This is a distant cousin of the hiccups (discussed on this forum months ago): persistent, maddening, and damn near incurable if you don't have a good remedy at hand.

In the past I've been plagued by endless loops of "The Christmas Song" ["chestnuts roasting on an open fire/Jack Frost nipping at your nose"], Van Halen's "Why Can't This Be Love?" and "Take On Me" by A-Ha.

Today's pest is the theme from NPR's "Marketplace," a horrid bit of 5/4 math jazz that simply will not go away. I tried playing it on my girlfriend's Casio and that seemed to do the trick -- until she mentioned the fiendish tune later this evening.

Please help.

I find this can be solved by knocking it out with something equally or more infectious. Like, oh, anything from King Kong's Funny Farm or the "Red Hot Lovin'" single.

Of course, then you have to get that out of your head, but often the two catchy songs cancel each other out. Or it's not as bad, because it's something you've chosen to listen to.

why dont you just put on a record that you like.

A good song to use is "Sugar Sugar" by the Archies (not the current B-96 hit "Sugar, sugar, how'd ya get so fly" thing). That will clean you mind of ANY other song, lick-ity-split!

Maurice wrote:I find this can be solved by knocking it out with something equally or more infectious.

My brother's suggestion (he's the blonde), which has always worked for me, is Lowrider by War. I'm always happy to have that song in my head, and it destroys anything in there that I might want out.

Maurice wrote:I find this can be solved by knocking it out with something equally or more infectious. Like, oh, anything from King Kong's Funny Farm or the "Red Hot Lovin'" single.

I'm afraid this is true. It's a bit like getting someone to stamp on your foot to make you forget your headache.

Personal irritating favourites guaranteed to kick out the shiteful parasitic tones of Paradise City:

Mission Impossible theme tune or the Inspector Gadget incidental music (cartoon version)
"We Are Family" by Sister Sledge

This topic has come up a number of times when I've been at Electrical. The consensus answer is that singing the chorus of Tina Turner's "Private Dancer" to oneself is the best way to remove an irritating song from one's brain. The hookless blob that is the chorus of "Private Dancer" will work into your brain and force out any "Love Will Keep Us Together", "Karma Chameleon" or "She Bangs" (William Hung version) that might be trapped in your aural grey matter.

Here you go.

"I'm your private dancer
A dancer for money
I'll do what you want me to do
I'm your private dancer
A dancer for money
Any old music will do"

My brother's suggestion (he's the blonde), which has always worked for me, is Lowrider by War. I'm always happy to have that song in my head, and it destroys anything in there that I might want out.

i heard 'low rider' on the radio this weekend

i wonder if, upon completion of 'low rider,' the dudes in war realized that they had just made themselves a lot of money

tmidgett wrote:i heard 'low rider' on the radio this weekend

i wonder if, upon completion of 'low rider,' the dudes in war realized that they had just made themselves a lot of money

"Low Rider" by The Jesus Lizard should help get rid of that one

You should all consider yourselves lucky, for months I had "Paradise City" on the brain. "Oh, won't you please take me home - da da di da" What a fucking Travesty! But thanks for the Private Dancer tip, nevertheless .