THIS POST IS FOR THE (LOVE)BIRDS
Now that NATIONAL BIRD DAY (see previous post) has come and flown, it’s time to transition from birds and bird song to love and love songs, in preparation for February 14 (VALENTINE’S DAY, aka ‘Woe To Guys Who Ignore It Day’). Let us begin the béguin*, boys and girls, by gauging your romantic wherewithall with this simple question:
*French for flirtation
Assuming that dealing with This Thing Called Love leaves you Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered (and, if it doesn’t, you must be either a robot or a Republican), I suggest getting back to basics, starting with having that Old Fashioned Love in your heart:
Relationships are like music: it’s essential to hit the right notes, but man does not live by instruments alone. For example, without lyrics, the title to the above song might just as well be Yabba Dabba Doo. Here is the same song sung with sweet words of undying love:
I hope that the above is starting to get you guys in a romantic frame of mind. With little more than a month left before V-Day, I have only six more posts to fill your hearts with enough good old-fashioned love to pass muster with your SO. So, mister, rest assured I will work Night And Day to ready you to be in the I’m In The Mood For Love spirit.
Don Frankel, and 5 others are discussing. 
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Madelyn Griffith-Haynie, MCC, SCAC 2:16 am on January 10, 2017 Permalink |
Loved the music and the post – and laughed aloud over “a robot or a Republican.” Yabba Dabba Doo got a big grin, and you brought back memories of a particular piano man during my wanton days in grad school — when I rushed to the French Quarter the moment I could, and stayed much later (and drank much more) than made sense, given all.
I always look forward to visiting your blog, and always leave with a smile.
xx,
mgh
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mistermuse 7:54 am on January 10, 2017 Permalink |
Thank you, mgh! I’d like to return the favor by leaving you with SMILES:
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Madelyn Griffith-Haynie, MCC, SCAC 4:59 pm on January 10, 2017 Permalink
I laughed when I saw the that it was a sing along. 🙂 Smiles back atcha’
xx,
mgh
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Mél@nie 3:59 am on January 10, 2017 Permalink |
EXCELLENT, Monsieur Muse! je viens d’avoir le béguin for your post… 🙂
avoir le béguin pour = to have a crush on… 🙂
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mistermuse 8:05 am on January 10, 2017 Permalink |
Merci, Mél@nie! Here is your translation in song language 🙂 ….
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Carmen 6:04 am on January 10, 2017 Permalink |
Well, of course I must love this post! 🙂 Great music! (as always!)
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Carmen 6:08 am on January 10, 2017 Permalink |
Well, Ella Fitzgerald was anyway. The other two were not available (just in my country?) I’ll look ’em up, though.
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mistermuse 8:14 am on January 10, 2017 Permalink
Thanks, Carmen. Sorry to hear that the OLD FASHIONED LOVE clips were unavailable to you, but you can probably find it performed by other artists, as I saw quite a few clips when I Googled it. 🙂
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linnetmoss 7:50 am on January 10, 2017 Permalink |
And while we’re on the subject of lovebirds, if you haven’t seen La La Land, you must! I kept asking myself, why can’t the music in today’s Broadway musicals sound more like THAT?
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mistermuse 8:22 am on January 10, 2017 Permalink |
I’ve read excellent reviews, and seen the trailer, of La La Land — sounds like my kind of movie! I will indeed have to see it.
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linnetmoss 4:06 pm on January 10, 2017 Permalink
Lots of references to classic musicals, too. You’ll love it.
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Don Frankel 3:37 pm on January 10, 2017 Permalink |
“Birds do it bees do it…”
Then there’s. “The birds and the bees and the flowers and the trees…”
What’s with all the bees?
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mistermuse 5:26 pm on January 10, 2017 Permalink |
Good question, Don. Lovers are vulnerable to getting ‘stung,’ but why lay it all on bees? Why not “The birds and the wasps” or “The birds and the mosquitoes” or “The birds and the scorpions?” If I were a bee, I would consider filing a honey of a lawsuit against the Powers that Be for beeing so hurtful.
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Don Frankel 8:56 am on January 12, 2017 Permalink |
You’re right Muse. In fact the only positive cultural exposition of Bees was in the ‘Bee Movie’ by Seinfeld. Otherwise it’s always negative images of people getting stung and nasty comments like. “Was you ever stung by a dead Bee.” From To Have and Have Not.
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D. Wallace Peach 8:19 pm on January 10, 2017 Permalink |
Wonderful songs. Ella is a favorite. V-day?? I’m still recovering from Christmas!
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mistermuse 10:29 pm on January 10, 2017 Permalink |
Thanks, Diana — Ella’s a favorite of mine as well. As for recovering from Christmas, think of how poor Santa must be feeling after squeezing down millions of chimneys all night until dawn Christmas morning. 😦
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BroadBlogs 6:37 pm on January 13, 2017 Permalink |
I see so many birds popping up on blogs lately. I guess spring is on the way.
And Valentines Day for the love birds. ❤
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mistermuse 9:59 pm on January 13, 2017 Permalink |
Birds may be popping up on blogs now, but come spring, they’ll be pooping up our windshields and other exposed auto parts. Fortunately I have a garage.
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