Mesozoic Mind - MesozoicMind.combased on the children’s video “Dinosaurs!” © Will Vinton/Pyramid Films 1987, 1980
MesozoicMind.com Website and Design © Paul Martin 2003-2008
Special Letter
Date: October 2, 2003
Subject: I wrote the song.
Paul,
I was browsing around the net this evening and discovered your website. I'm the person who wrote the song, "Mesozoic Mind," and the screenplay. Believe me, it's a surprise to find out that people still remember it. My name has changed to Virginia Theimer Erlandsson (new marriage), but I'm still doing stuff with and for kids. I think I may still have a few VHS copies of the original video....
Best,
Ginny
Subject: I wrote the song.
Paul,
I was browsing around the net this evening and discovered your website. I'm the person who wrote the song, "Mesozoic Mind," and the screenplay. Believe me, it's a surprise to find out that people still remember it. My name has changed to Virginia Theimer Erlandsson (new marriage), but I'm still doing stuff with and for kids. I think I may still have a few VHS copies of the original video....
Best,
Ginny
This letters page consists of letters by people like you that have found this website and decided to write in about it. It's pretty amazing how many people over the years have found this website based on a song that suddenly just pops back up in their mind.
February 18, 2007
I LOVE your site!!! I have been trying to find this movie FOREVER and for the life of me have not been able to. I wasnt even sure of the name of it until now... all I had to go on was the few lyrics I remembered from Mesozoic Mind.
Would you know where I could buy this movie?
Again, Great site!
Devon
February 12, 2007
You are my hero. I have been dying to see this video again ever since my VCR ate the tape back in 1992. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Mike (SpyLaboratory.com)
September 26, 2006
Oh my goodness, I cannot tell you how much I love this site. I grew up with the movie Dinosaurs and went through a phase where I probably watched it every day.. it's been a few years since I last saw it, but I definitely still remember all the lyrics. My friend and I had names for all the dinosaurs in the band, and we STILL (twelve-ish years later) have inside jokes that originated as quotes from the goofy chalkboard scene with the banter between Richard and Margaret ("That looks like Margaret's mother!"). I can't believe that anyone else in the world has ever even seen this movie, but whoever you are, you're awesome.
Ashley
July 21, 2006
Freaking crap, you don't know how long I looked for an mp3 of this song. Thanks so much!
Ori
July 19, 2006
I'm 18 and I still remember watching that video over and over as a kid. What a great video.
Alex
February 11, 2006
Hey. I dont know if anyone checks this site out much anymore, but I just want to say: I have a story to share that's much similar to the others I've read. I watched this movie back when I was four or five and sung along to the song. I remember once my younger sister had made me cry and I turned on the video and sung through my tears. And while I forgot the lyrics over the last 10-15 years, I never forgot the cartoons, clay figures, or little boy from the video. I knew I had to find out what the name of the video was and hear that song again as I have lost the tape. So thank you. The video and song sparked my interest in dinosaurs and instilled in me an everlasting unexplainable enthusiasm for dinosaurs. My only worry is that when I watch the video, now that I'm 20, that I will not have the same feeling as that which is infused in my memory. But thank you so much for helping me remember one of the greatest experiences of my life.
Brandon
July 23, 2005
Wow, talk about a trip down Memory Lane! I was born in the 80's and grew up then as well. My sister was born in the late 80's, but in the end, we obsessively watched the "Dinosaur" video when we were little, until our parents were tearing their hair out at the sound of "Mesozoic Mind." Lori and I grew older, and the video sat and collected dust until 1999, when our goddaughter was born. I am now nearly 23 and married, and Lori is 18 and heading off to college, but we have another "Mesozoic Mind" freak in our family. Lizzy, our goddaughter, loves dinosaurs and wants to be a paleontologist, so the "Dinosaur" video is a requisite every time she comes to visit, as is "Mesozoic Mind", as she loves the song. We watched it today, as a matter of fact, then curiously wanted to see what happened to the band on Google, and wound up here. Thanks for bringing back lots of 80's memories for my sister and I and making us laugh. Keep it up! :-)
Michelle
July 2, 2005
Great Job with this site. I have been a big fan of this song and video since I was in 3rd grade. I still have the tape, and watch it every once in a while with my little brother. I always figured that I was the only person who really knew about it. Nice to see I'm not alone.I wanted to get the chord's but my computer wouldn't let me if you could e-mail them to me I would be forever greatful. Thank You.
Jason Cyphert
June 8, 2005
AMAZING!!!!
I just saw it on some anicent tape we had at home. now i got it online too, such nostalgia, thanks!
