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Songs Stuck In Your Head

Ronny said:
Maybe you should just eat some sour cream :)
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I tried that. Made coq au vin (the lazy way) tonight. No good. Unless perhaps I need to eat it with a spoon out of the jar...
 
The odds are good that these lyrics will get stuck in your mind:)

Bye, bye Miss American Pie
drove my Chevy to the levy
but the levy was dry
an them good ol' boys were drinkin whiskey and rye
singin this will be the day that I die,
this will be the day that I die.
 
I'm sure a psychiatrist would have a field day with all these songs and bits of songs that get stuck in our heads, and the associations..how one thought leads to another...

Thinking about Esape(the Pina Colada Song) by Rupert Holmes just now, I suddenly find these words in my head:

We had it all, just like Bogie and Bacall
Here's Looking at you kid
Sailing away to Key Largo..


Sailing Away to Key Largo might not be a great idea today :rolleyes:
 
mehastings said:
Could it have been Escape by Rupert Holmes (which Jimmy Buffett covered)? I always try to listen to songs I get stuck in my head in their entirety a couple times. It usually does the trick for me.
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YES! That's it! Thank you so much, guys. I went to Amazon.com and listened, and that's it. It's funny because I've never heard of Rupert Holmes before, I must have just picked up the song from somewhere and it stuck.
 
KristoCat said:
YES! That's it! Thank you so much, guys. I went to Amazon.com and listened, and that's it. It's funny because I've never heard of Rupert Holmes before, I must have just picked up the song from somewhere and it stuck.
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It feels good when something is solved....congratulations KristoCat. :)
 
All the hoopla about the status of the forum has me thinking of this song:

Come on people now,
Smile on your brother
Try to love one another right now
 
I see trees of green, red roses too
I see them bloom for me and you
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world

I see skies of blue and clouds of white
The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world

The colours of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of people going by
I see friends shakin' hands, sayin' "How do you do?"
They're really saying "I love you"

I hear babies cryin', I watch them grow
They'll learn much more than I'll ever know
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world
Yes, I think to myself, what a wonderful world

Oh yeah
 
Packing up the dreams God planted
In the fertile soil of you
Can’t believe the hopes he’s granted
Means a chapter in your life is through
But we’ll keep you close as always
It won’t even seem you’ve gone
’cause our hearts in big and small ways
Will keep the love that keeps us strong

Chorus:
And friends are friends forever
If the lord’s the lord of them
And a friend will not say never
’cause the welcome will not end
Though it’s hard to let you go
In the father’s hands we know
That a lifetime’s not too long to live as friends.

With the faith and love god’s given
Springing from the hope we know
We will pray the joy you’ll live in
Is the strength that now you show

But we’ll keep you close as always
It won’t even seem you’ve gone
’cause our hearts in big and small ways
Will keep the love that keeps us strong

Friends
Michael W. Smith


Some dear friends are moving to California today :(
 
muggle said:
The odds are good that these lyrics will get stuck in your mind:)

Bye, bye Miss American Pie
drove my Chevy to the levy
but the levy was dry
an them good ol' boys were drinkin whiskey and rye
singin this will be the day that I die,
this will be the day that I die.
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i've had that song stuck in my head millions times
 
In honor of John Denver, who died 8 years ago today:

Some Days Are Diamonds

When you ask how I’ve been here without you
I like to say I’ve been fine and I do
But we both know the truth is hard to come by
And if I told the truth, that’s not quite true

Some days are diamonds, some days are stone
Some time the hard times won’t leave you alone
Some times the cold winds blow a chill in my bones
Some days are diamonds, some days are stone

Now the face that I see in my mirror
More and more is a stranger to me
More and more I can see there’s a danger
In becoming what I never thought I’d be

Some days are diamonds, some days are stone
Some time the hard times won’t leave you alone
Some times the cold winds blow a chill in my bones
Some days are diamonds, some days are stone

Words and music by dick feller
 
I have a tendency to get songs that i hate stuck in my mind if i hear them on the radio. Recently Schnappi has been terrorising me.
 
Bad Day By Daniel powter!

Its always on the radio and i carnt seem to get this out of my head!
 
In honor of muggle's bear story over in the Just Finished Reading forum:

The Ballad of Davy Crockett
Bill Hayes

From _Davy Crockett_
Music: George Bruns
Lyrics: Tom Blackburn

Born on a mountain top in Tennessee
greenest state in the land of the free
raised in the woods so he knew ev'ry tree
kilt him a b'ar when he was only three
Davy, Davy Crockett, king of the wild frontier!

