Gah, I have a song stuck in my head....

[Karlos]

...on infinite loop. And it isn't "Mahna Mahna", either!

Was listening to Depeche Mode / Exciter and the track "I am you" has now completely lodged itself in the grey matter. In particular, the chorus bit.

Oh well, I'll be humming that for a week now ;-)

Does anybody have any sure fire, tried, tested and certified way of getting rid of the "infinite loop" effect?

[Karlos]

My full playlist at work is about 3 days long as it is...

[Karlos]

That's not a patch on the home playlist. In total it's about 2 weeks and growing ;-)

[Karlos]

bloodline wrote:

Why on earth would you want that not stuck in your head?

I was just thinking of my poor colleagues who will have to endure my sudden attacks of humming and singing. I really like this particular track, especially the unusual chord sequences and the string section near the end.

Strangely, I wasn't too impressed when I first bought Exciter  a few years ago and ended up neglecting it in favour of their older stuff. Listening to it now I wonder what the hell was wrong with me, it's great.

I think "I feel Loved" is one of the best tracks, if only for the bassline :-)

[Karlos]

bloodline wrote:
 weaker than Ultra, and far far far weaker than eariler albums.

I dunno, I quite like "Useless"...

[Karlos]

bloodline wrote:

I wasn't saying Ultra is a bad album, just that it's not as strong as Violator or Songs of Faith and Devotion... etc...

No, I realise that. Songs of Faith and Devotion is probably my favourite, really. Violator would be next, probably.

For all it's niggles, Exciter is growing on me; at first I thought it was very poor.

[Karlos]

@Tigger

That's interesting. I'll have to try that next time I get an 'earworm' :-)

If the track is instrumental, I assume the trick is to hum or whistle it instead?

[Karlos]

@Tigger

Hey, I got another one today and tried your suggestion. You know, it actually worked :-D

I wonder who actually researched this little phenomenon in order to arrive at this solution?

[Karlos]

mikeymike wrote:
I do that.  I call it music exorcism.  Proven effective against Britney Spears and Kylie Minogue.

My playlist is already well in excess of 10 hours, and that's just at work :-)

The one at home is just.... silly.