GAAAHHH!!! Damn this song!!!

[Lucki Chaarms]

There is this song. I don't want to mention any names, but the song is called "Prayer" by Disturbed.

I do not like Disturbed. I do not like this song. The local modern rock station played this song a lot. It got stuck in my head. It stayed there. And stayed there. And stayed there.

Foolishly, I downloaded this song. It remains stuck in my head. I keep listening to it, trying to ease the pain. It remains, oh, it remains. I hate this song!! Get it out of my head!! It's terrible!!!

I hate you radio station, I hate you! A girl in my grade interns there, perhaps I could bomb her or something as a warning to the rest of them to stop playing the song- but even that would not help. It would remain in my head. Damn. I am now official Disturbed. Apologies. Owww.

LC

[Tanaqui]

There is an easy solution, you know: don't listen to radio stations. Damn commercial sell-out capitalist pigs! [/punk elitist] Really though, they are eeeeeeeeeeeeeevil. You inevitably hear some song you really didn't want to hear. ;) Of course, boycotting radio stations may not help. I have Eminem stuck in my head now; I can only assume that this is due to the fact that people keep talking about his movie opening. Worse, "Lose Yourself" is battling with AFI for supremacy. Not cool!

I still plan on seeing 8 Mile, though. I feel so ashamed.

Tana

[Tars Tarkas]

Hey, at least you are not Down with the Sickness!!!


Ha! I kill me!

[Fionn]

When I saw the thread title, my first thought was "Must be the ketchup song."

[peepthis]

Fionn, ditto.

[Dread Pirate Jimbo]

The song currently stuck in my head is "I'm Gonna Getcha Good" by Shania Twain. It's such a mediocre song! And I don't even listen to country music! GAAAACK.

She is hot though... and Canadian.

[I can't believe that's butter!]

Same here with that Shania song....it's that song and that damn "Chacker" jingle off the Crispy Thins commercial.

Radio is awful1












1. At least, all of the radio stations owned by Clear Channel and Westwood One suck.

[Jonno]

Originally posted by Dread Pirate Jimbo
The song currently stuck in my head is "I'm Gonna Getcha Good" by Shania Twain. It's such a mediocre song! And I don't even listen to country music! GAAAACK.

She is hot though... and Canadian.


Wow. Another Shania Twain song about getting a guy no matter what he thinks or knows, or even if he can't stand her incessant whining about what she wants. How.....original. Thanks for making a comeback. Now will you please crawl back under the rock you've been under? Pretty please?



God that felt good. :D

[Darth Nader]

Sadly, I'm with Fionn and peepthis here... Another week or so and I'll know the dance.

Kill me now, before it's too late.

[t-keela]

Originally posted by Dread Pirate Jimbo
The song currently stuck in my head is "I'm Gonna Getcha Good" by Shania Twain. It's such a mediocre song! And I don't even listen to country music! GAAAACK.


She was on some show the other day, I asked my wife who she was and she freaked..."you don't know who Shania Twain is", she shouted.

I told her that I had heard the name but didn't know any more than that. So, hows that song go? I don't listen to the radio too much as you've probably figured out by now. It's either pretty good or pretty bad since y'all can't seem to get enough of it.

Is that the one where they have like a drum solo for a few seconds, while she gears up for the next verse?

I thought "I'm Gonna Getcha" was a rock song? Hell, most of the country music performers today are just rockers that couldn't make it anyway.


Peace

[Flamsterette_X]

Eh.. it's just cross-over hits / singers that want to have broad mas-market appeal. Riiiiiiight.

My sister and her friends used to like Shania Twain, Britney Spears and Celine Dion. Every time our families got together, I'd hang out with the guys instead of the girls (partly) because of this. The other part mainly had to do with lame in-jokes, like the one having to do with a "cleavage purse." One of the guys even asked me once if I was involved in that in any way.. um, no.

So as a result of those get-togerhers, I'd invariably have some Shania / Britney / Celine song stuck in my head for at least a day or so. Ugh.

F_X

[RexDart]

Makes me glad I don't listen to radio stations that play current music. Occasionally however, I can't quite change the frequency fast enough when a Boston or Eagles song comes on, and I pay for it all day long. Damn you Boston!! Christ, get a frickin' playlist longer than 50 songs someday, rock station!

[todd33rpm]

A cure-all for this...I heard it on Marketplace, carried on our public radio affiliate:

To forget a song/commercial jingle you have stuck in your head, hum or sing the melody line to "The Girl From Ipanema." Do not sing the lyrics. Something about the complexity of the song's structure effectively knocks out any other melody.

It works surprisingly well for the people I've told.

(It stands to reason that something like Coltrane's "Giant Steps" or the Beatles' "Michelle" should work too, but I haven't tried them.)

Good luck.

[Steve Wright]

So I just tried that, and now I have "I Vow to Thee, My Country" (aka the middle bit from "Jupiter" in Holst's Planets Suite) stuck in my head.

