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HOLY CRAP For practically my whole life I've had this recurring memory of a 1-12 song with this exact rhythm and couldn't remember where it was from. The olde

HOLY CRAP For practically my whole life I've had this recurring memory of a 1-12 song with this exact rhythm and couldn't remember where it was from. The older I got, the more I wondered if it was manufactured purely by my imagination. I'm pretty sure this is it. Even though it was made before my time, it must have either been re-run in the 90s or some teacher might have played it off a VHS tape. Also, gotta love how the video is 12 minutes and 12 seconds long. :)

cameron_b 3y ago
It ran until the early 2000s
steve_adams_86 3y ago
Hah, I had the same experience as you a while back when my oldest was 4 or so. This rhythm and melody was like a staple of my internal, relentless sound/music generation I tend to do, but I could never remember where I got it from. Then one day this comes on and oh my god, it all came pouring back. So cool. And somehow my recollection of the tune was almost perfect; it’s insane how well we can recall music and in such detail. It must have stuck with me largely unchanged for almost 30 years.
function_seven 3y ago
I have a similar story. All my life the letters of the alphabet each had a color associated with it. D is green and K is blue, etc. One day for no particular reason I decided to pay attention to which color each letter evoked in me. And to my great surprise, it was a simple-ass repeating pattern! Up until this point, I had never actually noticed it. And when I did notice it, it sparked a new mystery for me. I knew right away that this pattern meant my color associations must have come from some toy blocks or a set of magnetic refrigerator letters. But every single time I saw these toy blocks, or magnets, they never matched the colors in my head! Finally, about five years ago, a friend of mine out of the blue sent me this link: https://neurocritic.blogspot.com/2013/01/fisher-price-synesthesia.html?m=1 https://neurocritic.blogspot.com/2013/01/fisher-price-synest... The colors in that link were the same as the ones in my head, and now I knew where I formed those associations. As a toddler playing with magnets on my fridge, that must have been this particular set. The color association is still there today, and as strong as it ever was. And it kind of helps me recall peoples’ names when I can’t think of them right away. I’ll say goofy shit like, “oh, what was his name? David? Daniel? …It’s some green name.”

cameron_b 3y ago

It ran until the early 2000s

steve_adams_86 3y ago

Hah, I had the same experience as you a while back when my oldest was 4 or so. This rhythm and melody was like a staple of my internal, relentless sound/music generation I tend to do, but I could never remember where I got it from. Then one day this comes on and oh my god, it all came pouring back. So cool. And somehow my recollection of the tune was almost perfect; it’s insane how well we can recall music and in such detail. It must have stuck with me largely unchanged for almost 30 years.

function_seven 3y ago

I have a similar story. All my life the letters of the alphabet each had a color associated with it. D is green and K is blue, etc. One day for no particular reason I decided to pay attention to which color each letter evoked in me. And to my great surprise, it was a simple-ass repeating pattern! Up until this point, I had never actually noticed it. And when I did notice it, it sparked a new mystery for me. I knew right away that this pattern meant my color associations must have come from some toy blocks or a set of magnetic refrigerator letters. But every single time I saw these toy blocks, or magnets, they never matched the colors in my head! Finally, about five years ago, a friend of mine out of the blue sent me this link: https://neurocritic.blogspot.com/2013/01/fisher-price-synesthesia.html?m=1 https://neurocritic.blogspot.com/2013/01/fisher-price-synest... The colors in that link were the same as the ones in my head, and now I knew where I formed those associations. As a toddler playing with magnets on my fridge, that must have been this particular set. The color association is still there today, and as strong as it ever was. And it kind of helps me recall peoples’ names when I can’t think of them right away. I’ll say goofy shit like, “oh, what was his name? David? Daniel? …It’s some green name.”