Can't get that song outta my head !

I was thinking about "ear worms" today. You know, songs that get in your head and you just can't stop hearing them. Sometimes you like them and well, sometimes you don't.

My current ear worm is Jack Johnson's "You and Your Heart". I know that this is no monumental song but I hear it in my head all day. I sing the refrain while I am driving. Something about the words and the sound resonate with me, and I have to say that I like this song, this is not an unwelcome earworm.

A few months ago I had an ear worm problem with the McDonald's "Filet-0-Fish" song, I am ashamed to admit. It was catchy and stupid and it made you laugh, perfect ear worm material.

I know I was not the only one, the people I work with were similarly affected. Luckily, we have all moved on.

I seem to have this problem with albums also (or CDs in modern lingo ). I listened to Jethro Tull's "Songs from the Wood" an embarrassing number of times. Wilco's "Kicking Television" was another one. I thought that my kids would kill me if they heard Jeff Tweedy's live version of "Misunderstood" one more time... When I was a young thing, it was Linda Ronstadt's "Heart like a Wheel". I would fall asleep listening to that album on my turntable, dating me I know, but LPs are in vogue again, people ....

I have learned to embrace the ear worm phase. I love that feeling when you can't get enough of a song, it sounds fresh and interesting every time you hear it. You keep playing it over and over and loving it, knowing that suddenly one day it will lose its magic. It will become just another song that you like, but not the one that is filling your head with joy...