Music Interpretation T-Shirts

"I don't do spells. I'm a wizard at deciphering rap lyrics."

I've been teaching art history for decades. Students today ask new kinds of questions. No, I doubt a gluten-free menu option was available that evening. Nope, the artist was not making a statement about climate change. No, despite the umbrellas, this is not about sun exposure safety. Well, yes, I suppose you can say it's a selfie.

Dialogue

"If you could be any Bob Dylan you wanted to, which Bob Dylan would you be?"

Rap music

Emily Dickinson: Mime - "I think she's saying something about death."

"I only like their bad albums – the good ones are too commercial."

She - Interpreter - He.

I'm not saying I'm not a hound dog. I'm saying I'm not nothing but a hound dog.

Hoodie Hang-out

R.I.P. ZZ Top - Dusty Hill 1949-2021

"I'd like a partridge in a pear tree, 2 turtle doves, 3 French hens, 4 calling birds and 7 swans a swimming."

'It's the essence of springtime. You're really enjoying it.'

Frederic Chopin

Fossil record player.

"My nephew Jack here can say ‘I’m unemployed’ in seven languages."

"Caricatures $20"

"Who is 'coming around the mountain,' John? Could it be your mother?"

"To hear the ocean in English, press one. Para Espanol ..."

Signing the declaration of independence.

'I need a text-mail interpreter.'

"Baldo, Gracie...you need to learn more Spanish. For the rest of the week, I'm going to speak nothing but Spanish, and Tia Carmen will act as your interpreter, OK? Tienen tarea?"

"As Tom gets nostalgic to Don McLean's 'American Pie,' baby Charles utters his first words... Too long."

'It says here you can talk trash in five languages.'

Orator translates in many languages.

"Send for a Prftgxrgplwtkn interpreter - case adjourned for a thousand light years."

"I think our daughter should change her major. She can now ask for money in 3 different languages!"

"You play that song once more and I'll break both your hands!"

'Typical phallic egocentrism!'

Nick Cave.

Musician

"It's a fortuitous coincidence that the greatest moments in music history were when I was in high school."

"Coming up... more of the same mindless pop songs with repetitive lyrics and nauseating melodies!"

Colours

Dance Dance Dance.