# Songs that you Can Hear Back to back & Over Again! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 24, 2001, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-you-can-hear-back-to-back-over-again/77917 "2001-08-24T15:13:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wildest\_Bill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Wildest\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wildest_Bill)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-you-can-hear-back-to-back-over-again/77917/1 "2001-08-24T15:13:32Z")
You know songs that sound SO GOOD to you you can just keep playing them over and over again. One that comes to mind is “Lousianna’s Sinking” by the Tragically Hip. Also “Cowboy” by Kid Rock(although that one has burned on me a bit) I have also listened “Roller” by April Wine over and over again. So what songs can you listen to literally back to back? ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-you-can-hear-back-to-back-over-again/77917/2 "2001-08-24T15:17:11Z")
It’s not a song, exactly, but Mozart’s _The Abduction from the Seraglio; Turkish Finale_ on the **Amadeus** soundtrack. The bummer part is that it’s only a minute and a half (if you’ve seen the movie, it’s the opera that the Emperor Joseph says has “Too many notes.”). As for songs, I’m quite partial to Sting’s _Desert Rose_ over and over. ---
**Author:** ![okielady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/fbc32d/32.png) [@okielady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/okielady)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-you-can-hear-back-to-back-over-again/77917/3 "2001-08-24T15:33:48Z")
Four right off the top of my head: What You Give by Tesla. I just really love the song. Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd. Ditto above, plus I’m trying to learn it on guitar (it’s probably pretty easy, but I don’t know enough about playing guitar yet to realize that.) Little Suzi by Tesla. I listened to this song over and over enough times (it’s a picker-upper) that my 3 year old daughter now requests it. Well she **used** to…NOW she requests: Bringing on the Heartbreak by Def Leppard. I’ve listened to this over and over because my daughter requested it, not because I wanted to. But it’s not a bad song, so I haven’t objected yet. ---
**Author:** ![Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tequila_Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-you-can-hear-back-to-back-over-again/77917/4 "2001-08-24T15:52:49Z")
Here’s my top 5. _Son Of A Preacher Man_ by Dusty Springfield _But Not Tonight_ by Depeche Mode _Belly Of The Whale_ by Burning Sensations _Solisbury Hill_ by Peter Gabriel _Tempted_ by Squeeze Unfortunately, my son wants to play _Video Killed The Radio Star_ by The Buggles over and over and over. I’m hoping to turn his little mind over to something I can take without feeling my brain trying to implode, like TMBG. ---
**Author:** ![Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tequila_Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-you-can-hear-back-to-back-over-again/77917/5 "2001-08-24T15:54:09Z")
And, apparently I need more coffee before trying to attempt codes. ---
**Author:** ![Winnie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e480ec/32.png) [@Winnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winnie)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-you-can-hear-back-to-back-over-again/77917/6 "2001-08-24T18:04:24Z")
**One** by Metallica If I put the CD in while I’m in traffic, I helplessly push “repeat” after it’s done. That songs burns through my chest and make me beg for more. Whew… sorry about that… ---
**Author:** ![flickerwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/13edae/32.png) [@flickerwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flickerwolf)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-you-can-hear-back-to-back-over-again/77917/7 "2001-08-24T18:44:24Z")
_Porcelain_ by Moby _Rock Me Amadaeus_(sp?) by Falco. ---
**Author:** ![Pucette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/278dde/32.png) [@Pucette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pucette)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-you-can-hear-back-to-back-over-again/77917/8 "2001-08-24T20:13:32Z")
_Enjoy the Silence_, by Depeche Mode (_But Not Tonight_ also rocks!) _Comfortably Numb_, by Pink Floyd _Babe, I’m Gonna Leave You_, by Led Zeppelin Rachmaninoff’s First Piano Trio _Dies Irae_, Verdi Requiem So many more… I listen to the same music repeatedly quite often. It goes hand in hand with my enjoyment of watching movies billions of times over. ---
