Songs You Can Listen to 700 Times in a Row
 

I might be the only person that does this, but I somehow doubt it. I have a habit of occasionally latching onto a song and listening to it about 700 times in a row. Eventually, I will switch it up, and I don't do that ALL the time, but since I'm doing it currently with a Nick Cave song, I thought it might make a fun thread topic.

Here's the current song: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, "Come Into My Sleep"

Some others I do this with:

The Cult - "Fire Woman" - I am totally driven to flail around like a spazzy wombat to this song every time I hear it, which is, as you can imagine, something of an inconvenience. If I ever come visit you, please do not play this song or some of your valuables might get broken. Seriously. I just had to get up and do it because I had to pull up the song on YouTube for linking purposes.

Sisters of Mercy - "Flood II" - If Doktor Avalanche wasn't a drum machine, I would totally marry him. Also, he gives great advice. Move the hell over, Dear Abby - the Doktor is IN (and probably judging me for making terrible jokes).

Mick Harvey (former Bad Seed) - "Out of Time Man"

Moloko - "Forever More" - I LOVE this song. Not only does it have a great beat and you can dance to it, but the video is fun as hell. Love the choreography. And Roisin Murphy is adorable.

David Bowie - "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)"

TV on the Radio - "Wolf Like Me" - y dis song so gud, tv on radio?

Fields of the Nephilim - "For Her Light" - Goth cowboys FTW

Mission UK - "Deliverance"

Devin Townsend - "Bad Devil" - I don't know what a "bad double-decker devil" is, but it's gotta be awesome, because Devy is never not awesome.

There are a lot more, because I clearly have too much time on my hands, but that's probably enough for now.

Whatcha got for me?

Fleetwood Mac - Silver Springs (The Dance live version)
R.E.M. - At My Most Beautiful
Mumford And Sons - Lover Of The Light
The Who - Baba O'Riley
Sarah McLachlan - Ice
The Beatles - Hello Goodbye
Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers
The Eagles - James Dean
Leonard Cohen - First We Take Manhattan
The Turtles - Elenore
The Beach Boys - Don't Go Near The Water and Long Promised Road (bleed into one another deliciously)
The Jam - Town Called Malice
Stevie Nicks - Crash Into Me
Loudon Wainright III - Heaven
Mott The Hoople - American Pie/Golden Age Of Rock And Roll
Kate Rusby - A Rose In April
David Gray - I Think It's Going To Rain Today

Just off the top of my head....will probably think of more later:

Fleetwood Mac - Oh Well (original studio version)
Fleetwood Mac - Hypnotized (original Mystery To Me album version)
ZZ Top - La Grange (original album version)
Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women (original 45 mix)
Allman Bros Band - In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed (from Live At The Fillmore)
Allman Bros Band - Jessica (original album version)
Beatles - One After 909 (original Let It Be LP version)
Beatles - And Your Bird Can Sing (UK Revolver LP mix)
Little Feat - Fat Man In The Bathtub (original Dixie Chicken album version)
Little Feat - Spanish Moon (original Feats Don't Fail Me Now album version
Beach Boys - Somewhere Near Japan (officially unreleased demo version)

This is pretty similar to what I would call my favorite songs of all time.

Alanis Morissette- Forgiven
Marilyn Manson- The Minute of Decay
Fleetwood Mac- Fireflies
R. Kelly- Religious Love
Maxi Priest- Close To You
Janet Jackson- Come Back to Me
Enigma- I Love You, I'll Kill You
Stevie Nicks- Outside the Rain
Kanye West- Last Call
Taking Back Sunday- Ghost Man on Third
Dashboard Confessional- July
Mariah Carey- Circles
Brand New- Jaws Theme Swimming
Tracy Chapman- Fast Car
Q Lazzarus- Goodbye Horses

At Last, by Etta James!

Just some from the top of my head ...

