Something to make you smile on Friday

I am very busy but wanted to drop in and share this link. It is about the most joyous thing I've seen on the internet for a long time. My good friend, the amazing Ms lolliejean shared it with me, and every time I think of it, I smile.

And, in keeping with my 'kinda rule' to keep the French connection, one of the musicians is from Toulouse.

I can't figure out how to embed, so go here to see ( goes for about five minutes)

Following text comes from the site.
This cover of Stand By Me was recorded by completely unknown artists in a street virtual studio all around the world. It all started with a base track—vocals and guitar—recorded on the streets of Santa Monica, California, by a street musician called Roger Ridley. The base track was then taken to New Orleans, Louisiana, where Grandpa Elliott—a blind singer from the French Quarter—added vocals and harmonica while listening to Ridley's base track on headphones. In the same city, Washboard Chaz's added some metal percussion to it.

And from there, it just gets rock 'n' rolling bananas: The producers took the resulting mix all through Europe, Africa, and South America, adding new tracks with multiple instruments and vocals that were assembled in the final version you are seeing in this video. All done with a simple laptop and some microphones.