What song will always take you back to a special time in your life?
03-05-05, 10:20 PM
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What song will always take you back to a special time in your life?
For me, every time I hear The Who's "You Better You Bet", I think about being in band, and taking bus trips to games or marching band contests. You had the percussion section that always goofed off and had to be told to sit down, members of the brass making out with members of the woodwinds. Then there was me, whose job it became to supply the soundtrack for the times with my ever-present jambox.
Good times.
Good times.
03-05-05, 10:57 PM
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"Ghostbusters."
03-06-05, 03:29 AM
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"Every Breath You Take" instantly reminds me of Summer 1983. It reminds me of days and nights spent at the pool with friends.
For various reasons a couple of others that do that are the Nirvana unplugged version of Bowie's "The Man Who Sold The World" (Fall 94), "Closer" by Nine Inch Nails (Summer 94), "Man On The Moon" by R.E.M. (Fall 92), "Raspberry Beret" by Prince (May-June 85), and "A Sort of Homecoming" by U2 (Fall 84).
For various reasons a couple of others that do that are the Nirvana unplugged version of Bowie's "The Man Who Sold The World" (Fall 94), "Closer" by Nine Inch Nails (Summer 94), "Man On The Moon" by R.E.M. (Fall 92), "Raspberry Beret" by Prince (May-June 85), and "A Sort of Homecoming" by U2 (Fall 84).
03-06-05, 03:50 AM
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Chicago- Hard Habit to Break and Prince-When Doves Cry...I was in love for the 1st time in my life and the girls mother was C-yoo-N-T about it and so was her ex boyfriend who wen to her mother to expose our relationship. It was bad time for me but it was part of growing up.
Madonna- Vogue...It was from the Dick Tracy soundtrack and I saw DT the day my Father was killed in an accident.
Madonna- Vogue...It was from the Dick Tracy soundtrack and I saw DT the day my Father was killed in an accident.
03-08-05, 08:11 AM
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"Here's where the story ends" by The Sundays.
Every time I hear this song it takes me back to one of the most memorable times of my life. It was 1997 and I was driving cross-country non-stop with one of my best friends on our first out of state snowboarding excursion all the way to Mt. Hood Oregon. He had just recently introduced me to The Sundays and this was a very pivotal point in my life, one where a certain chapter was finally coming to a close, and a significant one was just about to begin. That, and the fact that this was one of the funnest weeks of my life will always bring back great feeling whenever I hear this song.
Every time I hear this song it takes me back to one of the most memorable times of my life. It was 1997 and I was driving cross-country non-stop with one of my best friends on our first out of state snowboarding excursion all the way to Mt. Hood Oregon. He had just recently introduced me to The Sundays and this was a very pivotal point in my life, one where a certain chapter was finally coming to a close, and a significant one was just about to begin. That, and the fact that this was one of the funnest weeks of my life will always bring back great feeling whenever I hear this song.
03-08-05, 08:48 AM
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Heart's "These Dreams." I remember hearing that song quite a bit during my last days of high school and having mixed feelings about it because it was a big transitional part of my life at the time.
03-08-05, 02:33 PM
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as a kid I loved this piece of classical music, Suite 3: On the Trail - I remember jumping around pretending to be a donkey all around the living room. Then when the orchestral storm of Suite 5: Cloudburst came on, I then spazzed out and pretended a thunderstorm was in the house.
A-ha "Hunting High and Low"
- when this was released my sister and I shared the job of delivering the Uptown Citizen around in the neighborhood, I remember listening to this on vinyl numerous times while rolling the newspaper up in their plastic sleeves, before heading out.
"Footloose" soundtrack
- I remember my Sunday School teamed up with another Church's sunday school and we all went out and saw the movie, and someone had the soundtrack we were all giddy and goofy, so good times with good friends.
03-08-05, 02:47 PM
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"Why Can't This Be Love" - Van Halen
One of the most happy 80's memories. It was warm out, had my copy of Seventeen with Molly Ringwald on the cover. Me and my friend drenched in pastel with jeans rolled up at the ankle and Converse All-Stars, skipping school and hearing this song.
