wonder if the recording is at fault, or if perhaps Herr Gould's perceptions were beginning to fail him?

[tickattack]

The world will never see another man like Glenn Gould.

[caddencadden]

Glenn, What a Joker and a one of a kind guy

[0live0wire0]

It's good that animals are not as pretentious.

[oilersridersbluejays]

Oh that fellow Canadian of mine, such a hoot!

[Cuzinits]

the fuck are you watching this for? there's a thousand other videos of him doing that.

[Askelairlines747]

Chair? Long coat together with warm gloves in the middle of the summer? Hello Mr Gould!