what was the last song you played that you had to listen to ten more times in a row?

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I was driving in my car and put on "Through the Trees" by the Handsome Family. After "Weightless Again" was finished, I had to put it on repeat and play it for about a half hour straight. Those fucking lyrics are insane, I swear it's one of the best songs I've ever heard.

how bout the rest of you?

― Gear! (Gear!), Tuesday, 23 December 2003 06:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, LCD Sound System

― maria d. (scott seward), Tuesday, 23 December 2003 06:43 (twenty-one years ago)

"Songs About Rain," Gary Allan.

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Tuesday, 23 December 2003 06:45 (twenty-one years ago)

"Meet Me By the Water" -- Saturday Looks Good to Me

But you're right about "Weightless Again" -- some of my favorite lyrics ever. Also great on that album is "The Woman Downstairs"

― spittle (spittle), Tuesday, 23 December 2003 06:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Andrew Bird - "I"

"Weightless Again" is hypnotic.

― Catherine (Catherine), Tuesday, 23 December 2003 07:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Northern Spiral Arm -Tugboat

― ipsofacto (ipsofacto), Tuesday, 23 December 2003 07:45 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't know about ten times, but the last song I listened to repeatedly -- maybe five times -- was "Street Scene" by Bark Psychosis.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 23 December 2003 07:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Sound of Confusion by Spacemen 3 on winamp loop.

― Nihilist Pop Star (mjt), Tuesday, 23 December 2003 09:08 (twenty-one years ago)

XTC - "Beatown"

― Schwingung (Damian), Tuesday, 23 December 2003 09:11 (twenty-one years ago)

slow jamz

― d k (d k), Tuesday, 23 December 2003 09:13 (twenty-one years ago)

I Do (Lisa Loeb)

― Orbit (Orbit), Tuesday, 23 December 2003 09:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Hello Morning/Assassins - Lightning Bolt (first on mp3, then CD)

― JP Almeida (JP Almeida), Tuesday, 23 December 2003 09:20 (twenty-one years ago)

'Cocaine Sex' by Renegade Soundwave.

― Affectian (Affectian), Tuesday, 23 December 2003 09:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Life Without Buildings - 'Let's Get Out'. I've got into that album all over again, I've been listening to it solidly for the last week, haven't really played much else, just living inside that one record.

― NickB (NickB), Tuesday, 23 December 2003 09:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Renegade Soundwave is fast and effective. But ten times in a row?

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Tuesday, 23 December 2003 09:31 (twenty-one years ago)

yoyo by parsley sound

i find when i get new records i tend to find one song that blows my mind then i (over?)play it..

― bill stevens (bscrubbins), Tuesday, 23 December 2003 22:07 (twenty-one years ago)

I think I heard "Hey Ya!" ten times in a row scanning the car radio. Glad I like it.

(And I still can't get through Tallahassee without playing "No Children" at least twice.)

― Salmon Pink (Salmon Pink), Tuesday, 23 December 2003 22:10 (twenty-one years ago)

My First Song - Jay-Z

― Matt Helgeson (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 23 December 2003 22:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Xiu Xiu's "Sad Pony Guerilla Girl" -- this was a while ago, but I'm still sure I've never heard anything like it (even the original version of the song, "Sad Girl," by the singer's old band Ten in the Swear Jar, is no comparison). It scared the shit out of me in a cool way and I kept wanting it to happen again and it kept working.

― Ben Boyer (Ben Boyer), Tuesday, 23 December 2003 22:48 (twenty-one years ago)

slow jamz

-- d k (enud000...), December 23rd, 2003.

me too! also jay z '99 problems'

― Mil, Tuesday, 23 December 2003 23:05 (twenty-one years ago)

"Tears of a Clown" - Smokey Robinson and the Miracles.

― Christian Rawk (Christian Rawk), Tuesday, 23 December 2003 23:06 (twenty-one years ago)

heros and villains - the beach boys

― tom cleveland (tom cleveland), Tuesday, 23 December 2003 23:15 (twenty-one years ago)

ain't no deal - the black lips

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Tuesday, 23 December 2003 23:33 (twenty-one years ago)

einstein on the beach - phillip glass (had it on repeat at work one day)

― dleone (dleone), Tuesday, 23 December 2003 23:38 (twenty-one years ago)

try a little tenderness otis redding.

