Do you get sick of the same songs and how do you combat it?

If I find myself overplaying certain songs, I sometimes have to force myself to take a break because when I don't, I usually end up ruining/disliking the song. I hate when this happens because perfectly good songs that I love end up irritating me because I have heard it too much. Do you stop listening to those songs or just play it as many times as you like?

EDIT: changed title to be open-ended.

bear ,

Not really. For me it's a natural process. If I want to listen, I listen. If I don't, I don't.

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA ,
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My current playlist is 72 hours long without repeating. My entire collection is 189 hours long with 5 repeated songs, but there's some holiday music in there. I'm trying to whittle the current playlist down to a round 25.5 hours, but you know, I'd have to get rid of stuff I like.

MedicPigBabySaver ,
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I have my own playlist, 5000+, wide variety: pop, rock, alt. (Separate list for jazz and metal).

I keep that on "random". I frequently add music. Either a classic I hadn't heard in a while or new music. About once a month I listen to Top 10 charts for: pop, rock, alt.

I also discover new artist through the show called: "Tiny Desk" from NPR. It's a great show. Music from all genres. Mostly stripped down to basics. Gives a good sense of what the artist can do.

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA ,
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Tiny Desk is great. I want to trade collections with you but mine is my pride and joy. I'm very jealous of it. Mine sits just over 3000.

MedicPigBabySaver ,
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Ha, I hear ya. I've spent many hours on my collection. From CD rips, video converter, and of course plenty I've paid for. 1950s-now. Numerous original version of songs, e.g. "Remember(Walking in the Sand)" by Shangri Las... and the Aerosmith version.

AA5B ,

This is why a streaming service works for me. Back when I had to buy music, I basically never did, so never really listened. Now that I can usually play something that I’ve never heard before, but is still similar to stuff I like, I play music all the time.

I understand the argument that artists get paid less for streaming, but I suspect the increased playing time makes up for it

serpineslair OP ,

This is a really good point. I wish I had the money to buy physical media, to support the artists I like. However, I listen to way too many songs and albums. Not only this but I enjoy shuffling music from different albums. I always use shuffle unless listening to new music.

Bebo ,

Oh this is partly how listening to music works for me. I'll be listening to some particular songs in the moment repeatedly, get fed up of either all of them at once or one by one, then just stop listening to those that I get fed up of. I'll then again listen to music when I again feel like listening to some particular music.

This is not directly related, but one reason I stop myself from binge watching TV shows is that if I end up watching too many episodes of a TV series at one go it can end up ruining the show for me, regardless of how great it may be, because watching too many episodes at one go makes me so fed up of the show that I don’t feel like watching it anymore. Binge watching almost ruined Breaking Bad for me; since then I make it a point to never watch more than 2 episodes of a show in a day. I generally restrict myself to one episode per day.

serpineslair OP ,

It is interesting how the brain works, I am the same.

Bebo ,

That's for sure!

Drummyralf ,

Everything is finite. Live in the moment and enjoy that song now without worrying whether you'll enjoy it in the future. Other songs will take its place.

serpineslair OP ,

Well said.

Moghul ,

Yup. I avoid playing my favorite band's music on repeat so I can enjoy their concerts and the occasions where I do listen to them more.

fritobugger2017 ,

Not specifically certain songs but definitely certain artists. I have to the would library on shuffle sometimes to mix things up and introduce a bit of freshness.

kionite231 ,

currently I am over listening "hymn for the weekend" and yeah I am kind of afraid that I will ruin the fun of it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YykjpeuMNEk

tiefling ,

I'm a performer, which means that I will listen to the same song probably hundreds of times while I write an act to it. My Spotify wrapped is literally just all the songs I performed that year (no Spotify, no one actually enjoys Imagine Dragons). I'll sometimes hear the songs in my sleep. Send help pls.

classic ,

I imagine the rules change, so to speak, as a performer. As with stage acting, that you somehow find a way both to separate and reinvoke the songs? And, I guess, musician dinthe same as OP, right? Fully or partially retire songs eventually

southsamurai ,
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Nah, once I like something enough to listen to it in purpose the third time, I don't get burnt out.

Now, I do end up decreasing the frequency of listening after a few days because there's other stuff I like that's already had the new worn off.

Like, right now, I'm semi obsessed with this dude that started on YouTube, Carson McKee. I'll end up listening to my favorites every day for about a week, then his stuff will go into an ever widening rotation of the genre/s he's in. I just came off of a series of metal kicks, with some of the more recent releases by Judas Priest being the most recent.

I still regularly listen to stuff going back to when I was a little kid. I just never burn out on music I like.

serpineslair OP ,

I envy you, and hell yeah, Judas Priest!

Brunbrun6766 ,
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I tend to binge a song or a whole album for a few days, then get sick of it and not listen to it for months

classic ,

Playing off this, those tracks are like a diary for that period, however long. So I go back to them to recapture a period of time or a mood. Also there's a weather and seasonal aspect to this. My music diet changes like my food diet diet does across the year

Pulptastic ,

I make lots of stations on YTM and there are some songs I liked that Google keeps overplaying so I eventually 👎🏽 them. Every station I make, Lazy Eye by Silversun Pickups. It was a good song a year ago, but next time I hear it I quit.

Brunbrun6766 ,
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Have you noticed that if you start on one song or artist, hit radio, it will generate the same "radio" playlist in the same order every time. So then I started hitting radio then shuffle, the shuffle is ALSO somehow the same order ever time...

SacredHeartAttack ,
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Like others in here, I find myself listening to whole records. Sometimes I'll listen to a couple by an artist in a row.

I feel like I don't listen to enough music. I try to sit down and actively listen to things when I can, but mostly I'll get a record or two in while doing something mindless like dishes or yard work. Nothing gets overplayed this way.

Albbi ,

I dive hard into certain artists when find a song I like, but I find that my interest will naturally shift to other artists. For example, in 2022 Spotify put me in the top 0.01% for Seamus Kennedy because I found a funny song about a "greusome" moment. But I only occasionally listen to him this year. Right now I'm on a Dua Lipa binge because she put out a new good song with a hot music video. Never really gave her a chance before because I thought it was a weird band name. If I get bored and haven't found anything new I'll dive into something older too. Got on a Vengaboys and Limp Bizkit kick lately too.

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