Help me, please, I have "The Lady In Red" stuck in my head

I've never seen you looking so gorgeous as you did tonight
I've never seen you shine so bright you were amazing
I've never seen so many people want to be there by your side
And when you turned to me and smiled, It took my breath away
I have never had such a feeling
Such a feeling of complete and utter love, as I do tonight

The way you look tonight
I never will forget, the way you look tonight
The lady in red
The lady in red
The lady in red
My lady in red (I love you.)

I wish I had a red dress on now.

Seriously though now he's listening to Dreamweaver, what is wrong with these people?

*gunshot to head*

Gwyneth Paltrow.

The sound of my soul dying a slow death.

That doesn't help!!!!

I think I am going to put on this mix CD I made for g-money lido REALLY LOUD, I think these people could use a dose of Klaus Nomi???

http://www.rcub.bg.ac.yu/~armitage/music/the_smiths/graphics/morrissey.jpg

He turned off the music, now I'm thankfully singing "Moi...Lolita" again.

"The Loooooooooooooove Boat...."

HERE HE COMES, HERE COMES SPEED RACER, HE'S A DEMON ON WHEELS

ARRRRRGH FUCK YOU!!!!

MAH-NA MAH-NA...

But they got, Diff'rent Strokes. It takes,
Diff'rent Strokes. It takes,
Diff'rent Strokes to move the world.

Everybody's got a special kind of story
Everybody finds a way to shine,
It don't matter that you got,
NOT ALOT,
So what,
They'll have theirs, and you'll have yours, and I'll have mine.
And TOGETHER WE'LL BE FINE....

'cause it takes, Diff'rent Strokes to move the world.
Yes it does.
It takes, Diff'rent Strokes to move the world.
H-MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!

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-- Curtis Stephens (sevenxvii...), May 23rd, 2003.

Not getting hastled, not getting hustled.

KEEPIN' YOUR HEAD ABOVE WAT-EEEEEEEEEEEER,
Making a wave when you can.

Temporary lay offs!
GOOD TIMES.
Easy credit rip offs!
GOOD TIMES.
Scratchin' and surviving!
GOOD TIMES.
Hangin in a chow line!
GOOD TIMES.
Ain't we lucky we got 'em...

GOOD TIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII-AAAAAAAA---IIIIIIMES, YEEEEAAAAAAAHHH!

No cure for songs stuck in your head
By Rachel Kipp in New York

UNEXPECTED and insidious, the earworm slinks its way into the brain and refuses to leave.

Symptoms vary, although high levels of annoyance and frustration are common. There are numerous potential treatments, but no cure.
"Earworm" is the term coined by University of Cincinnati marketing professor James Kellaris for the usually unwelcome songs that get stuck in people's heads. Since beginning his research in 2000, Kellaris has heard from people all over the world requesting help, sharing anecdotes and offering solutions.

"I quickly learned that virtually everybody experiences earworms at one time or another," he said. "I think because it's experienced privately and not often a topic of conversation, maybe people really long for some social comparison. They want to know if other people experience what they experience."

Kellaris, whose most pervasive personal earworm (Byzantine chants) likely has something to do with his wife's job as a church choir director, has been interested in the topic of earworms for decades. As a musician who now studies how marketers reach the public, he began wondering how widespread stuck songs really are, and began doing small surveys in 2000.

Last year, he surveyed about 500 students, faculty and staff on campus asking about the type, frequency and duration of earworms, and possible causes and cures. Among the songs respondents picked as most likely to become stuck were: "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", the Chili's restaurant "baby back ribs" jingle and "Who Let the Dogs Out."

But the choice that topped the so-called "playlist from hell" was "Other", meaning the majority of those surveyed chose a unique song of their own as the most probable earworm. That led Kellaris to conclude that stuck songs are highly idiosyncratic.

"There are certain tunes that we would describe as catchy that are more likely to become one, but just about anything can become an earworm," he said.

The study, presented at conferences of the Society for Consumer Psychology in 2001 and 2003, showed:

? Women report more irritation and frustration as a result of earworms.

? People who are constantly exposed to music suffer them more frequently.

