la de da de da what’s the name of that song?*

(*it goes something something something something something something bird….)

for all my Sesame Street peeps.

anyway, sorry. not a single person i know will get that. oh wait, maybe Fellykish.

oh man, i SO thought that was a Fleming and John song. sadly, it is not.

the newish iPod commercial has been driving me crazy. the intro is stolen from a ’60s song and i couldn’t figure it out because just as i would NEARLY get the song the other song would change and then i couldn’t “hear” the ’60s song in my head any more. and then as soon as the commercial was over i’d forget about it and move on. i was over at my parents’ house the other day and it came on and mom was all, “hey, what song is that at the beginning?” and i was all, “i don’t know! every time i nearly get my finger on it, it’s gone!”

i’d hum the intro over and over and just as i would nearly get it, for some reason, the chorus of the Beatles’ song “Help!” would pop in. so really, i had no chance of figuring it out.

you may be thinking, well, why didn’t you just look it up on the internet? two reasons:

1. i never think about it when i’m online. i rarely ever think about it 2 minutes after i’ve seen the commercial.

2. i only ever see the comercial when i’m at my parents’ house (no internet) or when i’m in bed watching [adultswim] cartoons. and i’m not getting up out of a toasty bed for that.

all of THAT to say that the other day at the ‘brary i was putting up some books and i started singing (in my head) “Count Me In” by Gary Lewis and the Playboys. (“…count – me – mad – ly….in love with you!”) i nearly dropped my books. could that be the song?! when it was time to lock up the ‘brary and all the patrons were gone i opened skreemr.com and looked up that song and… sweet relief… it WAS the song.