Ever end up with one song on repeat, played over and over for hours?
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That seems to jog my memory a bit. It was something like that and the guy when he was interviewed didn't like the band anymore.
redhouse_ca
Tele-Holic
That seems to be the theme (did it/had it happen, now I'd rather (insert miserable metaphor here) before hearing that song again. I'll put the James Brown song on again in a few days and see how I feel.Late 70s driving cross country in my '56 Ford, with Jean-Luc Ponty over and over on the 8 track.
Liked him when I started the trip, don't think ever listened to it after. It did help keep me awake
redhouse_ca
Tele-Holic
Radio talk show man Larry King told a story on himself from when he was a radio DJ in iirc Miami.
During his evening show he needed to be away from the mike and controls for 20 minutes. So he aired an LP vinyl record that had 25 minutes of songs on one side, and left the studio. There'd be no story except that the record had a repeating skip in the first track. Oops.
Next day, a bedridden gentleman, who had been physically unable to reach over and change the station, calls in to complain. One line of one song had burned into his mind for 20 minutes.
This is an interactive post: You now fill in the detail of which line, of which song, you'd like/hate to hear for 20 minutes.
Probably maybe coulda been Frank Sinatra? Louis Prima?
maybe:
... me, come fly with me, down to Ack! ... me, come fly with me, down to Ack! ...
I might actually like it, if it was "... leave your worries on the doorstep ..." fave of mine is all
time warp edit, after seeing post #19
Ha, great story. For me, it would be something like "we built this city, we built this city on rock and roll...". That would do me in.
I've never done this with a single song being repeated but I did have favorite album sides that I'd repeat over and over. Side 2 of "Abbey Road". Side 1 of Styx's "Grand Illusion". Side 1 of Blue Oyster Cult's "Cultosaurus Erectus". Side one of The Alan Parson Project's "Tales of Mystery and Imagination".
Pretty much do that everytime I am transcribing or doing arrangements as background noise for the vibe of the song.
I still use a pen and paper and listen while poking around on the piano when I'm figuring out chord progressions. No stopping just leave the space blank while continuing to write the chords as I hear them, and fill in the blanks on the repeat plays. Keeps my ear sharp, instead of just leaning a song...
Last one was some Japanese Anime music "Kaibutsu" by Yoasobi, for my daughter because she wanted to learn how to play it .
I didn't expect much but it took a solid 5 hours before I had it down for the most part.
Not sure what I was expecting but it was not a Pop chorus to be C#m, B, G#m7, C#m, A, G#, C#m, Bm, E, Amaj7, B, G#m, G#/C, C#m, Amaj7, B6...
I still use a pen and paper and listen while poking around on the piano when I'm figuring out chord progressions. No stopping just leave the space blank while continuing to write the chords as I hear them, and fill in the blanks on the repeat plays. Keeps my ear sharp, instead of just leaning a song...
Last one was some Japanese Anime music "Kaibutsu" by Yoasobi, for my daughter because she wanted to learn how to play it .
I didn't expect much but it took a solid 5 hours before I had it down for the most part.
Not sure what I was expecting but it was not a Pop chorus to be C#m, B, G#m7, C#m, A, G#, C#m, Bm, E, Amaj7, B, G#m, G#/C, C#m, Amaj7, B6...
Cheap Trills
Tele-Afflicted
Isn't this every song you learn to play? I can't be the only one who learns a song by listening to it over and over again.
Mark617
Tele-Holic
I had an 8 track ( remember those ) ? It was Panorama by the Cars. Towards the end of its shelf life, it would constantly replay Up n Down. I’ll never get that Mini Moog , opening riff out of my head 
billy logan
Tele-Afflicted
That one is new to me - a good 'un, ime
THX1123
Tele-Afflicted
Both are awesome, Heaven Up Here for me by a nose.
I do it all the time - geeking out trying to learn a tune.
