Can't get that song out of my head
11 May '17 05:332 edits
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Right now it's this one above. It's 07:20 AM Serbian time, I was awake from 5, atypically for me but I had to. In my 7-storey building there is another refurbishing of newly sold apartment, second refurbishing in a raw. Noise is insane. I have to work, and that urban rettotism of a kind made me change usual rhythm.
I work until 5 til 9, then I put ear plugs in my ears when first drilling beginns, than I have frugal lunch around noon, and work till 14.00 when I have chance for a nap till 17.00 (old house order from communist times.) Then drillig wakes me up again, I go for a short walk, buy some rolls and yoghurt, since I am at the moment in great financial crysis and the work till 21.00.
Then I go to bed dead tired and sleep until 04.00 or 05.00...
I hope this translation I am working on will pay off in a grant next year and in a fee also, coz otherwise I am doomed.
Drilling, noise, crysis... It reminds me on Trump, really.
Reveal Hidden ContentIt happens to nearly everyone: You hear a bit of a pop song on your way to work and it gets "stuck" in your head all day.
Now, British researchers say they've determined why this so-called "earworm" effect is more likely with some songs than others.
"Regardless of the chart success of a song, there are certain features of the melody that make it more prone to getting stuck in people's heads, like some sort of private musical screensaver," explained study author Dr. Kelly Jakubowski, of the department of music at Durham University in Durham, England.
"These musically sticky songs seem to have quite a fast tempo, along with a common melodic shape and unusual intervals or repetitions, like we can hear in the opening riff of 'Smoke On The Water' by Deep Purple or in the chorus of 'Bad Romance' by Lady Gaga," she said.
One common melodic pattern is a rise and then a fall in pitch between phrases. For example, this happens in the children's rhyme "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star," as well as in Maroon 5's hit "Moves Like Jagger," the researchers said.
According to the study, 90 percent of people get a song stuck in their head at least once a week, typically when the brain is relatively unoccupied, such as while walking or doing chores.
But why do some tunes get stuck while others don't?
To find out, Jakubowski's team analyzed data from more than 3,000 people surveyed between 2010 and 2013. People were asked to list the songs that most tended to get stuck in their heads. The researchers then compared the melodies of these earworm songs to those of songs that hadn't been cited as earworms but had achieved similar popularity on the U.K. music charts.
The songs included in the study were limited to genres such as rock, rap, pop, and rhythm & blues.
The study found real differences. Jakubowski's group reported that the earworm tunes typically had a faster tempo and a fairly generic and easy-to-remember melody.
Not surprisingly, songs that got more radio play and have recently been on the hit charts are more likely to become earworms, the study found.
Now, British researchers say they've determined why this so-called "earworm" effect is more likely with some songs than others.
"Regardless of the chart success of a song, there are certain features of the melody that make it more prone to getting stuck in people's heads, like some sort of private musical screensaver," explained study author Dr. Kelly Jakubowski, of the department of music at Durham University in Durham, England.
"These musically sticky songs seem to have quite a fast tempo, along with a common melodic shape and unusual intervals or repetitions, like we can hear in the opening riff of 'Smoke On The Water' by Deep Purple or in the chorus of 'Bad Romance' by Lady Gaga," she said.
One common melodic pattern is a rise and then a fall in pitch between phrases. For example, this happens in the children's rhyme "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star," as well as in Maroon 5's hit "Moves Like Jagger," the researchers said.
According to the study, 90 percent of people get a song stuck in their head at least once a week, typically when the brain is relatively unoccupied, such as while walking or doing chores.
But why do some tunes get stuck while others don't?
To find out, Jakubowski's team analyzed data from more than 3,000 people surveyed between 2010 and 2013. People were asked to list the songs that most tended to get stuck in their heads. The researchers then compared the melodies of these earworm songs to those of songs that hadn't been cited as earworms but had achieved similar popularity on the U.K. music charts.
The songs included in the study were limited to genres such as rock, rap, pop, and rhythm & blues.
The study found real differences. Jakubowski's group reported that the earworm tunes typically had a faster tempo and a fairly generic and easy-to-remember melody.
Not surprisingly, songs that got more radio play and have recently been on the hit charts are more likely to become earworms, the study found.
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