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

[Ronin]

IT WAS AN ITTSY BITTSY TEENY WEENIE YELLOW POLKA DOT BIKINI!!!!

Please, no thanks necessary. Just doing my part....

[Neets]

LOL you guys are cracking me up and I surprised this thread lasted as long as it did,

[Tourist Guy]

I was there to match my intellect on national TV
Against a plumber, oh, and an architect, both with a PhD
I was tense, I was nervous, I guess it just wasn't my night
Art Fleming gave the answers
Oh, but I couldn't get the questions right, -ight, -ight

I lost on Jeopardy, baby (oooh)
I lost on Jeopardy, baby (oooh)

[Tourist Guy]

In the way back machine Mr. Peabody I had that America album.

One 70's summer day, mom came in my room and literally ripped it off the turntable. Dazed and confused (she had no problem when I played Frank Zappa mind you) I asked her what my crime was now...

Someone had told her that song was about a heroin junkie (news to me!) and she wouldn't have any "druggie" music in her house!

So I plugged in "Dark Side of The Moon" into my 8-track player (which was just fine with her).

Those were the days my friend, we thought they'd never end...we'd sing and dance forever and a day

[Tourist Guy]

RE: #228 Don't make me tell you about the Pink Floyd concert I saw in Pittsburgh 1974!

[Tourist Guy]

It was a fun thread, thanks for the trip down memory lane.

Merry Christmas to you my friend
and a Prosperous and Healthy New Year to us all.

[uglybiker]

Do I get some toungue and a butt-pinch with those smoocheroonies?

[Neets]

And all this time I thought you loved me for my mind....now I find out it's for my cooking....

I don't cook tongue and well the butt...that's a whole nother story!!!

;-)

Did you have a good day today??? Merry Christmas hugs.

[willyboyishere]

Hey, I was just joking about the song being about a pedophile, since one of the lyrics refers to someone "younger"---guess I should use emoticons to clarify my "tone of voice".

[uglybiker]

I had a good day. For once, I actually had the day off! (ain't had too many o' those lately!)

Oh yeah, and the neighbors felt sorry for me and brought me a whole buncha leftovers!

[uglybiker]

You're pretty close to what I've always hoped for
That's why my love for you is fairly strong
And I swear I'm never gonna leave you, darlin'
At least 'til someting better comes along

'Cause you're sort of everything I ever wanted
You're not perfect, but I love you anyhow
You're the woman that I've always dreamed of
Well, not really....but you're good enough for now

[Tourist Guy]

Cavity Search

by Al Yankovic

Lyrics:

Listen to the Muzak
Hearin' people scream
Sittin' in the waiting room
Readin' crappy magazines
With a toothache
This is it, pal
Root Canal

My molars are impacted
I'm gettin' gum disease
I'm gonna need some fillings
Got twelve cavities
Can you help me
Have mercy
Doctor, please

My teeth are a fright
Got a huge overbite
Numb me, drill me
Floss me, bill me

You jab at my nerve endings
It's driving me insane
Just give me nitrous oxide
Shoot me up with novocaine
Help me out here
'Cause I'm so severe
Pain

Please stop for a bit
Let me rinse and spit
Numb me, drill me
Floss me, bill me

You validate my parking
I think that I'm okay
But you make one more appointment for
A week from Saturday
'Cause you came upon
A problem on
My x-ray
Oy vey!

I'm getting absurd
Well, I hope I'm insured, now
Numb me, drill me
Floss me, bill me

[soapboxsallie]

"Some people call me the Space Cowboy..." Steve Miller Band, I think. Pathetic, I KNOW!

[uglybiker]

I'll take that over the origional "Space Cowboy" any day!

[Argh]

As long as I've got my usual insomnia, I don't know why the rest of you should have it any better:

Who can take a sunrise
Sprinkle it with dew
Cover it in chocolate
And a miracle or two

The candy man
The candy man can
The candy man can because he mixes it with love
And makes the world taste good

Who can take a rainbow
Wrap it in a sigh
Soak it in the sun
And make a strawberry lemon pie

The candy man
The candy man can
The candy man can because he mixes it with love
And makes the world taste good

The candy man makes
Everything he bakes
Satisfying and delicious
Talk about your childhood wishes
You can even eat the dishes

Who can take tomorrow
Dip it in a dream
Separate the sorrow
And collect a ball of cream

The candy man
The candy man can
The candy man can because he mixes it with love
And makes the world taste good

I'm not sure the "strawberry lemon pie" bit is correct, but then I don't care.

[Caipirabob]

LOL!

I have childhood memories of my father refusing to take us to "Fantasy Land" and letting our mother bring us because he couldn't take the music! They've toned it down since. Still, I was there in November and couldn't help but chuckle about it...

[philman_36]

Behind Blue Eyes...The Who

When my fist clenches, crack it open
Before I use it and lose my cool
When I smile, tell me some bad news
Before I laugh and act like a fool

If I swallow anything evil
Put your finger down my throat
If I shiver, please give me a blanket
Keep me warm, let me wear your coat

Red Barchetta
Not exactly "tunes from hell", but they sure have stuck, along with Baba Oreilly and many others.

[Rodney King]

Thanks. But what is a deuce, and how can one be wrecked or cut up like one? Is it the same kind of deuce as in the Kiss song Deuce?

[wyopa]

The Streisand comment was full of sarcasm. Sorry I didn't make that clear. The fact that a "nice Jewish girl" would put out albums of Christmas carols put me off to Streisand years and years ago. Long before the Clintons and her attachment to them.

[1 FELLOW FREEPER]

"Don't make me tell you about the Pink Floyd concert I saw in Pittsburgh 1974!"

In 1974, I took my college sweetheart to a Grateful Dead cocert at the Boston Garden. Seated next to us were 2 gals, and the had a large Baggies chock full of joints.Must have been 50-75 of em, and they chain smoked them for 2 1/2 hours. By the end of the concert, I could not find my car for 2 hours!!