Members Space Peeps Posted September 30, 2009 Members Share Posted September 30, 2009 if you're not familiar with the term, an earworm describes the condition where you can't get a song, or a segment of a song out of your head. i first learned about earworms from an old neighbour of mine, who was german, who used the term to describe the condition.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earworm the following are two songs that have been haunting me lately as earworms. what earworms are you experiencing? [YOUTUBE][/YOUTUBE] [YOUTUBE][/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ElectricPuppy Posted September 30, 2009 Members Share Posted September 30, 2009 At this moment, John Lennon is going "ahhhh-ahhh-ahhhhhhhhhhhh" over and over again from A Day in the Life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tomkeen Posted September 30, 2009 Members Share Posted September 30, 2009 "earworm?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Crawling Wind Posted September 30, 2009 Members Share Posted September 30, 2009 I have earworms constantly. It's like all the music I have ever heard is on shuffle play, in short loop segments. I go from one loop to another and it's amazing what appears in my mind. Sometimes I will be stuck on a short segment of music for a LONG time, and then it is replaced by another. I think it is some form of OCD, dunno. I'm used to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members augerinn Posted September 30, 2009 Members Share Posted September 30, 2009 Earworms usually manifest themselves subconcionsluy in my music. I'll THINK I came up with a great chord.riff.progression, then I turn on the radio and think "dang, that sounds familiar.......wait........oh. {censored}. " Anyway, as far as the topic. Nothing in my head now, but there are two that are pretty well known to be difficult to get rid of. Gilligans Island theme and the Brady Bunch Theme....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Lozada Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 I hate earworms. The worst part of them: 1) Are usually horrible songs; even they are not technically "catchy", they are firmly stuck on your head. 2) Are OLD songs 3) Are RADIO or TV songs (jingles) 4) I'm sure the authors of the most of my earworms don't even remember their own songs these days, but then here I am, with that horrible looped segment being played by the DJ from Hell right on my head. 5) Earworms can be the name of a person or the quote from a movie / radio / TV commercial. Sh*t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nitekattz2007 Posted September 30, 2009 Members Share Posted September 30, 2009 My earworm from the 80's was Madonna's "Like A Virgin." I kept hearing that intro bass riff over and over, at night, wake up in the middle of the night hearing that same sequence. Somehow, I got rid of it, but don't remember exactly how or what I did to stop it. katt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members r05c03 Posted September 30, 2009 Members Share Posted September 30, 2009 "earworm?" Earwig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members setAI Posted September 30, 2009 Members Share Posted September 30, 2009 godamned autotuned BOOM BOOM BOOMs from that dumb black eyed peas song Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stabby Posted September 30, 2009 Members Share Posted September 30, 2009 Earwig The Dutch word is "oorworm" (earworm) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wackawa Posted September 30, 2009 Members Share Posted September 30, 2009 'godamned autotuned BOOM BOOM BOOMs from that dumb black eyed peas song' Yes. I kind of dig the song though ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AgingPicker Posted October 1, 2009 Members Share Posted October 1, 2009 I actually have two different species of earworms which occasionally infect me: [1] The "Persistent" earworm and [2] the "Elusive" earworm. The "Persistent" ones are the kind already discussed in this thread. But the "Elusive" earworms are the ones I get when I have a really great hook and/or music idea that keeps playing inside my head; much like that other kind of earworm. I figure there's no way I'm going to forget it, because it just keeps playing over and over in my head. But by the time I have the opportunity to sit down and think it through with either my guitar or the piano, the idea has somehow completely vanished from my memory! And the harder I try to coax it back, the more elusive it becomes. Bad earworm, bad!! I guess that I really, really need to learn how to write sheet music. So many great ideas have just vanished into the ether. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dreamtronix Posted October 1, 2009 Members Share Posted October 1, 2009 I HATE EARWORMS...AAAAHHHHRRRRRGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!! Actually I love 'em if they're good tunes! I've had Kraftwerk's "Computer Love" earworm for 20 years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tspit74 Posted October 1, 2009 Members Share Posted October 1, 2009 I've had that new Taylor Swift song in my head constantly since last Friday. It won't stop. I wake up with it. I go to sleep with it. and all day in between. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Plink Floyd Posted October 1, 2009 Members Share Posted October 1, 2009 The most insidious earworm ever devised: proceed with caution! DOOP doo doo-dl-y, DOOP doo doo-dl-y, DOOP doo doo-dl-y, DOOP doo doo-dl-y... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members elsongs Posted October 1, 2009 Members Share Posted October 1, 2009 Some of my own, unfinished songs are frequent earworms...I'll have one of them each day. Problem is it's a challenge to come up with the right kind of lyrics to them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Roy Brooks Posted October 1, 2009 Members Share Posted October 1, 2009 That hardly ever happens to me with a particular song. But when I am operating my Roland MC-303 or using an arpeggiator on my Korg R3 with headphones on I will hear sequences in my head afterward for hours unless I put on some Jandek or Robert Pete Williams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dan88z Posted October 1, 2009 Members Share Posted October 1, 2009 I didn't read any of the songs you guys posted because I didn't want to get infested with my own worms! For me- it'll be a song I've been practicing. Sometimes after band rehearsal I'll hear it all night in my sleep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pogo97 Posted October 1, 2009 Members Share Posted October 1, 2009 likewise a song I'm practising: "When Father Papered the Parlour." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members shaft9000 Posted October 1, 2009 Members Share Posted October 1, 2009 Lily Allen's '{censored} you' was the last 'uninvited popsong'. A mild urge to 'skip along while flipping the bird' wouldn't leave for several days.but I always have a shifting variety of motifs or sounds that float around in me noggin' every day.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Crawling Wind Posted October 1, 2009 Members Share Posted October 1, 2009 Can you imagine going to the doctor for your earworms, and they prescribed Jandek? I saw Jandek live a few years ago, I went just for the experience, and really enjoyed him. That hardly ever happens to me with a particular song. But when I am operating my Roland MC-303 or using an arpeggiator on my Korg R3 with headphones on I will hear sequences in my head afterward for hours unless I put on some Jandek or Robert Pete Williams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Allerian Posted October 1, 2009 Members Share Posted October 1, 2009 On about year 35 of my brain firing up "Midnight at the Oasis" without warning. That or "Afternoon delight". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dreamtronix Posted October 1, 2009 Members Share Posted October 1, 2009 On about year 35 of my brain firing up "Midnight at the Oasis" without warning. That or "Afternoon delight". Hmmm... Sounds like you were really thinking about a little of this : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Numina Posted October 1, 2009 Members Share Posted October 1, 2009 I had Bat for Lashes' "Daniel" stuck in my head for so long I think I could play it forward & backward in my head... totally earwormy song for me. I hate to admit it, but Lily Allen's "{censored} You" is another one so shaft9000 you're not alone on that one... plus it's pretty good to have playing in your head if you're as antisocial as me. - J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bloopbleep Posted October 1, 2009 Members Share Posted October 1, 2009 Wish I hadn't humming this song to my 1 year old son since day one. It's a must do every night else he won't sleep unless he's really tire. "Oompa Loompa time!!!: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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