**Author:** ![Astro\_Hog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Astro\_Hog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astro_Hog)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-you-can-hear-back-to-back-over-again/77917/9 "2001-08-24T20:32:19Z")
Love Song - Tesla, 1812 Overture - Tchaikovsky, Moonlight Sonata, Jump Around - House of Pain ---
**Author:** ![Kittie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@Kittie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kittie)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-you-can-hear-back-to-back-over-again/77917/10 "2001-08-24T20:41:45Z")
**Alive** by P.O.D **Moonbaby** by Godsmack **Simple Creed** by Live **Magic 8 Ball** by The Impossibles **The two of us** by N_Sync God, I love N_Sync… ~Kittie ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-you-can-hear-back-to-back-over-again/77917/11 "2001-08-24T20:43:43Z")
I tend to listen to songs _ad nauseam_ when I like them. I have lots of infinite repeatables. _Domine secundum actum meum_ – William Byrd. _Ascension_ – VNV Nation _A Million Manias_ – Marc Almond and the Mambas _Achilles’ Last Stand_ – Led Zeppelin _Tuba Mirum_ – Verdi, from the Requiem So many more. MR ---
**Author:** ![HalberMensch242](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecb155/32.png) [@HalberMensch242](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HalberMensch242)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-you-can-hear-back-to-back-over-again/77917/12 "2001-08-24T20:56:22Z")
good to see another vnv nation fan…😉 **VnV Nation** -Solitary,Standing **Saves the Day** -Rock Tonic Juice Magic, Funeral and You Vandal **Alkaline Trio** -Stupid Kid, Another Innocent Girl **NIN** -Into the Void, Happines in Slavery, Just Like you Imagined **Tool** -46&2, Schism, Sober **front242** -Cage/Animal, Headhunter **Einsturzende Neubauten** -Headcleaner, Haus der Luge, Sabrina. ---
**Author:** ![Pucette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/278dde/32.png) [@Pucette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pucette)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-you-can-hear-back-to-back-over-again/77917/13 "2001-08-24T21:00:17Z")
Ah yes! I forgot VNV Nation! For me, it’s _Honour_. Also, _Losing My Religion_, by REM… Ok time to stop. ---
**Author:** ![Semp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Semp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Semp)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-you-can-hear-back-to-back-over-again/77917/14 "2001-08-24T23:02:15Z")
Off the top of my head and open to revision at any moment: _Are We Here?_ by Orbital _Reds Kept A Comin’_ by Rapoon _A Few Hours After This_ by the Cure _Thru The Flowers_ by the Primitives and for the sake of having a nice list of five… _Frail_ by Godflesh ---
**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2001, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-you-can-hear-back-to-back-over-again/77917/15 "2001-08-24T23:30:38Z")
Whenever I hear “The Boys of Summer” by Don Henley, I have to sing along with it on the radio. I’ll never get tired of that song. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2001, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-you-can-hear-back-to-back-over-again/77917/16 "2001-08-25T02:10:38Z")
Tool - The Grudge, Opiate, H, Eulogy, Forty-six & 2, Hooker with a Penis, Stinkfist, Schism, Parabol, Parabola (I love Tool) Sevendust - Black, Bitch, Denial Staind - Just Go, Me, Mudshovel, Home, Fade, Waste, No One’s Kind Eminem - Criminal, I’m Back ---
**Author:** ![flickerwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/13edae/32.png) [@flickerwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flickerwolf)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2001, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-you-can-hear-back-to-back-over-again/77917/17 "2001-08-25T02:22:32Z")
Um, um… _Love Song_ by The Cure (gotta love the melancholy-ness) _Tom’s Diner_ by DNA ---
**Author:** ![jabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/db5fbb/32.png) [@jabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabe)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2001, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-you-can-hear-back-to-back-over-again/77917/18 "2001-08-25T02:32:48Z")
Wildest Bill, I assume you’re talking about “New Orleans is Sinking.” I personally don’t give two shits about The Hip, but I live so close to Canada, everyone around here has a hardon 3 miles long for them. peace, JB ---
