Reminds me a lot of this video (tw: typical Xbox live homophobia).

People in this clip assume the guy has somehow memorized every song ever written. It doesn’t occur to them that with enough study and practice (and talent), a person can more or less figure out how to play a song just as easily as you can hum it.

I remember being super impressed when my high school friend banged out the intro to Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground on the first try (it’s just power chords). Then I went to college and met a dozen people who were similarly talented on their instruments of choice.

Anyway, it makes me wonder if people who think Harris was fed lines just haven’t met enough people to understand that, while commendable, her achievement on Tuesday was not supernatural by any means. Some people are just that good at what they do.