regretiniscence

The mixture of feelings of bitterness, sadness and regret when you realize a song lyric, scene from a movie, or some other kitschy moment is indeliably etched into your memory, wasting those brain cells for more deserving works.

I just heard Elton John's "Ticking" for the first time in probably twenty-five years and I recited every lyric, what a terrible regretiniscence.