As well as creating Snippy stories in the pandemic, I also wrote some silly alternative
lyrics to a few famous songs and arranged the music for our family group. We recorded them on my trusty iPad to spread a little cheer amongst our neighbours and friends at a very gloomy time.
Alastair is singing and playing the flute; Gregory's on 'cello and Felicity on violin. Here is the Miles family lockdown entertainment:
Where is the life that once I led
A classic song by Cole Porter from the musical, Kiss Me Kate. All musicians and actors lost their livelihoods in the pandemic, so this was a lockdown lament for all those performers.
From Lockdown with Love
A James Bond / Carmen mash up Miles style. Alastair arranged the music for this using themes from Bizet’s opera, Carmen and the James Bond films.
A Modern Major Situation
The piece that inspired me to get creative when some clever words landed in my inbox one day written by Eliza Rubenstein. They incapsulated the lockdown situation brilliantly so I used them and wrote some more verses myself and made this Pirates of Penzance parody. With no concerts to perform in, we put one on at home for our cuddly toys…
