zinniabooklover
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Oh, I quite naturally do that. It's my MO. I don't even think about it, just happens all by itself. My brain takes care of the 'shuffle' and also the 'don't overdo it' thing.I always listen sparingly to my fave tracks because I don’t want to break the magic.
I've seen / heard comments from Michael fans who, bc they have been fans for years, now cannot listen to certain songs or albums bc they have overdone it. Listened to stuff just TOO many times - bc of the excitement - and they can't take it anymore. They still love Michael and they don't think the songs are crap but they are maxed out.
I never get that, presumably bc I have this internal 'rationing' thing going on. For me to have a song on heavy rotation might mean listening to it a couple of times across a week, lol.
See, 26 times in a calendar year would be quite a lot for me. If I was bonding with a song that was new to me, yeah, but otherwise it would usually be way less than that. I don't actually keep a tally, obvs, but I just know I don't listen to stuff hundreds of times in a given time period. Plus, I have loads of bands / artists I wanna listen to so that naturally puts a limit on things.Spotify told me I listenend to “someone in the dark” just 26 times in 2022.
I've done this in the past but it pretty much never happens now. I've had a single song on repeat for a whole weekend. Did it with Kashmir. Did it with Pictures (the whole album). Did it with The Real Thing (song). And I do mean an ENTIRE weekend.My father used to put songs on repeat for a couple of hours for example but he is crazy.
I've certainly had many songs on repeat for several hours at a stretch. Interestingly, I can't remember ever doing it with a Michael song. Have definitely listened to some of his songs over and over. But I can't recall doing it for 2 or 3 hours whereas I know I've done that with some of my songs.
I don't think your Dad is crazy! I can relate, lol.