LJ Idol Week #22b - "Art Is An Infection"

[prog_schlock]

This is my second of two entries for week #22 of therealljidol.

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And If You Said, "This Life Ain't Good Enough."I am so sorry. I just need to say that right off the bat. I'm really genuinely sorry. Today, I am writing about earworms - you know, songs that get stuck in your head. Oh God, I'm so sorry

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[gratefuladdict]

I laughed at loud through this entire entry!! I am afraid to share my earworms and risk waking them up!

Oh fine, here are a few...

Let It Go (thanks, toddler offspring)
Robots in Love by Beautiful Small Machines
Die Young by Ke$ha (again, blame the toddlers, thanks to this video

[prog_schlock]

Yeah, "Let it Go" is a world class earworm on the "My Heart Will Go On" level ("Neeeeear.... Faaaaarrrrrr....."). I love that your kids impact your earworms. Well, love is the wrong word. I'm entertained by this fact.

Thank you for reading and commenting!

[adoptedwriter]

I've had One Direction's "Best Song Ever" in my head all day today. LOL

This was great!

AW

[prog_schlock]

Oh no - that one is a killer earworm. That's going to be in my head now. At least its pushing out Santana for a little while.

Thank you for reading and commenting!

[murielle]

Earworms! Yes! Crazy-making. And why can't they be from songs I love? Why are they always songs you can't stand and would die if anyone knew you knew?

Had a friend in college who had a catalog of dirty ditties she shared liberally. There's one that was not just filthy, but (I realized) horribly anti-Semitic. Why that one? I hated that song from the first time she sang it in the women's room near the west entrance. Help! I even remember the first time I heard it!

Great piece! Tell me you sell these fantastic pieces you write!

[prog_schlock]

I sell nothing at the moment. I don't have the patience to look into how to submit things and don't have the discipline (LJI aside) to make deadlines. Heh.

Isn't it funny how its the obscene and awful that gets stuck in our heads? There are a bunch of horrid little ditties I learned in elementary school that I think of now and cringe. I learned them from the other children. Its like we passed around every awful song secretly behind our parents' backs. God, they're all still in my head!

Thank you for reading and commenting!

[halfshellvenus]

I was afraid to listen to that first song, because I'm so susceptible to ear worms, but in reading the lyrics... it rose up anyway. I can see why that one sticks for you

[prog_schlock]

I love, love, love Hamilton, but get that its not everyone's cup of tea. After listening to the cast album a bunch this month, I have a couple of thoughts on why I like it:

1) The variety of music - the hip/hop connection is there and present, but there's also a ton of just plain old melodic songs - Burr sings "Wait For It" (which is more of a pop tune) and the show stopping "The Room Where It Happens" (which has a little rap, but is really a rollicking traditional musical hall number) for example. Eliza Hamilton also mostly sings melodic numbers ("Burn" and "Helpless"). I think Manuel-Miranda does a great job of matching music to the dramatic moment. Sometimes, that means heavy rap. Sometimes, that means hearftbreakingly sparse melodies2) The overall push of the story is really powerful - its less a musical about Alexander Hamilton and more a musical about the story of Hamilton - and who gets to tell that story. The featured singer in the final song is really telling. Oh, and Burr is such a compelling character - there's a

[ryl]

One Night in Bangkok makes my brain cells crumble.

[prog_schlock]

Hahaha. Well said. Yeah, that one is painful. "Chess," as a whole, is a fascinating show but that one song kind of comes out of left field.

Thanks for reading and commenting!