"Livin' La Vida Loca" Has the Power to Heal

[originally written for overtimecomedy.com on 4/17/08] 

Let's break down catchy songs into two categories.

A) That annoying song they play on the radio over and over again all summer that gets permanently jammed into your head, with no chance of getting it out.

B) A poppy song that you love, that you have to listen to over and over again, that you end up hating for life because it won't ever get out of your head.

That's where "Livin La Vida Loca" comes in. You take a type A song and use it to force out a type B song. No song is more type A than this Ricky Martin classic of crap. Just hum the first few trumpet notes and it's right there back in your head. Just reading this, it's already creeping its way in.

No doubt, you're already pissed you have to now listen to this over and over again as it runs on loop in your frontal lobe. On the plus side, you've probably forgotten that type B song you were trying to get rid of before. It's worth it.