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Help! Does anyone have a cure for the dreaded earworm? For weeks I've been plagued with a Cliff Richard song going round my head. It's a dreadful song and I never liked him , even in my teens when he was "Britain's answer to Elvis" (and I never liked him, either).Why is it only the worst tunes linger like that and not stuff you actually like? I'm not a big music lover but I certainly know what I do and don't enjoy and this sentimental schlock is driving me crazy...
Can't offer a cure but, if you name the song maybe we can all share your pain :)
Grizzlygrump wrote: "Can't offer a cure but, if you name the song maybe we can all share your pain :)"I wouldn't do that to you! :o)
PS The wretched things are infectious... but thanks!
Isabella wrote: "Help! Does anyone have a cure for the dreaded earworm? For weeks I've been plagued with a Cliff Richard song going round my head. It's a dreadful song and I never liked him , even in my teens when ..."Can I offer you a swap? Only problem is the cure might be worse than the disease. I'll take your Cliff Richard song and offer in exchange a Disney classic(?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmvT7...
At least it wasn't Frozen! 😄
I've never seen Frozen (yet) and don't know the songs. I'm trying to brainwash my grand-daughter with the original Disney Jungle Book which is a favourite of mine. And I do like Moana.
Val wrote: "Isabella wrote: "Help! Does anyone have a cure for the dreaded earworm? For weeks I've been plagued with a Cliff Richard song going round my head. It's a dreadful song and I never liked him , even ..."Will the swap count if I've never heard yours before? (So it won't stick!) ;o)
There's nothing worse than having a Cranberries song stuck in your heeeeeeead, in your heeeeeead, in your head, in your head, in your hea, hea, hea, head.
That kind of thing tends to linger.
Grizzlygrump wrote: "That kind of thing tends to linger."EARNED THEM A GOOD FEW DOLORES IN THE US THOUGH.
DOLORES ONCE GOT A WATER INFECTION AND MOANED, "EVERYONE ELSE IS DOING IT BUT I CAN'T WEE".
Sera69 wrote: "There's nothing worse than having a Cranberries song stuck in your heeeeeeead, in your heeeeeead, in your head, in your head, in your hea, hea, hea, head."That's one of those records that used to be played several times every day on Radio Hamburg without the announcers ever saying what it was called or who it was by. It's some kind of relief to know now, 27 years later.
Val wrote: "I've never seen Frozen (yet) and don't know the songs. I'm trying to brainwash my grand-daughter with the original Disney Jungle Book which is a favourite of mine. And I do like Moana."I wonder if secret services of the world use 'Let It Go' as a form of torture? It's hideous! The song that is!
'I wonder if secret services of the world use 'Let It Go' as a form of torture? It's hideous! The song that is!'Probably after denying them the toilet for 12 hours.
it's not the worst song in the world - it's a favourite of my grand-daughter, so i hear it quite a lot. also stirs up a pleasant memory of my son's wedding (nearly 6 yrs ago) - when it was played at the reception, the gay contingent gathered in the middle of the dancefloor to sing along with alcohol fuelled passion - a real 'moment', as i would tellyou!
Tech XXIII wrote: "it's not the worst song in the world - it's a favourite of my grand-daughter, so i hear it quite a lot. also stirs up a pleasant memory of my son's wedding (nearly 6 yrs ago) - when it was played a..."Nothing like some wedding mincing to mark the occasion.
Serial wrote: "Tech XXIII wrote: "it's not the worst song in the world - it's a favourite of my grand-daughter, so i hear it quite a lot. also stirs up a pleasant memory of my son's wedding (nearly 6 yrs ago) - w...""Nothing like some wedding mincing to mark the occasion." - oh you didn't............ Yeah, you did. What year is it in Ireland, 1950?
Serial wrote: "Nothing like some wedding mincing to mark the occasion."The most blatantly and unnecessarily offensive post for a while.
Gordon wrote: "Serial wrote: "Nothing like some wedding mincing to mark the occasion."The most blatantly and unnecessarily offensive post for a while."
