John Cena plays piano

Theophilus Carter

I recently watched the Peacemaker series on HBO, and was delighted to discover that John Cena plays piano:

He talks about it a bit in this interview from a few years ago:

https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/instruments/piano/john-cena-self-taught-musician/

I love his enthusiasm, and especially his great attitude as a mostly self-taught adult beginner. This little snippet is good advice for all of us: “I tell myself, 'You can surf the web for 15 minutes, or put the time toward a skill' ... What am I gonna learn in 15 minutes? [In] your first 15 minutes [of practice], maybe [you will only learn] where middle C is. But after about 125 hours, [you’ll really be learning] how to play the piano.”

David B

Cool. Was that an original composition?

Theophilus Carter

David B That is an arrangement of "Home Sweet Home" by Motley Crue, of all things! It's a thing in the show that he's a super tough guy who loves 80s hair metal, but then when no one is watching, he sits down and plays a very expressive version of the tune.

Ralphiano

Is he a football player? He looks like he could pick the piano up and strum it like a guitar.

Ralphiano

Of course, I mean 'American football', played with the hands! 🙃

Theophilus Carter

He got his start in the WWF, but moved from that into acting. (Well, WWF was acting too, but you know what I mean … ) So he's one of those fellas like The Rock who got his start there, but turned out to have a lot of real talent!

Theophilus Carter

My feeble attempt, after just a few hours of learning the tune …

https://youtu.be/VrlNPoGjP10

I blame all my mistakes on my cat nudging my right arm. 😃

CyberGene

Theophilus Carter You nailed it! But you should play with a sustain pedal pressed all the time 😀

Theophilus Carter

CyberGene Haha, yes, I should crank up the reverb!