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Songs That Spark A Memory...

Posted by ToughCookieMommy • 10/04/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: memories, music, songs

I am listening to music with my sons on this lazy Sunday afternoon. It seems like most songs are attached to some kind of memory for me. I just heard "Could it be I'm falling in love" by the Stylistics and it reminded me of hearing the song on one of my first dates with my husband. Which songs hold memories for you?

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10/04/09

trailofpen

A lot of songs from the 80's bring me back to my childhood.

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1. 10/04/09
  
  ToughCookieMommy
  
  Songs from the 80s remind me of my childhood too! I especially love Freestyle from the 80s.
10/04/09

MadMadMargo

R&B and Rock of the late 60's and early 70's spark tons of memories for me.

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1. 10/04/09
  
  ToughCookieMommy
  
  That kind of music reminds me of the music my parents used to play in the house when we were little.
10/04/09

LaurenM622

hanson and the boy bands. (nsync, backstreet boys, etc)

they remind me of being in middle school and feeling really grown up because my mom started letting me wear makeup (albeit tan eyeshadow, clear mascara, and light pink lip gloss) and i had my first boy-girl birthday party. sooooo adult.

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10/04/09

MadameX

Hang on Sloopy. During my first year of law school I hung out with a local band of questionable quality, and Hang on Sloopy was sort of their signature song. Almost twenty years later, I still smile and feel my energy pop up a notch whenever I hear that song unexpectedly.

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10/04/09

DailyBeerReview

Not to sound all girly, but Cherish by Kool and the Gang was on the radio yesterday.

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1. 10/04/09
  
  ToughCookieMommy
  
  I love Kool and the Gang. My Aunt loves them and has gone to many of their concerts. As a result, I grew up listening to them too.
10/04/09

HollytheHousewife

Mr. Bojangles

Always makes me think when I was a kid and my pop and his brothers all with their guitars and banjos around the campfire at our cabin on spring river.....what I wouldn't do to turn back the hands of time...
Oh and house of the rising sun,and hang man,and my brother bill has a steele on the hill....oh and jermiah was a bull frog

I'm so gonna get that place bak one day

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10/04/09

nothingprofound

Any doo-wop song or early rhythm and blues.

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10/04/09

yourhypnotist

The Verve Bitter Sweet Symphony. I am listening to this again and enjoying . So thanks for the post

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1. 10/04/09
  
  ToughCookieMommy
  
  I'm glad this post made you feel nostalgic. I felt that way today also and I listened to some oldies but goodies all day.
10/04/09

polybore

Polybore has been indulging in some very nostalgic listening of late. Most recently...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkr_2G3Jlko

In a big country dreams stay with you
Like a lover's voice fires the mountainside

In a Big Country by Big Country

and

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ak_xffwrIfA

"Long ago I heard a tale I never will forget
The time was in the telling on the bank the scene was set
The sky was rolling blindly on, the daylight had not gone
She washed her hair among the stones and saw what was to come"

The Seer by Big Country (Featuring Kate Bush)

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10/04/09

Hels

Whenever I hear Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (1967), I have to sing it loudly and with great nostalgia. I remember which party I was at the first time I heard it, exactly which dress I was wearing and who my date was. By the way, that was a GREAT evening

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1. 10/05/09
  
  ToughCookieMommy
  
  That is a great song! I don't have a memory attached to it but it is definitely a "feel good" song.
10/04/09

liggybee

Wow, me, too! Man a lot of songs out there remind me of something or someone...and those popular movie theme songs like "I've Had The Time of My Life" remind me of the movie it was from (Dirty Dancing) which in turn reminds me of that time in my life...and falling in love!

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1. 10/04/09
  
  Hels
  
  liggybee, I don't want to turn the clock back, but I do want to hear those meaningful songs again. And again.
2. 10/05/09
  
  ToughCookieMommy
  
  Dirty Dancing is my favorite movie of all time. I was so sad to hear that Patrick Swayze passed away.
10/05/09

quack18

last request by paulo nutini

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10/05/09

sorcerer

I never wanna dance again..(careless whispers)
brings back my old college days.

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1. 10/05/09
  
  ToughCookieMommy
  
  That is a great one!
10/05/09

sjtavo

Goody Two Shoes - Adam Ant.
Had a major crush - ok, obsession, with Adam Ant aka Stuart Goddard. "Don't drink, don't smoke, what do you do? Subtle inuendos follow - must be something inside."
I swear to God, looking back, it's no wonder I turned out the way that I did! LOL

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