Song Report

[salsabike]

I was totally amused to see in one of the other threads that some of you, like me, forever have songs going around in your heads. I always have them--always, always. And some of them are SO random, and some of them I really hate--like, sometimes, I get the Dead's Casey Jones song. Ugh. So I have two to offer up:

On the bike these days, the rhythm of the wheels turning invariably calls up Green Day's Holiday.

And off the bike over the last couple of days, I have not been able to get Blues Traveller's Runaround out of my head--driving me crazy. It even made me go online to find the lyrics so I could at least hear a little variety instead of just that chorus!

So...what's the song going around in YOUR head?

[pooks]

Kid Kills Rock's PARALYZED.

[Kitsune06]

I sometimes bike with headphones, but only when I'm somewhere where it's pretty safe to do so (generous bike lanes, low traffic, non-technical, etc)

So... ones that revolve around my head are
Nirvana's "Teen Spirit" and "About a Girl"
Blind Melon- "No Rain" and "Paper Scratcher"
Smashing Pumpkins "Zero" and "1979" and "Today"

then some off-the-wall ones, like Snow Patrol "Hands Open"
and assorted Beatles, Grateful Dead "Stuck in the Middle", Jimi Hendrix, the Doors, and I'll randomly start humming 'innagaddadavida' only because it's the only song I know of that lasts about 15 minutes... or an hour if I keep forgetting where I am in it. :D

[mimitabby]

My music is so obscure...
Italian folksongs...
Sousa marches...
stuff like that..
now back to the more normal people again!

[Kitsune06]

well, MT, you make me feel better for really getting into Canon, the Moonlight Sonata and Lacrymosa on my night rides... ;)

[crazycanuck]

Kitsune-I love Nirvana's "about a girl"-esp the unplugged version


At the moment I have "tenement funster"by queen/roger taylor going through my head...

Anything roger sings I listen to....;)

c-

[Geonz]

I make 'em up... I heard these two trees one time singing a duet... "Honey, you make my sap rise, come and make sugar with me... Honey, you make my sap rise, come and make sugar with me... you got my xylem and my phloem shootin' straight up to the top of the tree!" (Which is a phenomenon still not completely explained scientifically...)
"Darling you are my sunshine... and my carbon dioxide too...<repeat>
YOu give my chloroplasts a blast, I want to photosynthesize with you!"
"My vacuoles are empty and my cell walls are about to collapse...
But you can make me turgid, send the waters of your love to me fast!"
"I'm pinin' for you darlin', please don't say I'm barkin' up the wrong tree!
We're maple for each other 'cause you always cedar best in me!"

I don't use headphones 'cause then I wouldn't hear these things...
(I have been unsuccessful attempting to use this in courtship myself. It must only work for plants.)

Then there was the one about "I'm stalled out at the traffic light of love..." and the carbon fiber frame song ("I can't wait to straddle that carbon fiber saddle and ride that baby all day long!") - next will be a parody of the bluegrass clasic "Bringing Mary Home" called "Drafting Mary HOme," about a rider who gets dropped and is fighting a headwind at dusk and Mary appears to pull him as far as the Casey's just outside his town... where he stops for Gatorade and they tell him about that rider who disappeared... but every once in a while, when the wind is from the North...

Or it'll be Grateful Dead or STan or Garnet Rogers or any assorted hymns, Utah PHillips, Bruce Cockburn, just depends...

[RoadRaven]

LOL... I actually was caught about two weeks ago... singing "I really like you baby" by Melissa Etheridge, two guys from the local club whizzed up beside me and paused for a moment to chat - I felt a tad embarrased... but they gave me a tow for about 6km before they turned off my road, so maybe my singing wasn't too terrible.

I tried to phase this guy in my grade a couple of races back - he had annoyed me the week before by sucking my wheel the whole race and then trying to sprint me for the finish - but I outsprinted him .... ha!
So I tried to phase him in the next race by leading him up a hill, and singing another Melissa song - "Come to my window" - as I neared the top, then powering away once i reached the top (powering away being a relative term - remembering I am in the slowest grade in the club).

Singing out loud or in my head is a great way to keep a rythym - I often do it.

