Click on the thumbnail to view a printable cd sleeve.- Title: Seconds
- Artist: Trex
- Timespan: 1978
- Theme: second recordings
- Length: 62:48
- Tracks: 14
- Lyrics: 14
- MP3s: 14
- Rating: * [1] (1 rating) rate this album
Track List
| # | title | lyrics | time | started | recorded | rating | mp3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C | lyrics | 1:22 | - | 1978-11-?? | * (1) | download |
| 2 | Mom's First Recital | lyrics | 2:20 | - | 1978-11-?? | * (1) | download |
| 3 | Let Daddy Try | lyrics | 1:30 | - | 1978-11-?? | * (1) | download |
| 4 | Exercises | lyrics | 2:13 | - | 1978-11-?? | * (1) | download |
| 5 | Oh What a Beautiful | lyrics | 3:45 | - | 1978-11-?? | * (1) | download |
| 6 | Jessica's Turn | lyrics | 7:51 | - | 1978-11-?? | * (1) | download |
| 7 | Poems Stories Counting | lyrics | 10:05 | - | 1978-11-?? | * (1) | download |
| 8 | Snaky | lyrics | 5:28 | - | 1978-12-?? | * (1) | download |
| 9 | Grumple Pumpkins | lyrics | 3:30 | - | 1978-12-?? | * (1) | download |
| 10 | 2 Fingers Too Many | lyrics | 1:26 | - | 1978-12-?? | * (1) | download |
| 11 | I Want it Off | lyrics | 1:15 | - | 1978-12-?? | (none) | download |
| 12 | Mom's Plagued Practice | lyrics | 9:34 | - | 1978-12-?? | * (1) | download |
| 13 | A Whole Tape of It | lyrics | 4:43 | - | 1978-12-?? | * (1) | download |
| 14 | Jessmas Carols | lyrics | 7:46 | - | 1978-12-?? | * (1) | download |
| Total | 62:48 | album rating: | * (1) | ||||
Notes
These recordings are from late 1978, when we lived next door to Jon. You can hear a little piano and singing here and there, but it's mostly just a bunch of talking and babble!
I was 5 at the time. Jessica was 3. My friends Jon and Jason came over for one of the days.
It's interesting to see the relationship between our personalities back then and how we are decades later!
Songs
C
- Seconds track 1
- recorded: 1978-11-??
- location: Charlottesville
- length: 1:22
- Travis Emmitt - piano, talking
- Dave Emmitt - talking
- Jessica Emmitt - background noises
- mp3: download (HTML5 player)
This is my first recorded song on piano. It's pretty awful, but hey, what can you expect from a 5 year old?
Lyrics to "C":
dad: all right, travis you're going to uh play us a song now that you made up trav: ok dad: all right, go ahead what is the key? trav: c dad: the key of c all right trav: ok
(c) 1978 Trex
Mom's First Recital
- Seconds track 2
- recorded: 1978-11-??
- location: Charlottesville
- length: 2:20
- Karen Emmitt - piano, talking
- Travis Emmitt - talking, singing
- Dave Emmitt - talking
- Jessica Emmitt - talking
- unknown | wrote: music
- mp3: download (HTML5 player)
Mom was playing a song from her first recital. I sang along,
Lyrics to "Mom's First Recital":
jess: ??? tape record ??? dad: wel,l wait a minute now, mom's gonna mom: let me play my dad: all right, let's take ??? mom: this is my first recital jess: ok mom: i'm gonna play jess: yay yay la la trav: [scat] want me to make the singing while you do that? ??? mom: i have to start again um, i goofed up jess: i want you to read this i want you to read this mom: my ??? trav: let me hear that mom: let me start again dad: start again trav: she's gonna start again she's gonna start again, ok? dad: all right, she's gonna start again trav: here she goes she's so embarassed he he jess: ??? two dollars and ??? cents ??? trav: i guess she doesn't like it
(c) 1978 Trex
Let Daddy Try
- Seconds track 3
- recorded: 1978-11-??
- location: Charlottesville
- length: 1:30
- Dave Emmitt - piano, talking
- Travis Emmitt - talking, singing
- Karen Emmitt - talking
- Jessica Emmitt - talking
- unknown | wrote: music
- mp3: download (HTML5 player)
Dad then tackled the same song that Mom played. I hung in there as the annoying sidekick.
