You'll Never Think Of Them The Same Way Again.......

Music is a big part of my life. Not as big as making room for movie lines to quote randomly as they apply to everyday conversation or clearing out some of the periodic table I memorized in high school to make room for some useless bit of trivia, like knowing that an octopus can lay about a thousand eggs at one time and that they are deaf, but still a big part.
Occasionally we have an evening where someone in the family says "Have you heard this song yet?" and thus we replace the planned watching of a taped show (Like Heroes) with the hunt for music. Tonight was one of those nights. It started when I sat at my computer to check my email and maybe peruse the Flair on Facebook. My daughter came up to me and asked me to look for a video on You Tube that her music teacher had shown them. (???? Music teachers show kids You Tube videos ????) So I ask her what it was called and began the search, wary of what I would find.....
It's called the Gummy Bear Song. Here, you can watch it if you like......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9lUSLRhVdw&feature=related
Go ahead... I'll wait...............
What'd you think? Yeah. Me too. The polka dotted underwear was a nice touch. I now have the song stuck in my head, and I am quite certain that I will sing it in my head (if not out loud) every time I see Gummy Bears. I am planning to go to the movies on the 21st, and I know I will get a box and sing the song to myself while I wait for the previews.
I decided to do a little research on the song (mostly to find the lyrics, because if I have to have it in my head, I might as well know what I am supposed to be singing!) and I found out that it is actually a novelty dance song by German composer Christian Schneider called 'I Am Your Gummy Bear'. It has been translated into 7 different languages, spawned a line of clothing, and even became the number 1 ring tone for 8 months in its native Hungarian language. Impressive, I know.
Like most people with short attention spans, even You Tube could not hold me for long. We got through about 4 more songs and then several Lego Reenacted clips from Monty Python's Quest for the Holy Grail before we called it quits.
And so it is that I retire to bed this evening with my head full of Movin', Groovin', Jammin', Singin' Gummy Bears and a very strange craving for something sweet and chewy.... huh.....