Maybe it only works when you've already got a song stuck in your head. Or maybe I'm just perverse. Yes, that seems likely.

[jayjay]

Re: The Ketchup Song

I saw the video for this the other night at the bar, and my first thought was that this...thing...was carefully planned to be the next Macarena. All I could do was sit there with my jaw dropped wondering what the hell these women were babbling about. Even with bouncing ball subtitles.

[Delta-9]

There's only one cure for removing stuck songs, and that's to get a different song stuck in there.



"It's a small world after all. . ."






There. All better now. You're welcome.

[Dread Pirate Jimbo]

The worst thing for me is that, as in the case of the new Shania tune, songs that get stuck in my head are invariably songs that I don't like. You think "Layla" or "Thieves in the Temple" or "Couldn't Stand the Weather" or "Ojos Asi" could get stuck in there? Oh, no. It has to be crap. And, yes, "The Ketchup Song" has plagued me as well.

[Velma]

I'm out of it. What's "The Ketchup Song?"

Or shouldn't I ask?

[jayjay]

Velma, try here (http://www.theketchupsong.com/). And you have to watch the video (provided on that page) to truly understand the depth of the cheesiness of this thing.

[blowero]

Originally posted by todd33rpm
To forget a song/commercial jingle you have stuck in your head, hum or sing the melody line to "The Girl From Ipanema." Do not sing the lyrics. Something about the complexity of the song's structure effectively knocks out any other melody.

Great, now I've got Girl from Ipanema stuck in my head. Not only that, but I keep screwing up the bridge. Thanks loads.

[mobo85]

Originally posted by Dread Pirate Jimbo
The song currently stuck in my head is "I'm Gonna Getcha Good" by Shania Twain. It's such a mediocre song! And I don't even listen to country music! GAAAACK.

That song reminds me of aliens. I think it's a certain instrument in the downbeat.

[pepperlandgirl]

I know this is hijack but Joe K, your sig would be hilarious....except Mary McCartney died of breast cancer before Paul ever met that Lennon boy.

[Skerri]

Hey, Lucki, it's better than having the theme song from "The Love Boat" stuck in your head. (Like I did for three weeks.)

[The Green Feather]

The cure for a song stuck in your head is to hold someone firmly by the shoulders and yell the offensive song at them. This will transfer the song to them. The drawback to this cure? The person you transfer the song to must be a friend.

This happened to a co-worker of mine. He had the barney song stuck in his head. He called to another co-worker, 'Could you come out into the hall for a minute?' Next thing we heard was a very loud and off key rendition of the barney song. The co-worker came back in dazed and confused (but not in a led zepplin way). My friend almost earned a ride in the white van wearing a wrap around sport coat.

Those are the risks...

[anya marie]

I actually like the ketchup song but will not learn the dance as it is all I can do to walk any more without tripping over my own two feet.



I love Crowded House, and also just got a copy of A Hard Day's Night on DVD, and am not going to hell. Right?Right?

[imthjckaz]

Hell, I've been tryin to get this song out of my head for over 20 years.

Ah, everybody get on the floor, let's dance
Don't fight the feeling give yourself a chance

Shake, shake, shake - shake, shake, shake
Shake your booty, shake your booty
Oh, shake, shake, shake - shake, shake, shake
Shake your booty, shake your booty

Oh, you can, you can do well, very well
Your love can stand the world, I can tell

Oh, shake, shake, shake - shake, shake, shake
Shake your booty, shake your booty
Oh, shake, shake, shake - shake, shake, shake
Shake your booty, shake your booty..........

[Broken Doll]

Originally posted by todd33rpm
To forget a song/commercial jingle you have stuck in your head, hum or sing the melody line to "The Girl From Ipanema."

Oh great. I had the Ketchup song stuck in my head from reading this thread [ooh, that rhymes], so I tried your little trick but got The Girl From Ipanema mixed up with Copa Cabana...now I have THAT stuck in my head.

Damn my feeble brain!

...at the Copa....Copa Cabana...*sings off-key*

[todd33rpm]

Steve Wright, Blowero and Broken Doll:

My apologies...I work at a commercial radio station (thankfully not affiliated with one of the villainous corporations mentioned earlier), and when you get every horrible political spot and badly-produced/annoying advertisement stuck in your head all the time, you take any relief you can get.

My problem is that I invariably get the version of "Ipanema" that plays on the elevator in The Blues Brothers and outside the elevator in Mallrats stuck in my head...but it is preferable to hearing children badly singing campaign jingles.

Trust me. (shuddering)

[Lsura]

Originally posted by Skerri
Hey, Lucki, it's better than having the theme song from "The Love Boat" stuck in your head. (Like I did for three weeks.)


Or what I realized I was whistling as I walked through the grocery store yesterday - If I only had a bran from the Wizard of Oz.

[Lsura]

That'd be a brain, not a bran




big difference there.

