Repetition Repetition Repetition Repetition

[alan nagsworth]

I've had this idea for a project for ages now and I think it's about time I actually started work on it.

Basically I'm looking for sections of music that preferably denote repetition in the lyrics and are easy to loop. The phrases usually loop for repetitive effect in the song but I'm looking to loop them to an almost irritating degree and put them all together into one piece of music.

I don't know whether or not I will stitch them together quite roughly and disregard tempo entirely or whether I'll attempt to beat-match them nicely. The latter seems like a good idea on paper as one tempo throughout will increase the insistence of the music and help it to bore into your mind. Either way, all suggestions are welcome and I'll make my decision as they come in and I can assess what I'm working with.

Two that instantly spring to mind:

The first line of the chorus of Hot Chip's 'Over and Over' is an easy one.

The bit in Kylie's 'Can't Get You Out Of My Head' where she sings 'Forever and ever and ever and ever...'

That's easy enough isn't it? I'm sure you all know lots of songs with bits like this. Cheers in advance!

[Petey Pate]

First thing that entered my mind is "On and on and on and on, the beat don't stop to the break of dawn" (or lyrics to this effect) from Rapper's Delight.  I'm sure I'd be able to think of more.

EDIT: Also on the old school hiphop tip: "Rocking don't stopping, rocking don't stop" from Planet Rock

[Shoulders?-Stomach!]

"On and on and on. And on. On and on and on."

Youth Group - In My Dreams

[Harry Badger]

Some non-verbal ones might be the na-na-na-na bits from Hey Jude or Give It Up.

At some point, I am going to have to embark on my own musical project of inserting the phrase "y'cunt" into pauses in songs.

[small_world]

At the - the gay bar gay bar gay bar.

* this was honestly the first thing that came in to my head.

[Shoulders?-Stomach!]

sections of music that preferably denote repetition in the lyrics and are easy to loop

Unless the words gay and bar have new meanings.

[Harry Badger]

Whoops, didn't read the OP properly.

How about 'again again again' from Down Down?

[alan nagsworth]

Yeah I'd really prefer bits that go on about things repeating first and foremost, please!

[Squink]

An obvious one, perhaps: the last few lines of "Repetition" by TV on the Radio. "My repetition, my repetition is this, my repetition, my repetition is this, etc."

[Noodle Lizard]

'The Seer' by Swans has the bit which goes "I see it all, I see it all, I see it all" x1000.  Could be useful.

[vrailaine]

I've got so much love to give, I've got so much love to give, I've got so much love to give, I've got so much love to give, I've got so much love to give, I've got so much love to give, I've got so much love to give, I've got so much love to give, I've got so much love to give...

[The Βoston Crab]

And the beat goes on.

[tothenakedrawedge]

I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know...

from 'ain't no sunshine when she's gone'

[All Surrogate]

Lee Dorsey - Working In A Coal Mine

Lord, I am so tired!  How long can this go on?

And the Devo cover, which might be better for a sample:
Devo - Working In A Coal Mine

Another Devo:
Devo - What We Do

What we do is what we do
It's all the same, there's nothing new
What we do is what we do
It's turning 'round on me and you

What we do is what we do
Just different names, it's nothing new
What we do is what we do
'Cause all we do is what we do

[Paaaaul]

On Repeat by LCD Soundsystem

[The Βoston Crab]

Nah wasn't funny.

[Phil_A]

The intro to "Ready For The Floor" by Hot Chip - "Do it, do it, do it, do it, do it, do it, do it now / say it, say it, say it, say it, say it, say it, say it now"

Also the "again and again and again and again and again" bit from "A Forest" by The Cure.

[buttgammon]

"Over and over and over again. Over and over and over again. Over and over and over again. Over and over and over again" repeated ad nauseum on 'Olio' by The Rapture.

[vrailaine]

Sleep by This Heat ("sleep sleep sleep, go to sleep")
Collapsing on your doorstep by air France("'sorta like a dream?' 'no, better'", it's a sample, mind)
Secret meeting by the National (possibly "don't draw the ace and fold it", not sure)

[Thomas]

The song The Earth Goes Around by Pizzicato Five is just

chikyu wa mawaru yo
la la la la la la la la

repeated, and it translates to 'the Earth goes around, la la la la la la la la.'

[Brundle-Fly]

The end of If I Was With A Woman by Ian Dury And The Blockheads. Actually, made my father furiously storm into my bedroom and rip the stylus off the LP.

At 2:50

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrodsrcrfxk

And the end of I Am The Beat by The Look. On 7", the run out groove repeats the title ad nauseum until you lift the needle. Forever catching out lazy, sex pest Radio 1 DJs at the time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWe9SPwR1JM

[Clatty McCutcheon]

The Average White Band - Let's Go Round Again -  "let's go round again/one more time....one more ti-i-i-i-me! etc. etc."

Soul II Soul - Keep On Movin' - the "keep on movin, don't stop, no" vocal hook - but I think it's mainly a backing vocal, so would need to be separated out from the rest of the track.

[glitch]

Just play a juke/footwork mix lol

[falafel]

Erykah Badu - On & On

[falafel]

Neverending Story

Don't stop till you get enough

Do It Again by Primal Scream

[Petey Pate]

Erykah Badu - On & On

And the Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth track with the same title.  The chorus is easily looped.

[Bobby Ralgex]

Towers Of London by XTC - The Lon-Lon-Lon-dinium bit at the end

Victoria Gardens by Madness (Album version) - Said They Had Every Right To Be There....

[303]

The Fall - Repetition

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTKCKBu8CLI

Perry & Rhodan - The Beat Just Goes Straight On & On

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6giwzYcx_a4

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[Bobby Treetops]

Disco Inferno by Starbound : All Burnt Out & Nowhere To Go
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eP8vjeb8lI

I adore the repetitive female tribal sample that goes on throughout this record.

If anyone can tell me where they sampled this from then I'd be eternally grateful.