I'm your biggest fan / I'll follow you until you love me...

[marysharpwitted]

Earlier in the week the radio DJ I listen to in the mornings was holding a survey about which song would drive one to crack under a military siege. Apparently, blasting an annoying song on endless repeat is becoming a popular technique to get suspects to turn themselves in peacefully. I suppose depending on the song it may work. If Lady Gaga were playing non-stop over and over and over (*shudders*), I think I'd give myself up, just so that the music will stop. Or I'd shoot the speakers and all the replacement speakers that follow.

What song(s) and/or artist(s) would be your downfall?



P.S. Nothing really new going on in my life. Work is unpleasant (and exhausting) and I'm still trying to transition into a library (even getting into a volunteer program is a challenge!). I guess the newest item worth mentioning is helping my sister with her wedding: she set a date (September 19th), bought a dress, squeezed her bridesmaids into fru fru dresses (to be fair as one of said bridesmaids, the dress isn't actually much fru fru and very nice and pretty), and booked a ceremony location.

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[spotzle.livejournal.com]

I once got stuck on the It's a Small World ride for two hours. The song drives me to the brink of homicidal rage (but it will for most anyone even without the traumatic experience).

[brightly-woven.livejournal.com]

How awful! And thanks...that's the trouble with earworms...even the mention of them sets them a'goin' in my head. So, I'm joining you in about 10 minutes in the rage.

:)

There is a song on a Christmas album otherwise full of beautiful, worshipful songs that is about the frustrations of toy packaging. It was cute once. Now, I have made a Christmas playlist that specifically excludes it because it rapidly got to the super-annoying-why-would-anyone-put-this-on-any-album stage.

And now Toy Packaging has supplanted IASWAA in my brain.

Not sure which is worse.

Also, Sharpie--so sorry about the work woes. :(

[the-marchioness.livejournal.com]

Haha, your mention of an annoying Christmas songs just reminded of "Christmas Shoes."

I remember when I was a first year in college. Email was a novelty and it seemed like all my friends and I did then was forward emails. Which, yeah. Anyway, that's how I first encountered "Christmas Shoes." At first, it was a sweet and sentimental story. By the nth time I'd gotten the email in my Inbox, however, it had ceased to have any resemblance of charm. A few years later, someone made a Christmas song out of that same forward! And then about a year or two later, there was a made-for-tv movie about it. It drives me bazonkers every Christmas season.

But then, this past Christmas, I was driving down to my parents to spend the holidays with my entire family, and I don't know what was going on, but the song popped up on the radio and I started getting a little teary-eyed!!!! Haha. I properly horrified myself (and one of my friends, when I told her about it later, as she and I have always bonded over disliking it so much). :P

Mary, I hope we'll get a picture of the bridesmaid dress! Congrats to your sister. Ad hope work/library-related opportunities start looking up.

[swedepea.livejournal.com]

I KNOW THAT SONG!!!

[marysharpwitted.livejournal.com]

Bringing up Christmas songs make me think of switching my breaking song. Having worked two Christmases in retail it's difficult to tolerate "Santa Baby". I can't even consider it. I might have nightmares now.

[marysharpwitted.livejournal.com]

IASWAA would drive Mother Theresa to tears.

[sunsetsylvia.livejournal.com]

Can't think of a particular song right now, but yesterday on the commute to work, there was a guy playing jazz on his ibook, with totally insufficient (?) headphones, so everybody had to listen along.
This music was real noise!!!