Diminishing Interest in POP. I hate earworms


First of all, let me be clear. I love all manner and genres of music, I am a very eclectic guy and my music collection reflects that.

However, as I get older, and as much as I try to keep current, I find myself less able and willing to listen to what I term "pop" music. The interest factor is likely tied to my senior citizen status. :) I think I've finally moved beyond youthful angst. :)

One primary reason is that the hooks in so many songs increasingly take up residence in my brain and I hear them over and over until they decide to migrate elsewhere for the season. It's rather maddening. And, at the least,
extremely unpleasant.

It's one thing to keep hearing passages from Beethoven, Satie, Sibelius, Mozart, Bach, Chopin, etc, etc . and Coltrane, Miles, Chet Baker, Django, and on and on, et al, but an entirely other matter to have to listen to an internal shortloop of a pop tune. I'm referring to material from Billy Holliday, to Patsy Cline, to Dylan, to Reed, to Otis, to Talking Heads, Petty, The Band, Simon, and a myriad of much newer "artists" as they've come to be called. The handful of musicians I just mentioned are barely indicative of the extent of my listening.

For example: How many of you can't get "Bye Bye American Pie" out of YOUR heads? :)

My apologies to the thousands of new pop artists who reached prominence during the past 15 years or so. I don't disrespect the best of your efforts but generally I find it's usually not worth the time and effort to listen.

Thanks for your response.
ps
Must be a terrible thing, not to be able to control one's mind any better than that. I'm able to erase virtually anything from mind, via one simple meditation: Twoallbeefpattieslettucecheesepicklesonionsonasesameseedbun.
Rodman99999

I suspect your mantra is nothing more than a nefarious, thinly-disguised attempt at mind control. :)

Good one.
Mapman:
Great tune, great video. Had me laughing. Thanks.
77jovian: Thanks- your post gave me additional laughs.
How about "who let the dog out?"
After watching a segment of CBS Sunday morning, I had Christopher Cross tunes running through my head for a week. Now I liked Christopher back in the day but not so much now.
"oh the canvas can do miracles, just you wait and see".

I certainly agree wholeheartedly with the comments above concerning Mary Gauthier . There are many many more songs to come from this talented woman. I have seen her in very small venues a number of times in the past couple of years and she's always extremely entertaining and thought-provoking