Why Sean Paul’s tunes made one woman sick

Danita Scheid, Atlanta, Georgia — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 01:53:18 GMT

I'm so glad this article was posted. For years, I've wondered why I start feeling sick at my stomach whenever I hear the group "Tears for Fears" on the radio. The feeling is worse when I hear their song "Shout". I have left-brain partial seizure disorder and have been on medication for quite a while. This reaction/aversion does seem odd, because the voices in the group are not what I would call 'displeasing', so it must be a combination of the voices tonal quality, the echo effect they use which makes me ill. It's nothing personal, "Tears for Fears"! Even thinking about the song makes me feel ill. I would like to know if there are more people like us out there!

Why Sean Paul’s tunes made one woman sick

Todd Phillips — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:47:56 GMT

In all honesty - Rap, hip hop and the like make me nauseous - I always thought it was because its nothing more than a bunch of noise - maybe I need to get MY head examined instead of assuming anyone who actually enjoys that crap needs theirs looked at!

Why Sean Paul’s tunes made one woman sick

Harriett, Florida — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:54:04 GMT

"music" that has no melody makes me nauseous. I was recently on a cruise ship that played disjointed notes at breakfast and it ruined my morning.

Why Sean Paul’s tunes made one woman sick

Edwardo, Down the Street — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 03:02:03 GMT

Please don't make the mistake of confusing music with 'rap' ... they are not the same.

Rap is the pathetic excuse for those unable to carry a tune yet still seek a way to make a noise of some kind ... just like I am doing here :!

Why Sean Paul’s tunes made one woman sick

Zappernapper — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:39:29 GMT

Edwardo, rap's musical quality is the natural changes in tone and inflection within a given language - some just do it better than others... and what do your preferences have to do with the topic?

neways, Todd, do you think it might be the heavy bass that's common to those types of music? Many people can be uncomfortable with a genre's signature style, like the twang of country music, or repitiveness of techno. My wife is so bothered by bass that she keeps it off in her car, very frustrating for me because then you only ever hear half of a song.

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Columbus, Ga, LOL — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:59:12 GMT

Ignorance is bliss huh dummies?

Why Sean Paul’s tunes made one woman sick

Jeff, Arizona — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 02:39:54 GMT

If you actually believe that "rap" is not music then you should have done a better job of listening in school.

Take your favorite artist and let's say hypothetically that he or she begins to rhyme what would have essentially taken place?

Is it music?

Why Sean Paul’s tunes made one woman sick

Lisa, Raleigh, NC — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 06:37:52 GMT

I don't believe any of this, I think people are always looking to blame someone or something, if you don't like it, thats fine, but dont say it makes you physically sick

Why Sean Paul’s tunes made one woman sick

Jake — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 02:53:35 GMT

Rap is music. Just because you don't appreciate it doesn't mean it isn't music. People try to tell a message they just convey it with a different method.

Why Sean Paul’s tunes made one woman sick

Isaac Georgia — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 03:57:34 GMT

For Todd and Edwardo,

Sean Paul performs Jamaican dance hall reggae. The article probably has him mixed up with an actual Atlanta based rapper by the same name. So what makes her sick is something that's actually a very different style of music. Maybe what makes you sick is the lack of understanding about whatever it is that you're hating that day. That'd get me a little queasy too.

Why Sean Paul’s tunes made one woman sick

angie — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:20:03 GMT

I guess they didn't teach you tolerence when you where growing up, how rude of you to assume that this or any illness ailment or whatever is a fantasy, If this where you you'd be the first to jump up and say this is real, and you'd probably be the first to scream foul if someone said what you have, but since you don't, you assume it isn't real!!!! this is what you said>>> "I don't believe any of this, I think people are always looking to blame someone or something, if you don't like it, thats fine, but dont say it makes you physically sick "
Lisa, Raleigh, NC (Monday, February 18, 2008 1:37 AM)
You have no idea what it is like for someone with this ailment. I don't either. But i do know what it is like to have illness that is unseen and people don't understand, how could beANYONE so narrowminded. sorry if i have offended anyone but I had to say this!!!

Why Sean Paul’s tunes made one woman sick

Jess And — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:55:39 GMT

Eveeryone tought I was crazy for becomming irritant when Beyonce started singing. Her voice turns me into a real BAD mood in seconds flat. I'm glad to have read this article since I'm always a happy person, I never quite understood why I switched moods when I heard her voice.

Why Sean Paul’s tunes made one woman sick

yes sir — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:59:07 GMT

To Jess And....
I don't think you suffer from musicolepsia, but rather just jealous of Beyonce. You get in a bad mood because she has a beautiful face, amazing body, fame and money and you on the other hand......don't.

Why Sean Paul’s tunes made one woman sick

Vinny, Salt Lake City — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:39:08 GMT

Several years ago, a man tried to sue Mary Hart because the sound of her voice caused him to have seisures. Well--Her voice has a nasty effect on me. Also, there is a local science reporter (a man) on the NBC affiliate whose voice also makes my head flip out. I live near an Air Forc base, and the sound of a C5 cargo plane flying overhead does the same thing. I can't really describe exactly what those sounds do to my brain, but think of it like fingernails on chalkboard--only more intense and to the point that my entire being just wants it to stop.

