WHY THOSE TUNES FROM HELL ALWAYS ‘STICK’ IN YOUR HEAD

New York Post ^ | 24 December 2001 | Post Wire Services

[Neets]

Ever wonder why some songs - no matter how good or how bad - get stuck inside your head and won

[Neets]

Dah dah dah dah, dah dah dah dah.

[fporretto]

That doesn't explain why I've had "Mac The Knife" revolving in my head for nearly a month.

Apropos of nothing, in Alfred Bester's great SF novel The Demolished Man, a killer made use of such a song -- they call 'em "pepsis" in the book -- to cloak his guilt against the probings of the telepathic detective employed by the police of his society. Once it was spinning in his head, the telepath could read nothing else from him. Think it would work?

Freedom, Wealth, and Peace,
Francis W. Porretto
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[Drew68]

I'm 33 years old and I still get "C" is For Cookie! That's Good Enough For Me!" from Sesame Streetstuck in my head from time to time.

What's embarrasing is when I sing it outloud in the elevator going to work.

[Caipirabob]

Now you've done it!

It's a small world af-ter all...It's a small world af-ter all...It's a small world af-ter all...It's a small world after all...

Muh hu hu hua hua huaaa!

[grania]

It's a small world af-ter all...It's a small world af-ter all...It's a small world af-ter all...It's a small world after all...

And those dancing puppets, and being trapped in the ride at DisneyWorld in the dark...OH NO!!!...IT'S BACK.

Same level for those who were around in the early '60's. The Teddy Bears..."To know, know, know him is to love, love, love him. Just to see him smile, makes my life worthwhile..."

Somebody should PULL THIS THREAD...or Freepers will be readily identifiable on Christmas for spending the day humming everyone's most memorable dumb songs all day long!

[riley1992]

That's not just you. That song does that to me, too. It's a catchy little ditty. LOL

[Aeronaut]

Yummie yummie yummie, I got love in my tummie...

[Neets]

Got Rain???

[bulldog905]

My Sharona (The Knack)

Ooo my little pretty one, pretty one
when you gonna give me some time Sharona
Will you make my motor run, motor run,
honey coming off of the line Sharona

Never gonna stop give it up such a dirty mind
Always get it up from the touch of the younger kind
My My My Sharona (4x)

Come a little closer huh be a hon
Close enough to look in my eyes Sharona
Keep a little mystery get to me
Running down the length of my thigh Sharona

Never gonna stop give it up such a dirty mind
Always get it up from the touch of the younger kind
My My My Sharona (2x)

When you gonna give to me give to me
Is it just a mater of time Sharona
Here's a trip to destiny to destiny
Or is it just a game in my mind Sharona

Never gonna stop give it up such a dirty mind
Always get it up from the touch of the younger kind My My My Sharona (2x)

[Argh]

Running Bear
Loved little White Dove...

[StayoutdaBushesWay]

Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey-ey, goodbye

[Argh]

Or how about when the Scherzo of Bruckner's 9th Symphony gets stuck in your head?

I hate it when that happens...

[College Repub]

Hey Hey, I'm staying alive, eyyyyyyehhheyyyeYYYYYY Iiiiiiiiii, yeah heyEYyyyyy, I'm staying alive...

[Tennessee_Bob]

I'm just mad about Saffron
Saffron's mad about me
I'm just mad about Saffron
She's just mad about me
(repeat endlessly...)

Then again, sometimes I get a song from Pete Townsend's rock opera "Psychoderelict" stuck in my head...but that one is ok...

Now and then you see a soul and you fall in love You can't do a thing about it (repeat 3 times)
In you I saw someone that I recognized
Had no idea what was in your mind
I met your eyes and I was hypnotized
I let our lives become entwined

[College Repub]

Livin' on a Prayer...jovi

[tom paine 2]

Dancing Queen

[College Repub]

Baba Oriely

[Neets]

Fine little girl she waits for me
Me catch the ship for cross the sea
Me sail the ship all alone
Me never think me make it home

Louie, Louie, me gotta go
Louie, Louie, me gotta go

Three nights and days me sail the sea
Me think of girl constantly
On the ship I dream she there
I smell the rose in her hair

Louie, Louie, me gotta go
Louie, Louie, me gotta go

Me see Jamaica moon above
It won't be long, me see my love,
I take her in my arms and then
Me tell her I never leave again

Louie, Louie, me gotta go
Louie, Louie, me gotta go

[College Repub]

Out here in the fields I fight for my meals I get my back into my living I don't need to fight To prove I'm right I don't need to be forgiven Don't cry Don't raise your eye It's only teenage wasteland Sally ,take my hand Travel south crossland Put out the fire Don't look past my shoulder The exodus is here The happy ones are near Let's get together Before we get much older Teenage wasteland It's only teenage wasteland Teenage wasteland Oh, oh Teenage wasteland They're all wasted!

[brewcrew]

I'm 33 years old and I still get "C" is For Cookie! That's Good Enough For Me!" from Sesame Street stuck in my head from time to time.

Oh, Cookie, Cookie, Cookie starts with "C!"

Amazingly annoying, isn't it?

Thanks. We will suffer together this Christmas.