[Snooooopy]

If I had a bran, I'd be regular.

[Billdo]

Originally posted by Lsura
Or what I realized I was whistling as I walked through the grocery store yesterday - If I only had a bran from the Wizard of Oz.

Damn you, Lsura! Now I know what'll pop into my head every time I go into the breakfast cereal aisle looking for my two scoops of raisins.

[LindyHopper]

Delta-9, you are evil! How could you inflict that on me?

However, the "Girl From Ipanema" treatment seems to be working. Fortunately, I like that song. Maybe I should just fire up iTunes...

[LindyHopper]

Originally posted by Skerri
Hey, Lucki, it's better than having the theme song from "The Love Boat" stuck in your head. (Like I did for three weeks.) Three weeks?

I think I'd have to shoot myself in the head.

Oh, and I just listened to "The Ketchup Song", and I like. Quite a lot, actually. It'd make a great mambo number.

[SpasticKitty]

Speaking of the Ketchup Song...

A few months ago I saw something my sister had downloaded from the Internet...a cartoon Spiderman dancing to the Ketchup Song! It doesn't sound that funny to begin with, but when I saw it I laughed my ass off!

I don't have a link, nor do I know of any way to go about getting a link. Does anyone else here know what I'm talking about? Or am I just crazy?

[Cervaise]

Originally posted by jayjay
Velma, try here (http://www.theketchupsong.com/).Well, the girl's cute, anyway.

Y'know, the one with the boobs.

What?

[t-keela]

Originally posted by Lsura



Or what I realized I was whistling as I walked through the grocery store yesterday - If I only had a bran from the Wizard of Oz.


Dammit!!!!!! So, I'm up on a house roofing today and YEP you guessed it. I'm gonna set that damned scarecrow on fire

and his little dog too. Thanks Lsura..:rolleyes:

[Chanteuse]

You all should have been there the day I was playing cards with MIL and SIL and every so often, and totally without conscious will, I would sing, "JAM to the mutha!" I'm surprised that I survived to tell the tale, to be honest. Why they didn't shoot me that day I'll never know. No jury in the world would have convicted them!

And that's all that I know of that song, too. Nearly drove ME nuts before I got it out of my head!

Maybe they figured that was punishment enough...

[JohnT]

Originally posted by Lucki Chaarms
Foolishly, I downloaded this song. It remains stuck in my head. I keep listening to it, trying to ease the pain. It remains, oh, it remains. I hate this song!! Get it out of my head!! It's terrible!!!


Oh, you think you have problems? HA!

There was a thread a week or so ago in Cafe Society about cheesy songs. Being a conneisuer (sp?) of such, I wrote out a list of my favorite cheese classics. Someone (I could look it up if necessary) mentioned an old song called Never Been to Me, which I just barely remembered. So I "looked it up" and I CAN'T GET THE FREAKIN' THING OUT OF MY HEAD!!!!!! FOR OVER A WEEK!!!!!

God, what did I do to deserve such torment???

[anya marie]

I guess that i do not have it too bad when the radio in my head always plays Weather With You and Crowded House.

[Tansu]

I had something stuck in my head early this morning. I shifted it with Gur Nal Ishq Mitha by "Mighty" Malkit Singh. Now I have Gur Nal Ishq Mitha stuck in my head and I can't remember what the first earworm song was.

[Dread Pirate Jimbo]

For reasons I can't explain, You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine by Lou Rawls pops into my head frequently at work.

My cure, as recommended by Dave Barry in one of his articles, is the first line of Muskrat Love. It doesn't cure the problem, but it sure makes beating yourself into a coma seem like a good idea.

[singular1]

Try whistling "Baby Elephant Walk". It'll get stuck, and it's fun to get stuck in your coworker's heads.

Woo-hoo, I'm passive-aggresive!

[jayjay]

Damn you to hell, singular1! Now it's going to be a Mancini day for me, no matter what. Shoot me now...

[crazy4chaucer]

The song that always gets stuck in my head (and I only have to hear the opening bars anymore) is the hideously evil: Breakfast at Tiffany's. I call it the evil song, and race to turn off the radio as soon as I hear the opening bars, but by then it's too late. Yikes!

[JohnT]

You mean "Moon River"?

[t-keela]

<drums rapidly crashing...boom-ba..boom-ba..boom-ba..boom>

"I know, a thing or two about her***I know, she'll always make you cry-y-y***boom-ba-boom-ba-boom***She'll let you, walk the street beside her-r-r***
But when she WON"T, she'll pass you by-y-y***boom-ba-boom-ba-boom***

everybody says she's looking good

and the lady knows it's understood

STRUTTER *ba-boom-ba*ba-boom-ba*ba-boom-boom-ba*boom-baboom-ba*boom-boom-ba*


Sorry guys I just had to get rid of that damned scarecrow before I go, maybe a little KISS will help y'all through get your day.


STRUTTER