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Artist:They Might Be Giants [ more ]
Song:Why Does The Sun Shine? (The Sun Is A Mass Of Incandescent Gas)
Album:Severe Tire Damage [ info ]
Released:1998
Last Played:Jan 06, 2013 - 12:47
Avg. Rating:6.1  (Total Ratings: 517)
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1 votes: 56 (11%)2 votes: 29 (5.6%)3 votes: 26 (5%)4 votes: 22 (4.3%)5 votes: 27 (5.2%)6 votes: 54 (10%)7 votes: 120 (23%)8 votes: 111 (21%)9 votes: 48 (9.3%)10 votes: 24 (4.6%)
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hixmyrick
(Amerika)
Posted: Jan 06, 2013 - 12:51 
 jmsmy wrote:
To Loosely quote Bruce Springsteen - I've learned more from a 3 minute song then I ever learned in school.

This song wasn't exectly what he meant - but I sure learned a lot from it.
 

NeuroJoe wrote:

Apparently it's not a song about spelling {#Wink}
 
{#Iamwithstupid} LOL!
Grammarcop
(You want an E Class? We got 'em!)
Posted: Dec 06, 2012 - 04:16 
 SchoepTone wrote:
Reminds me of Monty Python.
 
Reminds me of The Animaniacs. 
Sloggydog
(UK)
Posted: Dec 06, 2012 - 03:54 
Absolutely loved the first 4 albums and saw them live in Brisbane at that point.  They played a 3hr 15 min set which caused me to miss my last bus but I didn't mind the 5 mile walk at all.  Though I think my neighbours may have been a bit upset when we woke them up with TMBG and a room full of hyped up jumping idiots at about 3am.
NeuroJoe
(Central mASS)
Posted: Nov 04, 2012 - 18:42 
 jmsmy wrote:
To Loosely quote Bruce Springsteen - I've learned more from a 3 minute song then I ever learned in school.

This song wasn't exectly what he meant - but I sure learned a lot from it.
 
Apparently it's not a song about spelling {#Wink}
zair99
(In Cognito)
Posted: Oct 04, 2012 - 10:47 
 cc_rider wrote:
I wonder if they play this song in Constantinople.
 
It's Istanbul, not Constantinople.
Ag3nt0rang3
(Canada)
Posted: Oct 04, 2012 - 10:43 
Yeah, I can think of many many many other TMBG songs I'd rather hear than this one.
jmsmy
(Music Town, Klein, Texas)
Posted: Oct 04, 2012 - 10:32 
To Loosely quote Bruce Springsteen - I've learned more from a 3 minute song then I ever learned in school.

This song wasn't exectly what he meant - but I sure learned a lot from it.
EdmoJoe
(Edmonton, Canada)
Posted: Oct 04, 2012 - 10:31 
Kind of funny. Kind of musical.
ick
(...out of the primordial ooze)
Posted: Oct 04, 2012 - 10:30 
 lafcadio wrote:
Actually, the sun is a miasma of incandescent plasma.  Both science and TMBG are self-correcting!
 
but incandescent gas rhymes better!
cc_rider
(Austin Texas. Y'all.)
Posted: Oct 04, 2012 - 10:30 
I wonder if they play this song in Constantinople.
SchoepTone
(Duke City)
Posted: Oct 04, 2012 - 10:30 
Reminds me of Monty Python.
Biscobret
(Vashon, WA)
Posted: Oct 04, 2012 - 10:29 
I should love this band, right?  I like quirky, I have kids, I like creative — they annoy me to no end...

Hi Ho.
djengs
Posted: Oct 04, 2012 - 10:29 
 lafcadio wrote:
Actually, the sun is a miasma of incandescent plasma.  Both science and TMBG are self-correcting!
 
Let's see...what rhymes with "plasma"? 
smartn1
Posted: Oct 04, 2012 - 10:29 
silly but fun
 
lafcadio
(Knox-vegas)
Posted: Aug 02, 2012 - 10:31 
Actually, the sun is a miasma of incandescent plasma.  Both science and TMBG are self-correcting!
pattiecovert
(Leesburg, Virginia)
Posted: Aug 02, 2012 - 10:31 
Great album for kids—smart kids.
Businessgypsy
(Deepest, Darkest Florida)
Posted: May 29, 2011 - 05:16 
FUCK YEAH!
Huzzah for science!

Raechel
Posted: Apr 27, 2011 - 16:08 

I could do without the whine


Art_Carnage
(DeepintheheartofTexas)
Posted: Apr 27, 2011 - 16:05 
... and that's how TMBG started their trek from a cutting-edge band, to total irrelevance.
missquo
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Feb 23, 2011 - 14:45 
The best part is, they recently gave a musical correction to the assertions of this song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLkGSV9WDMA 

{#Sunny} 
unclehud
(300 feet above the planet)
Posted: Feb 23, 2011 - 14:43 
These guys crack me up!  Love it, love it, love it!  (They bring out the geek in me, I'm afraid.)
xtalman
(What dimension?)
Posted: Feb 23, 2011 - 14:41 

My kids love this!!

 

So do I actually.


smackiepipe
(Western North Carolina)
Posted: Nov 21, 2010 - 06:03 
Holy cow, our class sang this song back in 3rd grade (early 70s...).

Talk about the WayBack Machine™....
Orodrigues
(Resende (RJ), Brazil)
Posted: Oct 20, 2010 - 14:08 
They want to be Squeeze.
ziggytrix
(Dallas, TX)
Posted: Oct 20, 2010 - 13:58 
I love this album.  They somehow managed to get all the energy of one of their shows into that shiny plastic disc!
badgerv
Posted: Oct 20, 2010 - 13:58 
ugggghhhh
Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Sep 18, 2010 - 21:06 
 garycha wrote:


Turd rock.
 
Get a sense of humor.  This is funny, informative stuff. If you want introspective, hang out for five minutes here, and it'll show up. That's just the way RP is.{#Sunny}
yadayada2705
Posted: Sep 18, 2010 - 21:04 
Lmao, funny stuff

garycha
(Bristol, UK)
Posted: Jun 15, 2010 - 02:38 
 rtrudeau wrote:
Nerd rock.
 

Turd rock.
wallyworld17
Posted: May 14, 2010 - 07:42 
This is awesome; I grew up with the original version and all of the Science Song records way back in the early 60s. All of the originals are at:  http://www.acme.com/jef/singing_science/


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