Mel Adams
May 23, 2005
Back when my first son was 3 years old (in 1996) we borrowed the "Dinosaurs" video from our public library. (He was a dinosaur nut - still is.) We fell in love with the song - kept rewinding the video just to hear the song again and again. Eventually, we had to return the video, but we did our best to remember the song. A great deal of time has gone by, and we'd pretty much forgotten all but the part of the chorus. Then today we were playing a dinosaur bone digging game, and when the word Mesozoic came up, I started humming the song. Just for kicks - and thought it would be a gigantic long shot - I decided to search the web for the song. Can't believe there was a site! We played it - and all of the kids (there are four now) were all dancing and singing along in the kitchen around the computer. We were ecstatic!
Diane
April 3, 2005
I grew up with the video dinosaurs (im 23 now) and loved the song.
Daniel
March 25, 2005
Wow. This is why I love the internet. Sitting here, watching tv at 2am, the Dinosaurs claymation animation comes to mind and I remember how much I loved a song from it. I couldn't remember the name of it but a few sites into my search, I came across your post on the imdb.com forum and immediately found my way here. Downloaded the song and boy, that brings back memories. I used to love watching my vhs over and over just to hear the song.
Anyway, I know it's a niche thing but that makes it all the better for finding it. Thanks.
Miss M.
March 11, 2005
O my God. I have been looking around for this song for seriously like 8 years! You guys rock for putting up this website, this song remains my favorite song of my childhood and still rocks the world!
Kyle
January 19, 2005
I just got back from a trip to Starbucks to start my rather boring and hectic day at work. I found myself singing a very familiar song from the past. Out of curiosity I thought I'd type 'Mesozoic Mind' into Google and lo and behold I stumbled across your site! LOL! I couldn't believe it. I was sure I'd find the video for sale or a very poor quality website devoted to the movie. Instead I came across a very polished site devoted to this little video. Up until this point I thought I was the only one who has seen it! Great work on the site! Now I can torment my children with the catchy tune that hasn't left my head since I saw the movie at 9yrs old! Thanks for providing tab and chords. I think I'll re-work this into a punk tune! You never know, you might be hearing 'Mesozoic Mind' on the radio!
Thanks!
Orlando
PS. I even had the same bed sheets that were on Fred's bed in the video. Ha ha ha!
October 24, 2004
Awesome site.. I had been thinking of this movie a lot lately as it was my favorite from my childhood. Great job!
Derek
October 19, 2004
My three year old and I love your site. I learned the song for him on my guitar and now it's all he wants to hear me play.
Here's my shot at the chords.
Ben and Bob
April 17, 2004
Out of nowhere I started singing mesozoic mind tonight.
Completely random... its a long long lost memory ... surfaced only by thoughts of my little sister.... remembering when we were young.
I could not belive my eyes when the search engine actually had results for it.
Thanks for that.
Chris
January 22, 2004
Figured I'd e-mail you these, maybe something else to go on your site, it's the 98% complete tab of the song Mesozoic Mind made by me. If you don't know what tabs are, it's a free type of sheet music that is on websites that guitarists and bassists learn to read as a way to learn songs (www.mxtabs.net is an example of this), not to insult your intelligence or anything. Hope this is somewhat helpful, and keep rockin' out to Charmer.
Nick
I LOVE your site!!! I have been trying to find this movie FOREVER and for the life of me have not been able to. I wasnt even sure of the name of it until now... all I had to go on was the few lyrics I remembered from Mesozoic Mind.
Would you know where I could buy this movie?
Again, Great site!
Devon
February 12, 2007
You are my hero. I have been dying to see this video again ever since my VCR ate the tape back in 1992. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Mike (SpyLaboratory.com)
September 26, 2006
Oh my goodness, I cannot tell you how much I love this site. I grew up with the movie Dinosaurs and went through a phase where I probably watched it every day.. it's been a few years since I last saw it, but I definitely still remember all the lyrics. My friend and I had names for all the dinosaurs in the band, and we STILL (twelve-ish years later) have inside jokes that originated as quotes from the goofy chalkboard scene with the banter between Richard and Margaret ("That looks like Margaret's mother!"). I can't believe that anyone else in the world has ever even seen this movie, but whoever you are, you're awesome.
Ashley
July 21, 2006
Freaking crap, you don't know how long I looked for an mp3 of this song. Thanks so much!
Ori
July 19, 2006
I'm 18 and I still remember watching that video over and over as a kid. What a great video.
Alex
February 11, 2006
Hey. I dont know if anyone checks this site out much anymore, but I just want to say: I have a story to share that's much similar to the others I've read. I watched this movie back when I was four or five and sung along to the song. I remember once my younger sister had made me cry and I turned on the video and sung through my tears. And while I forgot the lyrics over the last 10-15 years, I never forgot the cartoons, clay figures, or little boy from the video. I knew I had to find out what the name of the video was and hear that song again as I have lost the tape. So thank you. The video and song sparked my interest in dinosaurs and instilled in me an everlasting unexplainable enthusiasm for dinosaurs. My only worry is that when I watch the video, now that I'm 20, that I will not have the same feeling as that which is infused in my memory. But thank you so much for helping me remember one of the greatest experiences of my life.
