The anti-earworm
Feb. 17th, 2015 08:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kayreI am not a fan of Frozen, nor of Let It Go-- except that the song has one supreme virtue. It is the Anti-Earworm.
A year or two ago I read something that suggested that the way to get rid of an ear worm is to force it to a conclusion; and if you can't manage that, deliberately change songs to something that you can force to a conclusion.
Frozen has a stunningly clear and conclusive final cadence. Just get it in your head, let it wail away for a while, and then sing (internally or externally) "the cold never bothered me anyway." Done!
A year or two ago I read something that suggested that the way to get rid of an ear worm is to force it to a conclusion; and if you can't manage that, deliberately change songs to something that you can force to a conclusion.
Frozen has a stunningly clear and conclusive final cadence. Just get it in your head, let it wail away for a while, and then sing (internally or externally) "the cold never bothered me anyway." Done!
