OT: Latest Earworms?
Trying to get in some last OT threads before our work begins - that is, football season.
Today's thought: what song is stuck in your head these days?
For me, it's been the song Stuck by Thirty Seconds to Mars (a band I'd never heard of, but apparently formed by actor Jared Leto and some others years back). I can almost see some stadium adopting the main chant of the song as something to yell out when your team is on defense.
So, what fun song is bouncing around your mind?
My Wife Thinks You're Dead - Junior Brown
not complete without the link
Been listening to Yacht Rock Radio on SiriusXm. Got Summer Breeze stuck in my head.
With yacht rock Kenny will be the only logins youll need this summer. Enjoy the smooth stylings of him, Michael Mcdonald and others as you enjoy driving around in your Chrysler Lebaron with the top down.
I was made for lovin' you
KISS
Hallowed be thy name
Iron Maiden
The lonely Shepard
Gheorghe Zamfir
"Joiner" by Blondshell https://youtu.be/hb3ZlYG1cKA
Just caught her show in DC. She’s got a lot of potential.
I couldn't help but think about this particular ear worm when I read the thread title.
My thought was.
My thought was...
4'33" by John Cage. Make sure to crank up the volume, otherwise you won't get the full effect.
LOL I performed this with a few friends many moons ago when I was a piano major. My 20th Century Repertoire prof didn't think I was taking the genre seriously.
Ha. I would've liked to see that.
Just for kicks, I bring it up when I'm talking to my students about plagiarism. Cage's estate successfully got a six-figure settlement against some band that had 1-minute silent track on their album. Crazy.
I can't get Kylie Minogue's Padam Padam out of my head. Silly, throw-away tune has infected my brain. I think it's a cover of an Edith Piaf song.
For me it’s a song called “Rattle!”. Unless one listens to Gospel music, you’re likely to not have heard of it. It’s got a guitar riff in the chorus that is dynamite.
I assume you mean this.
Have you heard.
That’s it. The radio version is much shorter and I think mixed slightly different. And yes, I’ve heard all of those songs. Their music is way underrated IMO.
if you like gospel, this has been in my head awhile.
Not long ago we found an online quiz about guessing a popular song by the *wrong* lyrics often used for it (e.g. "revved up like a douche" for Blinded by the Light by ELO or " 'scuse me while I kiss this guy" for Purple Haze by Hendrix or "Hold me closer, Tony Danza" for Tiny Dancer by Elton John).
A few good ones still stuck in my head (without telling the answers):
"Touched for the 31st time"
"We built this city on the wrong damned road"
"Slow motion Walter, the fire engine guy"
"It doesn't make a difference if we're naked or not"
"The algebra has a devil for a sidekick"
"Let's pee in the corner"
"You made the rice, I made the gravy"
"You've been outright offensive, for so long now"
"Shamu, the mysterious whale"
And for anyone with a weak bladder, "there's a bathroom on the right".
I used to work in a big chain bookstore part time when I was in college to earn some spending cash. This reminded me of what I remember being on the bargain stacks - a book with that Hendrix lyric for purple haze. And yep, still out there ... https://www.amazon.com/Scuse-While-Kiss-This-Guy/dp/0671501283
A couple jump out above,
Feels like the first time
Shot to heart
Smoke on the water
Is that one Starship's We built this city? Seems too literal a clue.
Blinded by the Light by Manfred Mann
Bob Seger - Katmandu - catch that dude
England Dan & JFC - I'd really like to see you tonight. A friend had I'm not talking about Marilyn, rather than "moving in".
I've been listening to a few songs from the soon-to-be released Neil Young album "Chrome Delivery". As I understand it, Neil and Crazy Horse were set to release this so-called 'lost album' in 1977 but it never happened for some reason. Several of the songs subsequently made it on other Neil Young albums.
If you're a Neil Young/Crazy Horse fan, the guitar work, the lyrics, and the singing won't disappoint.
