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 > 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" > > To: > > 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 > > labelled 'O N John' > > > > > > But here's the real question. This one has bugged > > me for years. If one > > of > > > you can help well it'll be scary, it'll feel like > > the circle of my life > > has > > > been completed. So beware if you know the answer > > to this one. When I was > > > really a young 'un I remember my parents buying me > > this album that was > > like > > > all these 'Science' songs that just reeked of the > > era - space technology, > > in > > > particular. A couple titles / lines "Seven Miles a > > Second" (referring to > > the > > > required velocity to escape earth's atmosphere). > > Another had the lines > > "the > > > world is just a great big grapefruit, 25,000 miles > > around; You could see > > > from here to China, if you could dig through the > > ground". Any bells > > ringing? > > > Scary I realize..but this is like the primordial > > ooze of my > > memories....and > > > I've wanted to find this record for years. > > > > > > thanks, > > > > > > n.p. Thomson - s/t (or AMG calls it "Nuclear > > Love") - wow..fans of Cosmic > > > Rough Riders, Velvet Crush, General Store, ante > > up..this one is wonderful! > > > > > > > > ============================================================== > ========= > > Detailed Audities-List information: > > > > To manage your Audities List settings or > > unsubscribe: > > > > > > ===== > oderint dum mentuant > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > SBC Yahoo! 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