Don’t Listen to This Song While Driving; You’ll Fall Asleep
- Posted on October 19, 2011 at 6:00pm by
Liz Klimas
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What’s more relaxing: a walk, a cup of tea or music? Well, if you’re listening to “Weightless” by the Manchester band Marconi Union – deemed ‘the most relaxing song ever’ in a recent study — it’s not only more relaxing than the former two de-stressors, but it even beats out a massage.
The Daily Mail has more:
The eight-minute track is so effective at inducing sleep, motorists have now been warned they should not listen to it whilst driving.
The band worked with sound therapists to get advice on how to make the most effective use of harmonies, rhythms and bass lines. The result on listeners is a slowing of the heart rate, reduced blood pressure and lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol.
(Photo: Daily Mail)
The Daily Mail goes on to report that a study of 40 women, conducted by a Radox Spa, challenged women with timed puzzles and measured their stress level when listening to different songs. “Weightless” weighed in at 11 percent more relaxing than its competition:
It induced a 65 percent reduction in overall anxiety and brought them to a level 35 percent lower than their usual resting rates.
Watch the song‘s creator’s explain the project:
The world‘s most relaxing song didn’t happen by accident though, the creators worked with professionals to perfect and find the most relaxing sounds. Daily Mail reports Lyz Cooper, founder of the British Academy of Sound Therapy, as saying the song has a consistent rhythm at 60 beats per minute that slows to 50 as the song goes on, causing your heart rate and blood pressure to do the same. The song lasts for 8 minutes, because as Cooper said, it takes longer than 5 minutes for the heart to adjust. And, it contains no repetition to prevent your brain from “trying to predict what is coming next.”
Listen to the song here.
[H/T Gizmodo]
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Comments (54)
mrsmileyface
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 11:42amIt made me fart.
Report Post »SodamYat
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 12:11pmyou too?
Report Post »Kaoscontrol
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 2:10pmIt’s almost as soothing as Ted Nugent killing a buffalo.
Report Post »RGVTexan
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 11:29amCome on, what a bunch of bull. If I was already tired and exhausted from a long day maybe this might put me to sleep. But for now, after listening to this I’m raring to go outside and mow my lawn and move some dirt around.
Report Post »VigilanceisFreedom
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 10:43amWeird, I feel a little more relaxed now. I went in very skeptical. The first minute or two it was very jarring and hard to listen to, towards the end it had a soothing effect. More “sound therapy” than actual music, but kind of cool. A bit frightening how music can be used to control people’s moods.
There’s some potential for Orwellian social control, so my guess is tax dollars are funding this research heavily. Ant queens use pheromones to control the hive, we shall have music! All hail the supreme leader, who watches us from Washington with love. We’ve always been at war with Uganda!
Report Post »d3jsw21
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 10:57amPeople do not realize the effect music has on our daily life. The music that is piped into chain restaurants and department stores can make us eat faster or purchase some useless object.
It can also change a culture . . . Rock and Roll
Report Post »ProudTeaPartyMember
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 9:39amI think listening to Hillary laughing and Barack trying to speak without his teleprompter are both more relaxing.
Report Post »schroeder123
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 10:45amI think the lady in black, just off the yellow brick road had a laugh like Hillery !
Report Post »Voronin
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 9:34amOpen these two urls on two consecutive tabs on your browser and tell me they won’t do the trick
1. http://www.rainymood.com
Report Post »2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ7DVOGRoaQ
Balrog28
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 1:45pmThank you Voronin – both played together or separately are fantastic. Thanks
Report Post »Del Scorcho
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 9:12amInteresting. I feel relaxed, be it the song or placebo effect who knows?
Report Post »TiredofSittingontheCouch
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 8:56amI would rather listen to sounds of ocean waves crashing or rain falling than this CRAP!!!
Report Post »faithwalker
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 8:06amCombination of New Age, Vulcan Mind Probe and some old Hypnotist swinging a pocket watch, Beam me up Scotty, there’s no intelligent life here.
Report Post »Lone Ranger
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 8:05amNot relaxing, mind-numbingly boring.
Report Post »a9ks1
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 10:35amI’m with you. It was actually rather annoying. My heart rate went up from frustration. Wonder how much tax payers paid for this one????
Report Post »UlyssesP
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 11:17amAsking “Wonder how much tax payers paid for this one????” to everything is a little myopic and just makes the question pointless when it it should be asked.
Report Post »This is England. I don’t care who “paid” for it.
BlackAce41
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 7:45amI suffer from ADHD and this type of Music helps me in my meditation>>> It also helps with my sleep…
Report Post »blindpig
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 7:45amIf you make it to the end, it ends with “the brown note.”
Report Post »Kara_ite
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 7:19amThis is very irritating to me. Could not listen to this more than a minute.
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 6:44amThis is not a song. It’s a sound-scape.
Report Post »side effects
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 6:15amwow E flat for 8 minutes…talent..v
Report Post »sbenard
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 5:46amIt’s 3:45 am, and I’m wide awake. I’ll try it and see if it helps me sleep. Let’s hope so!
Report Post »chinqua
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 5:54am. . .well?
Report Post »NickyLouse
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 6:14amNo reply… IT WORKED!
Report Post »SerikFox
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 3:48am“The worlds most relaxing song”… my ***. That thing may be relaxing to some people, but it got me worked up. I listen to power metal and it got me worked up. Not listening to that song again. (as a note, and I don’t know if this is of any importance; I have a sleep disorder that makes me fall asleep extremely easily. I have to take medication to help me stay awake)
Report Post »VintageAmerican
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 1:54amI found this irritating. I felt like I was in a bad elevator nightmare.
Report Post »I would rather relax to Enya or Yanni.
craftkal
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 1:46amI have my mood song,but gets me moving better than coffee. It’s called i really wanna know you by Gary Wright.Dont know it ? ck it out.These days alert is better.God Bless the U.S.A and all her people.God Bless Israel and all her people.Hey i just thought . mabe this mood music is this Administrations new cancer treatment??/ but i will pass.Jesus and i already have a deal
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 1:09amwtfe. I am sure it’s more relaxing than some pantera or godsmack. no-brainer here.
Report Post »Doctor Nordo
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 12:56amI really didn’t find it particulary relaxing.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 12:23ampipe it into the white house until the election is over
Report Post »JasonShelbrock
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 6:54amyou want their brains even more relaxed than they have been so far?
Report Post »Cymbaline
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 12:14amI call BS on this! No way a song can be more relaxing….relaxing than a….um……….Zzzzzzzzzzz…….dvkl;mbdsf lnk; 908tyw5en90 8we5t
Report Post »americanfeller
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 12:30amLol!
Report Post »NickyLouse
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 6:16amditto, AF
Report Post »diablosho
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 11:22pmI GUARANTEE you I’d still be flipping idiots off while dreaming about decapitating their first born son, even while listening to this song (I’m joking…maybe)! I do tend to get a bit of road rage here in sunny SoCal, so maybe this is the tune to mellow me out!
Report Post »912american
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 11:16pm912american, speak your mind…..I fell asleep
Report Post »OperationNorthwoods
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 11:06pmInteresting how something like musical rythms can affect our bodies.
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 12:26amwho funds these people? …
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 6:45amSadly, we probably do.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 6:57amI don’t remember exactly which piece it was, or which composer, I think Mozart, but there was a piece that was supposed to lower the incidences of epileptic seizures.
Report Post »UlyssesP
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 11:18amWE DID NOT PAY FOR THIS. Stop making ignorant comments and giving fuel to those who want to minimize your concerns.
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