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dontwant tosay — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:36:34 GMT

I can't stand to listen to Henry Kissinger. Has nothing to do with his politics, is simply that the sound of his voice is so agitating to my nerves that I feel they are about to jump out of my skin! And when my friend imitates him, I can't stand listening to him, either!

Why Sean Paul’s tunes made one woman sick

Anne Kennedy Rackham, Colorado Springs, Colorado — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 03:33:59 GMT

Musicogenic epilepsy, according to the same article that has brought this situation to the public eye(or ear)is a RARE condition. Ms. Gayle had a "chunk of the right side of her brain" surgically removed to prevent her seizures. That is very different from being irritated by rythms and tones which are completely unfamiliar to one's tonal center. I'm a pro vocalist, and to me Frank Sinatra sang off-key from 1950 on. Art appreciation is a very personal thing. In my opinion, we should leave it at that.

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anonymous — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:08:17 GMT

i feel very strange and desperate to never hear the songs by "soulja boy" or whatever the incorect spelling is

Why Sean Paul’s tunes made one woman sick

Anne Brisbane Australia — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:48:57 GMT

Last night was the second time I have had to leave a very loud rock concert because of feeling ill. My heart races, I feel nauseous, sweating, dizzy and have to use the bathroom. Not sure if it's inner ear (like motion sickness) or the vibrations right through me. Will ask my Doc. this week.

Why Sean Paul’s tunes made one woman sick

bauns, toronto — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 18:25:12 GMT

sean paul is a reggae artist... there's a big difference. do your research, please.

Why Sean Paul’s tunes made one woman sick

Lisa, Santa Fe, NM — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 23:09:00 GMT

To Anne in Australia,
Yes, you can get motion sickness from sounds or overwhelming sounds. It means that some of the hairs in the inner ear that transmit the "waves" of sound to the brain aren't working as they should.

I can also see where perhaps certain tones or beats at certain frequencies could cause seizures. But I would think perhaps that there was another way to help rather than remove part of one's brain.

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T, Minneapolis, MN — Thu, 15 May 2008 18:21:56 GMT

Im getting sick listening to all these comments hating on styles of music, you dont like rap, i dont like bluegrass, sue me. You probably didn't like the crap your parents listened to when you grew up. Get over it. You dont have to listen to it.
As far as the article, I think its pretty wild that really happens. What would you do if you were next to someone when that happened. How would you know its the song. I would probably just keep letting it play lol.

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Avi Cardenas, Loveland, Colo. — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:22:27 GMT

Of course, you can also have a siezure just by listening to horrible music. :P

Why Sean Paul’s tunes made one woman sick

Therse Forsgren — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:43:28 GMT

Sean Paul was arrested on suspicion of marijuana possession during the annual Swedish music festival in a small town outside of Stockholm. Check it out yourself!
http://www.finest.se/articles/article.php?aid=1681

Why Sean Paul’s tunes made one woman sick

Jon, Knoxville, TN — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:46:00 GMT

As the article states this could be larger than first thought. Many may have varying degrees of response to music but really we are talking sounds. I do not like RAP either but at the same time I HATE cantaloupe and always have. 2 years ago I had allergy testing done and guess what I am severely allergic to cantaloupe! Many many more of the foods I hated I found were on my top allergy offenders list. Yes there were a few I liked but those were the ones on my mild allergic reaction list. My allergist told me that likely these were food items I recently started having trouble with and pecans as a youth I used to eat by the pounds. Even before the test I found that after eating them my stomach felt upset. This is a long story to explain that I think that things we often hate may have some physical reasons behind them like in this article….

Why Sean Paul’s tunes made one woman sick

Rhonda, California — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 04:29:39 GMT

I definitely can understand this.

I don't get musicolepsy or whatever its called, but I KNOW that certain tone can interfere with how a person is feeling.

I can't stand a deep bass coming from primarily RAP music. Nor do i listen to it. I'm not a music hater. But we lived in an apartment awhile ago and the tenants below us played RAP often.

The deep bass made my stomach queasy. It still does if I encounter it out and about like when someone is playing their tunes very loud in the car beside mine.

I don't know what it is with that genre in particular, but it does affect the way i feel inside.

Coincidentally, I love ROCK music, although I tend to listen to Christian bands, I love a driving beat, and I love drums.

Its just the bass in RAP that makes me sick somehow. I have also noticed that I can hear a high frequency and it feels weird too. More of a head thing, minor dizziness type feel. BUt that is another sound related feel.

Thanks for your Body Odd section. I love checking in here and reading on the odd things.

Rhonda

Why Sean Paul’s tunes made one woman sick

Dave Mckena — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:56:47 GMT

Todd and your hating crew what can i say.

I luv hip-hop, rap the works cuz thats from the heart son. I mean on the real musically you must be demented to say what you saying coz cuz here how it works right.

PEOPLE ARE DIFFERENT AND LIKE DIFFERENT REASONS FOR DIFFERENT REASONS PUNK. GET WITH THE PROGRAM AND LEARN TO RESPECT THAT. I DONT CARE WHAT YOU LISTEN TO WHY: COZ ITS YOUR BIZ