I know it is a bit different, but I pretty much ignore my TV during the days when I am at home and put in DVDs, right now I have in Lichspielhaus - a collection of Rammstein videos, making of videos and concert footage. I will actually admit to putting ‘Stripped’ on repeat for both the tonal quality of the vocals [not the clean smooth depeche mode vocals, but softer and rougher, almost velvet] and the Leni Riefenstahl footage from her movie about the Olympics. Fanfreakingtastic choice of footage showing amazing athletes, manipulated by using short clips and repeating/freezing/blending and running backwards and forewards. Phenomenal video and nothing like the tanzmetal and pyro they are normally thought of as using.
I also have been known to put the scene of ‘Hawaiian Rollercoaster’ from Lilo and stitch on repeat for an hour…something about the sounds resonates [also the one with the hawaiian name that I cant remember at this moment, I love the sounds of that one also.]
I do this all the time. Lately it’s Jesus of Suburbia.
Recently I’ve done it with Lose my Breath by Destiny’s Child and Since You Been Gone by Kelly Clarkson (although I think that’s only because I was going through a breakup).
I also seem to do it with every single Britney Spears releases. Looking at my iTunes top 25 most played, you don’t even want to know how much I’ve listened to Everytime (dance remix), My Prerogative, Toxic, Baby, One More Time, Oops, I did it Again, etc.
Generally, songs that get the repeat treatment from me contain great lyrics and complex melodies. These are the ones that I’ve hit the repeat button on recently:
“Across the Antheap” XTC – from their Oranges and Lemons album. Imagine a dump truck unloading trumpets, drums, jackhammers, screams, honking horns and it still sounds melodic. It’s a frantic song with Andy spitting lines about a mad world where “jets and temples form a chord like screeching gulls / accompanied by truncheons beating time on human skulls.” The images come so fast and so vividly that this would make a fantastic video. Great track from one of my favorite albums.
“New Frontier” and “Walk Between the Raindrops” Donald Fagan from The Nightfly album. “Raindrops” is an unabashedly romantic song – the Manhatten Transfer could cover it. “New Frontier” makes me nostalgic for the early '60s that never happened. Cool tunes in the old school way.