Feeling guilty

Feelings of guilt are unavoidable as they are part of our survival kit, part of being human.

OCCASIONALLY, a song, a tune or a musical phrase haunts us. We hear it in our brain and it keeps repeating itself. The first three notes of Yesterday by the Beatles, the opening bars of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony (“Ta-ta-ta-ta”) or perhaps Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head. It could be neutral or maddening. I have not been afflicted by these mental musical Tourettes of late.