[pct-l] Re: Identifying Two birds By song

[coyle875 at msn.com (john coyle)]

I can't help you identify the bird songs, but this thread brings to mind a scene from a movie titled "Never on Sunday," which for some reason sticks in my mind.

In the movie an American intellectual philosopher, appropriately named Homer, travels to a small town in Greece to try to discover why Greece has fallen from ancient greatness.  He befriends a Greek working girl named Illia who never works on Sunday, but  rather encourages the townspeople to sing, play music, dance, and generally celebrate life in a clean and wholesome manner in the local bar on the 7th day.  In the bar, Homer tells the talented bouzouki player (A Greek guitar) that he is not a true musician because he can't read music.  Upon hearing this, the bouzouki player becomes despondent and refuses to play again despite encouragement from the bar patrons.  Finally Illia tells him that the best musicians in the world, the birds in the sky, can't read music either, and yet they play music all day long from the goodness of their hearts.  The musician is convinced, once again, to play music and to doubt the intellectual ramblings of the American philosopher.


I sometimes think of birds as the best musicians in the world also.


John Coyle