NOTE: I just fixed the title of the thread - On with the game....
NOTE: I just fixed the title of the thread - On with the game....
"A real limited edition, far from being an expensive autograph stapled to a novel, is a treasure. And like all treasures do, it transforms the responsible owner into a caretaker, and being a caretaker of something as fragile and easily destroyed as ideas and images is not a bad thing but a good one...and so is the re-evaluation of what books are and what they do that necessarily follows." - Stephen King
Of Wolf And Man
- Metallica
Off through the new day's mist I run
Out from the new day's mist I have come
I hunt
Therefore I am
Harvest the land
Taking of the fallen lamb
Shape shift, nose to the wind
Shape shift, feeling I have been
Move swift, all senses clean
Earth's gift, back to the meaning
Back to the meaning of wolf and man
edit:
Lamb = 2
Wolf = 2
Man = 2
Total = 6
"One day you're going to figure out that everything they taught you was a lie."
Bob Dylan - Shelter from the Storm
I was burned out from exhaustion, buried in the hail,
Poisoned in the the bushes and blown out on the trail,
Hunted like a crocodile, ravaged in the corn
Come in, she said, I'll give you shelter from the storm
this core: 5
previous: 3
total: 8
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I Don't Like Spiders And Snakes
- Jim Stafford
I got silly and I found a frog
In the water by a hollow log
And I shook it at her
And I said 'This frog's for you'
She said
I don't like spiders and snakes
And that ain't what it takes to love me
You fool, you fool
I don't like spiders and snakes
And that ain't what it takes to love me
Like I want to be loved by you
Frogs = 2
Spiders = 2
Snakes = 2
Previous = 6
Total = 12
"One day you're going to figure out that everything they taught you was a lie."
Bob Dylan - Sign on the Street
Build me a cabin in Utah
marry me a wife, catch a rainbow trout
have a bunch of kids that call me Pa,
that must be what it's all about
this score: 5
previous: 8
total: 13
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Joy to the World - Three Dog Night
Jeremiah was a bullfrog
Was a good friend of mine
I never understood a single word he said
But I helped him a-drink his wine
And he always had some mighty fine wine
Singin' joy to the world
All the boys and girls now
Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea
Joy to you and me
Bullfrog-2
Fishes-1
Previous-1
Running total -4
All that's left of what we were is what we have become.
Originally Posted by Br!an
I Feel that, in the context of THIS tune, MAN is considered an animal. I say add two for yourself, Brian.
All that's left of what we were is what we have become.
"Wynona's Big Brown Beaver" by Primus
Wynona's got herself a big brown beaver
and she shows it off to all her friends.
One day, you know, that beaver tried to leave her,
So she caged him up with cyclone fence.
Along came Lou with the old baboon
And said "Recognize that smell?"
"Smells like seven layers,
That beaver eats Taco Bell."
Now Rex he was a Texan out of New Orleans
And he travelled with the carnival shows.
He ran bumper cars, sucked cheap cigars
And he candied up his nose.
He got wind of the big brown beaver
So he though he'd take himself a peek,
But the beaver was quick
And grabbed him by the kiwis.
Now he ain't pissed for a week.
(And a half!)
Now Wynona took her big brown beaver,
And she stuck him up in the air.
Said "I sure do love this big brown beaver
And I wish I did have a pair."
Now the beaver once slept for seven days
And it gave us all an awful fright.
So I tickled his chin and I gave him a pinch
And the bastard tried to bite me.
Wynona loved her big brown beaver
And she stroked him all the time.
She pricked her finger one day and it
Occurred to her she might have a porcupine.
Beaver - 2
Baboon - 2
Porcupine - 2
Total = 6
(I'm assuming the repeats of Beaver don't count?)
Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones
Wild horses couldn't drag me away
Wild, wild horses we'll ride them some day
Previous -4
Wild horses-2Total - 6
All that's left of what we were is what we have become.
"Tourniquet" - Marilyn Manson
...
I wrapped our love in all this foil
Silver tight like spider legs
I never wanted it to ever spoil
But flies will always lay their eggs
...
