Earworm mashups: the thread for having multiple songs stuck in your head

Every time I hear “Waterloo Sunset” the lyrics from “Eleanor Rigby” try to horn themselves into the melody:

Look at him wor-king
Darning his socks in
The night when there’s no - one there

Father Mac-KEN-zie
Wiping the dirt from
His hands as he walks - from the graaave

Got my occasional "I've been walking in the rain just to get on purpose..." over 'Touched By The Hand Of God' again this morning

lol at "Waterloo Rigby"

I get "What is Life" -- "Bang a Gong (Get it On)" a lot.

Bang a Gong

Baby don't hurt me

Lol

This morning my ADHD ear worms have decided it’s perfectly normal to loop the old Club Biscuit advert song combined with SFA ‘Rings Around The World’

“If you like
a lot of chocolate on your
RINGS AROUND THE WORLD”

It has been hours, send help

RINGS AROUND THE WORLD and I-I-I
I can't find my chocolate

This was actually in a show I watched but it remains in my head:
Crash test dummies: Mmm mmm mm mmm
Mmmm mmm mmm mmm
Video games

I think there are a ton of these on the original Video Games thread though, including the unforgettable 'kickin' in the front seat, sitting in the back seat, video games'.

I was listening to my 80s playlist and Kiss’ deeply cheesy “Forever” morphed into Heart’s “What About Love?” (In my head not in the playlist bc I had it on shuffle)
I was curious if they had the same songwriter and learned the Heart song is a cover!! News to me.

I didn't know that either. mostly cos their hits were largely being written by professional songwriters then and it sounds so much like those songs I didn't realize a band wrote it. interesting!

(I have a soft spot for those Heart ballads, as generic as they were, mostly cos Ann Wilson could make any material sound good)

me too, I have "will you be there in the morning" on my car playlist at the moment!

I do not like either of these songs, but Tony Orlando and Dawn’s “Knock Three Times” morphs into Styx’s “Lady” thusly:

“Knock three times on the ceiling if you want me
Once on the pipe
And my troubles all fade…”

No he don't give a fuck about anybody else
When I think about you I touch myself

My band started jamming on Men Without Hats’ “Pop Goes the World” tonight and I couldn’t remember any of the lyrics so I subbed in the verses from Jim Carroll’s “People Who Died.” It worked pretty well, actually.

Cloudless, every day you fall upon my waking eyes
Inviting and inciting me to rise

... Jai guru deva, om

It ain't what you do / It's the way that you do it
Ayyy Macarena!

In my head there is one seamless song that goes

Beautiful dreamer, wake unto me
The daring young man on the flying trapeze
With his ears cut short and his tail cut long
I do hope that dog is for sale

richard dawson "jogging", polvo "feather of forgiveness" & deep space 9 feem choon all coming together

I remember when we used to sit
In a government yard in trenchtown
I was feeling kinda seasick
The crowd called out for more

Golden slumbers fill your eyes
Nights alone by your side

(second one is opus 40 by mercury rev)

Good one!

There she was just a walkin' down the street singin'
Daylight come and me wan' go ho-ome
Snappin' her fingers and shufflin' her feet, singin'
Daylight come and me wan' go home

You’re on a roll, my friend.

I told you about the walrus and me, man
You know we're as close as can be, man
Well here's another clue for you all
The walrus was Paul.

I told you about the seether before
You know the one that's neither or nor
Well here's another clue if you please
The seether's Louise...

i'm aware the latter is an homage but because of it I always hear one right after the other in my head

I've been listening to Alice Cooper's Killer lately, but Under My Wheels

(didn't mean to press Submit!)

Under My Wheels has been getting mixed up with the Phish song Wolfman's Brother.

The telephone is ringing
That's when I handed it to Liz

1, 2
3 and to the 4
That's what I said now
Snoop Dogg and Dr Dre are at the door
Just go ahead now

Ain't nuttin' but a g thang baby
Just go ahead now

whoa!

fugazi/ the1975/butthole surfers threefer:
Stay away from that window
Its not anyone
We know only about ourselves
And what we read in the paper
Don't you know ink washes out easier than blood
And I know when you're around 'cause I know the sound
I know the sound, of your heart
Well I know when you're around 'cause I know the sound
I know the sound of your starts talking nickelback, diamondback, mustard pack yea hea whoa whoa, yea yea whoa whoa there's a creep in the cellar and I’m gonna let him in.

"Glass Onion" --> "Ghostbusters"

[marquee moon intro]
I'm headin' down the Atlanta highway
Lookin' for the love getaway
Headed for the love getaway

^Someone make this mashup NOW plz

Crossin' the highway late last night
Now I'm in the limelight cos I rhyme tight
He didn't see the station wagon car
Ya never thought that hip hop would take it this far

Tommy used to work on the docks
Burning like a silver flame

Do the Trouser Press
Do the Eye-Gouge

omg at marquee shack

I made a mashup but I don't have the skill or time to do it very well, it's awful and might ruin both songs for you for life. I'll post it tomorrow.

stoked

just one verse and chorus. apologies to your ears.

https://soundcloud.com/tom-ledger-856685563/marquee-shack

Mashup rough as guts, but the combo works better than it has any right to.

wowie. the first half of the chorus is my favorite part; that really clicks!

From the halls of Montezuma
To the shores of Tripoli
We fight our country's battles
In the air, on land, and sea
Una Paloma Blanca ….
I’m just a bird in the sky!

Raindrops are fallin' on my head
They keep fallin'

And may your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases be white

I like the way they walk
And it's chill to hear them talk
And I can always make 'em smile
From White Castle to the Nile

... baby shark

Look at the stars
Look how they shine for you
And everything you do
You got me wrapped around your finger
Do you have to, do you have to
Do you have to let it linger

the "ilx covers" record I want to hear most is "Now that's what I call Earworm Mashups!"

sorry, that post probably belongs at 'your terrible ideas'

Nah, it’s a gooder.