Topic: insanely catchy songs (Read 42605 times)

betteroffdead · « **on:** 23 Dec 2004, 11:59 »

you know those songs that are just so loveably catchy they get caught in your head and don't leave for days? i mean, like good catchy songs... not annoying get-out-of-my-head-or-i'll-kill-you songs. let's list them!

"call and return"- hellogoodbye
"long division"- the aislers set
"she's the one"- heavens to betsy
"all for swinging you around"- new pornographers
"our retired explorer (dines with michel foucault in paris, 1961"- the weakerthans
"do right, do wrong"- breaker! breaker!

plus basically anything by mates of state. especially "ha ha", "fluke", "middle is gold", "quit doin' it", and "everyone needs an editor"

happybirthdaygelatin · « **Reply #1 on:** 23 Dec 2004, 12:14 »

"i've got something against you" pixies
"hahahahaha" or what ever the name of the song is by flipper
"jellybones" the unicorns
anything by the vaselines
"oh comely" neutral milk hotel
the damn themes to aqua teen hunger force, sealab 2020, and space ghost coast to coast
"don't let money change you" blackalicous
"take the skinheads bowling" camper van beethoven
"stuck in the middle with you" steelers wheels

betteroffdead · « **Reply #2 on:** 23 Dec 2004, 12:24 »

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"i've got something against you" pixies

ooo i love that one! "debaser" is catchy too. and yea... the vaselines are pretty darned catchy. haha i forgot about the athf theme song. i get that caught in my head alot too.

numba one in the hood, g

happybirthdaygelatin · « **Reply #3 on:** 23 Dec 2004, 12:32 »

meatwad make the money see

hahaha. hell yeah. "debaser" is great, "bone machine" and tony's theme"...ah...just as well say all of surfa rosa gets stuck in my head.

i have to admit the only one i recognized out of your list is the new pornographers.

betteroffdead · « **Reply #4 on:** 23 Dec 2004, 13:15 »

haha yea surfer rosa is so catchy! i'm always singing the songs. "oh my golly" gets caught in my head a lot but i can't really sing it since i don't understand the spanish...

and ha it's ok um hellogoodbye is a drivethru band, so i'm guessing most indie people wouldn't know them. heavens to betsy was corin tucker's band before sleater-kinney. http://www.epitaph.com/bands/index.php?id=321" target="_blank">the weakerthans, http://www.breakerbreaker.org/music.htm" target="_blank">breaker! breaker!, and http://www.epitonic.com/artists/theaislersset.html" target="_blank">the aislers set are just wonderful.

yea yea i'm sick and i have nothing better to do than sit around and link to awesome bands.

Hairy Joe Bob · « **Reply #5 on:** 23 Dec 2004, 13:18 »

Either 'Babies' or 'Sorted For Es And Whizz', by Pulp.

And of course Friday I'm In Love by the Cure.

Another one that I sing for DAYS on end (and will now as I've just thought of it again): 'Smile' by the Supernaturals!

"You gotta smile..."

happybirthdaygelatin · « **Reply #6 on:** 23 Dec 2004, 13:31 »

so that may be way heavens to betsy sounds familar. i still haven't got over breaker! breaker! being a band name, i thought that was an original idea on my part. heh. and your sickness is my gain, new music is a good way to spend a lunch break.

also i have to add !!! - "pardon my french"
x-ray specs - "oh bondage up yours"
and ratatat - "17 years"
mudhoney was pretty catchy but i can't think of specific examples

Hairy Joe Bob · « **Reply #7 on:** 23 Dec 2004, 13:34 »

Anchorless by the Weakerthans is a great song. Haven't heard anything about them in a while tho.

exliontamer · « **Reply #8 on:** 23 Dec 2004, 13:39 »

"On Warmer Music" by Chisel
"Waiting Room" by Fugazi
"Oh Well" by Mannequin
"Little Busters" (or any song at all) by the Pillows (see avatar)
"Tank" by Yoko Kanno
"The Good Life" by Weezer
"G.L.D." by Big D and the Kids Table
"Porno and Snuff Films" by the Lawrence Arms
"Locust Reign" by Converge

dangerouswhenawesome · « **Reply #9 on:** 23 Dec 2004, 13:40 »

Baby, I'm An Anarchist by Against Me!
The Ramblin' Boys of Pleasure by The Lawrence Arms
Revol by Manic Street Preachers
Heart A Tact by Kid Dynamite

I'm sure there are numerous more I could pick but these have been in my head nonstop for a good while now...all kinds of awesome!!

