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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)

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Post by mettamage »

tkgally wrote: post #38
david927 wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Some composers are more repetitive than others. There’s an old joke: Knock knock Who’s there? Philip Glass Knock knock Who’s there? Philip Glass Knock knock Who’s there? Philip Glass

On the opposite end of the spectrum is Elliott Carter. He intentionally tried to avoid repetition in his works. I was into his string quartets for a while about forty-five years ago but haven’t heard them since. Maybe it’s time to listen to them again. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wse3ZoUXo5M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waQgZEGsUpw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6njANe60Evw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bi0…

Stockhausen!

I don’t remember much repetition from him either

Re: It's normal to play the same song over and over again (2016)

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Post by rob74 »

bemmu wrote: post #28

Back 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…

With me it's similar: I don't play individual songs on repeat, I play whole albums (mostly on Spotify however, not on CD). But I change the album once in a while. Listening to new music or one of those endless Spotify playlists doesn't allow me to concentrate on programming, the music has to be familiar.

Re: It's normal to play the same song over and over again (2016)

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Post by weinzierl »

Neither the article mentions it nor is it somewhere in the comments so far: Common TikTok wisdom seems to be that listening on repeat is an ADHD thing.

I wonder if there is something to it or if it's just one of those oft repeated 'facts' that run by themselves after a while?

Re: It's normal to play the same song over and over again (2016)

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Post by bentcorner »

pseudoramble wrote: post #6

I 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…

When I was younger I would get hooked on a CD. I'd do it so much that the current game I was also hooked on and the music I was listening to get intertwined into a single memory (if I see the game I remember the music, and vice versa).

These days with Spotify I get hooked on a single song and will often play that song over and over for a week or two.

Re: It's normal to play the same song over and over again (2016)

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Post by Scarblac »

ge96 wrote: post #30
pseudoramble wrote: post #6

I 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.

I do it with a single album (No More Shall We Part by Nick Cave) but it's been my focus music for about twenty years now.

Re: It's normal to play the same song over and over again (2016)

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Post by jnwatson »

bigiain wrote: post #26
Buttons840 wrote: post #12

Earlier 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.

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

That was one of my repeat songs!

Re: It's normal to play the same song over and over again (2016)

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Post by quinnjh »

weinzierl wrote: post #43

Neither the article mentions it nor is it somewhere in the comments so far: Common TikTok wisdom seems to be that listening on repeat is an ADHD thing. I wonder if there is something to it or if it's just one of those oft repeated 'facts' that run by themselves after a while?

On tikTok _everything_ is an adhd thing. The algorithmic loop practically gives you it.

Re: It's normal to play the same song over and over again (2016)

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Post by joebob42 »

I'm terrified of this. I've no idea why, but if I hear a song too many times in a couple day period I have a night of fever dreaming where I wake up over and over again to the song in my head. It's like my brain has over conditioned the pathway for that song and as soon as it starts trying to dream it falls into it and the dream breaks and I wake up. It happens to me a couple times a year and when I hear any of the songs it's happened with before I feel a deep physical revulsion.

I kind of wonder if it's a symptom of something but am otherwise more or less 100% neurotypical so I think it's just a weird quirk.

Re: It's normal to play the same song over and over again (2016)

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Post by adzm »

tkgally wrote: post #38
david927 wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Some composers are more repetitive than others. There’s an old joke: Knock knock Who’s there? Philip Glass Knock knock Who’s there? Philip Glass Knock knock Who’s there? Philip Glass

On the opposite end of the spectrum is Elliott Carter. He intentionally tried to avoid repetition in his works. I was into his string quartets for a while about forty-five years ago but haven’t heard them since. Maybe it’s time to listen to them again. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wse3ZoUXo5M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waQgZEGsUpw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6njANe60Evw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bi0…

> He intentionally tried to avoid repetition in his works. I was into his string quartets for a while about forty-five years ago but haven’t heard them since.

I'd argue that the lack of repetition led to things being less memorable.

Re: It's normal to play the same song over and over again (2016)

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Post by tptacek »

joebob42 wrote: post #48

I'm terrified of this. I've no idea why, but if I hear a song too many times in a couple day period I have a night of fever dreaming where I wake up over and over again to the song in my head. It's like my brain has over conditioned the pathway for that song and as soon as it starts trying to dream it falls into it and the dream breaks and I wake up. It happens to me a couple times a year and when I hear any of the s…

Exact same thing with me, to the point where I have to deliberately avoid listening to some tracks to avoid insomnia triggers. It wears off with most tracks, but I still can't hear "See-Line Woman".
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