And, unfortunately, it was chosen as an entertainment for an official visit to D.C. by Queen Elizabeth and her consort. Of all the great music then flooding the US, that was the ‘best choice’ to demonstrate American musical talent? I repeat UGH!!
Some songs are designed to be that way. "This is the song that never ends. Yes, it goes on and on, my friend(s). Some people started singing it not knowing what it was, and they’ll continue singing it forever just because … this is the song that never ends. Yes, it goes on and on, my friend(s). Some people started singing it not knowing what it was, and they’ll continue singing it forever just because …
It’s often more the artist than the songwriter that makes a song catchy. For example, Muskrat Love was mentioned above but I doubt that anyone ever got the original version by Willis Alan Ramsey stuck in their head.
momofalex7 about 3 years ago
Greatest ear worm ever, It’s a Small World. Or maybe worst.
Wilde Bill about 3 years ago
Right now I’ve got Mozart’s 40th symphony playing in my head.
Sanspareil about 3 years ago
Worst is “Sugar Sugar”
sandpiper about 3 years ago
At his age and by this time, the number of possible ear-wigs is beyond calculating.
sandpiper about 3 years ago
How about Muskrat Love? UGH!!
And, unfortunately, it was chosen as an entertainment for an official visit to D.C. by Queen Elizabeth and her consort. Of all the great music then flooding the US, that was the ‘best choice’ to demonstrate American musical talent? I repeat UGH!!
Doug K about 3 years ago
Some songs are designed to be that way. "This is the song that never ends. Yes, it goes on and on, my friend(s). Some people started singing it not knowing what it was, and they’ll continue singing it forever just because … this is the song that never ends. Yes, it goes on and on, my friend(s). Some people started singing it not knowing what it was, and they’ll continue singing it forever just because …
Cactus-Pete about 3 years ago
It’s often more the artist than the songwriter that makes a song catchy. For example, Muskrat Love was mentioned above but I doubt that anyone ever got the original version by Willis Alan Ramsey stuck in their head.
ksu71 about 3 years ago
Jimmy Durante
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kp1nxvOl7sc
Ignatz Premium Member about 3 years ago
I woke up today with “Second Hand Rose” is my head. It’s Fanny Brice’s fault.
ajr58(1) about 3 years ago
“Billy, don’t be a hero ….”
jscarff57 Premium Member about 3 years ago
Really? “Imagine”…
Richard S Russell Premium Member about 3 years ago
Once every 3 (maybe 4) years, we get a reminder that Edwin Frazier supposedly knows something about music.
asrialfeeple about 3 years ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I82PFHKgY2c
Banjo Gordy Premium Member about 3 years ago
Sometimes I pick up a banjo & my fingers find a song I never heard before lurking on the fret board ready to come alive.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FP3xkIR173zE_Zz5JKRY14IC82ckUr9U/view?usp=sharingBanjo Gordy Premium Member about 3 years ago
Sometimes I pick up my banjo & my fingers ‘hear’ a song lurking on the fretboard I have never heard before.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FP3xkIR173zE_Zz5JKRY14IC82ckUr9U/view?usp=sharingThe Brooklyn Accent Premium Member about 3 years ago
If the kid is ten, anything by John Lennon or George Harrison is a song written by a guy who’s dead before the kid was born. More’s the pity.
MFRXIM Premium Member about 3 years ago
I hesitated to read the comments in case I got ‘infected’. ;-D