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| From | Jocelyn Geboy <smussyolay@yahoo.com> |
| Subject | Re: Science Songs, revisionist history, and rick springfield |
| Date | Wed, 25 Jun 2003 13:47:48 -0700 (PDT) |
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~~~~~this is why i LOVE this list. it is also why it
scares me sometimes. but in a loving way. i love you.
jocelyn
--- Christobal <plattc@optonline.net> wrote:
> Well, I found the complete lyrics, but don't know
> where you might find a
> recording....
>
> Triceratops
>
> Verse 1:
>
> How many horns do you have? None of course.
>
> How many horns does a bull have? Two of course.
>
> But me, but me, I have three.
>
> I’m very special you can see.
>
> Chorus:
>
> Triceratops with three long horns, a beak like a
> parrot
>
> And a frill where his neck is.
>
> Triceratops with four big legs and a tail in back.
>
>
>
> Verse 2:
>
> How many lips does a bug have? None of course.
>
> How many lips do you have? Two, of course.
>
> But me, but me, I’m unique.
>
> Instead of lips I have a beak.
>
>
>
> Chorus:
>
>
>
> Verse 3
>
> How many legs does a fish have? None of course.
>
> How many legs do you have? Two, of course.
>
> But me, but me, I have more.
>
> I’m so glad that I have four.
>
>
>
> Chorus: {repeat}
>
> Chorus: {repeat}
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: audities-owner@smoe.org
> > [mailto:audities-owner@smoe.org] On Behalf Of
> kcronin
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 9:28 AM
> > To: audities@smoe.org
> > Subject: Re: Science Songs, revisionist history,
> and rick springfield
> >
> >
> > Mark: let me be the first to say: holy crap!
> >
> > TMBG fans - follow mark's link for the "sun is a
> mass
> > of incandescent gas" song....I swear to god i saw
> > those guys sing that in like 1988 and thought "hm,
> > that sounds familiar. How can that be?" (only they
> > said the sun was comprised of hydrogen, helium,
> > estrogen, nutrasweet...) I know I didn't have
> those
> > records, but i'm thinking someone i knew in my
> youth
> > must have...wonder what those puppies go for now
> in
> > nostalgia dollars? I can just imagine me and my
> > brothers kicking back with some SpaceFoodSticks in
> our
> > bean bag chairs and learning every word of those
> > records, in some alternate universe (wearing
> hideous
> > striped flares, no doubt.) In any event, good
> work
> > Mark! Now keep it up and tell me where I can find
> > this one, which was played in my 2nd grade class
> and
> > sticks in my head til this bloody day:
> >
> > triceratops had three long horns,
> > a beak like a parrot
> > and a (something) like and (something something.)
> >
> > As for Bob's revisionist question, i've been
> wondering
> > that myself about my own memory: I clearly recall
> the
> > Madness, and am quite sure it's my first cassette,
> but
> > vinyl I'm having a much harder time with: I'm
> > thinking it was either Steely Dan's "Aja" or the
> > Doors' "weird scenes inside the goldmine." And I
> know
> > my first cd was either Trip Shakespeare's "Across
> the
> > universe" or David Bowie's "Space Oddity," because
> I
> > had both of those long before I actually had a cd
> > player (I was looking to the future) but i can't
> > remember which came first, though I do remember at
> > which store I bought both of them. which, really,
> is
> > creepy enough.
> >
> > and for anna, and any other rick springfielders
> out
> > there, my sis-in-law carol and her childhood
> friend
> > Janet just went to see the Man himself and
> reported
> > that he looks good, and that he walked out into
> the
> > crowd on the backs of the chairs (carol: "like
> Jesus
> > on the freaking waters") until Janet seized his
> leg
> > and he couldn't walk out any farther, at which
> point
> > he sang "don't talk to strangers" while holding
> > Janet's hand and she ended up with his nasty,
> > rocksweaty towel which (Carol reports) she
> proceeded
> > to *huff* for the rest of the show. Carol reports
> > also that she's not surprised he's saying it's his
> > retirement tour, to wit: "I'd retire too, if I had
> all
> > those big-haired suburban 40 year old sluts
> grabbing
> > my ass every night for 20 years."
> >
> > Amen.
> >
> > --kelly
> >
> >
> > --- Mark M Smith <mark.smith@readysteadyhost.com>
> > wrote:
> > > OK, Craig, prepare for your life to be complete.
> Not
> > > only do I think I know
> > > what you're talking about but I even have a link
> so
> > > you can download the
> > > tracks. If this is right then there were a whole
> > > series of these each
> > > covering a different area of science.
> > >
> > > Have a look here
> > > http://www.acme.com/jef/science_songs/ and
> hopefully
> > > this
> > > is what you were talking about.
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > > Mark
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Craig Leve" <CraigL@ori.org>
> > > To: <audities@smoe.org>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 1:31 AM
> > > Subject: Re: first records
> > >
> > >
> > > > Wow, you guys are amazing. Seriously - I
> don't
> > > have any idea what the
> > > first
> > > > record I bought with own money was. I wish I
> did.
> > > I'd like to read my own
> > > > tea leaves. Damn. I do recall having a pretty
> > > impressive collection of
> > > John
> > > > Denver and Olivia Newton-John cassettes.
> Except my
> > > parents labelled
> > > > EVERYTHING. Must of have stock in the DYMO
> labeler
> > > company. To this day I
> > > > think of Olivia as ON-John as every damn tape
> was
>
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