The Retropoet

3:59 PM 5/9/97 My last entry. After keeping track for over 4 months, I find that stopping to make note of the tunes in my head distracts from "enjoying them" to their fullest. And, on days like today, it can actually interfere with getting my work done. I guess the whole point of this page is to illustrate how very important music is in my life. I wish I could afford to purchase a lot more music to help support those artists whom I enjoy. You might wish to start with the older dates and work your way up to here. If you want, click here to go to the bottom.

Lookin' for a Home by Clarence 'Frogman' Henry

Who Can It Be Now? by Men At Work

What's the Buzz? Movie Soundtrack of Jesus Christ Superstar

You Belong to Me by The Duprees

Macarena by Los Del Rios

Little Girl of Mine by The Cleftones

Hole in the Bucket by Spearhead

Trouble Every Day by Frank Zappa (Mothers of Invention)

Get Off My Cloud by The Rolling Stones

Hey Hey Paula by Paul and Paula

The Christmas Song by The Chipmunks

19th Nervous Breakdown by The Rolling Stones

Tighten Up by Archie Bell and The Drells

3:38 PM 5/8/97

The Lion Sleeps Tonight by The Tokens

3:33 PM 5/7/97

Bow Tie Daddy by Frank Zappa

Venus in Blue Jeans by Jimmy Clanton

7:51 PM 5/6/97

Jerkin' Back 'n Forth by DEVO

Enter Sandman by Pat Boone (original artist: Metallica)

Don't Let the Rain Come Down by The Serendipity Singers (I used the word 'serendipity' in a sentence and the tune just popped in. )

Should I Stay or Should I Go? by ??artist?? .

The Lion Sleeps Tonight by The Tokens

7:49 PM 5/5/97

The theme from the Nissan commercial. Now, a day later, I cannot even remember it.

12:08 AM 5/2/97

Orocono Flow by Enya

Sail Away by Enya (either or both of these songs bugged me for most of the day, until the end, when I was bombarded)

Land of 1000 Dances by Cannibal and The Headhunters

The Lion Sleeps Tonight by The Tokens

Slow Twistin' by Chubby Checker and Dee Dee Sharp

Ding, Dong, the Witch Is Dead by The Royal Guardsmen

Telstar by The Tornadoes

The Werewolf of London by ??artist?? .

9:04 PM 5/1/97

Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies (classical)

Ain't Got No Home by Clarence 'Frogman' Henry

Minnie the Moocher by Cab Calloway

Doggie in the Window by Patti Page

10:52 PM 4/29/97

(I Wanna Be) Bobby's Girl by Joni Summer

Let's Go by The Routers

Scratchy by Travis Wammack

Pretty Little Angel Eyes by Sha Na Na

Strangers in the Night by Frank Sinatra

7:21 PM 4/28/97

Theme from the TV show "Bonanza"

7:23 PM 4/25/97

Rebel Yell by Billy Idol (a carry-over from listening to the radio on the way to work)

In A Gadda Da Vida by Iron Butterfly

Fishheads by ??title?? by Bruce Springsteen (probably his newest one)

We're Off to See the Wizard Soundtrack of the Wizard of Oz

"Hello my baby, Hello my darlin', Hello my ragtime gal..." fraction of lyric from a space module partially imbedded in the far past.

9:43 PM 4/24/97 Today was a musical day for a lot of people. No less than four times, I was visited by the sounds of other people whistling a tune. In addition, we were visited by "The Whistler", one Johnny Johnson, who has been retired for over 6 years. In his day he would whistle all day long (tunelessly), and drive all around him mad, while Johnny kept his sanity. What a magic day it was!

Signs . It goes..."sign, sign, everywhere a sign, do this, do that, mister can't you read the sign?" ???? . Group name unknown.

You Keep Me Hangin' On by the Supremes

"In the Hall of the Mountain King" (classical)

"1812 Overture" (classical)

Theme from Andy Griffith Show (or Mayberry, RFD)

Bits And Pieces by Dave Clark Five

9:17 PM 4/22/97

Tweedle Dee Dee by Teresa Brewer

Der Feurer's Face by The Spike Jones Band

Funiculi - Funicula (traditional)

9:16 PM 4/21/97

Funeral March (classical)

Scratchy by Travis Wammack

1:29 PM 4/18/97

Meet Me 'Round the Corner, In a Half an Hour.... Part of an old vaudeville routine.