Not a Thiry Seconds fan but I do like this song.
As for the topic,
So I heard a song recently that got stuck in my head--it was definitely something I recognized, and would have been heard on the radio, but it wasn't quite loud enough and there was too much ambient noise to be able to identify it (or Shazaam it). I'm pretty sure it was an 80s song, it was sung by a male, and it was pretty upbeat/peppy, what I'd probably characterize as something like pop or pop rock. The most identifiable feature was a repeated line that went something like "[female name] oh oh oh oh oohoohooh..." (could have been "whoa" instead of "oh," but you get the idea). Unfortunately I couldn't make out the female name (which is my guess for the title as well), which would have made it much easier to identify.
For whatever reason my mind immediately went to Phil Collins/Genesis, though I'm not sure it actually sounded like Phil Collins singing. Unfortunately I no longer have the beat in my head, but I got a similar feeling listening to some of Steve Winwood's 80s songs. Wasn't having luck looking through lists of either of their singles though. And I didn't have luck going through lists of songs with female name titles; for example, it's not Cecelia, Rosanna, Layla, Lorelei (though that does have an "ooh ooh ooh ooh" line), Roxanne, Sweet Caroline, My Sharona, Jenny (867-5309), Gloria, etc.
If anyone has an idea what it might be, I'd be very appreciative.
Ah Leah, Donnie Iris?
Unfortunately that's not it, though I see why you suggested it with that "ah ah ah" section in the middle of the song. From what I remember the song I'm trying to identify had a faster beat, plus the "[female name] oh oh oh oh oohoohooh..." line was repeated multiple times in the song (I'm tempted to say that was the hook, if I'm using that term correctly).
Trying to remember if the beat changed/slowed down later in the song; really wish I still had the beat in my head...
Sussudio?
Check your Peter Gabriel songs.
That's a good suggestion. I've done that for Phil Collins and Steve Winwood--resorted to going through the list of their singles on Wikipedia and pulling up promising ones on Youtube. I'll have to do that for Peter Gabriel as well.
Big fan of Genesis (especially Peter Gabriel era and their early Phil Collins albums), same with Steve Winwood's entire catalog. So I hope someone has the answer you seek.
What popped in my head was “Shakin’” by Eddie Money, but I think it’s just “shakin’” in the chorus. Rosanna is the girl’s name though “Just call Rosanna and it's a hell of a show…”
80’s, male singer, female name, says Oh multiple times. First thing that popped into my mind was Oh Sherrie by Steve Perry. If not, it’s still a great song.
Maybe Lido Shuffle by Boz Scaggs?
Lido, whoa, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh
THANK YOU! Yes that was it; no wonder I couldn't make out what I thought was a name, never in a million years would have guessed he was saying "Lido"...
Some help from the Family Guy (starting at 0:38)
Morgan Wallen,"Last Night".
Pains me as an Asian American in his 40s who went to raves and still loves techno/trance
"I'm Still Standing" - Elton John.
One of my youth football players came to practice last week singing it. His mom must have been rocking that in the car.
I had this one blaring in the car the other day:
Several Greta Van Fleet ones (whom I posted about a couple weeks ago because they were new to me). Heat Above is their best track imo.
Sklar brothers do a mid-year and year-end music pod as a change up to the regular pod. There are always a couple of fun things I walk away with. The one from 2023 midyear a couple of weeks ago I now have in my Spotify favorites is Super See by somebody named Robert Lester Folsom, who I'd never heard of. https://open.spotify.com/track/7qfICtHH8eB3rAJR2PqeNh
Tinnitus
China Grove. Doobie Brothers
Hey neighbor, you must wearing a pair of these too!
Nah, Adidas for me.
tbh today I've got Ryan Gosling belting out that Ken song from the Barbie movie stuck in my head
Half a World Away by REM, thanks to The Bear
I love the front bottoms but this song has been stuck in my head for weeks