Ohrwurm . . .
my neice currently loves this video and song . . .

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbY6SYtvs7M&feature=related

This is the Greek version, but she'll happily listen to French, German, Hungarian and Hebrew, dancing along to "Gummi." Now my Mum wants me to get a hold of the DVD/CD - I have chosen to download a few of the songs via the wonderfulness of Audacity from YouTube.

What songs can you not get out of your head?




"I am a Gummi Bear, I am a Gummi Bear, I am a Yummy Tummy Funny Lucky Bear . . . . Argh!"


(Apologies if you listen to the above and end up singing it all day . . .)

Edit: yes, I am looking for suggestions to get this blody song out of MY head . . .
( Mrs Legless . . . belongs to, well, you know . . . :), Thu 14 Jan 2010, 10:42, 84 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

at the moment: Holy Diver by Dio
and Counting Sheep by Bigelf

wandering around singing "I despise your kind" to yourself earns you some weird looks
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 10:43, Reply)

I'm going to see Bigelf
How do you like them apples you big bastard!
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 10:58, Reply)

you fucking swine
you'll pay for that
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:04, Reply)

Yeah I will
£8 and the coach fare to Manchester.
So we're quits.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:06, Reply)

£8?
fuck me, that's good value
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:16, Reply)

I'mma have to charge you more than £8 for that...

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:21, Reply)

you should be paying me
we discussed this yesterday...
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:26, Reply)

I honestly don't remember discussing paying you
Have I entered into some sort of contract, or do I have 7 working days to review?
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:29, Reply)

not discussing paying me
more the reasons why you should. indirectly.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:29, Reply)

I think I should see your certificates
charlatan
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:32, Reply)

I'll show you my certificates
you minx
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:35, Reply)

You really missed a Sid-opp there...

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:36, Reply)

I don't have the link to hand

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:37, Reply)

I've got the 'link' 'to hand'!

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:41, Reply)

yes you have

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:44, Reply)

I currently have The Safety Dance in my head
which it a little bit annoying, but its my own fault for putting it on my iPod and then putting my iPod on shuffle this morning so it played it on my way into work!

I also have some random song in my head off The Mighty Boosh about electric sailors that I can only remember a few lines of... that's really irritating.

*awaits Monty's moan about The Mighty Boosh*
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Thu 14 Jan 2010, 10:49, Reply)

wasn't it future sailors?

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 10:50, Reply)

From the episode with the imposters

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 10:50, Reply)

yeah

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 10:51, Reply)

they're cunts
but the p-funk tune about Old Gregg was excellent.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 10:52, Reply)

Hehehe
I like Old Gregg.

'I'm Old Gregg! You ever drunk Bailey's from a shoe?'
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Thu 14 Jan 2010, 10:54, Reply)

'Do ya wanna go to a club where people pee on each other?'

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:12, Reply)

the cockney nutjob with the big thumb and polo-vision is awesome
"I'm gonna make you wear a dress and cry"

that might have been the crack fox actually...
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 10:55, Reply)

I thought you would have liked...
...the Spider and Rudy psyche jam.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:17, Reply)

That's it!
Hahaha I put electric sailors - do'h!
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Thu 14 Jan 2010, 10:52, Reply)

Sail by Aim feat Kate Rodgers

It's rather beautiful
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 10:50, Reply)

Party In The USA
by Miley Cyrus.

Kill. Me. Now.
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 10:51, Reply)

OK

Hammer or pickaxe?
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 10:56, Reply)

Mississippi Queen by Mountain
Unfortunately just the first 30 seconds. What a fucking tune though.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 10:51, Reply)

Having a first listen on Youtube

And I agree with your statement of awesomeness
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 10:53, Reply)

you'll like 'Freelance Fiend' by Leaf Hound too, then (also on YouTube)
Very similar, but British.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 10:57, Reply)

I'll try and remember to listen to that later

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 10:59, Reply)

whilst you're on there
have a look at 'I Don't Need No Doctor' by Humble Pie,


then thank me profusely for sharing my expertise with you on this soggy and otherwise dull day.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 10:59, Reply)

How do you feel about the song
Doctor Doctor by UFO?

and for that matter, the one about the faith healer by the Sensational Alex Harvey Band?
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:00, Reply)

Never quite sure about UFO
AHB were great though.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:03, Reply)

I think I only know the one song from each of them
I like AHB's style though
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:04, Reply)

UFO were going for fucking ages
and they changed their style quite a bit from their early 'space rock' stuff (more my scene) to the later stuff with Michael Schenker, who is a bit of a helmet.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:06, Reply)

Yes, Yes I do

*adds to download list*

I've been pondering a bit more classic rock for my collection, so this could be a good springboard to get me motivated.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:00, Reply)

Nazareth never get the respect they're due, if you ask me
'Hair of the Dog' is a work of untrammelled genius.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:05, Reply)

For everyone else that didn't understand this ^^

Adj. 1. untrammelled - not confined or limited
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:09, Reply)

Roota got the latest song by katy perry's boobs in my head.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 10:55, Reply)

I used to get Hot and Cold stuck in head

I'd rather get stuck in Katy Perry
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 10:57, Reply)

not after that skank Brand has dipped his dirty wick in her
she's soiled goods.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 10:59, Reply)

She is, but she might redeem herself one day

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:01, Reply)

only by being boiled for an hour
to remove the taint
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:02, Reply)

I'd boil her for an hour!