You Belong to Me by The Duprees

Clementine by Huckleberry Hound

3:17 PM 4/17/97

We Can Work It Out by the Beatles

3:13 PM 4/16/97

Tyler by The Toadies

I Just Dropped In to See What Condition My Condition Was In by First Edition

Jellyroll Gumdrop by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention masquerading as Rueben and the Jets

You Are My Sunshine by Bobby Helms

3:13 PM 4/15/97

Move by Brave Combo

Jada Jada Jing Jing Jing by Hayley Mills

"A 'Soalin' by Peter, Paul and Mary

You Belong to Me by the Duprees

"My Mamma Done Told Me, when I was in kneepants", etc. by ???? .

Angel Eyes by Al Cohn/Zoot Sims Quintet

3:35 PM 4/11/97

My Love by Paul McCartney

The Lion Sleeps Tonight by The Tokens

two other snatches of tunes, at the beginning and at the end of the day, of which I did not know the title, the artist, or the words.

3:13 PM 4/10/97

Sittin' On It All the Time by The Brian Setzer Orchestra

You Belong to Me The Duprees

Jada, Jada, Jada Jada Jing Jing Jing by Haley Mills

Theme from Andy Griffith Show (aka Mayberry, RFD), thanks to a passing whistler at work today.

3:16 PM 4/8/97

"We're off to see the Wizard, the wonderful Wizard of Oz..."

10:01 PM 4/7/97

Does it count when some one else sings part of a song, sticking you with the refrain over and over? Of course! Tambourine Man by the Byrds.

3:29 PM 4/4/97 I finally figured out what song it was. See March 25, the first entry in this mystery.

Money Can't Buy Everything by Brave Combo. The first song to pop into my head before I left for work.

The Lion Sleeps Tonight by The Tokens

10:08 PM 4/3/97

Once again, a Brave Combo song haunts me, and while at work, I swear I will remember it. But, once I am settled at home and have time to listen to Brave Combo, the actual tune eludes me. I will keep trying.

5:03 PM 4/2/97

One of those Brave Combo recordings from the Humansville CD. One of these days I will remember the tune when I get home from work, and then will a title be supplied.

3:36 PM 4/1/97

All Alone Am I by Brenda Lee

4:01 PM 3/28/97

Yasgur's Farm by Mountain

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida by Iron Butterfly

3:44 PM 3/27/97 Today, someone whistled a tune over the loudspeaker, apparently after they had gone outside during coffee break.

Rite of Spring (I think) by some classical guy

7:41 PM 3/26/97 A weird day after not getting enough sleep. Songs would appear and disappear and my memory was in la-la land.

Another something by Brave Combo was one of the first songs.

4:54 PM 3/25/97

Something ???? by Brave Combo ????

Enter Sandman by Metallica

You Are My Sunshine by Bobby Helms

3:14 PM 3/21/97 A tough musical day. Not sure of the names or artists of tunes running in my brain.

Without You by Stabbing Westward ?title????

partial lyric "the day will never come" by ?artist????

Signs by ?artist????. Sample lyric: "sign, sign, everywhere a sign, do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign!"

Come On Eileen by ?artist????. It is not a song about a woman with one leg.

"It's a long and winding road", by Sheryl Crow. ?title????.

