This video depicts an index of American housing prices, dating to 1890, visualized as a rollercoaster ride. If a “standard house” was sold in 1890 for $100,000 (inflation adjusted for today’s dollars), it would have sold for $66,000 in 1920 or $199,000 in 2006. Enjoy the ride:
Bizet, famous for Symphony in C and Carmen, wrote an opera by the name of Les Pêcheurs de Perles (The Pearl Fisherman). David Gilmour, of Pink Floyd fame, covered the song in 2002. Je Crois Entendre Encore is the name of the theme. There’s a wonderful recording on youtube.
I’ve included a translation and guitar chords below:
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Je crois entendre encore,
I still believe I hear
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