It's best to practice these methods at home with non-earworm songs of your own choice. I am fond of the ouevre of Tommy James myself, but please help yourself.
Viscount LaCarte
· 2 years ago
:^D
blue girl
· 2 years ago
I don't have a list of particular songs that get stuck in my head like that and I'm not sure why the ones that do, do. A few weeks ago, Atrios had a youtube video of Eddie Murphy's "My Girl Wants to Party All the Time."
Oh my God. That stupid idiotic song was in my head for a week! I forget which song snapped me out of it, but something definitely did. So, I can't offer a "cure."
I'd much rather have Steve Winwood stuck in my head than Eddie Murphy.
Viscount LaCarte
· 2 years ago
I’d much rather have Steve Winwood stuck in my head than Eddie Murphy.
Yeah - when you put it that way! Not only was that song idiotic - the pitchy is too kind a word for describing Eddie Murphy's singing voice.
Winwood, on the other hand has a voice as true as a tuning fork.
blue girl
· 2 years ago
Snippets of songs can also get stuck in my head for days on end. Especially if I get a visual cue. And they not only get stuck in my head, but I'll sing the snippet out loud for no apparant reason.
Last time we were in NYC I saw a billboard in Times Square for the musical "Mama Mia."
It was four straight days of me singing the snippet...
Mama Mia, here she goes again, my my
Blue Kid was like, "Mom! Stop being so random!"
Kevin Wolf
· 2 years ago
If I know that Winwood tune, I don't know that I know it. Not familiar with that album, really. (I had to look up what the hell it was.)
I don't really have this problem, at least in its malignant state. Tunes pop into my head all the time - sometimes unwelcome - but they never stay long. I'm always on to the next thing before I realize it.
I do like Dan's suggestions, though.
Viscount LaCarte
· 2 years ago
I'm trying not to laugh as I alternatively "sing" (in my head) While You See a Chance as the gecko from the Geico 'mercials and as Dylan.
I'm not so sure its working, but it is damn amusing.
Manny Maher
· 2 years ago
No Dan, no...Not. Tommy. James. oh,sweet pea, won't you dance with me...won't ya won't ya won't ya dance with me-e-e-e Now you've done it.
Dan Leo
· 2 years ago
No, Manny, dude, you got your Tommies mixed up. "Sweet Pea" was Tommy ROE. Tommy James was "Hanky Panky", "Mony Mony", "Crystal Blue Persuasion", and of course "Crimson and Clover", which sounds great in the Bob Dylan voice, and not forgetting "I Think We're Alone Now". What a master he was. I remember in the psychedelic period he had an album called "My Bed, My Head, and My Red Guitar." Priceless.
How sad that my head is filled with this crap.
Manny Maher
· 2 years ago
Of course you're right, Dan (Encyclopaedia) Leo. But now they're both in my head! God help us all.
Sticky
· 2 years ago
Let's ride, with the family down the street Through the courtesy of Fred's two feet
Brilliant! Man, the Flintstones rule, I tell you what! Except fer that thing about havin' a "gay old time." I mean, what the Hell is that supposed to mean?
But ELO, baby! Man, I love that stuff! I wish those guys would tour again. I seen them once with Hall & Oates openin'. The tall one dropped the microphone! Man, that was rich!
Anyways, once again you are right on, Mister Viscount Dude!
The Shamus
· 2 years ago
The Brady Bunch theme. "Here's the story/Of a lovely lady..."
Kevin Wolf
· 2 years ago
Shamus, you bastard! (I say that with all due respect.)
Polaroid Sunglasses
· 3 months ago
I have lots of favorite songs that stuck in my head when I hear... One of them is.... ^_^
All Comments
It's best to practice these methods at home with non-earworm songs of your own choice. I am fond of the ouevre of Tommy James myself, but please help yourself.
Oh my God. That stupid idiotic song was in my head for a week! I forget which song snapped me out of it, but something definitely did. So, I can't offer a "cure."
I'd much rather have Steve Winwood stuck in my head than Eddie Murphy.
Yeah - when you put it that way! Not only was that song idiotic - the pitchy is too kind a word for describing Eddie Murphy's singing voice.
Winwood, on the other hand has a voice as true as a tuning fork.
Last time we were in NYC I saw a billboard in Times Square for the musical "Mama Mia."
It was four straight days of me singing the snippet...
Mama Mia, here she goes again, my my
Blue Kid was like, "Mom! Stop being so random!"
I don't really have this problem, at least in its malignant state. Tunes pop into my head all the time - sometimes unwelcome - but they never stay long. I'm always on to the next thing before I realize it.
I do like Dan's suggestions, though.
I'm not so sure its working, but it is damn amusing.
oh,sweet pea, won't you dance with me...won't ya won't ya won't ya dance with me-e-e-e
Now you've done it.
How sad that my head is filled with this crap.
God help us all.
Through the courtesy of Fred's two feet
Brilliant! Man, the Flintstones rule, I tell you what! Except fer that thing about havin' a "gay old time." I mean, what the Hell is that supposed to mean?
But ELO, baby! Man, I love that stuff! I wish those guys would tour again. I seen them once with Hall & Oates openin'. The tall one dropped the microphone! Man, that was rich!
Anyways, once again you are right on, Mister Viscount Dude!
One of them is.... ^_^