Comments on: Musical Torment

By: thekenemy

thekenemy — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 12:22:26 +0000

I am so going to get this when I’m old, and it’s so going to be Creedence over and over…

By: songstress

songstress — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 12:41:26 +0000

addendum: I almost forgot; there has also been Elvis Presley singing I Can’t Help Falling in Love With You, as well as I’d Like to Teach the World To Sing. I am a young middle age -get this- human service master’s level professional. I have consulted several doctors, had various tests including cat scans and MRI’s, and have been told there are no apparent problems. I think I am relatively sane and rational, but after my first internal Michael Jackson solo I thought I was bonkers. I believe that these things happen when under great stress and I have also been told that these could be a form of tinnitis. Auditory problems run in my family. I also have been prescribed amitryptiline for pain control as I suffer from fibromyalgia. I also have attention deficit disorder. Whether all these things inter-relate I am not sure.What helps me when I start hearing something I don’t like is to put on classical music or something soothing like Yanni or Enya. Hope this helps someone else!

By: songstress

songstress — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 22:33:32 +0000

the first song was Michael Jackson’s You Are Not Alone. HATE THAT SONG!
Since then, it has been America the Beautiful, One More Night by Phil Collins, Jet by Paul McCartney, assorted Christmas carols, the Beach Boys and more. As I write this, I am being entertained by a choir of male voices who are chanting oh my lord. After reading previous posts, I better not get stuck with come on Eileen. The other one that keeps me awake is that song I can see clearly now the rain has gone!@

By: TS_Curious

TS_Curious — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:17:28 +0000

I was thinking while reading this that it sounded very similar to Bonnet’s halucinations. Looked it up on Google and I was correct they are sorta related. Your mind will tend to “fill in” stimulus that is deprived of in some situations. AMAZING

By: Correct me if I'm wrong, but:

Correct me if I'm wrong, but: — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:50:27 +0000

[quote]nutritionalalchemist said: “must be the Canadians fault……

come on eileen?….how the the chicken dance?”[/quote]

BLAST! How did you catch on to our neferious scheme?!

By: weasel

weasel — Tue, 27 May 2008 05:57:17 +0000

There’s also a slow, distant, ethereal and definitely creepy quality to the music. Lots of minor chords. Maybe an exorcist rather than a neurologist is called for. And 50′s night was a drag – Barbara Ann, Let’s Twist Again. Oh, the horror.

By: weasel

weasel — Tue, 27 May 2008 05:42:26 +0000

I found this site researching musical hallucinations. They started abruptly for me almost 2 weeks ago and it’s been constant except during conversations and real music. I call it “sado-musicism”. I’m waiting for a neuro appointment and trying not to think I’ll be dead soon of a brain tumor. Although death may be preferable to military marches on tuba, xylophone (sp?) and kazoo. I’m blown away by the similarity of others’ experiences – people mentioned America the Beautiful, choral music, spirituals, “Old Man River”, which degenerated into “Old Damn Zipper”. Stuff I wouldn’t tune my dial to. Have heard some gorgeous melodies and harmonies, and other genres of music. I don’t recognize a lot of it.

By: Rachelita

Rachelita — Mon, 19 May 2008 21:30:50 +0000

[quote]white_matter said: “Fish Heads, Fish Heads,

Rolly, Polly Fish Heads,
Fish Heads, Fish Heads,
Eat Them Up…Yum!”[/quote]

You are now officially my favorite! xD

By: KireSunfer

KireSunfer — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:08:05 +0000

In regards to the comments posted by Captian Haddock and RageIsTheNewBlack. I’ve been consistently hearing my cell phone go off when it is not. I have a nondescript, stock ringtone. By now I carry my cell phone in my shirt pocket so that when I hear it going off I can immediately verify wether or not the sound is coming from the phone speaker or my mind. I have since taken to the thought that it’s just the foreign wavelengths melting my brain but I guess it could be some sort of syndrome.

By: Circlehead

Circlehead — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:37:48 +0000

There’s an interesting anecdote in Daniel Dennett’s Consciousness Explained about a brain surgeon carrying out a procedure on a fully awake patient which involved electrically stimulating certain parts of the brain. When the surgeon worked a particular part of the young man’s gray matter, the patient reported hearing Gun N’ Roses’ “Outta Get Me” playing clearly in his head.