Jams:
Paula Abdul / I’m Just Here For The Music
Kylie Minogue / Wow
Sophie Ellis-Bextor / Music Gets The Best Of Me
Michael Gray ft. Shelly Poole / Borderline
Allure / Enjoy Yourself (Mike Rizzo Global Edit)
Junior Jack / See You Dancin’
An-ya / Nightlife (Mike Rizzo Edit)
Thick D / Insatiable
Moony / Dove [I’ll Be Lovin’ You]
Full Intention / I’ll Be Waiting (Gary & Pearn Club Mix)
Ultra Nate vs. Stonebridge / Freak On

Soul:
Sweetback / You Will Rise
Maxwell / Ascension [Don’t Ever Wonder]
Sade / Kiss Of Life
Angie Stone / Baby
John Legend / P.D.A.
Tamia / Can’t Get Enough
Kylie / After Dark

Fleetwood Mac / Gypsy

Kc and the Sunshine Band: Keep It Comin' Love
Stereophonics: You're My Star
Don McLean: Vincent
Don McLean: Castles in The Air
Maxine Nightingale: Right Back Where We Started From
Fleetwood Mac: Sara
Fleetwood Mac: Gypsy
Joan Baez: Diamonds And Rust
Enya: Only If

Fleetwood Mac - Gypsy
Suzanne Vega - Luka
The Jam - Town Called Malice
Kylie Minogue - Cowboy Style
Emmylou Harris - Queen Of The Silver Dollar
Toto - Africa
Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terell - Ain't No Mountain High Enough
Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man
Belinda Carlisle - I Feel The Magic

and so many others...

Let's see.....

Honesty-Billy Joel
Never Going Back Again-Fleetwood Mac
Hallelujah-The John Cale version
Won't Hold you Back-Toto
Sign in Stranger-Steely Dan
Entangled-Genesis
Valley of the Mind's Eye-Thomas Dolby
The Millionaire Waltz-Queen
The Hollywood Waltz-The Eagles
It Makes No Difference-The Band
Laura-Billy Joel
Wots uh....the Deal-Pink Floyd
Every Strangers Eyes-Roger Waters
For my Wedding-Don Henley

I'll think of more.

Mick

Totally love the Toto reference. They are completely underrated!!

Carrie - good call! Looking back on my list I thought I had some Linda on there but no. She is fantastic. I think I'd put You Tell Me That I'm Falling Down (from Prisoner In Disguise) on it.

Just one...
 

I love this song! It has the highest play count on my iPod.

Thanks, guys! I might be a dork (HAH - might?), but it's really cool to see how different everyone's lists are from each other's and how they're the same, too. Also neat to see how genres vary wildly in individual lists.

tilthefirefades - have you ever heard the Krikor Edit of "Goodbye Horses"? It's REALLY good, and another one of those songs where when I hear it, I can't NOT get up and dance around. Except instead of spazzy wombat, I'm all "Oh!" (link NSFW)

No I haven't! I can't find it on youtube, can you supply me with this awesome dance-invoking version?

I know in an earlier post I mentioned these 2 songs, but really for me, Vincent and Castles In The Air by Don McLean are 2 of the greatest pieces of rock and roll poetry that I have ever heard. I am not a fan of American Pie at all, but the other 2 I can literally listen to 1000 times in a row and NEVER get tired of hearing Don's singing!:cool:

mid-70's linda is my favorite.

i could listen to this (COMPLETELY AWESOME) cheesefest ad infinitum:

^^^^

OMG, Cher! I love Cher, in all her cheesily awesome glory. I also suggest this one:

Cripple Creek-The Band....Last Waltz Version:blob2: I love you Levon Helm.lol:thumbsup:

Mick

you can't go wrong with bang bang/gypsies, tramps, and thieves/dark lady/half breed. you cannot.

And, you can't go wrong with ANY Lowell George written tune. That's why Linda & Bonnie have covered him so often.

yeah. i don't love little feat's original version of the song, but it is a great song.

Yeah, I'm not too hip with the version on the first Little Feat album, but the version they did on Sailin' Shoes is the version Linda pretty much copied verbatim.

