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George Gershwin was a wonderful free and disciplined incarnation of the American spirit. "Why should I limit myself" he said, "to only one woman when I can have as many women as I want?" He understood that he represented his era: “True music must repeat the thought and inspirations of the people and the time.” With Irving Berlin and Paul McCartney, he dominated the crafting of great popular melody in his century, saying: “I frequently hear music in the very heart of noise.” The capacity for Great Music is a gift to us from God.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOnde5c7OG8 BRYAN FERRY "More Than This" (Ferry) I could feel at the time There was no way of knowing Fallen leaves in the night Who can say where they're blowing As free as the wind And hopefully learning Why the sea on the tide Has no way of turning More than this - there is nothing More than this - tell me one thing More than this - there is nothing It was fun for a while There was no way of knowing Like dream in the night Who can say where we're going No care in the world Maybe...

"Just Like in a Storybook" & "I'm in the Market for You" are played by the Manhattan Melody Makers.

5-year-old Talk Show host Melody Blasts Political Correctness & Entitlement Mentality on her show, "A Moment with Melody." Transcript: Today I want to talk about Political Correctness. It's very tricky because there is nothing correct about it. Political Correctness should really be called Political Incorrectness. It's really a way that one group of people Try to brainwash you to do something the bad way. And to make you feel bad if you try to go it a good way. Let me give you an example. You do lots of chores to earn money to go to the carnival. It's so...

This melody is said (in Chassidic circles...we all find ourselves in one of those all the time I know) to have been "bought" by Rabbi Schneur Zalman from a Russian shepherd whom he heard singing it. Recognizing that it was a melody sung in the Holy Temple, Rabbi Schneur Zalman asked the shepherd if he could "buy" it. The shepherd laughed and coyly agreed. The rabbi asked him to sing it and teach it to him. He obliged. After which the shepherd couldn't remember the tune again. About Chassidic stories they say, "If you believe them all you're a fool....

When pirates attacked the cruise ship MSC Melody on Saturday, the captain was making small talk at the bar. Passengers ...were the first to defend the ship and they are now criticizing the crew, who have been portrayed as heroes. The captain was relaxed as he enjoyed a drink at the bar ...chatting ... The women asked him if the bands of marauding pirates posed a problem for the cruise. Never, the experienced seaman told them. After all, the ship was far -- 1,000 sea miles -- away from the Somali coast ... It was unimaginable, virtually impossible even, that...

I don't recognize the language, but this is a most beautiful version found while surfing youtube.

My Dragon Fly and Me If I could be a Dragon Fly and wing my way through the sky I would never be shy just me and my Dragon Fly! By moonlight we ride the wind chase the comets tail for fun by day we would hide from the sun our fragile wings would come undone On darkest nights we would use fireflies as our guide we would dip and we would glide through the heavens open wide and scatter diamonds in the night sky my Dragon Fly and me... And we would wing past our lovers silent in...

A little fun here. Name the writers of this song. If you hear the melody and know the title of this song, you might be able to know it. There are two. Here is a clip of this song.