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While I always carry in my head Pink Floyd's 'Wishing You Were Here' and Pachebel's 'Canon'...
My latest GOOD earwig is 'where did you sleep' by Nirvana.
Oh, and always 'Eruption' by Van Halen.
by gadgetgirl
- anything by Status Quo....... great cobweb removers, all of 'em!
- anything "latin american" based, reminding me of my dancing days (oh, and you really didn't want to see me Saturday latin jiving to "Rockin' Robin" in the kitchen......! :p )
- Days, Kirsty McColl. Always brings on memories and a quiet smile
Must remember not to blast the Quo in the car like today though..... head bangin' whilst driving really isn't..... well.... [i] done [/i] , is it??!! ;)
GG
Edit: Ok, ok, not [i] done [/i] at my age, then!!! :D
by maecuff
There will be NO 'age appropriate' rules here! It IS done. Age doesn't mean anything, attitude is everything. And I KNOW you have plenty of attitude. :)
The security guard where I work laughs at me, because when I pull into my spot in the morning, he can hear my music through the walls of the guard shack. Head banging is fine. Primal screaming ain't too bad either. :)
by gadgetgirl
Thank You Mae, Oh Centre Of The Universe!
:p
GG
(ta muchly, Mae, that did me the world of good - I know I'm older than you!!!)
by jdclyde
While not as "mature" as some of my peers, I still love to jump in a good mosh pit and throw the young pups around! :D
It is driving parents insane. They listend to [i]country[/i] (ewwww), and many young kids listen to what their parents do until they get exposed to something else. [b] I [/b] have been that exposure! ]:)
Yeah Mae, I have to agree one hundred percent. And I am also more of a primal scream kind of guy. Head banging is too mellow! ;\
oh, it drives the EX nuts as well, because I let the boys load my music on their mp3 players so they can jam it out when they are stuck at the love shack instead of the drivel of the day that she listens to. :p
by maecuff
not one bit!
Personally, I don't have an age I prefer over what I am now. I have more fun now, I look better, and mostly, I feel better. I could do with a little more sleep (bad night last night), but other than that, I wouldn't change a thing.
Besides..you can't be THAT much older than me.
by tig2
GG- you are only as old as you want to be. I personally am mid 40 and feel pretty darned good about it.
And let's face it- you have NO idea where you are on the road of life. My Gran started really LIVING after my Grandfather passed away. She was 74. She passed at 100 and LIVED every minute.
I have an unhealthy tendancy to set the volume control at "ear bleed" and listen to such calming things as Boston (Don't Look Back) or Tangerine Dream. Am I acting my age- yep. Didn't suddenly get younger or anything.
And Mae- quit listening to the voices in your head. They don't make any sense anyway and they are keeping you awake. A glass of wine before bed will generally shut them up some.
by maecuff
Last night, and this is just so bizarre, I woke up from a dream where I had recieved a card from Mary Beth Wagner. Mary Beth Wagner? Where had I heard that name before? I thought about it and thought about it and then remembered a little blond haired girl that I had gone to grade school with. I haven't seen or talked to this girl since I left Catholic school in the 5th grade. So, at 1:00 AM, I am telling myself, Stop thinking about Mary Beth Wagner (Wonder what she's doing?) This is insane, cut it out (Wonder why my subconcious would drag her up) Really, this has to stop. Go to sleep. (She came to one of my slumber parties, I think I still have a picture of her somewhere. I wonder where my old photo albums are?)
After a while, I just give up.
As far as earwigs go..I've had Wrong em Boyo by the Clash stuck since I got up this morning.
by tig2
The songs that I prefer to have in my head?
Breathe (2 a.m.) by Anna Nalick. Beautiful song, beautiful voice, lyrics that you have to THINK about.
Superman (It's Not Easy) by Five for Fighting. Another great song to listen to, wonderful lyrics.
Have to agree with the Pachebel Canon. Beautiful!
The Tigger song. Go figure...
by jdclyde
If it is one you WANT in your head, it isn't an earwig! Earwigs are the ones that drill in your mind and torment! Preferably ones that you intentionally inflict on others! ]:) [i] (I won't right now though, so your safe!)[/i]
Can there be good torment? Would have to ask Jaqui about that one!
[b]
If there CAN be a good earwig, I get "Love song" by Korn going a lot.
