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January 23, 2008

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Crazy Music on My Mind

I have a radio stuck in my head; it's been there for years.  I'm not sure what brand it is but it still works quite well despite its age.  The mysterious part is that I don't know who turns it on or off and I don't know who selects the station (it's usually an oldies station).  All I know is that most days it starts playing shortly after I wake up.

The reason I'm writing this is because yesterday morning it wasn't playing your typical oldies station -- it found a station that was playing old crazy novelty songs.  The first song that came on was -- get this -- "Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport."  If you're too young (like less than 50 years old) to remember this classic tune, I found this version on YouTube that you might like.

That song initiated an entire barrage of crazy novelty songs.  Pretty soon I was being serenaded by such classics as:

• My Boomerang Won't Come Back,
• Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor on the Bedpost Overnight?,
• One-Eyed, One-Horned Flying Purple People Eater, and
• Please Mr. Custer, I Don't Wanna Go.

• Splish, Splash, I Was Taking a Bath,
• The Monster Mash, and
• They're Coming to take Me Away.

Fortunately, none of these songs were playing in my head yesterday.  This morning I woke up to "You are the Sunshine of My Life." (Thank, heavens!)  That's much better than "Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport."

(Maybe I should have entitled this "Music on My Crazy Mind.")

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