Listening to the Same Song Over and Over
 

Who else does that? =S

I do that, if I feel I want more of the song or if its stuck in my head.
For example, today I listened to Chumbawamba's alblum "Tubthumper" and I could not stop going back to "Tubthumping" and "Amnesia" because they are my favorite tracks on the alblum.

I do it until I get sick of it.

Also, if a song is stuck in my head and I haven't actually heard it yet. I will play it two or three times in a row then I'm good.

I rarely EVER do this.

I put this on repeat on my iPod. I love the guitar solo and the vocals right before it.

I can't do it. Only in really rare circumstances, but it usually bothers me endlessly to listen to the exact same song on repeat.

Me too. I usually have to be a bit drunk.

I am the same way. I can't even listen to a song one time through if it is too repetitive within itself. Only in very rare and special circumstances can I do this.

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I just don't want to ruin songs for myself. Moderation is key.

:laughing: I do the exact same thing myself Deej.

Maybe its because I am a musician and I just have to get any particular song so imbedded to the point I can recite by instinct or play it blindfolded. I always pick up some new musical accent (with any song) no matter how often I repetitiously listen to it. Ive actually listened to a particular song for a solid week at a time (or more) before, non-stop. :dj:

It happens to me a lot with new songs and if it is '' love at first listening '' i will listen to the song many times on repeat in order to be sure not to have missed any sound ... :)

Same

What if Right brain cannot repeat and Left brain does.

Same. I used to do a lot of it in 2009, but at some point I really came around to the "album format", and now I just don't feel inclined.

I will however, put an album on repeat without hesitation.

I do it all the time, if a song is good it's good.

I try not too. I tend to become sick of it too fast otherwise.

I can't do it. I'm lucky if I can tolerate hearing the same song more than a couple of times in one day (or an album for that matter).

I tend to get addicted to some albums. Then I play them to death until I never want to hear them again.

I always do that
 

In fact I have a few right now. Right now it is 2-Tone Army by The Toaster and Mr Smiley by Mustard Plug haha

It seems scary to me that some people do the constant listening. What strange thoughts are running through their heads, or what are they are trying to block out?

:laughing: That defiantly inspires us to begin expanding our way of thinking.

That's very nice, but I have the most open and flexible mind of almost everyone I know.
Musicians need to analyze things like you said..

Just because they're doing "constant listening" doesn't mean they're necessarily trying to block out anything or have strange thoughts running through their heads.

How one could even jump to that conclusion must require a blindfold, a large leap and a strong gust of wind...

That was Freud's primary problem.

I mean by that, you could easily say that the shufflers are indecisive and that the ones who listen to the same song over and over have an inability to move on or progress and are adverse to change.

I don't do it with any songs, but I do tend to play my favourite albums over and over.

I will get like this in a way. Sometimes I get on kicks where I just listen to the same 3 or 4 albums, or at least listen to them primarily. I can't do a single album like this though.

If I listen to something more than once or twice in a row, I get attenuated to it and it fades out as backround noise.


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When I'm editing, I'll listen to a tune probably 10-20 times or more, but that doesn't count does it.

I've actually listened to this tune on repeat with volume full blast in the car on my way home from work a few times:


The Feud - It Ain't Right (Official Music Video) - YouTube

That beat...

If - as I had in mind - someone is awake and listening to a song over and over while not doing anything else, that doesn't seem normal, does it? Drug involvement, perhaps? Nobody would watch the same TV episode three times in a row, heh, unless it was porn or something. Is listening to a song over and over like watching a looping cat video?

How would drug involvement be a contributing factor? Some people like to listen to the same song over and over again because they like to listen to the same song over and over again. While I normally don't do that I know some who do. Who's to say whether it's normal or not?

A lot of times I dont want the song to end - im enjoying it too much so repeat is the quick fix.

I never knew anyone to do it until a few years ago. If I had grown up around people who did it, my opinion might be different.

It is a blatant logical fallacy to assume what is normal by personal experience.

You grew up knowing how many people out of the 7 billion on the planet?

What's with this continued leaping to the conclusion that one who listens to a song on repeat must be mentally non-normal in some way?

On another note, I did think of one case where I repeat a song and that is when I really want to hear it but keep spacing out or becoming distracted.


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If the only person you've known who liked listening to the same song over and over was crazy, you'd probably suspect mental abnormality in others who do it. I mean, anyone who does that with more than just a few favorite songs and/or who listens to the same song, say, 7 times in a row. It reeks of obsessiveness and escapism.

What if my favourite song was only 85 seconds long and listening to it 7 times in a row only took less than 10 minutes.

Would that make me obsessive?

Or what if it is a very long track and they let it play in the background on repeat whilst doing other work?

Those are valid counterexamples. (Although I said I earlier I wasn't referring to background music.)

Well, it doesn't have to be 'background' per se. And whilst I'm all for headphones and giving it more attention, there are plenty of long tracks which you might want to listen to more than just once or twice, and speakers can be ideal for such instances.

Posting on this site reeks of obsessiveness and escapism. Seriously, since you really have no idea what other people think or what's going on in there heads why are you even bothering trying to make half-baked judgments?

That would still make it wrong and a fallacy.

You know, psychologically speaking, projection is a major indicator of many issues stemming from a lack of self-esteem (to include Narcissistic Personality Disorder).

What about your unnecessary obsession with people who repeat a track over and over? That you cannoy accept the fact that some people, who are mentally stable and not trying to escape anything, do this?

When did this become 1950's out-dated paychology? You want to pump us all full of Stelazine, Haldol and chlorpromazine? Lock us up and subject us to ECT and sensory deprivation?

You're the only obsessive nutter I see. I would consider YOU mentally unstable long before I would a catatonic patient who will fly into rage if you turn off the repeating 4 minute song she is listening to.


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Armchair psychology aimed at insulting someone. Lovely the things this forum allows (and little wonder how sparse discussion is).

I've been hoping someone would actually state what is going on in his or head when putting a song on repeat. Based on how little of that is being shared, my suspicion of obsessiveness and escapism probably is mostly accurate. The sheer amount of music people here listen to, myself included, certainly suggests obsessiveness.

It isn't allowed and if I see anymore in this thread it will be dealt with.