[/b][i]
Love song for the dear departed
Head stone for the broken hearted
Arms to kill
Or flowers to steal
Head trip for the mortal earthbound
One sip of the blood that I found
Lying here
Im dying here
[/i][b]
When feeling a little more agressive, CHILDREN OF BODOM's "Hate Me!" is always a show stopper! :D
by tig2
I find that I start recalling obscure bits of fluff when my mind is working overtime on something else. Sign of stress- go figure. Not like you haven any of THAT, right? Yeah, right.
So try a couple of things that help me a lot. If you can tolerate dairy products, have your favourite before bed. The kick? No sugar. And avoid artificial sweetener as well.
Find yourself a bottle of Vitamin B Complex. A good one will also have Vitamin C in it. Vitamin C activates Vitamin B. Take it in the morning and in the evening. I also use Green Tea Extract- available as a capsule. Again, take it morning and evening. Green Tea is an antioxidant. It kicks all the crap that builds up in your system out. This is good. The B Complex is a stress reliever- especially good during the "special" days of the month.
I don't recommend chamomile tea any more. The essentials of an herb (the stuff that works) are bourne away in steam and are destroyed with contact with metal. It is difficult to brew a tea to conserve the essentials so most folks don't find them effective. You can cold brew- just dump in the herbs- raw or bagged- and pour in cold water. Set in a dark place- sunlight also breaks down essentials- for about 3-5 days, strain and refrigerate. Enjoy cold. Catnip (believe it or not) makes a nice light tea that tastes good and will have a calmative effect.
Why do I know this? Insomnia since I was a kid resultant of ADHD. It never went away as was suggested when I was younger, resulting in an ADHD adult. I had to learn how to sleep in self defense.
Good luck. I know this is the stress talking to you. I hope it eases some.
Edited for typo as usual
The simple mention of the word "earwig" sparks off one particular song in my head which then takes hours to get out again. The guy on the next desk has threatened violence if I don't stop HUMMING...
In the interests of my own sanity, I will not mention it.
dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dum
dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dum
dum dum dum DUM dum
X-(
by maecuff
by tig2
That is just vicious, Mae. Now I am stuck with Doris- the insufferably smug- Day in my head.
Why??? I thought you liked me!!!
by gadgetgirl
yeucch.
Mae.
Honestly.
I spend half an hour typing out a cure for insomnia for you, and what do I get in return?
[b] DORIS BLOODY DAY! [/b]
Thanks Mae. You're a real pal.
Phthaa...
GG
Oh, that is a GOOD one!
got me....
:D
by gadgetgirl
(Hope you like rum.....)
Hot buttered rum. You just can't stay awake after a large one of these..... Pa's Patented Cure for Insomniacs Everywhere....seriously. This recipe has gone from the docks on the river where Pa worked all over the world... hey, even the Greeks swear by it....
oh, and if you lot over there have milk pans, then this is the only other acceptable use for one....!! (NITS....be on standby for that remark, please!)
Right. Large quantities, as it "simmers down", so don't have a fit, ok?
Put about a quarter of an inch of cold water into the pan (it simmers off, believe me, this is just to save the pan....) Follow that with half a litre of dark rum, plain, not spiced, something like Lambs Navy or a cheaper Black Hart.
DO NOT PUT ON HIGH HEAT! This one takes its' own sweet time...
Leave it on medium, and get it to just start simmering. Add in a small pinch of cinnamon and stir. Some people add a vanilla pod at this point, but that's optional. If you do add it, don't leave it more than about three minutes.
The mix should be bubbling by now, so turn down as low as you can. After about five minutes, add one spoonful of brown sugar (can be a teaspoon or dessert spoon, depending on how sweet your teeth are!) and add a second, slightly larger pinch of cinnamon.
(The other option at this point is to add a sprinkling of ground black pepper...I prefer without)
Now for the butter. This must be proper, honest to goodness, real butter - no substitutes, it tastes AWFUL, believe me, and you also get oil floating on the top of the mix if you use margarine.....bleuch...
Take a medium sized spoon, and scoop out two large spoonfuls. Put this somewhere handy on something heatproof - you also need to prepare for spillages, so put kitchen roll on top of a heatproof surface as near to the hob as you can.
Next comes the artistic bit - hold the butter on the heatproof surface close enough to the heat to start melting the butter just a little, and it should then slide gracefully (hah! some chance with me!!) into the pan containing the rum. All hands to the pumps, and quickly stir the butter around the pan once, then VERY SWIFTLY AND CAREFULLY take the pan off the heat, and onto your waiting heatproof surface.
BE VERY CAREFUL...once the butter is added, the rum starts to boil, just the way toffee or treacle does when it's made in a pan. Plan for all eventualities before you start.
