From: lcargill99@comcast.com   
      
   Martin Gregorie wrote:   
   > On Sun, 12 May 2019 15:23:26 -0500, Les Cargill wrote:   
   >   
   >> The old geezer wrote:   
   >>> Came close.  But then “Bicycle Song” by Melanie replaced it!   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >> "Surfin Bird" is far more annoying.   
   >>   
   > ...but only annoying because its pretty crap.   
   >   
      
   That's rather the point, I think. Buncha beat-niks hopped   
   up on the bennies....   
      
   > One of the worst earworms, though, has to be "Telstar". I'm quite   
   > surprised that nobody else has mentioned it.   
   >   
      
   The real train wreck with "Telstar" is the timbre. And I'd forgotten   
   about it.   
      
   That *sort* of material in the hands of Ennio Morricone   
   can be quite amazing. A lot of that is arrangement. And   
   context.   
      
   > Its certainly in the same league as the "Third Man Theme".   
   >   
   >   
      
   Somehow it fits the film.   
      
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