― dyson (dyson), Wednesday, 24 December 2003 00:07 (twenty-one years ago)

girl u want - devo

― lauren (laurenp), Wednesday, 24 December 2003 00:09 (twenty-one years ago)

50 cent - in da club

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Wednesday, 24 December 2003 00:17 (twenty-one years ago)

"Charm Attack" ~ Leona Naess

― innercitykitty (innercitykitty), Wednesday, 24 December 2003 00:21 (twenty-one years ago)

"Palmcorder Yajna" - Mountain Goats

― largehearted boy (largeheartedboy), Wednesday, 24 December 2003 03:24 (twenty-one years ago)

"II-XV" Bonnie Prince Billy and The Marquis de Tren a few nights ago. i'd had a bad day.

― jed (jed_e_3), Wednesday, 24 December 2003 03:30 (twenty-one years ago)

I believe I mentioned it on another thread, but "Friends Like These" by the Jon Barry Project

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Wednesday, 24 December 2003 03:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Not ten times, but I recently had Underground Solution's "Luv Dancing" on repeat something chronic.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Wednesday, 24 December 2003 03:35 (twenty-one years ago)

"Love to Know," Marine Girls

― Sam J. (samjeff), Wednesday, 24 December 2003 03:35 (twenty-one years ago)

ballboy's cover of 'dutch trance'

― keith m (keithmcl), Wednesday, 24 December 2003 05:37 (twenty-one years ago)

oops i did it again - richard thompson.

its the "but to lose all my senses, thats so typically me" bit.

― gaz (gaz), Wednesday, 24 December 2003 05:53 (twenty-one years ago)

I've Seen All Good People - Yes

― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Wednesday, 24 December 2003 06:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Eva Cassidy - Wade In The Water

― ben welsh (benwelsh), Wednesday, 24 December 2003 06:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Yo La Tengo - Tom Cortenay

― ben welsh (benwelsh), Wednesday, 24 December 2003 06:56 (twenty-one years ago)

The Sugarcubes - "Hit"

― J-rock (Julien Sandiford), Thursday, 25 December 2003 04:49 (twenty-one years ago)

I agree 100% about "Weightless Again" - good to see the Sparks fam getting some love here. Great band.

my answer to the thread question is "Hey Julie" and i'm not ashamed to say it

and I went bananas for "Meet Me By The Water" too when I first heard it (thanks ILM!)

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Thursday, 25 December 2003 05:56 (twenty-one years ago)

These three in this order more than ten times in a row:

"Dog Days" by Matthew Dear
"Millionaire" by Kelis feat. Andre 3000
"Yeah (Stupid version)" by LCD Soundsystem

― Nik (Nik), Thursday, 25 December 2003 12:33 (twenty-one years ago)

"Throng" by Nick Ingman. (If you're not up on your library music, this was sampled heavily by LTJ Bukem for "Inner Guidance".)

― nate detritus (natedetritus), Thursday, 25 December 2003 16:14 (twenty-one years ago)

I never do this, I mean, who has the time? But I found myself getting strangely jealous of all y'all who do nothing but sit around listening to "Yeah" x 10 (that's like 3 hours or something!!)

so I've decided to listen to "Dum Dum Diddle" by ABBA 10 times.. I'll report back

― Sonny A. (Keiko), Thursday, 25 December 2003 17:01 (twenty-one years ago)

damn I wish I'd picked Fernando

You know, "I wish I was dum dum diddle" is grammatically incorrect

― Sonny A. (Keiko), Thursday, 25 December 2003 17:04 (twenty-one years ago)

Lyrics Born ft. Lateef "The Last Trumpet". And even after the tenth time I still couldn't believe such a badical song existed.

― nickalicious in a far away place, Thursday, 25 December 2003 17:09 (twenty-one years ago)

"Yes, you improve every time you play, woah - oh"

― Sonny A. (Keiko), Thursday, 25 December 2003 17:12 (twenty-one years ago)

the sound - "heartland"

― sean marvin (williamtell), Thursday, 25 December 2003 17:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Has never ever happened in my case, I think. Not even during growing up. Not ten times in a row, no.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 27 December 2003 14:12 (twenty-one years ago)

this hardly ever happens to me either-- about once every ten to fifteen years. but it happened a few weeks ago.

"The Game is Not Over" (feat. Ms. Kitten) - T. Raumschmiere

i dislike the rest of the album, though.

― lf, Saturday, 27 December 2003 16:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Cannot Contain This by Moloko. I always want to return to the beginning of the song. It's a triptych, the first being the most sublime.

