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

"Beef Bourgignon" to 'Carol of the bells'

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

QAnon to the tune of Rhiannon, how do I make it stop?

kites aren't fun (NickB), Saturday, 9 January 2021 18:37 (three years ago) link

“will Q ever win?”

All your life you've never seen / a president treated more unfairly

Lavator Shemmelpennick, Sunday, 10 January 2021 23:44 (three years ago) link

Timothee Chalamet, to the tune of "sur le pont d'Avignon"

Lily Dale, Tuesday, 12 January 2021 02:05 (three years ago) link

loll

Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 10:47 (three years ago) link

someone i work with is named 3mm4 c0nn33ly and every time i say her name i have to stop myself from making it sound like a darts announcer going 'ONE hundred and EIGH-TEEE!!'

Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 10:48 (three years ago) link

haha, Lily's one is great too

A Scampo Darkly (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 11:24 (three years ago) link

'Q Anon' always sets off the 'and on and on and onnn...' bit of Don't Stop Believin' for me - which is distressing as I see it about 10 times a day at the moment.

(the one with 3 L's) (Willl), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 11:48 (three years ago) link

I am dying at "Micro! Wave!"

flamboyant goon tie included, Tuesday, 12 January 2021 14:09 (three years ago) link

Cranch!
Won’t pick it up
Take them lights away

Next Time Might Be Hammer Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 17 January 2021 00:08 (three years ago) link

two weeks pass...

when I see the TRUE DETECTIVE thread my brain sings Undertones “true confessions”: “TRUETRUETRUETRUETRUE TRUE DETECTIVE!!!”

brimstead, Friday, 5 February 2021 18:43 (three years ago) link

hahahahahah

sarahell, Friday, 5 February 2021 18:46 (three years ago) link

This weekend, I was charged with distracting my partner's dog with a freeze-dried "Wild Weenie" treat product. Unfortunately, just at that moment, I had "Angry Johnny" by Poe stuck in my head. It begins.

honk honk honkin' on Bobo's door (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 13:02 (three years ago) link

The Police Message In A Bottle gets triggered in my brain whenever I see KFC's local billboards Chicken in a bucket

Siegbran, Tuesday, 9 February 2021 16:27 (three years ago) link

I live fairly near Holloway Road in London, whenever I see reference to it or go past it I have to sing Lindsey Buckingham's "Holiday Road"

Sven Vath's scary carpet (Neil S), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 16:40 (three years ago) link

xpost i'll send an extra crisp to the world

he said that you son of a bitch (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 16:55 (three years ago) link

when I see the TRUE DETECTIVE thread my brain sings Undertones “true confessions”: “TRUETRUETRUETRUETRUE TRUE DETECTIVE!!!”

― brimstead, Friday, February 5, 2021 6:43 PM (four days ago) bookmarkflaglink

For me it's Devo's "Whip It": "Try True Detective / It's not too late"

Party With A Jagger Ban (dog latin), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 17:00 (three years ago) link

The Police Message In A Bottle gets triggered in my brain whenever I see KFC's local billboards Chicken in a bucket

lmao

Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 17:07 (three years ago) link

Wow, I somehow never connected the syllabic pattern of "Message in a Bottle" with my near-constant "Girlfriend in a Coma" trochee fixation.

Up to now I would almost certainly immediately sing "chicken in a bucket I know, I know, it's serious."

Now I am going to have to completely reassess "Message in a Bottle." In both directions! So like I can sing "Message in a bottle I know, I know, it's serious." But also everything like "kitten with a backpack" can be Policified, not just Smithsed.

This is mindblowing.

baelien (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 17:16 (three years ago) link

I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
Girlfriend in a coma, yeah

baelien (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 17:25 (three years ago) link

lmao

Hello Nice FBI Lady (DJP), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 17:29 (three years ago) link

ditto re immediately going to Girlfriend in a Coma!

kinder, Tuesday, 9 February 2021 18:04 (three years ago) link

probably due to the long-standing "chicken in a korma, I know, I know..."

kinder, Tuesday, 9 February 2021 18:05 (three years ago) link

when I was a kid everybody talked about Ozzy's "Crazy Train", but I didn't think I'd heard it before (turns out...I actually hadn't).

so I heard "Have a Cigar" by Pink Floyd and when they said "riding the gravy train" I thought they said "riding the Crazy train" and I wasl ike "why do people think this is a classic heavy metal song, wtf, there's an organ in it"

he said that you son of a bitch (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 18:31 (three years ago) link

"i'll send an extra crisp to the world" is A+

honk honk honkin' on Bobo's door (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 18:52 (three years ago) link

Sammy Hagar
Let me slip away on you
Sammy Hagar
You’ve seen better days

Guys don’t @ me because I tazed my own balls alright? (hardcore dilettante), Thursday, 11 February 2021 00:33 (three years ago) link

"monkey of cheekiness" to the tune of slayer's "altar of sacrifice"

massaman gai (front tea for two), Friday, 12 February 2021 06:44 (three years ago) link

Not mine, but I stumbled on this account the other day and had a good laugh.