[Nanci]

I don't ever get songs stuck in my head when I'm riding my bike, but when I run, it's that South Park song, "You can do it, it's all up to you mmkay. You can do it, you can change your life today!" I love that song.

[Tater]

Yesterday's afternoon commute, I happened to pass an ice cream truck making the rounds in a neighborhood. It was playing "Camptown Ladies" on continuous loop. For the rest of my doo-dah ride and most of the doo-dah evening, I had that darn song in my head! Grr!

Typically my mental radio will play whatever I happen to be listening to before I went out to ride.

[leighko]

You guys crack me up! I too, get "song worms" in my head. Lately it's been Nivana's Lithium.....:D

[Kitsune06]

ahhh Lithium's one of my fav's, too. =)

[Denise223]

Getting songs stuck in my head ---- it happens all the time..

I'm hooked on the show "Rockstar: Supernova" ;) & really admire Dilana a lot! She performed the song, "Zombie", (by the Cranberries) --that song is stuck in my brain ;)....

Also going through my head is Nirvana's "Heart-Shaped Box"! EXCELLENT SONG :D !!

And "Mustang Sally"...

I love all types of music :) !!

Have a great night all!

Denise

[Lise]

"Nazareth your famous son/should have stayed a great unknown/he'd have caused nobody harm/no one alarm..."

and

"What's the buzz, tell me what's a happenin'/When do we ride into Jerusalem..."

From Jesus Christ Superstar. I listened to the sound track this afternoon, and I'll be hearing these songs in my head for days, if not weeks! :D

[maillotpois]

Lately?

Long Tall Texan
Lyle Lovett - something about the rythym while climbing.....

Well I'm a long tall Texan
I wear a ten-gallon hat
(He rides from Texas wearing a ten-gallon hat)
Yes I'm a long tall Texan
I wear a ten-gallon hat
(He rides from Texas wearing a ten-gallon hat)
Well people look at me and they say
Is that your hat
(He rides from Texas wearing a ten-gallon hat)

Well I'm a long tall Texan
I ride a big white horse
(He rides from Texas on a big white horse)
Yes I'm a long tall Texan
I ride a big white horse
(He rides from Texas on a big white horse)
Well people look at me and they say
Is that your horse
(He rides from Texas on a big white horse)

Well I was walking down the street
With my shiny badge
My spurs jingling there at my feet
I seen a man a'coming
Coming with a gun and
I just can't be beat

Yes I'm a long tall Texan
I enforce justice for the law
(He rides from Texas to enforce the law)
Well I'm a long tall Texan
I enforce justice for the law
(He rides from Texas to enforce the law)
Well people look at me and they say
Is you the law
(He rides from Texas to enforce the law)

Well I'm a long tall Texan
Yes I'm a long tall Texan

[Kitsune06]

Lately?
something about the rythym while climbing.....

I know... oddly, the rythm of climbing forces the Crystal Method's "Trip Like I Do" into my mind... but after really listening to it, it feels like it applies more to coercing my DGF into riding that endorphin high you feel when the wind is rushing over your face and the nubbins on your tires are humming like bees in unison... It's a total bliss that I guess some just won't get.

"I want you to trip like me- I want you to have fun

you and me

I want you to trip like I do

Can't you.... Can't you trip like I do..... Can't you.... Can't you trip like I do....
Oh my God...."

[salsabike]

Tonight Lena Horne is in my head singing "The Lady Is A Tramp".

[BadgerGirl]

I actually wake up with a song in my head every morning. It isn't necessarily something I have heard recently either. I have had childrens songs in my head that I heaven't heard for years (Little Bunny Foo, Foo) to something recent. Right now, it is "I'm just a girl"-I don't know who sings it, but it is my favorite. Who knows what it will be tomorrow...I admit, it is weird...:confused:

[salsabike]

That is so funny---Little Bunny FooFoo was in my head a few weeks ago. Picture trying to explain it to my spouse, who never went to summer camp when he was little. I had the hand motions going on and everything. Glad I'm not the only one still hearing that one in my head occasionally.