Oops...
 

just thought of one more song I can listen to infinitely:

^^^^^

The total amount of crazy happening in that video has always charmed me to no end. Song is great, too.

I love Tori Amos' cover of it - have you heard it? She has such an amazing way with cover songs:

Ok I know I'm going to sound like a complete fossil when I admit this, but I also love some 50's ans 60's stuff too. my favorite song from that era that I remember my mother playing for me when I was a a 4 year old was:


Denise: Randy & The Rainbows

Oh, Denis ooh be doo I'm in love with you, Denise ooh be doo :blob1: The original is so so cute, it annoys me that the Blondie boys laughed at Debbie for wanting to cover it.

I can't express how many times I missed off the E in Denise :lol:

Hey, man - a good song is a good song. :D

Here's a 60s song I can do forever:

Thank god I'm not the only one that knows and loves this song!:laugh:

Okay... I couldn't resist... this always gives me the LOLs...



"Mullet with headlights." Loves it!

^ gawd i love that.

^^^^^

Oh man, me too.

The whole thing is hilarious, but I always find myself particularly lol'ing when they are wrecking the dinner table and you hear someone shout, "YOU'RE MAKING IT WORRRRRRRSE!" in an anguished voice. Pure love.

My true favorite will always be the one for "White Wedding," though. STANDIN' BY CANDLES.

These will never not be funny.

Hmmm!

David Bowie - Sound and Vision
Christine McVie - Who's Dreaming This Dream
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Bitches Crystal
Fleetwood Mac - Bleed To Love Her
Foreigner - Tooth and Nail
Snowy White - Bird of Paradise
Guns N Roses - Get In The Ring
Hanoi Rocks - Tragedy
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
Tim Minchin - White Wine In The Sun
Chang Yu-Sheng - Xiang Di Ya
John Stewart - Midnight Wind

To name a few... :]

^^^^^

Marissa, did you know that when Tori's muse unexpectedly goes out to get a hamburger, she plays that song?



:xoxo:

I will never tire of the most badass Beach Boys song there ever was:



Pretty much haven't stopped listening to Hanson's "Give a Little" since I first heard it five months ago:



And just a few others!
"Let Us Love" - Needtobreathe
"Fans" - Kings of Leon
"Bleed to Love Her" - Fleetwood Mac

I don't even have any words right now. I love how she takes the best parts of the song, which are, of course, the darkest parts (hey little girl, is your daddy home/ it's like you took a knife/ I've got a bad desire) and highlights them again and again. She's heaven. Thank you!!

^^^^^

So glad you liked it! I said it before in this thread, but I really love the way Tori does covers (though, oddly, I can't usually get into her versions of "Landslide," for some reason, but given all the previous sh*t covers of "Edge," I'd be really curious to hear what Miss T came up with for it. ). She has a real knack for being able to make them her own and make them amazing while still holding the original in high regard.

So much so that I can actually put several Tori covers on the list of things I can listen to forever:

Tori doing "Desperado." If I died while listening to that, the only thing I'd regret is that I'd never get to listen to it again. No joke.

Her absolutely gorgeous cover of Tom Waits' "Time." Waits is so...Waits, it's really difficult to do a song of his justice, but Tori does it very well. That particular version is extremely moving, coming as it did on Letterman's first day back after 9/11.

Her cover of Led Zep's "Whole Lotta Love" - OMFG is all I can ever say about that one. It is teh sex. Also, seriously, how cute is she? "Ho-lee, ho-lee, HO-LEEEE." You can hear a bit of "Thank You" at the end, but she also has an equally amazing full version of "Thank You," too. Beautiful.

And, of course, can't forget her cover of Britney Spears' "Baby One More Time." That always cracks me up, because when you listen to Britney do it, it's a mediocre pop song, but when Tori does it, it's somehow turned into a meditation on domestic violence...:laugh: (For those unfamiliar with Tori, the Tash she refers to in the little monologue at the beginning is her young daughter).

I could go on. I heart Miss T so hard.