? There may be a connection between earworms and a person's level of neurosis.

"People with higher neuroticism scores tend to react to the onset of an earworm by saying 'Oh no, here it goes again, I wonder how long this is going to last'," Kellaris said. "That fretting about it, I think, exacerbates it."

The atmosphere is ripe for earworms at Last Vestige, a music store just west of downtown Albany. As customers flipped through compact discs and records with markers displaying such subjects as "Elvis the Pelvis" and "Beatles Cash-in Copycats", employees Jim Kaufman and Charles Monroe ruminated on recent bouts with earworms.

"Top 40 pop, usually - stuff you wouldn't catch yourself listening to at home," said Kaufman, who named Jennifer Lopez's "Jenny From the Block" as a past stuck song. "Or stuff you're ashamed to admit listening to at home."

Both men said they get rid of earworms either by trying to ignore them or by playing a tune they enjoy. Monroe said an earworm "usually happens when I only hear the song for like a second, like if I go to the laundromat and I'm kind of in and out."

Kellaris heard similar stories after news of his study reached the public. He got hundreds of e-mails from the Philippines, South Africa, Norway, the UK, Germany, Argentina and all over North America. Among the messages:

? A company that provided background music for retail stores wanted to know how to avoid using music prone to becoming an earworm.

? Sufferers of a psychiatric condition where patients hear music when none is playing sent queries and case histories hoping Kellaris had found a way to cure or treat the disorder. The professor said the two are unrelated.

? Personal stories about earworms haunting individuals for weeks, months or years.

? Suggestions of how to cure an earworm, including chewing on a cinnamon stick, passing the earworm on to someone else or erasing the offending song by singing the theme from "Gilligan's Island."

For marketers, earworms can be a "double-edged sword," helpful if consumers look upon a memorable jingle favorably but with the potential to breed negativity toward a brand if the stuck song is viewed as annoying or unwelcome, said Larry Compeau, a marketing professor at Clarkson University and executive officer of the Society for Consumer Psychology.

"I think the trick with earworms or with any kind of piece of music in advertising is to make sure the music is going to trigger the kinds of emotions or feelings you want the consumer to experience," he said.

Studying when earworms are most likely to occur is next up for Kellaris.

He said one theory is that stuck songs are "the brain's attempt to resolve missing information," and that retrieving the forgotten lyrics of a song will provide closure that "unsticks" an earworm.

This report appears on news.com.au.

Moi je m'appelle Lolita
Collégienne aux bas
Bleus de méthylène
Moi je m'appelle Lolita
Coléreuse et pas
Mi-coton, mi-laine
Motus et bouche qui n'dis pas
A maman que je
Suis un phénomène
Je m'appelle Lolita
Lo de vie, lo aux amours diluviennes

C'est pas ma faute
Et quand je donne ma langue aux chats
Je vois les autres
Tout prêts à se jeter sur moi
C'est pas ma faute à moi
Si j'entends tout autour de moi
Hello, helli, t'es A (L.O.L.I.T.A.)
Moi Lolita

(this is an odd translation, but the best I could find)

Lolita
Lo either Lola
It doesn’t make the slightest difference
I my name is Lolita
When I dream about wolves
It is Lola who bleeds
When it is a slip of my tongue,
I have a crazy laughter there so crazy
That I'm a phenomenon
My name is Lolita
Lo of life, Lo of the torrential loves

I my name is Lolita
Schoolgirl with
Methylene blue stockings
My name is Lolita
Irascible and not
Half-cotton, half-wool word
And mouth who do not say my secret
To mom that
I am a phenomenon
My name is Lolita
Lo of life, lo of the torential loves

It is not my fault
And when I give up
I see the others
Ready-made to throw themselves on me
It is not my fault to me
If I hear everything around me
Hello, helli, be you A (L.O.L.I.T.A)
Me Lolita

except now I have Beyond the Sea in my head.

GOOOOOO! Follow Spartacussss
To the Laaaand
Beneath the Seaaaa

The Lady In Red
Xavier Cugat

Say! Have you ever met the girl
Who’s the toast of the town?
A work of art without a question,
You’d better write her number down.