Prosthetic synthesis and butterfly
Sealed up with virgin stitch
If it hurts baby please tell me
Preserve the innocence
I never wanted it to end like this
But flies will lay their eggs
Spiders - 2
Flies - 2
Butterfly - 2
Total = 12
"The Fox" - Ylvis
Dog goes woof, cat goes meow.
Bird goes tweet, and mouse goes squeak.
Cow goes moo. Frog goes croak, and the elephant goes toot.
Ducks say quack and fish go blub, and the seal goes OW OW OW.
But there's one sound that no one knows...
WHAT DOES THE FOX SAY?
Ring-ding-ding-ding-dingeringeding!
Gering-ding-ding-ding-dingeringeding!
Gering-ding-ding-ding-dingeringeding!
WHAT THE FOX SAY?
Wa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pow!
Wa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pow!
Wa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pow!
WHAT THE FOX SAY?
Hatee-hatee-hatee-ho!
Hatee-hatee-hatee-ho!
Hatee-hatee-hatee-ho!
WHAT THE FOX SAY?
Joff-tchoff-tchoff-tchoffo-tchoffo-tchoff!
Joff-tchoff-tchoff-tchoffo-tchoffo-tchoff!
Joff-tchoff-tchoff-tchoffo-tchoffo-tchoff!
WHAT THE FOX SAY?
Big blue eyes, pointy nose, chasing mice, and digging holes.
Tiny paws, up the hill, suddenly you're standing still.
Your fur is red, so beautiful, like an angel in disguise.
But if you meet a friendly horse, will you communicate by mo-o-o-o-orse, mo-o-o-o-orse, mo-o-o-o-orse?
How will you speak to that h-o-o-orse, h-o-o-orse, h-o-o-orse?
WHAT DOES THE FOX SAY?!
Jacha-chacha-chacha-chow!
Jacha-chacha-chacha-chow!
Jacha-chacha-chacha-chow!
WHAT THE FOX SAY?
Fraka-kaka-kaka-kaka-kow!
Fraka-kaka-kaka-kaka-kow!
Fraka-kaka-kaka-kaka-kow!
WHAT THE FOX SAY?
A-hee-ahee ha-hee!
A-hee-ahee ha-hee!
A-hee-ahee ha-hee!
WHAT THE FOX SAY?
A-oo-oo-oo-ooo!
Woo-oo-oo-ooo!
WHAT DOES THE FOX SAY?!
The secret of the fox, ancient mystery.
Somewhere deep in the woods, I know you're hiding.
What is your sound? Will we ever know?
Will always be a mystery what do you say?
You're my guardian angel hiding in the woods.
What is your sound? (A-bubu-duh-bubu-dwee-dum a-bubu-duh-bubu-dwee-dum)
Will we ever know? (A-bubu-duh-bubu-dwee-dum)
I want to, I want to, I want to know! (A-bubu-duh-bubu-dwee-dum)
(Bay-buh-day bum-bum bay-dum)
Dog - 1
Cat - 2
Bird - 1
Mouse - 2
Cow - 2
Frog - 2
Elephant - 2
Ducks - 5
Fish - 1
Seal - 2
Horse - 1
"mouse" is used and then "mice" same thing or count as twice?
Total - 33
EDIT
no, mouse and mice is the same entity!!!! you KOed everyone anyway
guys*, thank you for keeping each your individual scores!!!!!!!!!
*suddenly realized there's been no ladies playing...
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ok, bears' big answer to Tommy's bomb:
Bob Dylan - Froggie Went a-Courting
[I]Frog went a-courtin' and he did ride,
With a sword and a pistol by his side.
Well he rode right up to Miss Mousey's door
Gave three loud raps and a very big roar
(...)
"Without my uncle Rat's consent
I wouldn't marry the president".
(...)
Well, first to come in was a flyin' moth
She laid out the table cloth
Next to come in was a juney bug
She brought the water jug
Next to come in was a bumbley bee
Sat mosquito on his knee
Next to come in was a broken black flea
Danced a jig with the bumbley bee
Next to come in was Mrs. Cow
She tried to dance but she didn't know how.