Once the pan is off the heat, stir again to ensure the butter is dissolved. Even though it's only been bubbling away for around 10 minutes at this point, be aware that it could now be classed as a Lethal Weapon....
Pour into a heatproof jug and leave to cool for about 20 minutes. After this time, it will still be warm, and that's the temperature you want to drink it at as a cure for insomnia.
To use for tonsilitis: pour onto undiluted blackcurrant cordial
As a tummy bug killer: pour onto a good half inch of undiluted peppermind cordial (if it doesn't cure the bugs, they have a bloody good time.....)
As a Christmas punch: add lemonade and lemon wedges when cool, and double the cinnamon when cooking.
There is a version for coughs and colds, but it's so long since I've made it, I'll have to ask Pa what the extras were....
(just having a senior moment.....)
En~hic~joy..!
GG
by maecuff
You always hurt the ones you love..haven't you heard that before..
When I was just a little girl..I asked my mother, what will I be?
by gadgetgirl
don't eat the daisies....
:p
(Gotcha back!)
GG
by faradhi
I woke up intending to explain my displeasure of a song that has tormented me on and off for a while.
Sheryl Crows, First Cut is the Deepest.
Every time I hear that song, I want to yell at the radio, "YES DAMMIT, WE KNOW THE FIRST F'ing CUT IS THE DEEPEST!!!! QUIT WINING ABOUT IT AND MOVE ON!!!" and I might add a primal scream afterwards.
Now you come along and blow the whole thing by posting a Good earwig. That blows my plan all to hell. Thanks Mick. I will get you for this. :)
by tig2
Time to start stockpiling ammunition!
Nothing by Gloria Gaynor, please!
by maecuff
by faradhi
by mickster269
Want me to start singing some Donna Summer songs again?
Or, I could play REALLY nasty...
Don't click on the following link. Don't do it. :
http://www.disco-disco.com/artists/donna.shtml
You don't want to go to that url.
Trust me.
...was actually written by Mr. Moonshadow himself, Cat Stevens, who is now known, of course, as the person named on the USA's [i]no fly list[/i] as Yusuf Islam.
I hope you won't tell me that your Morning Has Broken, but if it has, take a ride on the Peace Train and see the Wild World.
by faradhi
by maecuff
In all fairness..I posted Doris Day BEFORE you posted your cure..so it was just bad luck.
I don't know about your cure. I can fall asleep, I just can't stay asleep.
by tig2
At least to me.
I guess because I never saw her from any other perspective than retrospect, I never quite got the "always happy, always smiling" thing.
I was quite impressed with how she handled herself when Rock Hudson passed. She got hounded by idiot press over the fact that he died of HIV/AIDS because of all the (successful) films she made with him. That was just wrong. She handled the few statements that she chose to make with grace, dignity, and style.
Had a problem with Julie Andrews for the longest time- similar rationale. All I could ever see was Mary Poppins. Until I discovered that she had a "Mary Poppins is a junkie" bumper sticker on her car.
One of the interesting parts about growing up in Southern California- movie "stars" were just the other people on the street.
by maecuff
by maecuff
I printed out both of your responses. I'll let you know how it works out. Thanks!
In fact, if I get any real sleep from these suggestions..I'll bake you a cake. Or at least I'll THINK about baking you a cake. :)
by jamesrl
Once upon a time, after he adopted Islam, the singer once known as Cat Stevens declared that he no longer wished his music to be purchased or performed.
I was conducting a choir at the time, and the church had a copyright agreement with the company that owned rights for an arrangement of "Morning has Broken" as a hymn. It was actually on a suggested list for a certain Sunday - so I used it annually and on other occasions as well. While it doesn't mention Jesus, it praises God for Creation, and therefore was most appropriate. After he voiced his approval of the fatwah against Salman Rushdie, I no longer cared about the wishes of the song's author.
James
by maecuff
by tig2
Left myself open for that one.
Ammunition. Must gather ammunition...
by tonythetiger
by maecuff
by gadgetgirl
Hey, I think they've got this idea from us......
there is a mole from Auntie Beeb somewhere in the deepest darkest depths of TR
and they're watching our posts....
See? I'm right, aren't I?
Ok, so how do we root out this 'ere mole, then?
:p
GG
by rob mekel
Who ever would have thought that ... a mole ... amongst us ...
sheess, talkin about guilty pleasures ... pleasures are never guilty, it's people that make them that way. :0 :^0 ;)
Rob
[i]edited cause of @#$%#@ syntax error[/i]
by tig2
The mole should show itself.