Plus, add pretty much every Slapstick song ever to the list.

exliontamer · « **Reply #10 on:** 23 Dec 2004, 13:43 »

Quote from: dangerouswhenawesome

Plus, add pretty much every Slapstick song ever to the list.

Hell yeah to Slapstick. And hell yeah to Against Me! and TLA as well. Just a general hell yeah to you for rocking the party.

heh, and check out my tattoos by the way http://pics.livejournal.com/lilim/pic/0001ep1t

happybirthdaygelatin · « **Reply #11 on:** 23 Dec 2004, 13:49 »

i just slapped my self in the head for forgetting some.

sticky little fingers
atom and his package
christian death - romeos distress
devo
the damned

dangerouswhenawesome · « **Reply #12 on:** 23 Dec 2004, 14:32 »

Quote from: exliontamer

Quote from: dangerouswhenawesome

heh, and check out my tattoos by the way http://pics.livejournal.com/lilim/pic/0001ep1t

Nice....I'm planning on getting the Against Me lightning bolt on the top of my arm when I get my student loan in January, despite the fact that there's probably thousands of people who already have it done.

Shaft · « **Reply #13 on:** 24 Dec 2004, 05:34 »

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X-ray Specs - Bondage up yours.

HA! I remember that from years ago! It was the crazy song that i had to show everyone because it was so pants but so good at the same time!

I don't know how something so bad can be so catchy, but if you listen to "Check the Penis" by "The Penis" a few times through, not only will you probably be in stitches that someone thought it sounded good, but you won't be able to get it out of your head either.

THUD THUD THUD THUD THUD THUD Check the penis THUD THUD THUD THUD THUD Check the THUD penis THUD THUD THUD THUD THUD THUD Check the penis THUD THUD THUD THUD - Kiss the penis.

betteroffdead · « **Reply #14 on:** 24 Dec 2004, 12:10 »

ahahaha umm that penis song sounds... interesting... yea

i forgot
"boys don't cry"- the cure
"hella nervous"- gravy train
and the little shop of horrors theme song. i love it. *dances*

BlueCoatKarma · « **Reply #15 on:** 24 Dec 2004, 16:47 »

Quote from: happybirthdaygelatin

x-ray specs - "oh bondage up yours"

Quote from: Shaft

Some stuff similar to what I'm about to say

Hahaha.... yeahhh. That song was hilarious.

We're reaching back a while in my music taste... but these all apply I believe.

"Waltz #2" - Elliot Smith
"Miracle Drug" and "The Town Halo" - AC Newman (which is problematic because I don't know the lyrics)
"Sexx Laws" - Beck
"Sheep Go To Heaven" - Cake
Junior Senior. All of it. In fact, the only reason I consider this good is because it is so catchy.
Less Than Jake (ditto)
Millencolin (most of it anyway)
"Never Had to Knock on Wood" - Mighty Mighty Bosstones (that oughta get me some flack)
"Mood 4 U" - Reggie and the Full Effect
"Circles" - Soul Coughing
"Super Bon Bon" - Soul Coughing (yay for pseudo-techno - actually, the Propeller Heads' cover is catchier)
"Talking Heads" ... COME ON

"All For the Best" - Godspell
"What Is This Feeling?" and "Popular" - Wicked
"What's This" - The Nightmare Before Christmas
"Rent", "La Vie Boheme" and "Out Tonight" - Rent

arkturus · « **Reply #16 on:** 24 Dec 2004, 21:41 »

EVERYTHING by the New Pornographers. and EVERYTHING by OK Go. and "Setting Fire to Sleeping Giants" by The Dillinger Escape Plan. And a bunch of other shit I can't think of right now.