― nathalie (nathalie), Saturday, 27 December 2003 18:20 (twenty-one years ago)

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"L'eclipse" by Sean Lennon and that french bloke

― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 05:13 (seventeen years ago)

Smog - Mother of the World
Midlake - Head Home

― fourfoldvision, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 05:38 (seventeen years ago)

Doesn't quite count, but I listened to Flamingos "I Only Have Eyes For You" followed by the Field "From Here We Go Sublime" back-to-back on repeat for about three hours, so that's probably about 30 times in a row.

― Mark Rich@rdson, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 05:39 (seventeen years ago)

for me last week it was LCD Soundsystem "Yeah" (Crass Version), which has such a stunning build-up over 5-6 minutes

― Dan S, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 05:52 (seventeen years ago)

For some reason this happened seriously with Hot Chip's version of Don and Sherry, which isn't even really that[ good, but I just was totally unable to stop listening to it, I don't even like Hot Chip, I guess, I did consider giving them another chance after this.

― mehlt, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 05:53 (seventeen years ago)

*that. I really have to start proofreading my posts.

And before that maybe Florac by Pantha du Prince, and of course Law of Grace by Soul Capsule, which I probably spent hours upon hours listening to after I first downloaded it, and many hours playing it in my head when away from my computer.

― mehlt, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 05:57 (seventeen years ago)

SMELL YO DICK

― J0hn D., Tuesday, 13 November 2007 06:52 (seventeen years ago)

I've been playing a lot of Pet Shop Boys recently, last couple weeks or so. I have no doubt I've played "Being Boring," "Suburbia," "Rent," "Go West," "It's a Sin," and especially "Can You Forgive Her?" at least ten times apiece this week. The latter, in particular, I spun at least 5 times in a row the other night.

― stephen, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 07:07 (seventeen years ago)

it really doesnt kill every song

― CaptainLorax, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 03:41 (seventeen years ago)

I'm sure I've done it with songs like 'our house' and 'I've been loving you too long' but also some lesser known songs that are favs of mine - king creosote - 'counselling' and grifters - 'boho/alt'.. mostly songs that I enjoy singing (but I cant find the thread where I listed them all)

― CaptainLorax, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 04:02 (seventeen years ago)

well, i didn't 'have to,' but:
Killers feat. Lou Reed - Tranquilize (uh, Brandon Flowers: lose the kids)

― Tape Store, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 04:04 (seventeen years ago)

"you must be listening to the wrong music. i have listened to certain songs upwards of 40 times in a row, and i still love them to death. only the best songs can stand up to that kind of repetition.
--pipecock"

i could totally see 10 times in a row for someone who doesn't get burnt out as quickly as i do, but 40 times in a row is nuts. i mean, good for you, i guess, but i can't even fathom that.

― Lingbert, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 05:04 (seventeen years ago)

but hey, maybe i really haven't heard the right music. plz list songs you have listened to ~40 times in a row.

― Lingbert, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 05:07 (seventeen years ago)

i couldn't stop playing that mike nesmith song a week or two ago. i just had to hear it over and over. i was transfixed. so beautiful. it's like discovering a new world.

also, my favorite karen alexander album. last month i must have played it ten times in one week. Or more. I've probably played it 50 times since i got it last year or whenever. i'm obsessed.

― scott seward, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 05:38 (seventeen years ago)

^^this sounds awesome and i wish i could do it

― Lingbert, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 06:27 (seventeen years ago)

in september, grace jones, "slave to the rhythm"
in october, new pornographers, "my rights vs. yours"

― derrrick, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 08:28 (seventeen years ago)

For some reason this happened seriously with Hot Chip's version of Don and Sherry

It happened with the original for me, although probably not ten times in a row.

More recently, "Heaven on Earth", Britney Spears, two days ago.

― Roz, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 08:35 (seventeen years ago)

Stones, "Out of Time", yesterday

― snoball, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 10:52 (seventeen years ago)

Who was it who did "Temple of Love" silly number of times recently?

― Mark G, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 11:04 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=41&threadid=58793

― stephen, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 15:04 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=41&threadid=58793

― stephen, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 15:04 (seventeen years ago)

oops

― stephen, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 15:04 (seventeen years ago)

redbone "niji trance"

weird, slightly proggy pop native american whatever.

― GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 15:10 (seventeen years ago)

five years pass...

