

It seemed spontaneous and unrelated, but check out the full lyrics:Ĭome on in this house, stop all that yakety-yak,ĭon’t make me nervous, holdin’ a baseball bat. Paul began singing, “Honey Hush” by Lee Willie Turner. George got sulky, Paul paced back and forth, over-explaining himself. George Harrison complained that Paul McCartney and John Lennon weren’t paying enough attention to George’s songs. I got curious: did he even realize what he was singing, and what his Secret Soundtrack was telling him? Three examples of how a Secret Soundtrack reveals true feelings: Paul, like us, has a mental encyclopedia of songs he’d been listening to ever since he was a kid.

Whenever things got emotional, Paul McCartney would spontaneously break into song. When I was watching the Beatles documentary “Get Back,” I noticed they had two soundtracks: one they were composing, and one that was secret. Even one line represents a whole song, with all of its lyrics and meanings.īut how can we use these earworms to understand our own emotions? (We’ll even sing ads to each other! Talk about a money-saver for the corporates!)Īny song we hear gets added to our Secret Soundtrack. The emotional pull of these songs is so strong, and evokes such big memories, that advertisers use songs as hooks. We all know songs from our childhood, from church, from the radio and TV. There’s power in the earworm, and I‘d like to help you unlock it! Sometimes one song will stick with you for days. Or find yourself humming as you put on your shoes. Well, ever get a song stuck in your head? It’s called an “earworm.” One easy way is by listening to our Secret Soundtrack. How can we hear guidance when our feelings are all muddled up?
