Brainworm
Even worse than an Earworm, once a Brainworm (or properly, persistent malapropism) gets in your head, you'll never hear the correct lyrics again. It's even worse when you don't know the language.I used to admonish my tech school students not to tell me what they thought they heard when I helped them review recordings of staticky radio traffic (I'd have them write it down where I couldn't see it.) One night, a studnut handed me her headphones and said, "All I hear is 'Candy Bar!'" Strangely, I couldn't hear anything else but that when I gave the audio a listen.
My other persistent malapropisms (from pop music):
"There's a bathroom on the right." (CCR)
"You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille. With 400 children and a crop in the field." (Kenny Rogers) Thanks, Cousin, Beth!
Do you have any brainworms?
What are your brainworms?
How could I forget, "Excuse me, while I kiss this guy." (Jimi Hendrix)?
posted by Cowboy Blob @ 12:01 AM
6 Comments:
At 7:54 AM,
BobG said…
"Reverend Bluejeans" Neil Diamond from "Forever in Blue Jeans" and
"'Scuse me while I kiss this guy" Jimi Hendrix from "Purple Haze"
At 10:08 AM,
gator said…
"He's been workin' all week, he's got metal for teeth, and that old cow sure looks fine" - John Conlee, Friday Night Blues
At 6:04 PM,
Fits said…
"Secret Asian man, Secret Asian Man, they've given you a number, but taken 'way your name..."
At 7:05 PM,
lil bro said…
"Brenda Rinnetti" from Billy Joel's "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant"
At 11:51 PM,
jimbob86 said…
Li'l Brother belted this out at age 5 or 6, in the prescence of the Grandparents:"You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille. With 400 children who crap in the field." (Kenny Rogers)
Gramma was apoplectic. Grampa quipped, "That'll be be some TALL corn!"
At 1:23 PM,
Gordon R. Durand said…
There's a whole book of them. 'Scuse Me While I Kiss This Guy: And Other Misheard Lyrics by Gavin Edwards and Chris Kalb. I see on Amazon now there's another called Hit Me With Your Pet Shark.
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