Tag: earworm

  • Earworm Thursday: In Honor of Val

    This is one of my favorite U2 songs. Also, a reminder of the passing of Val Kilmer earlier this week, as this song was part of the Batman Forever soundtrack.

  • Earworm Thursday: That Hook Lives in My Head Rent Free

    I just learned the name of this group three days ago.

    It’s Nu Shooz.

    Yeah, that synthesizer hook will at the most random times just start playing in my head. No rhyme or reason, it just plays.

  • Earworm Thursday: Middle School Love Feelings

    I don’t care what anyone says; I love The Cure.

    I know this song came out in 1987, but somehow it didn’t register with me until 7th grade, which was ’89. I don’t remember why that was, but my guess is that 1989 was when the Disintegration album was released, with “Lovesong” being a huge single, and all of The Cure’s videos were in heavy rotation on 120 Minutes, which was why I discovered all these songs at the same time.

    The Cure has a very special place in my psyche, because 12-15 year old me identified heavily with this music as it tapped into a tragic romantic feeling of unrequited love that puberty afflicted me couldn’t get enough of… for some reason. Looking back on this music, I see now that I was beginning to make my first entrants toward alt-rock, which would pay dividends in 1991, and set me on a trajectory of music that I still follow to this day.

    And “High” is just one of my favorite songs of all time.

  • Earmworm Thursday: Karma Chameleon

    I was like six when this song came out, so I have a few vague memories about it. First was that my brothers watching the video on MTV, as we had just got cable. Second was my mishearing of the lyrics, as I thought Boy George was singing “Comin’ a Comedian.” And third was my very straight lace, and very Catholic mother trying to figure out if Boy George was a boy, and if he was, why was he dressing that way?

    I still love this song.

  • Earworm Thursday

    I haven’t been able to get this song out of my head. The wife had it on a playlist that I listened to this weekend, which was cool. It reminded me that I saw Beck live on the Midnite Vultures tour.