# 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:** 2
**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, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-can-listen-to-over-and-over/853690/21 "2020-05-14T11:57:27Z")
> [@jaycat](#): > > Not to mention[Alex himself.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNKSs1J38EA) Like the song says… _I never travel far Without a little Big Star…_ ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-can-listen-to-over-and-over/853690/22 "2020-05-14T12:17:23Z")
> [@dragonking](#): > > bohemian rhapsody I like putting [“Don’t Stop Me Now”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgzGwKwLmgM) on repeat. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-can-listen-to-over-and-over/853690/23 "2020-05-14T12:18:46Z")
Pink Floyd - _Comfortably Numb_ Gerry Rafferty - _Baker Street_ Shawn Colvin - _Sunny Came Home_ Sarah McLachlan - _Building a Mystery_ Alanis Morissette - _Uninvited_ All are so evocative and put me in a dreamy, swimmy state. ---
**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 14, 2020, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-can-listen-to-over-and-over/853690/24 "2020-05-14T12:37:01Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > Gerry Rafferty - _Baker Street_ > All are so evocative and put me in a dreamy, swimmy state. i’d forgotten about this song but I totally agree. ---
**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, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-can-listen-to-over-and-over/853690/25 "2020-05-14T14:58:53Z")
Al Stewart - The Year of the Cat [https://youtu.be/neqfWdiKt8g](https://youtu.be/neqfWdiKt8g) ---
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-can-listen-to-over-and-over/853690/26 "2020-05-14T15:14:13Z")
> [@K364](#): > > Al Stewart - The Year of the Cat [https://youtu.be/neqfWdiKt8g](https://youtu.be/neqfWdiKt8g) Ninjaed. This was one of my late wife’s favorite songs and I can listen to it on infinite loop. Sadly, she passed away at the age of 44. She was a lovely person: “She comes out of the sun In a silk dress, run-ning Like a watercolor In the rain. Don’t bother ask-ing For explanations, She’ll just tell you that she came.” ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-can-listen-to-over-and-over/853690/27 "2020-05-14T19:19:57Z")
Songs I’ve listened to at least a couple of times a day, each, for the last several weeks Under the Milky Way - The Church Atmosphere, Isolation and 24 Hours, Joy Division Catch, How Beautiful You Are and Charlotte Sometimes- The Cure In Your Eyes (The Secret World Tour version) and Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel Wax and Wane and Blue Bell Knoll - Cocteau Twins Shatter and Amanita Muscara- Shelleyan Orphan Salterello, Xavier and Black Sun- Dead Can Dance So Hot You’re Hurting My Feelings and Door - Caroline Polacheck Little Girl Blue and The Battle Envy, Louder in Outer Space, Free Will at Ease and Arms & Opinions - Skating Polly Strangers and High Five - Sigrid Conqueror and Running With The Wolves - Aurora ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-can-listen-to-over-and-over/853690/28 "2020-05-14T19:40:59Z")
Bonnie Raitt’s version of _Runaway_ The Tubes _Don’t Touch Me There_ Burning Sensations _Belly of the Whale_ The Who _Love Reign O’er Me_ The Who _Won’t Get Fooled Again_ (gotta love an anti-revolution song) Dread Zeppelin _Heartbreaker (At The End Of Lonely Street)_ (gotta love a 300 lb Elvis impersonator) Melissa Ethridge \* Must Be Crazy For Me\* Richard Thompson _Read About Love_ Richard Thompson _Vincent Black Lightning 1952_ I could go on and on and on ---
**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, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-can-listen-to-over-and-over/853690/29 "2020-05-14T19:46:36Z")
The Kinks, “Victoria.” Arguably the greatest rock song of all time. Dave’s scream of Dionysian ecstasy towards the end will tickle you in the gonads. The Beatles, “Norwegian Wood.” I’ve gotten heartily sick of a lot of Beatles songs, but this one is always welcome in my ears. Laura Nyro, “Timer.” My favorite cut, along with “Sweet Blindness,” from the great **Eli and the Thirteenth Confession.** They say Nyro could squish five or six songs into one song, and “Timer” proves it. If you don’t like it, wait 20 seconds and it gets different. (the cat imagery is because Timer was the name of Laura’s cat) ---
**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 14, 2020, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-can-listen-to-over-and-over/853690/30 "2020-05-14T19:47:19Z")
> [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > The Tubes _Don’t Touch Me There_ > \* > > I could go on > > and on > > and on The original or the What Do You Want From Live version? I could listen to No Way Out from Remote Control over and over again. ---
**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, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-can-listen-to-over-and-over/853690/31 "2020-05-14T19:48:16Z")
The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset [https://youtu.be/N\_MqfF0WBsU](https://youtu.be/N_MqfF0WBsU) ---
**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 14, 2020, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-can-listen-to-over-and-over/853690/32 "2020-05-14T19:51:32Z")
From Jazz, this is a song that absolutely rocks from the first note to the last. Miles by Miles Davis. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/k94zDsJ-JMU/maxresdefault.jpg "Miles Davis - Milestones (Official Audio)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k94zDsJ-JMU) ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-can-listen-to-over-and-over/853690/33 "2020-05-14T22:26:07Z")
