Comments on: It’s Driving Me Insane — Here, You Have It

By: Chap

Chap — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 06:21:31 +0000

Yeah, I have two songs in my head ready for replay whenever I need to remove the bad one that showed up. Comes from reading Arthur C. Clarke's "Tales From The White Hart", I guess. But this song? It's welcome to stay there for a while. I dunno why, it just is.

By: gneal

gneal — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:06:13 +0000

I’ve found 2 fairly reliable ways to drive out songs stuck in your head. The first option is to think about as many songs that can get stuck in your head. After naming 15-30 songs, the a new song has real problems getting stuck in your head.

And I’m sure all your friends will be glad to help you name songs that could stick in your head :-)

The other option is to listen to the song from start to finish. Unfortunately, this method isn’t 100% effective and requires you have the complete song available to you.

By: CartoonCoyote

CartoonCoyote — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 04:12:19 +0000

Ah, Badfinger. Read Dan Matovina's Without You: The Tragic Story Of Badfinger,/i> and keep your Prozac handy. Those poor bastards. "Know One Knows" (yep, that's the spelling) off the Wish You Were Here album will be an earworm the size of one of those big suckers from Dune, but you'll love it.

By: Dave Hall

Dave Hall — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 02:50:41 +0000

Margaret Thatcher in a thong.

By: Matthew in Austin

Matthew in Austin — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 02:09:41 +0000

John – Did it work? Did loading it into our skulls get it out of yours?

If so, then that is a good reason to start a blog and work to build up readership. To create a target for a Vulcan mind-meld style brain evacuation.

I wonder if it works for disturbing images as well as songs, like Hillary Clinton the french maid.

By: Djscman

Djscman — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:22:30 +0000

Huh, I always thought that was Eric Clapton. How wrong I was! An influential band I'd never even heard of, this Badfinger. This has been stuck in my head the last few weeks: The Shins' "Phantom Limb". It has a nice hook, and a sound that sounds like they could have jammed with Badfinger back in the day.

By: Mark Evans

Mark Evans — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:09:26 +0000

You have forced me to resort to the best C&W SF song ever written to clear my mind.

http://www.benzedrine.cx/benson.mp3

By: bob

bob — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:44:48 +0000

More sticky than the Sanford and Son theme? Sanford & Son Theme Song (1972) -

By: ruffcorn

ruffcorn — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:56:34 +0000

Last week in a fit of nostalgia, I downloaded Jethro Tull’s Thick as a Brick album. After just one listen I now have had the entire 44 minute song playing over…and over…and over in my head for 9 days straight and now I remember why I haven’t owned a copy of that music since I had it on 8-track. It is now so firmly lodged in my head that I will probably have to resort to my personal nuclear option – any song by ABBA.

By: Ibid

Ibid — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:04:13 +0000

I used to take a class on children’s music. What? I was an elementary education major. Anyway, I always went to class with a Walkman (yeah, I know) filled with replacement music. The Superman theme, The Emperor’s March, You Can Call Me Al, Also Sprach Zarathustra, and others. The moment class was over I put on the headphones and blasted until all traces of “The Wheels on the Bus” and “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes, Knees and Toes” was gone.