A person blessed with a Phonographic Memory has the ability to instantly recall and name the origin of sounds, chords, bass lines,
drum fills, and
guitar licks from the records he/she/they heard in their youth. Everybody recognizes the opening licks of "Satisfaction", but a person with Phonographic Memory "...can name that song in
one note."
It is not the hearing of a train whistle and being reminded of the long
summer evenings in Iowa. It is not recognizing a song being played faintly in the background of a Budweiser commercial. It is directly related to the graphic recording ( the
LP or
45 rpm record, quite likely ) of those particular notes, and a instantaneous and pinpoint recognition of the song. Phonographic Memory (
PM) is like muscle memory, as it is developed by repetition.
We gotta get Carlos on our
team for this Trivia competition. The dude knows every song
ever recorded! All he needs to hear is
one note, and he can name it. He has Phonographic Memory!