How the hell do you get kids songs out of your head

My boy has moved away from Baby Einstien which I could tolerate with him and made the jump to Elmo. Luckily I have banned Barney from the house.

The problem is I go to work with the songs in my head and can't get them out. At night when my wife watches it with him I have to go downstairs. But in the morning while I shower and get ready I play it for him. It's the only way he'll sit still

I'm sure others must have gone through this, what were your secrets. Morning drive is usally AM sports radio and the FM morning show which is usually just more talk.

I'm going nuts, Elmo's World, The Bear went over the Mountain and the Ants going marching.....
ahhhhahahahaha

Well, I've always heard that singing the Seasame Street Theme song helps, but seeing as how your problem is that its kids songs that are already stuck in your head that might not be such a good idea....

TG,
Enjoy those little rascals, their songs, their books, their everything. 20 years from now (which will be here quicker than you think) you may remember some of those songs and wish you had the kids little again, for just a while.

I like to sing
This is my Song
Elmo's Song

La la la la
la la la la
ELMO'S SONG!

He wrote the music
He wrote the words
That's Elmos Song!

Elmo Loves You!

It will never leave you. The only thing you can do is grab an Elmo hand puppet and sing along in falsetto. If you do that, and if the toddler loves it, it makes it bearable. Most Sesame Street music is pretty good, but the Elmo music is not very imaginative. I suspect that ever since Jim Henson passed on, the songwriting has suffered a bit. You can't beat Elmo, you can only join him. After Elmo, comes the Wiggles stage, which is actually pretty good. And Disney's "House of Mouse" actually features the Brian Setzer Orchestra! Stay the course, it gets better.

I love you
You love me
We're a happy family...

Ya'll know that John Ritter was the voice of Clifford the Big Red Dog?

Well my older brother introduced me to Black Sabbath when I was five, but YMMV on this one :eek: :D )

There's no cure, Top Gun. It's just one of those things. I'll be 45 in a short time, and I have a 3-year-old daughter. You just have to deal with it. That's what they told me when they let me out of the home last time.

But you can make them more enjoyable when you're singing them. Instead of singing the correct lyrics, make up your own. You'll know you're on the right track if your wife shrieks and says, "Don't you DARE ever sing that in front of the kids!"

Cheers!

Rick...

Sometimes if I play along and sing the song it disappears.

TG,

Some of those guys above got it right. Dont sweat it, before long they are going to be teenagers and you will literally break down and cry when you see thier baby/early childhood pics. Just go with the flow and make them smile.

My youngest is almost 12 and I hardly remember what it was like to hold them as little ones. I sung them all too.

"The wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round, round and round, the wheels on the bus go round and round, all through the town.... "

Another one that drove me nuts was the one that goes....this is the song that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friends, somebody started singin it and it wont ever end, this is the song that never ends..lalalala!

Enjoy it, make them laugh and dont be afraid to be a kid again, I havent grown up yet. I think my kids like it that way too.

Hornit

I love you....you love me...lets get together and shoot Barney...with a great big gun we'll shoot him in the head, then old Barney will be dead.... I liked that one, the kids might cry if they are little and like Barney so be careful. a bit later they will laugh at it

Hornit

LOL! Love your Barney version Hornit! But damnit man, I'll be singing the wheels on the bus go round and round song for the next three weeks! Aaaaaaahhh! As for me, I haven't grown up yet either, and don't intend to ever do so. But that's the way with us Navy types, Hornit, we're naturally imbued with innocent, boyish charm!

Cheers!

Rick...

AHA! I'm not the ONLY one! How fabulous.

*singing*
"Quien son los persones in su barrio, in su barrio, in su BAAAaaarrrrio-oooh!"

Dammit Hornit, get it right!

This is the song that never ends, it just goes on and on my friend.
Sombody started singing it not knowing what it was and they'll continue singing it forever just because, this is the song that never ends.....

Hehe. That's been going through my head since I read your post yesterday. Fargin corksucker!

Just be happy that you have the memory of those tunes for they will keep you company in the lonely years ahead.

I wake up sometimes to the tunes my kids had on tape 19 years ago and have a quiet cry at the memory.

If I could give everyone on Sesame Street a Knighthood I would.

Along those lines, I've created X-rated or adult-Themed lyrics that I sing in my head to my kids' Barney CD. My wife has similar reactions as yours does, but it works for me. They're not all dirty, but many are and it usually brings a smile to my face. Like Hornit said, I fully expect to be a crying mess of blubber when my kids get old....it's happening already, for god's sake!

An alternative (to the crappy songs, not the blubber ) is to get a decent kids' CD....we have one from a friend of a friend who sings kids' songs, and his CD really isn't that terrible to listen to. In fact, some of the songs are pretty damned clever....there's even a vague reference to the movie Airplane! in one of them, which is an added bonus to anything for me.

This particular guy is at:

http://www.stevesongs.com/

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