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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Every time I see mention of nepo babies:

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

Alba, Thursday, 23 February 2023 13:17 (one year ago) link

to ATCQ's "What?"

What is a Honda without an Element?

pretty much every time i see one.

budo jeru, Monday, 27 February 2023 01:27 (one year ago) link

two weeks pass...

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!"

henry s, Thursday, 16 March 2023 19:47 (one year ago) link

haha

young sussy (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 16 March 2023 20:12 (one year ago) link

one month passes...

"Asimov" to the tune of "Avalon."

The Titus Andromedon Strain (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 19 April 2023 22:08 (one year ago) link

two new ones:

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

and

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

sarahell, Wednesday, 19 April 2023 23:17 (one year ago) link

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)

sarahell, Wednesday, 19 April 2023 23:29 (one year ago) link

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

Rolling Coastal Black Midi New Roads (dog latin), Thursday, 20 April 2023 14:37 (one year ago) link

"Do we like Juana Molina?"

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

Hideous Lump, Thursday, 20 April 2023 16:32 (one year ago) link

Lol

Because the Nighttoad (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 30 April 2023 01:37 (one year ago) link

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

Because the Nighttoad (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 30 April 2023 01:38 (one year ago) link

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

got it in the blood, the kid's a pelican (Doctor Casino), Friday, 12 May 2023 13:04 (eleven months ago) link

Devolder --> Debaser

sarahell, Friday, 12 May 2023 15:29 (eleven months ago) link

If you like Peter Coyote

And getting caught in the rain

gelatinous cubist (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 14 May 2023 23:57 (eleven months ago) link

Heh

Cosmo’s Hacienda (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 15 May 2023 00:13 (eleven months ago) link

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"

gelatinous cubist (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 15 May 2023 00:37 (eleven months ago) link

If you like Fillipo Lippi

And some Renaissance art

gelatinous cubist (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 15 May 2023 00:40 (eleven months ago) link

two weeks pass...

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

Lavator Shemmelpennick, Wednesday, 31 May 2023 16:05 (eleven months ago) link

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

Day 1 fan (morrisp), Wednesday, 31 May 2023 17:35 (eleven months ago) link

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

The land of dreams and endless remorse (hardcore dilettante), Friday, 2 June 2023 16:50 (eleven months ago) link

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

got it in the blood, the kid's a pelican (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 15 June 2023 14:24 (ten months ago) link

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

Josefa, Thursday, 15 June 2023 14:37 (ten months ago) link

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

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

Do I look like I know what a jpeg is? (dog latin), Thursday, 15 June 2023 14:37 (ten months ago) link

Muskeg Memes For Alice In Chains Fiends

Do I look like I know what a jpeg is? (dog latin), Thursday, 15 June 2023 14:38 (ten months ago) link

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

pomplamoose and circumstance (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 15 June 2023 14:58 (ten months ago) link

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

Josefa, Thursday, 15 June 2023 15:22 (ten months ago) link

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)

pomplamoose and circumstance (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 15 June 2023 15:37 (ten months ago) link

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

Written by Leiber and Stoller, no?

CeeLô Borges (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 15 June 2023 15:42 (ten months ago) link

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

CeeLô Borges (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 15 June 2023 15:46 (ten months ago) link

Did someone say 70s?

CeeLô Borges (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 15 June 2023 15:46 (ten months ago) link

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

Josefa, Thursday, 15 June 2023 15:48 (ten months ago) link

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

CeeLô Borges (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 15 June 2023 15:49 (ten months ago) link

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

Holly Godarkbloom (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 15 June 2023 16:13 (ten months ago) link

As 70s as a bead curtain, my dude

pomplamoose and circumstance (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 15 June 2023 17:02 (ten months ago) link

Nice callback! #onethread

Holly Godarkbloom (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 15 June 2023 23:11 (ten months ago) link

three weeks pass...

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

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

Bittern Storm Over My Hammy (morrisp), Saturday, 8 July 2023 15:52 (ten months ago) link

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

Stomp Jomperson (dog latin), Monday, 10 July 2023 17:37 (nine months ago) link

(I Dream of Jeannie With The Light Brown Hair)

Stomp Jomperson (dog latin), Monday, 10 July 2023 17:37 (nine months ago) link

Don't let the days go by

Listerine

Exit, pursued by a beer (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 11 July 2023 01:51 (nine months ago) link

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.

peace, man, Monday, 17 July 2023 13:33 (nine months ago) link

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

Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 18 July 2023 14:01 (nine months ago) link

three months pass...

Bacta tank, alright!

Kim, Friday, 17 November 2023 15:55 (five months ago) link

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

brimstead, Wednesday, 22 November 2023 17:22 (five months ago) link

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

blatherskite, Friday, 24 November 2023 14:52 (five months ago) link

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

peace, man, Thursday, 30 November 2023 13:53 (five months ago) link

omg

not the one who's tryin' to dub your anime (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 30 November 2023 14:28 (five months ago) link

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.

a very very unfair (Neanderthal), Thursday, 30 November 2023 16:10 (five months ago) link

Denny Laine is in my ears and in my eyes

; Powell (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 6 December 2023 01:18 (five months ago) link

There's a chair store called Lovesac that I can't help singing (internally of course) like the B-52s' "Love Shack" whenever I see it.

nickn, Wednesday, 6 December 2023 01:33 (five months ago) link


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