Not mis-heard lyric, lyrics not paid any attention

[vakkotaur]

hakeber asked about scarring music, "...songs that made me lunge for the radio in my haste to change the station." A few of the replies mentioned Terry Jacks' Seasons in the Sun.

I sort of heard that tune growing up. I recall the line that stood out, "We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun." and nothing else. Or at least that's all I used to recall. A few years ago I was driving somewhere out of range of my usual radio station(s) before I had XM. Wandering around the broadcast bands, Seasons in the Sun came on and I got curious about the rest of the lyrics. While I might have heard them, I never paid them any attention before. This time I did. Ignorance was bliss in this case. What a terribly depressing tune that is. I've done what I can to put it out of mind. Tried. Right now I have that one line stuck in my mind. Fortunately that's the only part of that wretched song that's stuck there.

I'm attempting treatment for this. Can someone crank Iron Man? Thank you.

Dun-dun--dundundun...

Comments

[doodlesthegreat.livejournal.com]

I learned how to defuse that song by singing along with altered lyrics.

We had oil, we had gum, we had raisins in the sun...

For me, it was always anything by Bon Jovi that had me diving for the radio. Nothing like power ballads written out of American Greetings condolence cards to make a frontal lobotomy sound desirable.

[kinkyturtle.livejournal.com]

But the pills we declined were just raisins covered in slime.

[rillaspins.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, I can remember the entire chorus...I'm not even sure if the lyrics I remember are right. So, I am now putting in a Tanglefoot CD...I wish I had Lou Garou with me.

[jcw-da-dmg.livejournal.com]

My usual recommended earworm-killer:

"Put de lime in da coconut an' drink 'em bot' up . . . "

repeat as necessary.

Yes, it's another earworm, but it's marginally less damaging, at least IMNSHO.

[vakkotaur.livejournal.com]

I sort of like that tune. Though that might be from first encountering it on the Muppet Show.

[kinkyturtle.livejournal.com]

Now lemme get dis straight, you put de lime in de coconut an' drank 'em bot' up?

[woody-whistler.livejournal.com]

Three songs come to mind:

"Love Will Keep Us Together"
"Knock Three Times"
"Neanderthal Man"

Ugh...better go wash my ears out with some cream (Bruce, Eric and Ginger, that is).