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Writer's Block: Musical Affliction

  • Apr. 28th, 2009 at 9:55 PM
River Tam

Have you had an earworm lately? Exorcise it by inflicting it on your friendslist. Post the lyrics or - even better - a video.


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So, instead of just one "earworm", here's my lucky number seven "stuck in my head" playlist -- I've included lyrics/videos/both for some! (Comments from me are italicized)

Comment and let me know what you think. Perchance some of my "earworms" are some of yours, too?

1.       “The Stowaway” – The BBC National Orchestra featuring Yamit Mamo, Dr. Who Series Three OST

 

Lyrics:

Once I found a stowaway

Upon my ship on Christmas Day

I was fair so I gave him a chance

"You shouldn't be here,

What's your tale?

I ought to throw you to the whale."

He just smiled and said,

"Come here, let's dance."

 

[Chorus]

He said, "Borrow or steal,

I'll find a way

To be with my lover upon Christmas Day

And I'll run and I'll roam

I'll cover the ground

This Christmas I'll see you

I'll be around."

 

He told me 'bout his girl back home

Waiting patient, all alone

While we danced I shed a little tear

He closed his eyes, all out at sea,

I think he danced with her not me

I'll just have to wait another year.

 

[Chorus]

He said, "Borrow or steal,

I'll find a way

To be with my lover upon Christmas Day

And I'll run and I'll roam

I'll cover the ground

This Christmas I'll see you

I'll be around."

 

I think of him now and again

I wonder how his journey ends

As I sail by on my lonesome sea

That stranger with the haunting face

Here then gone without a trace

Lying with his love, that's where he'll be.

 

[Chorus x4]

"Beg, borrow or steal

I'll find a way

To be with my lover next Christmas Day

And I'll run and I'll roam

I'll cover the ground

Next Christmas I'll see you

I'll be around."

 

I know this is a Christmas song, and rather obscure, but it just gets stuck in my head ALL THE TIME.

 

2.       “The Show” – Lenka, Lenka

 

Lyrics:

I'm just a little bit caught in the middle

Life is a maze and love is a riddle

I don't know where to go I can't do it alone I've tried

And I don't know why

 

Slow it down

Make it stop

Or else my heart is going to pop

'Cause it's too much

Yeah, it's a lot

To be something I'm not

 

I'm a fool

Out of love

'Cause I just can't get enough

 

I'm just a little bit caught in the middle

Life is a maze and love is a riddle

I don't know where to go I can't do it alone I've tried

And I don't know why

 

I'm just a little girl lost in the moment

I'm so scared but I don't show it

I can't figure it out

It's bringing me down I know

I've got to let it go

And just enjoy the show

 

The sun is hot

In the sky

Just like a giant spotlight

The people follow the sign

And synchronize in time

It's a joke

Nobody knows

They've got a ticket to that show

Yeah

 

I'm just a little bit caught in the middle

Life is a maze and love is a riddle

I dont know where to go I can't do it alone I've tried

And I don't know why

 

I'm just a little girl lost in the moment

I'm so scared but I don't show it

I can't figure it out

It's bringing me down I know

I've got to let it go

And just enjoy the show

 

Just enjoy the show

 

I'm just a little bit caught in the middle

Life is a maze and love is a riddle

I dont know where to go I can't do it alone I've tried

And I don't know why

 

I'm just a little girl lost in the moment

I'm so scared but I don't show it

I can't figure it out

It's bringing me down I know

I've got to let it go

And just enjoy the show

 

dum de dum

dudum de dum

 

Just enjoy the show

 

dum de dum

dudum de dum

 

Just enjoy the show

 

I want my money back

I want my money back

I want my money back

Just enjoy the show

 

I want my money back

I want my money back

I want my money back

Just enjoy the show

 

My theme song. Lol. I just love Lenka’s voice, and the entire sound of the song altogether.

3.       “Here (In Your Arms)” – Hellogoodbye, Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs!

 

 

Lyrics:

I like,

Where we are,

When we drive,

In your car.

I like,

Where we are;

here.

 

Cause our lips,

Can touch,

And our cheeks,

Can brush.

Our lips,

Can touch;

here.

 

Well you are the one, the one that lies close to me.

Whispers "Hello, I've missed you quite terribly."

I fell in love, in love with you suddenly.

Now there's no place else I could be but here in your arms.

 

I like,

Where you sleep,

When you sleep,

Next to me.

I like,

Where you sleep;

Here.

 

Our lips,

Can touch,

And our cheeks,

Can brush.

Cause our lips,

Can touch;

here

 

Well you are the one, the one that lies close to me.

Whispers "Hello, I've missed you quite terribly."

I fell in love, in love with you suddenly.

Now there's no place else I could be but here in your arms.

 

Our lips,

Can touch...

Our lips,

Can touch;

here.

 

 

Well you are the one, the one that lies close to me.

Whispers "Hello, I’ve missed you quite terribly."

I fell in love, in love with you suddenly.

Now there's no place else I could be but here in your...

 

 

Well you are the one, the one that lies close to me.

Whispers "Hello, I´ve missed you quite... missed you quite."

I fell in love, in love with you suddenly.

