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Permalink Reply by Slowpaw Steve T on May 27, 2012 at 3:36am

"Scientists think of these annoying sound segments as "ear worms." They don't yet know much about why they happen, but research is making headway on what's going on.

The songs that get stuck in people's heads tend to be melodically and rhythmically simple, says Daniel Levitin, a psychologist who studies the neuroscience of music at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. It's usually just a segment of the song, not the entire thing from beginning to end."

 

this would explain why a lot of musicians like going fishing - worms and hooks! (-;

 

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Permalink Reply by Lonman on May 27, 2012 at 3:38am

I knew it!

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Permalink Reply by Clock The Wolf on May 27, 2012 at 2:08pm

What a flaming bag of dog sh!+

Just another scientist with a bug in his ear

l've quit listening to, and playing, music cold turkey with no problems

l've done it  thousands of times

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Permalink Reply by Seaman Jay on May 29, 2012 at 12:43am

Kiwi, it's "12 bar blues", not "12 step plan"....

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Permalink Reply by Thomas "Duck" Petry on May 27, 2012 at 6:26pm

What can I say?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWFU2L-4D3s

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Permalink Reply by Swamp Dawg Primal Music on May 29, 2012 at 2:46am

Dead on! I'm teaching my daughter guitar by leaving her alone with it, and she loves to strum randomly when I play.

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