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ProfessorGAC

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13. Yes, But It's Real!

Sun Jun 2, 2024, 06:30 PM

Jun 2024

We live only a couple blocks off part of the Route 66 run.
When the bike folks ride through we can hear the music from those high powered stereos they have in their fairings.
Sometimes I can even tell what song they're listening too. From 2 blocks away!

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Do you ever hear music when no music is playing? [View all] raccoon Jun 2024 OP

I think you're just ecstatic bucolic_frolic Jun 2024 #1

Actually that happened to me 7 years ago when we moved into our new home Peacetrain Jun 2024 #2

I do, but voices rather than music TxGuitar Jun 2024 #3

Yes trocar Jun 2024 #49

always...then again, I write music for a living.... bahboo Jun 2024 #4

Beat Me To It ProfessorGAC Jun 2024 #8

That's my thing... 2naSalit Jun 2024 #41

I once lived in a house by a freeway-- viva la Jun 2024 #5

Yes. it's very common for that to happen with a fan running. LuckyCharms Jun 2024 #6

Thank you I thought it was just me. wendyb-NC Jun 2024 #11

Here's an interesting article on it. dgauss Jun 2024 #15

Alternate 'theory' Dear_Prudence Jun 2024 #29

Interesting, thanks. dgauss Jun 2024 #50

Interesting article duhneece Jun 2024 #53

It happens to me quite often in the summer months. rsdsharp Jun 2024 #7

Often Dave in VA Jun 2024 #9

I've had that experience. I lived in one place where it would happen regularly dgauss Jun 2024 #10

Absolutely! Different types of music, and what sounds like radio broadcast voices, too. 50 Shades Of Blue Jun 2024 #12

Yes, But It's Real! ProfessorGAC Jun 2024 #13

Yes happybird Jun 2024 #14

In my rube red area, I hear banjos frequently. Silent Type Jun 2024 #16

Do you hear banjo like this? OAITW r.2.0 Jun 2024 #28

I assume they meant like this Celerity Jun 2024 #47

On occasion in the long stretch of the subway train underground going express the random noise I'd almost hear music electric_blue68 Jun 2024 #17

I hear cicadas 24/7 thanks to tinnitus nt doc03 Jun 2024 #18

I sometimes wake up with a song in my head. Tommy Carcetti Jun 2024 #19

I mostly hear a loud bass guitar multigraincracker Jun 2024 #20

I've heard what sounded like bagpipes multiple times Red Mountain Jun 2024 #21

Does tinnitus count? Ms. Toad Jun 2024 #22

All the time. I have tinnitus all the time leftyladyfrommo Jun 2024 #23

Fan WmChris Jun 2024 #24

I have tinitus but I often hear what seems like very very faint music. BSdetect Jun 2024 #25

oooh - no you don't. Ms. Toad Jun 2024 #27

I had the very same experience a few years ago. LastDemocratInSC Jun 2024 #40

Mine was more than a decade ago - Ms. Toad Jun 2024 #46

A Bertha moment perhaps. OAITW r.2.0 Jun 2024 #26

Yep. I figure it's just my brain keeping busy. Parents were musicians, there was ALWAYS music in the house Attilatheblond Jun 2024 #30

no, but i've smelled gardenias that werent there. mopinko Jun 2024 #31

Yes. I call it "The Music of the Night" and it's not The Phantom rockbluff botanist Jun 2024 #32

I hear music edhopper Jun 2024 #33

You mean like music in your head, or audible sound? sakabatou Jun 2024 #34

Yes, or people talking imperceptibly - can't tell what they are saying. cilla4progress Jun 2024 #35

For a fascinating read on things related: Oliver Sacks' book Musicophilia Drum Jun 2024 #36

When I listen to Frank Zappa DBoon Jun 2024 #37

No. But I can groove to the faintest furthest away tune that nobody else hears. PeaceWave Jun 2024 #38

It's the ghost of Stephen Foster struggle4progress Jun 2024 #39

Absolutely. And it is usually when I turn on yorkster Jun 2024 #42

I have sometimes, if I'm laying with one ear on a pillow. Beartracks Jun 2024 #43

Sometimes... 2naSalit Jun 2024 #44

This message was self-deleted by its author yorkster Jun 2024 #45

Every time I walk up a flight of stairs the "Rocky" theme song swirls thru my head Bucky Jun 2024 #48

All the time! pandr32 Jun 2024 #51

Quite often actually. MontanaMama Jun 2024 #52

Yes all the time gay texan Jun 2024 #54