Comments on: The Plight of the iPod-less http://theinnerdoor.wordpress.com/2006/02/18/the-plight-of-the-ipod-less/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:16:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: nhfalcon http://theinnerdoor.wordpress.com/2006/02/18/the-plight-of-the-ipod-less/#comment-238 nhfalcon Sun, 19 Feb 2006 20:55:00 +0000 http://theinnerdoor.wordpress.com/2006/02/18/the-plight-of-the-ipod-less/#comment-238 I know how my wife gets songs stuck in her head - I put them there! :) It never fails. If I feel like being a schmuck (which is quite often, I admit), I'll start singing "If I Only Had A Brain" and she'll be humming it back to me a half hour later without even realizing it. :) I know how my wife gets songs stuck in her head - I put them there! :)
It never fails. If I feel like being a schmuck (which is quite often, I admit), I’ll start singing “If I Only Had A Brain” and she’ll be humming it back to me a half hour later without even realizing it. :)

]]> By: S http://theinnerdoor.wordpress.com/2006/02/18/the-plight-of-the-ipod-less/#comment-237 S Sun, 19 Feb 2006 19:03:00 +0000 http://theinnerdoor.wordpress.com/2006/02/18/the-plight-of-the-ipod-less/#comment-237 No, no - I AM looking for answers - I wasn't being rhetorical at all. I was just saying that this is pretty much a full-time thing for me and isn't, as far as I can tell, related at all to my stress levels. So, 98% of the population has this? I wonder how much of that percentage is conscious of it. Honestly, most of the time I don't even think about it (being, as it is, a natural state for me). The only time I mind it is when I have a song stuck in there that I'm not particularly fond of. What I really want to know, though, is HOW certain songs get in there? There have to be triggers somewhere in the environment, but I'll be damned if I know what they are most of the time. Last summer, for example, I got Vacation by the Go-Gos in my head and had NO idea how it got there. Husband mentioned that a snippet of it was played at a baseball game we went to, but I was under the stands guarding girls against sunburn and didn't "hear" it at the time. That song I can account for, but how did the current Billy Joel selection get in there? I have NO idea. Weird No, no - I AM looking for answers - I wasn’t being rhetorical at all. I was just saying that this is pretty much a full-time thing for me and isn’t, as far as I can tell, related at all to my stress levels.

So, 98% of the population has this? I wonder how much of that percentage is conscious of it. Honestly, most of the time I don’t even think about it (being, as it is, a natural state for me). The only time I mind it is when I have a song stuck in there that I’m not particularly fond of.

What I really want to know, though, is HOW certain songs get in there? There have to be triggers somewhere in the environment, but I’ll be damned if I know what they are most of the time. Last summer, for example, I got Vacation by the Go-Gos in my head and had NO idea how it got there. Husband mentioned that a snippet of it was played at a baseball game we went to, but I was under the stands guarding girls against sunburn and didn’t “hear” it at the time. That song I can account for, but how did the current Billy Joel selection get in there? I have NO idea.

Weird

]]> By: claudia http://theinnerdoor.wordpress.com/2006/02/18/the-plight-of-the-ipod-less/#comment-236 claudia Sun, 19 Feb 2006 17:06:00 +0000 http://theinnerdoor.wordpress.com/2006/02/18/the-plight-of-the-ipod-less/#comment-236 Sorry,I was responding to the "any ideas?"part of your questions,unless you meant them as rhetorical. I also found that scientists discovered that about 98% of the population will experience this,in varying degrees,at one time or another. You can find a fair amount of the technical stuff regarding "cortexes" and such online if you're still interested. Sorry,I was responding to the “any ideas?”part of your questions,unless you meant them as rhetorical. I also found that scientists discovered that about 98% of the population will experience this,in varying degrees,at one time or another. You can find a fair amount of the technical stuff regarding “cortexes” and such online if you’re still interested.

]]> By: S http://theinnerdoor.wordpress.com/2006/02/18/the-plight-of-the-ipod-less/#comment-235 S Sun, 19 Feb 2006 12:59:00 +0000 http://theinnerdoor.wordpress.com/2006/02/18/the-plight-of-the-ipod-less/#comment-235 Really? Well, I'm a woman - but NOT a musician - and I do tend to worry, but not as much, I think, as people think I do. I can't say, for me personally, that it strikes when I'm tired or under stress. It's a constant condition for me. There's just always music in my head. It doesn't really bother me too much (unless, of course, someone plants a Barry Manilow or Rod Stewart song in there). I just wondered whether any one else had this experience. Really? Well, I’m a woman - but NOT a musician - and I do tend to worry, but not as much, I think, as people think I do.

I can’t say, for me personally, that it strikes when I’m tired or under stress. It’s a constant condition for me. There’s just always music in my head.

It doesn’t really bother me too much (unless, of course, someone plants a Barry Manilow or Rod Stewart song in there). I just wondered whether any one else had this experience.

]]> By: claudia http://theinnerdoor.wordpress.com/2006/02/18/the-plight-of-the-ipod-less/#comment-234 claudia Sun, 19 Feb 2006 12:38:00 +0000 http://theinnerdoor.wordpress.com/2006/02/18/the-plight-of-the-ipod-less/#comment-234 Don't know if this helps,but when tunes get stuck in your head they're called "earbugs".Info in DISCOVER magazine said "it occurs more often in women,muscians,and individuals who tend to worry." Also,it"tends to vary across situations,striking when people are tired or under stress." Don’t know if this helps,but when tunes get stuck in your head they’re called “earbugs”.Info in DISCOVER magazine said “it occurs more often in women,muscians,and individuals who tend to worry.” Also,it”tends to vary across situations,striking when people are tired or under stress.”

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