Next to come in was a little black tick
She ate so much she made us sick
Next to come in was a big black snake,
Ate up all of the wedding cake
Next to come in was the old gray cat
Swallowed the mouse and ate up the rat
Mr. Frog went a-hoppin' up over the brook
A lily-whit duck come and swallowed him up
frog 2
mouse 2
rat 2
moth 2
juney bug - have no idea what that is, let it be 2
bumble bee 2
mosquito 2
flea 2
cow 2
cat 1
snake 1
duck 2
this score: 22
previous: 13
total: 35
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A June Bug is a beetle that appears in summer.
*
"I Am The Walrus"
I am he as you are he as you are me
And we are all together
See how they run like pigs from a gun
See how they fly
I'm crying
Sitting on a cornflake
Waiting for the van to come
Corporation T-shirt, stupid bloody Tuesday
Man you've been a naughty boy
You let your face grow long
I am the eggman
They are the eggmen
I am the walrus
Goo goo g' joob
Mr. City policeman sitting
Pretty little policemen in a row
See how they fly like Lucy in the sky
See how they run
I'm crying
I'm crying, I'm crying, I'm crying
Yellow matter custard
Dripping from a dead dog's eye
Crabalocker fishwife
Pornographic priestess
Boy, you've been a naughty girl
You let your knickers down
I am the eggman
They are the eggmen
I am the walrus
Goo goo g' joob
Sitting in an English garden
Waiting for the sun
If the sun don't come you get a tan
From standing in the English rain
I am the eggman
("How do you do sir")
They are the eggmen
("The man maintains a fortune")
I am the walrus
Goo goo g' joob Goo Goo Goo g' joob
Expert, texpert choking smokers
Don't you think the joker laughs at you
(Ho ho ho hee hee hee hah hah hah)
See how they smile like pigs in a sty
See how they snide
I'm crying
Semolina Pilchard
Climbing up the Eiffel tower
Elementary penguin singing Hare Krishna
Man, you should have seen them kicking
Edgar Allen Poe
I am the eggman
They are the eggmen
I am the walrus
Goo goo g' joob
Goo goo goo g' joob
Goo goo g' joob
Goo goo goo g' joob
Goo goo
Juba juba juba
Juba juba juba
Juba juba juba
Juba juba
Pigs = 2
Walrus = 5
Dog = 1
Penguin = 5
Sub-Total = 13
Previous = 12
Total = 25
"One day you're going to figure out that everything they taught you was a lie."
The Unicorn Song
The Irish Rovers
(I'm mot sure how "rock and roll" they are but my wife thought of this so I want to honor her suggestion)
A long time ago, when the Earth was green,
There was more kinds of animals than you've ever seen.
And they'd run around free when the Earth was being born,
And the loveliest of 'em all was the unicorn.
There was green alligators and long-necked geese,
Some humpty backed camels and some chimpanzees.
Some cats and rats and elephants, but sure as you're born,
The loveliest of all was the unicorn.
Alligators -5
Geese - 1
Camels - 5
Chimpanzee - 5
Cats - 1
Rats - 1
Elephants - 5
Unicorn - 5
Total 28
Trivia of Interest.... This song was written by Shel Silverstein
"Thanks, but no, it isn't a cowboy hat. It's a fedora. And yes, Indianna Jones is still socially relevant."
Bob Dylan - A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall
I saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around it
I saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it
(...) I met a young child beside a dead pony
I met a white man who walked a black dog
wolves 2
pony 2
dog 1
= 5
total 35 + 5 = 40
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am submitting this one because it isn't often you can mention a song this obscure. If it dosen't quite fit, I will subtract it from my total!
The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)
Yes
This primarily an instrumental. The only lyrics are the repeated subtitle of the song - "Schindleria Praematurus, Schindleria Praematurus, Schindleria Praematurus."
The subtitle for this song refers to an obscure, neotenic marine fish from the Pacific ocean. "Neotenic" means the adult fish exhibits no adult characteristics, only juvenile characteristics. The story is that Chris Squire had the melody and wanted to sing the name of a fish that had eight syllables, and dispatched a roadie to find one. The best he could find had nine, which is why the last syllable kind of trails off.
