2007-01-14 09:23:00 · 8 answers · asked by Scorpio 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Nothing else in there to push it out!
2007-01-14 09:27:31 · answer #1 · answered by Ahwell 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Such tunes are referred to as "earworms" and can only be removed by installing a longer and more annoying earworm. This is only a short term solution but I understand that scientists are working on a device they call an "earplug" - this, they state, can be easily inserted into the ear at the first sign of earworm infection. Once the earplug is inserted into the ear, the worm will quickly die.
Some hope...
2007-01-14 09:44:11 · answer #2 · answered by paul h 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the repeated words as someone else has said, combined with irritation, works to make the memory more intense.
In my mind, anytime I think of music, I have George Michael's voice ringing "Last Christmas I gave you my heart.'
Funny, I never minded the song until I heard it repeatedly during Christmas, to the point of bother. Now it may be with me all year!
AARUUGH!
--That Cheeky Lad
2007-01-14 09:41:31 · answer #3 · answered by Charles-CeeJay_UK_ USA/CheekyLad 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't know....... it's like having a mini obsessive compulsive problem for a short while...... no matter what u do, or how much u hate the tune, u can't get it out of your head..... my best example of this was when i was taking my GCSE history exam.... no matter how much i concentrated, i couldn't get the tune for the latest Pal dog food advert out of my head..... it drove me crazy..... and no, i didn't get a good grade !
2007-01-14 09:52:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you are so right. i recently had a real nightmare. i'd been persuaded to watch that tv programme, where they were trying to find someone to play maria in the sound of music. and i got the song goodbye stuck in my head. goodbye to you and you and youoo. goodbye, auf wedersen goodbye. it just would'nt go away so i'll just say goodbye to youoo
2007-01-15 03:23:04 · answer #5 · answered by briangimma 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because catchy tunes always repeat the same line over and over and its annoying. but unfortuantley it IS catchy and it staysin your head. i hate that!!!!
2007-01-14 09:26:52 · answer #6 · answered by chatterbox15 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it beats getting a song you don't like stuck in your head!
2007-01-14 09:28:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
they call it chinese torture
2007-01-14 09:32:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