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Disclaimer: I am not responsible for any stuck songs you might get because you read this post. Proceed at your own risk. :)
Sometimes, the overactive pattern-matcher in my brain kicks in when I'm having a stuck song incident (most of the time) and I combine songs in what seems to be an odd way. Most of the time, I don't notice or remember, but a few nights ago, two sequences were so strange, they actually impinged on my consciousness. The connections can be and often are: a base line, chord progression, rhythm, similar lyrics, phrasing (the musical kind and the lyrical kind)...sometimes it can be as simple as the interval between notes. (For example, the first two notes of "My Bonny Lies Over the Ocean" is a sixth interval (A-F); my brain switches from "My Bonny" to Leia's Theme from Star Wars seamlessly because it also starts with a sixth interval. The music is in different keys with different tempos and vastly different moods...but I never said my medley-maker was sane or logical.)
See if you can identify why my brain combined the following two sets of three songs in a constant medley of stuck-songeriffic goodness:
"Why Do Fools Fall in Love" by The Supremes
"Close To You" by The Carpenters
"An Innocent Man" by Billy Joel.
Then, at some point, the first two songs quietly departed only to be replaced by:
"An Innocent Man" by Billy Joel
"Blue Bayou" by Linda Ronstadt
"Rikki Don't Lose That Number" by Steely Dan
Or, how about this one that lasted more than a week last month::
The Harry Potter Theme (one of the sub-theme variations1, not the opening theme)
The Oompa Loompa Song (from the original Willy Wonka; I haven't seen the new)
I actually do know, this time, why my pattern-matcher put the songs together. See if you can spot the connection. (I feel all James Burke all of a sudden.)
( It's not like this is some life-or-death thing. Peek, if you wanna. But don't hold me to logic or even sanity. )
Note: That icon is a new one I selected for music-related posts. Some of you will "get" it, some of you won't. :)
1 If you have the DVD of the first movie, go about 30 minutes, 20 seconds in and watch the beginning of the scene where the first-years are just starting the boat ride. The music I'm talking about is the major theme at this point. It occurs before this, but not as a major theme.
Sometimes, the overactive pattern-matcher in my brain kicks in when I'm having a stuck song incident (most of the time) and I combine songs in what seems to be an odd way. Most of the time, I don't notice or remember, but a few nights ago, two sequences were so strange, they actually impinged on my consciousness. The connections can be and often are: a base line, chord progression, rhythm, similar lyrics, phrasing (the musical kind and the lyrical kind)...sometimes it can be as simple as the interval between notes. (For example, the first two notes of "My Bonny Lies Over the Ocean" is a sixth interval (A-F); my brain switches from "My Bonny" to Leia's Theme from Star Wars seamlessly because it also starts with a sixth interval. The music is in different keys with different tempos and vastly different moods...but I never said my medley-maker was sane or logical.)
See if you can identify why my brain combined the following two sets of three songs in a constant medley of stuck-songeriffic goodness:
"Why Do Fools Fall in Love" by The Supremes
"Close To You" by The Carpenters
"An Innocent Man" by Billy Joel.
Then, at some point, the first two songs quietly departed only to be replaced by:
"An Innocent Man" by Billy Joel
"Blue Bayou" by Linda Ronstadt
"Rikki Don't Lose That Number" by Steely Dan
Or, how about this one that lasted more than a week last month::
The Harry Potter Theme (one of the sub-theme variations1, not the opening theme)
The Oompa Loompa Song (from the original Willy Wonka; I haven't seen the new)
I actually do know, this time, why my pattern-matcher put the songs together. See if you can spot the connection. (I feel all James Burke all of a sudden.)
( It's not like this is some life-or-death thing. Peek, if you wanna. But don't hold me to logic or even sanity. )
Note: That icon is a new one I selected for music-related posts. Some of you will "get" it, some of you won't. :)
1 If you have the DVD of the first movie, go about 30 minutes, 20 seconds in and watch the beginning of the scene where the first-years are just starting the boat ride. The music I'm talking about is the major theme at this point. It occurs before this, but not as a major theme.
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