# Damned Song Is Driving Me Nuts! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 23, 2004, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-song-is-driving-me-nuts/261162 "2004-08-23T22:52:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Dazzling\_White\_Diamonds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/41988e/32.png) [@Dazzling\_White\_Diamonds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dazzling_White_Diamonds)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2004, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-song-is-driving-me-nuts/261162/41 "2004-08-29T22:36:23Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > A few days ago I learned that Joan Jett and The Blackhearts were coming to [Cornfest](http://www.cornfest.com), and since then I’ve had “Love Is a Battlefield” going through my head. > > Of course, “LIaB” was not Joan Jett, but Pat Benatar. Still stuck in my head. _ **Dammit!** _ I was _song-free_ until that. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2004, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-song-is-driving-me-nuts/261162/42 "2004-08-29T23:01:52Z")
> [@fishbicycle](#): > > Got my mojo workin’! > Got my mojo workin’! > Got my mojo workin’! > Got my mojo workin’! > Got my mojo workin’ > but it just don’t work on you Synchronicity! It wasn’t going through my head, it’s playing out of my speakers. Started just as I scrolled down and read the post. Must be workin’ after all. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Elysian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c77e96/32.png) [@Elysian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysian)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2004, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-song-is-driving-me-nuts/261162/43 "2004-08-29T23:29:05Z")
Now all you sucker DJs who think you’re fly There’s got to be a reason and we know the reason why Why you put on thoso airs and you act real cool Got to realise that you’re acting like fools If there’s music we can use it You’re free to dance We don’t have the time for psychological romance No romance, no romance, no romance for me mamma Come on baby tell me what’s the word Word up ---
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2004, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-song-is-driving-me-nuts/261162/44 "2004-08-29T23:33:41Z")
Try having those head-music cells in your brain put together a medley for you. A Donovan medley. Lately at work, I’ve had a head tape on a continuous loop that consists of bits from “Sunshine Superman”, “Juanita”, “Mellow Yellow” and “Atlantis”. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2004, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-song-is-driving-me-nuts/261162/45 "2004-08-29T23:43:07Z")
I’ve had “Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)” stuck in my head for several days. You’d think I’d have enough sense not to listen to the country station unless something by George Strait is playing. If you don’t know this song, count yourself very lucky. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-song-is-driving-me-nuts/261162/46 "2004-08-30T01:20:31Z")
[Badger Badger Mushroom Mushroom](http://www.badgerbadgerbadger.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-song-is-driving-me-nuts/261162/47 "2004-08-30T02:21:15Z")
> [@Harimad-sol](#): > > I’ve had “Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)” stuck in my head for several days. You’d think I’d have enough sense not to listen to the country station unless something by George Strait is playing. If you don’t know this song, count yourself very lucky. Thanks a lot, **Harimad**. I would’ve rather kept The Song That Doesn’t End! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-song-is-driving-me-nuts/261162/48 "2004-08-30T03:22:16Z")
Near my office is the theatre that hosts [Bombay Dreams](http://www.bombaydreamsonbroadway.com/) . Outside the theatre are some televisions showing some bits of the show and they play a snippet of one song. If you were to crack my skull open with an axe, after the crunching and squishy sound you would then hear 'Shak-a-lak-a baby Shak-a-lak-a Baby Shak-a-lak-a baby something something" Then I would say ‘thank you for getting that out of my head’. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-song-is-driving-me-nuts/261162/49 "2004-08-30T03:31:55Z")
> [@Kat](#): > > Thanks a lot, **Harimad**. I would’ve rather kept The Song That Doesn’t End! 😉 Sorry. I just hope I don’t end up singing it in front of any actual cowboys. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-song-is-driving-me-nuts/261162/50 "2004-08-30T05:39:31Z")
Some song by Dr. Gonzo’s Bazooka Circus. Never heard of em? didn’t think so. Still, it’s almost enough to make me stick a ship’s wheel down my pants. I wish I had been the first to make that reference…sigh ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-song-is-driving-me-nuts/261162/51 "2004-08-30T07:47:13Z")
“Skyrockets in flight…” You can all thank me later. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-song-is-driving-me-nuts/261162/52 "2004-08-30T08:20:50Z")
The cowboy song has been ousted from my brain. Horribly. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-song-is-driving-me-nuts/261162/53 "2004-09-01T02:41:17Z")
Damn. Same here. _throws things at **Airman** _ ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-song-is-driving-me-nuts/261162/54 "2004-09-02T04:14:36Z")
Could have been worse. Could have been Muskrat Love. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-song-is-driving-me-nuts/261162/55 "2004-09-02T04:24:19Z")
Dammit! Now I’ve got one of those Car Tunes stuck in my head Specifically, “20 Naked Pentacostals in a Pontiac”. This one I know at least 2/3 of the words to. dammit dammit dammit ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-song-is-driving-me-nuts/261162/56 "2004-09-02T05:19:50Z")
Well, since I just finished watching **L.A. Confidential** , I’ve got this oldie on the brain: “You’ve got to aaaacent-choo-ate the positive, eeee-liminate the negative…” and so forth. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-song-is-driving-me-nuts/261162/57 "2004-09-03T01:49:46Z")
_sings_ _Someone left the cake out in the rain…_ ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-song-is-driving-me-nuts/261162/58 "2004-09-03T02:54:24Z")
From **South Pacific** , for no discernible reason—this stuff is in my brain all day long: Talk about a boy Talk about a girl Talk about the things you like to do You got to have a dream If you don’t have a dream How you gonna have a dream come true? Damn musicals. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sinshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Sinshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinshine)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-song-is-driving-me-nuts/261162/59 "2004-09-03T05:28:47Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > I think the last time it happened to me, it was _You Are My Sunshine_. Damned song. A former beau used to re-write song lyrics for fun, sometime to funny effect; more frequently to very creepy effect. Said beau called my answering machine after giving me the username you see here, and sang _You are my Sinshine_ in its ludicrous entirety. To say nothing of his inability to hold a tune in a bucket. :eek: And he wondered why I failed to return his calls. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-song-is-driving-me-nuts/261162/60 "2004-09-03T05:43:10Z")
[obscure musical theater hat ON] “Bobby and Jackie and Jack” from _Merrily We Roll Along_ by Stephen Sondheim. Damn musicals indeed. [obscure musical theater hat OFF] I just really wanted to put on some sort of hat, like the mods do. I can’t afford a mod hat though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-song-is-driving-me-nuts/261162.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damned-song-is-driving-me-nuts/261162.md?page=4)