[Cassandra_Cain]

Hmmmm, gosh I think if doesn't always happen for me. I'm too busy thinking "pedal in circles' or "yes we can make it another 5 feet" :)

Ok, but when it does it seems to depend on what i'm doing. Climbing always inspires something epic, maybe like the Requiem which Kitsune mentioned. A little drama for that inevitable crest over the hill/mountain/speedbump :cool:

[mimitabby]

in an odd juxtapose (is that a word?) yesterday, when we were going so fast (when we could) I had a waltz playing in there!!

especially on the hills!

[salsabike]

in an odd juxtapose (is that a word?) yesterday, when we were going so fast (when we could) I had a waltz playing in there!!

especially on the hills!

How funny and interesting, Mimi! Did it pep you up, or calm you down, or what? Sounds pleasant.

My mind is back on Talking Heads: Road to Nowhere. we're on a road to nowhere....come on inside. Taking that ride to nowhere...we'll take that ride

[midgetcycler]

Lately I have had "I Wear My Sunglasses At Night" stuck in my head because Corey Hart of the Milwaukee Brewers has been pounding the life out of the Astros. :mad:

But other than that, I usually have some sort of Buffett tune going around in my head at all times. Fins up!

[Tater]

But other than that, I usually have some sort of Buffett tune going around in my head at all times. Fins up!

Bah! I had "Cheeseburger in Paradise" running through my head this morning! I'm not a parrothead, either!

[Kano]

Jimmy Buffet, eh? Top this: "Carribean Amphibian!" Yes, with Kermit the Frog...

Had a fresh one this morning though: Steven Tyler's version of "I Love Trash"

Grandkids -- don't you just love the chance to relove those songs from your kids' childhood?

Karen in Boise

[CyclChyk]

I must confess I am all over the board, from Nirvana to The Wreckers. From Soft Cell to Usher. From Joan Jett to Christina Agulara. I even like Kelly Clarkston and I'm not afraid to admit it (well I'm alittle afraid).

But I have to say when it comes to riding my bike or cruisin in my car, HEAVIER IS BETTER.... Ac/Dc-Thunder, Metallica-King Nothing, Korn-Twisted Transister....................

And crank it up cuz I like it LOUD!!! :D

[Kitsune06]

Today I had one of the love songs from "But I'm a Cheerleader" stuck in my head for the whole ride... it was nice, though. I'm not complaining. :)

[VeeVee]

I had the song that goes with the wicked witch of the west when she's riding her bike away with Toto in it. Doo-ta-doo-ta-doo-doo :rolleyes:

[kelownagirl]

I ALWAYS have music in my head. I was a music teacher for 10 years and was always singing some stupid kid's song where ever I went. Now that I'm a regular classroom teacher, I tend to hum more "normal" music. However, this past week, I keep finding myself singing "If I only had a brain..." I'm thinking it's not a good song for a teacher to be singing....

[betagirl]

Here's a scary one:

"MMMBop" by Hanson :eek: (what ever happened to them anyway?)

"You're Beautiful" by James Blunt. Maybe I'm in love with my bike.

[7rider]

Last night was the opening game for the Washington Redskins, who played the Minnesota Vikings ("my" team from when I was a kid, because they have purple uniforms). Of course, the 'skins lost. We were talking about it at work this a.m., and now I have "Purple People Eater" going through my head. :mad:

But for cycling, I think of this FatBoy Slim song and video of LA:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jpblb1FNmqY

I think they said the song is called "Acid 8000" but I just call it "Booty" - as in "If that don't make your booty move, your booty must be dead."
It's my inspiration for the hills!

[Tater]

Here's a scary one:
"MMMBop" by Hanson :eek: (what ever happened to them anyway?)


:eek: Thanks, BG! Now I am going to go to the morning meeting with that in my head! :D Yes, what did happen to them?

[Kano]

You DID ask....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanson_(band)

I could have lived without wanting to know....

Karen in Boise

[GLC1968]

When I'm cycling...there are a few songs that pop up now and again..and bear in mind this has no relation to my normal tastes in music!

1) From Finding Nemo "Just Keep Swimming" but it's morphed into "just keep peddling".

2) Chumbawumba's "I get knocked down" song...(I'm not sure of the real name)...because I heard that the pace of that song is about a cadence of 90.

3) "I Melt With You" by Modern English...from the 80's. When I played a lot of tennis (in my younger days) and my concentration would wane, singing this song in my head would help me bring it back into focus. Same thing on a bike...when I start to whine about my pains (in my head), I substitute this song and it keeps me going....