Technical fish name - 5
Total - 33
"Thanks, but no, it isn't a cowboy hat. It's a fedora. And yes, Indianna Jones is still socially relevant."
no, don't even think of subtracting it, of course not!! it's the gem of the collection!
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sammy Davis Junior - Talk to the Animals
Oh, if I could talk to the animals, just imagine it
Chatting with a chimp in chimpanzee
Imagine talking to a tiger, chatting with a cheetah
What a neat achievement it would be
If we could talk to the animals and learn their languages
Maybe take an animal degree
I'd study elephant and eagle, buffalo and beagle
Alligator, guinea pig and flea
I would converse in polar bear and python
I would curse in fluent kangaroo
If people asked me, "Can you speak rhinoceros?"
I'd say, "Of courserous, can't you?"
If I conferred with our furry friends, man to animal
Think of the amazing repartee
If I could walk with the animals and talk with the animals
Grunt, squeak and squawk with the animals
And lord, they could talk to me
If I could talk to the animals
Think what fun we'd have asking over crocodiles for tea
Or maybe lunch with two or three lions, walruses and sea lions
What a lovely place the world would be
If I spoke slang to orangutan, oh
The advantages, any fool on earth can plainly see
Discussing Eastern art and dramas with intellectual llamas
That's a big step forward you'll agree
I'd learn to speak in antelope and turtle
My Pekingese would be extremely good
If I were asked to sing in hippopotamus
I'd say, "Whynotamous and I would"
If you stop and think of it, there's no doubt of it
I could win a place in history
If I could walk with the animals and talk with the animals
Grunt, squeak, squawk with the animals
And they could squeak and squawk and speak and talk to me
They would talk to me, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
The animals and me, can't you see me with them?
We're walking like friends
Talking like [Incomprehensible]
I'm sorry, I don't quite understand the scoring... can someone please advise as to my total?
"A real limited edition, far from being an expensive autograph stapled to a novel, is a treasure. And like all treasures do, it transforms the responsible owner into a caretaker, and being a caretaker of something as fragile and easily destroyed as ideas and images is not a bad thing but a good one...and so is the re-evaluation of what books are and what they do that necessarily follows." - Stephen King
I would say that all of your animals are worth at least two points. The "exotic" animals are five points. There is no definition of exotic at this time. I figure if it isn't very common everywhere then it is exotic. In Florida an alligator isn't very exotic although it is in most parts of the world, so I categorize it as exotic.
Regardless, I think you have the best single post total.
5 -chimpanzee
5 - tiger
5 - cheetah
5 - elephant
2 - eagle
5 - buffalo
2 - beagle
5 - polar bear
5 - python
5 - kangaroo
5 - crocodiles
5 - lions
5 - walruses
5 - sea lions
5 - rhinoceros
5 - Alligator
2 - guinea pig
2 - flea
5 - orangutan
5 - llamas
5 - antelope
2 - turtle
2 - Pekingese
5 - hippopotamus
Total = 92
In fact, I'll concede the contest.
"One day you're going to figure out that everything they taught you was a lie."
No Quarter - Led Zeppelin
Walking side by side with death, The devil mocks their every step
The snow drives back the foot that's slow, The dogs of doom are howling more
6 + 1=7
All that's left of what we were is what we have become.
Call this my EAGLE post...I am going to assume the eagle to be exotic.
Flight Of Icarus - Iron Maiden
As the sun breaks, above the ground,
An old man stands on the hill.
As the ground warms, to the first rays of light
A bird's song shatters the still.
His eyes are ablaze,
See the madman in his gaze.
Fly on your way, like an eagle,
Fly as high as the sun,
On your way, like an eagle,
Fly and touch the sun.
7+6=13
Where Eagles Dare - Iron Maiden
It's snowing outside the rumbling sound
of engines roar in the night,
The mission is near the confident men
are waiting to drop from the sky.
The Blizzard goes on but still they must fly
No one should go where eagles dare.
