Ear Worms & Ear Wax

Saturday, Nov. 01, 2003 - 9:00 a.m.

My new year was exactly what it needed to be.

I have come to November feeling like a different person, stronger and more at peace.

And happy because we didn't get any trick or treaters so I got to eat the candy.

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We went ahead and got the Looney Tunes collection. I'm almost ready to forgive Warner Brothers, because they did in fact include "Feed The Kitty" -- which, if you've seen "Monsters, Inc" was the inspiration for the sequence involving Boo and the trash compactor. More treasures await rediscovery.

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Candy Alert: John finally got brave enough to open the box of Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans, which is the candy mentioned in the Harry Potter series. Jelly Belly got the contract to produce these in the United States -- and gods help us all, they've done a stunning job. Here are the flavors: Banana, Black Pepper, Blueberry, Booger, Bubblegum, Cherry, Cinnamon, Dirt, Ear Wax, Grape Jelly, Grass, Green Apple, Lemon Drop, Toasted Marshmallow, Buttered Popcorn, Sardine, Spinach, Vomit, and Watermelon.

I didn't have the nerve to try Booger or Vomit or Ear Wax... But I did try the Sardine, and it is dreadful in a manner that is unparalleled in the entire spectrum of the candy flavor world. I also tried Dirt, which reminded me of the smell the vacuum cleaner gives off when it's being used. The Spinach one was true to its name, and the Grass one wasn't too terrible. But Sardine? -- truly ghastly. Jelly Belly is to be commended.

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Yesterday I was listening to KGO, to my favorite talk show host, Ronn Owens. He tends to stick to lighter subject matter on a Friday, and the topic of conversation was Ear Worms.

An Ear Worm is a song that gets stuck in your head. The definition probably can be expanded to cover really really really bad songs that charted when they had no right to, probably due in part to their Earwormish tendencies.

As my all time worst Ear Worm -- I nominate the song "Pop Muzik" by the group M. "New York, London, Paris, Munich -- Everybody talk about -- Pop Muzik."

I would now like to hear from you folks on this subject.

Tell me a terrible song that got stuck in your head, or that had no business being on the charts.

Please leave your suggestion in the comments section.

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12 of my readers commented on this entry

jj
oh, the jellybeans. i liked the grass flavored one. the vomit just tasted like super-sour candy. someone got to the ear-wax before me or i would have tried it. same for the booger flavor. ear-worms. ear-worms. there is a song that gets stuck in my head alot. but i can't think of it now. is that ironic? love,
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andy
I liked your banner poem.
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Jamie -- from Ed's :)
Yo mama! Whassuppppp... ;) xoxox
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Kim
I don't know if you have this song in America.. But it's the most annoying song known to man-kind... It's by the Fast Food Rockers... "Fast Food Song" (What an original name *cough*) Ahem "a pizza hut a pizza hut kuntucky fried chicken and a pizza hut mcdonalds mcdonalds kuntucky fried chicken and a pizza hut" It's so bad! If you ever get the chance to listen to it.. Don't... I swear you'll have it stuck in your head for days!
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Dana
For the love of all you find holy, do not eat the booger or the vomit! LOL I have had children gag and practically throw up. I've only been able to eat the dirt and grass. I actually liked the grass. But I'll take my buttered popcorn any day
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Jamie
An awful song... Hmmmm. "Horse With No Name" by America. This song beats out "Stump". And you KNOW how bad THAT song is, Brin. :) Jamie
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Jen
I am stuck on Band-aid...cause Band-aid's stuck on me...heh. I hate that. Now I will be singing it all damn night!
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Jen
I am stuck on Band-aid...cause Band-aid's stuck on me...heh. I hate that. Now I will be singing it all damn night!
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Mythrandir
The cure for most earworms is the "George of the Jungle" theme song. It not only clears most earworms, but will replace them.
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glenn
From the BBC Online:

"Research in the US has found that songs get stuck in our heads because they create a "brain itch" that can only be scratched by repeating the tune over and over.

In Germany, this type of song is known as an "ohrwurm" - an earworm - and typically has a high, upbeat melody and repetitive lyrics that verge between catchy and annoying. "

For the rest of the story, click on over to here
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KittenLil
My ear worms are actually not that bad. I dont mind them too much. Although the second I get them out of my head, they pop back. One of them is the "See My Vest" song from the episode of the Simpsons where Mr Burns wants to turn the puppies into a suit. And the other one is one that I only know the chorus of, and that my husband keeps singing. It is Dancing in the Show Tonight by Ween. I had never heard it before him. And now I can't get rid of it. Oh, and since I got my Yellow Submarine action figures, I get Nowhere Man stuck in my head every time I look at Jeremy.
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tallguyinyc
I have found that by singing thru an earworm I am able to excize (sp?) it fully from the ol' brain. unfortunatly the most embarrassing up to this point was "Uncle Fucka" while I was at work...Teaching School...at an alternative school. Oh well
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