I'm weird. :p

[betagirl]

2) Chumbawumba's "I get knocked down" song...(I'm not sure of the real name)...because I heard that the pace of that song is about a cadence of 90.

The song's name is "Tubthumping"

Whatever that is.

Hey Tater.... :D
Mmm bop, flip ta ba du op
Du daba, du op
Flip ta ba du
Ye-ah
Mmm bop, flip ta ba du op
Du daba, du op
Flip ta ba du
Ye-ah

[Tater]

Hey Tater.... :D
Mmm bop, flip ta ba du op
Du daba, du op
Flip ta ba du
Ye-ah
Mmm bop, flip ta ba du op
Du daba, du op
Flip ta ba du
Ye-ah

Thanks, Beta! Ya brat!! :D ;)

[betagirl]

I'm here for you.

Those are some deep lyrics...

[Bad JuJu]

Ooh ooh, is that one that goes "I get knocked down, but I get up again"? I play that one in my all the time--I think it's my default song. :eek:

[Popoki_Nui]

Anyone else see that Vanilla Mini-Wheats commercial...the one with dancing cartoon mini-wheats on a tropical island? The tune is SO catchy; can't get that one out of my head....
Better, though, than the Bay City Rollers' song I had lodged in there for the past couple of days....:eek:

[CyclChyk]

"I Melt With You" by Modern English...from the 80's.

OMG! I love that song!! And yes, I confess, I OWN the movie "Valley Girl".

Oh lord, I said that outloud didn't I???:eek:

[betagirl]

Better, though, than the Bay City Rollers' song I had lodged in there for the past couple of days..

Is it..... S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y NIGHT!

[presfoxm]

I always know I have been on the bike too long or am planning to be on the bike too long, not when my legs are burning and I can't breath, but when "Yellow Submarine" comes out of my head. The first time it happened I did my first century. I think it was about mile 30... Surprising how well Yellow Submarine holds up over 70 miles...:rolleyes:

Emily

[GLC1968]

The song's name is "Tubthumping"

Whatever that is.

Hey Tater.... :D
Mmm bop, flip ta ba du op
Du daba, du op
Flip ta ba du
Ye-ah
Mmm bop, flip ta ba du op
Du daba, du op
Flip ta ba du
Ye-ah


Ah! I knew the album was 'Tubthumping' but I didn't realize that was the name of that song as well. It really sucks when I can't remember enough of the words, so only one stupid line repeats over and over and over and over and... :mad:

[Popoki_Nui]

Is it..... S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y NIGHT!

I have Saturday Night on my iPod, it's a great song to hammer away to, if a little bubble-gummy! Sadly, the one orbiting in my head was "I only Wanna Be With You". :o I couldn't shift that sucker until this appeared on TV:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHWpGb3zYnM

A definite improvement!

Do I need to get a life, or what..? :rolleyes:

[Running Mommy]

TAINTED LOVE!!!!! For some reason that song always seems to worm into my brain when I'm getting really tired. UGH!!

[salsabike]

Urg--which one of you put "The Macarena" into my head just now?

[wannaduacentury]

Sheryl Crow's "Everyday is a Winding road". Makes me wanna go ride :) Jennifer

[mary9761]

Here's a OLD but NEW EARWORM for y'all to enjoy!!! Enjoy the video that goes along with the lyrics! :D :D :D :D :D

http://www.pistolwimp.com/media/47950/

Star Trekkin' across the universe,
On the Starship Enterprise under Captain Kirk.
Star Trekkin' across the universe,
Boldly going forward 'cause we can't find reverse.

Lt. Uhura, report.

There's Klingons on the starboard bow, starboard bow, starboard bow;
there's Klingons on the starboard bow, starboard bow, Jim.

Analysis, Mr. Spock.

It's life, Jim, but not as we know it, not as we know it, not as we know it; it's life, Jim, but not as we know it, not as we know it, Captain.

There's Klingons on the starboard bow, starboard bow, starboard bow;
there's Klingons on the starboard bow, starboard bow, Jim.

