It is fairly ironic that as much as I love putting playlists together for myself and for friends, I have a habit of becoming obsessed with only one song at a time and listening to it on repeat.
Even more ironic is ever since the show, I Love the 90s, talked about Alanis Morissette's "Ironic" and how her ironic examples are not actually ironic and she misused the word, I am constantly second guessing myself about if I am using the word properly. Am I? Moving on . . .
Since middle school, I have followed a similar routine. I hear a song for the first time, I fall head over heels in love with it, and then I listen to it over and over again until my ears finally cave in.
The first time I can remember doing this (and this is mortifying) was with Blessed Union of Souls', "Standing at the Edge of the Earth." Phew! It feels good to get that off my chest. I don't think I ever told anyone; that I would listen to this one song over and over again for days and days on the bus to and from school. The album came out in 1999. I was 13. And while we are being honest here, I have to admit, I would only listen to the last minute of the song. I would start the song, skip ahead to the last minute, listen, and then once the song ended, I rewound to the start of that final minute and did it all over again. I did not listen to any other song for weeks. The only defense I have is that I was not listening to the song "Hey Leonardo (She Likes Me For Me)" on repeat which was the hit song off of the same album, Walking Off the Buzz. So yah, it could have been worse.
Unfortunately, the list of songs that I have done this with is not an impressive one. "Apologize" by OneRepublic & Timbaland was another one. I listened to it on a trip in France. Total, it was probably 5-6 straight hours of just this song. Another time, I took a bus from Boston to New York and only listened to "Just a Dream" by Nelly. So that was probably over 4 hours.
After these heavy hitters, it gets more reasonable. Maybe an hour or two at a time, or for a few weeks, but for just 10-15 minutes each day. This second, less obsessive batch includes "So Cold" by Breaking Benjamin, "Bind, Torture, Kill" by Suicide Commando, "Sick of Life" by Godsmack (similar to the Blessed Union of Souls experience--I only listened to a portion of the song, the first 1:06 minutes), "Sleep" by My Chemical Romance, "Love Don't Let Me Go" by David Guetta & The Egg.
Sometimes, only one song can match my emotion. Whatever I am feeling at any given moment, there are moments that only one song can satisfy. And yah, I have had some embarrassing moments as you can see from my above choices, but I still find nothing more satisfying than discovering a song I haven't heard and listening to it to DEATH!
To show I can break out of my monotony, below is my current playlist. And yes, some days I am only listening to one track on this list but for the most part, I am happy to let this list play all the way through without touching the Skip button. Enjoy!
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