Brandon
July 23, 2005
Wow, talk about a trip down Memory Lane! I was born in the 80's and grew up then as well. My sister was born in the late 80's, but in the end, we obsessively watched the "Dinosaur" video when we were little, until our parents were tearing their hair out at the sound of "Mesozoic Mind." Lori and I grew older, and the video sat and collected dust until 1999, when our goddaughter was born. I am now nearly 23 and married, and Lori is 18 and heading off to college, but we have another "Mesozoic Mind" freak in our family. Lizzy, our goddaughter, loves dinosaurs and wants to be a paleontologist, so the "Dinosaur" video is a requisite every time she comes to visit, as is "Mesozoic Mind", as she loves the song. We watched it today, as a matter of fact, then curiously wanted to see what happened to the band on Google, and wound up here. Thanks for bringing back lots of 80's memories for my sister and I and making us laugh. Keep it up! :-)
Michelle
July 2, 2005
Great Job with this site. I have been a big fan of this song and video since I was in 3rd grade. I still have the tape, and watch it every once in a while with my little brother. I always figured that I was the only person who really knew about it. Nice to see I'm not alone.I wanted to get the chord's but my computer wouldn't let me if you could e-mail them to me I would be forever greatful. Thank You.
Jason Cyphert
June 8, 2005
AMAZING!!!!
I just saw it on some anicent tape we had at home. now i got it online too, such nostalgia, thanks!
Mel Adams
May 23, 2005
Back when my first son was 3 years old (in 1996) we borrowed the "Dinosaurs" video from our public library. (He was a dinosaur nut - still is.) We fell in love with the song - kept rewinding the video just to hear the song again and again. Eventually, we had to return the video, but we did our best to remember the song. A great deal of time has gone by, and we'd pretty much forgotten all but the part of the chorus. Then today we were playing a dinosaur bone digging game, and when the word Mesozoic came up, I started humming the song. Just for kicks - and thought it would be a gigantic long shot - I decided to search the web for the song. Can't believe there was a site! We played it - and all of the kids (there are four now) were all dancing and singing along in the kitchen around the computer. We were ecstatic!
Diane
April 3, 2005
I grew up with the video dinosaurs (im 23 now) and loved the song.
Daniel
March 25, 2005
Wow. This is why I love the internet. Sitting here, watching tv at 2am, the Dinosaurs claymation animation comes to mind and I remember how much I loved a song from it. I couldn't remember the name of it but a few sites into my search, I came across your post on the imdb.com forum and immediately found my way here. Downloaded the song and boy, that brings back memories. I used to love watching my vhs over and over just to hear the song.
Anyway, I know it's a niche thing but that makes it all the better for finding it. Thanks.
Miss M.
March 11, 2005
O my God. I have been looking around for this song for seriously like 8 years! You guys rock for putting up this website, this song remains my favorite song of my childhood and still rocks the world!
Kyle
January 19, 2005
I just got back from a trip to Starbucks to start my rather boring and hectic day at work. I found myself singing a very familiar song from the past. Out of curiosity I thought I'd type 'Mesozoic Mind' into Google and lo and behold I stumbled across your site! LOL! I couldn't believe it. I was sure I'd find the video for sale or a very poor quality website devoted to the movie. Instead I came across a very polished site devoted to this little video. Up until this point I thought I was the only one who has seen it! Great work on the site! Now I can torment my children with the catchy tune that hasn't left my head since I saw the movie at 9yrs old! Thanks for providing tab and chords. I think I'll re-work this into a punk tune! You never know, you might be hearing 'Mesozoic Mind' on the radio!
Thanks!
Orlando
PS. I even had the same bed sheets that were on Fred's bed in the video. Ha ha ha!
October 24, 2004
Awesome site.. I had been thinking of this movie a lot lately as it was my favorite from my childhood. Great job!
Derek
October 19, 2004
My three year old and I love your site. I learned the song for him on my guitar and now it's all he wants to hear me play.
Here's my shot at the chords.
Ben and Bob
April 17, 2004
Out of nowhere I started singing mesozoic mind tonight.
Completely random... its a long long lost memory ... surfaced only by thoughts of my little sister.... remembering when we were young.
I could not belive my eyes when the search engine actually had results for it.
Thanks for that.
Chris
January 22, 2004
Figured I'd e-mail you these, maybe something else to go on your site, it's the 98% complete tab of the song Mesozoic Mind made by me. If you don't know what tabs are, it's a free type of sheet music that is on websites that guitarists and bassists learn to read as a way to learn songs (www.mxtabs.net is an example of this), not to insult your intelligence or anything. Hope this is somewhat helpful, and keep rockin' out to Charmer.
Nick