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You know when you get about three lines of a song stuck in your head, and they won’t go away? It’s about the most annoying and entertaining thing to happen all day. You can amuse yourself over and over again, but, at the same time, you wish you could sing a different song, but none seem to come to mind besides the one on repeat in your head.

For the last few days, I’ve had “Me and Julio down by the schoolyard” and Paul Simon blaring away in my head. I’ve heard the lines a couple of times on the radio lately. It got to the point this evening after singing that line outloud for the upteenth time that I finally went and read the lyrics online and read some of the speculation surrounding the meaning of the words. They range from drug use to who only knows what else.

A quick rundown, though mostly unverified, I would imagine is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me_and_Julio_Down_by_the_Schoolyard

An even worse video is here (It’s the song you hear on the radio. Pay no attention to the man with the midlife crisis.)

Maybe now there can be some closure, and I can move on to something new. I did learn more about Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel than I ever knew, like this was Simon’s second single after S&G’s split.  So, I guess, it can’t be a complete waste of time to have songs stuck in your head. When you’re curious what you’re actually singing, make the best of it, and learn something.

What’s the worst song you’ve had stuck looping in your brain lately?

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