and the dangers of listening to a song too much
McLovin
Lately I've been thinking about overkill, the danger of listening to a song so much that you eventually destroy what you originally loved about it. Justin's FutureSex/LoveSounds was a huge album for me. I bought it the day it came out (and I mean, went to HMV the morning of its release!) and listened to it constantly for about three months. That week I must have listened to My Love, the second single from the album, over a hundred times.
Sometimes you can destroy a song without realising you're doing it. This wasn't the case with My Love; I remember thinking 'Stop listening to it!....you're gonna kill it!', but carried on regardless. I couldn't get enough of it. It has been said that when you just can't stop listening to a song, it's like an internal itch you have to scratch. Another idea is that the process of repeated listening is like trying to solve a puzzle; with each listen, you begin to work out all the pieces of the song and why it makes you respond in a certain way.
I like these ideas, but it doesn't explain to me why certain songs survive the rigours of overplay while others become unbearable to hear ever again (Tik Tok springs to mind). My Love sits somewhere in the middle for me. I still enjoy the synths and like T.I's rap more than ever, but it makes me sad to know it can never affect me the way it used to.
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