Thanks.
I wonder what the politically correct term is for a group of homosexual men dancing at a wedding?Someone enlighten me.
So I'm guessing as there's no outrage at Techs term 'Gay Contingent'. That's one option.
Or possibly 'Contingent of Gay guests'.
Anyway, back to earworms/annoying songs...theDuke wrote: "I wonder if secret services of the world use 'Let It Go' as a form of torture? It's hideous! The song that is!"
https://nypost.com/2020/10/06/playing...
And for those that have never heard it before (lucky you, but where have you been, it's got over 6 billion views. Yes, billion). - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XqZsoes...
No need to thank me 😈
Indeed - you're evil for inflicting us with that! 🙉
Just listened for the first time. Managed 2 minutes. There are many worse things!
Serial wrote: "So I'm guessing as there's no outrage at Techs term 'Gay Contingent'. That's one option.
Or possibly 'Contingent of Gay guests'."
Gay is a perfectly acceptable term and, short of the cumbersome LGBTQ+, is one happily used in self-description by most. It's the 'mincing' reference which is the 'it was alright in the 70s' a la John Inman problem. Not seeing a problem with the word 'contingent', especially if the group responded to a particular tune en masse and were therefore a clearly identifiable subgroup - contingent does not demean them, 'mincing' does.
Derek wrote: "Our Best Man was gay."Why are you telling us this?
Is this something you bring up to people, generally?
Supermarket checkout workers, the postman/women, random strangers.....etc
.
"And for those that have never heard it before (lucky you, but where have you been, it's got over 6 billion views. Yes, billion). - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XqZsoes...No need to thank me."
Looks like modern take on this old classic, heheh...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqUiW...
Serial wrote: "Derek wrote: "Our Best Man was gay."Why are you telling us this?
Is this something you bring up to people, generally?
Supermarket checkout workers, the postman/women, random strangers.....etc
"
To show that Su and I are so 'woke' that we were 'woke' before 'wokeness ' had been invented? Is it something I should be ashamed of?
Derek wrote: "Serial wrote: "Derek wrote: "Our Best Man was gay."Why are you telling us this?
Is this something you bring up to people, generally?
Supermarket checkout workers, the postman/women, random stra..."
Ashamed?
Er nope.
Just interesting you feel the need to flag it up.
Puts me in mind of someone who recently said they were going to give a homeless guy a coffee and sandwich but didn't as their phone battery was dead, and they couldn't film the moment, for their facebook page.
And just for the record I had a South African friend years back, and as a child I was pals with 2 ginger brothers.
"oh, my!" (george takei)yeah, contingent! they all came from different tables, y'know, not cordoned off or anything (although some weren't even chaps!), sitting with their friends and families, and upon the signal (let it go) came together to form a contingent in song, an expression of unity and joy - it was no big deal, really, just a nice memory.
i wrote gay contingent, but i usually just call them by their names
Serial is a pseudonym. Some say you're called Tim but I have uncovered the truth. You, sir, are in fact Roy Hobbs aged 74;https://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/s...
Brass Neck wrote: "Serial is a pseudonym. Some say you're called Tim but I have uncovered the truth. You, sir, are in fact Roy Hobbs aged 74;https://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/s...-..."
Roy seems a decent fella.
Tech XXIII wrote: "it's not the worst song in the world - it's a favourite of my grand-daughter, so i hear it quite a lot. also stirs up a pleasant memory of my son's wedding (nearly 6 yrs ago) - when it was played a..."You're correct Tech...Justin Belieber's Baby has earned that most unenviable trophy!
Serial wrote: "'I wonder if secret services of the world use 'Let It Go' as a form of torture? It's hideous! The song that is!'Probably after denying them the toilet for 12 hours."
Oooooooo...that's would be really nasty! lol!
