It was a pretty normal time, lots of Frente! because of Sloan’s car CD preferences, and then I put on Moon Safari by French Band AIR, and suddenly my brain was back in 2002....
A pretty normal selection for most of the month, until my chronic migraine brain decided to obsess on two unlikely songs while it was migraining: The Man Comes Around by Johnny Cash and Here Comes The Rain Again by Eurythmics. Always a surprise, the interactions...
New year, new fun stuff in the Top 20s and Yearly Fun sections. Also, 2024 was interesting in that there was a large jump in the number of recorded earworms, from 944 in 2023 to 1211 in 2024. Not sure the dynamic behind that, it’s possible that moving to...
The Songs From The Distant Past situation continues on the Earworm Chart, with Sloan now listening to the demo and practice recordings of my second garage band Conspiracy Theorists. Again, I’ve been surprised at how well those songs have stood up over the years....
This month’s update is kinda crazy… my kid has started to listen to the CD I recorded back in 1999, and as a result, that particular garage band, named Külip, has skyrocketed to the top of the charts. It’s a funny thing, listening with fresh ears to...
