My neighbours have been playing the same song over and over again for the last few hours.

[Rhine]

I’m sitting here listening to ‘Turn Back Time’ by Cher for the umpteenth time this evening. I can’t quite work out which house it’s coming from, definitely not next door as they’re on holiday so I’m assuming it’s next door but one. Despite them having the windows and doors shut I can hear it perfectly and occasionally hear a voice singing a long loudly with it. It will stop for a bit then start up again a few minutes later. The same —awful— song over and again!

Does anyone this that this is strange behaviour? It’s not annoying me so much, just baffling as to why someone would to listen to such a shit song over and over again?

My kids play the same song over and over again. Current favourite is one of 3 songs from the Hamilton soundtrack. We know all the words and they have started to copy me humming loudly over the swear words. Can't be heard in the garden much though and we are a detached house so not punishing anyone else. So no, usual behaviour in our house.

Haha dh does this when drunk. Fixates on some crap old song, plays it on repeat, announces through teary eyes that it's one of the best songs ever made and then goes to bed and never ever plays it ever again. So maybe one of your neighbours is similar!

Maybe lol. It’s such an awful song that I can’t believe that anyone would actually like it.

It’s not annoying me so much, just baffling as to why someone would to listen to such a shit song over and over again?

[Shock]
Words are like weapons - they wound sometimes

Maybe the neighbour is trying to learn all the words for some reason.

Or maybe they've lost someone recently

I did that once, put a track on repeat in error and went to the pub, the neighbour was furious

I would guess that someone has irritated them all day with noise, and they've set the same song on repeat and gone out.

They had some grotty Cher song on in the operating theatre when ds2 was born by c section. I would have preferred some Vivaldi, but they didn't give a choice. I've never quite forgiven them.

I once had a downstairs neighbour who used to play Don’t fear the reaper by Blue Oyster Cult, again and again and again. I mean literally like 4-6 hours a day, on repeat, for the several months he lived there.

It’s basically about mortality and the inevitability of death. Dark stuff.

But ultimately he was less bothersome than the drug dealer who lived in the other downstairs flat (whose clients used to come banging on our door at all hours), so we just left him to it.

After awhile I found it a reassuring sign he was still alive. 😬

Rehearsing it for something

@CalledYouLastNightFromWaitrose

It’s not annoying me so much, just baffling as to why someone would to listen to such a shit song over and over again?

[Shock]
Words are like weapons - they wound sometimes

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Neighbouring house at uni played Valerie for a full twelve hours once. Was like torture.

@bashcrashfall hello 👋🏻 we are also on a three/four song repeat of Hamilton. It’s all we song/hum!

Our neighbour did this once, it was when it got to 2am and it was still going I called the police (non emergency number) to do a welfare check as neighbour is an alcoholic who lives alone. They were found unconscious but alive in the freezing bath water.

I do this it helps me concentrate when I’m writing a uni essay. I have headphones though.

And I like that song. 🤷‍♀️

I'm no Cher fan but it could be worse OP.

Celine Dion maybe? Or that song Bitch by Meredith someone. I really hate that song.

They need to shnap out of it.

@CalledYouLastNightFromWaitrose

Maybe they've had a rough breakup and this is their version of Bridget Jones allllll by myself?

Reminds me of John Mulaney’s What’s New Pussycat story:

@bashcrashfall

My kids play the same song over and over again. Current favourite is one of 3 songs from the Hamilton soundtrack. We know all the words and they have started to copy me humming loudly over the swear words. Can't be heard in the garden much though and we are a detached house so not punishing anyone else. So no, usual behaviour in our house.

This is us!! It's Helpless on non stop!

No they live with their DP and teenager. I’m sure they are Ok, but it is odd.

@CalledYouLastNightFromWaitrose

The op clearly says she hears someone singing to it. So unlikely they are dead in the bath,,

I quite like that song too. Not enough to listen to it on repeat though..🤣

oh my I sympathise.
years ago I live din a flat and oy on a Sunday did someone play yellow submarine on repeat all day.
I tried to be out as much as possible