It just reminds me of a fun high school 80's moment.
One of the most happy 80's memories. It was warm out, had my copy of Seventeen with Molly Ringwald on the cover. Me and my friend drenched in pastel with jeans rolled up at the ankle and Converse All-Stars, skipping school and hearing this song.
It just reminds me of a fun high school 80's moment.
03-08-05, 11:28 PM
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Eve 6's "Heres to the Night" memories of the ex boyfriend and graduation night. A song that will always remain memorable to me. Or the Weakerthans "Left and Leaving" a truly haunting song.
03-09-05, 10:40 AM
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Head Like A Hole. I was coming out of a very bad relationship. As much as I enjoy(ed) Pretty Hate Machine, I cannot listen to it to this day, and that was 1991-1992. It's a shame, because it's such a good album. I still wish it was re-released in surround sound, as Downward Spiral was. Maybe then I could listen to it "fresh" again.
03-11-05, 01:42 PM
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Dead or Alive - You Spin Me Round
03-11-05, 03:03 PM
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Man, my list would be way too long.
Seriously.
Seriously.
03-13-05, 10:12 PM
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"Right Here Right Now" by Jesus Jones.
I had just gotten dumped by my first really serious girlfriend. By coincidence I had also just turned 21 and had been introduced to serious drinking. On this one night, a buddy and I got toasted and had enough adventures that one night to last a life time.
Somehow in the middle of all this I found myself on a dance floor of a club called Bayou Mama's dancing with two incredible Asian girls. Quite a feat for a very average Hispanic guy. The song came on and I realized that I could be happy without that miserable bitch.
The story still brings a smile to my face.
I had just gotten dumped by my first really serious girlfriend. By coincidence I had also just turned 21 and had been introduced to serious drinking. On this one night, a buddy and I got toasted and had enough adventures that one night to last a life time.
Somehow in the middle of all this I found myself on a dance floor of a club called Bayou Mama's dancing with two incredible Asian girls. Quite a feat for a very average Hispanic guy. The song came on and I realized that I could be happy without that miserable bitch.
The story still brings a smile to my face.
03-13-05, 11:26 PM
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anything 80's just takes me right back to a time in my life when i did the most growing up. I was 15 to 25 in that era (born in 65) and 80's music will always be my favorite.
I remember how HUGE bands like Def Leppard and REO Speedwagon were during my high school years. REO's Keep On Loving You & Take It On The Run (both from Hi Infidelity) were massive hits and pop favorites, but the coolest song on that album was Tough Guys....loved that opening from Our Gang.
I remember my first concert ever: Foreigner with Billy Squier as the opening act. My sister and her b/f took me to that concert. It was an experience I'll never forget. It was Foreigner's "4" tour and Urgent was the biggest song on the radio, along with Billy Squier's The Stroke.
...but as a previous poster mentioned, probably the most memorable song for me was "Dont You Forget About Me" by Simple Minds. The Breakfast Club was a top movie back then, and to this day i can't watch that movie or hear that song without associating them together, and both being such a reminder of that chapter in my life.
I remember how HUGE bands like Def Leppard and REO Speedwagon were during my high school years. REO's Keep On Loving You & Take It On The Run (both from Hi Infidelity) were massive hits and pop favorites, but the coolest song on that album was Tough Guys....loved that opening from Our Gang.
I remember my first concert ever: Foreigner with Billy Squier as the opening act. My sister and her b/f took me to that concert. It was an experience I'll never forget. It was Foreigner's "4" tour and Urgent was the biggest song on the radio, along with Billy Squier's The Stroke.
...but as a previous poster mentioned, probably the most memorable song for me was "Dont You Forget About Me" by Simple Minds. The Breakfast Club was a top movie back then, and to this day i can't watch that movie or hear that song without associating them together, and both being such a reminder of that chapter in my life.