Funny tongue-twister song.

[uss]

It might not seem interesting at first, but it gets a lot better at the end.

I think it's best to read the lyrics and listen to the song concurrently. That's how I did it.

The lyrics.

The song.

[Harkoliar]

damn.. talk about tongue twister. oohhh my head and tongue trying to keep up with the song while reading the lyrics

[Lord]

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[Illumina Drathiran'ar]

Since we're talking about songs that stymie speech, I feel I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major-General from The Pirates of Penzance deserves a nod.

And if you think it sounds easy, recite it out loud. And don't let the commas fool you, it's a FAST song.

I am the very model of a modern Major-General.
I’ve information vegetable, animal, and mineral,
I know the kings of England and I quote the fights historical,
From Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical;
I’m very well acquainted, too, with matters mathematical,
I understand equations, both the simple and quadratical,
About binomial theorem I’m teeming with a lot o’ news,
With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse.

I’m very good at integral and differential calculus;
I know the scientific names of beings animalculous:
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral,
I am the very model of a modern Major-General.

I know our mythic history, King Arthur’s and Sir Caradoc’s;
I answer hard acrostics, I’ve a pretty taste for paradox,
I quote in elegiacs all the crimes of Heliogabalus,
In conics I can floor peculiarities parabolous;
I can tell undoubted Raphaels from Gerard Dows and Zoffanies,
I know the croaking chorus from the Frogs of Aristophanes!
Then I can hum a fugue of which I’ve heard the music’s din afore,
And whistle all the airs from that infernal nonsense Pinafore.

Then I can write a washing bill in Babylonic cuneiform,
And tell you ev’ry detail of Caractacus’s uniform:
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral,
I am the very model of a modern Major-General.

In fact, when I know what is meant by “Mamelon” and “Ravelin”,
When I can tell at sight a Mauser rifle from a javelin,
When such affairs as sorties and surprises I’m more wary at,
And when I know precisely what is meant by “commissariat”,
When I have learnt what progress has been made in modern gunnery,
When I know more of tactics than a novice in a nunnery-
In short, when I’ve a smattering of elemental strategy.
You’ll say a better Major-General has never sat a gee.

For my military knowledge, though I’m plucky and adventury,
Has only been brought down to the beginning of the century;
But still, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral,
I am the very model of a modern Major-General.

It's been speculated that this song is responsible for at least three percent of the world's homicides.

[Intrepid]

Wow, i love Dr Seuss, and that song was amazing, although i did hear some clicks in it which made me strongly think it was cliped a lot to reduce time and to allow the readers to do it part by part, but i was still majorly impressed.

[Ilander]

Every hear the periodic table of elements sung to that song, Illumina??? It's hilarious!

[Timber Loftis]

Here's a little acting vocal exercise:

I want a proper cup of coffee made in a proper copper coffee pot.
Iron coffee pots and tin coffee parts are of no use to me -
if I can't have a proper cup of coffee made in a proper copper coffee pot,
I'll have tea.

[ 08-02-2004, 03:24 PM: Message edited by: Timber Loftis ]

[Illumina Drathiran'ar]

Oh, I remember the periodic table song... *That* was something.

[Xen]

My head hurts! Thanks for the lyrics!

[Rikard T'Aranaxz]

Originally posted by Ilander: Every hear the periodic table of elements sung to that song, Illumina??? It's hilarious!

Tom Lehrer's Element song?