Problem is that the mole may or may not be a poster. They may be a lurker.
How do you flush out a lurker?
More importantly, GG, why are we not seeing royalty cheques? As I see it, rooting out the mole is only important as it pertains to making certain that we are all compensated appropriately.
by jamesrl
Someone's been reading my mind.
I spent a week listening to ELO's greatest on my car stereo, as I left my other CDs in my case in the house. Hence my post on "can't get it out of my head". I even thought of fessing up and admitting my admiration for Jeff Lynne. I even thought of a guilty pleasures post - admitting ELO, and asking the esteemed members (and DMambo) for their nominations for guilty pleasures (of the musical kind for the impure brigade.
But sadly, the Beeb got it slightly wrong, I wasn't thinking 'Livin thing', more like 'Telephone Line' or 'Mr. Blue Sky'
I'm um, rather un mole like myself.
As for the Beeb's list:
Boston -problem with one man bands is they usually need a new singer - Great guitar though.
S Club seven - whaa?? Totally forgetable europop - doesn't stick in my head at all.
10cc - I admit, I like this song, but not my fave of the genre - give me Al Stewart's year of the cat instead please. Or Boz Skagg's Lido shuffle.
Gary Glitter - yeah ok
Foreigner - that sing has a lot of resonence with me. Wonder why. Buy me a scotch and I will tell you.
Billy Idol - ok
Status Quo - ? nope, must be a UK phenomena as this doesn't stick with me either.
Gerry Rafftery - gotta love that sax solo.
Gloria Gaynor - this has been parodied too much for me to take seriously. How many bad hollywood comedies - Bfilm? anyone?
James
by gadgetgirl
Ahem.
You don't know the Quo? My absolutely-favourite-must-have-them-on-at-all-times Quo?
Sheesh. You unedumacated Canuck, you.
Hint: Rocking all over the World, started off the "Feed The World" little happening at Wembley.....yes?
GG
totally t-i-c, they've never tried for the American market, they've got enough to do over here and in the rest of Europe.
info:
~sings~ [i] the party ain't over yet, do-do-do-do....[/i]
by bubba69
Richard Harris, no less...
Spring was never waiting for us, girl
It ran one step ahead
As we followed in the dance
Between the parted pages and were pressed,
In love's hot, fevered iron
Like a striped pair of pants
CHORUS
MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet, green icing flowing down...
Someone left the cake out in the rain
I don't think that I can take it
'cause it took so long to bake it
And I'll never have that recipe again
Oh, no!
I recall the yellow cotton dress
Foaming like a wave
On the ground around your knees
The birds, like tender babies in your hands
And the old men playing checkers by the trees
CHORUS
There will be another song for me
For I will sing it
There will be another dream for me
Someone will bring it
I will drink the wine while it is warm
And never let you catch me looking at the sun
And after all the loves of my life
After all the loves of my life
You'll still be the one.
I will take my life into my hands and I will use it
I will win the worship in their eyes and I will lose it
I will have the things that I desire
And my passion flow like rivers through the sky.
And after all the loves of my life
After all the loves of my life
I'll be thinking of you
And wondering why.
MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet, green icing flowing down...
Someone left the cake out in the rain
I don't think that I can take it
'cause it took so long to bake it
And I'll never have that recipe again
Oh, no!
Oh, no
No, no
Oh NO!! (upon which Harris suffers an irreversible gender change)
by mickster269
I'll just add to this one, so I don't draw the ire of the TR Mods...
When this song starts, I am going the speed limit. By the time it's over, I've broken most state and federal laws:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bJfPLCeyec
SFW, it the Animals doing "The House of the Rising Sun".
by gadgetgirl
you realise that could change this to the equivalent of the EL thread, don't you.....
Oh well.
Back to the Quo it is......
I don't drive fast. I don't like driving. But I can't put the Quo on when I'm on a motorway.... Down, Down, Deeper and Down had me doing 20mph over the legal limit, and wondering if I could keep my pristeen licence pristeen....
(and yes, DangerMouse, lots of DE's in that song...)
Rockin' All Over the World can keep me at a steady pace, and if I need something slow - Rock till you Drop, or Living on an Island.
Fatal, though, would be Caroline. First song I ever saw them sing live, and the roof came off the building. Fan-bloody-tastic. Wouldn't ever dare put that on in the car whilst driving. I'd ruin my reputation......
