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It's normal to play the same song over and over again (2016)
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Re: It's normal to play the same song over and over again (2016)
#22I appreciate this. I’ve had days where at work I’ve played a new song I’ve gotten into at least 30 times, sometimes with a few songs to break it up, often not though. I’ve always assumed it was slightly strange, but also probably not that strange. I also relate to the authors explanation. I’ll get tired of a song eventually, for a while, but one day come back to it and get into another usually less intense loop. I do…
Once you sleep on the song once or twice the enjoyment fades. Like that favorite song from the radio, you listen 4 or 5 times over several days and the excitement is gone. So you mine as well enjoy it 40 times in a row on day one.
Once I checked the stats and I had listened to a single specific song 150 times in a single year. I wouldn't be surprised if I've reached 500 by now
Re: It's normal to play the same song over and over again (2016)
#23Can't abide hearing the same stuff repeatedly.
We have more material now than we could ever get through in several lifetimes.
No more than once a day per tune, please.
Re: It's normal to play the same song over and over again (2016)
#24I really enjoyed this book which covers the subject deeply https://www.amazon.com/Repeat-How-Music-Plays-Mind/dp/019999...
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#25Re: It's normal to play the same song over and over again (2016)
#26I appreciate this. I’ve had days where at work I’ve played a new song I’ve gotten into at least 30 times, sometimes with a few songs to break it up, often not though. I’ve always assumed it was slightly strange, but also probably not that strange. I also relate to the authors explanation. I’ll get tired of a song eventually, for a while, but one day come back to it and get into another usually less intense loop. I do…
Once you sleep on the song once or twice the enjoyment fades. Like that favorite song from the radio, you listen 4 or 5 times over several days and the excitement is gone. So you mine as well enjoy it 40 times in a row on day one.
It's like forgetting the words to your favorite song
You can't believe it; you were always singing along
It was so easy and the words so sweet
You can't remember; you try to feel the beat
-- Regina Spektor, Eet - https://youtu.be/nlK0zYZLBGY
Re: It's normal to play the same song over and over again (2016)
#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
Once you sleep on the song once or twice the enjoyment fades. Like that favorite song from the radio, you listen 4 or 5 times over several days and the excitement is gone. So you mine as well enjoy it 40 times in a row on day one.
Once I checked the stats and I had listened to a single specific song 150 times in a single year. I wouldn't be surprised if I've reached 500 by now
What song?
(I might have hit that count with Lebanese Blonde by Thievery Corporation a few years back...)
Re: It's normal to play the same song over and over again (2016)
#28Back in my first job we had a CD drive but somehow only one music CD, so me and the other guy in that office just kept listening to that one all day.
Now despite access to all the music in the world, I still have per-project playlists. So I might listen to the same ten songs again and again for weeks on end, as starting the soundtrack quickly puts me in the mood to resume work where I last left off.
I've also adopted a mild superstition that it's bad to listen to the soundtrack for a project that failed.
Re: It's normal to play the same song over and over again (2016)
#29I do listen to some songs over and over. Though after 3 or 4 times I usually switch it up. I do like albums.. Or sometimes one song can last like 30 minutes. (Phish does this). It’s great to drive/work to because it does have a rhythm that moves. https://youtu.be/UuzclQBJwWs
Back in the beforetimes, when I went to an office, I'ed play Chameleon by Herbie Hancock when I rode the bicycle in. It's just under 16 minutes long, and I'd use it as a way to time my ride, aiming to get door to door before the song finished.
Re: It's normal to play the same song over and over again (2016)
#30I appreciate this. I’ve had days where at work I’ve played a new song I’ve gotten into at least 30 times, sometimes with a few songs to break it up, often not though. I’ve always assumed it was slightly strange, but also probably not that strange. I also relate to the authors explanation. I’ll get tired of a song eventually, for a while, but one day come back to it and get into another usually less intense loop. I do…
I do it to focus. Loop a known energetic song.