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bridgeenjoyer sh.itjust.works bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-06-06
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Pretty much most of my life I thought everyone had this (as well as vivid imagination) but now I dont think its as common. Like I can cue up any song in my head and it plays through, all the instruments relatively separated etc. A similar thing happens for writing music, I can write song after song and rarely feel like I "dont have any ideas".

Sometimes I wish that power could actually be utilized..

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Nangijala feddit.dk Nangijala@feddit.dk
Joined: 2025-02-28
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My brain is more like a skipping record. I get to hear the same part of a song in an endless loop until my brain decides to move on to something else.

I fucking swear, dude, there was a period of TWO MONTHS where I had this thing stuck in my head 24/7.

Currently, I have had the main theme from Midnight Run stuck in my head for a week, which is a mood booster, so I don't mind.

Your version sound cool, tho!

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Quilotoa lemmy.ca Quilotoa@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-04-01
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I never realized the two were connected. It makes sense, though. I don't seperate the instruments but there is almost always something playing in my head. The weird thing is I find it easier to remember all the words to the song than remembering the band who played it.

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Pronell lemmy.world Pronell@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-02
#4 · (edited) Quote Reply

Yup, I am always playing with nonsense lyrics and scatting.

Idris Elba shows up a lot because it's a fun one to scat.

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bridgeenjoyer sh.itjust.works bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-06-06
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I never realized the two were connected. It makes sense, though. I don't seperate the instruments but there is almost always something playing in my head. The weird thing is I find it easier to remember all the words to the song than remembering the band who played it.

That's so funny, I'm polar opposite. I can't remember or understand lyrics for shit. I can write my own and remember them. And I can recall bands very well. There's veeeery few bands where I know the words to every song (probably like 2 bands I can do this with).

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bridgeenjoyer sh.itjust.works bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-06-06
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My brain is more like a skipping record. I get to hear the same part of a song in an endless loop until my brain decides to move on to something else. I fucking swear, dude, there was a period of TWO MONTHS where I had this thing stuck in my head 24/7. Currently, I have had the main theme from Midnight Run stuck in my head for a week, which is a mood booster, so I don't mind. Your version sound...

Sorry about J Lo

How about this one?

Sorry

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Zombiepirate lemmy.world Zombiepirate@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-12
#7 · Quote Reply

Unless I'm actively listening to something I've always got music going in my head.

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copymyjalopy sh.itjust.works copymyjalopy@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-07-31
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I'm like this too. I have to focus on the current song to get it to move on or just switch the song entirely.

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SuiXi3D fedia.io SuiXi3D@fedia.io
Joined: 2024-03-04
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I'm like this too. I have to focus on the current song to get it to move on or just switch the song entirely.

Even if I focus on the song in my head it’ll be there all day.

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AstralPath lemmy.ca AstralPath@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-07-04
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I have a perpetual mixtape running in my head. It's literally impossible to stop. I know I'm in the depths of depression when the music stops, and I'm climbing back out when it comes back.

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Squirrelsdrivemenuts lemmy.world Squirrelsdrivemenuts@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-09-21
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I have a friend who notices when she forgets her adhd meds because the music starts playing.

When she told me this it was the first time I realized constant brain music is not a normal thing that everyone has.

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Goldholz lemmy.blahaj.zone Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2023-12-12
#12 · Quote Reply

I defenetly have music or an underlying "theme" all the time in my head

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BierSoggyBeard feddit.online BierSoggyBeard@feddit.online
Joined: 2025-01-19
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I refer to it as my Theme Music. Sit-Com energy. Maybe some stoner movie sometimes. Occasionally a darker, more serious flick. But, yes, 100% of the time, always. Except the first time I took meds.

The silence was actually terrifying.

