getting sick of music

[za gophar]

is it impossible not to get sick of music, or am i just impatient and ADD? what makes me like a song is something that sticks out about it that i like the sound of... but after listening for a while it ceases to amaze me (sometimes i can measure if i like a song by whether or not it gives me goosebumps or the chills) and i guess i get sick of the song.

i would experiement, but i dont want to ruin any songs in my mind by getting sick of them. if i listened to one song or cd that i liked say 40 times in a row would i be incredibly sick of it or would i still like it? what are your opinions on getting sick of songs?

[ÆNIMA]

I've heard that hip hop and rap get old on a consistent basis, while on the contrare people still prefer classic rock over anything, and they've been listening to say Zeppelin or Floyd for 30+ years.

Of course it all leads to preference.

If you want to try a different genre all together, I suggest many Baroque composers who will play a certain theme at most 3 times in one part of the piece. But if you don't already have an ear for classical music...it'll be hard to get one, you just kind of have to fall head first into it if you really want to enjoy it. Also, people have been listening to Baroque since the 1800s, that obviously doesn't get old.

[Spybreak!]

I get sick of (mainstream) music, but not music altogether...

I'd have to agree with AE that the "best" music is before the 1980s, classic rock mainly. Like good literature from past centuries; if it's still entertaining people now then it has to be good in order to stand the test of time. I'm not saying music is literature, I'm saying the best stuff can easily walk through the sands of time unscathed.


and hint: don't ever listen to the same song 40 times in a row, maybe that's why you're sick of it? Or just get your head out of MTV, there is honestly so much better music there.
Hope you find your music niche as I did!

[Project]

i listen to the same song 40 times in a row all the time. its called trance.

zing! j/k spy, paul, ttunes

I don't get sick of a song after listening to it on repeat all day, I simply memorize the music in my head. So whenevr I feel like playing it, I only listen to a few seconds because I can already "hear" the whole song in my head. Regardless, that does detract somewhat from the listening experience.

[Verthanthi]

I listened to Monster Magnet's tab ten times in a row. It was pretty cool, still.

[cundor]

Pearl Jam baby, yeah!

[Jeansi]

I get sick of a song when:
1) I hear it for the first time and don't like it
2) When I've heard it enough times that I know how the song goes in general and there is nothing "surprising" in it
3) Never. The good old songs are still good old songs.

[za gophar]

and hint: don't ever listen to the same song 40 times in a row, maybe that's why you're sick of it? Or just get your head out of MTV, there is honestly so much better music there.

thats the thing heh. mtv? do they even play music any more? that's a station i fly right over when im surfing. and i dont think i have even heard any 311 song much more than 40 times, and they are my favorite band by far and i have only listened to them for a year and a half.

[Jerome Scuggs]

im not usually a very loud man in real life, so my favorite sort of music seems to be real angry music.

thursday, grade, cursive etc.

but i guess my brain gets used to it after while, so i altenrate every week from hardcore to floyd/pearl jam/flaming lips. I could put "given to fly" on rpeeat for 3 years and never get sick of it

[genocidal]

Originally posted by ÆNIMA
I've heard that hip hop and rap get old on a consistent basis, while on the contrare people still prefer classic rock over anything, and they've been listening to say Zeppelin or Floyd for 30+ years.

Of course it all leads to preference.

i agree with this. i have listened to rap before and most of it just gets old so fast (that's a personal thing though, i'm not trying to say what i listen to is better than rap). the only rap artists that really stick with me are outkast, dr. dre, nwa, and jurassic 5. beastie boys too if you wanna count them. however, i can still appreciate some other rap songs occasionally i just can't listen to them forever.

on the other hand, i don't really get tired of music that i like in the first place. for example, i've liked 311 and rage against the machine since i was in 6th grade (6 years) and i still can listen to any of their cds with great ease (hold rage's last album--it blows). i've had many favourite bands/artists since i've been listening to music and for the most part, i can still listen to all of them.

[ÆNIMA]

Who watches MTV anyway?

[DoTheFandango]

Originally posted by Jerome Scuggs
im not usually a very loud man in real life, so my favorite sort of music seems to be real angry music.

thursday, grade, cursive etc.

Emo is NOT good music

[Jerome Scuggs]

post-emo hardcore is.

[DoTheFandango]

...No.

Hardcore anything besides ska is horrible - ESPECIALLY EMO.

[T00L]

maybe u just need a few more bands to listen to, if u like 311 check out a 'band' called vast, i say 'band' coz its just one guy! well hope i helped, maybe you already listen to them tho