but he can remember words to a song from the 1970s that he is not heard for a long, long time. some of the choir can t speak at all, can t even converse, but they can sing. if it wasn t for the choir, i don t think he d be here today. also at the event last night, actress vicky mcclure, who set up the choir as part of a bbc programme. that is a perfect picture, i think. it it says her to a t. vicki s grandmother had dementia. music was a huge comfort. throughout the time with my nana, my mum discovered that singing, wheither a nursery rhyme or a song she might know, it was a way it was a way of her connecting with us and a way of being able to communicate because, at that point, she had stopped being able to sing. so the music became a massively powerful tool. i think you re the first person ever to have this particular test. i m unique, am i? well, we already knew that, anyway.