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  • My Embarassing Dream Soundtracks

    As I’ve written about before, I remember most of my dreams, which isn’t so bad, but they always have a soundtrack. A bad one. Usually a short section of a song or jingle that repeats throughout the dream like a broken record. Ninety percent of the time, it’s a musical genre I would not listen to, willingly.

    Worse, I wake up with the song replaying in my head. This morning, it was Olivia Newton John’s Xanadu. Here’s some of the more revolting ones from this month.

    • The theme music from HGTV’s Love It or List It
    • Shakira’s Hips Don’t Lie
    • Guns and Roses’ Welcome to the Jungle (While not a fan, this is the least miserable)
    • He-Man Masters of the Universe soundtrack (fortunately, the Juno Reactor version, which is actually cool)
    • Almost every Free Credit Report dot com jingle
    • Alanis Morrisette’s Ironic, blecch.
    • Love in an Elevator by Aerosmith. Just couldn’t be a cool Aerosmith song like Sweet Emotion or Back in the Saddle. I hate ‘Elevator’.

    Does this happen to you? Please tell me I’m not the only one experiencing this.

  • Dream soundtracks, take one

    Do you ever have soundtracks in your dreams? I have one every damn night. The worst part of is, it tends not to be music I like, but in my dreams, it loops continuously throughout the night. Scientists say our brains are just working out things we encountered that day. I don’t buy it. Some of the music that pops up in my dreams I haven’t heard in years. I made an effort to write down every dream soundtrack of 2011.

    • January 1: The Green Manalishi. Not the brilliant Judas Priest cover version. The intolerable Fleetwood Mac version.
    • January 2: Forgotten upon waking.
    • January 3: Let’s Give them Something to Talk About. Kill me now.
    • January 4: Pokemon theme
    • January 5: 25, or 6 to 4. *shudders*
    • January 6: Mad World. Donny Darko version which I don’t like nearly as much as the Tears for Fears original.
    • January 7: Crazy Train.
    • January 8: Crazy Train. Again. Dammit.
    • January 9: Margaritaville. Oh god, no.
    • January 10: Mr. Blue Sky by ELO. This song is so lame, it’s embarrassing to listen to. Having it in your head all night? Unacceptable.
    • January 11: Renegade by Styx. Inconceivable!
    • January 12: Africa by the forgettable 80s band, Toto. I only wish I could have forgotten this song upon waking.
    • January 13: Achy-Breaky Heart. Do I seem like the sort of individual who enjoys country? Hint: NO. I Googled this turd of a song to double check the spelling, only to find achey is misspelled. How very kountry.
    • January 14: Karma Chameleon. Everyone hated this song in the ’80s. Unlike a Chateau Latour, this song hasn’t aged well.
    • January 15: We love our Commodore. OK, this one at least happened on Saturday. I went to the Commodore’s Ball with my wife. Did not expect to hear this damn song all night.

  • Annoying!

    I have soundtracks in my dreams. If they were cool bands, like Aphex Twin, The Bravery or Fleet Foxes, I could deal.

    But they aren’t.

    They’re generally annoying songs that end up being stuck in my head all the next day. Last night was tolerable (Mott the Hoople’s All the Young Dudes), but it will not leave my head. Worst of all, it’s the same line that keeps repeating.

    Here is my plea to you, dear readers. Tell me a better song so I can erase it from memory. Thank you and bless you.