13 + 5= 18
Fly Like An Eagle- Steve Miller Band
Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin'
Into the future
Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin'
Into the future
I want to fly like an eagle
To the sea
Fly like an eagle
Let my spirit carry me
I want to fly like an eagle
18+5=22
Eagle- ABBA
And I dream I'm an eagle
And I dream I can spread my wings
Flying high, high, I'm a bird in the sky
I'm an eagle that rides on the breeze
High, high, what a feeling to fly
Over mountains and forests and seas
22+5=27
Iron Eagle - King Cobra
can do anything when I choose
Got everything but I got nothing to lose
Go anywhere from heaven to hell
I might find the devil, you can never tell
There's a thousand hills and valleys
A million dams and streams
An ocean of eternity
Between my hopes and dreams
Never say die, iron eagle
Nothing's forever, now or ever
Never say die, iron eagle
Never look back, never say die
27+5=32
Eagles Fly - Van Halen
I'm alive when I breathe the air
I feel the wind smell the earth in the air
I watch an eagle rise above the trees
Project myself into what he sees
So take me away
Come on fly me away
Lift me up so high
Where eagles fly
32+5=37
All that's left of what we were is what we have become.
37
City Boy Blues - Motley Crue
Cats in the alley
Rats in my snakeskin boots
All my neighbors think I'm crazy
And my girl thinks I'm losin' my cool cool cool And I just can't seem to break the
shackles of the city boy blues
Cats 2?
Rats 2?
37+4=41
Stray Cat Strut - Stray Cats
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Black and orange stray cat sittin' on a fence
Ain't got enough dough to pay the rent
I'm flat broke, but I don't care
I strut right by with my tail in the air
Stray cat strut, I'm a (Ladies' cat)
I'm a feline Casanova (Hey, man, that's where it's at)
Get a shoe thrown at me from a mean old man
Get my dinner from a garbage can
43
The Boys Are Back In Town- Thin Lizzy
Guess who just got back today?
Them wild-eyed boys that had been away
Haven't changed, haven't much to say
But man, I still think them cats are great
45
All that's left of what we were is what we have become.
So I was thinking, since we've developed a point system, how about once a certain number of points are reached, the person that reaches said number of points gets to change the criteria of the game and everyone's points gets reset?
45
Rock in a Hard Place (Cheshire Cat) - Aerosmith
It was a take it or leave it kinda Saturday night
I wish I could love you till the cows come home, make it right
If it's a make believe I say it ain't, tell ya then
Cause if it's a dream I'm in please wake me up and start again
Ooo, close your eyes and what do you see
Ooo, look over how you could do with your only belief
She was a real tight manner
Lies in over navver
Hard core biloozy
Late nine t'fiver
Her second hand clothes
Smiling like a Cheshire cat
47
War Pigs - Black Sabbath
Now in darkness, world stops turning,
ashes where the bodies burning.
No more war pigs have the power,
hand of god has struck the hour.
Day of judgement, god is calling,
on their knees the war pigs crawling.
49
Wanted man - Ratt
Well, low dealer, with snake eyes
You cross me, you realize you're-
You're hot leather, you're cold steel
You make a move, I'll make you feel like a
Human target, in my eyes
I've got you, well, in my sights
And by the rope, you will hang
It's your neck, from this Ratt gang
51
Surfin' Bird - The Trashmen
A-well-a, everybody's heard about the bird
Bird, bird, bird, b-bird's the word
A-well-a, bird, bird, bird, the bird is the word
A-well-a, bird, bird, bird, well, the bird is the word
A-well-a, bird, bird, bird, b-bird's the word
A-well-a, bird, bird, bird, well, the bird is the word
ect...
52
Baracuda-Heart
So this ain't the end, I saw you again, today
I had to turn my heart away
Smiled like the sun, kisses for everyone
And tales, it never fails
You lying so low in the weeds
I bet you gonna ambush me
You'd have me down, down, down on my knees
Now wouldn't you, Barracuda? Oh
57...5 for the specific animal??
Joanie's Butterfly - Aerosmith
In water still
The night I met the pony
It was so dark that I could hardly see
It smelled so sweet you know who and Joanie
So many butterflies one could not see
+3 = 60?
I gotta stop now or I'll be at this all damn day!
All that's left of what we were is what we have become.
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