# Songs You Can Listen To Over and Over.. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 13, 2020, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-can-listen-to-over-and-over/853690 "2020-05-13T04:36:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-can-listen-to-over-and-over/853690/1 "2020-05-13T04:36:34Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/3JD9RcoI4Ig/maxresdefault.jpg "Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club - Festival de Jazz de Vitoria-Gasteiz 2014") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JD9RcoI4Ig) Starting at the 45 Minute mark. Its called La Percusion (apologies I dont know how to post with accent marks) and the vocalist is Idania Valdés. Its propulsive rhythmic Cuban dance music. But in these times of isolation, are there any tracks that you can listen to over and over? Alcohol aided perhaps. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-can-listen-to-over-and-over/853690/2 "2020-05-13T14:33:59Z")
_Everybody Wants To Rule The World_ - Tears For Fears: I like it so much, I learned to play it. _I’m Not In Love_ - 10CC ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-can-listen-to-over-and-over/853690/3 "2020-05-13T14:38:43Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > _Everybody Wants To Rule The World_ - Tears For Fears: I like it so much, I learned to play it. > _I’m Not In Love_ - 10CC Id add those two to my list as well. Every time I hear Everybody it reminds me of Real Genius with Val Kilmer, a fun 80s film. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-can-listen-to-over-and-over/853690/4 "2020-05-13T23:38:15Z")
There are more than a couple. Most, if not all, have lengthy instrumental parts. “Dreams” by the Allman Bros, and “Light My Fire” by The Doors are two examples. Just love Duane’s guitar, and the guitar and keyboards in The Doors song. Really appreciate Ray Manzarek’s work in the studio. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-can-listen-to-over-and-over/853690/5 "2020-05-13T23:43:21Z")
The entire [Brazileiro album](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwgHebDiEoA&list=PLWgikqkycIl3NuNK2pFMQ9QWngBcN3olv) by Sergio Mendes. Just the opening “Fanfara” will get you moving. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-can-listen-to-over-and-over/853690/6 "2020-05-13T23:49:15Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > _Everybody Wants To Rule The World_ - Tears For Fears: I like it so much, I learned to play it. > _I’m Not In Love_ - 10CC Good choices. Chefguy, you may enjoy this about the making of 10cc’s song: Some songs I come back to repeatedly: 1) BOC/Don't Fear the Reaper 2) Patti Smith/Because the Night 3) Boston/More than a Feeling 4) Todd Rundgren/Hello, It's Me 5) Harry Nilsson/Without You 6) Badfinger/Day After Day 7) Golden Earing/Twilight Zone 8) ABC/Look of Love 9) Rolling Stones/Paint It, Black 10) Pete Townshend/Let My Love Open the Door I’ll stop now. ---
**Author:** ![Tinker\_Grey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tinker_grey/32/8136_2.png) [@Tinker\_Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinker_Grey)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-can-listen-to-over-and-over/853690/7 "2020-05-14T00:08:27Z")
[Sting & Pavarotti - Panis Angelicus](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mbi1gxQDBK0) [Clapton & Pavarotti - Holy Mother](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9uYu4R2nk8) ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-can-listen-to-over-and-over/853690/8 "2020-05-14T00:37:15Z")
I’ve needed positive, upbeat tunes… so I’ve been searching for bands I liked decades ago, and finding tracks I’ve never heard. Mostly on YouTube. So, for me, lots of obscure Badfinger, young Neil Young…like [his band with Rick James!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQTE8hKvaaI), David Gilmour [(with Crosby and Nash…)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEa__0wtIRo), lots of ska, proto-reggae and dub… which is not dubstep. And early early Bowie ([“I Dig Everything”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xrah1k0sLj4) is optimistic and soooo cool…) ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-can-listen-to-over-and-over/853690/9 "2020-05-14T01:04:10Z")
John Prine’s “Lake Marie.” Supremes/Temptations’s “I’m Gonna Make You Love Me.” The Rolling Stones’s “Dandelion” and “She’s So Cold.” Petula Clark’s “Don’t Sleep in the Subway.” Paul Brady’s “Arthur McBride.” Bob Dylan’s “Desolation Row.” The Association’s “Along Comes Mary.” Richard and Linda Thompson’s “Hokey Pokey.” Off the top of my head. ---
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-can-listen-to-over-and-over/853690/10 "2020-05-14T01:12:53Z")
Three songs I will NEVER turn off if and when they play on the radio: All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix Hush - Deep Purple Born to Be Wild - Steppenwolf There are others, of course, but these three rise above them all. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-can-listen-to-over-and-over/853690/11 "2020-05-14T01:16:36Z")
…and The Replacements’s “Alex Chilton.” Oh HELL yas. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ftTOEJfzdq0/maxresdefault.jpg "The Replacements - Alex Chilton (Official Promo Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftTOEJfzdq0) ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-can-listen-to-over-and-over/853690/12 "2020-05-14T03:01:39Z")
A casual knowledge of the musical “Hair” would lead you to believe that “Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In” is the prelude/fugue that the composer\* wrote and intended. But it is just a pastiche for top 40 radio. The musical actually ends with The Flesh Failures (Let the Sunshine In) which is one of the most fascinating and powerful songs you will ever hear. I’ve listened to it hundreds of times over the years. [From the movie](https://youtu.be/fhNrqc6yvTU) [\*Galt MacDermot’s version](https://youtu.be/34OCz7kGmaE) ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-can-listen-to-over-and-over/853690/13 "2020-05-14T03:39:35Z")
[Get Ready by Rare Earth](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glrMQ8VSb6c) Anyone who doesn’t get up and groove to this song should not be trusted. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-can-listen-to-over-and-over/853690/14 "2020-05-14T03:57:47Z")
> [@lobotomyboy63](#): > > Good choices. Chefguy, you may enjoy this about the making of 10cc’s song: Thanks, I had already seen that video. It was an amazing creation when it was first made, and it continues to be the model for modern sound mixing. ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-can-listen-to-over-and-over/853690/15 "2020-05-14T04:26:03Z")
With vocals: Like a Stone by Audioslave Without vocals: Sleepwalk by Santo and Johnny ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-can-listen-to-over-and-over/853690/16 "2020-05-14T05:53:21Z")
Kate Bush - [Egypt](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lProYoEtHYw) ---
**Author:** ![dragonking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@dragonking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragonking)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-can-listen-to-over-and-over/853690/17 "2020-05-14T06:51:43Z")
bohemian rhapsody ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-can-listen-to-over-and-over/853690/18 "2020-05-14T07:32:07Z")
‘The Whole of the Moon’- The Waterboys So haunting. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-can-listen-to-over-and-over/853690/19 "2020-05-14T09:09:17Z")
I’ll see you, and raise _And A Bang On The Ear_, Granny. ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-can-listen-to-over-and-over/853690/20 "2020-05-14T11:42:48Z")
[quote=“Ukulele\_Ike, post:11, topic:853690”] …and The Replacements’s “Alex Chilton.” Oh HELL yas. [/QUOTE] Not to mention[Alex himself.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNKSs1J38EA) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-can-listen-to-over-and-over/853690.md?page=2)