Songs that repeat lines over and over and over...

[1stpitch]

...and over and over and over.

I have recently decided that I just don't like this kind of song, regardless of the genre. It's irritating, feels like the songwriter was just lazy, or uncreative, or some combination of things. I just don't like them, even of the music is good, and/or the rest of the lyrics are good. I have even applied this to songs that have been around and I have enjoyed for a very long time, even to the point of scratching some tunes off my favorites list.

Anybody else like this?

 

[MisterZ]

Where do we go now
Where do we go
Where do we go now

 

[howardlo]

...and over and over and over.

I have recently decided that I just don't like this kind of song, regardless of the genre. It's irritating, feels like the songwriter was just lazy, or uncreative, or some combination of things. I just don't like them, even of the music is good, and/or the rest of the lyrics are good. I have even applied this to songs that have been around and I have enjoyed for a very long time, even to the point of scratching some tunes off my favorites list.

Anybody else like this?

I am certainly with you on that. I have always hated repetition in songs.

 

[Powdog]

The worst offender in history, probably made for the disco. 5 freakin minutes. I’ve heard there’s an extended version…

 

[memorex]

I don't mind hearing it over and over again in this song.

 

[BigDaddyLH]

Guess that makes me ... the Jack of Hearts

 

[8bit]

Sometimes I find it annoying. Sometimes I dig it. As with all artistic endeavors I don't think you can really apply sweeping generalizations to it. There can be times it feels lazy and other times it just works.

 

[Bendyha]

I actually quite like both of these songs.



...and there is nothing wrong with Bach (and others) repeating Kyrie eleision for 10 minutes or so.

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[StoneH]

A song from my youth . . . I know, I know . . . When I looked up the release date (1971) I learned Stephen Stills played guitar.

 

[posttoastie]

Amoeba......................................................................................................

 

[johnny k]

 

[BigDaddyLH]

Hah! starting @2:07

 

[Knows3Chords]

 

[slauson slim]

Doobie Bros. whoa, listen to the music…..

 

[posttoastie]

 

[blowtorch]

Again and Again (original)

 

[johnny k]

Again and Again (original)

Those cool licks on the lead guitar are good ! The piano adds a bit to it too.

 

[blowtorch]

Those cool licks on the lead guitar are good !

that would be John Michaels , RIP.
Aside from singing, I'm just playing rhythm on that

 

[AmpHandle]

I like songs with less chorus and more verses, even chorus can have different words but repeating verses is silly. Too minimal. But that's what the listening audiences like, repeating beats and jiggles. Damn the video is more important than the song.

 

[Wheelhouse]

Two verses and a two-line chorus repeated a half-dozen times is an awful song. And there are SO many examples. There are a few examples of songs with repetitious lyrics that are musically interesting enough to not bother me. But most of the time, I shut those songs down when I hear'em.