EDIT: I would not remove her 'tain't though...
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:04, Reply)

Good point, I couldn't deal with brand wanking in the corner
making obntuse and irrevent comments while I ploughed Perry, would put me right off my strokey wokey
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:01, Reply)

CUZ EEEEYE JUSS SET THEM UHP, JUSS SET THEM UHP, JUSS SET THEM UUUHP TO KNOCK THEM DOWN

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 10:59, Reply)

L-o-v-e's just another word I never learned to pronounce,

(PsychoChomp, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:02, Reply)

Hooooooow... do I say I'm sorry cause the word is never gonna come out

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:03, Reply)

I don't know any more of the words.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:05, Reply)

Nice legs, Daisy Dukes, makes a man go *phwit-phwoo*

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:07, Reply)

Why not?

Are you french?
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:04, Reply)

I grew up there.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:05, Reply)

Where?

i am of French origin, came over with Norman and his band of merry knights!
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:10, Reply)

Paris, I wasn't born there but moved over when I was a baby moved back when I was about 6.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:11, Reply)

Via Sangatt?

I love Paris not sure I could live there though.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:12, Reply)

It was a village outside called Bonelle.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:21, Reply)

explains a lot
LOLRACISM
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:11, Reply)

I always have Kety Perry songs stuck in my head because they are awesome catchy pop
I like to ring my best friend's office and blast Katy down the phone. She hates Kety Perry but she loves me so she laughs and calls me a cracked cunt.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:01, Reply)

I seriously fucking hate things like that.
It's trying to jump on the success of The Crazy Frog, rather than being origional or unique.

It's purely designed to sale ringtones and other mobile-phone related stuff.

I can think up a few versions.
Berocca advert ripping off OK GO's "Here we go again"
and the Hole In The Wall stuff.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:03, Reply)

Here we go again is great
the video is extra awesome, and that rip off of it makes me insane. They worked hard to come up with that shit, and then some cunt advert nicks it (hopefully they paid for it)
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:05, Reply)

So many ads are ripped off from creativity in Music

and increasingly the internet, that's why I stpped working in the industry and not because I couldn't geta job, cunts
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:07, Reply)

Try listening to half a dozen versions, as you try to compile a CD for a 2 year old . . .
that, is painful. Really painful.
( Mrs Legless . . . belongs to, well, you know . . . :), Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:06, Reply)

good reason not to have children

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:10, Reply)

It gets worse . . .
Hi 5 (Junk music for kids), The Wiggles, Dora the Explorer . . . the list of junk music goes on and on . . .


Back in my day, we had Play School, Rainbow and The Wombles . . . good clean, children's music . . .

(Stamps and clutches blanket whilst holding ear trumpet to the Off Topic Board)
( Mrs Legless . . . belongs to, well, you know . . . :), Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:16, Reply)

Dio's lyrics were a bit 'O' Level, I grant you,
but I wouldn't call Rainbow children's music.



Ahahahah Monty you card, you.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:18, Reply)

I like what you've done there

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:20, Reply)

Aren't those all British
and aren't you an Aussie?

The wombles wombats
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:22, Reply)

Watching the ABC in the 70s and 80s . . .
it *was* all British . . .


Except Play School - which had local actors
( Mrs Legless . . . belongs to, well, you know . . . :), Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:24, Reply)

Well your very lucky, we have to pay for that shit!

I was really pissed and had partaken in other substabances in acrappy nightclub at Uni, when I heard a strange yet familier voice, I looked around and there was zippy and george doing an appearance...I was very confused and a little scared
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:27, Reply)

I was once out of my mind in a mate's car
driving along the Embankment, and when we stopped at the lights, alongside us was The Mystery Machine from Scooby Doo, which was excellent.

It was some Nickelodeon promotional thing but still smart.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:29, Reply)

I had visions of the "Doobie Snacks" scene from "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back"
after reading that description.
( Mrs Legless . . . belongs to, well, you know . . . :), Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:33, Reply)

Mind you, the same channel used to broadcast
"The Goodies" at 4-ish, after school, when kids had come home and were likely to want to watch before dinner.

Legless tells me in the UK it was billed as a more adult programme. Kids' TV here.
( Mrs Legless . . . belongs to, well, you know . . . :), Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:28, Reply)

Nah, kids' TV here too

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:32, Reply)

my daughter's favourite song is 'Back in Black'
I have video footage of her getting on down to it.

She also loves The Ramones - I am very proud of her.


(and a load of tosh from CeeBeebies if I am completely honest)
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:17, Reply)

get her singing I wanna be sedated
loud in public, to embarrass her mother
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:21, Reply)

if i get her to sing 'Beat on the Brat with a baseball bat'
hopefully Social Services will take her away from her mum and she could come and live with me.

The Ramones' 'It's Alive' LP is one of the best live records by anyone, ever.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:26, Reply)

Did you see heavy metal baby on links the other day?

Brilliant!
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:24, Reply)

nope, I shall try to find it, cheers

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:27, Reply)

Here

www.b3ta.com/links/413690

Top stuff, I hope my kid turns out like this!
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:29, Reply)

cheers!
That's superb.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:32, Reply)

Since the post about annoying spakkers..
...I have been singing 'Mr Spakkaman' to the tune of 'Mr Loverman' by Shabba Ranks. (or 'Shabby Wanks' as he was called in Tuggerland)
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:14, Reply)

You are cruel!!!!
I thought that I was through all of this now that my daughters are adults; but no, your post made me unintentionally think of some of the songs they used to drive me nuts with when they were little. Now I have a melody of several horrible songs taking over what little brain I have left.
(MichaelS wasn't picked again, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:58, Reply)