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)

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lol x2

sarahell, Sunday, 18 October 2020 19:24 (five years ago)

big RAGGS aka the

Doctor Casino, Sunday, 18 October 2020 20:43 (five years ago)

The name of a certain lawyer who used to be mayor of NYC to the tune of “Gary, Indiana.” Been doing this since he WAS mayor, I think, don’t believe I posted it before/zingposting.

Spiral "Scratch" Starecase (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 25 October 2020 06:31 (five years ago)

We watch a lot of Dodger games in my house and whenever Kike Hernandez comes to bat my wife sings “Kike, do you love me?”

― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Saturday, September 26, 2020 9:20 PM (four weeks ago)

At this point in our household, "Randy Arozarena" is always sung to the tune of "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer."

Weston-super-Mare, Minehead, Lynmouth, Ilfracome, etc. (SlimAndSlam), Sunday, 25 October 2020 21:42 (five years ago)

"Certified Lover Boy" reminds me of "Sugar pie honey bunch" from the Four Tops "I Can't Help Myself"

irerisered, Sunday, 1 November 2020 22:02 (five years ago)

Lots of phrases that fit the meter of “Vamos a la Playa”

JoeStork, Sunday, 1 November 2020 22:38 (five years ago)

"Charlemagne" to the tune of Lou Reed singing "Sally Mae" on "Foggy Notion."

An Andalusian Do-rag (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 10 November 2020 19:23 (five years ago)

wait, he isn't actually singing Charlemagne????????

sarahell, Tuesday, 10 November 2020 19:31 (five years ago)

Didn't the Windows icon for the top-level folder used to be 'My Computer'? I swear at some point it changed to 'This PC' without me noticing, because I've only recently caught myself unconsciously saying 'This PC be Warren G' when I open it.

Some dads are not YOUR dad (Old Lunch), Saturday, 14 November 2020 20:55 (five years ago)

Hahahahaha

Whiney G. Weingarten, Saturday, 14 November 2020 21:14 (five years ago)

yes it was My Computer for a very very long time

sarahell, Saturday, 14 November 2020 22:06 (five years ago)

Someone tweeted an alert they’d gotten from Reverb about Sun Ra’s synths, plus their “play now, pay later” payment plans on gear. The tweeter said, “Sun Ra AND predatory lending? Now that’s my kind of email!”

Now I can only hear “predatory lending” to the tune of Sun Ra’s “Interplanetary Music.”

Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 14 November 2020 22:12 (five years ago)

"four seasons total landscaping" ... (sorry) ... to Human League "Don't You Want Me"

I was working at four seasons total landscaping ... when I met you

sarahell, Saturday, 14 November 2020 22:19 (five years ago)

The four years we have had have been such good at times
I still love you
But now I think it's time I lived my life on my own
I guess it's just what I must do

kiss some penis reference (breastcrawl), Saturday, 14 November 2020 23:21 (five years ago)

scratch that:

The four years we have had have been such good times
I still love you now hate you
And now I think it's time I lived my life on my own
I guess it's just what I must do

kiss some penis reference (breastcrawl), Saturday, 14 November 2020 23:24 (five years ago)

the song’s scenario is basically the current ‘dialogue’ between Trump and America: “You know I don’t believe you when you say that you don’t need me” —“Yeah, whatever. We’re so over now”. #doyousee?

kiss some penis reference (breastcrawl), Saturday, 14 November 2020 23:39 (five years ago)

I wanna know
Have you ever seen Lorraine
Falling down
Down the stairs

Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Sunday, 15 November 2020 01:59 (five years ago)

Whooooa
We're half way there
Whoooo-oaaah
Falling down the stairs

Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Sunday, 15 November 2020 02:00 (five years ago)

both ace

Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Sunday, 15 November 2020 02:02 (five years ago)

underused subject matter in songs

Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Sunday, 15 November 2020 03:01 (five years ago)

I'll tell you once more before I get to the stairs
I'm falling down

I'm falling down
groos!
I'm falling down
groos!

early-Woolf semantic prosody (Hadrian VIII), Sunday, 15 November 2020 03:40 (five years ago)

just want to say that I have always sung it in my head as "Lorraine"

Doctor Casino, Sunday, 15 November 2020 03:45 (five years ago)

two weeks pass...

My mother-in-law recently regifted me a huge cheese spread that she received as a token of appreciation for some legal work she did for someone. So now, every time I open my fridge, I hear to the tune of Ziggy Marley:

Wisconsin Cheeseman, where is your past?
Wisconsin Cheeseman, how long will you last?

peace, man, Saturday, 5 December 2020 19:21 (five years ago)

I am a cheeseman for the county

(the one with 3 L's) (Willl), Saturday, 5 December 2020 19:23 (five years ago)

Lol I love the randomness of that... but did "African Herbsman" somehow get mixed up in it?

