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I found this:
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/241732/the_energy_blues/

It's from Schoolhouse Rock! For those who remember it, got any other favorites? I have quite a few, actually.

For those who don't know them, it was a series of shorts that filled gaps in saturday morning cartoons and other children's programming. The vast majority of them were made from 1973 to 1986. I believe 'Energy Blues' dates from the energy crisis of the late seventies. *nod*

Conjunction junction, and counting by fives are my favorites... period. I also liked I'm just a bill. I sometimes still find myself singing them for no reason when nothing is happeneing.

Victim of Gravity

Down, down, down, down gravity

Helpin' wash the dishes
And I drop a cup.
Why does everything fall down
Instead of up?
Ridin' up a hill I spill
And hit the ground.
Wish I could fall up instead of always
falling down.

Down, de-down, down, down.

I'm a victim of gravity.
Everything keeps fallin' down on me.
No matter where I go
That force is there I know,
Just pullin' me down, down, down,
down, down.
It's all around town now,
It's like a magnet deep inside
the ground.
When I lift something up,
I can feel it pulling down.

It pulls me in the pool,
It pulls rain down on me.
I'm a victim of
Down, down, down, down, gravity, yeah.

Galileo, Galileo, Galilei -
He did experiments with a force
he couldn't see.
(Could not see, yeah.)
He found that all things fall to earth
at the very same speed
(Very same speed, yeah.)

He didn't know it yet, but htat was due to gravity.
The moon goes 'round the earth
And shines its silver light.
The earth goes 'round the earth
And shines its silver light.
The earth goes 'round the sun
And makes the seasons right.
It isn't love that makes the world go 'round, you see,
It's the power of gravity,
But please don't tell Mary Jean.
Down, de-down, down, down.

Without earth's gravity
To keep us in our place,
We'd have no weight at all,
We'd be in outer space.
The sea would float away,
And so would fields and towns,
Nothin' pullin' us down, down, down, down, down, yeah.

Isaac Newton underneath the apple tree.
(Apple tree, yeah)
One hit him on the head,
He said, "That must be gravity."

Newton's law of gravity says that every object in the universe
pulls on every other object. The bigger the object, the stronger
the pull. But the greater the distance between the objects, the
weaker the pull becomes.

Come back, Mary Jean!

Don't call me clumsy,
Don't call me a fool.
When things fall down on me,
I'm following the rule;
The rule that says that what goes up, comes down, like me,
I'm a victim of down, down, down, down gravity.

Shoo-be doo, down, down, down.

Unpack Your Adjectives is a personal fav. I have a CD of the original recordings and one of covers by 90s Alt Rock bands.

Interplanet Janet and I'm just a bill are two of my favorites.

I just got the 2 disk set.... for my kids,yeah right that's the ticket... a few weeks ago.

Unpack Your Adjectives is a personal fav.

As a German born after those were produced, I've only heard from them soemtime on NSG, but I just YouTubed that one and it's catchy as hell! I also like it best for the small selection I just watched.

... I think I'll need to go and watch some more soon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkO87mkgcNo

Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
Hooking up words and phrases and clauses.
Conjunction Junction, how's that function?
I got three favorite cars
That get most of my job done.
Conjunction Junction, what's their function?
I got "and", "but", and "or",
They'll get you pretty far.

[spoken] "And":
That's an additive, like "this and that".
"But":
That's sort of the opposite,
"Not this but that".
And then there's "or":
O-R, when you have a choice like
"This or that".
"And", "but", and "or",
Get you pretty far.

[sung] Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
Hooking up two boxcars and making 'em run right.
Milk and honey, bread and butter, peas and rice.
Hey that's nice!
Dirty but happy, digging and scratching,
Losing your shoe and a button or two.
He's poor but honest, sad but true,
Boo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!

Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
Hooking up two cars to one
When you say something like this choice:
"Either now or later"
Or no choice:
"Neither now nor ever"
Hey that's clever!
Eat this or that, grow thin or fat,
Never mind, I wouldn't do that,
I'm fat enough now!

Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
Hooking up phrases and clauses that balance, like:
Out of the frying pan and into the fire.
He cut loose the sandbags,
But the balloon wouldn't go any higher.
Let's go up to the mountains,
Or down to the seas.
You should always say "thank you",
Or at least say "please".

Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
Hooking up words and phrases and clauses
In complex sentences like:
[spoken] In the mornings, when I'm usually wide awake, I love to take a walk through the gardens and down by the lake, where I often see a duck and a drake, and I wonder, as I walk by, just what they'd say if they could speak, although I know that's an absurd thought.

Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
Hooking up cars and making 'em function.
Conjunction Junction, how's that function?
I like tying up words and phrases and clauses.
Conjunction Junction, watch that function.
I'm going to get you there if you're very careful.
Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
I'm going to get you there if you're very careful.
Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
I'm going to get you there if you're very careful.

If you like the original Schoolhouse Rocks songs then you'll LOVE this;

http://www.amazon.com/Schoolhouse-Rock-Rocks-Various-Artists/dp/B000005J80/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3/105-5877679-3614033?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1190553710&sr=8-3


I bought it a few years ago - "Three is a Magic Number" with Blind Melon is the absolute BEST!

Since we're all going old school:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gGWrnm-B44

I'll bet anything anyone old enough to be around in the 70's/early 80's was singing along with the Pointer Sisters 1/2 way through.
I'd love to play that pinball machine. It looks like it was designed by Terry Gilliam.

And of course you can't get any funkier than The Electric Company:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlprpzTth8U

Morgan Freeman with an Afro and in a pimp suit dancing.
Mmm...mmm! We gonna get Funky!

I found this:
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/241732/the_energy_blues/

It's from Schoolhouse Rock! For those who remember it, got any other favorites? I have quite a few, actually.

For those who don't know them, it was a series of shorts that filled gaps in saturday morning cartoons and other children's programming. The vast majority of them were made from 1973 to 1986. I believe 'Energy Blues' dates from the energy crisis of the late seventies. *nod*

Sometimes my English teacher in eighth grade would put them on. She had a DVD of the grammar ones, and I saw the Constitution one in fifth grade.

I bought the DVD a few years ago -- it came with one or two new ones.

Good times, and good to know I can entertain my nieces with something useful.

I bought the DVD a few years ago -- it came with one or two new ones.

Good times, and good to know I can entertain my nieces with something useful.

You use 'em for niece entertainment purposes too? Wow, I thought I was the only one that did so.

Since we're all going old school:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gGWrnm-B44

I'll bet anything anyone old enough to be around in the 70's/early 80's was singing along with the Pointer Sisters 1/2 way through.
I'd love to play that pinball machine. It looks like it was designed by Terry Gilliam.

Best PInball game EVER!

You use 'em for niece entertainment purposes too? Wow, I thought I was the only one that did so.

;) Nieces are a built in excuse for my vast Disney collection as well.

"Oh no, it's not for ME, it's for my NIECES." ;)

Dontcha know, I have to check the DVDs periodically... just to make sure they're in good working order.... ;)

I found this:
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/241732/the_energy_blues/

It's from Schoolhouse Rock! For those who remember it, got any other favorites? I have quite a few, actually.

For those who don't know them, it was a series of shorts that filled gaps in saturday morning cartoons and other children's programming. The vast majority of them were made from 1973 to 1986. I believe 'Energy Blues' dates from the energy crisis of the late seventies. *nod*

Was that made by al Gore?

XD


this is my personal fav
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGEdDd5zsHo

Was that made by al Gore?

XDl

Al Gore couldn't be that hip if he were chopped off at the waist. ;)

Vagina junction, what's your function?
Takin' in sperm and spittin' out babies

Curse you, LG.

Now I have Conjunction Junction stuck in my head again. Every time that happens it takes weeks to get it out!

All of em. Grammar, Math, Science, America... no favorites.


;) Nieces are a built in excuse for my vast Disney collection as well.

"Oh no, it's not for ME, it's for my NIECES." ;)

Dontcha know, I have to check the DVDs periodically... just to make sure they're in good working order.... ;)

Glad I'm not the only one using that excuse.

I found this:
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/241732/the_energy_blues/

It's from Schoolhouse Rock! For those who remember it, got any other favorites? I have quite a few, actually.

For those who don't know them, it was a series of shorts that filled gaps in saturday morning cartoons and other children's programming. The vast majority of them were made from 1973 to 1986. I believe 'Energy Blues' dates from the energy crisis of the late seventies. *nod*


I have a DVD of all the videos and a tape of many of the songs redone by bands like Blind Melon ("Three is a magic Number").

I always liked InterPlanet Janet, she's a galaxy girl.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEJL2Uuv-oQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkO87mkgcNo&mode=related&search=

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_TXJRZ4CFc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nu_pjgTIZ4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jeq5a8bBh8c&mode=related&search=

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twFs9Vk6F0A&mode=related&search=
You gotta love a catchy tune that provides a justification for Manifest Destiny and the slaughter of Native Americans.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sd0TUqbM9H4&mode=related&search=

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP4N27kbMdk&mode=related&search=