I see people sometimes talk about "earworms" — songs with melodies that get stuck in their head for hours or days — but does anyone else have the same thing happen with individual lines from a song?
Like one I have right now is "I'll be your dead bird, you be my bloodhound." Just that one line, whole hog, down to the singer's exact tone and backing instrumentation — but *only* that line — repeating over and over in my head.
Like one I have right now is "I'll be your dead bird, you be my bloodhound." Just that one line, whole hog, down to the singer's exact tone and backing instrumentation — but *only* that line — repeating over and over in my head.
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@MossRC I thought that's what an earworm is. I never had an earworm from the melody alone without any text.
@metalsnake It's usually referred to as a complete musical phrase like a chorus or hook. I have that happen sometimes too, but I also get these shorter bits that are only a fragment of a phrase — like the example I gave is part of a three-line phrase, but I get obsessed with just the one line.
But maybe it is the same thing and I'm splitting hairs by defining them separately. *shrugs*
But maybe it is the same thing and I'm splitting hairs by defining them separately. *shrugs*