Lyrics in songs while trying to talk to someone or read something. Have to turn the music down or off. Maybe has to do with English being my second language, but I can process only one stream of audio information at once.
Native english speaker here and I can’t hear just one stream. I hear them all at once. I regularly piss people off by not understanding them in a crowded room or being in a car with a lot of road noise.
I felt the same about music, and I usually stuck to jazzy instrumental stuff, but I got a record player a couple weeks ago, and I’m finding the selection has widened greatly. It still can’t be loud music, but the chiller stuff has been fine. Last night was Pet Shop Boys. It must be the warmer more natural quality of sound.
Lyrics in songs while trying to talk to someone or read something. Have to turn the music down or off. Maybe has to do with English being my second language, but I can process only one stream of audio information at once.
Native english speaker here and I can’t hear just one stream. I hear them all at once. I regularly piss people off by not understanding them in a crowded room or being in a car with a lot of road noise.
I felt the same about music, and I usually stuck to jazzy instrumental stuff, but I got a record player a couple weeks ago, and I’m finding the selection has widened greatly. It still can’t be loud music, but the chiller stuff has been fine. Last night was Pet Shop Boys. It must be the warmer more natural quality of sound.