Davey Boyd
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Yes, I've got an ear worm right now.Falleri, fallera,
Falleri, fallerahahahaha
Falleri, fallera,
It is heavily infectious, I know. Sorry, mate.Yes, I've got an ear worm right now.
The happy walker (or Alex Walker) is my name,
Camino is my way,
I walk about the whole day long,
Camino is my way:
Falleri, fallera,
Falleri, fallerahahahaha
Falleri, fallera,
Camino is my way.
Repeat ad infinitum. Perfect on the Meseta...
Better now?
Arrrrrrgh!!!The happy walker (or Alex Walker) is my name,
Camino is my way,
I walk about the whole day long,
Camino is my way:
Falleri, fallera,
Falleri, fallerahahahaha
Falleri, fallera,
Camino is my way.
Repeat ad infinitum. Perfect on the Meseta...
Better now?
Add to the list - I will survive by Gloria Gaynor. Guaranteed to get you thought the worst weather or the last couple of km.
Absolutely! It happens to me every time. Very strange. And usually stupid songs and tunes too...goes on for days. Wonder if there is any research about it.One of the worst afflictions I had whilst walking the Camino was the dreaded ear worm. This is a really nasty thing and impossible to get rid of when one decides to attack you. And they are highly contagious. They also seem to breed more just past Sarria, but I have found them as far back as Geneva.
I wonder how many of you suffered from this awful affliction? And if so what tune was it?
You see, an ‘ear worm’ is a tune, or a song, usually a really awful one, that no matter what you do you just cannot get out of your mind. Next time you see a pilgrim sauntering along singing Abba’s ‘Mama Mia’ or Joe Dolce’s ‘Shaddap You Face’, please remember its not their fault, its probably the dreaded ear worm at work. And now you have caught it too. And next thing you know you have 20 pilgrims singing along to it. Dreadful.
My worst ever moment was getting ready to bed down in a field above Portomarin. It was raining, about 11pm at night and very dark. I was a happy man camping out but just then two pilgrims walked past singing there heads off. Ok, I don’t mind, they are happy, they think they are in the middle of nowhere. But they were singing ‘Barbie Girl’ by Aqua. Two days later it is still in my head. I thought I was doomed.
I have had some terrible bouts of ear worm, has this happened to you? If so what was it? How did you survive?
Davey
Absolutely! It happens to me every time. Very strange. And usually stupid songs and tunes too...goes on for days. Wonder if there is any research about it.
I don't know how many times I sang or heard in my head - "I'm Henry the 8th I am..... 2nd verse same as the first..." on my caminos. Now I'm going to have to try to get that stupid song out of my head this weekend! And yes, there is research on ear worms. We must all concentrate on something like doing a puzzle, so the brain has to work for us, rather than pumping out silly songs.
Joking aside, I really noticed it, and it sometimes got annoying too when something gets stuck in your head for days.
Holy Grail, by Australian band Hunters and Collectors, was my personal theme song on the Camino last year, and I actually didn't mind that it hung out in my head for the month.One of the worst afflictions I had whilst walking the Camino was the dreaded ear worm. This is a really nasty thing and impossible to get rid of when one decides to attack you. And they are highly contagious. They also seem to breed more just past Sarria, but I have found them as far back as Geneva.
I wonder how many of you suffered from this awful affliction? And if so what tune was it?
You see, an ‘ear worm’ is a tune, or a song, usually a really awful one, that no matter what you do you just cannot get out of your mind. Next time you see a pilgrim sauntering along singing Abba’s ‘Mama Mia’ or Joe Dolce’s ‘Shaddap You Face’, please remember its not their fault, its probably the dreaded ear worm at work. And now you have caught it too. And next thing you know you have 20 pilgrims singing along to it. Dreadful.
My worst ever moment was getting ready to bed down in a field above Portomarin. It was raining, about 11pm at night and very dark. I was a happy man camping out but just then two pilgrims walked past singing there heads off. Ok, I don’t mind, they are happy, they think they are in the middle of nowhere. But they were singing ‘Barbie Girl’ by Aqua. Two days later it is still in my head. I thought I was doomed.
I have had some terrible bouts of ear worm, has this happened to you? If so what was it? How did you survive?
Davey
One of the worst afflictions I had whilst walking the Camino was the dreaded ear worm. This is a really nasty thing and impossible to get rid of when one decides to attack you. And they are highly contagious. They also seem to breed more just past Sarria, but I have found them as far back as Geneva.
I wonder how many of you suffered from this awful affliction? And if so what tune was it?
You see, an ‘ear worm’ is a tune, or a song, usually a really awful one, that no matter what you do you just cannot get out of your mind. Next time you see a pilgrim sauntering along singing Abba’s ‘Mama Mia’ or Joe Dolce’s ‘Shaddap You Face’, please remember its not their fault, its probably the dreaded ear worm at work. And now you have caught it too. And next thing you know you have 20 pilgrims singing along to it. Dreadful.
My worst ever moment was getting ready to bed down in a field above Portomarin. It was raining, about 11pm at night and very dark. I was a happy man camping out but just then two pilgrims walked past singing there heads off. Ok, I don’t mind, they are happy, they think they are in the middle of nowhere. But they were singing ‘Barbie Girl’ by Aqua. Two days later it is still in my head. I thought I was doomed.
I have had some terrible bouts of ear worm, has this happened to you? If so what was it? How did you survive?
