The Music In My Head

In the last few months I’ve noticed that it’s been more and more difficult to shake that stuck-in-the-head song.  Now, if it were good songs I wouldn’t be so concerned.  Except, it’s all junk.  The music I listen to isn’t all junk, but the sticky ones seem to be.  For example, I was in the office last week listening to a radio show on my iPod when a co-worker asked me what I was rocking out to.  My head had been doing an ever so slight bob to the beat of the music.  My mouth was lipping the lyrics.  I had to think about it.  What was I listening to?  Oh that… that’s Too Legit to Quit by Hammer.  Good God.  Did I just say that?  Then, after talking my way out of that awkward music moment, the song wouldn’t leave.  The background music of my day – actually the next few days – was “Too Legit.”  It hurt. 

The reason I thought about this was because yesterday I found myself scatting in the car to a song with no lyrics.  “Dah dah dot, do dot,  Daht.  Doht.”  What was it?  Why was I faking a hit to the high hat to a song I couldn’t determine.  Where were the lyrics?  Then, the realization.  It was the Super Mario Brothers Theme.  I never played the game.  I did, however, download the piano sheet music several months ago and had played through a few of the songs.  I hadn’t played it or looked at it since.  Now it was coming back with a vengeance.  “Dah dah dot, do dot,  Daht.  Doht.”  Ah, the pain.

Time to find some new music, put it on repeat, and clear the head.