Schoolhouse Rock! (1973)
The Body Machine
When you look down the street, what do you see?
The street is overflowing with a lot of machines.
Now I don't mean the buses, the trucks or cars.
I'm talking about the people,
Yeah, you know who they are.
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Schoolhouse Rock! (1973) is an American series of animated and musical educational short films that aired during the Saturday morning children's programming on the U.S. television network ABC. The topics covered included grammar, science, economics, history, mathematics and civics. The series' original run lasted from 1973 to 1985.
Bob Dorough, who wrote and sang many of the songs, including all of Multiplication Rock, has recently passed away at the age of 94. Starting in the 1950s in the jazz scene, Dorough worked closely with Miles Davis before starting Schoolhouse Rock in 1973. He was still performing live as late as three weeks before his death. You can see him playing one of his most successful songs, Devil May Care, in 2016, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7kKSSjGJZ8 and to see Bob's TEDx on Schoolhouse Rock go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i2AN2CC-60.
Which of these iconic songs from the original run of Schoolhouse Rock is the best as far as teaching listeners the most?
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Schoolhouse Rock! (1973)
Conjunction Junction 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. -
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Elbow Room The way was opened up for folks with bravery. There were plenty of fights To win land rights, But the West was meant to be; It was our Manifest Destiny! -
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Electricity, Electricity! Benjamin Franklin flying his kite Was searchin' for... Electricity, Electricity He knew that it had somethin' to do with lightnin', It's all uh... Electricity, Electricity -
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Elementary, My Dear Two times one is two, of course And it must occur to you You get an even number Every time you multiply by two -
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The Energy Blues Now in 1859 - way out in western Pennsylvania - A man had built a rig that got some laughs from folks who came there But suddenly, a mighty roar came up from under the ground. And soon a gusher, gushin' oil, soaked all who stood around. Now no-one knew, when that gusher blew, The petroleum years were on us, Or that so many cars and trucks would come to cause a crisis. -
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Figure Eight Figure eight as double four Figure four as half of eight If you skate, you would be great If you could make a figure eight That's a circle that turns around upon itself -
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Fireworks And on the Fourth of July they signed it And 56 names underlined it, And now to honor those first 13 states, We turn the sky into a birthday cake. They got it done The Declaration, uh-huh-huh, The Declaration of Independence In seventeen hundred seventy six The Continental Congress said that we were free Said we had the right of life and liberty, ...And the pursuit of happiness! -
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The Great American Melting Pot America was founded by the English, But also by the Germans, Dutch, and French. The principle still sticks; Our heritage is mixed. So any kid could be the president. -
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I'm Just a Bill I'm just a bill Yes, I'm only a bill And if they vote for me on Capitol Hill Well, then I'm off to the White House Where I'll wait in a line With a lot of other bills For the president to sign And if he signs me, then I'll be a law. How I hope and pray that he will, But today I am still just a bill. -
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Interjections Interjections (Hey!) show excitement (Yow!) or emotion (Ouch!). They're generally set apart from a sentence by an exclamation point, Or by a comma when the feeling's not as strong -
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Interplanet Janet Interplanet Janet, she's a galaxy girl, A solar system Ms. from a future world, She travels like a rocket with her comet team And there's never been a planet Janet hasn't seen, No, there's never been a planet Janet hasn't seen. -
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Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, Get Your Adverbs Here Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, get your adverbs here. Quickly, quickly, quickly, get those adverbs here. Slowly, surely, really learn your adverbs here. You're going need 'em if you read 'em, If you write or talk or think about 'em. -
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Mother Necessity Mother Edison worked late each night. It went well until the fading light. Little Thomas Alva Edison said, "I'll grow up to be A great inventor and I'll make a lamp to help my mommy see, Wowee! What an excellent application of electricity!" He worked hard and pulled the switch. He was smart and very rich. -
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My Hero, Zero But place a zero after 1 And you've got yourself a 10 See how important that is? When you run out of digits You can start all over again See how convenient that is? -
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Naughty Number Nine Number nine will put you on the spot Number nine will tie you up, oh, in a knot When you're trying Multiplying by nine -
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No More Kings He taxed their property, He didn't give them any choice, And back in England, He didn't give them any voice. (That's called taxation without representation, and it's not fair!) But when the Colonies complained The king said: "I don't care!" -
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A Noun is a Person, Place, or Thing Well every person you can know, And every place that you can go, And anything that you can show, You know they're nouns. -
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Preamble In 1787 I'm told Our founding fathers did agree To write a list of principles For keepin' people free. -
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Ready or Not, Here I Come Now everybody try to find a good hiding place. This ol' tree is going to be the base. I'm going to close my eyes and hide my face And count to a hundred by fives. -
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Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla You see, (uh) HE, HIM, and HIS are pronouns, Replacing the noun Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla, A very proper noun. And IT is a pronoun, replacing the noun, kangaroo! -
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Shot Heard Round the World Now, the ride of Paul Revere Set the nation on its ear, And the shot at Lexington heard 'round the world, When the British fired in the early dawn The War of Independence had begun, The die was cast, the rebel flag unfurled. -
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Sufferin' Till Suffrage Oh, we were suffering until suffrage, Not a woman here could vote, no matter what age, Then the 19th Amendment struck down that restrictive rule. And now we pull down on the lever, Cast our ballots and we endeavor To improve our country, state, county, town, and school. -
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Telegraph Line Your peripheral nerves, They go all out, Delivering those messages Your senses send out. From your hearing and touch To your sight and taste and smell, They let your brain react To all the messages they tell. -
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Them Not So Dry Bones Bones are heard of, but seldom seen, 'Cept each year 'round Hallowe'en. But I've got a shockeroo Right now there's a skeleton locked up inside of you! -
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Three Is a Magic Number Three is a magic number. Yes it is, it's a magic number. Somewhere in the ancient, mystic trinity You get three as a magic number. -
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Unpack Your Adjectives Got home from camping last spring. Saw people, places and things. We barely had arrived, Friends asked us to describe The people, places and every last thing. So we unpacked our adjectives. -
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Verb: That's What's Happening I get my thing in action To be, to sing, to feel, to live I put my heart in action To run, to go, to get, to give -
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A Victim of Gravity Without Earth's gravity To keep us in our place, We'd have no weight at all, We'd be in outer space.
