Do you ever have songs or pieces of music that are constantly popping up in your head? Really, you will be sitting there doing something completely random (such as trying to drive a nail into a wall using a fish) and BOOM! A randon song begins running through your head and the more you try to ignore it, the more it just sits there…running like a freight train through your mind.
In this blog, I am going to tell you about the 5 top songs/pieces of music that I keep coming back to again and again…completely by accident. Again, totally random, no rhyme or reason.
This is a picture of me in front of NBC in New York. This picture has no relevance whatsoever to this blog, other than the fact that it is totally random...like the songs that pop into my head. Ironically, while in New York I never once had the song "New York, New York" pop into my head.
#5) The Theme To The Game “Pyramid”
No, I am not kidding. I think this is one the catchiest TV themes in all of game show history. I remember one time writing an investigate piece at my desk and hitting writers block. As I sat there, searching for the right words to convey the right thought, I noticed that I was whistling the “Pyramid” theme. What?!? How does that even make any sense? Whenever I hear this music, I think about being a kid at home sick from school and watching Dick Clark talk with his celebrity guests Nipsy Russell and Mary Crosby. OK, I pulled those names right out of thin air. I don’t know if they were ever on Pyramid or not. Catchy theme though, right?
#4) “Boom! Shake The Room!”
I should confess right out of the gate that I don’t know any of the words to this song other than “Boom shake shake the room”. But that is apparently enough to take hold in my mind.
Before a newscast, I will often sit on the anchor desk and go through my scripts to make sure there are no tricky phrases or words that might cause me to trip over myself while reading. It is usually during this review period that I will find myself saying to no one in particular “Boom shake shake the room”. Why? No clue. No idea at all. It just happens. Again, if I had to sing this song at karaoke, I would be so dead in the water…until we hit the chorus.
#3) “Misery”
On the other hand, if I had to sing “Misery” by Maroon 5 during karaoke, I would nail it every day of the week and twice on Sundays. I love this song. I think it has an infectious chorus and an infectious bass line. It is a quinessential “pop” song. I love it. I will not only find myself singing and humming this song unconsciously but I will sing it under my breath while walking into work, while walking around work, while driving home from work. How much do I like this song? My 6-year-old son can sing this song word for word. My 3-year-old can hit the chorus like a champ. Fantastic song and, as always, amazing vocals from lead man Adam Levine.
#2) “Immigrant Song”
Bring it. That is what I think whenever I hear this song. How can you not love this gem? From Robert Plant’s intense vocals to the non-stop driving beat of John Bonham’s drumming, this one is near the top of the list of songs that I hear and then it takes up residence in my mind for what seems like weeks. Plant’s beginning chorus of “Ahhh ha” is almost hypnotic; it instantly draws you into the song like a fly into a spider’s web.
I will often find myself just humming the drum line of this song or quietly belting out the “Ahhh ha” chorus, just because.
A funny anectode about this song; this Summer I took my son Austin to a Sioux Falls Pheasants Baseball game. This song came on over the loudspeakers and both Austin and I hit the “Ahhh ha” chorus at the same time. A guy sitting next to us looked at Austin in disbelief and said “That is amazing!”
#1) “The End”
Yup. John, Paul, George and Ringo are at the top of my list. Not so much for the vocals but for the drum solo (which kicks in at 20 seconds into this song). I love that! Great work by Ringo. I frequently find myself tapping that solo out on the desk top during meetings, during commercial breaks and while waiting for a newscast to begin. There is so much energy in that one drum “pop” that it can’t help but energize you. It is good stuff. And the message at the end of the song?
And in The End
The love you take
Is equal to the love
You make
Priceless.
