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Old 04-04-2008, 09:32 PM
Captain Socks Captain Socks is offline
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Help! I have the song "Blue" by Eiffel 65 stuck in my head!

Help me!!!
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Old 04-04-2008, 09:36 PM
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Spiderpig! Spiderpig! Does whatever a spiderpig does.
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Old 04-04-2008, 09:38 PM
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Istanbul was Constantinople now it's Istanbul not Constantinople....
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Old 04-04-2008, 09:51 PM
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As ever, I recommend a thorough flushing with "Killer Queen." Dynamite with a laser beam, guaranteed to blow your mind.

Worked like a charm the other day when I was briefly afflicted with "Hold On Tight" by the Electric Light Orchestra.
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Old 04-04-2008, 10:11 PM
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I've always found the eggs song to be good in these situations.

I love eggs!
From my head down to legs!
I love eggs!


It gets the song out, but never seems to get stuck in my bed itself. Thank you Denise from high school for teaching me that.
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Old 04-04-2008, 10:19 PM
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Istanbul was Constantinople now it's Istanbul not Constantinople....
Why'd they do that?
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Old 04-04-2008, 10:19 PM
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Numa numa...
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Old 04-04-2008, 10:21 PM
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Why'd they do that?
Why did Constantinople get the works? That's nobody's business but the Turks.
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Old 04-04-2008, 10:24 PM
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You think that's bad? I had some stinkin' Miley Sirus song in my head from yesterday through this afternoon.

Agony.

AAAAAGOOOONEEEEEE!
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Old 04-04-2008, 11:03 PM
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Try some hot buttered popcorn.

That should do it.

SSG Schwartz
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Old 04-04-2008, 11:12 PM
Zabali_Clawbane Zabali_Clawbane is offline
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Help me!!!
Are you sure? Well....ok! Here, listen to this, or this. They'll drive the song outta your head. ETA: Likely NSFW, noisy videos, and one of them has beautiful women in tight "club" clothing. (Er, or are they also bathing suits?) ETA2: Those are the videos the group themselves (TTC) link to on their MySpace profiles, also.

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Old 04-04-2008, 11:16 PM
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I'm sorry to hear that. Yeasterday I had "Lump" by the Presidents Of The United States stuck in my head for a while. It was all "Lump sat alone in a boggy marsh/Totally motionless except for her heart/Mud flowed up into lumps pyjammas/She totally confused all the passing piranhas....green acres is the place to be...." Wait, what? "Farm livin' is the life for me/Land spreadin' out so far and wide... Lump lingered last in line for brains..."
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Old 04-04-2008, 11:40 PM
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My recommendations:

1. I have a blue house with a blue window.
2. Blue is the color of clothes that I wear.
3. I'm blue dum dahdah dee.
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Old 04-04-2008, 11:46 PM
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I always find that Lola manages to flush out any other unwanted earworms!
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Old 04-04-2008, 11:52 PM
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Slight hijack: does anyone else think the singer is saying:

"I'm blue. I believe I will die. I believe, I believe, I believe I will die."

Whenever I hear that, that's what it sounds like to me. Odd.

I'm probably not helping, am I?
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Old 04-04-2008, 11:54 PM
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*sighs*

*draws a deep breath*

I just can't get you out of my head, boy, your lovin' is all I think about...
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Old 04-04-2008, 11:55 PM
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Renaldo Lapuz singing "I Am Your Brother". That oughta do it.
(He starts singing around 2:47.)
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Old 04-04-2008, 11:58 PM
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Slight hijack: does anyone else think the singer is saying:

"I'm blue. I believe I will die. I believe, I believe, I believe I will die."
I hear "I'm blue. Daba de daba die yaba de yaba die..." I think you're more depressed than I am
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Old 04-05-2008, 12:05 AM
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I hear "I'm blue. Daba de daba die yaba de yaba die..." I think you're more depressed than I am
You know, they have medication to fix that.
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Old 04-05-2008, 08:03 AM
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Slight hijack: does anyone else think the singer is saying:

"I'm blue. I believe I will die. I believe, I believe, I believe I will die."

Whenever I hear that, that's what it sounds like to me. Odd.

I'm probably not helping, am I?
"I'm blue, if I was green I would die, if I was green I would die."

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Old 04-05-2008, 08:22 AM
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Here's a cure. (It may kill you, but you'll be cured.)

Hold your nose tightly and recite the following out-loud as fast and as loud as you can:

SPOILER:
I am the very model of a modern Major-General,

I've information vegetable, animal, and mineral,

I know the kings of England, and I quote the fights historical,

From Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical;

I'm very well acquainted too with matters mathematical,

I understand equations, both the simple and quadratical,

About binomial theorem I'm teeming with a lot o' news---

With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse...

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Old 04-05-2008, 03:16 PM
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There was an old woman who swallowed a fly...
I don't know why she swallowed a fly...
Perhaps she'll die...
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Old 04-05-2008, 04:12 PM
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I know a song that'll get on your nerves. Get on your nerves. Get on your nerves...
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Old 04-05-2008, 09:02 PM
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I'm sorry to hear that. Yeasterday I had "Lump" by the Presidents Of The United States stuck in my head for a while. It was all "Lump sat alone in a boggy marsh/Totally motionless except for her heart/Mud flowed up into lumps pyjammas/She totally confused all the passing piranhas....green acres is the place to be...." Wait, what? "Farm livin' is the life for me/Land spreadin' out so far and wide... Lump lingered last in line for brains..."
The obvious solution for that is Weird Al's "Gump."
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Old 04-05-2008, 09:21 PM
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There's an awesome cover of it by Max Raabe and the Palast Orchester. Find it. It will cure you.
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Old 04-05-2008, 09:24 PM
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The obvious solution for that is Weird Al's "Gump."
Whenever I've tried listening to a parody to get rid of an earworm, they've always mixed and merged into an even more annoying monstrosity in my brain.
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Old 04-06-2008, 08:34 PM
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"There's a party in my tummy...so yummy so yummy..."

Songs from my daughter's favorite show, Yo Gabba Gabba, and another friend started singing at dinner a few hours ago. Beer + girl time
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Old 04-07-2008, 08:55 AM
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This is the song that doesn't end,
Yes it goes on and on, my friend.
Some people started singing it not knowing what it was,
And they'll continue singing it forever just because
This is the song that doesn't end,
Yes it goes on and on my friend.
Some people started singing it not knowing what it was,
And they'll continue singing it forever just because
This is the song that doesn't end....
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Old 04-07-2008, 09:49 AM
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Crap. Now it's stuck in my head too.


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Old 04-08-2008, 12:47 AM
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I just stopped in to tell you, I have never heard the song you speak of...but seeing the thread title when you first posted lodged another song called "Jackie Blue" from the 70's in my head where it's been for THREE DAYS.

I'm just sayin'.
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Old 04-08-2008, 06:40 AM
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Blue?

There's only one way out. Suicide.
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Old 04-09-2008, 01:06 AM
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the worst

nope. the worst is Holly Jolly christmas.
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Old 04-09-2008, 05:29 AM
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It's a world of laughter
A world of tears
It's a world of hopes
And a world of fears
There's so much that we share
That it's time we're aware
It's a small world after all..
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Old 04-09-2008, 08:36 AM
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ach, nothing to see here... move along...

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Old 04-09-2008, 10:32 AM
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Maybe this will kill those earworms...
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