Parodies, puns and assorted doodles inspired by favored tunes

Mood Indigo

Mood Indigo 1930 Words and Music Barney Bigard Duke Ellington Irving Mills You ain’t never been blue; no, no, no, You ain’t never been blue, Till you’ve had that mood indigo. That feelin’ goes stealin’ down to my shoes While I just sit...

Moondance

Moondance 1970 Van Morrison “Moondance” was written and developed while Morrison was living in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He has commented, “With ‘Moondance’ I wrote the melody first. I played the melody on a soprano sax and I knew I had a...

Mona Lisas & Mad Hatters

Mona Lisas & Mad Hatters 1972. Elton John Lyrics by Bernie Taupin “While Mona Lisas and mad hatters Sons of bankers, sons of lawyers Turn around and say good morning to the night For unless they see the sky But they can’t and that is why They know not...

Mona Lisa

Mona Lisa “Mona Lisa” is a song written by Ray Evans and Jay Livingston for the Paramount Pictures film Captain Carey, U.S.A. (1950). It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for 1950. Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa, men have named you You’re so like...

Mighty Quinn

The Mighty Quinn “Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)” is a folk-rock song written by Bob Dylan and first recorded during The Basement Tapes sessions in 1967. “Everybody’s in despair, every girl and boy But when Quinn the Eskimo gets here...