Phrases that, when you see them, you inexplicably start singing them to the melody of something else (and then will forever be associated with that)

Whenever I saw the poster for the Strangers on a Train play that was on a while back I always sung it in my head to the tune of either 'Strangers in the Night' or 'Riders on the Storm', depending on the mood I was in.

Whenever I think of Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, I sing "In Sagrada Familia" to the tune of "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida."

Not for 17 minutes straight, though.

Oh, that's good! I have a whole list of architecture-related ones of these - "Ronchamp" to the tune of "Oh My Golly!", "We're at American Bar" to the tune of "We're An American Band," etc.

I work across the street from a small airport, and on breezy days the old Windsong perfume jingle plays in my head: "I can't seem to forget you / Your windsock stays on my mi-i-i-ind....."

Ha. I sing the same song for a wine called "Windspiel."

Just started doing:
A Winter's Tale
In a deep and dark December

We have two different sets of baby footie pajamas with a moose on them, which have become known as Moose Suit #1 and Moose Suit #2. Whenever one of them gets installed on the baby I have to sing this to the tune of Roots Train Number One.

Moose Suit 'jamas (jamas!)
Throw back a bottle of milk

Boomkat will now always be known as Boom-boom-boom-KAT! in my head

Pretty obvious but, whenever I see an ad for Shari's Berries I sing it to the tune of Shari Vari by A Number of Names.

I'm snapping to guides (doodle-oo, doodle-oo)
I'm snapping to gui-i-ides

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVte8cdwpXc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70QfHtKdh_0

whenever i see you smile

i have a client named Margo, who has outsourced the preparation of various financial reports for the org's board of directors to me

for the past two days

I'm only making reports for Margo to "making plans for Nigel"

We took our cat in to the vet to be neutered today, and all day long I've been singing "cat neuter" in my head to the tune of Apollonia 6's "Sex Shooter."

Cat neuter
'snippin off of my Chewbacca
Come on, lose the balls

thanks to DJP

now Girlfriend in a Coma = "hitler on the toilet"

"isomorphic to a smooth manifold" = "you've been hit by a smooth criminal"

Used to have a white cat and always sang "It's a nice day for a white kitten". I lost the cat and now whenever I hear the words "White Wedding" I think of him and miss him.

Here kitty, kitty. Have a K. D. Lang treat

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81GQ0v0%2Bs5L._SY355_.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXqPjx94YMg

I know I mentioned this over on a Moody Blues thread, but apparently not on this one:

My daughter's favorite kind of mac and cheese is Shells and White Cheddar. "Never reaching the end..."

Local coffee sellers, Stumptown Roasters:

Stumptown Roasters sing this song,
Doo-dah! Doo-dah!

midget with a trash bag, I know, I know, it's serious

― sarahell, Friday, October 3, 2014 12:12 PM (1 year ago)

saw him again yesterday

VIC TAYBACK

Revenge!

:)

Tom Driberg famously drew attention to the fact that the phrase used to open proceedings in the House of Commons each day, "The Clerk will now proceed to read the orders of the day", could be sung to the tune of 'John Brown's Body'.

"This PC be Warren G"

The word podcaster to the tune of the B-52s Rock Lobster.

Aztec Camera's gonna get you
gonna knock you right on the head

'obama don't like you and he likes everyone'

About 7 results (0.56 seconds)

While walking around Atlanta doing an architecture tour recently I somehow got architect-developer John Portman tied up with "Four Horsemen" by the Clash. Have pretty much not been able to shake it since.

he just built an atrium as big as the sun
john portmaaaaaaan

hahaha exactly

Silk sleep mask!
Poet and a prophet
Silk sleep mask!
Taught me how to off it

almost feel like this is too obvious not to have come up already, but whenever an application says "do you really want to exit?" it's always, always culture club

Maybe not in the spirit of things since they're both names, but "Vin Diesel" is always to the tune of "Ben Weasel" as performed by The Queers.

More RHCP lately when I'm feeding my cat:

My talking leaf speaks of
A TENDER BEEF FEAST

My wife has a real good one for the John Denver classic...

Toothpaste on my shoulder looks like bird pop

"Boricua College" to the theme of "Eureeka's Castle."

"Homi Bhabha" ~ "Floridada"

Roger Corman's wretched Teenage Cave Man has forever transformed the way I hear/sing the climax of "Baba O'Riley."

"Take your card and your cash will follow" En Vogue style.

hahaha

you're crumbelievable

i remember back in 2007 learning from a teenager that they only knew "unbelievable" thanks to the kraft "crumbelievable" commercial. that kid is now working on a ph.d.

maybe this is deliberate but I was cleaning out my oven the other day using a well known oven cleaner and immediately started singing 'That's what my heart yearns for now/Oven Priiiide'

"Take your card and your cash will follow" En Vogue style.
― thomasintrouble, Sunday, 17 July 2016 01:33 (10 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yes, me too every time

"Pictures of chickens

chickens, oh! chickens"

No idea why.

Pictures of lily is terrible for this for me. Generally hearing 'pictures of' something-two-syllabled, which happens surprisingly often.