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Re:It's normal to play the same song over and over again (2016) by ehnto on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @04:06AM (#32080121)
I hope you never have to work retail, they often have the same approved songs on repeat all day.

I worked at a gym, and to this day, there are songs I don't even like that pop up in my head. 3 years of hearing them every day just about drove me spare.

Re:It's normal to play the same song over and over again (2016) by dls2016 on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @07:39AM (#32081308)
My dad still whines about Peter Frampton due to his time on a submarine in the late 70s. Could only take so much vinyl out to sea and I guess shanties were out of fashion haha.

I personally tend to listen to full albums repetitively. Lately it has been Billy Cobham’s Spectrum and some Khruangbin albums. I also play drums and tend to study the same handful of songs for a few months at a time. Ok maybe I’ve been meditating on Stevie Wonder’s Superstition for over a year haha.

Re:It's normal to play the same song over and over again (2016) by ehnto on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @07:54AM (#32081416)
Khruangbin is great work/focus music, they sink into a groove and stay there for a while so you don't get distracted too easily. Their early stuff with no lyrics was even less distracting but they don't go heavy on the lyrics anyway.
Re:It's normal to play the same song over and over again (2016) by JKCalhoun on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @08:20AM (#32081634)
Collectively, the U.S. as a country, I think, have heard Hotel California enough. Thank you.
Re:It's normal to play the same song over and over again (2016) by ssully on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @11:31AM (#32084075)
Yup, it sucks. For me it isn't even so much the song as it is how it transports me back to that job. Like, I hear the song and can picture myself doing certain tasks in the retail store I worked at while listening to it.
Re:It's normal to play the same song over and over again (2016) by theposey on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @10:07AM (#32082924)
Working in retail or restaurants during Christmas season is absolute torture. There's not a single Christmas song I enjoy anymore.