That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for October 11, 2021

“Come on, you stupid bird! Give me a DO-RE-MI !”

“Polly, if you go off key again, you’re going to be roasted with baby potatoes.”

Even though Polly sang the entire Habanera from Carmen whenever it was just the two of them, if Karen tried to get her to demonstrate this talent to an agent or anybody else, Polly only squawked ‘Polly want a cracker’

Emily had bought the parrot from a down-on-his-luck sailor, and she was hoping that playing show tunes would inculcate culture in the poor creature and increase it’s vocabulary. But Polly continued to swear like a sailor.

Portrait of two musical birds

Estelle thought it would be hilarious to teach Socrates to sing Schaunard’s part from Act I of La Boheme, but the bird was too much of a diva.

Polly want a solo?

When their two voices blend it’s harmonic, / which is actually somewhat ironic. / Molly wants both to croon / the identical tune, / whereas Polly prefers polyphonic.

“Polly, do you know what’s the stuff on my finger?”

“No, but hum a few bars and I’ll wing it.”

Look Ginger. Ixnay on the Manilow and gimme’ some Jerry Lee!!!

It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got a wing..doo wat doo wat …

And what is that score on the floor ?/ Why – it’s Debussy’s “Poissons D’or” !/The bird took offense/ at the chord clusters (dense !)/ so she doesn’t play that any more…

Hermione was right in the head for most things, but she loved her bird and steadfastly refused to accept the verdict of that nice veterinarian, Dr. Cleese, that “This is an ex-parrot!”

Respighi’s “The Birds” makes her crow/ and she loves “The Hen”(by Rameau)/ but she’s always preferred/ the great William Byrd – her composer of choice – as you know …

“The Ornithological Combat of Kings” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSJb6_fUomY

“No, Polly – that’s B flat minor.

One more comment on my playing and it’s parrot soup for dinner tonight

birds of a feather…?

POLLY: How about “Mr. Tambourine Man”? – MOLLY: Ah, you want The Byrds!

“Play what ever you want Myrtle, I’ll just wing it.”

The tunes she now sings are much racier/ since she met that man on the glacier/ (the bloke in the barrel) / and her intimate apparel/ has apparently grown much lacier…/// she’s also acquired a parrot/ which shares her abode in the garret/ and rumors abound/ that her mind is unsound/ for she’s fallen in love with a carrot….

John Cage, please. 4’33".

Halloweens around the corner. Let’s practice some macaw-bre songs.

[groan]

You lookin at me?

“Something by Jimmy Buffett.”

Has anyone done a setting of a pair o’ Keats odes?

In her unpublished early Quantum physics experiments, Jeanne discovered that precisely the right note could levitate a parrot stand off the floor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OARjuW5o5kg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87UE2GC5db0

Sing Polly Wolly Doodle all day.

Play Birdland, Polly wants jazz.

Molly’s efforts to get Polly to “do her business” on the papers were doomed when the obstreperous bird learned that a flap of her wings would send them across the floor.

Nothin’ could be finer than to play a C Sharp Minor in the mor-or-ning!

The bird was a heroic Polly-naise whose mistress is A-Flat Major.

No! I am organizing my music on the floor and I will not move them under your perch!

The Music Lesson: 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Francis_Sydney_Muschamp_-_The_Music_Lesson.jpg 

has info and links that point to more info about this roughly jumbo envelope size painting.

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image at 

http://thatispriceless.blogspot.com/2021/10/masterpiece-2806.html 

I have added a comment there (awaiting Mr. Melcher’s approval) pointing to the artist info I used to point to here. First work by this artist used here.

“Forget the piano, honey; Polly wants a mixing deck! Call me Deadb1rd!”

“Bird gets the Worm” by Bird. Or “Another Night in Tunisia” by Bird and Diz.

Paul McCartney and Wings.

Marcella. trying to hit middle “A” guided by Polly was a bad idea, Polly is off by a octave.

“In the Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Room …”

After investing quite a bit in a set of miniature conga drums, she found that no matter what she tried, Polly would only play the one on the left.

This advice, bird, is yours, and it’s free / And the point is quite clear, you’ll agree / Just sit tight on the shelf / Or you might find yourself / Served up as a bird fricassee.

Yes, we are pretty redheads, aren’t we?

Yes, Diogenes likes living here more than in a wine cask. I’m sure he will be back soon. He mentioned he would look for a frozen fish for you.