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ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠 slrpnk.net Nemo@slrpnk.net
Joined: 2023-07-01
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Unless I'm actively listening to something I've always got music going in my head.

sometimes even then

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Nangijala feddit.dk Nangijala@feddit.dk
Joined: 2025-02-28
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Sorry about J Lo How about this one? Sorry

You Demon! Be happy that Midnight Run is stronger in my mind than your attempt at sabotage! 😆

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pHr34kY lemmy.world pHr34kY@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-02
#16 · (edited) Quote Reply

I haven't heard the song "Cream" by Prince in over 30 years, but my brain DJ just started spinning it as I woke up. It's on loop. Tomorrow will be a different song.

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slackassassin piefed.social slackassassin@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-09-06
#17 · Quote Reply

North Carolina come on and raise up take your shirt off, twist it 'round your hand, spin it like a helicopter.

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_haha_oh_wow_ sh.itjust.works _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-12
#18 · Quote Reply

I'm not even a musician but I can use my brain like an MP3 player or make up my own songs for fun. I've learned to turn it off and on at will and make it play whatever I want.

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FUCKING_CUNO lemmy.dbzer0.com FUCKING_CUNO@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-04-30
#19 · Quote Reply

All the time.

Presently my brain is bouncing between these two songs, but I don't understand the lyrics to either:

Nimalila - Scar zm, MDC

Ibague - Monty

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HumbleBragger piefed.social HumbleBragger@piefed.social
Joined: 2026-01-23
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I've always had background music in my head. It only stopped for a while when I was on vyvanse 70mg..which was way too strong for me. Now that I'm on a 30mg generic med the music came back. Sometimes I can change it but it usually stays playing a couple songs randomly..

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Atherel lemmy.dbzer0.com Atherel@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2024-06-14
#21 · Quote Reply

There's a reason for the joke that adhd is like having 63 tabs open in your browser and one of them is playing music x)

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moseschrute lemmy.world moseschrute@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-10-06
#22 · Quote Reply

There's a reason for the joke that adhd is like having 63 tabs open in your browser and one of them is playing music x)

And you can’t find which tab it’s coming from, and your volume controls are broken, and you’re in class

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DragonTypeWyvern midwest.social DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
Joined: 2024-05-23
#23 · Quote Reply

This is going to trip you out OP but the way you utilize that power is by making music

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bridgeenjoyer sh.itjust.works bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-06-06
#24 · Quote Reply

This is going to trip you out OP but the way you utilize that power is by making music

Haha yeah, but then the point of it is to have others listen and judge and eh, there's an album released every minute in the world, most of which now are ai slop and the majority of people can't tell the difference.

My hard drives full of my songs will probably die with me. Most of it's unfinished anyways.

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Atherel lemmy.dbzer0.com Atherel@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2024-06-14
#25 · Quote Reply

And you can’t find which tab it’s coming from, and your volume controls are broken, and you’re in class

And the active tab changes randomly...

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Fedegenerate fedinsfw.app Fedegenerate@fedinsfw.app
Joined: 2026-02-22
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My brain is more like a skipping record. I get to hear the same part of a song in an endless loop until my brain decides to move on to something else. I fucking swear, dude, there was a period of TWO MONTHS where I had this thing stuck in my head 24/7. Currently, I have had the main theme from Midnight Run stuck in my head for a week, which is a mood booster, so I don't mind. Your version sound...

I regularly get the chorus of Weiners as an earworm.

One Weiner next to another Weiner.......

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Nangijala feddit.dk Nangijala@feddit.dk
Joined: 2025-02-28
#27 · Quote Reply

I regularly get the chorus of Weiners as an earworm. One Weiner next to another Weiner.......

Lol. South Park is a virus xD

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Scubus sh.itjust.works Scubus@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-07-07
#28 · Quote Reply

My brain is more like a skipping record. I get to hear the same part of a song in an endless loop until my brain decides to move on to something else. I fucking swear, dude, there was a period of TWO MONTHS where I had this thing stuck in my head 24/7. Currently, I have had the main theme from Midnight Run stuck in my head for a week, which is a mood booster, so I don't mind. Your version sound...

