When Johnny learns to love the bomb and dies hard again.
Last weekend ago I watched Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb – one of the best movies ever, very brilliant satire, Kubrick was a genius and so on – but it had an annoying side effext, namely the tune “When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again” (I found a midi here). It’s sort of the theme song for all the scenes taking place in the bomber. It’s quite catchy. Too damned catchy, to be honest. I had that fucking tune in my head for days, and after a while it got as annoying as having an itch on the nuts while standing in front of a crowd. I thought I had gotten rid of it yesterday, only leaving the question of where I had heard it before…
…but I got an answer to that tonight, when I had nothing better to than watch tv and the best thing on was Die Hard: With a Vengeance. Quite entertaining, both for an action movie and a second sequel. But there it was. And now it’s back in my head… Johnny marching back home again… well, with a vengeance. I need to find something to help me get rid of it, or I’ll go crazy. Really crazy. Any suggestions for good music I should listen to while trying to purge it? Any similar experiences?
Oh, and I’m mostly posting this because people have reminded me that I havn’t updated the blog in a long time. It’s not that I lack ideas of things to write about, but more that I have a black belt in the Art of Procrastination… I’ll see if I can find some CDs or books to review, or something.
And some links for those who feel inspired to get the movies or just to be infected with the tune themselves:
Amazon.com: Dr. Strangelove
Amazon.co.uk: Dr. Strangelove
