Repetition in music: does it bother you?

In our western (post baroque) music, there is a whole lot of repetition of song styles. There are just only so many chords that sound “right” together, and as a result we really do recycle the same songs over and over again. Does this fact annoy you? Can you think of ways to solve this (if you consider it a problem)? Can you listen to non-conforming music, or is that worse?