A few days ago Sinclair and I were having our happy hour phone time together over a few glasses of prosecco and chardonnay. At one point she mentioned that I missed Cherday last week and that this was not ok with her. I apologized. She then mentioned that she had heard somewhere that the song Gypsies Tramps and Thieves will get any song that is stuck in your head unstuck. I had not heard this before. While still on the phone we both surfed the net a bit and found no solid evidence of this (if Google doesn’t know, well then, one might never know).
So, as your homework, I would like for you to listen to that song, the one you know will get stuck in your head- get it stuck, really, really stuck, and then watch this video. Let me know if it works. (Extra credit if you tell me what song is that song for you.)
Happy Friday-eve, happy Cherday!
btw: That song that gets stuck in my head and then will. not. leave. is Dude Looks Like a Lady, by Aerosmith … just typing it and I can feel it creeping in. Damn.
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July 10, 2008 at 3:31 pm
Curvaceous Dee
Oooh – you’re right, it works!
I always get Fish Heads by They Might be Giants in my head. I played it, went and washed the dishes, and then came back and listened to Gypsies Tramps and Thieves.
Now I have that in my head instead! But it makes a pleasant change.
xx Dee
July 11, 2008 at 9:57 am
jessejames
You win! Thanks for playing. I had a feeling Sinclair was probably right, just had never heard this one before. And although it is possible to out-Cher me I just wanted to be sure.
I actually haven’t had a chance to try it out yet. Had a marathon work day yesterday, got home and went to bed, only to get up to go to work (tgif). So, I’ve cursed myself with my own doing and am sitting here humming under my breath, ‘duuuude looks like a laaady, duh duh… duh duh… duuuude looks like a laaady…’ Glad to know there’s hope.
July 11, 2008 at 10:57 am
Violet
I have Elliot Smith’s “Say Yes” stuck in my head; it arrived yesterday when I saw a girl wearing a t shirt that just said “SAY YES” across the chest. I like that song so I don’t think I will try and replace it. It happens to be a very good song to sing loudly while you are bicycling in the sun. While I sing I am reminded how beautiful life can be during our short little Seattle summer. Where else are people picking pints of breakfast raspberries in their allies for a half hour before work?
July 11, 2008 at 11:05 am
muse
I had the awful new Ali Lohan song stuck in my head, and this saved me.
But that song for me is Tom’s Diner, and I’m afraid to open that wound again (I will not link to it out of respect for your readers’ sanity.) I’m not sure if even Cher can help against that evil melody.
Does anyone else think those white microphones they used on ’70s TV shows look like mini Hitachi Magic Wands? It’s very distracting. 🙂
July 11, 2008 at 11:40 am
sinclair
‘that song’ for me is billy jean … especially the alternate arrangement.
Gypsies, Tramps, & Thieves works to get it out, except that I don’t actually know the words, so all I sing is “gypsies, tramps and thieves … da da da da da da da da … and every night all the men would come around … and lay their money down… ” even so, it works! that tune sure is catchy.
July 15, 2008 at 1:02 pm
ladybrettashley
i listened to this friday afternoon, with no marked change – until driving home sunday afternoon, it was playing in my head with no apparent catalyst. it made me laugh ’cause i had completely forgotten about this =)
July 17, 2008 at 6:58 am
sinclair
I just came across another one: the Wet Spots – do you take it. This one does not leave my head for days. uh oh, I hear it creeping in already …. quick! Cher, stat!
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