**Author:** ![Dragon\_Phoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Dragon\_Phoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragon_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2001, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-you-can-hear-back-to-back-over-again/77917/19 "2001-08-25T03:28:54Z")
Mad man moon (Genesis) Jesse (Janis Ian) Kayleigh (Marillion) Ghosts (Japan) Carpet crawlers (Genesis) Private investigations (Dire Straits) Desperado (Eagles) Killer queen (Queen) Shine on you crazy diamond (Pink Floyd) Forbidden colours (David Sylvian) San Jacinto - live (Peter Gabriel) The man with the child in his eyes (Kate Bush) Merlin - the legend (Kayak) I’m not in love (10 CC) Family snapshot - live (Peter Gabriel) The sound of silence (Simon and Garfunkel) Vincent (Don McLean) Don’t give up (Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush) Cinema show-aisle of plenty (Genesis) Old and wise (Alan Parsons Project) The first time ever I saw your face (Roberta Flack) This masquerade (Carpenters) Stars (Janis Ian) Wallflower (Peter Gabriel) Brothers in arms (Dire Straits) Where or when (Bryan Ferry) Tequila sunrise (Eagles) The winner takes it all (ABBA) Baker street (Gerry Rafferty) Samba pa ti (Santana) One day in Paris (Martha and the Muffins) Perfect day (Lou Reed) The lamia (Genesis) Lying eyes (Eagles) Con te partiro (Andrea Bocelli) Under your thumb (Godley and Creme) Hou me vast (Volumia!) Night porter (Japan) Bat out of hell (Meatloaf) Through the barricades (Spandau Ballet) A routine day (Klaatu) For Emily, whenever I may find her (Simon and Garfunkel) White rabbit (Jefferson Airplane) At seventeen (Janis Ian) Homeless (Paul Simon) Cloudbusting (Kate Bush) Dancing with the moonlit knight (Genesis) Breaking us in two (Joe Jackson) Kathy’s song (Simon and Garfunkel) Love of my life (Queen) Telegraph road (Dire Straits) Wildflower (Skylark) American pie (Don McLean) Firth of fifth (Genesis) I hear you now (Jon and Vangelis) Mother stands for comfort (Kate Bush) The year of the cat (Al Stewart) Song to the siren (This Mortal Coil) Biko (Peter Gabriel) Uncertain smile (The The) Time in a bottle (Jim Croce) Vienna (Ultravox) Testament (Boudewijn de Groot) The ninth wave (Kate Bush) Julie with … (Brian Eno) Belfast child (Simple Minds) Promises (Cranberries) Anne (Kayak) Life on Mars (David Bowie) New year’s day (U2) Scarborough fair (Simon and Garfunkel) July morning (Uriah Heep) Real men (Joe Jackson) On the border (Al Stewart) Oh yeah (Roxy Music) Northern lights (Renaissance) Give up your guns (Buoys) Dead birds fly forever (Kayak) Do it again (Steely Dan) The rhythm of the heat (Peter Gabriel) Torn (Natalie Imbruglia) In the mood for love (Bryan Ferry) Goodnight Saigon (Billy Joel) Ripples (Genesis) Steppin’ out (Joe Jackson) Afscheid (Robert Long) Stimmen im Wind (Juliane Werding) Starlight dancer (Kayak) Julia dream (Pink Floyd) Listening wind (Talking Heads) Tell me (Camel) Take a chance with me (Roxy Music) With or without you (U2) You’re my best friend (Queen) Visions of China (Japan) Brilliant trees (David Sylvian) Diamonds on the soles of her shoes (Paul Simon) China (Tori Amos) Not here not now (Joe Jackson) I’m Mandy fly me (10 CC) They dance alone (Sting) Easy living (Uriah Heep) Hey little girl (Icehouse) Fragile (Sting) Virginia plain (Roxy Music) Zombie (Cranberries) Suzanne (Peter Gabriel) Space Oddity - Ashes to ashes (David Bowie) Time of the season (Zombies) Het is over (Volumia!) Heaven can wait (Meatloaf) Afscheid (Volumia!) Blinded by the light (Manfred Mann’s Earth Band) Under African skies (Paul Simon) Miss Serajevo (Passengers) Nothing compares 2U (Sinnead O’Connor) Marlene on the wall (Suzanne Vega) Don’t look back in anger (Oasis) Red skies over paradise (Fischer Z) American tune (Paul Simon) Empty chairs (Don McLean) Tears in heaven (Eric Clapton) Renee (Talk Talk) By this river (Brian Eno) Michelle (Gerard Lenorman) You needed me (Anne Murray) Blood of Eden (Peter Gabriel) Entangled (Genesis) Riders on a storm (Doors) Hotel California (Eagles) These are my all-time faves from 1-100 (ok 130) as discussed here. ---
**Author:** ![mdf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@mdf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mdf)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2001, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-you-can-hear-back-to-back-over-again/77917/20 "2001-08-25T05:15:58Z")
…and filled it with Steely Dan. Katy Lied, Countdown to Ecstacy, The Royal Scam, Pretzel Logic, Can’t Buy a Thrill and Aja. OK, Gaucho too. Okay a seven disc changer. I’ve been listening to those for over twenty years, and they are still fresh. I’ve always liked Fagan’s super-cynical attitude. He and Becker have always found the best musicians to play on their albums (Yes, I have them all on vinyl and CD (and dammit, a CD is still an ‘album’, consult a dictionary)) Erm, yes, well anyway my point is I could put any cut from any of those on repeat and quite enjoy myself. Chain Lightning has been playing in my head all afternoon and evening, and I’m perfectly happy with that fact. -mdf [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-you-can-hear-back-to-back-over-again/77917.md?page=2)