So many good ones here; and so many that I want to check out. I notice that a lot are on my Ipod. Songs that I like to listen to any time. For me there’s a slight distinction though. There are songs that delight me instantly - usually peppy ones- but the songs I listen to “over and over” are usually like the moody ones that I mentioned. Oddly enough, none of those songs is on my Ipod. I use it strictly for working out or doing chores. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-can-listen-to-over-and-over/853690/34 "2020-05-14T23:30:24Z")
[No Excuses](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r80HF68KM8g) - Alice In Chains [The Lady Don’t Mind](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79kSk5ZDSCI) - Talking Heads [Absurd](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAQISes7iXU) - Fluke My favourites list on Youtube is over 600 songs. I could make a really long list of songs I can listen to over and over… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-can-listen-to-over-and-over/853690/35 "2020-05-14T23:41:41Z")
Hmmm…these four (at least), I could listen to back-to-back-to-back-to-back for a long time… Old Black Water–Doobie Brothers Seven Bridges Road–Eagles The Gambler–Kenny Rogers The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald–Gordon Lightfoot ---
**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 15, 2020, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-can-listen-to-over-and-over/853690/36 "2020-05-15T01:16:00Z")
youtube links added for your enjoyment… 1. Howard Jones/No One Is to Blame: [Howard Jones - No One Is To Blame - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pekhxxngQ3s) 2. Elton John/Tiny Dancer [Almost Famous - Tiny Dancer - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qW9wqUI4Lg) 3. Jackson Browne/Running on Empty: [Jackson Browne - Running On Empty (LIVE) 1979 - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNmIbSre7Tw) 4. Fleetwood Mac/Never Going Back Again (live version is interesting): [FLEETWOOD MAC. NEVER GOING BACK AGAIN. - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGyCx9WgGV8) 5. Sophie B. Hawkins/As I Lay Me Down: [Sophie B. Hawkins - As I Lay Me Down - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gq-4vIIJO30) 6. John Mellencamp/Authority Song: [John Mellencamp - Authority Song - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsEwK69LXjQ) 7. Paula Cole/I Don’t Want To Wait: [Paula Cole - I Don't Want to Wait (Official Music Video) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_dVEtLPdDE) 8. Steve Miller/The Joker [Steve Miller Band - The Joker - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWSH-iCjTqE) 9. REM/Stand: [R.E.M. - Stand (Video) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLaSXpqp__E) 10. Lowen and Navarro/We Belong (Yes, the Pat Benatar hit—they wrote it) [Lowen & Navarro - We Belong (Bilingual) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWVt82RqjKc) 11. [Joan Osborne-Beast of Burden - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GChdzGr-NNk) Sadly I can’t find footage of these two performing “Let’s Stay Together” the same evening… ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2020, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-can-listen-to-over-and-over/853690/37 "2020-05-15T02:41:02Z")
[Rebel, Rebel by David Bowie.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U16Xg_rQZkA) Long story, fell in love at first sight, married at the time, never pursued it , this song was playing when I first saw her. Still wonderin’ all these years later. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2020, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-can-listen-to-over-and-over/853690/38 "2020-05-15T03:02:30Z")
Totally agree with **Ukulele Ike** about _Victoria_! My #1 turn it up song is _96 Tears_ by ? and the Mysterians. Close second is _Double Shot (of my Baby’s Love)_ by the Swinging Medallions. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2020, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-can-listen-to-over-and-over/853690/39 "2020-05-15T23:43:39Z")
> [@Labdad](#): > > Totally agree with **Ukulele Ike** about _Victoria_! > My #1 turn it up song is _96 Tears_ by ? and the Mysterians. > Close second is _Double Shot (of my Baby’s Love)_ by the Swinging Medallions. Pretty much anything from Quadrophenia or Born To Run. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2020, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-can-listen-to-over-and-over/853690/40 "2020-05-16T02:25:01Z")
I know it’s tempting and easy to list a dozen or more favorites, but I think great tunes can get lost in the sauce when that happens. So I’ll be very selective in my postings in this thread. First, I’ll offer up: [Fly Me To the Moon, Frank Sinatra](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEcqHA7dbwM) It’s not so much Frank’s vocals that get me, it’s the amazing instrumental arrangement. Horns and drums, in particular. It never, ever gets old. mmm [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-can-listen-to-over-and-over/853690.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-can-listen-to-over-and-over/853690.md?page=3)