The phrase comes from certain characteristics of a vinyl record, also known as a phonograph record. When a vinyl record has a scratch or a divot, it may either skip over a section while playing or repeat the same section over and over again until the needle is manually moved across the record.
What does saying broken record mean?
idiom. used to say that someone keeps saying the same thing over and over again. I feel like a broken record but I can't stop talking about the loss. He sounds like a broken record.
What does it mean to say sound like a broken record?
To be very tiresome or irritating in the way one continues to say or reiterate the same thing over and over again. Likened to vinyl records that, when severely scratched (i.e., "broken"), can loop endlessly over the same recorded segment.