# Songs that are too repetitive **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 14, 2011, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-too-repetitive/578325 "2011-04-14T03:13:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-too-repetitive/578325/1 "2011-04-14T03:13:08Z")
Lots of songs have the singer singing the same thing over and over. But sometimes it’s too much. For my entry, a few months ago Rush had a single called “[Caravan](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btoEgIlhbUc)”. I guess, if I understand what he’s saying 50,000,000 times, Geddy Lee can’t stop thinking big. Other than that, it’s a pretty good song. Anyway, what songs do you think the singer should cut down on the repetition? ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-too-repetitive/578325/2 "2011-04-14T03:38:21Z")
Jesus is Just All Right With Me China Grove Just about all the Doobie Brothers songs, in fact, and a lot of disco as well. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-too-repetitive/578325/3 "2011-04-14T03:39:28Z")
Silly Love Songs. I can’t stand it. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-too-repetitive/578325/4 "2011-04-14T03:40:00Z")
Give me just one more night to think about this… ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-too-repetitive/578325/5 "2011-04-14T03:46:19Z")
Brick House by the Commodores. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-too-repetitive/578325/6 "2011-04-14T03:58:07Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Give me just one more night to think about this… Sure thing Phil. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/278dde/32.png) [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-too-repetitive/578325/7 "2011-04-14T04:04:54Z")
I can never remember the name of that Go-Gos song…it’s something like “We Got the Asparagus” or “We Got New Deals on Tires” or something… ---
**Author:** ![multimediac17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@multimediac17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/multimediac17)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-too-repetitive/578325/8 "2011-04-14T04:10:22Z")
‘Hey Jude’. Those endless "na"s are just too much, I love the song but rarely sit through it until the end. ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-too-repetitive/578325/9 "2011-04-14T04:17:55Z")
[All The Way Turnt Up](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMwi8vFXUpo) by Roscoe Dash. Go ahead and close the thread. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-too-repetitive/578325/10 "2011-04-14T04:18:31Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > Sure thing Phil. 😃 Let me just drink a few Tom Collins and mull it over a bit more. And who let the fucking dogs out again? ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-too-repetitive/578325/11 "2011-04-14T05:11:50Z")
Someone’s knocking at the door. Someone’s ringing the bell. Someone’s knocking at the door. Someone’s ringing the bell. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Hen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-too-repetitive/578325/12 "2011-04-14T05:30:48Z")
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know… ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-too-repetitive/578325/13 "2011-04-14T05:33:05Z")
Say what you need to say, say what you need to say, say what you need to say, say what you need to say, say what you need to say, say what you need to say, say what you need to say, say what you need to say, say what you need to- SHUT UP ALREADY AND I’LL SAY IT, DAMN YOU! ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-too-repetitive/578325/14 "2011-04-14T09:17:52Z")
I’m trying to think of the song title, but it’s not coming to me. I’m concentrating, but it’s going to take time. A whole lotta precious time. It’s going to take plenty of time. ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-too-repetitive/578325/15 "2011-04-14T11:17:57Z")
There’s a band called The Smithereens. They had some modest success - biggest song was probably “Only a Memory”. What bothered the piss out of me was that all their “hits” ended with the singer (Pat Nunzio ?) repeating the title over and over and over… I pointed this out to a friend of mine who loved the band. He came back ans said I ruined the band for him because he would fixate on their repetitions. So I nominate all of The Smithereens’ popular tracks. ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-too-repetitive/578325/16 "2011-04-14T12:01:31Z")
George Harrison set the bar high with “I’ve Got My Mind Set on You” and Weird Al did his follow up to it with “This Song’s Just Six Words Long” ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-too-repetitive/578325/17 "2011-04-14T12:06:38Z")
Back in the 70s, I was a big fan of the Rocky Horror Picture Show, owned multiple versions of the soundtrack, etc. A few years later, I pondered singing “Hot Patootie Bless My Soul” as an audition piece for something or other, and noticed the grating repetition on that and on nearly every other song in the show. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-too-repetitive/578325/18 "2011-04-14T12:09:29Z")
Every song by The Black Crowes. ---
**Author:** ![dawson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@dawson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dawson)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-too-repetitive/578325/19 "2011-04-14T12:16:35Z")
Da do do do da da da da da Thats all I have to say to you. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-too-repetitive/578325/20 "2011-04-14T12:21:00Z")
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