On Musical Insights Into One's Mind

Earlier I was singing a song out loud, as I so often do. In fact, it was "Can't You See" by The Marshall Tucker Band, which I think I heard earlier on the radio. Somehow, though, this quickly merged into "Maggie May" by Rod Stewart. I have no idea how I got from one song to the other, or what the two songs might possibly have in common (at first glance, absolutely nothing). I also think it has been quite a long time since I have actually heard "Maggie May," which raises interesting questions about why it came to me then, of all songs.

But this gave me an idea. I want to keep track of what songs I sing out loud as the day goes on. Usually, I am singing something I have recently heard, but sometimes it is something entirely random. At least it seems entirely random. Maybe by keeping a list of recently sung songs I can begin to see trends. Perhaps this will give me some kind of insight into how my mind works, which songs I associate with which other songs, and so on. Or maybe it will just be kind of fun.

To the right, below the links, you will see a list of recent songs that I have sung out loud, the songs at the top being the most recent. Please feel free to send me comments about trends that you might see developing. I will also try to keep a complete list for my own records, if I can remember to.

So, some ground rules. The songs have to come to me randomly, or at least partially so. It can be a song I recently heard on the radio, but not a song that is currently playing while I sing along. Any time I can be said to be "randomly" singing a certain song out loud, that song will go on the list. The experiment would work much better if someone else were keeping track of which songs I sang without my knowledge, since the very fact that I am aware of the experiment means that I am probably subconsciously altering the results. But, it will have to do, and I will try to be as fair as possible.

Speaking of being aware of the experiment, I just lost the game.