It is the Sunday before Labor Day and what better time for some FYI?
As I went into my office to start my day of research and ranting I reached to turn on my light and as I sat down to turn on the ‘puter I started humming a tune and for the life of me I could not remember the song or who did it…..that my friends is an earworm.
In short, an earworm is a song or snippet of music that gets lodged in your head and keeps replaying over and over again. Understandably, it can get very annoying, even when you like the song.
After about an hour or so of irritating myself with the tune that played constantly in my head….it is very distracting….I finally hit on what the song was and who did it….Nora Jones and the tune was ‘Turn Me On’.
Whew!
I do not know if this happens to you but take my word for it it can drive you nuts until you figure it out and then the tune like magic disappears and your mind returns to its normal contemplative state.
So is there a technique to help you rid yourself of an irritating earworm?
I am glad you asked.
This video may help….
I have not had to try it for I have not experienced another earworm since the Nora Jones thing….but if it happens again I shall give it a try.
If you try it please give us your results…..you may be doing mankind a huge favor.
In closing this is the song that got stuck and irritated the crap out of me. A great voice very ‘smoky’ and torch like.
This is my post for the day…..please enjoy your Sunday and your Labor Day and it will most likely be a slow day for IST…. remember as always….Be Well and Be safe….
I Read, I Write, You Know
“lego ergo scribo”
I hope your public holiday is enjoyable, chuq. I usually get rid of earworms by playing old favourites like this one. I don’t mind having that one in my head!
Best wishes, Pete.
Thanx I hope it will be a quiet one. Her voice is just sexy….love it chuq
Don’t think I ever heard that song before. I only listen to music that came out before about 1985.
She reminds me of the tunes from Jo Stafford and other ‘torch’ singers from days gone by. chuq
Perhaps you can help me rid of this multi-year earworm…. Trump. Oh.. wait… maybe he’s more the brain worm I’ve been hearing about lately.
He is a brain worm…..and Vance is an anal worm chuq
I have a few that drive me crazy periodically. Curiously with a single exception all are British. Like The Laughing Policeman. And, of course, the Ying Tong song by the Goons.
The one exception is I Was Kaiser Bill’s Batman. Yes, there really is such a song. I’ll leave it to you to find that one, but don’t blame me for whatever happens to you after.
Ying Tong Ying Tong iddily aye po… Oh, no, it’s got me…
Sounds like a song I would want to avoid…..have a good Labor Day chuq