Current Earworm

Elvis Costello, A Monster Went And Ate My Red 2

Sesame Street is for kids, except when it isn't, or isn't only. I don't know how I missed this, but 14 years ago, Elvis Costello did that thing that a lot of singers do and went on Sesame Street and sang a take on one of his songs, rewritten to be educational. I think the example everyone thinks of is Feist doing 1, 2, 3, 4 ("1, 2, 3, 4 Chickens just back from the shore...."). This is every bit that one's equal, Elvis doing one of his classics, but rewritten to be about the number 2. Maybe minus a point for including Elmo, but it works, and ever since Laura pointed me to this the other night, it's been stuck in my brain, my current earworm.

Link to Elvis Costello, A Monster Went And Ate My Red 2

Posted on Monday, August 31, 2026

Brute Force, King of Fuh

Laura went to see the Lemon Twigs last week at Asbury Lanes. When she got home, the song that she really remembered wasn't one of their songs, but this one by the opening act, Brute Force. The thing about earworms is that they aren't always good songs that stick in your ear. Some times it's something like this song, an utter trifle based on one really lame joke that would set 12 year old boys to sniggering around the world. Which I guess means that The Beatles never got over being 12 year old boys, because they actually released this on their label, Apple Records. Anyway, it's been annoyingly present for the past week. It doesn't help that Laura keeps singing it to me after I manage to banish it from my ears, bringing it back (she's a bit of a sadist when it comes to music). And so now I inflict this gawdawful piece of Fuh King shit on you. Enjoy.

Link to Brute Force, King of Fuh

Posted on Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Chris Butler, The Devil Glitch

Because I like you, this is the short version, only five minutes long, not the full version, which goes for almost 70 minutes. And yes, I did listen to the long version tonight. Listen to this and you too will be making up verses in your head for the next couple of days, any of which could plausibly be in the song. If I recall correctly, Chris Butler had a contest when this came out that asked people to send in prospective verses, so there's probably a version of this song that runs for days. But hey, the guy wrote Christmas Wrapping; he can whatever the fuck he wants for the rest of his life, and he chose this. Respect.

Link to Chris Butler, The Devil Glitch

Posted on Friday, April 24, 2026

Sir Douglas Quintet, She's About A Mover

The organ in this song, a Vox, is amazing. The man behind it, Augie Myers, died, and since I read it that hook has been banging about in my head. R.I.P. Augie.

Link to Sir Douglas Quintet, She's About A Mover

Posted on Monday, March 23, 2026

Edwin Starr, War

Seems like a good song to be running through my head on a morning where the Orange Menace in the White House just started a war with Iran. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing.

Link to Edwin Starr, War

Posted on Saturday, February 28, 2026