Musical Fits

[Ramona_A_Stone]

Do you have them? I am referring to the total saturated infatuation with a single album, group, or even sometimes a single song which causes you to get caught up in a loop and be unable to stop playing it.

Examples: When Strange Little Girls came out, I listened to it almost continuously during every waking moment for a two week period. It caused my eyes to roll back in my head and spittle to form in the corners of my mouth. Painful as it was, I could only stop when I began to fear the ramifications of my future mental health.

A few weeks ago, Gaz innocently quoted the song One by U2, and I had some kind of seizure which caused me to feel a deep need to listen exclusively to U2 for about two weeks solid. I got a phone call at 3 AM one morning from a neighbor saying that if I played The Fly one more time, they were going to kill me with a shotgun without further ado.

I once listened to the song Our Father God Celestial, an 11 minute, 15th century Scottish song with two cellos and female vocals (the original setting of the Lord's Prayer) continuously on a loop for three days in total darkness with no sleep. Had a religious experience, but that's another thread...

A few days ago I put on Boys and Girls by Bryan Ferry, and no matter how hard I try, I am unable to remove it from my CD player. I'm on my sixth listen this morning.

Is anyone else this musically obsessive compulsive? Just wondering. Perhaps I need some kind of treatment...