Kieran · « **Reply #17 on:** 24 Dec 2004, 22:04 »

Hey, I got your money - ODB

-.- I dont like rap but I still listen to this song.

captainawesome · « **Reply #18 on:** 25 Dec 2004, 17:21 »

The Flaming Lips - Ego Tripping
The Faint - Let The Poison Spill From Your Throat
Pedro the Lion - Transcontinental
Sage Francis - Crack Pipes
Radiohead - Idioteque
TV on the Radio - Staring at the Sun

Ozymandias · « **Reply #19 on:** 25 Dec 2004, 21:12 »

http://www.uk.eu.undernet.org/chocs.swf

cheesepie · « **Reply #20 on:** 25 Dec 2004, 21:32 »

Brazil - Cornelius

that band is great check em out

betteroffdead · « **Reply #21 on:** 25 Dec 2004, 23:25 »

oo bluecoatkarma those are some great ones... miracle drug and the town halo are two of my favourite ac newman songs and of course get caught in my head all the time. on the table is catchy too. and yea "the impression that i get" by mighty mighty bosstones used to always stick in my head. great song. and YES less than jake. great american sharpshooter, johnny quest thinks we're sellouts, just like frank... gah every song!

as for musicals, my god are "popular" and "what is this feeling" catchy! eee and so good. also that song from rogers and hammerstein's cinderella that the sisters sing... about how much they hate her... like "she's a flimsy little bubble, with a flimsy sort of charm, and with very little trouble i could break her little arm!" or something. so sing-able. rocky horror has some great catchy music too. i'm just a sweet transvestite...

kpea · « **Reply #22 on:** 25 Dec 2004, 23:31 »

common guys!!!
without a freakin doubt....
"Top of the World" by Juliana Theory

seriously.

ielerol · « **Reply #23 on:** 26 Dec 2004, 01:02 »

The Internet is for Porn from Avenue Q gets stuck in my head at the most inappropriate times

My Baby Loves a Bunch of Authors - Moxy Früvous
Rocketman - Red Elvises
Meet James Ensor - They Might Be Giants
Step into My Office Baby - Belle & Sebastian
One Bedroom Apartment - Clann Zu (this doesn't seem like a 'catchy' song but it gets stuck in my head all the time anyway)
Italian Leather Sofa - Cake
Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen - Janis Siegel (this is from the Swing Kids soundtrack, but the song itself has been around since the 30s)

Spike · « **Reply #24 on:** 26 Dec 2004, 01:33 »

Do you know what its like to have 99 red balloons stuck in your head for two weeks, it wasn't even the English portion. Got stuck in my head so I consider it catchy, but it's a song that one uses to force someone to suicide.

Ozymandias · « **Reply #25 on:** 26 Dec 2004, 01:55 »

99 Duesenjaeger
Jeder war ein grosser Krieger
Hielten sich fuer Captain Kirk
Das gab ein grosses Feuerwerk!

...

Gott. Ich heisst du jetzt.

Lethor · « **Reply #26 on:** 26 Dec 2004, 02:09 »

"Closer" Nine Inch Nails (that one has been stuck in my head since 94, don't know if "catchy" is the word for it, though)

someone said "idioteque" from Radiohead already, right? There's a song by them called "How Can You Be Sure?" that I also find extremely catchy.

many songs from R.E.M.

"Country House" Blur. Actually, many songs from Blur.

"Anthem for a 17 year old girl" Broken Social Scene (The chorus sticks with me long after I've stopped listening to it. Don't know why. I'm not a 17-year old girl)

Anyway, there are a lot of others, I just thought of those.

For some reason, whenever I listened to "Svefn-g-englar" by Sigur Rós, i'd have the "tju tju" chant-moan-whatever-it-is stuck in my head for the rest of the day. I'm cured now, after listening to it about 7 billion times.

Mnementh · « **Reply #27 on:** 26 Dec 2004, 08:43 »

Roll Plymouth Rock by Brian Wilson

church · « **Reply #28 on:** 26 Dec 2004, 09:46 »

Junior Senior is so bloody catchy. Makes me want to get up and move my feet.