Lyrics to "Let Daddy Try":
mom: ok dad's turn jess: ??? dad: that's not recorded mom: huh? dad: is that recorded now? mom: it's going to record i think dad: all right mom: ok let daddy try ??? trav: now here daddy goes the finest funny guy jess: ??? trav: jessica's bothering him, ok? dad: huh? jess: ??? trav: he'll start in about 2, 2 or 1 minutes jess: i want to play this dad: what? mom: in a few minutes, jessica jess: i want to ??? dad: well, i'll try to i just want to trav: here he goes dad: all right, no no, just a minute trav: please dad: i'll let you play that next trav: here i go i'm gonna go after daddy, ok? here he goes he's gonna play duck from the lake; mommy did too [scat] let's see if i'm bothering him he's been ??? playing like this a long time [scat]
(c) 1978 Trex
Exercises
- Seconds track 4
- recorded: 1978-11-??
- location: Charlottesville
- length: 2:13
- Travis Emmitt - piano, talking
- Dave Emmitt - talking
- Jessica Emmitt - talking, background noises
- Karen Emmitt - background noises
- unknown | wrote: music
- mp3: download (HTML5 player)
This shows the exercises I had learned up until that point. Pretty bad.
Lyrics to "Exercises":
dad: all right, what are you gonna play? jess: dad ??? trav: ok that was a mistake that was just warming up that's my song i'm gonna do another one ok jess: ??? trav: [scat] now i'm gonna say the words to them ok no this one first now i'm gonna say the other one ok doe a deer a female deer i mean it's do re mi da so la ti do do re mi da so la ti do do re mi da so la ti do this is just doe a deer ok doe a deer a female deer that was it it goes doe doe a deer a female deer ok now that's just some of it i'm learning that ??? i'm gonna play another song oh yeah, i'm gonna do it ok here i go it's another way to play this that song like this you just go it's just gonna be backwards ok dad: he he trav: he didn't like that? daddy was laughing and we were laughing i guess daddy was funny heh
(c) 1978 Trex
Oh What a Beautiful
- Seconds track 5
- recorded: 1978-11-??
- location: Charlottesville
- length: 3:45
- Dave Emmitt - piano, talking
- Travis Emmitt - piano, vocals, talking
- Jessica Emmitt - background noises
- Karen Emmitt - background noises
- Richard Rodgers | wrote: music, lyrics
- mp3: download (HTML5 player)
We certainly butchered it! My takeover of the piano was a disaster!
Lyrics to "Oh What a Beautiful":
trav: now i'm gonna play another one or maybe daddy first ok he's gonna do it first go on dad: what am i gonna play? trav: you can just play another one like this one too dad: hmm? trav: have you? dad: what was the song you were playing the other night? trying to make ??? trav: what? dad: hmm? trav: what? dad: i'm just trying to remember what it was what was the name of it? trav: what? dad: oh i know what it was trav: [scat] ok let's do it you sing i'll sing it dad: ok i know what it was trav: oh what a beautiful feeling dad: morning trav: morning oh what a beautiful day i've got a beautiful feeling everything's going dad: no trav: my way you missed it dad: we don't need to practice on this tape all right let's try it again trav: ok feeling oh what a beautiful day, i mean morning, day i've got a beautiful feeling everything's going my way dad: well that's really good trav trav: ok i'll play one of mine i'm gonna play mine while you well this is gonna be 5 times ok here goes ready stop please stop ok dad: well now that we have the song right why don't you sing it right you wanna sing it now? trav: i mean that was what dad: ok trav: that was 9 times, maybe 10 dad: all right now you you sing oh what a beautiful morning i'm gonna play it right this time trav: ok oh what a beautiful morning oh what a beautiful day i've got a beautiful feeling everything's going my way dad: well that's good wanna try that again? trav: um, ok dad: all right, let's try that once more trav: we're gonna play it again ok dad: ready trav: we're both gonna play it where do you start, here? dad: no, i'll, i'll play it, and then i'll teach you later trav: he'll play it, ok, and then he'll teach me dad: ready? trav: yeah oh what a beautiful feeling dad: try again trav: what? oh what a beautiful morning oh what a beautiful day, it's perfect i've got a beautiful ???ning dad: feel trav: feeling everything's going my way dad: someone at the door?
(c) 1978 Trex
Jessica's Turn
- Seconds track 6
- recorded: 1978-11-??
- location: Charlottesville
- length: 7:51
- Travis Emmitt - piano, talking, singing
- Jessica Emmitt - piano, talking, singing
- Dave Emmitt - talking
- Karen Emmitt - talking
- unknown | wrote: lyrics
- mp3: download (HTML5 player)
Dad was trying to let Jess have a turn. I kept interrupting. Finally near the end she had her shot.