Ok, I admit it, you got me. I'm now having Quo withdrawal symptoms, and we aren't allowed music at work. I will get you for this.......!! ]:)
GG
by tig2
Songs that make you break the speed limit?
When I lived in So Cal, that would be virtually any song on the radio. Speed limits in CA are mere suggestions only and not to be considered remotely enforceable. Speeding is your only defense.
Now that I live in the Midwest, I try to follow posted limits. Easier to do in Michigan- speed limit is 70 MPH.
Virtually anything by Bob Seger can get me to tap the gas pedal just a bit too hard...
by maecuff
by ontheropes
From California thru Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas to Missouri. Kayrank it up! Way up! Louder!
"If it's the last thing I do."
I've been living on truckstop coffee
Cigarettes and vitamin C
It's a wonder that the Devil ain't caught me
I guess he's tired of playing hide and seek
Been driving like I been struck by lightning
I think about you and I start to speed
I might as well be playing with matches
In a trailer load of gasoline
If it's the last thing I do
If it takes me from Tupelo to Timbuktu
If it's the last thing I do
I'm gonna dodge every road block, speed trap, county cop
To get my hands on you
If it's the last thing I do
A box of chicken and a day old biscuit
Ain't nothing left but a few old bones
I oughta? stop but I'm gonna risk it
Caffeine got me chewing Styrofoam
Girl I'm calling outta? Kansas City
From a fillin?-station telephone
Just had to tell ya? what I've been thinkin'
First thing I wanna? do when I get home
If it's the last thing I do
If it takes me from Tupelo to Timbuktu
If it's the last thing I do
I'm gonna dodge every road block, speed trap, county cop
To get my hands on you
If it's the last thing I do
Been driving like I been struck by lightning
I think about you and I start to speed
I might as well be playing with matches
In a trailer load of gasoline
If it's the last thing I do
If it takes me from Tupelo to Timbuktu
If it's the last thing I do
I'm gonna dodge every road block, speed trap, county cop
To get my hands on you
If it's the last thing I do
If it's the last thing I do
If it's the last thing I do
by rob mekel
just watch you're dashboards lights or speeding could get you to paradise sooner then you want to. :D
Now there is a song that speeds me up ?:| :0 :D ;)
Rob
[i]edited cause @#$%#@ syntac error[/i]
by tig2
I have noticed that you are @#$%#@ a lot lately. Too much caffiene?
Hope your weekend goes well!
by jamesrl
I was driving way too fast on August 4th, on the way to vacation (Prince Edward Island, about 2000 kms from my home, done over 2 days).
You all (Y'all if you are from the south) missed the classic - RADAR LOVE:
ARTIST: Golden Earring
TITLE: Radar Love
I've been drivin' all night, my hand's wet on the wheel
There's a voice in my head that drives my heel
It's my baby callin', says I need you here
And it's half past four and I'm shifting gear
When she's lonely and the longing gets too much
She sends a cable comin' in from above
We don't need no phone at all
We've got a thing that's called radar love
We've got a wave in the air, radar love
The radio's playing some forgotten song
Brenda Lee's "Coming on Strong"
The road's got me hypnotized
And I'm speeding into a new sunrise
When I get lonely, and I'm sure I've had enough
She sends her comfort, comin' in from above
Don't need no radio at all
We've got a thing that's called radar love
We?ve got a line in the sky, radar love
No more speed, I'm almost there
Gotta keep cool now, gotta take care
Last car to pass, here I go
And the line of cars drove down real slow
And the radio played that forgotten song
Brenda Lee's "Coming on Strong"
And the newsman sang his same song
One more radar lover's gone
When I'm feeling lonely and I'm sure I've had enough
She sends the comfort coming in from above
Don't need no radio at all
We got a thing that's called radar love
We got a line in the sky
We got a thing that's called radar love
We got a thing that's called radar love
As a footnote, I did get a speeding ticket on the way back, but the whole vehicle was listening to Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire on audio tape.
James
by rob mekel
Nah it's not the caffiene, those damn emoticons are driving me crazy. [i]better the emoticons then the speeding up[/i] ?:| :0 :D ;)
And tnx, weekend was great. :) Played some real nice tennisgames alltho it was very hot to play (30 to 32 C in the shade).
Rob
by cuteelf
Sings..
Waaaake me up
Wheeen Sep temmmber Ends...?
I'ts stuck in my head lately.
But I've also noticed a local grocery store playing Stevie Ray Vaughn :) which makes me feel ...dated.
Cute
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