Tuesday, February 21, 2006

They Might Be Giants

Jackson has a They Might Be Giants DVD and it is pretty dang cool. As a former preschool music teacher, I can tell you it is really difficult to find clever children's songs. Most of them are super cheesy. There are some really funny songs on it. Most of the songs are sort of alphabet songs. There's one that I really like.

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Penguins Proudly Parading Past
Penguins Proudly Parading Past
Penguins Proudly Parading Past

Skateboards, Skateboards
Skateboards, Skateboards

Hippos Hop from Helicopters
Hippos Hop from Helicopters
Hippos Hop from Helicopters
High

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They also do the "Why Does the Sun Shine?" song. You may have heard it. I begins like....
The sun is mass of incandescent gas, a gigantic nuclear furnace,
where hydrogen is built into helium at a temperature of millions of degrees.

Their stuff is so much cooler than "The Wheels on the Bus." My kid is too smart to be told that wheels go 'round and 'round.

7 comments:

Phillip Hintze said...

I like "I C U." There are no words, just letters.

praynlady said...

Is the music set to regular music or is it to rap? haha I think we'll stick to Jesus Loves Me with Kaylee for now. She sings all the time and I taught her to sing Jesus loves the little indians and she goes around saying Papago all the time. She says, I like the way it sounds. Sing it again mommy!

Jim Looby said...

I always liked their song "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)."

Jim Looby said...

I like the network "UPN." I always say it like a question, "UPN?"

Phillip Hintze said...

urnx
urnx, ni, imnx
ictv
ictv, nicu
icu, icu, nurok
urnx
urnx, ni, iw
icatv, icadvd, nicu
icu, icu, nurok
icu, icu, nurok

Translation:
You are an X
You are an X, and I, I am an X
I see TV
I see TV, and I see you
I see you, I see you, and you are okay
You are an X
You are an X, and I, I double you
I see a DVD, I see a DVD, and I see you
I see you, I see you, and you are okay
I see you, I see you, and you are okay

It definitely helps to see the video.

Chuchey Dradey said...

icup? No, ucup

Jim Looby said...

icu. uRok.