Mock Turtle he was a Turtle the Mock Turtle answers, "We called him tortoise because he taught us!" ('tortoise' and 'taught us' both being pronounced <tɔːtʊs> in Carroll's dialect). To say that the Mock Turtle's name is a pun on the name of the soup is incomplete. The Tenniel illustration of the Mock Turtle specifically depicts it as a collection of creatures that make up the ingredients of mock turtle soup; they are not random. The pun is not only of the name, but of the nature of the soup itself. Traditionally, mock turtle soup takes the parts of a calf that
Goats Head Soup slowly sunk deeper into addiction, and it's possible hearing them moving in both directions on "Goats Head Soup", at times in the same song." "Goats Head Soup" has endured as a popular seller, it has gone triple platinum in the United States and went on to sell close to 6.5 million copies worldwide. The sessions for "Goats Head Soup" were abundant with outtakes. Two of these — "Tops" and "Waiting on a Friend" — would surface on "Tattoo You" in 1981, and feature Mick Taylor on guitar; "Through the Lonely Nights" became the B-side to the "It's Only Rock 'n