# 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:** 67
**Author:** ![X.L.Lent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a5b964/32.png) [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2023, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1323 "2023-02-11T03:53:33Z")
Pico and Sepulveda! Pico and Sepulveda! Pico and Sepulveda! Pico and Sepulveda! ---
**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:** [February 11, 2023, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1324 "2023-02-11T14:00:38Z")
Two weeks ago I lost a bet when my San Francisco 49ers lost to my friend’s Philadelphia Eagles. The loser had to sing the other team’s fight song. So, I sang the Eagles’ fight song. And it’s been stuck in my head. > **[NFL 2022: The Super Bowl](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-the-super-bowl/979407/40)** > > I lost a bet to my wife’s cousin’s husband, Tony, in Philadelphia in the NFC Conference Championship, and Tony is making me sing the Eagles’ fight song. So here goes… that Tony, he sure knows how to hurt a guy. ---
**Author:** ![Amikejo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/amikejo/32/13637_2.png) [@Amikejo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amikejo)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1325 "2023-02-13T08:59:12Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/AScsOQ9cw-c/maxresdefault.jpg "Rammstein - Angst (English Lyrics) (Letras em Português)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AScsOQ9cw-c) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2023, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1326 "2023-02-22T03:12:42Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/H9svkVZ32Cg/maxresdefault.jpg "Arctic Monkeys - Suck It And See (Live on KEXP)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9svkVZ32Cg) ---
**Author:** ![BigDfromLA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@BigDfromLA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigDfromLA)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2023, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1327 "2023-02-23T03:10:02Z")
I’ve had the stupidest song in my head for the last 5 days and it won’t leave!! Usually annoying songs are out in a day or two, but this one is driving me nuts…uggghhh!!! Lonely Night (Angel Face) by the Captain & Tennille (1976). What an obscure song. It came out when I was 11 years old. Quite torturous to have that blasting in your head for more than 5 minutes! ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2023, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1328 "2023-02-23T13:51:44Z")
You all are very lucky in your earworms. Most of mine are horrible embarrassing songs that take hold in my brain and will not leave. ---
**Author:** ![veryfrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/87869e/32.png) [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2023, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1329 "2023-02-23T14:56:11Z")
> [@X.L.Lent](#): > > Pico and Sepulveda! > Pico and Sepulveda! > Pico and Sepulveda! > Pico and Sepulveda! I heard that on Dr. Demento back in 1988 or so, and being a teenager in Ottawa, I’d never heard of those streets, so the entire song was basically just random syllables to me, albeit random syllables with a hook. When I finally saw the clip from _Forbidden Zone_ years later, many years after I’d lived in L.A., it was like the scales fell from my eyes. ---
**Author:** ![2\_More\_Bits](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2_more_bits/32/4148_2.png) [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2023, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1330 "2023-02-23T18:21:46Z")
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gu87-le-h2g/hqdefault.jpg "Kaleidoscope - Keep Your Mind Open") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gu87-le-h2g) Been enjoying obscure 60s psychedelia lately. Love this. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2023, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1331 "2023-02-23T18:50:07Z")
Saturday’s Child / The Monkees [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/rmpS9GLuu38/maxresdefault.jpg "The Monkees ~ Saturday's Child 1966 (TV Show Outtakes) (Stereo Mix-2006 Remaster) (w/lyrics) [HD]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmpS9GLuu38) ---
**Author:** ![Didi44](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@Didi44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didi44)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2023, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1332 "2023-03-11T07:57:29Z")
Kpop song by G=idle has been rattling around my ears and brain for the past couple of weeks. On the surface, _Oh My God_ seems like another, “Caught up in love/wanna love.” song, But I just learned today that the song, especially the MV may be much deeper. The song was written by the leader and rapper So Yeon. Here’s the Korean version with English lyrics: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/8decfEZNvpc/maxresdefault.jpg "(G)I-DLE(여자아이들) "Oh My God" (Color Coded Lyrics Eng/Rom/Han/가사)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8decfEZNvpc) At first I thought the translation of ‘she’ might have just been a gender neutral pronoun. But reading and watching interpretations of the song, some by native speakers, ‘she’ is definitely female. Here’s the MV: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/om3n2ni8luE/maxresdefault.jpg "(여자)아이들((G)I-DLE) - 'Oh my god' Official Music Video") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om3n2ni8luE) and the interpretation of its meaning by a native Korean speaker. Turn on CC for the translation. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/icUfcn2sTXU/maxresdefault.jpg "[SUB] [뮤비해석] 전소연 천재 ｜(여자)아이들 'Oh my god'｜Sub EN/ES/RU/VN/FR") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icUfcn2sTXU) I have to watch a few more dozen times to take it all in. And there’s a lot of other videos with their interpretation. G-idle often makes English and Japanese versions of their songs with similar lyrics. But their English version adds another dimension and possible interpretation to the song: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/UG8J4OIq6sY/maxresdefault.jpg "(G)I-DLE – 'OH MY GOD' (ENGLISH Version) Lyrics [Color Coded\_Eng]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG8J4OIq6sY) Most of the group doesn’t speak English, so their heavy accents makes understanding what they’re saying difficult. But we’re not done yet! Yes, I’m probably reading too much into this, but I was listening to the English version all day, today and it brought me to tears several times. Soo Jin sings: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/UG8J4OIq6sY/maxresdefault.jpg "(G)I-DLE – 'OH MY GOD' (ENGLISH Version) Lyrics [Color Coded\_Eng]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG8J4OIq6sY) _Babe, babe, you got me losing my mind…_ _Toxic, toxic. I tell my friends I’m fine. But I’m a liar._ In March 2021, she was accused of being a bully in middle school and was placed on hiatus from the group. Then in March 2022, it was announced that we was terminated. It was then revealed that there was no proof that she was a bully and one of her accusers recanted, saying she wasn’t sure it was Soo Jin who did the bullying. She brought a lawsuit against her accuser, but citing a lack of evidence proving she was wrongly accused, she dropped the suit in September 2022. Note that this isn’t a condemnation of Soo Jin. Actually the opposite. She was wrongly accused, was ousted from the group and her agency, then dropped her lawsuit when it was decided she couldn’t win against her accuser. _Toxic, toxic. I tell my friends I’m fine. But I’m a liar._ AFAIK, she hasn’t been heard from since March 2022, but there’s an irony in the line above. She’s supposedly okay with dropping the lawsuit, but is she? Later, Shu Hua sings: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/UG8J4OIq6sY/maxresdefault.jpg "(G)I-DLE – 'OH MY GOD' (ENGLISH Version) Lyrics [Color Coded\_Eng]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG8J4OIq6sY) _Put your hands all over, Want your smell on me forever._ _I’m losing my composure. Nobody does it better._ _Time and time again, I told myself I need to let go._ _Then I fall right back into your arms._ In the MV, Soo Jin may be the object of affection. And Soo Jin and Shu Hua are best friends and former roommates, affectionately known as SooShu [https://www.youtube.com/results?search\_query=sooshu](https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=sooshu) Platonic or otherwise, there’s real love and caring between the two. Sadly neither Soo Jin or Shu Hua meet the exacting beauty standards of some Kpop fans, and both were called ugly during during a live webcast. Soo Jin was obviously stunned speechless, ending her webcast shortly after. But when Shu Hua was told the same thing during her webcast, possibly by the same viewer, she got extremely angry, referencing what was said to her best friend Soo Jin and saying she didn’t care about herself, but not to say bad things to her friends. Shu Hua then has the best possible comeback. Telling her bandmate Mi Yeon, the poster is the ugliest because they have no face! GO SHU HUA! My near tears turn into a huge smile everytime! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/6r8TV4WClRM/maxresdefault.jpg "(G)I-dle Shuhua and Soojin gets hurt from hater's malicious comment") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6r8TV4WClRM) ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2023, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1333 "2023-03-11T13:01:12Z")
♪ _Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time ♮ don’t do it_ ♫ ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2023, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1334 "2023-03-11T13:37:35Z")
Was at the pub last night, and [Tuesday Afternoon by The Moody Blues](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xvb9Udzc6M) was played on the stereo. It’s been stuck in my head ever since. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2023, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1335 "2023-03-11T13:40:27Z")
Odd choice for pub music. That’s the kind of song they’d play over speakers outside the 7-11 to discourage loiterers. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2023, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1336 "2023-03-11T16:42:14Z")
I just bought tickets for a Vienna Teng concert, who’s back on tour after a 10? year hiatus. That’s made me put on her music, and so any one of a number of songs have been getting stuck in my head. Gravity, The Tower, Antebellum, White Light… ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2023, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1337 "2023-03-11T23:13:07Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/-PCGjgjvvTg/maxresdefault.jpg ""HERE'S TO THE CRABGRASS" by Allan Sherman (HD)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PCGjgjvvTg) ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1338 "2023-03-17T17:05:42Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/-L5HOFqp3M0/maxresdefault.jpg "Big Beat Big Band - Heart Smile") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-L5HOFqp3M0) ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2023, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1339 "2023-03-17T17:10:57Z")
[Georgy Girl by The Seekers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsIbfYEizLk). That stupid chorus is stuck in my head. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2023, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1340 "2023-03-17T21:11:40Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/2CUQu5K8lp8/maxresdefault.jpg "Chumbawamba - On the day the nazi died") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CUQu5K8lp8) ---
**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:** [March 23, 2023, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1341 "2023-03-23T17:48:12Z")
Rush, Red Barchetta [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/_LXKZq0fYDw/maxresdefault.jpg "Rush - Red Barchetta (Visualizer)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LXKZq0fYDw) ---
**Author:** ![TruePisces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/truepisces/32/13628_2.png) [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433/1342 "2023-03-23T18:15:28Z")
I’ve got two. [Curvaceous Needs by Katzenjammer](https://youtu.be/c5Lcmycna6k) and [The Bitch Came Back by Theory of a Deadman](https://youtu.be/uR4WFPa6xuI) Both came up as I was wandering around YouTube Music in various moods. Primarily when I was in a bad mood and needed music to fit with that. “Curvaceous Needs” is actually what I think when I’m feeling body positive. “The Bitch Came Back” has me thinking of a crush/friend whose ex treated him pretty badly. And since I think about him a lot, this song runs through my brain a lot. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433.md?page=66) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433.md?page=68)