For the past five hours, a piece of music has been lodged in my brain so firmly that nothing I listen to–not even the theme to Hawaii Five-O, which is the ultimate music-eraser–has managed to stop it from looping in my head. And since it’s Friday and I, too, am all about spreading the love, I present its video–the extended movie tie-in version, even!–to you in the hopes that you will not only share in my pain, you’ll help me find something that will knock it out of my mind. It can even be a worse song! Just please, send help fast.
Yes. “The Power Of Love.” (Actually it’s more like the bridge of the song, when the band goes into the key change, but let’s not quibble.) Why? I have no idea. Maybe Back To The Future was on my TV as I fitfully slept in front of it last night. Maybe this is my brain reminding me to call my friend whose New Year’s resolution was to karaoke every song on Sports. (Hi Dan!) Maybe I’m actually having a premonition, and the Gym Class Heroes are going to use it as the hook for their next hits-of-my-youth-biting single. Maybe my seemingly mild hangover from last night’s drink tickets is actually manifesting itself in a really, really, really evil way. Whatever the reason, I am very unhappy right now, although I would like to note that Christopher Lloyd’s performance in the above clip totally foreshadowed his DirecTV shilling some 22 years later.
Anything that soundtracks Marty McFly hitching a ride on the tailgate of a pickup truck and waving to some leg-warmer clad aerobics cuties is OK in my book.
yeah, seriously. at least you haven’t had that damn “elderly woman” song by pearl jam trapped in your noggin all day like i have.
I enjoy Sports without irony.
“Escape (The Pina Colada Song).” You said it could be a worse song…
White people from the 80′s are heeeelarious!
Consider yourself lucky it’s not “Hip to be Square.”
Did you do something evil in a past life? Thanks for sharing the memories, I’d buried this one deep…but not deep enough!
“Girl from Ipanema” Astrud’s take.
100% guaranteed eraser of all other tunes. But then, how do you get rid of “Girl From Ipanema”?
I like this song.
Great. Now I’ve got the Hawaii 5-0 theme stuck in my noggin. “Girl From Ipanema” ain’t working…
I love this song! It makes me think back fondly on DeLoreans and Michael J. Fox.
Just a hunch, but try playing “Power of Love” and “One Night in Bangkok” at the same time.
This may be like using napalm against an anthill, but Tom’s Diner should work.
I’ve always used the Lionel Richie penned “Lady” by Kenny Rogers as the ultimate song eraser. And since that song is so incredibly sappy, your brain chucks it out as well as the offending song so no worry of it getting stuck in there. All together now!
“Lay-dee…you’re my knight in shining armour and I luv you”.
That’s about all you need for it to work.
I find the Star Wars theme to be reliable for me. But it didn’t help a friend at work who told me she’s repeatedly afflicted with Sammy Davis Jr’s “Candyman”, so YMMV.