Does Your Brain Have a Jukebox?

[John53]

I "hear" music in my head quite frequently. Often it is the last song I heard on the radio, other times it's a word in a thought that triggers a song.

This morning, for no reason that I can surmise, Orinoco Flow by Enya started playing out of nowhere. I haven't heard the song in years, and I can't think of anything that was rattling around in my brain that would trigger the song...no water, nothing about South America, nothing about Enya, and nothing about sailing. This rarely happens, so I'm at a loss as to what triggered this particular song to play.

Does anyone else experience any of this?

Yes. I have an inner ear problem (Menier's Disease) and for the last 10 or so years I can't turn the music in my brain off. It can be almost anything playing, a song I haven't heard for 30 years or a jingle I heard on the TV just before going to bed. I think it's my brains way of trying to block out the buzzing.

 

[Revoltingest]

We'll have to go head-to-head one day on movie scores -- name that movie within 2-3-4 notes?

And by gum, you left out John Barry! And Gustav Mahler!!

lion in winter score - Google Search

I left out many composers I like. Just gave a small sample.
I know nothing about music....notes, clefs...all that technical jargon.
Alls I knows is some stuff I like, some stuff does little for me,
& some stuff I dislikes.

 

[Evangelicalhumanist]

I left out many composers I like. Just gave a small sample.
I know nothing about music....notes, clefs...all that technical jargon.
Alls I knows is some stuff I like, some stuff does little for me,
& some stuff I dislikes.

I love music. Play the piano (and read not only piano music but whole scores). Solid background in music theory -- to about 0.01% of what Leonard Berstein knew. (One of the greatest things available on YouTube is his 6 lectures at Harvard called "The Unanswered Question." You want to see pure brilliance, there it is. Link to the first lecture.)

 

[Audie]

No jukebox. Instead I have a filing system.
Like bins for words.
Each word I read, hear or think goes into its bin.
I the form I received it.
Great piles of scrap words, and some rare singles
In their bins.

It's very untidy but has its own explanatory value.

 

[Revoltingest]

I love music. Play the piano (and read not only piano music but whole scores). Solid background in music theory -- to about 0.01% of what Leonard Berstein knew. (One of the greatest things available on YouTube is his 6 lectures at Harvard called "The Unanswered Question." You want to see pure brilliance, there it is. Link to the first lecture.)

I'm not into learning things.
We'll see.

 

[Mock Turtle]

Not sure if this has been mentioned:

Musical Ear Syndrome: Causes and Treatments

Musical ear syndrome (MES) occurs when you hear music even though there isn’t any playing. Learn more about the causes and possible treatments for MES.

www.healthline.com

And where the nextdoor neighbour of mine complained about the noise coming from my house - but wasn't - so seemingly she might have had this.

 

[bobhikes]

I "hear" music in my head quite frequently. Often it is the last song I heard on the radio, other times it's a word in a thought that triggers a song.

This morning, for no reason that I can surmise, Orinoco Flow by Enya started playing out of nowhere. I haven't heard the song in years, and I can't think of anything that was rattling around in my brain that would trigger the song...no water, nothing about South America, nothing about Enya, and nothing about sailing. This rarely happens, so I'm at a loss as to what triggered this particular song to play.

Does anyone else experience any of this?

My theory for this is that Music is actually the programming language for the Brain. Still working on the evidence.

 

[HonestJoe]

Does anyone else experience any of this?

Yes, but you should still stop trying to push coins in my nose.

 

[beenherebeforeagain]

Yes, but you should still stop trying to push coins in my nose.

So where do they go? In your mouth? Your ear? What?