Overheard through the bedroom wall
My neighbor’s contractor likes to sing while he works. Fine… He’s got a nice voice and tends to sing salsa that I know and like. But this? Right now he’s belting out “Born Free.” And he knows all the words. Time for the baby and I to go to another room, I think.
But you know that song will be stuck in my head the rest of the day.
Wait…was he siging “Born Free” in Spanish? How utterly random.
Posted by: regina
Now I’ll not only have the song in my head, but my thoughts will be filled with Elsa the lion streaking across the savannah.
Thanks a LOT. 😉
Posted by: Anne
And now it is stuck in mine! Thaaaanks 🙂
Posted by: Kristin
Agh, that song is like a, like a, like some sort of mind polyp, it pops up and you push it down and it squishes out somewhere else and I can’t get rid of it and [bellowing] “Born FREEEEEeeeeeeEEE, Free as the [hummmhummmhuuuum].
Agh.
Posted by: spaazlicious
Thanks.
Now it’s stuck in my head too. And all I know is…
BORN FREE!! As free as the wind blows, as free as the grass grows, um something something something.
So my version is just that repeated eleventy million times.
Posted by: stephanie
Dammit, woman!!
Live free, dah dah dah dah dahhh dahhhhhhh… hmm hmm hmm hmm hmmmm!
Posted by: Iris
Wait…was he siging “Born Free” in Spanish? How utterly random.
Posted by: regina
Now I’ll not only have the song in my head, but my thoughts will be filled with Elsa the lion streaking across the savannah.
Thanks a LOT. 😉
Posted by: Anne
And now it is stuck in mine! Thaaaanks 🙂
Posted by: Kristin
Agh, that song is like a, like a, like some sort of mind polyp, it pops up and you push it down and it squishes out somewhere else and I can’t get rid of it and [bellowing] “Born FREEEEEeeeeeeEEE, Free as the [hummmhummmhuuuum].
Agh.
Posted by: spaazlicious
Thanks.
Now it’s stuck in my head too. And all I know is…
BORN FREE!! As free as the wind blows, as free as the grass grows, um something something something.
So my version is just that repeated eleventy million times.
Posted by: stephanie
Dammit, woman!!
Live free, dah dah dah dah dahhh dahhhhhhh… hmm hmm hmm hmm hmmmm!
Posted by: Iris
My friends and I prank each other by singing “stuck in your head” songs on each others voicemail. “Born Free” has been on that list. The all time winner? “You Spin Me Round (like a record)”. That one sticks for days…
Posted by: Wen
born free to follow your heart…
Posted by: e
How frustrating! Good to know that I am not the only person who will have it stuck in their head for teh rest of the day too.
Posted by: Kate
Yeah, well, my neighbors have been trying to have a baby for the last few mornings.
Posted by: john
ROTFLMAO!! Of all the songs to pick.
Posted by: Valerie in San Diego
And now in mine! Thanks for that Cari!
Posted by: Leah
My friends and I prank each other by singing “stuck in your head” songs on each others voicemail. “Born Free” has been on that list. The all time winner? “You Spin Me Round (like a record)”. That one sticks for days…
Posted by: Wen
born free to follow your heart…
Posted by: e
How frustrating! Good to know that I am not the only person who will have it stuck in their head for teh rest of the day too.
Posted by: Kate
Yeah, well, my neighbors have been trying to have a baby for the last few mornings.
Posted by: john
ROTFLMAO!! Of all the songs to pick.
Posted by: Valerie in San Diego
And now in mine! Thanks for that Cari!
Posted by: Leah
I CAN HELP YOU FIX THAT – you can “unstick” a song from your head!! just sing “row row row your boat” three time IN YOUR HEAD, and they annoying song will be gone.
unless, of course, you want to have that song stuck in your head
Posted by: michellenyc
Egad. If the singing’s coming through that loud and clear I don’t want to know what else you can hear.
I can think of worse songs to have stuck in your head, though. Candle in the Wind, for instance. Or You Give Love a Bad Name.
For some reason I find that image of the lion running through the grass with that music playing deeply, deeply funny. Always have. I know it’s not supposed to be funny.
Posted by: jodi
LOL!!!!!!!!!!! Brilliant picture and song.
Mr 6.5st keeps singing ‘skyrockets in flight, afternoon delight’ over and over and over……….
Posted by: Alison
You’re free as the morning tide, so there’s no need to HIIIIIIIIIIDDDDDDDEEEEEEEE!
I am embarrassed to say I do know all the words….
