I have always
suffered from ear worms. You know, songs that pop into your head and won’t let
you go. You won’t have known this about me. I would be suffering an ear worm
while I was speaking with you one-on-one or in a group conversation.
Where do these frigging songs come from ? It’s astounding. However, when I deliberately
work through the lyrics, it becomes apparent.
A good example is
on a bike ride with chums – maybe a Wednesday morning to Beechworth, Frankie
Laine’s The Gambler will suddenly appear and firmly ensconce itself. Why this
song (about lost love) ? It’s about
pursuit of love as a gamble, similar to playing a game of roulette. Frankie
sings : ‘… While the wheels are spinning,
spinning, spinning, I’ll still think of winning …. Get it ? Spinning wheels ! On the bike. Up to Beechworth. Bike wheels. OMG !!!
Well, last
Monday, sitting in the double-decker bus, hurtling towards Victoria Station at dawn,
suddenly the Peter Paul and Mary ear worm pops in : Well eary in the morning, about the break of
daaay … ON and ON and fricking ON !!!
HELP
I know the pain! I found myself wandering around the other day humming the tune of "Dino -dino-dinosaurs". Not one you know I ask?? It's my own fault as I downloaded a huge number of dinosaur songs for a certain 4 year-old and we play them endlessly when he's in the car.....and sometimes at other times when we don't notice! It's a Spotify list so I'm happy to share the delight (and the pain) of endless songs about dinosaurs
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