Why does my brain do this?

[foxgrrl]

I usually wake up in the morning with a random song stuck in my head. Most of the time it's something pretty good, like Tori Amos or Smashing Pumpkins (like this morning), since I mostly listen to good music. But every now and then, I'll wake up with something like the Gilligan's Island Theme Song stuck in my head. Why? Why? Why does this happen? I haven't watched that show in over twenty years.

Comments

[futcion.livejournal.com]

I keep getting that $5 foot long subway commercial stuck in my head.

[tiggerfox.livejournal.com]

It's Dizzy coming back to haunt you from FNL
http://qik.com/redir/65da71b12e1e4129af0059710c4514bb.jpg

[dv-girl.livejournal.com]

Now sit right now and you'll hear a tale.
A tale of a fated trip...

[reo-the-eagle.livejournal.com]

Hey that song is catchy!

[mayamaia.livejournal.com]

Ah ha ha! I do that too.

[otter3.livejournal.com]

If it's anything like mine, it's because the songs in my head continue through the night, so often they end up oriented toward my dreams. When I can remember the dream, the song makes sense. If I can't, it sounds completely bizarre.

[t-bellwether.livejournal.com]

Perhaps it is your "musical oracle draw of the day", like a tarot card of the day... *L*

[lumin-esc.livejournal.com]

Happens here, too. One day I woke when a particularly glittery reflection dazzled my ceiling, and as soon as I opened my eyes, the The Price is Right theme burst into my head.

[ncomplex.livejournal.com]

Dreaming puts the brain in a state of constantly-changing, unconscious patterns, which recall memory (probably according to some near-random pattern). Sound is a very resonant sensory input, leaving memory fragments often "stuck" in your head.

When you are dreaming, your neurotransmitters are scattered and do not fire together in line or in time. Things get jumbled up and old memories cross circuits due to the desire of the brain to stimulate itself at a fast pace.