[at-l] Stuck in your head

[nealb at midlandstech.com (William Neal)]

On the AT, I got real grungy just before going into one trail town.  Might
have been Helen.  I was feeling mean and dirty.  Then I hit a steady flow of
daytrippers in Yuppie Outdoor clothes heading the other way.  I was in no
mood to answer too many questions -- I had a mild cold or sinus infection
coming on.  Unfortunately I had this song stuck in my head.  I was trying to
"whistle" it out since sometimes that helped to break the chain of thought.
Plus it was easier to join the "band-in-my-head" than to just "listen" to
it.  I had to either hum or whistle it since it was an instrumental.  So I
got to the point I was doing "dum-dee dum, dum, dum..."  No-one bothered me.
Some even seemed to want to run the other way. ;-)  It was the theme from
Deliverance.  Wonder why no-one bothered me?
 
Plus I heard a Dr. Demento on the radio while in one town and got Napoleon
the 14th's big hit stuck in my head.  And I went tripping down the yellow
brick trail singing it.  "They're coming to take me away, Ha-ha.  They're
coming to take me away, Hee-hee...."  No trouble that day either.  Actually
it's a favorite of mine.
 
William, The Napoleonic Turtle

-----Original Message-----
From: KellyGoVols@aol.com [mailto:KellyGoVols@aol.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 6:04 PM
To: at-l@backcountry.net
Subject: [at-l] Stuck in your head


I'm catching up on my journal reading, and got a kick out of Liteshoe
stating the fact that she had "I'm a Little Teapot" stuck in her mind, and
found it "infuriating."  (Yes, I'm actually posting something ON TOPIC) 

I do this too, especially when hiking or doing brainless tasks around the
house.  I try my best to get the song out of my mind, think of something
different, force myself on to something else, and do quite fine until "This
is story about a man name Jed, poor mountaineer barely kept his family
fed.... " sneaks back in!  It's always the theme songs to stupid TV shows.  

I think this thread had been visited before, but I'd like to hear what
people actually DO to try to rid themselves of the song, and if it works or
not.

GoVols 

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