Lyrics to "Jessica's Turn":
dad:
let's let jessica record a song
all right, jessica?
jess:
deep and wide
deep and wide
trav:
after jessica sings uh records a song
then we're gonna sing songs and play on the piano
dad:
all right
jess:
i want
i want deep and wide
dad:
ok you sing that one
trav:
you sing deep and wide, ok
dad:
all right, tra
trav:
jessica
dad:
ok jessica what are you gonna say
jess:
deep and wide
deep and wide
dad:
that's good
trav:
there's a fountain flowing deep and wide
you say that
jess:
deep and wide
trav:
deep and wide
there's a fountain flowing deep and wide
first on deep you put your hands on up like this
and
jess:
uh-uh like this
trav:
for deep you put them them like this
on wide you put them like this
jess:
uh-uh on wide you put them like this
deep you put them like this
trav:
ok
deep and wide
there's a fountain going deep and wide
now jessica is gonna sing it ok
now you go, ok, jessica
jess:
ok
trav:
deep and ???
deep and ???
that was a mistake, he he
jess:
it's because i ??? it
dad:
ok go ahead jessica you sing it
jess:
deep
i don't want to
dad:
all right i'll tell you which you sing
sing the one about the calvary
i'm too young to
trav:
i'm too ... march in the infantry
ride in the calorie, shoot the artillery
jess:
deep and wide
trav:
i'm too young to march in the infantry
ride in the calorie, shoot the artillery
i'm too young to fly over the ever, end of me
i'm on the lord on me oh yeah
jess:
???
mom:
i thought jessica was going to record
dad:
i know, all r-
trav:
i'm on lord of me
jess:
you're supposed to do this
trav:
nuh-uh
dad:
all right now travis
you be quiet for a few minutes
and let jessica sing or play the piano
jess:
deep and wide
trav:
you can play the piano
dad:
ssh
just be quiet, travis
just be quiet please
jess:
???
deep and wide
dad:
mm-hmm
trav:
uh-huh
she doesn't know what to say
dad:
all right do you know u,
trav:
maybe she'll ??? the piano
dad:
how 'bout buffalo girls
jess:
buffalo girls
dad:
all right, sing that song
jess:
i don't know it
dad:
try it
trav:
i'll say it first and then jessica
dad:
no that's all right
jessica can maybe figure it out
trav:
change your mind
dad:
go ahead jess
how do you sing it
jess:
i don't know it
dad:
well you were singing it the other night
all right sing fishers of men
i
jess:
fishers of men
fishers of men
fishers of men
fishers of men
trav:
???
now you say i will make yous
jess:
i will make yous
trav:
fishers
jess:
fishers of men
if you follow me
dad:
oh that's good
trav:
maybe she'll sing another song
this is travis talking
the telephone just rang
mom:
hello
trav:
it, it's mommy and she's gonna get it, never mind
jess:
this is called
this is ug
ugly ugly duckling
trav:
you can play on the piano
jess:
ugly duckling
ugly duckling
trav and jess:
ugly duckling
dad:
hey listen mom's on the telephone
i'm gonna turn this off for a little bit
trav:
no wait 'til jessica comes, ok
jess:
???
trav:
wait 'til mom goes
oh what a beautiful feeling
everything's going my way, oh yeah
mom:
??? headquarters urging us to vote for ???
dad:
warner?
mom:
???
dad:
a ten year old?
mom:
he sounded very young
trav:
??
you wanna sing a song
gallop, gallop, gallop on horses
gallop, gallop, gallop on horses
gallop, gallop, gallop on horses
to the mountains
gallop, gallop, gallop on horses
gallop, gallop, gallop on horses
gallop, gallop, gobble obble obble ha ha
???
mom:
???
trav:
gallop, gallop on horses
gallop, gallop on horses
to the mountains
to the mountains
oh
gallop gallop gallop on horses
gallop gallop gall gallop on horses
gallop, gallop, gallop
gallop, gallop, gallop
[scat] woah
gallop gallop gallop gallop gallop on horses
that was a mistake
i mean it wasn't a mistake ??? i was wrong
dad:
all right travis
trav:
maybe jessica can sing it
jess:
gallop on horses
trav and jess:
gallop on horses
jess:
gallop on horses
trav:
now we're both singing
now we're both gonna sing the song ok
gal--
we're both gonna sing gallop on horses
you follow sing
trav and jess:
gallop on horses
gallop on horses
trav:
gallop on horses
to the mountain side
jess:
???
i know another good song
???
trav:
she put her hand on my cheek by purpose
jess:
???
trav:
on purpose not accident
no take backs
jess:
???
dad:
all right, come on you guys
jessica
travis, don't you sing for a minute
trav:
ok
dad:
don't talk
i wanna hear jessica sing her song
or place us a piece
you can play something on the piano with one finger
jess:
glug glug glug glug glug glug glug
[scat]
dad:
all right
sing about the bugs
jess:
huh?
dad:
sing about the frog sitting on the log
jess:
???
two little froggies
one was the baby
one was the mommy, daddy
travis, jessica, and mommy
and always ??? together
and then they put
and then they know how to put us together
and then they know ???
then they know to pull
amd make like and like snakes
[scat]
he does they know how to sleep
and the baby ??? sleep ???