In eighteen thirteen the Creeks uprose
addin' redskin arrows to the country's woes
Now, Injun fightin' is somethin' he knows,
so he shoulders his rifle an' off he goes
Davy, Davy Crockett, the man who don't know fear!

Off through the woods he's a marchin' along
makin' up yarns an' a singin' a song
itchin' fer fightin' an' rightin' a wrong
he's ringy as a b'ar an' twict as strong
Davy, Davy Crockett, the buckskin buccaneer!

Andy Jackson is our gen'ral's name
his reg'lar soldiers we'll put to shame
Them redskin varmints us Volunteers'll tame
'cause we got the guns with the sure-fire aim
Davy, Davy Crockett, the champion of us all!~

Headed back to war from the ol' home place
but Red Stick was leadin' a merry chase
fightin' an' burnin' at a devil's pace
south to the swamps on the Florida Trace
Davy, Davy Crockett, trackin' the redskins down!

Fought single-handed through the Injun War
till the Creeks was whipped an' peace was in store
An' while he was handlin' this risky chore
made hisself a legend for evermore
Davy, Davy Crockett, king of the wild frontier!

He give his word an' he give his hand
that his Injun friends could keep their land
An' the rest of his life he took the stand
that justice was due every redskin band
Davy, Davy Crockett, holdin' his promise dear!

Home fer the winter with his family
happy as squirrels in the ol' gum tree
bein' the father he wanted to be
close to his boys as the pod an' the pea
Davy, Davy Crockett, holdin' his young'uns dear!

But the ice went out an' the warm winds came
an' the meltin' snow showed tracks of game
An' the flowers of Spring filled the woods with flame
an' all of a sudden life got too tame
Davy, Davy Crockett, headin' on West again!

Off through the woods we're ridin' along
makin' up yarns an' singin' a song
He's ringy as a b'ar an' twict as strong
an' knows he's right 'cause he ain' often wrong
Davy, Davy Crockett, the man who don't know fear!

Lookin' fer a place where the air smells clean
where the trees is tall an' the grass is green
where the fish is fat in an untouched stream
an' the teemin' woods is a hunter's dream
Davy, Davy Crockett, lookin' fer Paradise!

Now he's lost his love an' his grief was gall
in his heart he wanted to leave it all
an' lose himself in the forests tall
but he answered instead his country's call
Davy, Davy Crockett, beginnin' his campaign!

Needin' his help they didn't vote blind
They put in Davy 'cause he was their kind
sent up to Nashville the best they could find
a fightin' spirit an' a thinkin' mind
Davy, Davy Crockett, choice of the whole frontier!

The votes were counted an' he won hands down
so they sent him off to Washin'ton town
with his best dress suit still his buckskins brown
a livin' legend of growin' renown
Davy, Davy Crockett, the Canebrake Congressman!

He went off to Congress an' served a spell
fixin' up the Govern'ments an' laws as well
took over Washin'ton so we heered tell
an' patched up the crack in the Liberty Bell
Davy, Davy Crockett, seein' his duty clear!

Him an' his jokes travelled all through the land
an' his speeches made him friends to beat the band
His politickin' was their favorite brand
an' everyone wanted to shake his hand
Davy, Davy Crockett, helpin' his legend grow!

He knew when he spoke he sounded the knell
of his hopes for White House an' fame as well
But he spoke out strong so hist'ry books tell
an' patched up the crack in the Liberty Bell
Davy, Davy Crockett, seein' his duty clear!

When he come home his politickin' done
the western march had just begun
So he packed his gear an' his trusty gun
an' lit out grinnin' to follow the sun
Davy, Davy Crockett, leadin' the pioneer!

He heard of Houston an' Austin so
to the Texas plains he jest had to go
Where freedom was fightin' another foe
an' they needed him at the Alamo
Davy, Davy Crockett, the man who don't know fear!

His land is biggest an' his land is best
from grassy plains to the mountain crest
He's ahead of us all meetin' the test
followin' his legend into the West
Davy, Davy Crockett, king of the wild frontier!
 
hehe, since the forum does not permit showing of photos from one's computer I changed my avatar to show one of the photos of my back yard.

thanks, abecedarian :)
 
Strangely, I've had Art Ensemble of Chicago's "Barnyard scuffel schuffel" running through my head for several days now. Strange, because it must be well over a year since I last listened to "Fanfare for the warriors". Clearly I need to revisit it soon.
 
This one blatently refuses to leave the recesses of my brain, and its just one verse:

Wer'e Dug in deep, the price is steep,
The auctioneer is such a creep,
the lights ran out, the oil ran dry,
we blamed it on the other guy.
Sure all men are created equal;
here's the church, here's the steeple
Please stay tuned we cut to sequel,
ashes, ashes we all fall down.
 
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