Peter, Bjorn and John and the “Barry Manilow” syndrome
I can’t stop whistling the “whistling part” in the Peter, Bjorn and John single Young Folks. Ever since I saw the video (how someone can do something that is both creepy and cute at the same time I will never know) and bought their CD Writer’s Block, I always catch myself whistling that part a number of times every day. I have come to call it the Barry Manilow syndrome — a state wherein a particularly catchy hook or melody manages to lodge itself into your subconscious that you can’t help but sing, hum or, yes, whistle that particular part. Why do I call it Barry Manilow syndrome? Well, just imagine any part of Mandy or Copa Cabana playing inside your head and more often than not you’d find that it will get stuck in your brain. Don’t say that I didn’t warn you.
But then I’d rather have Young Folks and Peter Bjorn and John’s catchy song play in my mind the whole day long instead of Copa Cabana.
Peter Bjorn and John, Young Folks, Barry Manilow
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