??? sleep ??? mommy bed
???
the baby ???
travis was all swimming together together
and they all um um had ???
[scat]
cockatoo
cockadoo, cockadoo
[scat]
dad:
ok well that's nice
that was the song you chose to sing
trav:
now how about you play something on the piano, ok
dad:
can you can you play us a tune on the piano with one finger
trav:
one finger
jess:
this is a good one
this ???
dad:
no, with one finger you play me a song
trav:
??? like this
dad:
you like that
you like that note?
trav:
you can play like this
or you can play like this
dad:
i know but just let her try it
see what, see what, see what she comes up with it
jess:
i already di d it
it's was the end of it
dad:
that was the end of that song?
ok very good
would you like to listen to it on the tape now?
jess:
yeah
dad:
all right
trav:
all of those on the tape, ok?
(c) 1978 Trex
Poems Stories Counting
- Seconds track 7
- recorded: 1978-11-??
- location: Charlottesville
- length: 10:05
- Travis Emmitt - piano, talking
- Karen Emmitt - talking
- Dave Emmitt - talking
- Jessica Emmitt - piano, talking
- unknown | wrote: lyrics
- mp3: download (HTML5 player)
The pumpkin poem implies this was recorded around Halloween. The highlights are Jessica's math skills and Dad figuring out how to get her to count.
Lyrics to "Poems Stories Counting":
trav: i'm gonna sing a song it's travis on the tape, ok mom: travis why don't you say your poem trav: i'm gonna say the poem ok ok here i go 5 timid pumpkins marching down the street they have left the cornfield where they used to grow now they're out on the highway facing the cars and must face the traffic or not cry or whine suddenly one goes down; he stumbled in a rut then another goes down; his toe got cut this must be contagious says jack ??? ??? the last little pumpkin continues neat and clean marches forth bravely to arrive for halloween that was the end maybe i can, or i will sing a song ok and then daddy's gonna sing something, dave emmitt, ok we're all the emmitts, ok and even more emmitts than smell i mean snell ok here it goes i think i'm gonna do one right now ok here i go lights on the mountains are really funny i mean, i'm gonna stop maybe i can do something else ok ok oh here i got it ok when we go camping it's really nice on the water bright we swim and play and all our way then that's how we camp on the night we're not camping on the trip on the trip on the trip because we're in the car because we have to get there before we camp all in one night or in 2 days or in 1 night i mean day then we can sing the song on the way to the campsite jessica's doing it on the way to the campsite on the way to the car we sing mares eat oats and does at oats and little lambs eat ivy kids eat ivy too; wouldn't you ok here it goes mares eat oats and does at oats and little lambs eat ivy kids eat ivy too; wouldn't you jess: ??? trav: yeah here's another song, ok be quiet jess i'm gonna jess is talking a little bit so i'm gonna say a story ok i saw something 5 little piggies but the first one said, the first one stayed home but the second one went to the market the third one had a good time, i mean read stories in the ??? the fourth one said i like to eat the fifth one said i'm gonna take a rest and that's the end of the 5 little piggies but not close, um, it's close to ??? ok here it goes; the 2nd part 5 little piggies are on a street then the, uh then the first one said all streets are dangerous and then they all washed along again and then they came to a swamp and there they saw swamps and the beatiful swan came over the lake and all they're beautiful so they all came over the lake and they saw on the lake there are no swans anymore because the others took a trip some place jess: ??? trav: you be quiet, jessica i'm in the middle of a story, ok ok, i'm gonna start i'm gonna do the third chapter and the jess: ??? trav: be quiet dad: well, that's all right travis you finish your third chapter and then jessica gets another turn trav: ok i'm gonna do it ok dad: mm-hmm trav: i'm, here, me because i didn't finish it then the first little piggie said oh those bones are jess: ??? trav: be quiet cover her mouth, ok then the first little piggie um saw some swans and wondered why they're going some place jess: ??? [something about "this little piggie" over and over] trav: and then they one of them say you better watch out about the foxes in the woods and this is the first time i've ever been here ok now i will give you a chance to go in the woods and find some animals said the mother ok i will do it and they went so they had a good time and a good good good morning one night she made a walk over in the cornfield and there was a wolf and they were scared and just a minute jessica, you be quiet i'm disappointed about you all these times when i was telling something ok i'm gonna start all over i'm gonna start in the fourth chapter dad: wait a minute, can jessica get something in here, between takes trav: ok jessica do it and then i'm gonna do another chapter ok dad: all right travis, oh jessica ??? trav: about whales and dolphins jess: ??? this little piggie said ??? and this little piggie said ??? and this little, this little ??? this little piggie ??? dad: ok now listen, jessica trav: uh dad: wait a minute, travis she has a couple chapters um, while we are recording we don't record very often but uh so that we remember how old you were when we recorded this how old are you now? how old's that? jess: 3 dad: how many? trav and jess: 3 dad: 3, ok now you just learned the other day how to count to 10, right? can you count to 10? trav: jessica, say 1 2 3 4 5 6 7... dad: come on je-trav, you be quiet jess: ??? what number dad: yeah, start with 1 and count to 10 jess: uh dad: go ahead jess: 1 ??? dad: go ahead jess: 1 now what? dad: all right, you count my, you count my fingers go ahead, start counting jess: ??? 