Star Trekkin' across the universe,
On the Starship Enterprise under Captain Kirk.
Star Trekkin' across the universe,
Boldly going forward, still can't find reverse.

Medical update, Dr. McCoy.

It's worse than that, he's dead, Jim, dead, Jim, dead, Jim;
it's worse than that, he's dead, Jim, dead, Jim, dead.

It's life, Jim, but not as we know it, not as we know it, not as we know it; it's life, Jim, but not as we know it, not as we know it, Captain.

There's Klingons on the starboard bow, starboard bow, starboard bow;
there's Klingons on the starboard bow, starboard bow, Jim.

Starship Captain, James T. Kirk:

Ah! We come in peace, shoot to kill, shoot to kill, shoot to kill;
we come in peace, shoot to kill, shoot to kill, men.

It's worse than that, he's dead, Jim, dead, Jim, dead, Jim;
it's worse than that, he's dead, Jim, dead, Jim, dead.

Well, it's life, Jim, but not as we know it, not as we know it, not as we know it; it's life, Jim, but not as we know it, not as we know it, Captain.

There's Klingons on the starboard bow, starboard bow, starboard bow;
there's Klingons on the starboard bow, scrape 'em off, Jim.

Star Trekkin' across the universe,
On the Starship Enterprise under Captain Kirk.
Star Trekkin' across the universe,
Boldly going forward, and things are getting worse!

Engine room, Mr. Scott:

Ye cannae change the laws of physics, laws of physics, laws of physics;
ye cannae change the laws of physics, laws of physics, Jim.

Ah! We come in peace, shoot to kill, shoot to kill, shoot to kill;
we come in peace, shoot to kill; Scotty, beam me up!

It's worse than that, he's dead, Jim, dead, Jim, dead, Jim;
it's worse than that, he's dead, Jim, dead, Jim, dead.

Well, it's life, Jim, but not as we know it, not as we know it, not as we know it; it's life, Jim, but not as we know it, not as we know it, Captain.

There's Klingons on the starboard bow, starboard bow, starboard bow;
there's Klingons on the starboard bow, starboard bow Jim!

Ye cannae change the scripting, Och, see you, Jimmy!

It's worse than that, it's physics, Jim.

Bridge to engine room, warp factor 9.

Och, if I give it any more she'll blow, Cap'n!

Star Trekkin' across the universe,
On the Starship Enterprise under Captain Kirk.
Star Trekkin' across the universe,
Boldly going forward 'cause we can't find reverse.

Star Trekkin' across the universe,
On the Starship Enterprise under Captain Kirk.
Star Trekkin' across the universe,
Boldly going forward, still can't find reverse.

I'm STILL LAUGHING MY BACKSIDE OFF!!!!!
Enjoy the earworm all!!!!

[mary9761]

Along the lines of others who said ya gotta love your grandkids when the songs stuck in your head aren't modern or classic rock LOL....

Try getting the new theme for Tomas Tank Engine and Friends called "Engine Roll Call" stuck in your head for a metric or full century and you'd give nearly ANYTHING to be able to sing something else to remove it!!!

There are often times I'll sing some Klaatu "Little Neutrino", when I'm in a "jugular" vein, I try to get some Alice Cooper or Ozzy going, but something about the kids songs that is so pervasive that sometimes it just WON'T go away....:eek:

[Python]

Got this stuck in my head the other day (at least the chorus). Came out about 1970 when I was a papergirl. Reminds me on the time me and my friends let Larry Patterson's bike tyres down:o We were cruel:p

Sh, sh, ahh, Sh, sh, ahh,
Sh, sh, ahh, Sh, sh, ahh,

Riding along on my pushbike, honey
When I nowhere near you
Round down town, in a hurry honey,
Now, I've got my sights on you
You look so pretty, she was riding along,
You look so pretty, She was singing this song,.

Ahh,
Sh, sh, ahh, Sh, sh, ahh,
Sh, sh, ahh, Sh, sh, ahh,

Putting on speed, as I tried catching up but you
Were pedaling harder, too
Riding along like a hurricane, honey
Speeding afta you,

You look so pretty, she was riding along,
You look so pretty, She was singing this song,.

