Meryl Streep shows off her musical skills - almost
July 29th, 2009 - 1:31 pm ICT by ANI ( Leave a comment )Washington, July 29 (ANI): Veteran actress Meryl Streep showed off her musical skills - on a concertina she “can’t play”.
The 60-year-old star brought the accordion-like instrument with her during her appearance on Conan O’Brien’s The Tonight Show, which was given to her by a friend as a gift on her birthday.
Struggling to play the two-note tune, she said, “I’m sorry, it’s a beautiful thing. Too bad I can’t play it!”
The ‘Mamma Mia’ actress also revealed that she enjoys irritating her husband, sculptor Don Gummer, with her attempts to master the instrument - after he gave her a toaster as a birthday present.
“He gave me a toaster. He likes his toast. And I got this from my friend Joe Grifasi, who’s an actor, who enjoys driving my husband crazy. This is a concertina. I call it ‘Tina. I got it Wednesday (22Jul09). I’ve picked it up pretty fast,” Contactmusic quoted her as saying.
“It’s sort of amazing, it sounds like breathing and I already wrote a song. You know the greek myth about the sirens - the greek women who lure the sailors onto the rocks? This is called Siren Song,” she added. (ANI)
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