It took an entire week, but I was able to clear the 'earworm' "Speedy Delivery" song out of my head. Now if I wanted to, which I don't, I could sing it and be done with it.
Because of the ease with which I catch 'earworms' (songs that get stuck in one's head) I should avoid bad songs. I should - but I didn't.
Last night I was awakened at five by THGGM monkeying with the air-conditioner. Otherwise, I do not wake up during the night. On the floor in the bathroom I found a book "Dave Barry's Book of Bad Songs" which I began to read, in the bathroom, at five in the morning.
This book is already 10 years old. And, it reaches waaaay back for bad songs from the 60's, 70's and some 80's. It is a must read.
Does this paragraph from page 9 of the introduction not grab you?
"Why do people feel so passionate about this subject? Because music is personal. The songs we hear a lot - particularly the ones we hear when we're young - soak into our psyche, so that forever after, when we hear certain songs, we experience sudden and uncontrollable memory spasms taking us back to specific times - some good, some bad - in our lives."
I did actually go back to bed. I finished reading the book this afternoon. It can easily be read in an hour. The reading will only take an hour. This is not counting the times when your will be overtaken by extreme fits of laughter from which you will need time to recover before you resume reading.
More to come... probably in September...
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My 'earworm' song of the moment...and has been, for SEVERAL days now...is "Lola" by the Kinks. I think the worst of all time was "They're Coming to Take Me Away" which, I think, you might be too young to remember because you're something like 5 years younger than me, I think??? And I was quite young when it was popular, probably around 9. That song drives me NUTS!!! I have never heard the term 'earworm' before but it sure fits, doesn't it?
Judy, as you enjoy Dave Barry, and you are moving, you *must* read his book, Homes and Other Black Holes. It's hilarious! My sister gave it to us upon moving into our 1st home. If your library doesn't have it, amazon does:
http://www.amazon.com/Homes-Other-Black-Holes-Barry/dp/0345394402
Reading the book has placed the dreadful song "Timothy" into my head. I believe it was middle school, if I recall, and a poor guy named Tim had to put up with a lot of lip-smacking when kids passed him in the hall.
I'll have to get the 'house' one. I need to laugh my way through this move. Thanks for telling me about it!
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