Davey
One of the worst afflictions I had whilst walking the Camino was the dreaded ear worm. This is a really nasty thing and impossible to get rid of when one decides to attack you. And they are highly contagious. They also seem to breed more just past Sarria, but I have found them as far back as Geneva.
I wonder how many of you suffered from this awful affliction? And if so what tune was it?
You see, an ‘ear worm’ is a tune, or a song, usually a really awful one, that no matter what you do you just cannot get out of your mind. Next time you see a pilgrim sauntering along singing Abba’s ‘Mama Mia’ or Joe Dolce’s ‘Shaddap You Face’, please remember its not their fault, its probably the dreaded ear worm at work. And now you have caught it too. And next thing you know you have 20 pilgrims singing along to it. Dreadful.
My worst ever moment was getting ready to bed down in a field above Portomarin. It was raining, about 11pm at night and very dark. I was a happy man camping out but just then two pilgrims walked past singing there heads off. Ok, I don’t mind, they are happy, they think they are in the middle of nowhere. But they were singing ‘Barbie Girl’ by Aqua. Two days later it is still in my head. I thought I was doomed.
I have had some terrible bouts of ear worm, has this happened to you? If so what was it? How did you survive?
Davey
It's a small world after all ... It's a small, small world.One of the worst afflictions I had whilst walking the Camino was the dreaded ear worm. This is a really nasty thing and impossible to get rid of when one decides to attack you. And they are highly contagious. They also seem to breed more just past Sarria, but I have found them as far back as Geneva.
I wonder how many of you suffered from this awful affliction? And if so what tune was it?
You see, an ‘ear worm’ is a tune, or a song, usually a really awful one, that no matter what you do you just cannot get out of your mind. Next time you see a pilgrim sauntering along singing Abba’s ‘Mama Mia’ or Joe Dolce’s ‘Shaddap You Face’, please remember its not their fault, its probably the dreaded ear worm at work. And now you have caught it too. And next thing you know you have 20 pilgrims singing along to it. Dreadful.
My worst ever moment was getting ready to bed down in a field above Portomarin. It was raining, about 11pm at night and very dark. I was a happy man camping out but just then two pilgrims walked past singing there heads off. Ok, I don’t mind, they are happy, they think they are in the middle of nowhere. But they were singing ‘Barbie Girl’ by Aqua. Two days later it is still in my head. I thought I was doomed.
I have had some terrible bouts of ear worm, has this happened to you? If so what was it? How did you survive?
Davey
"(Woa-o) | We're half way there | (Woa-oo) | Livin' on a prayer | Take my hand | We'll make it I swear | (Woa-oo) | Livin' on a prayer..."
I'd hoped for better, but that's what earworm gave me on the CF.
Oh Gott! It's Fortuna again - from Carmina Burana.
One day I got the following running about my head:
It's a long way to Santiago, it's a long way to go,
It's a long way to Santiago to the sweetest Saint I know.
Goodbye Ponferrada, farewell León too,
It's a long long way to Santiago but my shoes point there.
I thought I had made it up in my head as I went along until I watched 'The Way" yet again and realised they used similar words at one point.
Apologies if I've infected someone!
Walked my first Camino on the Frances from May 4 to June 17 - the whole time it was REM's 'Losing my Religion' and Paul McCartney's 'Long and Winding Road'.One of the worst afflictions I had whilst walking the Camino was the dreaded ear worm. This is a really nasty thing and impossible to get rid of when one decides to attack you. And they are highly contagious. They also seem to breed more just past Sarria, but I have found them as far back as Geneva.
I wonder how many of you suffered from this awful affliction? And if so what tune was it?
You see, an ‘ear worm’ is a tune, or a song, usually a really awful one, that no matter what you do you just cannot get out of your mind. Next time you see a pilgrim sauntering along singing Abba’s ‘Mama Mia’ or Joe Dolce’s ‘Shaddap You Face’, please remember its not their fault, its probably the dreaded ear worm at work. And now you have caught it too. And next thing you know you have 20 pilgrims singing along to it. Dreadful.
My worst ever moment was getting ready to bed down in a field above Portomarin. It was raining, about 11pm at night and very dark. I was a happy man camping out but just then two pilgrims walked past singing there heads off. Ok, I don’t mind, they are happy, they think they are in the middle of nowhere. But they were singing ‘Barbie Girl’ by Aqua. Two days later it is still in my head. I thought I was doomed.
I have had some terrible bouts of ear worm, has this happened to you? If so what was it? How did you survive?
Davey
I'll save the Proclaimers for when I walk the Rob Roy Way next year after the Camino Portuguese...Just thinking about walking 500 miles puts The Proclaimers, I'm Gonna Be in my head.
But I would walk 500 miles
And I would walk 500 more
And there is a beautiful rework of O Fortuna from Sydney, called "O You Terror" hereOh Gott! It's Fortuna again - from Carmina Burana.
My husband often sings a great song by Emmanuel called "Quiero dormir cansado". While walking, it popped into my head so I took the liberty of relyricing it. I sung this pretty much every day...
Quiero ir al escusado
para no aguantarme más
quiero orinar profundamente
Porque tomo mucha agua
Y el camino se hace largo (2x’s)
Al baño quiero ir al baño
Al baño rápidamente
Porque tome mucha agua
Y el litro quiere salirse
Dirígeme hacia el aseo
Hacia un bendito aseo
Lo necesito ahora
Donde está el próximo pueblo?
Sorry.
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