Posted by: Wendy
Man, it’s like glue! I’m a goner for the rest of the day 🙂
Posted by: Donna
I know all the words too. Now not only is the song stuck, but the scene where he keeps the cub, and I hear her saying over and over again…Elsa, Elsa, Elllllsaaaaaa.
Posted by: Emily
Perhaps he is expressing some inner longing to be free of societal expectations and…
screw it…
BOOOOORN Freeeee!!!!! As free as the wind blows!!!!!
(someone may or may not have played this on the piano as a kid. Ahem.)
Posted by: Steph VW
I CAN HELP YOU FIX THAT – you can “unstick” a song from your head!! just sing “row row row your boat” three time IN YOUR HEAD, and they annoying song will be gone.
unless, of course, you want to have that song stuck in your head
Posted by: michellenyc
Egad. If the singing’s coming through that loud and clear I don’t want to know what else you can hear.
I can think of worse songs to have stuck in your head, though. Candle in the Wind, for instance. Or You Give Love a Bad Name.
For some reason I find that image of the lion running through the grass with that music playing deeply, deeply funny. Always have. I know it’s not supposed to be funny.
Posted by: jodi
LOL!!!!!!!!!!! Brilliant picture and song.
Mr 6.5st keeps singing ‘skyrockets in flight, afternoon delight’ over and over and over……….
Posted by: Alison
You’re free as the morning tide, so there’s no need to HIIIIIIIIIIDDDDDDDEEEEEEEE!
I am embarrassed to say I do know all the words….
Posted by: Wendy
Man, it’s like glue! I’m a goner for the rest of the day 🙂
Posted by: Donna
I know all the words too. Now not only is the song stuck, but the scene where he keeps the cub, and I hear her saying over and over again…Elsa, Elsa, Elllllsaaaaaa.
Posted by: Emily
Perhaps he is expressing some inner longing to be free of societal expectations and…
screw it…
BOOOOORN Freeeee!!!!! As free as the wind blows!!!!!
(someone may or may not have played this on the piano as a kid. Ahem.)
Posted by: Steph VW
As if it wasn’t bad enough. I started taking Wellbutrin to quit smoking and I can’t stop laughing. I’ve been like a crazy person all day sitting at my desk, doing boring data entry and cracking up laughing. Now I’m doing all that and singing Born Free! This is worse than the week (yes I said week) that I got Delta Dawn stuck in my head.
Posted by: Karen
It could be worse. Check out what Abby’s upstairs neighbor was singing. Look at the very bottom of her latest post: http://abbytrysagain.typepad.com/abbytryagain/2006/10/studio.html
Posted by: Siri
Great now I have a Spanish version of Born Free running through the ole noggin for the next week. 😉 What kind of project could that inspire?
Posted by: Carol
At least he wasn’t singing “Hello-goodbye”!
…na na naaa na…
…na na naaa na…
…hey, hey, hey…
…good byyyye!
🙂 There ya go!
Posted by: Steph
“If you like pina coladas…and gettin’ caught in the rain…” Just a little variety for the mental wheel!
Posted by: Steph Bolinger
We are redoing our kitchen which was gutted to the studs. Most of the workers have been content to listen to my NPR station. However the electricians preferred to chat with each other. The topic? How his daughter’s teacher at a conservative christian school was propositioning the dads at open house. The coversation included who took her up on this. Ugh.
Posted by: Cyndy
As if it wasn’t bad enough. I started taking Wellbutrin to quit smoking and I can’t stop laughing. I’ve been like a crazy person all day sitting at my desk, doing boring data entry and cracking up laughing. Now I’m doing all that and singing Born Free! This is worse than the week (yes I said week) that I got Delta Dawn stuck in my head.
Posted by: Karen
It could be worse. Check out what Abby’s upstairs neighbor was singing. Look at the very bottom of her latest post: http://abbytrysagain.typepad.com/abbytryagain/2006/10/studio.html
Posted by: Siri
Great now I have a Spanish version of Born Free running through the ole noggin for the next week. 😉 What kind of project could that inspire?
Posted by: Carol
At least he wasn’t singing “Hello-goodbye”!
…na na naaa na…
…na na naaa na…
…hey, hey, hey…
…good byyyye!
🙂 There ya go!
Posted by: Steph
“If you like pina coladas…and gettin’ caught in the rain…” Just a little variety for the mental wheel!
Posted by: Steph Bolinger
We are redoing our kitchen which was gutted to the studs. Most of the workers have been content to listen to my NPR station. However the electricians preferred to chat with each other. The topic? How his daughter’s teacher at a conservative christian school was propositioning the dads at open house. The coversation included who took her up on this. Ugh.
Posted by: Cyndy