Atomic Dog Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World; and The Police - Everything She Does is Magic. Over and over and over and over and over. I'm humming (if not outright singing, and sometimes dancing to) them both all day at work. Most of the time I'm not even consciously aware of it. My friend Trish and I were having lunch today and I was drifting off into space and she smacked me on the shoulder and says, "Are you whistling Tears for Fears?" Had no idea I was even doing it. I can't get either out of my head, and the only way it sates is to listen to them as loud as possible. I have no idea why this is happening, or if it's supposed to have any meaning. My (armchair psychologist) girlfriend keeps telling me that it's a deep-seeded inner conflict between my selfish personal desires for control that keep her at a distance (Tears for Fears) and my emotional connection to her and desire to really open myself up to her (The Police.) I keep telling her that it's because I'm secretly Ozymandias (a reference she actually got, before having seen the movie) and that the end of the latter song is just really catchy. She's not buying it, the latter half at least (though, she does keep asking, "Where are you right now?" when I close my eyes and zone out around 2:30 of Every Little Thing.) And it gets worse when I drink. Like, obsessive worse (ie. I have to hear it otherwise I start getting fidgety.) It's been like 9 days, and this hasn't subsided. They've been on perpetual repeat in my car. It's the first thing I turn on when I get home. And LOUD. Like, shaking the vents loud. My neighbors HAVE to be getting pissed by now. All you music freaks and wanna-be shrinks, what do you make of it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BardicKnowledge Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 If you want to get it out of your head, start listening to as many different covers of them as possible. There's an a cappella version of "Everything She Does is Magic" floating around somewhere, for starters... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moseph Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 The technical term for this is earworm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagel Fuzzynuts Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 Go back to 1985 Don't come back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PassivePretentiousness Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 I don't understand what you're asking. It was my understanding that what you just described was true about everyone in our generation, although I'd replace Everything She Does is Magic with Don't Stop Believin. It's frankly ridiculous how ubiquitous Journey has become in the under-30 culture nowadays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Native Jovian Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 Thanks for making a thread about it. ten character limit is useless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueMage Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 All you music freaks and wanna-be shrinks, what do you make of it? You've finally cracked. Go self-medicate some more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkeSword Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 Threads about music belong in Community. Imagine that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gario Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 The technical term for this is earworm. That's got to be one of the coolest terms for that ever. I guess all you can do is wait it out - I take it you like the music so listening to it a lot isn't really a bad thing. Eventually you'll get sick of it and be driven to listen to something else. It can take time, though, so be patient with it. I don't think it has any real psychological significance so don't worry about that. Your still normal (or at least as normal as you can be). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinewav Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 I think you've got some extremely catchy songs stuck in your head, and your girlfriend is full of bullhonkey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faustt Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 I always have something stuck in my head. It's usually like a 20-30 second blip of a song, but it can be just a word phrase too (those make me feel insane for the day). Only thing that's ever worked for me is just loop something equally catchy for awhile. Sure it's still annoying as hell to have that new song stuck in your head now, but 9 days of Tears for Fears and The Police is enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadofsky Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 Speaking of music kicks, I've been getting into alot of Ska, Reggae, 70's funk, and 70's jazz lately. Especially James Brown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum4n After All Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 You'll get over it. Happens to me all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadofsky Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 You'll get over it.Happens to me all the time. That's not referring to me right? Can't get the soul out once it' in me! Owwwwww! UGH! I FEEL GOOD! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum4n After All Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 that's not referring to me right? Can't get the soul out once it' in me! Owwwwww! Ugh! I feel good! Jaaammm!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHands Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 Constantly getting a Coheed song in my head, just the bridge about cutting babies' throats. It's awkward to sing it while I'm at work, shelving books with old ladies staring at me like it was their babies. Could always be worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadofsky Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 Jaaammm!!! Get on UP! Ow! Ugh! Hit me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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