This morning I was working on my Spotify playlists, and decided to add We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together by Taylor Swift to the collection. It took quite a long process for me to get to the point of liking the song enough to deem it an appropriate addition to my little compilation, but there I was dragging it shamelessly into my "Upbeat" playlist. And ever since, it has been so stuck in my head. I mean like the completely constant repetition of "We are never ever ever getting back together...weeeeeee are never ever ever getting back together" over and over, without a single moments break. All. Day. Long. My roommate texted me this afternoon: "Haha that song is in my head now." It's contagion.
This is nothing unique for me though. If it's not one song, it's another. I don't think there is ever a moment that goes by during which I don't have some song playing the soundtrack of my life in the back of my mind. (And sometimes it's not so inconspicuously tucked away in my brain...like when I'm in the shower, or walking across campus, or while I cook dinner, or study...)
So my question is, what is it about music that makes things stick so strongly in your mind? Why is it that I can spend 15 minutes a night for an entire week trying to memorize a two-line scripture to no avail, and yet I know every line to every song on my iPod, a feat accomplished without exerting a single ounce of effort? Maybe I should put my notes from my classes to music. It would probably make acing my tests a lot easier.
Here's the song. Give it a listen or two, and don't be surprised if the next 24 hours involve mindless lyrics swimming through the oblivion of your mind:
Not going to lie, I hated that song when I first heard it but as I started to listen, I caught the bug. I love it now and also find myself constantly singing it! And I also am amazed how many lyrics I can remember and yet can't remember my homework. A few years ago, I was trying to memorize some things for school and my roommate said when she was in that class she made up a song to memorize it. She taught it to me and I remembered it so well! Something about music helps my memory!
ReplyDeleteI thought that song was so strange when I first heard it, and I was so shocked when I found out that it was by Taylor Swift. I was also really surprised that it was an instant hit, but it didn't take too long for me to embrace it and love it. It definitely gets stuck in the head easily though! Gotta love Tay Swift!
ReplyDeleteoh no. I've been infected.
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