One time I was driving home...
from work late at night. Usually I didn't listen to the radio on the way home, 'cause my workplace at the time was loud, and the quiet of my car helped me relax. However, this time, for some reason I cannot fathom, I had the song Losing My Religion by REM stuck in my head. It's a song I hadn't heard in many years, and I wasn't really much of a fan... but it was stuck in my head nonetheless. So I started singing it.

I get through to the chorus, and decide since I'm feeling musical, I'm gonna turn on the radio. So I do, and guess what song is playing? That's right; Losing My Religion. There are some important factors that make this incredibly spooky:

* Myself and Michael Stipe were singing in almost perfect synchronisation. We were both on the same instance of the chorus, and no more than half a second out of step with eachother.
* The radio station I listen to doesn't play that kind of music. It's a classic rock station, playing the same Stones, Led Zep, Cream, ACDC, Aerosmith, Pink Floyd, .38 Special, Blue Oyster Cult and Steppenwolfe on a predictable loop. This instance was the one and only time I've heard REM played on this station.
* There was no particular reason why I would have that song stuck in my head. I had not heard it in probably 10 years. I didn't really like it all that much either. The only reason I knew the words was because it seemed to be the song most commonly played when I used to use a clock-radio to get up for school years ago.
( MarkyH feels like the H in Bob Hoskins' name, Fri 9 Feb 2007, 2:13, Reply)