Hit repeat

Coz I'm stuck at work for most of the day, I have had to figure out a way to keep myself entertained when I don't feel like sloshing through yet another essay with parts copied directly off Wikipedia (you wouldn't believe how many of those I've actually seen - I'd rather have them write something completely unintelligible, but of their own authorship. I'd certainly applaud their effort). Well, the office isn't the best place for skeet shooting and ventriloquism is out of the question (after that one incident, which by law I'm not supposed to discuss...and I've already said too much), so it's mostly clamping headphones on and listening to music. I've realized something about myself - if I like a song, I can listen to it over and over and over again about twenty thousand times before I think, "Oh, okay, that's enough". I have a really high threshold for musical boredom. Don't know if that's a good or a bad thing. Used to know this person who would constantly be fiddling with his iPod - he had about a million songs on the damn thing, but he had to cycle through each one every freakin' hour because he would turn one on, listen maybe up to the chorus (if at all) and then be horribly bored by it. I'm not like that. I've been known to set one song to play over and over so many times, any other human being would probably be sickened by it. Just that kinda girl. Doesn't mean I don't have a playlist though - it's just a small one. Do you think there might be a correlation with music listening style and fidelity? Coz I am way too loyal for my own good. Something to think about. Anyhow, I'm gonna share some of the songs currently repeating themselves for my listening pleasure.

1. We Ride, Rihanna
Can't really stand her other stuff, but this song has me hooked. There's just something about it I can't quite put my finger on, but I like it. The lyrics are simplistic, the melody is pretty common and sad to say, Rihanna's voice isn't diva gold, but I don't know - this song just works for me. It's crazy, but nothing really stands out about this song. Even its message is cliched - same old "Why'd you do me wrong?" drivel. Yet, I keep listening to it! Must be the hypnotic chorus.

Sample lyrics:
Now I look back on the time
That we spent and
I see it in my mind
Playing over and over again
It's far and out
You got me breaking down
And I just can't figure out why
But this is what you say
Ride...
When we ride, we ride
It's till the day we die

2. I Love You More, Eminem
Let me get one thing straight. I hate Eminem. If he ever stepped in my country for a concert or whatever, it would take a massive amount of willpower for me not to confront him and open up a can of recently-shaken Pepsi all over his crude, foul-mouthed head. I don't believe in most of what he has to say (though I respect his right to say it), but what do you know? He actually wrote something I like. Of course, it's more idiocy about his ex-wife; I sometimes wonder if he would lapse into an intense case of writer's block if his family normaled up. Anyhow, it's more explicit blah blah blah. Fine. I still like this song. It's raw, it's aggressive, it's not at all politically correct. And I love it. Totally unconvential love song and it's fabulous.

Sample lyrics:
The more you, put me through
The more it makes me wanna come back to you
You say you hate me? I just love you more
You don't want me, I just want you more
I buy you flowers, you throw 'em at me
I know it's sad but it's making me happy
Coz you love me and I love you more

3. Ride for You, Danity Kane
I've been listening to this for a long while, and loved it from the start. I'm not actually sure what "ride for you" means, but I adore this poppy little tune anyhow. Again, another conventional contribution from formulaic girl group (and I say that nicely, coz I like formulaic) Danity Kane; nothing brilliant either lyrically or musically. It's just your plain old love song, jazzed up with some hip-hoppy language and some well-placed metaphors. Nothing snazzy. But it's cute. And comforting. And that's exactly why I like it.

Sample lyrics:
And know
Wherever you wanna take me, I'll go
I been with you for too long to start over with another
I know that you hear me
Just tell me you hear me

4. Give it to Me, Timbaland feat. Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake
My tastes, I readily confess, are more than a tad commercial. And who today knows what the people want more than Timbaland? Practically no one. First listen of this song doesn't really hit you. My personal reaction was - "Oh, that's nice". Nothing like the "Oh my God!" I felt the first time I heard that Timbaland-produced dance-techno-what-have-yo u tune SexyBack. That was a phenomenal song. It was designed to hit you in the gut. You either adored it or abhorred it. I was the former. Not so for this single. It gets good with repeated listenings, and it's just fun listening to all three of these artists together on one song. I can't help but feel I'm listening to a father and his two children collaborating on something. Final verdict: Good song.

Sample lyrics (this part belongs to Justin):
Could you speak up and stop the mumbling
I don't think you're getting clear.
Sitting on the top it's hard to hear you
from way up here.
I saw you tryin' to act cute on TV
just let me clear the air.
We missed you on the charts last week
Damn that's right, you wasn't there.
If sexy never left,
then why's everybody on my sh*t?
Don't hate on me
just because you didn't come up with it.
So if you see us in the club,
go on and walk the other way
Coz our run will never be over; not at least until we say.

5. What Goes Around (...Comes Around), Justin Timberlake
It's not an angry song; it's quietly enraged. I like that. I loved Cry Me a River (his musical diatribe against ex Britney Spears), and people are saying this is Cry Me a River Part II. Maybe. It's a mature song, at any rate - the accusations are more of the "Watch out for bad karma" variety than the blatant "You suck!" variety in Cry Me a River. And the music, God, the music...it's almost metaphysical. It's a little over five minutes, but it's not enough for me. It's pretty much condemnation of an unfaithful significant other, and the lyrics are admittedly run-of-the-mill, but the combination of it all...I love it. Period. And it's just accusatory enough for me; I like songs that are mad. Probably coz I'm usually mad. And just off on a tangent, I guess feelings of heartbreak are rather standard, since what he sings is how I feel about Mr. Heartbreaker. Creepy.

Sample lyrics:
Is this the way it's really going down?
Is this how we say goodbye?
Should've known better when you came around
That you were gonna make me cry.
Coz I know that you're living a lie
That's okay baby, coz in time you will find
What goes around, goes around, goes around
Comes all the way back around

Final thought: It's gonna take me awhile to bore of these songs. I wonder if I'm the only one like that?