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)

this week my brain started singing the title to a beefheart track to the music of george gershwin:

You say pachuco, I say cadaver

We watched WAKANDA FOREVER last night and I started singing the title to the refrain of Shakira’s “Whenever, Wherever” and now I can’t stop.

I get that movie title in my head to the "fiesta forever" line in "All Night Long" by Lionel Ritchie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd2vyZAQAco

Every time I see mention of nepo babies:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1DQkzRirm8

to ATCQ's "What?"

What is a Honda without an Element?

pretty much every time i see one.

Just saw a March Madness score update of a game featuring Utah State, and of course my brain was all "U-U-U-Utah State!"

haha

"Asimov" to the tune of "Avalon."

two new ones:

Kitten on a Roomba (i know, i know, it's serious)

and

Night Sweats to "Night Shift" by Siouxsie & the Banshees

also there is now one of these near where I live and that song got in my head and I wasn't sure why and now I remember it is from this thread:

Korean fried chicken joint Bonchon leads to the following from soul coughing:

Move aside, and let the mango through
You gotta take the elevator to the mezzanine
Chicken Bonchon Chicken Bonchon Chicken Bonchon

― lollercoaster of rove (s.clover), Tuesday, November 26, 2013 8:50 AM (nine years ago)

"Pilates" to the tune of "Volare" by Gipsy Kings

"Do we like Juana Molina?"

Getting caught in the rain
Making love after midnight
In the dunes on the Cape

Lol

But came to post:
Jobim, Jobim
Jobim, Jobim
I’m beggin’ of you, please don’t take my man

And I wish I, wish I knew the right words
How To Blow Up A Pipeline, walk out of this place

Devolder --> Debaser

If you like Peter Coyote

And getting caught in the rain

Heh

It also works with Pia Zadora, but for some reason I think it's funnier with Peter Coyote.

Better still: "if you like John Quincy Adams / in the dunes on the Cape"

If you like Fillipo Lippi

And some Renaissance art

not the perfect thread for this but can''t think of a better one. i can't be the only person who has this bike computer and can't get on his bike without getting caetano veloso songs stuck in his head. this has been going on for like 15 years now...

https://content.mtbr.com/channels/mtbreview/images/products/large/product_425988_45370.jpg

Yesterday: “glass bottom boat” to the tune of Queen’s “Fat Bottomed Girls.”

One for the Canadians in the house, occasioned by my daughter’s purchase of some sour peach-favoured gummy donut-shaped candies:

Peach rings and pretty things
Let’s just see what tomorrow brings

A post-pedicure soundtrack: Rage Against the Machine, "Feet Now In The Dryer."

This one is not "inexplicable" but if I see the name France Joli I'm definitely singing it to the tune of her big hit "Come to Me," as in

France Joli
When you're all alone and feeling down
France Joli
When there's nobody else around

From the internet group "Wild Green Memes For Ecological Fiends"

https://i.imgur.com/cgAzkdu.jpg

Muskeg Memes For Alice In Chains Fiends

France Joli, for me, harks to the early 80s Enjoli commercial jingle:

I can bring home the bacon
France Joli
Fry it up in a pan
France Joli
And never let you forget you're a man

Cause I'm a woman
France Joli

lol I remember that commercial... was surprised years later to hear the Peggy Lee version and realize it was a real song

I looked it up on YouTube and it is actually late 70s.

(Insert usual "Why the fuck do I have a perfume commercial from 1979 permanently lodged in my head, and I don't know where I put my car keys yesterday?" rant here)

lol I remember that commercial... was surprised years later to hear the Peggy Lee version and realize it was a real song

Also done by Raquel Welch on The Muppet Show- as a duet with Miss Piggy!

Did someone say 70s?

Periodic reminder that Miss Piggy was originally named Miss Piggy Lee, as a parody of you know who

Almost forgot that Raquel Welch also did it as a duet with Cher on The Cher Show!

Man, those 70s really were exactly as remembered, weren’t they?

As 70s as a bead curtain, my dude

Nice callback! #onethread

Portaloo, couldn’t escape if I wanted to… pic.twitter.com/OkpduBQLVZ

— No Context Brits (@NoContextBrits) July 5, 2023

Just texted my DnD group:

"I left my coffee with the orange lid "

And now it's

https://open.spotify.com/track/27HGiBpgclRBmkAmxNFa5v?si=qGc4pnnXSleegg0n4mm-Wg

(I Dream of Jeannie With The Light Brown Hair)

Don't let the days go by

Listerine

From the internet group "Wild Green Memes For Ecological Fiends"

― Do I look like I know what a jpeg is? (dog latin), Thursday, June 15, 2023 10:37 AM (one month ago) bookmarkflaglink

dog latin, thanks for tipping me off to that facebook group. It's a treasure trove.

"Just Be Good To Me" = "bear say hi to me"

Bacta tank, alright!

“Don’t save, I know what you’re sayin’…”

My cat’s treats are called Feline Greenies, which I always say to the tune of “Feelin’ Groovy".

Funky Winkerbean to the tune of "from the tambourine" from Abba's Dancing Queen.

omg

Bryan Adams's "Please Forgive Me" entered my head yesterday and wouldn't leave for hours.

but then inexplicably my brain made it a more mush-mouthed version that sounded like "Please Zbigniew, I know not what I do", so now that's all I can hear.