I stopped listening to it because I made the “mistake” of dedicating it to my then girlfriend. I had always wanted to dedicate the song to someone, it never crossed my mind that things would not end well. When we broke up I deleted the song from my playlist and regretfully stopped listening to it, the memories it was associated with were too painful.
Recently I am trying to reconnect with the song. The memories are still there, but now they are warm and bearable, melancholic but sweet.
Midnight Rider - Allman Brothers Band.
It’s a fantastic song, the first time. Then I kept hearing it on Spotify and got sick of it. It has a repeating riff that’s just too much too often. I tried listening to it again just now, and, no not ready yet.
The funny thing is the same thing happened with The Staunton Lick - Lemon Jelly a few years ago, in the same way. And it has a similar but distinct repetitive riff.
More similar to you, there are a few songs I associate with old girlfriends, even if I liked them before bringing them into the relationship, they’re not the same any more.
But on the other hand, my favorite songs from high school or college aren’t my favorite songs anymore either. Everything eventually changes.
I have one friend who only listened to his favorite album a few times, because he never wanted to experience listening to it and not liking it any more. In some ways, I have to respect that. It’s kind of romantic and also very low stakes. But that’s not my style. Songs come and go. Music is still my favorite.