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wishbass
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Username: wishbass

Post Number: 267
Registered: 5-2011
Posted on Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - 3:46 pm:   Edit Post

Usually I have music,or basslines that I'm working on, go through my head all day,but today I got a bassline in my head that wouldn't go away,"Back On The Chain Gang" by the Pretenders.Love this group,and the song,but this has been an off and on earworm for me going on 20yrs.Another is "Let's Go" by The Cars.Anyone else have this,and what song(s)?
stout71
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Username: stout71

Post Number: 55
Registered: 7-2011
Posted on Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - 5:06 pm:   Edit Post

Too many to list them all. By-Tor & the Snow Dog, The Real Me, the theme from Sanford & Son, Subway to Venus (Chili Peps) just to name a few... Makes it hard to get work done!
davehouck
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Username: davehouck

Post Number: 10712
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - 5:09 pm:   Edit Post

There's probably a bunch, but one that interestingly keeps showing up is Street Corner Talking by Savoy Brown, which I guess I've been running over and over in my head for four decades now. It's a simple twelve bar blues tune, but the studio version is just really compelling in its simplicity. Great keyboard sound, nice biting lead guitar; but I guess it's the repetition of the basic hook that got it stuck in my head.
wishbass
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Username: wishbass

Post Number: 269
Registered: 5-2011
Posted on Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - 5:26 pm:   Edit Post

Man, for me there is a BUNCH of Rush tunes,and Yes for that matter.Haven't heard Street Corner Talking in awhile,good call Dave,now its in my head......
notfadeaway
Junior
Username: notfadeaway

Post Number: 17
Registered: 5-2012
Posted on Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - 6:13 pm:   Edit Post

Yeah, the list is endless. One of my faves to run through my head is Rock On from David Essex. Dear Prudence is another one.
flpete1uw
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Username: flpete1uw

Post Number: 59
Registered: 11-2011
Posted on Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - 6:19 pm:   Edit Post

One of my Favorites is the Jack Cassidy Bass Solo in Candyman.
jagerphan84
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Username: jagerphan84

Post Number: 302
Registered: 10-2003
Posted on Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - 7:15 pm:   Edit Post

How about a little Nick Lowe? Gotta dig those off-beats...
terryc
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Username: terryc

Post Number: 1859
Registered: 11-2004
Posted on Thursday, May 31, 2012 - 12:58 am:   Edit Post

Once had the bassline for 'Do The Bust Stop' by The Fatback Band in my head for ages.
Usually it's the pinched harmonic section by Jaco on 'Birdland'
darkstar01
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Username: darkstar01

Post Number: 416
Registered: 6-2005
Posted on Thursday, May 31, 2012 - 1:20 am:   Edit Post

Physical Cities
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7OpZ2QO0Ng
(starting at 6:03)

Also, there's a Happy Apple song called "Where does a stranger go on Christmas?" that i can't find a link to. But you should look it up. Because everything Happy Apple does (after their first record) is absolutely amazing.
wishbass
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Username: wishbass

Post Number: 270
Registered: 5-2011
Posted on Thursday, May 31, 2012 - 4:58 am:   Edit Post

Speaking of harmonics,one that often visits me for a day or 2 is the beginning section of "The Awakening" by the Reddings.There is a nice clip on Youtube of a guy doing a play along on his Alembic EVH....
811952
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Username: 811952

Post Number: 2225
Registered: 10-2003
Posted on Thursday, May 31, 2012 - 5:24 am:   Edit Post

On Reflection by Gentle Giant is the latest earworm for me. There are worse things.. ;)
jcdlc72
Intermediate Member
Username: jcdlc72

Post Number: 163
Registered: 11-2009
Posted on Thursday, May 31, 2012 - 6:00 am:   Edit Post

I totally get it... specially the "All around, all around, all around" part....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6WSLG5r-wE
davehouck
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Username: davehouck

Post Number: 10716
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Thursday, May 31, 2012 - 7:34 am:   Edit Post

That Gentle Giant clip was great!
cozmik_cowboy
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Username: cozmik_cowboy

Post Number: 1224
Registered: 10-2006
Posted on Thursday, May 31, 2012 - 7:46 am:   Edit Post

For some reason, the ones that seem to get stuck the most are things I absolutely hate.