1 dad: all right, how many's that? go ahead, say jess: 1 2 3 5 dad: huh? trav and jess: 4 jess: 5 10 trav: no, 6 dad: no, all right, you just count to 10, just count to 10 don't worry about my fingers, 'cause you get mixed up then jess: 10 dad: count 1 2 3, go ahead jess: 1 2 3 dad: go ahead jess: 1 2 3 dad: where's the rest? jess: i don't know trav: 4 5 6 jess: 4 5 6 trav: 7 8 9 jess: 7 8 9 trav: 10 11 jess: 11 trav: jessica, just say 10 dad: oh jessica i just wanted you to count on the, on the tape recorder 'cause you can count to 13 jess: tape recorder ??? trav: 11 12 13 jess: i want to hear the tape recorder dad: ok but count to 10 and then we'll let you listen to it jess: i'm not, i don't want to dad: go ahead, go ahead, count to 10 jess: i don't want to dad: you don't want to count to 10? why, you did the other day in the museum remember, you were counting those people? go ahead, count to, count to, count to as high as you can count trav: and now say the abcs jess: 1 2 3 dad: there's 3 of us here, that's right jess: now i want to hear it dad: well count these keys on the piano start there and then count jess: i want to start with this dad: all right go ahead jess: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 19 16 trav: 14 jess: 16 dad: that's all right now see, she gets to 13 all right jess: i'm gonna start again dad: that's ok jess, that's very good trav: now i'll say the alphabet a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u and v w x and y and z now i've sung my abcs won't you sing with me again jess: oh i know that one trav: ok jess: i know that one dad: you know that one, jessica? jess: a b c d e m o p i will sing with c d h i h i e f d i will sing you a song again dad: ok jess: ??? ok dad: you ready to hear it now? trav: how about we can, you can play the piano, ok? dad: well, i'll stop this now
(c) 1978 Trex
Snaky
- Seconds track 8
- recorded: 1978-12-??
- location: Charlottesville
- length: 5:28
- Travis Emmitt - talking
- Karen Emmitt - talking
- mp3: download (HTML5 player)
Sounds like I had too much sugar. I'm guessing Dad was at work and Jessica was at school.
I'm guessing this was recorded some time in December (since we later sing Xmas songs on the tape), but it might have still been November. My assumption was that this tape was recorded after the one which contains "C" through "Poems Stories Counting".
Lyrics to "Snaky":
trav: mommy and me are gonna talk and snaky mome: ??? trav: mommy what do you want to say? mom: well, i think it's just gonna be you guys you and snaky trav: how come you don't want to say anything mom: 'cause i have work to do i'm gonna clean the walls trav: oh how come? mom: 'cause they're dirty trav: i bet you want to say something and please so you can be on the tapes about 3 tapes mom: 3? trav: yeah, we've got 3 tapes of you mom: trav, i'm not as gabby as you are trav: i known of me, snaky, everybody ??? oh ok well i'm gonna i'm gonna say a riddle what a ??? how come the bugs get eatened? and we'll found out on the next what are trains called i mean ??? the pin is on the floor bubble gum oh choo-choo oh no you know choo-choo train that's one of the riddles now i'm gonna tell you the other riddles how come ducks fly upside down? ??? and how come ducks what does the duck ??? upside down and how come the dumptrucks eat women how come what ??? the longest? and a dead one the 'cause they're maneaters ??? one and how come beanbags are stuffed ??? that was number 4 this is number 4 because they have beans in them that's one riddle and how come chairs have cotton in them do chairs have springs in them? yes do couches have springs in them? i don't know, yes do beds have spring in them? of course, yes do bugs eat bugs? yes do bees eat people? yes do hearts eat bugs? no, yes when the people are dead? ??? um 2000 and 800 and a million, a million, a killion, a trillion... [and so on, with lots of made up -illions] now i'm gonna just gab ok [scat] ??? now i'm gonna be real and this is a real and this is a real snaky oh i guess i ??? do the rest when jessica comes from school ok ok that's good and that's all about it now i'm gonna now i'm gonna now i'm gonna now i'm gonna play count i'm gonna count up to a long number 1 2 3 4... 40 now i'm gonna say i'm gonna count all these books ??? 1 2 3... 45 50 55 0 1 number is 0 5 and 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
(c) 1978 Trex
Grumple Pumpkins
- Seconds track 9
- recorded: 1978-12-??
