| Can you imagine a world without music? No
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| | her to sleep with words?
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| songs, no tunes, no rock, no roll, no
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| | Nursery rhymes would have to be chanted or
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| jazz, no hymns, no boogie-woogie, no
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| | recited instead of sung. School music
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| country-western, no symphonies. No singing
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| | programs would of course be non-existent,
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| in the shower. No whistling Dixie.
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| | as would school choirs and orchestras and
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| Lovers wouldn't have songs to romance to.
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| | bands. When the school football team
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| There would be no such thing as "our
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| | plays, there would be no school fight
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| song." Sinatra couldn't fly to the moon.
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| | song. Cheerleaders would have to cheer and
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| Elvis couldn't complain about people
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| | dance minus any music.
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| stepping on his blue suede shoes. Tony
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| | And when those birthdays roll around, we
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| Bennett would have to write a letter about
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| | would have to all recite together in a
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| how he left his heart in San Francisco.
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| | monotone "happy birthday to you."
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| Willie might go on the road again, but
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| | And when duty calls, what would soldiers
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| without a guitar. And Ray Charles would
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| | march to? What would take the place of
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| look pretty strange up on stage without a
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| | music in parades, since there would be no
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| piano telling us that Georgia is on his
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| | marching bands? John Philip Sousa would
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| mind.
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| | have had to get a day job.
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| Then when the wedding day arrived, what
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| | And on the 4th of July there would be no
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| would the bride march down the isle to? A
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| | patriotic songs - just speeches. At
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| poem? Silence? Applause? And when the
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| | Christmas time there would be no Christmas
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| happy couple marched out of the church
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| | carols. No rousing gospel music at Easter,
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| together, would they do it to the bark of
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| | no hymns in church.
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| neighborhood dogs, or perhaps all the
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| | And can you imagine radio without music?
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| wedding guests talking at once?
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| | Nothing but news and talk shows and bla
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| And at the reception, what would they
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| | bla bla bla....
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| dance to? The Funky Chicken just isn't the
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| | I don't know about you, but I've had it up
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| same without music. Since rhythm is part
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| | to here just thinking about it. I'm
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| of music, no drums would even be allowed.
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| | heading for the piano now to celebrate the
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| And the honeymoon I suppose would take
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| | fact that our Creator gave us the
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| place with radio news on, or perhaps the
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| | wonderful and inspiring and uplifting gift
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| educational channel accompanied by the
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| | of music that we all take for granted.
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| drone of an air-conditioner.
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| | I think I'll play a nursery rhyme or two,
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| When baby arrives, do we lull her to sleep
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| | then the wedding march, then Silent Night,
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| with a reading from Shakespeare? Or
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| | then Auld Lang Syne, then Fur Elise, then
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| perhaps random readings from the
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| | the blues, then a little jazz, then...and
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| dictionary or encyclopedia? Could we bore
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| | then...
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