Tinjessla · « **Reply #29 on:** 26 Dec 2004, 13:53 »

Pixies - Is She Weird (and a bunch of other Pixies songs)
SFA - Rings Around The World and Keep The Cosmic Trigger Happy
Eels - That's Not Really Funny
The Futureheads - Decent Days and Nights
Supergrass - Caught by the Fuzz

All songs which were at some point, refused to leave my head due to thier awesome catchiness.

jaffy · « **Reply #30 on:** 26 Dec 2004, 14:07 »

definitely A.C. Newman - Miracle Drug
Spoon - Jonathon Fisk
The Olivia Tremor Control - Take The Time To Turn Around
The Faint - Getting/Giving The Lock
The Faint - Worked Up So Sexual
The Faint - Posed To Death
The Decemberists - Legionnaires Lament
The Decemberists - Shiny
Elliott Smith - Baby Britain
Belle & Sebastian - Le Pastie De La Bourgeoisie
Belle & Sebastian - Lord Anthony
Clinic - The Second Line
Pinback - Concrete Seconds
Ted Leo And The Pharmacists - The High Party

betteroffdead · « **Reply #31 on:** 26 Dec 2004, 20:31 »

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Spoon - Jonathon Fisk
Clinic - The Second Line

definitely. love em.

also, "song for myla goldberg"- the decembrists
"particle man"- they might be giants
"almost crimes"- broken social scene
"know your onion!"- the shins
"coin-operated boy"- dresden dolls. i've been obsessing over that one for about a week now.

RhainKitti · « **Reply #32 on:** 26 Dec 2004, 22:20 »

Quote from: betteroffdead

you know those songs that are just so loveably catchy they get caught in your head and don't leave for days? i mean, like good catchy songs... not annoying get-out-of-my-head-or-i'll-kill-you songs. let's list them!

"call and return"- hellogoodbye
"long division"- the aislers set
"she's the one"- heavens to betsy
"all for swinging you around"- new pornographers
"our retired explorer (dines with michel foucault in paris, 1961"- the weakerthans
"do right, do wrong"- breaker! breaker!

plus basically anything by mates of state. especially "ha ha", "fluke", "middle is gold", "quit doin' it", and "everyone needs an editor"

yes.... but do you also know the songs that are totaly unbareable... that also get stuck FOR DAYS ON END!!!! like.... and im pretty sure all can agree....
STACEYS MOM!!!!
that song.... was....AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.... but i was ALWAYS hummin it!
RhainKitti

betteroffdead · « **Reply #33 on:** 27 Dec 2004, 20:13 »

i smurfing hate that song.

Johnny C · « **Reply #34 on:** 27 Dec 2004, 21:55 »

Quote from: Spike

Do you know what its like to have 99 red balloons stuck in your head for two weeks, it wasn't even the English portion.

99 KRIEGSMINISTER
STREICHHOLZ UND BENZINKANISTER
HIELTEN SICH FUER SCHLAUE LEUTE
WITTERTEN SCHON FETTE BEUTE
RIEFEN: KRIEG UND WOLLTEN MACHT
MANN WER HAETTE DAS GEDACHT
DASS ES EINMAL SOWEIT KOMMT
WEGEN 99 LUFTBALLONS

I love that song.

happybirthdaygelatin · « **Reply #35 on:** 28 Dec 2004, 15:29 »

i get various bits of the blood brothers stuck in my head quite a bit. ratatat, neutral milk hotel and arcade fire.

the weirdest is i have had a combination of the rolling stones "paint it black" and neurosis "all i see is black" stuck in my head as though it is a remix

Taste_of_blood · « **Reply #36 on:** 28 Dec 2004, 15:41 »

There She Goes by The LA's always gets stuck in my head if I'm anywhere near my ex-girlfriend, or talking about her...

Whereas I Hate Everything About You by Ugly Kid Joe does the same thing if Talk to my most recent ex-boyfriend....

Other songs which get stuck in my head for days at a time are;
"Santa Baby" by God knows who, it's on the Xmas tape at work...
Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand
Sweet Transvestite from The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Bad Weekend by Art Brut
Shout To The Suburbs by Figment
The Riverboat Song by Ocean Colour Scene
Saturday Night by Whigfield (Oh the school disco flashbacks!!!)

betteroffdead · « **Reply #37 on:** 28 Dec 2004, 16:47 »

Quote from: happybirthdaygelatin

the weirdest is i have had a combination of the rolling stones "paint it black" and neurosis "all i see is black" stuck in my head as though it is a remix

haha whoa that sort of thing always happens to me! multiple songs enter my head and come together like a remix. somtimes i'll have the beat of one song and the words of another, or just various bits forming one song. it's kinda fun. i've always wanted some sort of remixing program so i could take them out of my head and make them real.

