1st listen – Give up halfway through.

2nd listen – Man, that riff was awesome.  I’ll just listen to that one part.

3rd listen – I guess I do like this song.  I’ll suffer through the whole thing.

4th listen through 8th listen – Repeat

9th listen – This song is the greatest thing ever. I can’t believe I thought this part 6 minutes in was unnecessary.

10th listen – (Person inevitably in the car with you thinks this song is way too long).