Earworms!

[Detective TurtleHolmes]

Yes, t'was a dark moment in Australian history when Rolf Harris deigned to travel the long stairway to heaven. It was better than his Bohemian Rhapsody, however difficult that may be.

Lucky I don't consider myself an Australian citizen any more, no matter what words on paper say.



Hey, we should start Rolf Harris' Stairway to Heaven as a new kind of Rick Roll!
An interprank has begun! The coronation ceremony begins! Long Live The Rolf Wobble!

[Ubi Dubium]

Does it count that I have the video for One Love by Aiden flashing before my eyes? It's not music, but it's similar to an earworm, just visual, instead, and it certainly is a horror...

Would that be an "eyeworm"? (Ewwwwwww.)

[fueledbycoffee]

I am and shall remain innocent of the scourge of Rick Rolling on this discussion board...I would never stoop to such base behaviour. You should be ashamed of yourself TurtleHolmes and as a penance you must force yourself to watch this, which, I think you will agree, represents your country's darkest moment:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Cy5KjaAS7nY

I... I... I... WHU? What in the nine hells was that? Wait, I just checked out Bohemian Rhapsody... *slits wrists with much rapidity*

Although, even though the original is one of my favorite songs (that I'm royally ashamed of), I absolutely loved this:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=U8Yxmz-csB4&feature=related

Probably because I think pedophiles are fucking hilarious.

[Detective TurtleHolmes]

Although, even though the original is one of my favorite songs (that I'm royally ashamed of), I absolutely loved this:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=U8Yxmz-csB4&feature=related

Ooh, that was bad. Bad bad bad.

[FaithfulPirate42]

I have always loved Take On Me, as should everyone.

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=RMWXyEHoN88

Reel Big Fish does a good job with it.

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ4S-UiNmzo

So do these guys. As a matter of fact, I love everything this group does.

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=F2HcRHKgRUc

Also, Don't Let Us Get Sick, by Warren Zevon, gets stuck in my head rather regularly. Unfortunately, I could not find a video of him singing, but Jill Sobule is good too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMRlDELOhUg

What else? Oh, anything by Cheap Trick is a pretty sure bet for an earworm, but that's almost too easy.

[GreenRain22]

Riot by Three Days Grace

LETS START A RIOT, A RIOT, LETS START A RIOT...

[fueledbycoffee]

Turn It On by The Flaming Lips is easily one of the catchiest songs in my library. I can't turn it off.

[ken worley]

...I come from a land down under....
where women flow and men plunder.....
Can you hear, can't you hear the thunder....
You better run, you better take cover....

repeat endlessly...

[Elvalia]

...I come from a land down under....
where women flow and men plunder.....
Can you hear, can't you hear the thunder....
You better run, you better take cover....

repeat endlessly...

Wow... I haven't listened to that in ages. *Digs out CD...*

[ken worley]

...I come from a land down under....
where women flow and men plunder.....
Can you hear, can't you hear the thunder....
You better run, you better take cover....

repeat endlessly...

Wow... I haven't listened to that in ages. *Digs out CD...*

Of course, that will lead to "overkill", and "who can it be now?", which should seguay you(or me, as I remember my early teenage years) into related cascading memory-strings of '80s staples like "Africa" by Toto, and "Middle of the road" by the Pretenders....


*calls off work for monday, digs through cds*

[fueledbycoffee]

80's staples, as far as I'm concerned, are Turn On The News by Husker Du and Death Valley '69 by Sonic Youth. Maybe some Pixies. I wouldn't be caught dead with Toto. Overkill's a good song, though.

*Finishes listening to Meat Puppets II before digging through CDs*

[S'presso]

Damn skeet skeet skeet skeet skeet skeet skeet skeet

Lil John is not dead.

[Detective TurtleHolmes]

...I come from a land down under....
where women flow and men plunder.....
Can you hear, can't you hear the thunder....
You better run, you better take cover....

repeat endlessly...

We have a little correction there. I think it goes something like this:
"I come from a land down under,
Where women blow and men chunder. (which means vomit, spew.)
Can you hear, can't you hear the chunder,
You'd better run, you'd better take cover."
The last line was a bit changed. I think it had something to do with sex. Or big feet. Something to do with big feet. Or maybe that's the next verse? Gah! This will be bothering me for ages!

EDIT: I forgot to mention that yes, there is a similar bit with chundering, but our version is a bit more rude. If only I could remember! Damn you, memory!

[fueledbycoffee]

"Do you plunder?"
"I have been known to, yes."

[ken worley]

Santeria....

Well I really wanna knooow, ahh-Ba-beeeee......

Even guitar solo is part of loop-in-head...

I am even walking to the rythym, making bystanders think I have tourettes or something.....
it is sickening.