Tech XXIII wrote: "it's not the worst song in the world - it's a favourite of my grand-daughter, so i hear it quite a lot. also stirs up a pleasant memory of my son's wedding (nearly 6 yrs ago) - when it was played a..."Odd choice of song to play at a....wedding?! Let It Go??!! They just got married...then!
Helen The Melon wrote: "Anyway, back to earworms/annoying songs...theDuke wrote: "I wonder if secret services of the world use 'Let It Go' as a form of torture? It's hideous! The song that is!"
https://nypost.com/2020/..."
Kill me....kill me now.....
I'll not gunna get that piece of diarrhea out of my head now. Urrgh.
theDuke wrote: "Tech XXIII wrote: "it's not the worst song in the world - it's a favourite of my grand-daughter, so i hear it quite a lot. also stirs up a pleasant memory of my son's wedding (nearly 6 yrs ago) - w..."Back in the day it was always Freda Payne's Band Of Gold which, title apart, is THE most inappropriate song (and who books 'separate rooms' on a honeymoon - if the doubts were THAT strong .......);
Now that you're gone
All that's left is a band of gold
All that's left of the dreams I hold
Is a band of gold
And the memories of what love could be
If you were still here with me
You took me from the shelter of my mother
I had never known or loved any other
We kissed after taking vows
But that night on our honeymoon
We stayed in separate rooms
I wait in the darkness of my lonely room
Filled with sadness, filled with gloom
Hoping soon
That you'll walk back through that door
And love me like you tried before
Since you've been gone
All that's left is a band of gold
All that's left of the dreams I hold
Is a band of gold
And the dream of what love could be
If you were still here with me
Oh
Don't you know that I wait
In the darkness of my lonely room
Filled with sadness, filled with gloom
Hoping soon
That you'll walk back through that door
And love me like you tried before
Back in the day it was always Freda Payne's Band Of Gold which, title apart, is THE most inappropriate song (and who books 'separate rooms' on a honeymoon - if the doubts were THAT strong .......);Or Sting and the stalker's anthem - "Every breath you take, every move you make, ... I'll be watching you..."
How anyone could think that was romantic defeats me.
At an early 70s wedding, friends of mine chose Maureen McGovern's "There's Got To Be A Morning After" for their first dance. I wasn't convinced the theme from The Poseidon Adventure was a good omen but they've had a very happy marriage.
Val wrote: "At an early 70s wedding, friends of mine chose Maureen McGovern's "There's Got To Be A Morning After" for their first dance. I wasn't convinced the theme from The Poseidon Adventure was a good omen..."Marital plain sailing then?
At least there's no trend to play Ugly Kid Joe's I Hate Everything About You at nuptials.
an innapropriate song for a wedding, actually singing it!at the reception for my brother in law's wedding, and having just witnessed uncle charlie's flawless reading of 'annie's song' (with live band), my sister in law and her friend huckled me up to sing something (the deal was that they would sing back-up - of course they pissed off and left me to it, innit) having spent the previous weeks soaking up nick cave's covers album, 'kicking against the pricks', i decided (not soberly) to sing the only song that i could remember all the lyrics of, "right, guys, do you know 'by the time i get to phoenix'?..............uncle charlie hung his head in shame!
Here's one folk tend to play at weddings, and nowt corny about this un...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3VUq...
…more for funerals tho I reckon. Maybe my interpretation of it's cos I'm a miserable sod mind, I dunno.
Top track whatever the case.
Sorry, y'all can get back to the cheesy stuff now. Or maybe my entry just continues the theme for the rest of yous. Even better! A sucker for a ballad, me, I'm afraid.
We didn't have a reception or music, just a meal. There were only 12 of us and we'd have got married by post if possible. We had a lovely day.Of the 4 members of our family, only 1 got bullied into a wedding reception.
None of us had hen or stag nights either.
Lez wrote: "We didn't have a reception or music, just a meal. There were only 12 of us and we'd have got married by post if possible. We had a lovely day.Of the 4 members of our family, only 1 got bullied int..."
Well, there was a war on?! ;¬)
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