- location: Charlottesville
- length: 3:30
- Travis Emmitt - talking
- Jon Friesen - talking
- Karen Emmitt - talking
- mp3: download (HTML5 player)
Jon Friesen was our neighbor. When he came over, I got really hyper. Poor Mom!
This is another poem about pumpkins. So it might have been November (shortly after Halloween) rather then December; it might even have been October.
Lyrics to "Grumple Pumpkins":
trav and jon:
ok ok ok ok ok
stop interrupting
[yelling]
mom:
hey now listen, talk
why don't you say something together
like say anything about the pumpkins in a row
trav and jon:
i know
5 little pumpkins sitting on a gate
then the 1st one said ??? gate
mom:
clearly, just
trav and jon:
5 little pumpkins sitting on a gate
the 1st said ???
the 2nd said oh ???
the 3rd one said ??? and i do care
mom:
let jonathon say it too
jon:
i don't don't i don't care
trav:
the 5th one said ooh ???
mom:
let jonathon say it ok
trav:
???
jon:
you should do it the right way
mom:
yeah, you should say it very clearly
trav:
oh gonna be on the tape
mom:
and then you can see how clearly you talk
trav:
then you say it first
mom:
ok let jonathon say the whole
jon:
5 little pumpkins sitting on a gate
but the 1st one said oh boy it's getting late
the 2nd one said ???
the 3rd one said ???
the 4th one said let's, it's time to have some fun
the 5th one said ???
and ???
and ???
and the 5 little pumpkins rolled out of sight
mom:
you wanna hear it now?
jon:
yeah
trav:
gonna say grumple grumple
grumple grumple
you can go over and we'll say ???
grumple grumple
mom:
all right but don't you make so much noise
that jonathon can't hear himself on this tape
trav:
grumple grumple
jon:
yeah ???
trav:
[babble]
5 little pumpkins sitting on a gate
grumple said oh my it's getting grumple
the 5th one said ???
the ???
jon:
???
you're not saying it the right way
trav:
???
mom:
travis, you sound like you're ready to go outside
trav:
i do not
mom:
yes you do
trav:
jonathon said
here goes jonathon
5 little pumpkins sitting on a ???
grumple
the 1st one said grumple ???
and the 5th one said grumple grumple
the 3rd one said grumple grumple grumple grumple
the 2nd one said grumple grumple
the 2nd one said grumple grumple
mom:
i think you're done recording
trav:
grumple, no
mom:
'cause you're not saying anything nice now
trav:
the 1st one said it might get late
the 2nd one said there's witches in the air
jon:
yeah ???
trav:
5 little pumpkins sitting on a gate
the 5th one said ??? going back
tell stories or sing songs or play the piano
(c) 1978 Trex
2 Fingers Too Many
- Seconds track 10
- recorded: 1978-12-??
- location: Charlottesville
- length: 1:26
- Travis Emmitt - piano, talking
- Jon Friesen - piano, talking
- Karen Emmitt - talking
- mp3: download (HTML5 player)
This was my first recorded jam session with Jon, ten years before we formed IPECAC! It's hard to tell our voices apart for the rest of it.
Lyrics to "2 Fingers Too Many":
jon: ok let's play the piano trav: ??? mom: ??/ one one finger travis trav: two ??? mom: ??? trav/jon: ??? this isn't ??? real music how about just 2 fingers, 2 ok 1 finger mom: travis trav/jon: now we're gonna hey hey hey trav: 1 finger trav/jon: 2 fingers
(c) 1978 Trex
I Want it Off
- Seconds track 11
- recorded: 1978-12-??
- location: Charlottesville
- length: 1:15
- Travis Emmitt - talking
- Jon Friesen - talking
- Karen Emmitt - talking
- mp3: download (HTML5 player)
I was trying to record a music box. Jon and Mom had other ideas.
Lyrics to "I Want it Off":
jon: ??? radio keep it off i want it off trav: hey ??? on the tape jon: i want it off trav: ok whatever mom: travis, you're not supposed to pick that up jon: yeah mom: it stays on the shelf jon: and i trav: i want to hear it on tape mom: you don't have to pick it up you don't go over there trav: ??? jon: ??? record music ok trav: ??? jon: ??? yeah ??? trav: uh uh uh [hyper] mom: outside 1 2 3 travis trav: ok here goes mom: turn off everything trav: [laughs] jon: that fell
(c) 1978 Trex
Mom's Plagued Practice
- Seconds track 12
- recorded: 1978-12-??