'Sledgehammer', Peter Gabriel

― Will you see a political publicity stunt? (snoball), Friday, 12 April 2013 21:08 (twelve years ago)

I went through a period recently, right after a breakup, where I would play "Halah" by Mazzy Star many, many times per day.

― Pat Finn, Friday, 12 April 2013 21:13 (twelve years ago)

sick revive

― 69, Friday, 12 April 2013 21:13 (twelve years ago)

― snoball, Wednesday, November 14, 2007 10:52 AM (5 years ago)

Seems like yesterday... o_O

― Will you see a political publicity stunt? (snoball), Friday, 12 April 2013 21:15 (twelve years ago)

"Hello, It's Me" (alternating Nazz and solo Rundgren versions for an hour or more)

"Never My Love" (tracking down all the versions I could find on Spotify, not listening to the same recording 10x)

― The Complete Afterbirth of the Cool (WilliamC), Friday, 12 April 2013 21:18 (twelve years ago)

priests and cannibals
prehistorical animals
everybody happy as the dead come home

― Call me at **BITCOIN (DJP), Friday, 12 April 2013 21:18 (twelve years ago)

Give Me the Night - George Benson

Just now.
A bunch of times in a row.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 12 April 2013 21:31 (twelve years ago)

And still going.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 12 April 2013 21:31 (twelve years ago)

Deerhunter, "Don't Cry"

― Raymond Cummings, Friday, 12 April 2013 21:42 (twelve years ago)

i get in moods where i play coronado by deerhunter an awful lot.

― Pat Finn, Friday, 12 April 2013 21:45 (twelve years ago)

I hear you. When Logos came out I played that thing to death, it's still a pretty totemic album for me now.

― Raymond Cummings, Friday, 12 April 2013 22:06 (twelve years ago)

OMD - "Souvenir"

― J. Sam, Friday, 12 April 2013 22:19 (twelve years ago)

Oh you pretty things

― privilege as 'me me me' (darraghmac), Saturday, 13 April 2013 02:08 (twelve years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUKBD_tO2io

― i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Saturday, 13 April 2013 02:14 (twelve years ago)

I've been working my way through the 2012 albums poll results and when I got to Chairlift's "I Belong In Your Arms" I was so gobsmacked I think I basically didn't get anything done for the next half hour, just listened to it again and again.

― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 13 April 2013 02:19 (twelve years ago)

stupid love is stupid don't know why we always do it

― j., Saturday, 13 April 2013 02:19 (twelve years ago)

Fleetwood Mac's Man of the World

― Iago Galdston, Saturday, 13 April 2013 02:23 (twelve years ago)

OMD - "Souvenir"

― J. Sam, Friday, April 12, 2013 6:19 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yessss

― flopson, Saturday, 13 April 2013 02:44 (twelve years ago)

Raekwon - incarcerated scarfaces

― brimstead, Saturday, 13 April 2013 03:34 (twelve years ago)

this tornado loves you

― anonanon, Saturday, 13 April 2013 03:35 (twelve years ago)

not really ten times, maybe five? it's pretty long...

Sisters Love, The - Give Me Your Love (Danny Krivit Edit)

― The description of my page is: Gargoyles Swimsuit Special (Matt P), Saturday, 13 April 2013 03:39 (twelve years ago)

the breakdown is like five minutes of ecstasy

― The description of my page is: Gargoyles Swimsuit Special (Matt P), Saturday, 13 April 2013 03:48 (twelve years ago)

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― The description of my page is: Gargoyles Swimsuit Special (Matt P), Saturday, 13 April 2013 03:59 (twelve years ago)

"Hello, It's Me" (alternating Nazz and solo Rundgren versions for an hour or more)
"Never My Love" (tracking down all the versions I could find on Spotify, not listening to the same recording 10x)
― The Complete Afterbirth of the Cool (WilliamC), Friday, 12 April 2013 21:18 (Yesterday)

^^^ feelin this. that nazz version of hello is sooo good. and "if that's the way you feel" is sublime.

― wk, Saturday, 13 April 2013 04:07 (twelve years ago)

"Satan's Fall" by Mercyful Fate a good five or six times the other night. I had to hear different versions of a particular part.

― lazulum, Saturday, 13 April 2013 04:27 (twelve years ago)

"Reason to believe" - Dillards version

― softspool, Saturday, 13 April 2013 04:37 (twelve years ago)

"never my love" -- Sandpebbles version is sublime.
xpost

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eta89R1RdjI

― softspool, Saturday, 13 April 2013 04:40 (twelve years ago)

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