Have you ever gotten a song stuck in your head, one section of it on repeat over and over? Of course you have. How about two songs? Two very different, perhaps even diametrically opposed songs, duking it out for control of your brain? No? Well let me try to describe it for you.
In the left corner of my brain, we have Daydream Believer by the Monkees. In the right corner of my brain, we’ve got Holy Diver, by Ronnie James Dio. Yep, pseudo-Beatles pop vs. operatic metal. And, might I add, two of the most incomprehensible sets of lyrics out there.
“Cheer up sleepy Jean, oh what can it mean, for a daydream believer and the homecoming queen.” Followed almost immediately by “Holy diver, you’ve been down too long in the midnight sea.” Seriously, what do those mean? And why are they both in my head at the same time?
And then there’s the most interesting question of all – who would win a pitched battle between the Monkees and Dio? Your first instinct might be to pick Dio, thinking that metal made him tough, but John met Dio in the parking lot at Hammerjack’s once, many moons ago (greeting him with a nod and a “What’s up, Ronnie” because he’s cool like that) and according to him, Dio is really short. The Monkees are kind of short too, but there are four of them, and they do have all that experience with the madcap adventures from their TV show. They might jump Dio and stuff him in a sack or something. It’s a tough call.
Is Hammerjacks still around??
I'd still take Ronnie. I mean, he might be wee but I think he'd fight dirty. And the Monkees didn't even learn to play their instruments until, what, their second or third album? So chances are they never learned to throw down.
Too funny! I almost wrote a post the other day about having a song stuck in my head that was so loud it was giving me a headache. Also? Thanks for getting your two songs stuck in my head now too!