- location: Charlottesville
- length: 9:34
- Travis Emmitt - talking, singing
- Jessica Emmitt - talking
- Jon Friesen - talking
- Jason Costa - talking
- Karen Emmitt - piano, talking
- unknown | wrote: music
- mp3: download (HTML5 player)
My Mom was trying to practice piano, but I kept distracting her by being hyper.
Lyrics to "Mom's Plagued Practice":
trav: oh now mom is gonna play something here we go jess: get this off get this off get this off mom: please jess: please mom: are you gonna stay in now? jess: yep mom: why? jess: 'cause i want to i don't want to play a nap mom: then what are you gonna do? then play up in your room or something trav: jess is gonna come with me on the tape mom: jonathon's mother wants you guys to play outside trav: no she's, he's gonna, ??? outside come on ??? mom: i'm sorry, i'm playing the piano trav: what? jess: ??? trav: [singing] 1 2 ??? you get 10 times to do that you get i mean 2 times to do it after this song and then me and jonathon get to do it, ok? jess: ??? mom: put that back jess: ??? mom: i'm gonna have to put it up where you can't reach it trav: oh singing a song singing a song singing a song singing a song singing a song singing song song song singing a song trav/jon: [scat] mom: you just wait until you're trying to watch tv saturday morning i'm gonna come in and bang on this thing and run the vacuum cleaner turn on the stereo so you can't hear your cartoons trav: well i won't care 'cause i will turn it off and play something else ha ha ha mom: aren't you sweet? trav: right jon? right jon: if you want to turn it ??? yourself ??? how about ??? trav: ??? she's gonna ??? jess: ??? if he doesn't turn ??? kids: ??? mom: travis, turn that off kids: ??? trav: oh yeah jess: ??? trav: oh yeah, oh yeah [scat] kids: ??? trav: will you ??? mom: no, i'm not gonna let you bring your friends in to pound on the piano trav: i'm not mom: yes you do, you were this morning? kids: ??? trav: mom, can i get a piece of bread? jess: travis just said something trav: can i get a piece of bread? kids: ??? mom: why do you need bread? are you hungry? finish that apple you started yesterday kids: ??? jon: travis wants to, wants to have a piece of bread kids: ??? jon: i just wanted to listen to the music kids: ??? jon: ??? i don't have to ??? kids: ??? ??? no more, no more, no more ??? jess: ??? trav: ??? jon: yeah, you don't whine, don't whine kids: ??? trav: i'm not either kids: ??? mom: ??? apple ??? travis kids: ???
(c) 1978 Trex
A Whole Tape of It
- Seconds track 13
- recorded: 1978-12-??
- location: Charlottesville
- length: 4:43
- Travis Emmitt - piano, talking
- Jon Friesen - piano, talking
- Jason Costa - piano, talking
- Jessica Emmitt - talking
- Karen Emmitt - talking
- Dave Emmitt - talking
- mp3: download (HTML5 player)
It's certainly a whole tape of something. I can't tell who was talking.
Lyrics to "A Whole Tape of It":
???:
oh now i'm back
remember me?
oh yeah
now i'm gonna play the piano
and here's something
???:
it'll be a little while
???:
???
trav:
start here and sing
???:
???
dad:
ok
??? this back in the refridgerator ??? dessert
trav:
[scat] oh yeah
??? oh yeah
??? oh yeah
oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah
now i'm gonna sing a song
???:
slippy slidy i'm slipping ???
slipping and sliding
slipping and sliding
slipping and sliding
[repeat]
trav:
singing a song
singing a song
singing a song
singing a song about horses
sing us a song
sing us a song
sing us a song about horses
sing us a song
sing us a song about horses
galloping on water
horses galloping oh yeah oh yeah
dad:
trav
trav:
??? music
and that's what it's all about
dad:
ok why don't ---
trav:
oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah
and that's what it's all about
and that's what it's all about
mom:
really trav you did that all morning
i think it's enough
trav:
i'm doing some more
so we get a whole tape of it
mom:
we already have a whole tape of it
trav:
oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah about the horses
galloping through water
and that's what
dad:
but it can't, it can't pick you up like that
'cause you're too far away from it
i'd turn it off
trav:
oh yeah galloping on horses
oh yeah galloping on horses
oh yeah galloping on horses
to you
oh yeah galloping on horses
oh yeah galloping on horses
???:
???
trav:
oh yeah galloping on horses
to you
oh yeah that's what it's all about
galloping on horses
riding, riding
jess:
???
gallop on horse
gallop on horse
???
trav:
we swim in water bright
and all???
we swim and play
we swim in water bright
we swim and play in all our way
that's how we do it in the water bright
that's how we do it in the water bright
mom:
???
trav:
oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah
oh yeah oh yeah
oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah
that what it's all about
that what it's all about
that's what it's all, that's what it's all
that what it's all about
oh yeah oh yeah
that's what it's all, that's what it's all
that what it's all about
that's what it's all, that's what it's all
dad:
travis
???
trav:
i want to hear the tape
(c) 1978 Trex
Jessmas Carols
- Seconds track 14
- recorded: 1978-12-??
