[sam] 8:00 p.m. -Song

Song: Mamma Mia
Artist: ABBA

Why: It must be said that I love ABBA and I love this song. However, I dare anybody to tell me that they can't listen to that vibraphone intro and leitmotif and say it doesn't lodge in the head with a straight face.

[sam] 3:26 PM- Comedy Bit

Artist: Jim Gaffigan
Word or Phrase: Hooot Pooockets! 

Why: Curse those darned YouTube videos! When I first saw Gaffigan's signature "Hot Pockets" riff I thought he hit it out of the park, and funny ... you bet! But now it won't get out of my head, and I wander around work murmuring things like the jingle with the words "Caliente ... pockets!" so much that I think my cow-orkers think I'm demented. Possibly with some actual brain damage!

Ironic thing? I love Hot Pockets!

[sam] 12:53 pm - Song

Song: Hey, Deanie
Artist: Eric Carmen

Why: Just like "Make Me Lose Control" (see the last entry), this song (as arranged and performed by Carmen, not the version did by Shaun Cassidy back in the 70s) is just fun and hook-y and bouncy, which is strange, because if there's one musical trend that makes me wish for plainchant it that trend during the 70s of faux-50s "malt shop" songs done by polished teen-idols, and this song comes right out of that wave.

[sam] 12:47 pm - Song

Song: Make Me Lose Control
Artist: Eric Carmen

Why: The chorus mostly. The song is done in that breezy, echo-y 80's style during the verses which leads up to this crashing, anthem-like chorus with the bass doing more than just providing rhythm but this real cool thumping-puncutation.
This is what they called a hook. I am the quintessential pop music consumer; I like my songs hook-y, catch-y, and about three minutes long.