After I got back from almost 3 weeks in the US I am finally cured of my bad Lynyrd Skynyrd habit! Mostly because I got see our labelmates "the Hanslick Rebellion" and "the Visitors" play. That finally knocked some sense back into my eardrums. Awesome shows!
Well, since Dominic Maltepi startet to teach everybody German with the term Fluchthelfer in his last post I am going to teach you a new one. Because not only did I kick my Skynyrd addiction but I also caught three new Orwürmer (earworms). An Ohrwurm (earworm or actually earwig my dictionary tells me) is a catchy song that you just canīt get out of your head. Often it is also referred to or used for a song that you noramlly wouldnīt like but somehow sticks in your brain. As in "I hate that Barby-Girl song but it sure is an Ohrwurm."
After the Skynyrd debacle I simultanously caught three of them earworms but of the first category i.e. great songs that you just canīt stop singing or humming.
After the Hanslick show I got their "you are boring the shit out of me" stuck in my head (humming it so badly that even Jed couldnīt tell what I was doing).
After riding around in our rental car (a black 2004 Chevy Monte Carlo, go figure) I also caught Danko Jonesī "White Cadillac". And since Danko Jones (the hardest rocking band in the world!) isnīt that known in the US:
And then riding through Maine I got "Rock Lobster" (Iwonder why?) stuck in my head.
Also; part of an Earworm is that you keep singing it mostly even without realizing it. Now imagine me in line at the local 7 Eleven either blurting out the lines "you are boring the shit out me", "and when weīre making out, I keep your boyfriend in the trunk" or "ROOOCKK LOOOOBSTER".
So if you ever wondered who those people are talking and singing to themselves - they probably arenīt crazy they just caught and awesome Orhwurm too.
thorsten, back in Germany
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