Putting the Worm back in Earworm

[akirlu]

I just noticed a while ago: a portion of my brain appears to have become devoted to subvocalizing the old Nivea ad jingle. This process leaves a rather icky aftertaste, and it won't stop. And once I noticed it was there, I realized, this was a familiar feeling. This isn't the first time the Nivea jingle has been running an endless do-loop, stealing precious brain cycles that could be used for, oh, I dunno, summarizing Proust or something. What's bizarre is that I have no idea what triggers this, or how often it happens, but I'm sure it's happened before.

In an attempt to exorcise the demon:

From your fingers to your toes
You've got just one set of permanet clothes
And with a little daily care
It will last for years of wear (Years of wear!)

Nivea, Nivea, Nivea!

Bleargh. It's still there.

Time to drag out the big guns: ELO's "Can't Get It Out of My Head".

Comments

[akirlu.livejournal.com]

It doesn't have to be ELO, just any substitute you don't mind having in your head instead.

[kateyule.livejournal.com]

Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer" seems to drive things out well for both of us, without installing itself on infinite loop.