- location: Charlottesville
- length: 7:46
- Karen Emmitt - talking
- Jessica Emmitt - talking
- Travis Emmitt - talking
- Jason Costa - talking
- unknown | wrote: lyrics
- mp3: download (HTML5 player)
Mom was getting Jess to show off her brain skills.
Lyrics to "Jessmas Carols":
mom: let's make a tape of you, ok? you want to? just a minute ok jess how old are you? you have to say it how old are you? you have to say it jess: 3 mom: 3 and are you learning some songs in school? sing them for me jess: i don't want to ??? mom: well you can sing them and then after you sing them you can listen to them on this tape recorder all right? ok why don't you sing silent night jess: silent night holy night mom: all jess: is calm all is bright mom: round jess: the virgin mom: mother jess: and child mom: holy infant so jess: tender and mild mom: sleep jess: in heavenly peace mom: sleep jess: in heavenly peace mom: good and how about that one you were singing today about oh come jess: uh mom: how does it go oh come what? jess: be full oh come let us adore him oh come let us adore him oh come let us adore him oh come let us adore him oh come let us adore him mom: in christ jess: the kid mom: the king? oh, do you know any other parts of that song? jess: ??? mom: can you say that little piece that you're going to say in your christmas program? jess: yeah mom: ok say that jess: no mom: we would jess: wish you mom: say it, say the whole thing jess: i don't know the whole thing mom: we would wish you jess: we would wish you mom: always jess: always mom: happiness jess: your whole life long mom: so say it all together ok jess: no, i can't mom: why can't you? and then you get to listen to yourself say it would that be fun? jess: uh, i want to listen to it now mom: well take the rubber band out of your mouth; stop chewing it we would wish you always happiness your whole life long you say it jess: we lish your whole life ha long mom: can you tell me where we're going tonight jess: hawkins mom: and who lives there? jess: cheryl and david and tracy and allen ford mom: are they your friends jess: yes mom: what's travis doing? jess: playing mom: playing what? wanna record jess? jess: yeah mom: all right now you can just talk about anything you want to talk about, all right? trav: mommy, someone's at the door someone's at the door mom: thank you ok jessica's gonna record now right, jess? all right, i want you to sing some songs what are you doing? what are you doing? you have to talk take the thumb out of your mouth what are you doing? trav: if you want to record you have to take the thumb out of your mouth mom: that's right now listen you sang some songs, your christmas songs can you do that now? jess: uh-uh mom: all right, we'll let jason sing then jason gets to sing ok which one do you want to sing? jason: jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way oh what fun it is to ride in a 1 horse open sleigh jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way oh what fun it is to ride in a 1 horse open sleigh jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way oh what fun it is to ride in a 1 horse open sleigh jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way oh what fun it is to ride in a 1 horse open sleigh mom: boy, that could go on forever, couldn't it? do you know any other ones? jason: rudolph the red-nosed reindeer mom: ok that would sound good jason: rudolph the red-nosed reindeer had a very shiny nose and if you ever saw it you would even say it glows all of the other reindeers used to laugh and call him names they never let poor rudolph play in any reindeer games then 1 foggy christmas eve santa came to say rudolph with your nose so bright won't you guide my sleigh tonight then how the reindeer loved him, all the other reindeer mom: as they shouted out with jason: as they shouted out with glee rudolph the red-nosed reindeer you'll go down in history mom: jessica's going to do something no, i'm not a really good singer but jessica is jess? jess: hmm? mom: can you sing now? jess: go ??? big ??? you could ??? the other reindeer gay mom: you sing silent night jess: silent night [babbling] mom: uh-uh you have to do it nicely or i won't let you record ok jess: oh come all ye faithful joyful with ??? i don't know it mom: you do know it, you lazy girl jess: [laughs] mom: do you want to record it or not? jess: i do mom: ok come on, sing jess: i do mom: do it then i'm gonna turn this off pretty soon jess: oh come oh but i don't know it mom: ok go ahead jess: oh come all ye faithful joyful ??? oh come all ye come all ye come bethlehem no ??? mom: what? jess: i don't want to mom: how about silent night? jess: holy no oh holy night mom: ok sing holy night jess: holy night brightest night round yon virgin mother and child i don't know it mom: holy infant jess: holy infant mom: so jess: so tender and mild asleep in heavenly peace ??? mom: see if we can figure out how this works ok, jess?
(c) 1978 Trex
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