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I wish I had this the other day when I heard Tommy Roe's "Sweet Pea" on 60s Gold on Sirius.
"Oh, Sweep Pea, Come on and dance with me,
Won'tcha, won'tcha, won'tcha dance with meee?"
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | December 01, 2024 at 08:50 AM
Copa. Copacabana.
I regret nothing.
Posted by: Alkali Bill | December 01, 2024 at 09:36 AM
" "It just drowned out the noise, left me calm, left me relaxed,"
This is going to kill vodka sales.
Posted by: Clankie | December 01, 2024 at 09:57 AM
60 years ago, Arthur C Clarke wrote a story about a scientist trying to find out how earworms worked (the term "earworm" hadn't been invented yet). He came up with the ultimate earworm, but unfortunately listened to it. The result was that he went completely mad, and (I think) eventually committed suicide.
Posted by: The Real Barry | December 01, 2024 at 10:35 AM
"Dancing Queen"?...
Posted by: From Allen at Division: | December 01, 2024 at 11:48 AM
Gramma got run over by a reindeer...
Posted by: Merry Christmas | December 01, 2024 at 12:06 PM
And I'll never have that earwormy again, oh no.
Posted by: kwerty | December 01, 2024 at 01:02 PM
“Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner” by Warren Zevon, in addition to being an awesome song, kills earworms.
Posted by: wiredog | December 01, 2024 at 01:59 PM
Listening certainly cured any thought of ever listening to even 2 seconds of a RAP song again.
I currently have a bad 'guitar part earworm' centered specifically around the guitar heard at 3:15 of the video.
I also, strangely enough, hear 'Watchtower' during this 4 chord progression and for that matter any other song with 4 chord full step progression. I was born this way and feel it a waste of time to seek help. I have a fear of going to any concert, even one of Cher's farewell gigs, and seeing Led Zeppelin
*The guitar player in the video is the son of Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics. They made songs, I have never heard of, stuffed full of earworms. If you listen closely, you can hear 'Watchtower'.
Posted by: man tom | December 01, 2024 at 02:05 PM
Prepare yourself for the remaining days of your lifetime to become filled with unrelenting earworm torture.
Posted by: man tom | December 01, 2024 at 02:12 PM
Billy Don’t Be a Hero.
Posted by: Yuri Velcum | December 01, 2024 at 02:39 PM
Does anybody know of an equivalent treatment for books? I mean I have 'Bad Habits' (by some guy named Barry) stuck in my head and would like to move on to something else. And don't suggest a guillotine.
Seems like there was a Twilight Zone episode about this as I remember - some guy tortured an other guy by putting an earwig in his ear. The thing crawled thru the guys head and out the other ear - but turns out the earwig was a pregnant female and laid her eggs in his head.
Posted by: Pullet Surprise | December 01, 2024 at 02:57 PM
The ultimate test for the Earworm Eraser...
Posted by: 🐔 Mr. Chicken 🐔 | December 01, 2024 at 03:32 PM
@Pullet Surprise: "The Caterpillar," a segment of a Night Gallery episode, adapted by Rod Serling from an Oscar Cook story. A guy lusts after his employer's wife, hires someone to plant an earwig in his employer's head. but the someone screws up and the earwig ends up in the guy's head instead. He survives the ordeal, only to learn that the earwig was a female and laid her eggs in his brain.
Posted by: wanderer2575 | December 01, 2024 at 03:51 PM
SMACKS Alkali Bill
Posted by: MOTW | December 01, 2024 at 09:13 PM
Alkali Bill should have seen that a-comin.
Posted by: Dope Slap | December 01, 2024 at 09:51 PM
Thank you, thank you, thank you, wanderer2575. I think there was an old Kleiban cartoon that showed some small hair piece on the top of some guys ear - titled 'Earwig.'
Posted by: Pullet Surprise | December 01, 2024 at 10:41 PM
The Real Barry: earlier than that, there’s Mark Twain’s short story “A Literary Nightmare” about him being afflicted with an earworm until he manages to unload it onto someone else.
Posted by: Alex | December 02, 2024 at 05:50 AM