# Quick, what's your current earworm? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [June 2, 2015, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433 "2015-06-02T10:22:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 38
**Author:** ![Harrington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac8455/32.png) [@Harrington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harrington)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2018, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/741 "2018-09-24T06:48:56Z")
“It’s raining tacos, from out of the sky.” Superfluous. Redundant. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2018, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/742 "2018-09-24T11:10:43Z")
**Everything But The Girl** ’s _Driving_. ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2018, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/743 "2018-09-24T13:29:11Z")
[Mexican Radio](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyCEexG9xjw) by Hall of Voodoo ---
**Author:** ![Rough\_Draft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@Rough\_Draft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rough_Draft)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2018, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/744 "2018-09-24T16:41:52Z")
_Ticket to Ride_. Not my favorite Beatles tune, but it’s not bad as earworms go. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2018, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/745 "2018-10-02T14:12:41Z")
I recently rediscovered Holst, The Planets. In particular, Uranus the Magician. It’s an intricate number in fast 6 time, and uses a bouncy downbeat-pickup-downbeat pattern that’s frequently overlapped by triplet patterns. I found the score to it, and after seeing I’ve largely forgotten how to read music, found that Holst used a lot more unique instruments that aren’t typically present in orchestras, such as the contra bassoon, alto clarinet, and English horn. Wish I hadn’t done that. Now it’s my constant earworm. Frenetic, subject to mood swings, the piece employs frequent use of cascading effects. A few bassoons will start with a march (da dumph da dee da dumph da dumph), piccolos shriek a warning klaxon, and more double reeds and woodwinds join in and diverge from the pattern. Triplets from high-pitched brass and woodwinds accent the grandeur the magician is using to deceive the audience, then the four notes the started the piece echo and serve as a counter-melody. Violins and mallets continue the triplet pattern in the background while flutes and clarinets pipe joyful ditties. Then the strings turn the pattern into a river-like flow as the brass joins. Then the clash, everything goes silent, a lone tuba moans the first four notes, and the marching bassoons restart the insanity. It’s such an intricate piece, but it’s a fun bounce that illustrates the wiliness of the magician, astounding the audience, and keeping his secrets cloaked inside seemingly everyday gestures. _AND IT WON’T LEAVE MY HEAD!_ ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2018, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/746 "2018-10-02T14:14:31Z")
Good Morning, Starshine. By Oliver. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2018, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/747 "2018-10-02T14:25:49Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Good Morning, Starshine. Good morning. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2018, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/748 "2018-10-02T14:34:23Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > **Dirty Heads** - “My Sweet Summer” Love that song. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2018, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/749 "2018-10-02T15:24:39Z")
Top this weirdness: Old Saturday Night Live commercial for Spud Beer; catchy piano piece. When. You. Say. SPUD! Just put your life on hold… . ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2018, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/750 "2018-10-02T16:47:01Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Top this weirdness: > > Old Saturday Night Live commercial for Spud Beer; catchy piano piece. > > When. You. Say. SPUD! > Just put your life on hold… . Well, I’ll try … Last night I dreamed about a weird cabinet that turned out to be a home brew music box. Got it up and working and the song is my earworm of the day. Ready? It’s … _Onward Christian Soldiers_. Where’s the ECT machine when you need it? ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2018, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/751 "2018-10-02T16:51:16Z")
Thanks to its recent ubiquitous appearance as bumper music on NPR (or at the very least, on WFAE), Spoon’s “The Underdog” has taken up semi-permanent residence inside my head. Grrrrrrr. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/752 "2018-12-31T00:46:28Z")
Gerry Rafferty’s Baker Street. None of the lyrics, though; just the sax solo. mmm ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/753 "2018-12-31T01:49:33Z")
[Me And My Baby](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMQXxu7ZLpk) – Ten Years After ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/754 "2018-12-31T06:04:06Z")
The stirring keyboard “riff” from ‘The Final Countdown’ from the 80’s band “Europe”. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/755 "2018-12-31T16:10:03Z")
L. i. f. e. G. o. e. s. O. n. by Noah and the Whale. Heard it in a pub on Dec 18, haven't been able to shake it since. Actually, not sure I want to. j ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/756 "2019-01-01T03:08:32Z")
Sisters of Mercy - “[More](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BURM7l6_pvg)” (extended version) ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/757 "2019-01-01T04:55:53Z")
Surfin’ Bird by The Trashmen. Too much _Full Metal Jacket_ as of late. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/758 "2019-01-01T13:38:15Z")
_Bright Side of the Road_. From the Van Morrison folder on **Mrs. FtG** ’s car stereo two days ago. Would have preferred _Gloria_ or _Tupelo Honey_ or … ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/759 "2019-01-01T21:53:16Z")
There is a photo spreading throughout the interwebs, of a [super-colorful caterpillar with rasta-esque spikes.](https://imgur.com/gallery/ktekM) It comes up every few weeks, and each time it does I instantly thin of[George Clinton](https://www.limaohio.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/54/2018/01/web1_George-Clinton.jpg). So yesterday, it did, and I did, and once again [“Give up the Funk”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M09saDL7ahg) is stuck on my brain . . . because I saw a caterpillar. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2019, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/760 "2019-03-31T00:02:35Z")
“Take Me To the River”. Heard the Al Green version a couple days ago, but it’s the Talking Heads rendition that I’m earworming. mmm [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433.md?page=37) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433.md?page=39)