Josefa, Saturday, 5 December 2020 19:29 (five years ago)

This is the inverse phenomenon, but thinking of John Bonham singing from other thread reminded me that I can never, ever hear “Out On The Tiles” w/o the little song he wrote that Page based the riff on:
I’m out on the tiles
I feel a little better, now I’ve had a pint of bitter and
I’m out on the tiles

early-Woolf semantic prosody (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 5 December 2020 19:36 (five years ago)

Wait where is this Bonham singing discussion?

that is how it crumbles cookiewise (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 5 December 2020 21:20 (five years ago)

really about John Paul Jones singing in Zeppelin thread

early-Woolf semantic prosody (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 5 December 2020 21:37 (five years ago)

Most car license plate holders that have the name of the dealership at the bottom I sing to "Werewolves of London" because many do scan:

Honda of Oakland
Audi of Berkeley
Putnam Toyota

though enough of these do fit the Werewolves of London rhythm, my brain ends up hurting when I take note of one that does not fit because I will try and make it fit?

sarahell, Saturday, 5 December 2020 22:32 (five years ago)

I just tried and all of these work, also I think I’m stuck w this now

early-Woolf semantic prosody (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 5 December 2020 23:03 (five years ago)

a-ooooooo, Honda of Oakland

lol

Doctor Casino, Sunday, 6 December 2020 04:22 (five years ago)

I love that

Politically homely (jim in vancouver), Sunday, 6 December 2020 23:58 (five years ago)

CHANGELOG

Wash away my troubles
Wash away my shame
I'm on the road to chang-e-log

Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 8 December 2020 16:25 (five years ago)

assembling a dresser and the manual has instructions for the chest and then the drawers, including a diagram for "drawer parts" -- Hole / Doll Parts

I am/
drawer parts/
drawer right/
drawer left

I am/
drawer top/
drawer knob/
drawer back

I'm missing the drawer screws
missing the drawer screws
what should I do??

sarahell, Tuesday, 8 December 2020 18:43 (five years ago)

Every time I see Sanjay Gupta on CNN, I get the Pixie's Subbacultcha stuck in my head.

And look at Don Lemon in a funny kind of way, what you call it
When you look at the guy in a curious kind of way
You know when you SANJAY GUPTA.

Darin, Thursday, 10 December 2020 02:40 (five years ago)

I made a thread for my werewolves of london issue:

Thread for Car Dealership Names on License Plate Holders that Can Be Sung to the Melody of Werewolves of London

sarahell, Thursday, 10 December 2020 15:03 (five years ago)

Nvidia RTX series GPUs, which we are installing at work, keeps bringing the Sweet Sixteen album art into my brain... yay.

Julius Caesar Memento Hoodie (bendy), Tuesday, 15 December 2020 21:56 (five years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTcZ9THPX1E

"She's a eggbreaker,
love taker,
cruel baker run this prison like a man.
Eggbreaker, love-taker,
shoe-maker,
won't you cut my shoes for free.
Eggbreaker, Brubaker..."

A Scampo Darkly (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 16 December 2020 11:34 (five years ago)

He came from the glory
*clap clap*
He came from the glories of Swindon

Specific Ocean Blue (dog latin), Wednesday, 16 December 2020 12:22 (five years ago)

I must've read the phrase 'keep refrigerated' hundreds of times before yesterday but now that I've inexplicably read it in the style of the Offspring I don't know that I'll ever read it the same again.

You will notice a small sink where your sofa once was. (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 16 December 2020 13:11 (five years ago)

heh it is the true heir to the "Refrigerate After Opening" to Jello Biafra's delivery of the phrase "Holiday in Cambodia"

sarahell, Wednesday, 16 December 2020 17:51 (five years ago)

I will often say the word "Oolong" in manner similar to the ULLAA sound from Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds.

MarkoP, Sunday, 27 December 2020 06:19 (five years ago)

This barely fits the thread—but in “Absolutely Sweet Marie,” when Dylan sings, “Well, I got the FEEEVER,” I always think he’s gonna finish with: “...for the flavor of a Pringle!”

Qui-Gon's Noble End (morrisp), Sunday, 27 December 2020 06:47 (five years ago)

Car Dealership Names on License Plate Holders that Can Be Sung to the Melody of Werewolves of London

I have a similar issue with Burien Chevrolet, which always starts Thunder Road playing in my head.

Lily Dale, Sunday, 27 December 2020 06:48 (five years ago)

The painting "Little Red Note: Dordrecht" popped up on my screensaver the other day, and my brain started singing "Little Red Dordrecht, you're movin' much too fast." But I'm not sure if that counts because I had to drop a word to make it work.

Lily Dale, Sunday, 27 December 2020 06:53 (five years ago)

hahahahah

sarahell, Tuesday, 29 December 2020 19:34 (five years ago)

Every time I see a DeWalt power tool I sing their brand name to the tune of 'Down on the Street'.

Telly Salivas (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 29 December 2020 19:51 (five years ago)

Thanks to Nigella Lawson, I have spent a good chunk of the day singing "microwave" to the tune or "Rico Suave"

Totino's Fortnite Training Room (DJP), Tuesday, 29 December 2020 19:54 (five years ago)

I, I want you
Hauntology

Next Time Might Be Hammer Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 7 January 2021 20:08 (five years ago)

"Beef Bourgignon" to 'Carol of the bells'

kinder, Friday, 8 January 2021 23:02 (five years ago)


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