What earworm songs are burrowing through your head today? - Page 21

Griff · 02-03-2016, 06:15 PM

I'm surprised you hadn't heard it but earworm it is,

Undertoad · 02-03-2016, 06:36 PM

Beach Boys all grown up and on acid? No it's the wonderful Zombies, and the only single ever to brightly celebrate someone returning home from incarceration.

lumberjim · 02-03-2016, 11:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Griff

I'm surprised you hadn't heard it but earworm it is,

I've heard Bruce Springsteen's version a million times

Undertoad · 02-10-2016, 11:43 AM

This isn't an earworm, this is just some reflective thoughts about earworms I've been having recently

Man I tellya hwat. I swear that antidepressants removed all the songs from my head. Before them I would hear music all day.

Our brains get a chance to linger or slow down and they will settle in on things like music and thoughts and whatnot. Paxil and the like just speed your brain up a tad, and those kinds of things tend to go away. It helps, if that's what you need. If your head lingers on depressing/worrying things, you will wind up depressed and anxious.

But I've been off it all for a few years now. And these days, music plays in my head allllll day. The job is more "bursty" now, and requires less attention span, so this is fine. But I wonder if this will eventually lead to the anxiety that a busy brain clobbered me with in the first place.

There's also the chance that I've been listening to some music with amazing melodies - or is it that I like melodic music now because melodies catch my brain differently?

just some reflective thoughts

lumberjim · 02-10-2016, 11:40 PM

Maybe try to actively turn your brain off? When you find it casting about, shift your focus to what your body is doing. Pay attention to your fingers and toes. Stay present in the moment.

Griff · 02-11-2016, 07:26 AM

Interesting thoughts. We're maybe just coming out of the Dark Ages as far as neuroscience goes. It's fascinating stuff, I wonder if ethics can keep up? Jim is probably right that maybe you consciously control it if you can. I generally get comfort from my earworms, but maybe yours could be thought of as a signal to recenter?

Starman this morning.

Undertoad · 02-11-2016, 10:07 AM

I don't really believe it's possible to "think one's self out" of most of these kinds of things, a la "A Beautiful Mind". Once in a while it seems someone can manage, particularly for mental injury that happens after childhood, like PTSD. But most of the time it's just coping strategies, and we are just flummoxed and require outside therapy or meds to actually change.

monster · 02-21-2016, 06:52 PM

can't shake this

not even with Agadoo. which is probably a good thing?

lumberjim · 02-21-2016, 08:52 PM

DanaC · 02-23-2016, 04:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monster

can't shake this

not even with Agadoo. which is probably a good thing?

What a brilliant video.

And now it's in my head, too.

monster · 02-26-2016, 09:00 PM

sorry. it's more of my anthem right now, I guess. I'm not in a really great place.

Music helps, doesn't it. It puts shit into words so you can listen, agree, cry it out of your system and move forward. To a happy earworm.

monster · 02-26-2016, 09:26 PM

and now this jumped in

footfootfoot · 02-27-2016, 02:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monster

I'm not in a really great place.

hopefully, in a better place than the subject of my current earworm:

Clodfobble · 02-27-2016, 11:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monster

sorry. it's more of my anthem right now, I guess. I'm not in a really great place.

Music helps, doesn't it. It puts shit into words so you can listen, agree, cry it out of your system and move forward. To a happy earworm.

Music does help, though it still sucks to be in the position to need it like that. I hope you feel as better as you can.

Gravdigr · 02-29-2016, 06:14 PM

Heard this first thing this morning, and it stuck:

Then, in the Word Ass thread, I put this in mine own head:

There was a third one that's been rattling around my noggin, but, damned if I can think of it now.

02-03-2016, 06:15 PM	#301
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I'm surprised you hadn't heard it but earworm it is, __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

02-10-2016, 11:40 PM	#305
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Maybe try to actively turn your brain off? When you find it casting about, shift your focus to what your body is doing. Pay attention to your fingers and toes. Stay present in the moment. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan Last edited by lumberjim; 02-11-2016 at 12:46 AM.

02-11-2016, 07:26 AM	#306
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Interesting thoughts. We're maybe just coming out of the Dark Ages as far as neuroscience goes. It's fascinating stuff, I wonder if ethics can keep up? Jim is probably right that maybe you consciously control it if you can. I generally get comfort from my earworms, but maybe yours could be thought of as a signal to recenter? Starman this morning. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

02-21-2016, 06:52 PM	#308
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	can't shake this not even with Agadoo. which is probably a good thing? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

02-21-2016, 08:52 PM	#309
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	__________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

02-03-2016, 06:36 PM	#302
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Beach Boys all grown up and on acid? No it's the wonderful Zombies, and the only single ever to brightly celebrate someone returning home from incarceration.

02-10-2016, 11:43 AM	#304
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	This isn't an earworm, this is just some reflective thoughts about earworms I've been having recently Man I tellya hwat. I swear that antidepressants removed all the songs from my head. Before them I would hear music all day. Our brains get a chance to linger or slow down and they will settle in on things like music and thoughts and whatnot. Paxil and the like just speed your brain up a tad, and those kinds of things tend to go away. It helps, if that's what you need. If your head lingers on depressing/worrying things, you will wind up depressed and anxious. But I've been off it all for a few years now. And these days, music plays in my head allllll day. The job is more "bursty" now, and requires less attention span, so this is fine. But I wonder if this will eventually lead to the anxiety that a busy brain clobbered me with in the first place. There's also the chance that I've been listening to some music with amazing melodies - or is it that I like melodic music now because melodies catch my brain differently? just some reflective thoughts

02-11-2016, 10:07 AM	#307
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I don't really believe it's possible to "think one's self out" of most of these kinds of things, a la "A Beautiful Mind". Once in a while it seems someone can manage, particularly for mental injury that happens after childhood, like PTSD. But most of the time it's just coping strategies, and we are just flummoxed and require outside therapy or meds to actually change.

02-26-2016, 09:00 PM	#311
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	sorry. it's more of my anthem right now, I guess. I'm not in a really great place. Music helps, doesn't it. It puts shit into words so you can listen, agree, cry it out of your system and move forward. To a happy earworm. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

02-26-2016, 09:26 PM	#312
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	and now this jumped in __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

02-29-2016, 06:14 PM	#315
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Heard this first thing this morning, and it stuck: Then, in the Word Ass thread, I put this in mine own head: There was a third one that's been rattling around my noggin, but, damned if I can think of it now. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

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