Melody Maven Mugs

Life Without Mozart

Mendelssohn Finds His Inspiration

"This song describes the events of a lovely spring day. The sky is a cloudless blue, birds are singing, and out at the ballpark the grass is an emerald green. It's the top of the fourth, there are two out and runners on first and second. The batter hits a slow roller down the third-base line. The third baseman scoops up the ball barehanded and tries for a force play at second..."

"If you're going to sing, get some lessons...you're flat."

'This is the 'I Fell Behind On My Credit Card Payments, So They Took My Guitar Away Blues'. I'll be performing it a cappella.'

"Oh, crap. I just managed to get that stupid song out of my head."

Musician

Musical genres

Diva

Sergei Prokofiev.

'Moon, June...'

The Music Lover.

"That's great but can you play the computer?"

"Why do humming birds hum? Because they don't know the lyrics."

"Gesundheit."

A political ballad-singer c. 1730

So typical. Hurry up and wait.

"You won't believe it. I have that stupid song stuck in my head again."

"Which sounds better: 'You are in violation of my client's copyright, darlin'' or 'Darlin', my heart's a-ragin' over your copyright violation?'"

"Before I go in, just what did Billy Joe McCaluster throw off the Talihatchie bridge?"

"Show of hands, how many of you need to hear all three movements?"

Muscles

"He's going to be O.K., but he still wants you to remarry."

Overshadowed by the Tony's: Broadway's Lesser Known Awards

"Forget sugar and spice and everything nice. I'm going for buns of steel!"

Enterpe, Terpsichore, Calliope, and Bernie, their agent.

"In my next album 'Gettin' Back', I refute all the strong beliefs expressed in 'Gettin' There', my previous album."

"Let me connect you with Edith, our specialist in ethnic conflict in the former Yugoslavia. My expertise happens to be in North Korean intransigence."

Man posing on beach as women ignore him.

"You'll have to forgive Roland. He still uses 'stomach' and 'abdominals' interchangeably."

See? Whenever he's mad at me, he turns off his Touch ID sensor.

"Arthur, I need my space."

"Is Madonna amazing or what? She sings, dances, and acts, and now it turns out she's a writer, too."

Broadway Theater coming productions. Look, they're bringing back a production of "Hair" with all the original cast members. It's going to be called "Bald".

Upper West Side Story