Oh! the lady in red, the fellows are crazy
For the lady in red.
She’s a bit gaudy, but laudy,
What a personality.
Oh! the lady in red,is fresh as a daisy
When the town is in bed.
Dancing and dining and shining
With originally.
She is very proper.
She’s nothing more than a pal,
But oh me! and oh my! You’d never stop ‘er,
She’d be a dangerous gal,
If she should ever meet the right guy.
Oh! the lady in red, the fellows are crazy
For the lady in red.
Is she a study, oh! buddy
What a personality,
She’s got vitality.

"yes kids, just try some special 'Xavier Cugat's Great Nougat.' Packed with protein!"

Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl
With yellow feathers in her hair and a dress cut down to there
She would merengue and do the cha-cha
And while she tried to be a star, Tony always tended bar
Across a crowded floor, they worked from 8 till 4
They were young and they had each other
Who could ask for more?

At the Copa (CO!), Copacabana (Copacabana)
The hottest spot north of Havana (here)
At the Copa (CO!), Copacabana
Music and passion were always the fashion
At the Copa....they fell in love

(Copa Copacabana)

His name was Rico, he wore a diamond
He was escorted to his chair, he saw Lola dancin' there
And when she finished, he called her over
But Rico went a bit too far, Tony sailed across the bar
And then the punches flew and chairs were smashed in two
There was blood and a single gun shot
But just who shot who?

At the Copa (CO!), Copacabana (Copacabana)
The hottest spot north of Havana (here)
At the Copa (CO!), Copacabana
Music and passion were always the fashion
At the Copa....she lost her love

(Copa. . Copacabana)
(Copa Copacabana) (Copacabana, ahh ahh ahh ahh)
(Ahh ahh ahh ahh Copa Copacabana)
(Talking Havana have a banana)
(Music and passion...always the fash--shun)

Her name is Lola, she was a showgirl
But that was 30 years ago, when they used to have a show
Now it's a disco, but not for Lola
Still in the dress she used to wear, faded feathers in her hair
She sits there so refined, and drinks herself half-blind
She lost her youth and she lost her Tony
Now she's lost her mind!

At the Copa (CO!), Copacabana (Copacabana)
The hottest spot north of Havana (here)
At the Copa (CO!), Copacabana
Music and passion were always the fashion
At the Copa....don't fall in love

(Copa) don't fall in love
Copacabana
Copacabana

etc. to end

If "Lady in Red" is bothering you, just replace it with one of my other fine songs, such as "High on Emotion," or "Sailing."

Yours truly,

Chris de Burgh

Or one of mine. I recommend "Who's Johnny". It'll sex up a good sexay lady.

with passion,

El DeBarge

Word up!

; )

http://www.nerdyboy.com/img/b3ta/michael_jackson_on_the_run.jpg

http://www.coke-babies.com/writing/florida/florida5/skeletor.jpg

I ain't got many friends to talk to
Nowhere to run when I'm in trouble
You know I'd do anything for you
Stay the night but keep it undercover
I just wanna use you love tonight
I don't wanna lose your love tonight

Try to stop my hands from shaking,
But something in my mind's not making sense
It's been a while since we were all alone,
But I can't hide the way I'm feeling

As you're leaving please would you close the door,
And don't forget what I told ya
Just because you're right that don't make me wrong
Another shoulder to cry upon
I just wanna use you love tonight
I don't wanna lose your love tonight
Use your love
Lose your love
Your love

There was a really great thing I saw back in college where someone took a video of DeBurgh performing "Lady In Red" and made his voice sound horrifically off-tune and fucked up. Somebody go find that.

which reminds me ... eins zwei drei vier ...

We are standing here
Exposing ourselves
We are showroom dummies
We are showroom dummies

We’re being watched
And we feel our pulse
We are showroom dummies
We are showroom dummies

We look around
And change our pose
We are showroom dummies
We are showroom dummies

We start to move
And we break the glass
We are showroom dummies
We are showroom dummies

We step out
And take a walk through the city
We are showroom dummies
We are showroom dummies

We go into a club
And there we start to dance
We are showroom dummies
We are showroom dummies

[repeat to fade] we are showroom dummies

i think that every song ever written from now on ought to close on "cha-cha-cha."
-- Eisbär (llamasfu...), November 9th, 2003.

