Brainworms, Sticky Music, & Catchy TunesSamantha Brandon KrisGladys

Objectives Demonstrate proper usage of

“brainworms”, “sticky music”, and “catchy tunes.”

Provide students with adequate knowledge of lyrical manipulation Song writers make catchy tunes to get

stuck inside your head

Definitions Brainworms: also known as earworms,

hook the listener to be “catchy” or “sticky” to bore its way like an earwig into the ear or mind.

Brainworms: half facetiously, as “cognitively infectious musical agents” One magazine from 1987.

Main Points Music, poetry, ballads, and songs are all

full of repetition. Music industry is meant to “hook”

listeners and be “catchy.” Brain never forgets catchy tunes or

phrases. Always possible to reignite tune.

Main Points Continued Married with children theme song. “Love and Marriage.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRDBvKGc1fE “Music is playing inside my head over and over

and over again…There’s no end…”-Carole King

Nick Younes Love and Marriage theme song was

stuck in Nick Younes head for ten day. Mind trapped in tempo of song Eventually lost its charm

Eventually everything dies out from the continuous repetition

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Reflective Activity How does music (songs, theme songs,

poetry, advertisements, ect..) affect your everyday habits? Do “catchy tunes” play an essential role in your daily thought process? If so please explain the “catchy tune” and where it stems from.