But I've been beaten. A song has finally defeated those countermeasures.
I was setting up some training sessions for my team in FIFA 08, when a particular song from the game's soundtrack came on and just totally took hold in my brain. Well, the chorus did at least.
That song, which has become a rather unwelcome guest in my head that just won't leave is Bum Like You by Robyn. Click with caution.
And I understand why this has happened. The chorus line is repeated twice, and the way the music is written, it lends itself to looping. And there are three prominent notes in a pause between the lyrics that perfectly lend themselves as a hook.
For the past 48 hours, this little trojan horse of a piece of music has been sacking the inner fortress of my mind. Just when I think it is gone, it pops up again and torments me... especially when it is quiet. I am trying to read a history of soccer called The Ball is Round, and because there is no other aural stimulus, that little snatch of music just keeps repeating over and over.
How bad is this infestation? It isn't just tormenting me in the day... it has crossed the line and started appearing in my dreams too. It was at that moment that I realized I had a war on my hands, and it was going to be ugly.
So far that little ditty by Robyn has defeated The theme to The Wide World of Sports, which like napalm would sanitize almost any other song out of my head. Tin There by Underworld which makes me completely zone out, almost worked, but 10 minutes later, that chorus suddenly reappears. I've tried 20 other songs, but none of them have done the job.
This thing is getting so bad I tried to beat this earworm by pitting it against Banana Phone and Badger Badger Badger ... and it just laughed it off. Literally, I was listening to Banana Phone, and in the background, I could still hear the chorus of Bum Like You.
I could cry... it just won't stop.
I am trying Maim That Tune, now, and it isn't working. I need some help here. I am also about to attempt jamming the theme from the BBC children's series The Magic Roundabout into my ears to see if it will kill this earworm. Wish me Luck, and I am willing to take suggestions for songs that you think can defeat this pesky tune.
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Flo.rida's "In The Ayer" would be good, or Kanye West's "Gold Digger."
Those are not only catchy, but they don't necessarily stick around once they've eradicated the evil.
Oooh, or "Swing" by Savage. That one makes me so happy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsF6Ks5jNXI
Sounds to me like the Earworm is making up for all its previous failures with one Everlasting Revenge.
And I so did not click on it...
Football, soccer
irritating enough if you loop it. (comes from Pro Evolution 2008).
or that song 'I kissed a girl' but I don't know if you want to have thát one stuck in your head haha.
Mel: I suddenly have this image of you dancing to Swing. I can see why it would make you so happy.
Megan: Yes, that was a really good idea. Do not listen to the song if you don't want the earworm.
Arjan: That is almost a great novelty song ;) I tried Katy Perry too, that's how desperate I was. However, the Magic Roundabout really took a huge bite out of the earworm
**grin** Just about any track from Warren Zevon's Excitable Boy album will root out an earworm for me.
The title track, Werewolves of London and Lawyers, Guns and Money work best, and any of the three will easily replace either of the other two.
Failing that, hit youtube for the video "Ghostflowers" by Otep which seems to scrub out my brain without leaving many traces.
See, at the moment I am regretting a missed opportunity... this is one of those moments that demanded an image from The Wrath of Khan... you know, one with the real earworms in it.
I am familiar with Werewolves of London, but its effect on cleansing my mental space is minimal.
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