IN THE SUMMER MOON ABOVE

I guess I could have entitled this entry Oldies and Ear Worms. But as a student of mine once wrote, "before I get started, I better back up." Huh?

A friend of mine since childhood loves the oldies of our '60's generation. Me, too.

He often posts on FaceBook from YouTube. Today's song was "Oh, How Happy You Have Made Me." Not one of the more popular oldies, yet a good one. He gave fair warning that his readers just might be humming the tune for the rest of the day. And I am.

An ear worm is the repetition of a tune you can't get out of your head. For me I think it should be an ear snake. That's how big, that's how long I get a song in my head and it sets up residence. Often times a hymn or praise song we've sung in Sunday worship lingers till the next Sunday. Sometimes an American Idol song. Sometimes whenever I read something such as the danger sign. It made me think of the old Happenings' song with the lyric "there is danger in the Summer moon above/will I see you in September..."

So, as I told my friend who shares the love of less popular songs from our era, I think a radio station that played some of the one-hit wonders or some of the lesser well-known songs might just be successful. Of course, after a year or so, then I suppose they would become tiresome, too. So a steady mix- in of "Satisfaction" and other ones such as "You've Lost That Loving Feeling", "When a Man Loves a Woman," and "Eight Days a Week" would be acceptable.

But if they ever play "The Letter" or "Sugar, Sugar", I'm outta there.