Oh no, not again. . .

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
1

So a little while back Kizarvexius provided a link to a song from the Muppet Show. Here it is.

This song was the uber-earworm for me. It just wouldn’t go away for days. Everyday I’d catch myself saying, “muh-na muh-na.”

But I finally had it beat. It was gone. I was free. Oh frabjous day. . .
Until I was watching the NCAA tournament. A commercial for Saturn cars comes on. I’m not really playing attention to it, but the background music sounds familiar. . .

Oh no . . .

It’s fucking muh-na muh-na.

Now the earworm is back.

help

2

But it’s such a sweet, inoffensive earworm. Much better than "It is the song that never ends; yes, it goes on and on, my friend…

mwahahahaha

3

No, no, no.

It’s muh-na-muh-na. :stuck_out_tongue:
BTW, I don’t know that other song, so it can’t help/harm me.

4

I don’t see the problem. I beats so many, much worse songs. Ma-na-na-na.

[RIGHT]Do-Do-DOO-do-do[/RIGHT]

5

Interestingly enough, that song was originally written in 1968 by Italian composer Piero Umiliani for a Swedish softcore porn film. Pretty bizarre origin for a song best known for its appearance on the Muppet Show.

6

The voicemail of a friend of mine is him singing that song. I tell ya, I hate leaving messages for that guy.

7

This song is actually one of the best chorales in all of music history.

If I can borrow five minutes of your time, I’ll prove it to you.

We all know that everytime a link is clicked on The Dope, a new page is opened. Therefore, I present the following link:

muh-na-muh-na

To get the chorale from heaven/hell (depends on your taste), do the following:

  • Click on the link.

  • Wait 10 seconds

  • Click again

  • Wait 10 seconds

  • Click again

  • Wait 10 seconds

  • Repeat until 4 or 5 instances of the song are running

  • Enjoy
    I for one welcome our new Muppet Overlords.

8

I hate to hijack, but I’m not sure the dope needs ANOTHER thread about this.

So: Does anyone know if the tune has a real name and what it is? It almost seems like something the Tijuana Brass might have recorded, does anyone know who recorded the original?

9

I think that this is a GREAT thread! It makes me laugh everytime I read about that song. But, also…

Somebody started singing it and didn’t know what it was. And they’ll go on singing it forever just because… :slight_smile:

10

Read ye the post merely THREE posts above thine, my young apprentice.

Happy mahnamahna-ing.

11

I’d forgotten how utterly charming that was.

When I was a kid I never got that the cow-things were objecting to the guy’s scat improvisation. Hilarious.

Here’s another from the original British Office.

12

I’m so glad I don’t know what song you’re talking about, and I’m not clicking on those links. I suffer very badly from songs getting stuck in my mind.

Self hypnosis is a great technique for removing them btw.

13

The other way to get rid of an Ohrwurm is to hum “Karma Kameleon” by Culture Club.

14

Mah-na-mah-na is the ringtone on my cell phone. :slight_smile:

15

I just can’t get you outta my head,
Boy your lovin’ is all I think about…

16

Courtesy of my bro: ‘Vanilla’ performing Ma nah ma nah.

Oh. My. God.

My eyes! My ears!

Surely the worst girl band in a long and great tradition of shit girl bands. They make B*Witched look like they have talent. And they’re not even that hot.

17

jjimm, I am so NOT clicking on that link.

18

I clicked it, Aaaaaaargh!!!. Was that real or a British Sketch Comedy?

19

That had to be a comedy.

20

Thankfully that piece of cultural detritus passed me by at the time. My brother tells me there was much speculation when it came out (1998?) as to whether it was a spoof or not. Apparently it was genuine.

I apologise for inflicting it on anyone unfortunate enough to click.