LoveandaMolotovCocktail · « **Reply #38 on:** 28 Dec 2004, 16:55 »

"Love Song" - The Damned
"Rusholme Ruffians" - The Smiths
"(Get A) Grip (On Yourself)" - The Stranglers
"Motorcycle Emptiness" - Manic Street Preachers

Just about anything by The Aquabats.

katie · « **Reply #39 on:** 28 Dec 2004, 17:05 »

When I Think About You I touch Myself - Divinyls
My Name is Jonas - Weezer
Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler and The Dan Band version from Old School

Duchess Tapioca · « **Reply #40 on:** 28 Dec 2004, 17:20 »

Quote from: betteroffdead

"know your onion!"- the shins
"coin-operated boy"- dresden dolls. i've been obsessing over that one for about a week now.

I get Saint Simon from the Shins and Good Day from Dresden Dolls stuck in my head. Also Siouxsie ATB's cover of the Passenger and Switchblade Symphony's Gutter Glitter... I don't know why.

Karl · « **Reply #41 on:** 29 Dec 2004, 03:06 »

TKO by le tigre

Damn chorus is stuck in my head.

ASturge · « **Reply #42 on:** 29 Dec 2004, 05:06 »

Athlete - El Salvador

and.......THE POGUES!!!!!!!!!- fairytale in new york

Husker B. · « **Reply #43 on:** 29 Dec 2004, 09:26 »

Mock me if you will but "3 Small Words" and "Spin Around" from the Josie and the Pussycats soundtrack rock my freakin' world.

Also, "Laid" by James was a song that I played for about a week straight when I heard it on the Trailer for American Wedding. I still have no idea how I missed it the first time it came out.

fin · « **Reply #44 on:** 29 Dec 2004, 11:05 »

whats's yr take on cassavetes - le tigre (or any le tigre song actually - theyre all pretty catchy)
heavy metal drummer - wilco
roseability - idlewild
ever fallen in love - buzzcocks

happybirthdaygelatin · « **Reply #45 on:** 29 Dec 2004, 12:39 »

i get all sorts of stuff by the moldy peachs stuck in my head. and alex, YEAH, i have wanted to learn some basic DJ remixing skills for that exact reason. well that and so i could get recordings of various animals mating calls to mix at high speeds to shatter club peoples and ravers minds.

love&molotov suggestion of the aquabats reminded me of the jabberjaw cover that was on cartoon network by pain.

and i get gin and juice by dr. dre stuck in my head, and it's legion of covers.

betteroffdead · « **Reply #46 on:** 29 Dec 2004, 12:46 »

ahaha that's a good reason to learn dj skills. damn those ravers. they don't need brains anyway

whoa i forgot
"nostalgia" by the buzzcocks
"thorns and roses" and "throw away style" by the exploding hearts. well basically the whole album is a catchy joyride.

and of course, the captain planet themesong. hell yea.

happybirthdaygelatin · « **Reply #47 on:** 29 Dec 2004, 12:54 »

they have brains? haha, kidding...for the most part. if i'm around groups of people who use so much glitter it makes my skin crawl i start questioning genetics and if there is anything in the water.

also the rave song from homestarrunner and TROGDAR get stuck in my head alot. also both at the same time sometimes.

and woah, i forgot "orgasm addict" by the buzzcocks.

Taste_of_blood · « **Reply #48 on:** 29 Dec 2004, 13:36 »

Quote from: Husker B.

Mock me if you will but "3 Small Words" and "Spin Around" from the Josie and the Pussycats soundtrack rock my freakin' world.

Also, "Laid" by James was a song that I played for about a week straight when I heard it on the Trailer for American Wedding. I still have no idea how I missed it the first time it came out.

I'm in total agreement on those 3, they DON'T GO AWAY!!

ethank · « **Reply #49 on:** 31 Dec 2004, 01:55 »

"Nothing is Wrong" by Gomez
"The Final Arrears" by Mull Historical Society
"At Home He's a Tourist" by Gang of Four

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