Cecil County Circuit Courthousehttps://t.co/p9n0YrVrul pic.twitter.com/CBfyGRxmr0

— Wiki Titles Singable to TMNT Themesong (@wiki_tmnt) February 24, 2021

Mingus (Joni Mitchell album)https://t.co/yDkIHUuF96 pic.twitter.com/Q7IYxgTzqb

— Wiki Titles Singable to TMNT Themesong (@wiki_tmnt) February 23, 2021

British Journal of Nutritionhttps://t.co/rB7jBgdrXa pic.twitter.com/XdV6n5qdQa

— Wiki Titles Singable to TMNT Themesong (@wiki_tmnt) February 21, 2021

peace, man, Thursday, 25 February 2021 12:22 (three years ago) link

that's amazing

Party With A Jagger Ban (dog latin), Thursday, 25 February 2021 12:32 (three years ago) link

reminds me of the "Devon County Council"/"Everybody Dance Now" thing I still think about a lot

Party With A Jagger Ban (dog latin), Thursday, 25 February 2021 12:32 (three years ago) link

Twitter with a blue check
Twitter with a blue check
Twitter with a blue check on

The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 25 February 2021 15:12 (three years ago) link

When I hear the chorus of Lady Gaga's Poker Face, my brain always sings "come on Barbie let's go party" instead of "she's got me like nobody"

J. Sam, Thursday, 25 February 2021 15:26 (three years ago) link

Me too - I think it's fairly common, weirdly

kinder, Thursday, 25 February 2021 15:27 (three years ago) link

Ah, I should have googled that. I feel less alone now!

J. Sam, Thursday, 25 February 2021 15:33 (three years ago) link

TMNT is total trochee fixation

Apologies for lame "obligatory relevant xkcd" but here

display names are for n00bs (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 25 February 2021 17:30 (three years ago) link

well that's a new word for me

Party With A Jagger Ban (dog latin), Thursday, 25 February 2021 17:31 (three years ago) link

^ found the non-English major

display names are for n00bs (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 25 February 2021 17:35 (three years ago) link

Sigourney Weaver, I believe you can get me through the night

display names are for n00bs (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 27 February 2021 19:33 (three years ago) link

Whenever the phrase “pooper scooper” is uttered (which happens from time to time), it is sung to the tune of the obvious ABBA song.

stuck in the version layer (morrisp), Sunday, 28 February 2021 01:35 (three years ago) link

"take a chance on me"?

That's not really my scene (I'm 41) (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 28 February 2021 03:36 (three years ago) link

"take a dump on me"?

Hideous Lump, Sunday, 28 February 2021 06:13 (three years ago) link

There's a popular trades aggregating site in the UK called Check-A-Trade and the music they use in their jingle is based on the last notes in the William Tell overture (Check-A-TRADE! Check A Trade Dot Com).
But whenever I see the name, I just get the opening chant from "Take A Chance On Me"

Party With A Jagger Ban (dog latin), Sunday, 28 February 2021 11:11 (three years ago) link

are the trades free?

sarahell, Sunday, 28 February 2021 17:11 (three years ago) link

I see where you're going with that but sadly not

Party With A Jagger Ban (dog latin), Sunday, 28 February 2021 17:31 (three years ago) link

Check-A-Trade Dot Com
Go tell your mom
Baby, trades are fun
Check-A-Trade's the one

stuck in the version layer (morrisp), Sunday, 28 February 2021 17:37 (three years ago) link

(guess it would be "mum" in the UK though, huh)

stuck in the version layer (morrisp), Sunday, 28 February 2021 17:37 (three years ago) link

I never understood why “dot cum” wasn’t the exclusive domain suffix for porn sites.

Guys don’t @ me because I tazed my own balls alright? (hardcore dilettante), Sunday, 28 February 2021 18:56 (three years ago) link


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