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Sticky Music Premiere Contest Winner

Driving along, I’m hearing a song as my radio I like to play. I get to my job and hear all day long that tune that just won’t go away. The lyrics keep playing -staying and staying - lines of lyrics I cannot expel! Like a carnival horse on a pole, my brain’s swaying round and round on this cursed carousel. Enough with its brightness -this tune so appealing with lyrics not even that rich! Then even in bed, I lie there – mind reeling. This earworm’s a Cognitive &$%ITCH. All night without sleeping, just in bed lying. It’s the insomniac’s woe. To focus on sleep, I’m trying and trying. Sticky music, I beg you to GO. Jan. 7, 2019 for the Sing It contest of Nina Parmenter

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Date: 5/19/2020 7:28:00 PM
Hello Andrea Dietrich, when a song is stuck in your head it is hard to get out. Happens to me a lot. have a nice evening my friend. good night.
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Date: 1/19/2020 9:30:00 AM
You described an ear worm very well Andrea. Congrats on your deserved win.
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Date: 1/13/2020 6:53:00 AM
I enjoyed this creative take on the contest theme, Andrea. It happens to me often that I get a tune in my head and it keeps me company all day long. Regards // paul
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Date: 1/13/2020 6:55:00 AM
Ohh just realised that this is a top winner!!! Congratulations on winning a shiny trophy! :)
Date: 1/12/2020 8:23:00 PM
Andrea, So nice to wonder at the tune that played in your head and depicted in this terrific Rhyme. Was it a Boney M. song? -Richard
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Date: 1/12/2020 5:41:00 PM
I hear chamomile helps with getting a better night's sleep, Andrea. LOL
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Date: 1/11/2020 10:34:00 PM
Wow you got the trophy for this one Andrea! Congratulations on a splendid win! xxoo
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Date: 1/11/2020 6:21:00 AM
Wow! Congrats! God bless you.
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Date: 1/10/2020 6:10:00 PM
LOL! loved this fun winner :))
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Date: 1/10/2020 5:45:00 PM
Congrats on a well deserved win Andrea..
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Date: 1/9/2020 7:47:00 AM
I have been there, and it feels exactly like this poem!
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Date: 1/8/2020 10:24:00 PM
I know the feeling, the song that did this to me was Kenny Latimore's "All my tomorrows"
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Date: 1/8/2020 4:23:00 PM
I love this poem and understand how things can get "stuck in the head" and we ruminate..thanks for the great rhyme..Nancy
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Date: 1/8/2020 4:14:00 PM
I hate it when that happens to me Andrea. I woke this morning hearing "Somewhere Out There" that kept repeating in my brain. It is a lovely song but enough is enough! Haha. This poem is perfect for Nina's contest and I will bet she puts it at or near the top! I finally wrote a new poem and posted it about 2am. I couldn't sleep last night. Have a great day! xxoo
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Date: 1/8/2020 3:54:00 PM
I definetly can relate to this verse. My late father - as you know was a pianist and a composer. He had music in his head and it benfitted him. I even have trouble playing my harmonica. Sometimes I burst into song!
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Date: 1/8/2020 1:13:00 PM
Andrea, what a FUN ride regarding a plague we all know and hate! I heard that the cure for an earworm is to drive it out by singing "Happy Birthday". I tried, but then was stuck singing "Happy Birthday" all day... Hugs ~ John
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Date: 1/7/2020 5:22:00 PM
Tunes come out of nowhere sometimes, Nicely penned Andrea..
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Date: 1/7/2020 4:43:00 PM
Absolutely wonderful and spot on, I hate when that happens lol. Songs getting stuck in my head...
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Date: 1/7/2020 11:50:00 AM
LOL, Andrea! I love this! I might think about this all day. I’m getting quite dizzy on the carousel...keep the song at bay...even a good one! A fave for sure!
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Date: 1/7/2020 10:40:00 AM
Haha, how often that happens, a song gets in your head and makes itself at home lol
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Date: 1/7/2020 9:55:00 AM
When the music gets into my head, nothing releases it!
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