1. First few listens: My heart starts to race. This sounds nice. This sounds really nice…. Passes through quickly to…
2. Deep dive: Can last one month or four. This sound is all my brain wants to receive. Can I play it again? Again? Again? Again. Again. Joy.
3. Sudden burn out: Recoiling. I will not listen to this today. I will, um, listen to something else.
4. Return to obsession: Tentative. It’s been a little while. I can put it back in rotation now. I think. Still sounds great but… something’s not quite right.
5. Time apart: Could be a year. I need my space. We both need our space. I’m talking to you, 1940s Frank Sinatra.
6. The rest of my life: Sounds good again, sure. I mean, it’s great music. But there’s a sadness now too when I play that batch of tunes. The sparkle has evaporated. Or did the cartilage disappear? If only I’d had a little more self-control back in Step 2….
The six stages of music over-play
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5 responses to “The six stages of music over-play”
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so true, except for soft cell’s ‘tainted love’. remember, g’town, summer of ’82?
and, anything by men at work. -
Brilliantly outlined Cecil. Glad to find out that someone else goes through these stages too.
I was in g’town the summer of 82 too. -
I always wondered if I was the only one. I agree with the whole thing. After enough time apart, though, you can get a massive sparkle effect the first time you re-hear the song.
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Too true! What music are you currently in Stage 2 over, if any?
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My whole family was Stage 2’ing the Dr. Horrible soundtrack, but I’ve been trying to back off a bit now. Just picked up the Inara George/Van Dyke Parks, which is lovely, but I’m trying to use a little restraint. 🙂
Anybody else deep diving at the moment?
-Cecil
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