Now there's no place else I could be but here in your arms

 

Here in your arms

Than here in your arms

 

My other theme song, lol. And, as of yesterday, my ringtone. This song puts an instant smile on my face, and, for some reason, makes me think of clubbing! ;)

 

4.        “Oscar Wilde” – Band of Thieves, Ordinary Riches

 Lyrics:

Episodes and parallels

And don’t you want the invitation

Big bright accent, catty smile

Oscar Wilde confrontation

 

Oh, live like it’s the style

Whoa, waltz on your front porch

 

We are all our own devil

We are all our own devil

And we make this world our hell

 

We are all our own devil

We are all our own devil

And we make this world our hell

 

Porcelain teacups decorate

Tables and the conversation

Beauty pageants, all the time

It’s running out, the time is running out

 

Oh, live like it’s the style

Whoa, waltz on your front porch

 

We are all our own devil

We are all our own devil

And we make this world our hell

 

We are all our own devil

We are all our own devil

And we make this world

We make this world our hell

 

Time keeps on ticking away

It’s always running away

Always running from time

 

Time keeps on ticking away

Always running away

We’re always running in time

 

Time keeps on ticking away

Always running away

We’re always running from time

 

Time keeps on ticking away

Always running away

We’re always running in time

 

Time keeps on ticking away

Always running away

Always running from time

 

Time keeps on ticking away

Always running away

We’re always running from time

 

Time keeps on ticking away

Always running away

We’re always running in time

 

Time keeps on ticking away

It’s always running away

 

We are all our own devil

We are all our own devil

And we make this world our hell

 

We are all our own devil

We are all our own devil

And we make this world

We make this world our hell

 

Oh,

We make it our hell

                A devilishly clever song named for one of my favorite playwrights.

5.       “Don’t Stop Me Now” – Queen, Shaun of the Dead OST

Lyrics:

Tonight I'm gonna have myself a real good time

I feel alive and the world it's turning inside out Yeah!

I'm floating around in ecstasy

So don't stop me now don't stop me

'Cause I'm having a good time having a good time

 

I'm a shooting star leaping through the skies

Like a tiger defying the laws of gravity

I'm a racing car passing by like Lady Godiva

I'm gonna go go go

There's no stopping me

 

I'm burning through the skies Yeah!

Two hundred degrees

That's why they call me Mister Fahrenheit

I'm trav'ling at the speed of light

I wanna make a supersonic man of you

 

Don't stop me now I'm having such a good time

I'm having a ball don't stop me now

If you wanna have a good time just give me a call

Don't stop me now ('Cause I'm having a good time)

Don't stop me now (Yes I'm having a good time)

I don't want to stop at all

 

I'm a rocket ship on my way to Mars

On a collision course

I am a satellite I'm out of control

I am a sex machine ready to reload

Like an atom bomb about to

Oh oh oh oh oh explode

 

I'm burning through the skies Yeah!

Two hundred degrees

That's why they call me Mister Fahrenheit

I'm trav'ling at the speed of light

I wanna make a supersonic woman out of you

 

Don't stop me don't stop me don't stop me

Hey hey hey!

Don't stop me don't stop me

Ooh ooh ooh (I like it)

Don't stop me have a good time good time

Don't stop me don't stop me

Ooh ooh Alright

I'm burning through the skies Yeah!

Two hundred degrees

That's why they call me Mister Fahrenheit

I'm trav'ling at the speed of light

I wanna make a supersonic woman of you

 

Don't stop me now I'm having such a good time

I'm having a ball don't stop me now

If you wanna have a good time

Just give me a call

Don't stop me now ('Cause I'm having a good time)

Don't stop me now (Yes I'm having a good time)

I don't wanna stop at all

 

La la la la laaaa

La la la la

La la laa laa laa laaa

La la laa la la la la la laaa hey!!....

                So damn catchy! And from the synchronized zombie-swatting scene!

6.        “Baby Fratelli” – The Fratellis, Hot Fuzz OST

Lyrics:

She said oh my, I don't know why

I was just busy watching everyone go by

Outside the shite bar, and you're a red car

Me and your girlfriend and your sister with the big scar

 

I said oh Christ, I told you twice

It's just not easy going through all these things thrice

What's this I wonder, you drive a bluebird

You got no money for the petrol, that's what I heard

 

And it's all right, she'll be sucking fingers all night

Wearing those shoes, oh any excuse to go to the gang fight

And oh she's alright, everybody says she's uptight

Sick in the head, first in the bed

So easy to be Friday's nightmare

 

I said oh no, oh please just go

You got no eyelids and sweet ella loves me so

She got my number, though I can't stand her

I can't help diggin her a hope I guess I wonder

And oh it's clear, you want me dear

It would be easier if I was never here

You got the money, and I got the reason,

I'll stick around with you for just another season

 

And it's alright, she'll be sucking fingers all night

Wearing those shoes, oh any excuse to go to the gang fight

And oh she's alright, everybody says she's uptight

Sick in the head, first in the bed

So easy to be Friday's nightmare

 

She's just getting along,

So don't tell me she's yours

Oh please tell me I'm wrong again

It's all in a daze/day,

So what can you say

Just; sleep in yer shoes

With the winterbox blues

Any time you choose, Oh yeah

 

She said oh my, I don't know why

I was just busy watching everyone go by

Outside the shite bar, and you're a red car

Me and your girlfriend and your sister with the big scar

 

She said oh Christ, I told you twice

It's just not easy going through all these things thrice

What's this I wonder, you drive a bluebird

You got no money for the petrol, that's what I heard

 

And it's alright, she'll be sucking fingers all night

Wearing those shoes, oh any excuse to go to the gang fight

And oh she's alright, everybody says she's uptight

Sick in the head, first in the bed

So easy to be Friday's wonder      

Okay, this song is made of the awesome. And, the actual ‘offical’ video for it IS Hot Fuzz themed – my new favourite song, and my favourite movie! Gotta love that!

 

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VIDEO BONUS!

(Because there never can be enough Pegg/Frost/Wright goodness!)

"Baby Fratelli"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_LJ2mtLfY0




"Don't Stop Me Now"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YWXNHAvG6E