Why do I listen to the same over and over again?

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13 Mar 2013, 6:50 am

I recently haven't been much of a music listener, but when I do listen to music, it always consists of very limited number of songs. I keep listening to them until they are stuck in my head. I also don't usually listen to music while doing something. I only listen to it when I can just focus on listening.

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15 Mar 2013, 12:23 am

I'll do this in cycles: one to three or four for a few days, then switch to another group for the next few days, etc.

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15 Mar 2013, 2:11 am

Isn´t it quite a normal thing? Music is a language, that bombards the senses and the emotions. It is a sort of concentration of emotions, that can´t be verbalized. It is an innate form of expession in humans.
Isn´t it quite natural to indolge in certain pieces of music, that meet your needs at the time?

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15 Mar 2013, 3:54 am

alakazaam wrote:

Urist wrote:

I'll get stuck on about 3 or 4 songs at a time and listen to them more or less exclusively. Right now, that's http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SoWQismC-M & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyRVlFzI ... 8C6818F76A & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tEcG9qpgUg and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mBa0civN5Y

I couldn't listen to any those songs. We differ in taste. I listen to rap and some pop.

Yes, I think it is an autistic trait to keep listenting to the same song over and over. Neurotypical people get bored with listenting to the same song/dont get as much out of it. I do the same thing as you. It feels great, that's why we do it

Since you're into rap you might understand why I at one point couldn't stop listening to this:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUcyIuzjMRo[/youtube]

Especially Biggies part

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15 Mar 2013, 9:56 am

^ Was obsessed with this same song (and others like it...Love Biggie!) back in high school!

In the past, I'd get really obsessed with certain songs...and I still do, to a certain extent. It's definitely an autistic trait because it satisfies a need for repetition.

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15 Mar 2013, 6:28 pm

qawer wrote:

alakazaam wrote:

Urist wrote:

I couldn't listen to any those songs. We differ in taste. I listen to rap and some pop.

Since you're into rap you might understand why I at one point couldn't stop listening to this:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUcyIuzjMRo[/youtube]

Especially Biggies part

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16 Mar 2013, 12:42 am

Jensen wrote:

I have wondered if music is a kind of synesthesia where sounds are perceived as emotions, and all humans have it.

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16 Mar 2013, 2:13 am

This whole thread reminds me of this song:

"for listenin' too long
to one song
listenin' too long
to one song

Sing me Spanish techno

listenin' too long
to one song
listenin' too long
to one song

Sing me Spanish techno"

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDUHJNVjpS0[/youtube]

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16 Mar 2013, 4:38 am

Marybird wrote:

Jensen wrote:

I have wondered if music is a kind of synesthesia where sounds are perceived as emotions, and all humans have it.

That is another way of putting it

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16 Mar 2013, 7:03 am

I will get snippets of song playing in my mind, until I have to hear the song a couple times. If I stumble on an artist I like, I will listen to them predominantly for months on end.

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16 Mar 2013, 8:26 am

Repetition is often considered to be very much enjoyed by people with ASD, or at least that's what I've heard. That's the best explanation I can give, but I know I do the same.

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16 Mar 2013, 9:25 am

You can easily put this on repeat

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3EVzixU4OU[/youtube]

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16 Mar 2013, 12:01 pm

eric76 wrote:

I do this with some songs. Ave Maria is one I can listen to over and over and over again.

This is getting weird. We agree on something else. That song is amazing. I requested it at my dad's funeral in 2004, sung by Deanna Durbin on her Ultimate Collection 24 Greatest Hits album. You can listen to her here:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnaxnHhfn1c[/youtube]

Now stop agreeing with me forthwith.

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16 Mar 2013, 12:14 pm

whirlingmind wrote:

eric76 wrote:

I do this with some songs. Ave Maria is one I can listen to over and over and over again.

I definitely like to hear Deanna Durbin's singing. I bought some of her movies on VHS years ago just so I could listen to her songs in those movies.

Now we can go back to disagreeing.

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16 Mar 2013, 12:17 pm

I also listen to some songs like few times in a row, I just really like them, there's nothing more than that and there's no other explanation.

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16 Mar 2013, 12:23 pm

I also do this. Repetition, routine, and consistency can make us feel secure, which is why so many of us do this.

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