Otherwise I shall have to play silly buggers with the cd, pencil and paper!!

I don't know this song, but I think that listening over and over with a pencil, paper and recording device isn't playing 'silly buggers'. In my experience it really gets you into the song.

I have great memories of doing the same in years gone by with all sorts of songs. I find it a shame that you wouldn't enjoy doing it. Each to their own, of course.