It doesn't work on my boss by the way, despite having been apparently proven by science.

I have Party Fears Two stuck in my head for three days since it was one of the clips of music to be identified in our pub quiz.

if he complains, give him this

I wasn't sure if certain Brit dialects use both "dahnse" and "romahnce", so pardon the out-ass-talking.

down south we tend to say 'darnce' and 'ro-mants'

only horsey aristos would say 'romaarrnts'

Anyway, y'all gave us Annie "this/disagree" Lennox, so hush up.

I used to bristile with ire at the video for "High On Emotion," which featured a 'live' Chris DeBurgh concert, and in the audience was a leather clad, Cleopatra-eyed, Siouxsie-esque Punk Rock gal zealously singing along with DeBurgh's mawkish MOR fare, which made me incredulously bellow at the screen.

http://www1.chinadaily.com.cn/en/doc/2003-12/07/xinsrc_d0623e28b83a4662a136fc600a2b556e_3.jpg

You've seen this one, though.

This has no place on this thread but I had nowhere else to share it.

It's a reference to the horrifying "You Can Call Me Al" video.

You have now ruined my day. money, whole lot of spendin money... anyway, was this around the travelling Wilburys time?

Couldn't think of any lyrics
No I never wrote the lyrics
So I'll just sing any old lyrics
That come to mind, child

You really need words
Whole lotta rhyming words
You gotta rhyme so many words, mm-mm
To do it, to do it, to do it, to do it
To do it, to do it right, child

This song is just six words long
This song is just six words long
This song is just six words long
This song is just six words long

I know that you're probably sore
'Cause I didn't write any more
I just didn't get to complete it
So that's why I gotta repeat it

This song is just six words long (six words long)
This song is just six words long (six words long)

Oh I make a lotta money
They pay me a ton of money
They're payin' me plenty of money
To sing this song, child

I gotta fill time
Three minutes worth of time
Oh, how will I fill so much time, mm-mm
I'll throw in a solo, a solo, a solo
A solo, a solo here

This song is just six words long
This song is just six words long
This song is just six words long
This song is just six words long

This song's got nothin' to say
But I'm recording it anyway
I know if I put my mind to it
I know I could find a good rhyme here

Oh, you gotta have-a music
You need really catchy music
This song has got plenty of music
But just six words, child

And so I'll sing' em over
And over and over and over
And over and over and over, mm-mm
And over and over and over
And over and over and over again

Six words long, six words long
Six words long, six words long
Six words long, six words long

This song is just six words long
It's just six words long

George Harrison in Anal Antics

Looking for a little ro-MAHNCE

feel like ilx needs a 't/s: chris de burgh or daniel o'donnell' thread tbh

O'Donnell probably objectively worse therefore better

de burgh's a tory ultra tho iirc, gotta take that into yr calculus

(nice screen name btw)

(thanks I've been watching Monkey)

forgot the Tory thing, O'Donnell definitely ftw then

Having learned about this from 2012, I must share it

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/chris-de-burgh-i-love-myself-im-not-saying-this-in-a-narcissistic-way-8207712.html

holy moses that is uh really something

we're delving deeper into the world of de burgh and the incomparable daniel o'donnell itt btw: CLASH OF THE TITANS: chris de burgh vs daniel o'donnell

we're delving deeper into the world spunk of de burgh and the incomparable daniel o'donnell itt btw

not cool tbh

https://streamd.hitparade.ch/cdimages/chris_de_burgh-a_spaceman_came_travelling_s_5.jpg

This is a good cover tbf

Lynchian again

I had to leave that article at the toothpaste

Full disclosure I had to leave the room I was in and I couldn't breathe for a good thirty seconds

The toothpaste is definitely a high water mark.

it's all a high water mark, to the point where reading it feels like drowning

I'm not messing I think it gave me a mild panic attack

just wondering if CdB has ever watched Alan Partridge

Just wondering if he is my last boss in a Dudley Moore outfit

i've always considered richard madeley the real-life partridge but you could def make a case for de burgh