About songs ruined by repeat... There's a kind of opposite thing too. A song you couldn't stand because it was painfully ubiquitous. And then it pops up out of the blue years later and you realize it was actually pretty good
About songs ruined by repeat... There's a kind of opposite thing too. A song you couldn't stand because it was painfully ubiquitous. And then it pops up out of the blue years later and you realize it was actually pretty good
THX1123
Tele-Afflicted
A good friend and bandmate got a ride from a guy from San Diego to Oak Ridge in 1989. The driver took certain crystalline substances that energized his methodology and drove straight through. I was told it took 3 days. My friend was just a passenger.
The entire drive he played House of the Rising Sun by The Animals. He'd rewind the tape and play it over and over. For 72 hours.
To this day my buddy can't listen to that song without adverse reactions.
My ex from a few years back used to like a song and listen to it over and over. Unfortunately is was usually really bad modern pop. Fortunately I can only remember one song.
The entire drive he played House of the Rising Sun by The Animals. He'd rewind the tape and play it over and over. For 72 hours.
To this day my buddy can't listen to that song without adverse reactions.
My ex from a few years back used to like a song and listen to it over and over. Unfortunately is was usually really bad modern pop. Fortunately I can only remember one song.
Fret Wilkes
Friend of Leo's
The last time I did the over and over and over thing was a few years ago driving home from Canton, Mass to Hahminy Vode, Ilant in the depths of winter, on a packed I95S listening to the Last Waltz version of "Acadian Driftwood" REALLY LOUD. I could NOT get enough. I was singing along at the top of my lungs all the way home...over and over an over and ....
redhouse_ca
Tele-Holic
I'm ashamed to admit I haven't heard it (I don't think). Thanks for the suggestion I'll check it out tonight.
redhouse_ca
Tele-Holic
I just had this exact opposite thing happen today with Kim Cairns Betty Davis Eyes. I never thought much of it but I now like it a lot.
I drove to Dallas with a friend and we agreed to take turns control of my radio. He put it on the Pearl Jam station the whole way home.
Same song. Same hya hya that he does with his voice over and over. 3 hours. One song. One long song. About nothing. Hya hya
Same song. Same hya hya that he does with his voice over and over. 3 hours. One song. One long song. About nothing. Hya hya
Blackmore Fan
Friend of Leo's
I fall in to this pattern, but for ways that work for me. When I have a song on a lot of repeat, its usually because I'm mentally studying it. Its not always even a song I want to play on guitar, but because its "new" to me even if its not new to the world.
An example: I was a huge Bachman Turner Overdrive fan back when I was 10 years old, and that infatuation continued for several years. The last studio album I bought was "Head On" when I was 12 or so. I bought it on 8-track, and of course it broke about a month into owning it. Because I wasn't raised in a rich family, I didn't think I could ask to buy it again. Then a few weeks ago a song from it got fed to me on youtube music (I have a $10 a month subscription). I LOVE this song, and don't remember it from my month of ownership all those years ago--I've been wearing it out:
An example: I was a huge Bachman Turner Overdrive fan back when I was 10 years old, and that infatuation continued for several years. The last studio album I bought was "Head On" when I was 12 or so. I bought it on 8-track, and of course it broke about a month into owning it. Because I wasn't raised in a rich family, I didn't think I could ask to buy it again. Then a few weeks ago a song from it got fed to me on youtube music (I have a $10 a month subscription). I LOVE this song, and don't remember it from my month of ownership all those years ago--I've been wearing it out:
Gaylord Amsterdam
Tele-Meister
For 2 weeks one summer vacation, I played this song on repete every minute I was in the house, until my mom screamed that "she was going to lose her effing mind if I played that G*d-damned song one more time" ....she was a great mom for going so long without a single complaint but in hindsight 2 weeks was a bit much.
tlsmack
Tele-Afflicted
I have been known to play Heroes an a loop for hours. When it is time to switch it up, I put on Helden, the Christiane F version.
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