3:15 PM 3/20/97

Jeremy by Pearl Jam

3:53 PM 3/19/97

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida by Iron Butterfly

That bankrupt sound from Wheel of Fortune

4:28 PM 3/18/97

Tweedle-Dee-Dee by Teresa Brewer

Jeremy by Pearl Jam

7:39 PM 3/17/97

Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadows? by The Rolling Stones

3:18 PM 3/13/97

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

10:04 PM 3/12/97

She's Come Undone by The Guess Who

In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida by Iron Butterfly

Goggles by The Suburbs

These Boots Are Made for Walkin' by Nancy Sinatra

4:24 PM 3/11/97

In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida by Iron Butterfly

Goggles by The Suburbs

7:15 PM 3/7/97

Purple People Eater by Sheb Wooley

4:19 PM 3/5/97

What is frustrating in this endeavor, is sometimes a fraction of a song pops into my head, and I do not know who it is by, or I do not know the title. The last couple of days were like this. Two days ago "who can it be now?" popped up. I know it was an Australian band, and I can even picture the guy in the video singing it. And yesterday, just a piece of a tune "la lala la la". So that explains why some entries have "????"! E-mail me if you know what one is.

Who Can It Be Now by Men At Work

7:02 PM 3/3/97

Purple People Eater by Sheb Wooley

3:36 PM 2/25/97

Video Killed the Radio Star by The Buggles

9:25 PM 2/20/97

Bang, Bang by Sonny and Cher

Everybody Must Get Stoned by Bob Dylan

9:04 PM 2/18/97

Camp Grenada by Alan Sherman

???? "Going Down to Rio" ???? by ???? (was it Jimmy Buffet?)

6:31 PM 2/16/97

I have been sick, so there were a couple days entries missed.

On Feb. 12, the song "I got it Bad, and That Ain't Good" popped into my head, to describe the cold that was coming on. Who by, I do not know. ????

On Feb. 13, Ready To Go by Republica.

8:06 PM 2/10/97

(Shout it Out ????) by Republica

Theme from Jeopardy thanks to my co-worker today, 'whistling' Will Jones

9:02 PM 2/6/97

Electric Aunt Jemima by The Mothers

Good King Wenceslas by Mel Tormé

You Light Up My Life by Debbie Boone

Tweedle Dee Dee by Teresa Brewer

Rawhide T.V. Theme

3:11 PM 1/23/97 On this page, these are entry times, not the times the song is running through my head, or, in some cases, bursting from my lips, to the extreme annoyance of those around me.

Walking In a Winter Wonderland by anybody ????

Tweedle Dee Dee by Teresa Brewer

3:18 PM 1/22/97

Radar Love by Golden Earring. Thanks to KTCZ radio, 97.1 FM for more entertainment than they realized.

8:02 PM 1/21/97

Don't Cry for Me, Argentina by Madonna

3:31 PM 1/17/97

See the U-S-A In Your Chevrolet by Dinah Shore

Tweedle Dee Dee by Teresa Brewer

Percolator by The Ventures (This was a cover of a song called Percolatin' by Willie Mitchell)

6:17 PM 1/16/97

a tuneless day.

6:12 PM 1/15/97

Tweedle Dee Dee by Teresa Brewer

Bad Boy (What Ya Gonna Do) by Inner Circle

Dream a Little Dream of Me by the Mamas & the Papas

3:34 PM 1/14/97

Dream a Little Dream of Me by The Mamas & the Papas

More Trouble Every Day by Frank Zappa with The Mothers

a snatch of lyric; "Don't let the water get too deep" by that lady who has appeared on SNL, and who Beavis and Butthead say looks like she's pinching a loaf when she sings. (She stopped singing that way after that) ????

Don't Let the Rain Come Down by The Serendipity Singers

She Loves You by The Beatles

Land of 1,000 Dances by Cannibal and The Headhunters

January 8, 1997 Margarine Through My Mind;

Rubberband Man by The Spinners

January 7, 1997 Margarine Through My Mind;

I'm Only Happy When It Rains by Garbage

One's Too Many And a Hundred's Not Enough by Elvis Costello

Young Girl by First Edition (with Kenny Rogers)

January 1, 1997 Margarine Through My Mind;

"Ob La Di, Ob La Da" by the Beatles

December 20, 1996 Margarine Through My Mind;

"I Want to Thank You" by Geggy Tah

"Betcha By Golly, Wow" by TAFKAP (aka Symbolina)

December 19, 1996 Margarine Through My Mind;

"Crown of Creation" by Jefferson Airplane

"Tomorrow I May Go As Far As Suicide, But I'm Not Gonna Let It Bother Me Tonight" by ????

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