Anyone else do this? It's maddening sometimes!

I know it may sound like a small thing, but it still really aggravates the mud out of me! I almost always have some song or the other going through my mind!! Unless I am totally occupied by something, I'll hear everything from "Ode To Joy", "Moonlight Sonata", "Mission Impossible", "Bookends", "Summertime", and any other song that chooses to take up space in my brain! I wake up to go to the bathroom and immediately a song is flowing through my head!
Anyway, am I alone in this? I think it is totally weird!
janetlee

Ear Worms!

Yep, get 'em all the time. Annoying little buggers, aren't they? Especially when they're jingles.


Merrida

Scaredy Cat said...
JL,

We play a game around our house called 'Guess What Song I Have Stuck in my Head!'

It's bad enough to have your own tune...but then, oh joy! You now have someone else's.;p

Here's an article explaining the phenomenon.
http://science.howstuffworks.com/life/songs-stuck-in-head.htm


S.C.

Thanks for the link, SC!
I read the info, but in my case, I have all sorts of songs streaming through my mind all the time. I wake up with a song in my mind. It doesn't have to be one I've heard recently either! So I can't even call it an earworm!
SIGH!
jl

lgm1942 said...
Janet, I hear Pavarotti for days at a time, it don't seem to hurt anything. Peace

Larry ***

LOL!
When I hear a classical/instrumental piece, I hear all the different instruments and nuances of each song! "Ode To Joy" by Beethoven is one of my main ones! Thank goodness I like most of the songs I have running through my mind!
I suppose i am a very musically-inclined person. I noticed right away that the theme to Mission Impossible during the 1972 season was a different version of the original. My Mom couldn't tell the difference! It was TOTALLY obvious to me!
And for the record, the original version was way better! HaHaHa!!
jl