I recently acquired an earworm.

[Abolishinist]

After consulting a shaman, I was told if I could pass this on to someone else, I would be cured.

Anything at this point is worth a try, so please indulge me. I have NO reason why this popped into my brain and won't go away, but if I can pass it on to someone more deserving, I will forever be in your debt.

Thanks to all in advance!

[Niagara]

1. I woke up with this earworm on both Sunday morning and this morning.

This is a timeless and a masterpiece of a song, but that doesn't mean that I want stuck in my head frequently when I wake up in the morning.



Here I am, passing it on so that I can be cured.

[Abolishinist]

15. Dream on! I'M the one

who is passing my earworm on. I mean, you just can't expect me to take this on just to free you of yours, right?

Good try! And I must say, I'm familiar with the song, but as a late 60's early 70's music fan I wasn't familiar with the group. But I did enjoy our trip to Australia / New Zealand, which we took in Feb 2020, just as Covid was starting to enter the conversation.

[Niagara]

17. I was hoping that I could pass my earworm on to someone else.

It didn't necessarily have to be you who took it to free me.


We could wheel and deal obnoxious earworms with each other in this thread.

[retread]

2. Years later this one attached itself to me again!

[Emile]

4. Thanks for posting

[EYESORE 9001]

3. I use this occasionally as a "palate cleanser' to displace an intractable earworm

Sometimes it gets stuck for awhile as a replacement, but I don’t mind. It’s preferable to whatever was going on previously. Every time, it cuts that previous earworm into little pieces.

[Abolishinist]

7. Wow. I didn't realize until looking it up that Live at Pompeii was not performed

in front of a live audience, but was filmed over a period of 4 days at the ancient amphitheatre in Pompeii.

I'm afraid that if I switched over to this one, I'd not only get ticketed for speeding, but end up in a different county before I realized I was lost, so hopefully it won't stick! Roger's bass as usual is amazing, and as someone pointed out, at around 4:40, Nick loses his drumstick and immediately recovers. I ended up watching part of the entire film on YouTube.

So for the above reasons, I'm still looking around, but thanks! Perhaps it's time for me to revisit Pink Floyd.

[Hotler]

5. It will go away if you listen to this.

[Abolishinist]

8. Funny! I hear this on the radio

from time to time, but I wasn't aware of the video.

Thanks, but I wouldn't want this one to stick, it's just as bad as the current one.

[CTyankee]

6. My current one (good song, but please not forever in my head)...

[Abolishinist]

9. Thanks! But I've had the Wichita Lineman earworm in the past,

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so if I'm going to go country I'll stick with that.

Actually, it's one of the better ones I've had.

[bedazzled]

10. My current earworm...

?feature=shared

My son inflicted this on me and I can't stop watching it. For some reason. Sigh.

[Xavier Breath]

11. This one haunted me for a long time a few years back.

This specific version, not the B.J. Thomas version. Probably has something to do with the "Ooga-Chaka Ooga-Ooga" bit.

[soldierant]

19. You might like this, then...

?si=z0KRbCmEiI6RjEL0

Or not, as the case may be.

[Brother Buzz]

12. I was watching Sweden: Heaven and Hell (Svezia, inferno e paradiso) and this earworm corkscrewed into my brain

[Abolishinist]

14. Try this version by the Muppets,

if nothing else, it will change your corkscrew!

[Brother Buzz]

16. Piero Umiliani sends a thank you letter to Kermit...

every time his royalty check arrives

[BOSSHOG]

13. I've had an ear worm for 50 years and I still like it.

“What a Fool Believes” by Michael McDonald. Song of the year with Kenny Loggins in 1972. It won’t go away and I’m fine with it.

[Abolishinist]

18. Interesting. I decided to see what is said about them online,

and the very first article included the following:

While you may be tempted to try to suppress earworms, Kellaris cautions against it. They’re like a cognitive itch. Scratching them (or in this case, fixating on how to annihilate them) will only make the episode last longer. Instead, when a pesky earworm does get trapped in your head, try to remember that “you can’t always get what you want … but if you try sometimes, you get what you need.”

It seems yours is like an old friend, so it has served you well!

https://www.wired.com/story/why-songs-get-stuck-in-your-head-how-to-stop-them/

[BOSSHOG]

20. It does me good

And it seems every time it pops in my head it’s for the first time. I still enjoy listening to Michael McDonalds old Stuff. His recent stuff is a little depressing.