My Stars and Garters #2

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Mental Inventory

I find these five songs tend to run through my head, uncalled upon, more than any other. The Germans have a word for it (naturally), the Ohrwurm, or "Earworm". Usually, the best way to rid your head of a sonic creepy crawly is to pass it on to another, more susceptible person. And while that often makes for great entertainment in and of itself, these, my pets, tend to silently entertain rather than annoy. They are my most private joy. I'm not exactly what it says about my mental downtime--I don't care to analyze myself or the quality of the songs--but I am grateful they're more than a step or two above jingles.
1. Pussy Control - Prince
If sex crosses my mind every six seconds, then this song is filling the other five.
2. A Whorehouse is any House - B'P'B
Disturbing, sad and catchy. If it's in your head, it might be best to let it rot on the branch, dying slowly in its phonological loop...
3. The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins - Leonard Nimoy
I'd like to hear Ray Davies cover this. It could be his Laughing Gnome.
4. Surfin' Bird - Trashmen
Ignore Brian Eno (not that you were paying him attention anyway), this is the kind of song that inspires men, women and children to pick up a guitar and start a band.
5. The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A. - Donna Fargo
This song has the power to make me fall in love with you, world, all over again.