Put some sunshine smiles on that wrinkled FACE, return what some say has long PAST. That cool looking musical instrument is persuading, “Come on Granny or Gramps. Take me out of that dusty case and I’ll show you how to make yesterday LAST!” Suddenly, there’s that feeling comin’ back, the tapping feet, that happy tingling in the TOES. All that returning magic of the great days gone by, by GOLLY. Singing so long to today’s worries and WOES. Everything from Home on the Range to Hello Dolly. Maybe remembering your family group, like a ‘Cousin Henry’ on the FIDDLE. A voice like an angel, his sweet wife SUE. Brother Bill’s five string banjo, and little you with squeeze-box in the MIDDLE. Deep in the heart of what Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger and the WEAVERS could DO. If it’s a six string guitar take a plunge on that Harmony, Gibson, or Suzuki, remembering how to bar on manya FRET. Playing some rock, country, folk, swing and SUCH. Before you know it, that old rhythm big time you GET. Doin’ some Elvis, having a ball imitating that famous voice, “Thank you, thank you, very MUCH.” Singing many a nostalgic SONG all your fretting, guaranteed, will be GONE!
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If Beethoven were with us TODAY and happened to be a Gilbert and Sullivan FAN. Oh dear, what pun-ishment some might have to PAY, Haydn wherever we CAN! Now, you may ponder how all this nonsense is INSTRUMENTAL, be it popular, classical, whatever, and yet politically CORRECT. Like a clarinet once said to a saxophone, whatever one can ‘reed’ into it, it’s usually the maestro who makes the big difference, in every RESPECT. Whether the election campaign result vibes be on the left, right, or somewhere in the MIDDLE, as Jack Benny might have said to HEIFITZ, the top FIDDLE. The music we face depends upon who swings the BATON. The treble with the bass is after yet another election, the same strings are usually attached and the themes repeated, on and ON. However, you never know. Wouldn’t it be melodic if this time this punster is WRONG?!
It was interesting to see that Time magazine recently devoted a cover to serve as a ‘vehicle’, (forgive the pun) to weigh the concept of driverless cars. Will that technology impact the freedom of choosing to drive ourselves? ‘Accordion’ to some, it could be instrumental to striking a major minor ‘dis-chord’ to the tune of getting behind the wheel and taking the car for a leisurely spin.
Personally, as a kid, I loved the spin of Gilbert and Sullivan’s satirical musical. Holding a spear and singing in the chorus of a high school production were totally responsible for fuelling a written language filled with puns, much to the displeasure of more than a few! ‘I am the Very Model of a Modern Major General’ is one of those songs that inspired (now that one is ‘re-tired’) to turn the ignition on with the following: I am the very latest model of the driverless computer flying CAR. I store all information and have the best features by FAR. Such as retractable wings that can fly you to Britain, quote Shakespeare, even pose questions pleasantly RHETORICAL. Entertaining with divergent points of view to help you carry on, even delightfully quote a famous Greek ORACLE. My driverless car’s exterior sports brilliant changing colours, oh, so innovative and PRACTICAL. Absolutely perfect for all occasions, simple, economical, and politically very FLEXIBLE. With all kinds of venues to embrace the latest correct VIEWS. For corporate use, I’m a clever vehicle to deduct, while, for all others, of course, completely TAXABLE. I am the very model of the driverless computer flying CAR. I store all information and have the best features by FAR. For all the others who prefer a 59 Cadillac, a ’57 CHEV. And all the other modern, human driven types, alas, they never shall be missed, they never, never, never…well almost never, will be MISSED. |
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