Brrr, Sing this song,
Round, round wheels go round and round
Down, up pedals, down, up, down
Well,gotta get across to the other side of town
Before the sun goes down,
hey, hey

Shh, shh, ahh, Shh, shh, ahh,
Shh, sh, ahh, Sh, sh, ahh,

Well, we're riding along
on a bicylce, honey
That's a bicycle built for two
Looking at my honey
In the rearview mirror
Now I got a better of view
You look so pretty, she was riding along,
You look so pretty, She was singing this song,.

Sing this song,
Round, round wheels go round and round
Down, up pedals, down, up, down
Well,gotta get across to the other side of town
Before the sun goes down,
hey, hey
Shh, shh, ahh, Shh, shh, ahh, Shh, sh, ahh, Sh, sh, ahh,

Can't remember exactly who sung it. Think it was Mungo Jerry.

Brings back happy memories:D

[Geonz]

This morning, in the shower... I swear, from some horrible crevasse in my brain... it's not even CATCHY!!! Must make it leave...
Olivia Newton-John... "I honestly.... .love.... you."
HELP! I need the Flinstone's theme song!!!

[solveig]

We alternate between country radio and classic rock radio in our vegetable washroom, so:

1. The "10 Rounds of Jose Cuervo" song.

2. Philadelphia Freedom - that is "PHIL! UH! delphia freedom! I luu-uu-uuve you! Yes I DO!" Hills can get reallllllly long when that's the only line I can remember.

[KnottedYet]

"Possession" by Sarah MacLachlan.

I'm using endless repeat of "Here It Goes Again" by O.K. Go to exorcise my brain.

[salsabike]

"You're Gonna Lose That Girl" by the Beatles. Why? No idea.

[Kitsune06]

MassiveAttack- Teardrop

Tool- Schism and Parabol/Parabola

Not the whole songs, but neverending loops that actually don't sound that bad... :p

[salsabike]

"Little Saint Nick" by the Beach Boys.

WHY?? I just want to know WHY it's in my head. And it's been in my head for some days now. No, I have not heard it recently (outside of my head, that is). Aughh. :eek::rolleyes::p

[dex]

For the past two days it's been "I Hate Everyone" by Get Set Go.

I'm not feeling particularly misanthropic, so it's even more amusing to me that I can't get that song out of my head. :rolleyes:

[elk]

But for cycling, I think of this FatBoy Slim song and video of LA:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jpblb1FNmqY

I think they said the song is called "Acid 8000" but I just call it "Booty" - as in "If that don't make your booty move, your booty must be dead."
It's my inspiration for the hills!

yup.

[elk]

I remember a light bulb going on in my head after I realized why the "heft hefty cinch sack" song got stuck.....I had gained a few lbs.....

Little Bunny Foo Foo...I learned that from my neice and I like riffin' with it and making up new lyrics. :p

I have been listening to The Shins so much....I hear them all the time...and I don't mind...

[crazycanuck]

:o I have The Young Ones & Cliff Richard's " living doll" in my head..

[csr1210]

All kinds of song go through my head. It really amuses me when they are songs that I don't "purposely" listen to, such as:

Rawhide (Rolling, Rolling, keep them doggies rolling....)

or Push It by SaltnPepper (on hills for some reason)

Lots of other songs go through my head, but those were the most amusing (to me:o).

Christy

PS -- Great thread - thanks for reviving it!

[maillotpois]

Today's ride song: LA Woman, by The Doors


Mr. mojo risin, mr. mojo risin
Mr. mojo risin, mr. mojo risin
Got to keep on risin
Mr. mojo risin, mr. mojo risin
Mojo risin, gotta mojo risin
Mr. mojo risin, gotta keep on risin
Risin, risin
Gone risin, risin
I'm gone risin, risin
I gotta risin, risin
Well, risin, risin
I gotta, wooo, yeah, risin


I don't really know why, but it came to me as I was climbing. :rolleyes:

[salsabike]

Ha! Thank you for putting "Dontcha Love Her Madly" back in my head, where it was earlier this week (that was their late, or "dumb song" phase, probably around the time I saw them in concert, as opposed to their earlier, really good-if-scary stuff). LA Woman---good climbing song!

Here's what dominated my airwaves the end of this week:

"THAT ain't working
That's the way you do it
You play the git-tar on the MTV..."