Today's earworm seems to be "This town ain't big enough for the both of us" by Sparks
for some reason. I don't think I've heard it for some time...

What's got in your head?
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 10:50, 76 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Some old fluff and a 5p piece.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 10:52, Reply)

The song currently going round in my head is
"Beer Beer Beer" by Rob & Joel.

Found it a couple of weeks back, ended up singing it whilst rather drunk. Now can't stop singing the bastard!
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 10:52, Reply)

Our whole universe was in a hot dense state then nearly 40 million years ago expansion started,
WAIT! the earth began to cool, the autotrophs began to drool, neanderthals developed tools, we built a wall we built a pyramid!
Maths science history unraveling the mystery that all started with a big bang!


Yes, I am watching Big Bang Theory from the start. It's brilliant.
(Poppet some assembly required., Fri 16 Apr 2010, 10:53, Reply)

Thoroughly enjoyable programme
also, Penny is hot

Al will now chip in to say that he prefers the girl who played her sister in 8 Simple Rules.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 10:54, Reply)

I have no arguments with either of your sentiments.

(Poppet some assembly required., Fri 16 Apr 2010, 10:56, Reply)

Awww man I totally preferred the girl who played her mother in 8 simple rules
She voices Lela in Futurama too.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 11:02, Reply)

Oh god yes.

(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 11:03, Reply)

I did not know that
the love interest in Kick-ass is the girl who plays Ted's daughter in How I met your mother
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 11:03, Reply)

Since she only appears for about 10 seconds in half the episodes
I have no idea who she is.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 11:04, Reply)

she's pretty
www.imdb.com/name/nm0960912/
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 11:05, Reply)

FILTHY PEEDO!!!
edit: blimey, she's 23...
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 11:08, Reply)

because she's 23
which is 5 years younger than me?
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 11:09, Reply)

And Peggy Bundy RARRR

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 11:07, Reply)

The first series isn't great, it gets better though.

(PsychoChomp, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 10:54, Reply)

I like series one.
I've always liked BBT. But I agree - it does get better, I like Season 3 best.
(Poppet some assembly required., Fri 16 Apr 2010, 10:55, Reply)

it has been steadily getting better I think
which season is showing now?

can't believe I can't remember I only watched the latest a couple of days ago
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 11:00, Reply)

Season 3 is currently showing here.
But I have 1 and 2 on dvd.
(Poppet some assembly required., Fri 16 Apr 2010, 11:05, Reply)

I love BBT
Although the chapter I watched yesterday, with Star Trek star Wil Wheaton, wasn't the happiest.

The end was good. Those sexy geeky guys!
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Fri 16 Apr 2010, 11:40, Reply)

N Dubz.
Some song about breaking up with someone.
(PsychoChomp, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 10:54, Reply)

There was an article on his split up in The Sun yesterday which made me laugh.
They kept on calling him "Hip hop's bad boy" and stuff like that.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 12:22, Reply)

I picked up
an old Sabbat album "Dreamweaver" the other day, its been in my head ever since
(Halfy By light alone, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 10:54, Reply)

"Hold the Line" by Toto.

(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 10:58, Reply)

what a tune

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 10:59, Reply)

It's not an earworm
but it's making me laugh...

I'm looking at Eurotunnel prices just now, as we're off to France on holiday this year, and one of the options is for pets. The three 'pet' options are dog, cat or ferret!

I'm almost tempted to buy a ferret just so I can take it on Le Shuttle.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 11:00, Reply)

Fish head by Barnes and Barnes.
Usually pops in my head when I decide to have smoked salmon for dinner.
( girlinthehole, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 11:00, Reply)

eat them up yum?

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 11:01, Reply)

Yup!

( girlinthehole, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 11:03, Reply)

ooo
there's a really cool sparks Vs Faith No More version of that. I only have it on cassette, though

EDIT www.youtube.com/watch?v=d17UkOTIwyg
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 11:01, Reply)

that is fuckin awesome!

(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 11:11, Reply)

yeah
I have no idea where I got the tape from, either, it's a copy that just seemed to appear in my collection many years ago
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 11:15, Reply)

seems it was from an album
they released the year after original - covers and collabs of all sorts of their songs (so says Wikipedia anyways)
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 11:42, Reply)

I'll check that out at home later

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 11:11, Reply)

bookmarks
for home time
(Halfy By light alone, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 11:14, Reply)

Also for some reason
Underwater love by Smoke City keeps drifting in and out every few days
(Halfy By light alone, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 11:05, Reply)

Radio 1
Yay for work!
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 11:05, Reply)

thanks for that
now I'm gonna have "I thought I told you to wait in the car" going round and round all day
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 11:07, Reply)

The tune by Florence and the Machine
which seems to be in the background of every single fucking trail they run, meaning my half-hour of Sky News in the morning plants the song in my head and the chorus loops over and over until eventually I end up strangling some poor passer-by who walks too slowly in front of me.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 11:07, Reply)

I don't think I could successfully identify a song as being by Florence and the Machine

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 11:12, Reply)

I quite like some of it
but it does get on my moobs when broadcast media hijack a perfectly good bit of music and play it relentlessly until you're homicidal.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 11:14, Reply)

there's a lot of stuff around at the moment that I quite like
at least in principle, but never actually want to listen to.

