Dem Bones

At least once per day, I get a song stuck in my head that drives me a little crazy. I have found a few ways to make the song go away: sing it -- as loudly as possible; play it -- which only works if I have it on vinyl (I rarely get mainstream songs that are easily found on Youtube, for example, stuck in my head); or replace it with a new one, which only starts the whole process all over again. Today's annoying selection was "Dem Bones", not the Alice in Chains version but the old I-don't-even-know-how-to-classify-it version. My son and his girlfriend were here, and I chose option one, above. This was the worst choice for everyone because I didn't know all of the words and I'm not a very good singer.

My worst head-stuck songs -- and I hate to do this to you and to me, since I'll likely implant them for at least the rest of the day -- are "The Candyman" and "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go". I know all the words to the former but only a few to the latter. It doesn't matter; once they're in me, I will listen to any music, even music I hate, just to push them away. Sometimes I think I will have to be lobotomized to get rid of the songs. As much as I love music, I prefer to choose which tunes I hear when, rather than having them somehow insidiously inserted into my brain. How does that happen? I mean, other than having people bring them up? I think it's one of those "don't think about it" things. The harder you try to make it go (or stay) away, the more it wants to be there.