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Song Stuck in Your Head? You're Not Alone
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| Monday, Feb 24, 2003
| Alison McCook
Posted on 02/24/2003 8:26:14 PM PST by InShanghai
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To: Charles Henrickson
Roger Miller also had a tune called "In the Summertime" (I had forgotten about Mungo Jerry) and it was in the same type of staccato lyrics as he was always writing:
IN THE SUMMERTIME
In the summertime, when all the trees and leaves are green
And the redbird sings, I'll be blue
'Cause you don't want my love ...
Some other time, that's what you say, when I want you
Then you laugh at me and make me cry
'Cause you don't want my love.
You don't seem to care a thing about me
You'd rather live without me, than to have my arms around you
When the nights are cold and you're so all alone
In the summertime, when all the trees and leaves are green
And the redbird sings, I'll be blue
'Cause you don't want my love.
401
posted on
02/25/2003 7:07:36 AM PST
by
Marauder
("We on a roll now.")
To: InShanghai
...and bingo was his name-o
To: InShanghai
"Syl-VEEEE-Ah's Motherrrrrr...." La la la
No kidding, I was just humming this tune under my breath (Ok, so I'm neurotic).
To: InShanghai
"I'm a joker, I'm a toker..."
404
posted on
02/25/2003 7:09:11 AM PST
by
A2J
(Those who truly understand peace know that its father is war.)
To: InShanghai
They're coming to take me away, ha ha....
405
posted on
02/25/2003 7:09:50 AM PST
by
steve-b
To: Mad Dawgg
Ohh Yuck! Rapper's Delight! My sister bought that album and played it over, and over, and over, and over....
That and the Village People's "YMCA"
406
posted on
02/25/2003 7:13:37 AM PST
by
InShanghai
(Saddam will eat pork!)
To: steve-b
They certainly are! The cats in the cradle. Ugh!
To: Darnright
See #104.
To: Interesting Times
"See #104."
Oh, man, someone ELSE has that wretched tune in their head? This thread brings up:
[Spoken:]
There's an old Australian stockman, lying, dying,
and he gets himself up on one elbow,
and he turns to his mates,
who are gathered 'round him and he says:
Watch me wallabys feed mate.
Watch me wallabys feed.
They're a dangerous breed mate.
So watch me wallabys feed.
Altogether now!
Tie me kangaroo down sport,
tie me kangaroo down.
Tie me kangaroo down sport,
tie me kangaroo down.
Keep me cockatoo cool, Curl,
keep me cockatoo cool.
Don't go acting the fool, Curl,
just keep me cockatoo cool.
Altogether now!
Take me koala back, Jack,
take me koala back.
He lives somewhere out on the track, Mac,
so take me koala back.
Altogether now!
Let me Abos go loose, Lou, *
let me Abos go loose.
They're of no further use, Lou,
so let me Abos go loose.
Altogether now!
Mind me platypus duck, Bill,
mind me platypus duck.
Don't let him go running amok, Bill,
mind me platypus duck.
Altogether now!
Play your digeridoo, Blue,
play your digeridoo.
Keep playing 'til I shoot thro' Blue,
play your digerydoo.
Altogether now!
Tan me hide when I'm dead, Fred,
tan me hide when I'm dead.
So we tanned his hide when he died Clyde,
(Spoken) And that's it hanging on the shed.
Altogether now!
To: InShanghai
410
posted on
02/25/2003 7:27:32 AM PST
by
Elsie
(The ONLY hope you have is Jesus!)
To: A2J
How about that old commercial for a childs toy.
Inch Worm Inch Worm,,,I'm Telling you True !
Inch Worm , I love you ,,,
Inch Worm I love you !!
There... that should ruin the rest of your day !
.....THUNDER......
To: Marauder
chug-a-lug chug-a-lug
make you wanna holler hi-dee-ho!
burns your tummy don'cha know
chug-a-lug chug-a-lug
(maybe) true story about "Dang Me,"
Roger Miller and Johnny Cash were driving across the desert from one show to another, and suddenly Roger Miller said, "Stop! I gotta do something." So they stopped, and he disappeared into the brush and was gone so long Cash went to sleep. He finally came back and said, "I had to write a song right away!" So Cash asked him to sing it:
"Dang me! Dang me! They oughtta take a rope and hang me!"
"Man, you need a doctor!"
(vaguely recalled from "Cash")
412
posted on
02/25/2003 7:33:01 AM PST
by
Tax-chick
(Don't you people ever sleep?)
To: InShanghai
LOL. I would have responded sooner, but now I have that darned Hey-la, hey-la on my mind.... :) Looks like you may have a winning hand.
413
posted on
02/25/2003 7:33:12 AM PST
by
bwteim
(Whoa baby, to that sugar shack...)
To: InShanghai
I ran so far away!And I ran,
I ran so far aaaa-way
I just ran,
I ran all night and daa-y
I couldn't get away.
414
posted on
02/25/2003 7:56:20 AM PST
by
Chemist_Geek
("Drill, R&D, and conserve" should be our watchwords! Energy independence for America!)
To: spectre
o o o o . . . . Pachelbel's "Canon" .
Sorry, I'm just about maxed out on that one.
Our choirmaster does a "cocktail lounge version" of it that is lie down on the floor and howl funny. We told him he needs to put a brandy snifter on the corner of the organ for tips . . .
My problem with tunes stuck in my head is that I can't get rid of the Sunday anthems for a day or so afterwards. I don't much care for the modern stuff (Jane Marshall's "Happy are they whose transgressions are forgiven" is pretty rough, that was last Sunday's offertory) but the real problem is that I sing alto, so the alto line is what's stuck. So sometimes it's not even really a tune. Fortunately, the communion anthem was Richard Farrant's "Hide Not Thou Thy Face O Lord" which is not only beautiful but has a delightful moving alto line. So I cheerfully carolled that all the way to work.
415
posted on
02/25/2003 7:58:39 AM PST
by
AnAmericanMother
(. . . and cast not off thy servant in thy displeasure.)
To: Victoria_R
Yes, it was the Bilbo Baggins song--I couldn't think of the guy's name. Thanks. You know those things can drive you nuts if don't come up with the correct answer.
To: CounterCounterCulture
And what about The Hampster Dance tune. You must have been listening to Radio Disney last night. After I gave up sitting at the computer very late last night, that's what they played! (heheheheheheh) My son loves it!
417
posted on
02/25/2003 8:09:41 AM PST
by
bootless
(Never Forget)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
"You're the poetry man..." Phoebe Snow. I *hate* that song!
418
posted on
02/25/2003 8:11:54 AM PST
by
bootless
(Never Forget)
To: AnAmericanMother
I got the first line wrong in #14, didn't I? Shouldn't it be, "This is the song that never ends"? That rhymes better with the second line, "It just goes on and on, my friends."
To: speedy
Sister Janet Mead, of course. It played incessantly my sophomore year of high school!
Don't Say You Don't Remember" by Beverly Bremers? I guess I don't remember! Lucky me! :-)
420
posted on
02/25/2003 8:15:56 AM PST
by
bootless
(Never Forget)
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