Check out George Rafferty's "Baker Street". You won't know it by the intro, but once it hits the chorus you'll recognize that beautiful saxophone solo. It's such a pleasant snipit to have floating around :)

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Scubus sh.itjust.works Scubus@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-07-07
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Yup, I am always playing with nonsense lyrics and scatting. Idris Elba shows up a lot because it's a fun one to scat.

Uh.. youre doing what?

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Scubus sh.itjust.works Scubus@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-07-07
#30 · Quote Reply

That's so funny, I'm polar opposite. I can't remember or understand lyrics for shit. I can write my own and remember them. And I can recall bands very well. There's veeeery few bands where I know the words to every song (probably like 2 bands I can do this with).

It's funny, my memory for things like dates is non existent. I'm also pretty sure I have a neurological issue preventing me from recognizing people. But damn, my memory for audio i think is perfect. I can listen to a song once and remember every beat and every word for years. It's an odd thing to have thrown all my skillpoints into.

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prole lemmy.blahaj.zone prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2024-06-11
#31 · (edited) Quote Reply

My brain is like a broken jukebox set to shuffle. I randomly get songs that I haven't heard in decades stuck in my head.

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GeeDubHayduke lemmy.dbzer0.com GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2024-12-06
#32 · Quote Reply

My brain is like a broken jukebox set to shuffle. I randomly get songs that I haven't heard in decades stuck in my head.

This is me while walking my dog. I dunno what's gonna pop up, but it'll be different in 30 seconds.

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Jakylla jlai.lu Jakylla@jlai.lu
Joined: 2023-06-30
#33 · Quote Reply

Not musical person here, still have too much music going on in the head. Can't even sing them or play them or anything, most of the time cannot even recall them. But they are there...

where silence ? [insert monkey meme here]

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Slayan lemmy.ca Slayan@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-20
#34 · Quote Reply

Yup i got a radio playing in my head all day everyday.

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Nangijala feddit.dk Nangijala@feddit.dk
Joined: 2025-02-28
#35 · Quote Reply

Check out George Rafferty's "Baker Street". You won't know it by the intro, but once it hits the chorus you'll recognize that beautiful saxophone solo. It's such a pleasant snipit to have floating around :)

Baker Street slaps.

and speaking of blowing instruments, I feel obligated to share this because it will never not be cool.

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Pronell lemmy.world Pronell@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-02
#36 · Quote Reply

Uh.. youre doing what?

Scat.

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TrooBloo lemmy.dbzer0.com trublu@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-06-05
#37 · Quote Reply

Yes, there are many albums I don't really even have to turn on to hear. I can play Dark Side of the Moon heartbeat to heartbeat in my head. I often also have other music bouncing around built on my mood, my environment, other sounds I'm hearing, etc.

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bridgeenjoyer sh.itjust.works bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-06-06
#38 · Quote Reply

Yes, there are many albums I don't really even have to turn on to hear. I can play Dark Side of the Moon heartbeat to heartbeat in my head. I often also have other music bouncing around built on my mood, my environment, other sounds I'm hearing, etc.

Excellent album

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P00ptart lemmy.world P00ptart@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-07-26
#39 · Quote Reply

Yes, there are many albums I don't really even have to turn on to hear. I can play Dark Side of the Moon heartbeat to heartbeat in my head. I often also have other music bouncing around built on my mood, my environment, other sounds I'm hearing, etc.

I'm that way with most tool albums.

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P00ptart lemmy.world P00ptart@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-07-26
#40 · Quote Reply

Yeah at work I'm always bobbing my head to music. But I don't know how to play any instrument.

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setVeryLoud(true); lemmy.ca isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-04-19
#41 · Quote Reply

Yes

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yermaw sh.itjust.works yermaw@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-07-10
#42 · Quote Reply

My brain is more like a skipping record. I get to hear the same part of a song in an endless loop until my brain decides to move on to something else. I fucking swear, dude, there was a period of TWO MONTHS where I had this thing stuck in my head 24/7. Currently, I have had the main theme from Midnight Run stuck in my head for a week, which is a mood booster, so I don't mind. Your version sound...

I gotta find whichever writer made "sneakers o toole" and just have a word.

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