08.28.06
“Music” in the Kitchen
Everybody now - all together:
“UN-BREAK MY HEAAAAAART!
SAY YOU’LL LOVE ME AGAAAAAIN!
SOMETHING OR OTHER WALKED OUT OF THE DOOR AND SOMETHING ELSE OF MY LIFE!”
This is the soundtrack of my brain in the kitchen today. It’s not like I like the song, it’s not like the song is even a well-known one to me as you can see. But about once every 13 seconds this song jumped into my head and was repeated at full volume. And it wasn’t Toni Braxton singing it either - at least that might have been tolerable. Rather it was some off-key disastrous version that is stuck in there for some reason.
 “Wait, have you heard us do Achey-Breaky Heart?!?” |
The “singing” in my head invaded like an infestation of locusts, only nowhere near as melodious. Cutting cucumbers? “UN-Break my heart!!” Cleaning salmon fillets? “SAY you’ll love me agaaaaaain!” Sautéing onions? “Blah blah blah walked out of the door and something out of my life!” Imagine putting the soundtrack to Alvin and Chipmunks singing your favorite song on a constant repeat on your CD player. And not the whole song, just 2 lines of it. That is my brain while in the kitchen.
But this torture is not just limited to R&B classics, but it can be any song, and it happens every day. Something is in my head every day - and it can be anything. A commercial jingle, a song I really love, a song I really hate, the last thing I heard on the radio that morning, or something I haven’t heard in years. But the only consistency, there is ALWAYS some song in there filling the void - and it can be really annoying.
Here are some of the songs that are the more frequent offenders:
- Un-break My heart
- Beethoven’s Ninth
- Simpson’s Theme Song
- The Entertainer (Scott Joplin)
- The Commercial Jingle to Empire Today carpets
- Eastern Motors (”Your Job’s Your Credit”) Jingle (arguably the worst song ever…)
But I am afraid if I ever hear the Armadillo Song that my good friend Alejandra of Sent from My Dell Desktop is infatuated with, it would trump all of these forever. Thank God I have yet to hear it myself…
Stumble it!
Alejandra said,
August 28, 2006 at 11:15 pm
Okay…so I’m reading this post and laughing…I mean really laughing out loud…I dont’ know if it was the picture of the Chipmunks or just that I can really really relate to this. I think that I’ve had all of those songs stuck in my head at some point. (And the Eastern Motors ads have to be the most obnoxious things ever…i’m embarassed that our local football team would actually agree to be in those things.) And the whole time I’m thinking “I can’t believe he didn’t mention the Sony ad song!” then suddenly I get to the last line and see my name and I just lost it. Laughing so hard I’m crying now. Oh, but for the record…it was the Aardvark!
great post…
Boutros said,
August 29, 2006 at 6:48 am
Yesterday, all day, my brain kept singing, “Whooo-ooooaa, Janey’s cryin’…” I haven’t even HEARD that song in at least three years.
mrgali said,
August 29, 2006 at 10:07 am
I totally heard that credit card identity theft commercial that has some young chippy singing that song reading this…
At least you’re not singing the theme song to K9 to 5…
Matt said,
August 30, 2006 at 5:18 pm
I forgot to mention that “Yesterday” by the Beatles gets stuck in my pathetic head as well pretty frequently.
Armadillo, Aardvark, whatever… I still have never heard that song - thank God.
And for the record Boutros, it’s “Jamie’s Cryin’”. As a major Van Halen fan, I’ve gotta step up for the boys!
Boutros said,
August 31, 2006 at 4:44 pm
Crap, I suck. Rip up my fan club membership card.