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Post by voidmoon on Oct 24, 2007 3:31:34 GMT -5
Earworm, a loan translation of the German Ohrwurm, is a term for a song stuck in one's head. Use of the English translation was popularised by James Kellaris, a professor of marketing at the University of Cincinnati. His studies appeared to demonstrate that different people have varying susceptibilities to earworms, but that almost everybody has been afflicted with one at some time or another.
Earworms may be songs or tunes that become stuck in the phonological loop, the part of the brain that rehearses verbal information in Baddeley's model of working memory. This usually happens when a person sings the song or hums the tune once and then repeats it in his or her mind.
At the moment I have 'liquid Diamonds' by Tori and 'strange behaviour' by silverchair. What song is currently infesting you?
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Post by Liss on Oct 24, 2007 6:23:15 GMT -5
the Assholes Are Cheap Today improv  it's kind of a constant earworm in the back of my head and it tends to hop into the conscious part of my mind when I'm annoyed or slightly pissed about someone  |
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Post by Happy_Chartreuse_Fog (Matt) on Oct 24, 2007 10:06:48 GMT -5
A Design for Life by Manic Street Preachers - the kind of hook heavy pop rock that is designed to get in your brain and bounce around for months.
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Post by pandora on Oct 24, 2007 10:51:03 GMT -5
Reckoner by Radiohead. I listen to that song on repeat on my way to work. PJ Harvey's White Chalk. As in, the whole album. I'll be sitting here at work, and all of the sudden the beginning of "The Devil" will pop into my head, or her wailing from the Mountain. Which then leads me to think about Emily Dickinson and then back to Silence. I  this album! |
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Post by Alamo on Oct 24, 2007 12:51:11 GMT -5
Ohrwurm is actually on of the good German words. It's very round and has lots of colour in it. You don't get that often with German words.  I am not that classy. Right now I have Avril Lavigne's girlfriend in my head. I absolutely despite this song, but I can't get rid of it. |
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Post by voidmoon on Oct 26, 2007 0:41:42 GMT -5
^ Awesome! I know a good German word!
Today I have 'Harry's House - Centerpiece' by Joni Mitchell in my head... which then segways into the verses of NWA's 'Fuck Tha Police'. Weird.
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Post by Happy_Chartreuse_Fog (Matt) on Oct 26, 2007 10:44:36 GMT -5
The biggest earworm that I have had throughout my entire life is without a doubt "Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover" by Sophie B. Hawkins. I think that has been somewhat stuck in my head for the last 15 years. If I was ever on a desert island, removed from aural stimuli, I would likely go crazy from the incessant loop of that song playing in my head . |
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Post by pandora on Oct 26, 2007 10:55:17 GMT -5
I am not that classy. Right now I have Avril Lavigne's girlfriend in my head. I absolutely despite this song, but I can't get rid of it. Oh, what-ever!! You know that's your guilty pleasure! Admit it! and now thanks to you Matt, I have that song in my head too! "Damn, I wish I was your lover!...." *pulls hair out* |
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Post by voidmoon on Oct 27, 2007 1:09:37 GMT -5
That's really unfortunate, Matt. I hate that song so much! Especially the introduction! "damn!" now I've got that song in my head!
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Post by Happy_Chartreuse_Fog (Matt) on Oct 29, 2007 23:07:39 GMT -5
Bwahaahaaa!! I have infested the Afterglow with my Sophie B. Hawkins affliction... Just be glad I didn't get "What's Up?" by 4 Non Blondes in your head. Oh wait, maybe I just did  |
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Post by voidmoon on Oct 30, 2007 1:11:56 GMT -5
^ Nah, I've had that song stuck in my head since I turned 25 earlier this year!
"25 years and my life is still, trying to get up that great big hill of hope"... and that bit where they go "oooohh... ohhhohohhohohoooo".
Today I have Informer by Snow in my head.... a nikky boom boom down.
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Post by DoughnutHole on Nov 5, 2007 8:37:45 GMT -5
... mostly i have an old folk song in my head that goes "ooohhh the summer time is coming..." that's all i can remember, but damn it! that song just wont go away.
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Post by prettyhatemachine on Nov 5, 2007 14:00:57 GMT -5
ummmm...... today i have SUBLIME "BAD FISH"
"are you a bad fish too?"
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Post by pandora on Nov 6, 2007 11:03:32 GMT -5
PJ's The Piano. I've been thinking about my grandma a lot these days and the words "oh god I miss you" keep replaying over and over again in my mind.  |
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Post by Saar°berry on Nov 6, 2007 14:20:33 GMT -5
Martha Tilston - Wave Machine... SOOOOOOOO good.
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