Humor will not be tolerated!! -Portia

"He had an old guitar but not a dollar to his name / Playing music so sad, but he was happy just the same."

Danny's Song, Phineas and Ferb

"Night after night who treats you right baby its the guitar man"

-Bread, "Guitar Man"

"He played the violin. He tucked it right under his chin."

a song from 1776

Aaand I'm out, because I got two words wrong in that. (It should be "He plays the violin. He tucks it right under his chin.)

Might as well call it a day.

Day 3 participants:
DC
C4
Bob
Marduk

Out:
Katya

"But she left him for another man - a man who played the violin."

Rockapella, "The Violin"

"Call the principal and give him the news. We got a holiday that he can't refuse! A day of harmony, a day of music: Beethoven's birthday."

--"Beethoven Day" from You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown

I just had to do another composer.

"Two hands skimming over keys, "That's fine" says the girl in the corner, the kid on the ledge, and the boy at the piano plays on."
Vienna Teng, "Boy at the Piano"

(Don't know if those quotation marks are there, but it probably doesn't matter.)

Were the bibliographies helpful? I probably won't do them every day, but I could still do them every page or so.

"Ser un animal nocturno era una bella routina..... entrar a algun bar sin conocer ni quien me conozcan, entonar una cancion y esperar el trago de cortesia que siempre venia, era mi filosofia."

Ricardo Arjona, "Animal Nocturno"

Katya wrote:Were the bibliographies helpful? I probably won't do them every day, but I could still do them every page or so.

Yes, they were very helpful and much appreciated. Once a page would probably be best. You're the bees knees, Katya!

1776. "He Plays the Violin."
Arjona, Ricardo. "Animal Nocturno."
Berry, Chuck. "Johnny B. Goode."
Bread. "Guitar Man."
The Clash. "London Calling."
Cohen, Leonard. "Hallelujah."
Drayton, Paul. "Masterpiece."
Fogelberg, Dan. "Leader of the Band."
Hairspray. "Without Love."
Joel, Billy. "The Entertainer."
----------."Piano Man."
The King's Singers. "Deconstructing Johann."
----------. "What Kinds of Things."
Phineas and Ferb. "Ain't Got Rhythm."
----------. "Danny's Song."
Ralph's World. "Say Hi to the Animals."
Rockapella. "The Violin."
Teng, Vienna. "Boy at the Piano."
----------. "Grandmother Song."
Train. "Hey, Soul Sister."
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. "Beethoven Day."

Day 4: everyone passed.

"We're the men of the chorus! We're the men! We're the ones you seldom hear: we're the men! The composers all ignore us--they don't know we sound so glorious! We're the men of the chorus! We're the men!"

--"We're the Men" by Jay Althouse...I think

I'm running out of composers

"He won't fetch a stick, or lick your hand, he likes Spike Jones and Dixieland; Sammy the dog has learned to play trombone."

Ralph's World, "Sammy the Dog"

This one needs a lyric check.

Edit: Turns out Sammy loves Spike Jones and Dixieland, but I gave myself enough cushion to hopefully be okay.

"You're the one, yes you're the star. We need you back on bass guitar. You're fabulous!"

Phineas and Ferb, "Fabulous"

I may be out of P&F now...

"Johnny made a record, went straight up to number one. Suddenly everyone loved to hear him sing the song"

Bad Company, "Shooting Star"

Day 5: all pass

Since Bob is low on P&F, I'll do one:

"I ain't gonna waste my summer taking beatings from my drummer! Put a mike in front of me and I'll shout, 'give me a grade!'"

"Give Me a Grade" by the Baljeatles

Dead Cat wrote:Day 4: everyone passed.

Dead Cat wrote:Day 5: all pass.

If everyone passes for a couple of days in a row, maybe we should say they have to start posting 2 per day (and possibly even ramping it up more, if necessary).

Yikes. I don't know if I could handle two a day. I feel like many of the things I do are stretching it, like perhaps this one:

"Come, come, ye sons of art, come, come away. Tune all your voices and instruments play to celebrate, to celebrate this triumphant day."
---Sir Henry Purcell, "Come Ye Sons of Art"


But it would certainly bring the competition down. Or up. Make it more stringent.

Edit: Apparently one of the titles for this is "Come ye sons of art away" but that's not what I learned. Be proud of me, I sang this song in CCC choir 11 years ago and I still remember the composer.

"Just get together with your friends and play some rock and roll."

Phineas and Ferb, title unknown... maybe "Music Makes Us Better"?