Like The Temper Trap, and Mumford and Sons. Pretty good, but it just doesn't hold my interest the way things like Tool and Wolfmother and Pink Floyd do.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 11:20, Reply)

Shit I have forgotten to check out Tool.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 11:23, Reply)

for shame....

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 11:25, Reply)

You spend your life in Soho lavatories 'checking out Tool'

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 11:26, Reply)

also check out a song called Rogue by the Correspondents
gentleman's hip hop

there's a bit in it that makes me think of you
"in a bar in a back street of soho,
there's a man, skunk-drunk and drinking solo,
this knackered old rogue has a tale or two to tell,
if your nostrils aren't offended by the smell"
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 11:27, Reply)

I prefer A Perfect Circle.
But I'm old.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Fri 16 Apr 2010, 11:30, Reply)

I really rate A Perfect Circle as well
Tool is nicely heavy and has some really interesting drum, bass and guitar intertwining.

I love Maynard's voice as well.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 11:32, Reply)

3 Libras = Genius
Everything else, pretty poor.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 11:47, Reply)

wrong
their cover of Imagine alone justifies their existence. Thirteenth Step is also a superb album
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 12:02, Reply)

I want to be Florence.
I think she's lovely.
( girlinthehole, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 11:13, Reply)

I like Florence simply for her utterly un-PC first single
And I quote - "A kiss with a fist is better than none".

Genius.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 11:25, Reply)

'Everythang's Groovy' by Gaye Bykers on Acid.
I used to love that band, just re-bought their early records again recently.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 11:12, Reply)

I remember them.
You can't really forget a name like that.
( girlinthehole, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 11:14, Reply)

They were hilarious.
I saw them maybe 5 times 'back in't day'.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 11:15, Reply)

It was 'What a Waste' by Ian Dury and The Blockheads
but this morning it seems to have been pushed aside by Leeds United by Amanda Palmer.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 11:22, Reply)

I can't stand Ian Dury and the Blockheads

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 11:23, Reply)

This is sacrilege!
Musically rather unoriginal it's true - but the fun of it man!
( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Fri 16 Apr 2010, 11:37, Reply)

They aren't for me, either, I'm afraid.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 11:38, Reply)

his voice and way of "singing" seem shit to me

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 11:44, Reply)

That's because he can't, and it's poetry anyway.
Probably a generation thing. Sadly, you are too young and missed it.
There's a film coming up with Andy Selkis as Drury. I'll be there. You won't. C'est la vie.

What was it with Sparks and the 'sing as many words to the bar as possible' thing? Did they do anything else, but?
( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Fri 16 Apr 2010, 11:48, Reply)

half of my favourite bands are from well before I was born
so the generation thing doesn't really cut it, unless you are saying my generation tends not to like dull music with rubbish lyrics spoken by someone with an annoying voice.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 12:13, Reply)

....and a spasticated leg.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 12:25, Reply)

yeah

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 12:27, Reply)

A general guide that I've always found useful
A person who doesn't like Ian Dury & The Blockheads = A witless tit.
(Cave Duck, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 11:51, Reply)

good way to endear yourself

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 11:52, Reply)

Up to a point, M'lud.
Meaning, - bit harsh really.
( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Fri 16 Apr 2010, 11:53, Reply)

Shosta's 'Jazz waltz'
and, as of one minute ago, some old Spark's shite.

here you go.
( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Fri 16 Apr 2010, 11:30, Reply)

Merci
I've been singing it since I woke up.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Fri 16 Apr 2010, 11:33, Reply)

Had a good night then?

( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Fri 16 Apr 2010, 11:34, Reply)

I've had worst
I like the tune, as I don't get have of the lyric, I'm not completely sure if it's a happy or a sad song. But it feels happy.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Fri 16 Apr 2010, 11:37, Reply)

my friend played me Big Black's cover of 'The Model'
by Kraftwerk last night - it was certainly interesting and actually not bad. I wouldn't buy it, but then I'm a cunt.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 11:38, Reply)

Probably because you saw "Kick Ass" recently

( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 11:43, Reply)

is it in that?
that would explain it
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 11:51, Reply)

Yup
I was singing it on and off for a few days after seeing KA.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 12:12, Reply)

since reading this on /talk
it's been in my head
www.b3ta.com/talk/6774412
(PsychoChomp, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 12:09, Reply)

Haha

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 12:12, Reply)

I wouldn't use that milk if I was you, it's been out of the fridge for an hour or two.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 16 Apr 2010, 12:20, Reply)