I've been pondering this, and I think I may have arrived at a solution:
What if you created an 'inverse' of the offending song: a song with the exact same tempo and rhythm of the offending song but with the entire melodic structure inverted?
If you listened to that song at exactly the same volume as the offending song for the exact same duration, then theoretically the two should cancel each other out resulting in a zen state of total auditory cognitive freedom and peace.
Eh? Eh?
Anybody care to volunteer for testing out this hypothesis?
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22Kittypants...I could fall asleep to that song every night.
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23Chocolate Rain
tocharian wrote:Cheese fries vs nonexistence. Duh.
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25I've yet to test this theory, but I think This Heat's "Makeshift Swahili" would be the song to rid your brain of whatever you've gotten stuck with.
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26I wrote:I find this can be solved by knocking it out with something equally or more infectious. Like, oh, anything from King Kong's Funny Farm or the "Red Hot Lovin'" single.
Of course, then you have to get that out of your head, but often the two catchy songs cancel each other out. Or it's not as bad, because it's something you've chosen to listen to.
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28Tree wrote:Are we just not trying anymore?
sorry about that, I did do a cursory search, obviously too cursory.
Mandroid 2.0 wrote:It's not pretty, but I suggest "Africa" by Toto for any infectious ear worm. Of course, then you have to find a way to get "Africa" by Toto out of your head.
for the record this suggestion won.
and I lost.
that song is fucken terrible.
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29"Vegetables" by Brian Wilson or "Didn't We Deserve a Look at You the Way You Really Are" by Shellac.
Those songs man. Once they enter the brain, they stay for quite some time.
Those songs man. Once they enter the brain, they stay for quite some time.
lemur68 wrote:Why would you be where a jam band is playing in the first place?