Peter
wishbass
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Username: wishbass

Post Number: 271
Registered: 5-2011
Posted on Thursday, May 31, 2012 - 7:50 am:   Edit Post

Loved the Gentle Giant Vid!I hadn't heard of them until 5or 6 years ago.It's seems these days music is too easily catagorized, and blurring the edges has fallen out of fashion.Sure,there is some crossover here and there,but the audience is dwindling that can appreciate it.I 've always loved progressive music,and hold it up there w/any of the greats.
wishbass
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Username: wishbass

Post Number: 272
Registered: 5-2011
Posted on Thursday, May 31, 2012 - 7:53 am:   Edit Post

Peter,when that happens,start singing "It's A Small World"...... =).......it'll get rid of the other song,but I'm not sure how to get rid of that one!
adriaan
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Username: adriaan

Post Number: 2935
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Thursday, May 31, 2012 - 11:08 am:   Edit Post

Another Nick Lowe track with Norman Watt Roy on bass
jcdlc72
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Username: jcdlc72

Post Number: 165
Registered: 11-2009
Posted on Thursday, May 31, 2012 - 6:37 pm:   Edit Post

My earworm right now: BS&T's "House in the Country"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzzZG0CrTrQ
jbybj
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Username: jbybj

Post Number: 368
Registered: 6-2006
Posted on Thursday, May 31, 2012 - 9:49 pm:   Edit Post

I work on lots of old movies, and often musicals. The Wizard of Oz can be a real difficult thing to shake. Recently I have gotten stuck on "Annie", "Dumb Dog" just wouldn't go away. Currently, I am helplessly humming the theme to "Lawrence Of Arabia" ALL THE TIME! Anything by Ennio Morricone is also really hard to excise.
rustyg61
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Username: rustyg61

Post Number: 595
Registered: 2-2011
Posted on Thursday, May 31, 2012 - 10:25 pm:   Edit Post

I tend to see life in musical terms & songs will pop into my head that pertain to whatever situation I'm in. For example, when I ride my Harley & hit 90 mph, the line from Hendrix's Crosstown Traffic "90 miles an hour is the speed I drive!" always pops in my head!
yogalembic
Junior
Username: yogalembic

Post Number: 48
Registered: 5-2012
Posted on Friday, June 01, 2012 - 3:58 am:   Edit Post

@ jcdlc72...Whoa! Haven't heard THAT tune for ages. Will put that CD on my weekend rotation. Thanks.
Btw, when those horns hit on the intro....game on!

As far as Ear Worm---it's what ever song is referred to or heard while I'm in "passive mode".
For instance, I over heard one coworker mentioned something her grand daughter said, with a punch line of "Who let the dogs out?"
Yeh...thanks alot, lady! Took about 2 hours to get THAT piece of crap out of my head.
tncaveman
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Username: tncaveman

Post Number: 84
Registered: 2-2011
Posted on Friday, June 01, 2012 - 5:00 am:   Edit Post

There are lots of these:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vgfeLat3RI "same as it ever was"

and of course - Psycho Killer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=galXYbepW_s&feature=related WOW _ Adrian and his JC120 feedback - the good old days before guitar synthesizers.

Probably the worst ear worm (as Peter stated) is a song you hate - like Joan Jett's "I love rock and roll"

Stephen
willie
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Username: willie

Post Number: 215
Registered: 11-2003
Posted on Friday, June 01, 2012 - 5:49 am:   Edit Post

Wishbass
I play in a band called "Chain Gang", and guess what. We play the song Back on the Chain Gang along with other Pretender's songs. Which is kind of ironic because my ex fiance was a big Chrissy Hynde fan.
And you should check out Les Claypool's version of"The Awakening" from Les Claypool and the Holy Mackerel's High Ball with the Devil CD. Great Bass line. I've seen him do it live several times.
Will
byoung
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Username: byoung

Post Number: 1363
Registered: 12-2004
Posted on Friday, June 01, 2012 - 7:14 pm:   Edit Post

The counting song (12) from Sesame Street:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZshZp-cxKg

I'm just a bill (Schoolhouse Rock):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dVo3nbLYC0

I am deeply, profoundly sorry for posting both of these, because I know just reading them will have it stuck in your heads for days.

...and I hope to be a law somedaaaaaaaay!
wishbass
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Username: wishbass

Post Number: 273
Registered: 5-2011
Posted on Friday, June 01, 2012 - 8:05 pm:   Edit Post

LOL!
jzstephan
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Username: jzstephan

Post Number: 74
Registered: 1-2012
Posted on Friday, June 01, 2012 - 8:10 pm:   Edit Post

E lecricity

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ftw_yEiLaaA
jzstephan
Member
Username: jzstephan

Post Number: 75
Registered: 1-2012
Posted on Friday, June 01, 2012 - 8:13 pm:   Edit Post

Sorry, can't spell...

E-lectricity
byoung
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Username: byoung

Post Number: 1366
Registered: 12-2004
Posted on Monday, June 04, 2012 - 10:26 pm:   Edit Post

I'm just going to leave these here, but beg you not to click on them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ5LpwO-An4

http://nyan.cat/original.php
tbrannon
Senior Member
Username: tbrannon

Post Number: 1492
Registered: 11-2004
Posted on Tuesday, June 05, 2012 - 6:55 am:   Edit Post

NOTHING sticks in my head like You Dropped a Bomb on Me by Gap Band

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5r5OE_u5m0

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