"An earworm, sometimes known as a brainworm, sticky music, stuck song syndrome, or Involuntary Musical Imagery is a catchy piece of music that continually repeats through a person's mind after it is no longer playing."
I thought it might be fun to discuss our most recent stuck songs. I realize these usually don't happen on a daily basis, but it happens enough to me to warrant a fun discussion.
My current earworm is "Black Velvet" by Alannah Myles.
It was how I got so familiar with classical music. I remember taking tests in high school to the notes of Brahm's 1st piano concerto repeating in my head.
Though sometimes it can be a bit distracting. Like listening to the Little Miss America song. http://www.palisadespark.com/sounds_LMA.html I grew up listening to it on the radio over and over, again. B
Everything Counts - Depeche Mode. Saw that on BBC TOTP and couldnt get it out of my head - had to buy the 12" single. I think the repeated theme of descending dissonant chords and dark vocals and gated trashy percussion juxtaposed with the lyrical sounding melodica was extremely innovative and an unusual highly artistic creation that oozed tension. In fact that whole album, Construction Time again, was amazing - the track "pipeline" had a ping pong ball for added percussive effect!
Sometimes referred to as the first industrial song...although Money by Pink Floyd was much earlier. This album spawned almost a genre in itself as folks experimented - like the RHCP did on BSSM with the track Breaking the Girl.
I would also add Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Red Right Hand this song sticks in my head also - Nick also picked up on the wave of industrial sound in the 80's - in his case triggered from association with a band member from Einstürzende Neubauten.
Not sure what this says about me but... Fear Of The Dark by Iron Maiden BUT the live version by Doro Pesch and Blaze Bayley in Dusseldorf. Yep, go figure.......
When I first Fran Healy "Wreckorder" lp, there were several songs that took weeks for me to get out of my head. A superbly written/produced/played pop lp.
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