Do you ever get a song stuck in your head that you would kill to get out of your head?
That happened to me today. You Made Me Love You kept playing over and over in my head all day today.
Well, at least it started in my head but before I knew it I was humming it - out loud.
Next thing I know, I'm singing - in my office. The worst part is I don't know all the words so it went something like this (pretend I can sing for a moment):
You made me love you,
I didn't want to do it,
da da da da da da da
(louder) You made me love you,
the da da da da da,
da da da da da da
(louder still and imagine a slight shimmying going on) Gimme gimme gimme gimme what I cry for
da da da da da da da da da da da
You know you made me love youuuuuuuuuuuu
Wait, it gets worse (no, noone actually walked in on me while I was singing and shimmying, thank goodness!).
I'm trying to get the song out of my head when I think of another version I've heard of it, which then gets stuck in my head.
A bit of history...I LOVE Billy Crystal. He was the first guest on the Tonight Show when Jay Leno took over. Bette Midler had been on the last night that Johnny Carson was on the Tonight Show. Bette had sung a song for him and while it may have been to this tune, I don't know for certain. I remember the show being emotional but that was about it.
I do, however, remember the first Tonight Show with Jay Leno. As I said, Billy Crystal was his first guest and he said something about not being out done by Bette Midler, she had sung a song for Johnny so he had a song to sing for Jay. I don't remember the whole thing but the first part has stayed with me all these years. It's to the tune of You Made Me Love You and went like this...
I am your first guest,
I didn't want to do it,
My agent really blew it
and went on from there - that's all I remember though. Anyway, all day long those two "songs" were going through my head...and they're still there.
Yeah, it was a fun day. LOL
7 comments:
Lucy's got an ear worm. ;)
Good luck getting rid of it.
LOL, L! That's so funny.
As a closet Bette Midler freak, I mean fan, I can tell you that the song she sang to Johnny Carson on his last night was "One for my baby (and one more for the road)". Just in case you were really curious about that.
But I'm glad you were singing at work! Does this mean this week's looking better than last week?
Thanks J. I knew she sang something to him but I couldn't remember what it was. I just knew that it was, um, more respectful than what Billy sang. lol
By the way, I'm jealous. How did you get the links to work on your blog template? I couldn't get it to work on mine without munking up the page.
K's a miracle worker. She showed me where and how. :)
I'm glad y'all were able to figure out.
I'm finally getting used to my "new" look. ;o)
Lucy, want me to email you what I shared with J?
Once I saw it in the freaking @#$@$@$!@$#%@$!%#@%#$^#@$ template, it was easy as pie.
Now enjoying the soothing sounds of a trombone, a barking dog and insane cartoons.
Running, with scissors!
Love Billy Crystal, but HUGE Bette Midler fan here.
One of the very best nights of my life: December 1996--dh out of town, alone w/Roxie and testing for pregnancy (positive). Absolute joy. Then, the ticket place called to say that the long-sold-out Bette Midler concert had 2 tickets open up--right near the stage at the opera house (I'd left my name and #). Called a friend, got a sitter, saw Bette (best show I EVER went to) all the while smiling because of my lovely secret. That was a perfect evening. And several months later, Jamie was born. :)
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