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A Thousand Little Melodies - My unfortunate addiction to children's music. By Sam Anderson: "A Thousand Little Melodies My unfortunate addiction to children's music. By Sam Anderson Posted Friday, Jan. 27, 2006, at 5:16 PM ET The English language is not equipped to describe the crippling psychological torture of having a song stuck in your head. 'Stuck in your head' sounds like a minor logistical mix-up; the real experience is like temporary schizophrenia. A vacuum cleaner jingle, overheard at a vulnerable moment, can wipe out a week's worth of cognition. As usual, we have to turn to German (Weltschmerz, schadenfreude) to chart the subtleties of our own despair: We need the word Ohrwurm, literally 'earworm,' which appropriately suggests the violent invasion of a parasite. Earworms have ruined some of the best moments of my life. The first time I walked over the Brooklyn Bridge?one of America's sublime experiences?I was haunted by the Meatloaf power-ballad 'I Would Do Anything for Love,' which ran in a continuous loop all the way across. The song returns to me now whenever I see a big-city skyline."
posted by SAM @ 1/28/2006 12:05:00 PM
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