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"Rocket Man" by Elton John and "Can't Live If Living Is Without You" by Harry Nilsson. I was 15 and standing at a lathe. Jimmy Young was on BBC Radio 1.
What Is The One Song That Takes You On Your Biggest Memory Trip?
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Gang-Twanger
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"Fool For The City" - Foghat
"Waiting For The Man" - The Velvet Underground
Regrettably, these two songs always remind me of my "heavy partying" days back in the '90's. For me and an ex-girlfriend, these were our 'driving to the city to go cop" songs...
A grim chapter of my life that I'm happy to say ended a long time ago.
"Waiting For The Man" - The Velvet Underground
Regrettably, these two songs always remind me of my "heavy partying" days back in the '90's. For me and an ex-girlfriend, these were our 'driving to the city to go cop" songs...
A grim chapter of my life that I'm happy to say ended a long time ago.
There's quite a bunch of 'em. Two that pop immediately into mind:
"South California Purples"...Chicago. Came on the 8-track in my old Valiant just as a buddy & I entered the Lehigh Tunnel on an East coast road trip in about 1970. Still can see the tunnel entrance in my mind.
"Dream Weaver"...Gary Wright. As much as I now LOATHE that song...every time I hear it I'm back in my Chevette...watching the sun come up over the ND prairie as I'm driving to my first bigtime radio gig. (Coming from a small town, Fargo WAS bigtime
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"South California Purples"...Chicago. Came on the 8-track in my old Valiant just as a buddy & I entered the Lehigh Tunnel on an East coast road trip in about 1970. Still can see the tunnel entrance in my mind.
"Dream Weaver"...Gary Wright. As much as I now LOATHE that song...every time I hear it I'm back in my Chevette...watching the sun come up over the ND prairie as I'm driving to my first bigtime radio gig. (Coming from a small town, Fargo WAS bigtime
)
Pio1980
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Missing persons : destination unknown . Love the words ...life is soooo strange
Nobody walks in L.A.
Great stuff,that! Impressive group of folk, Patrick O'hearn was a member. Check the Wiki here; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_Persons_(band)
Pio1980
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A lot of Early 1980's studiocraft reminds me of going to Atlanta for Heavy Party time. The music was/is still OK, the other was getting way out of hand.
Bill Wilson (code f/AA) and I become acquainted 3rd weekend of June '83 as a result, then thing got good and then great. I still went to Atl for weekends but only hung with folks that knew me and had my back.
wrbear
A man of many talents...a master of none...
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4 Me...that peak was the best...very little to worry about, parents were the safety net...then on my own...that was followed by many peaks and valleys in life...so who hasn’t had this experience? I’m guessing most of the responses to this thread are at or near that point in life.[/QUOTE]
I'd say you are correct.
The only point I am trying to make is to beware the sepia-toned veil of memory.
Like the Buddha says "If you want to be anxious, look to the future. If you want to be sad, look to the past. If you want to be happy, live in the moment."
4 Me...that peak was the best...very little to worry about, parents were the safety net...then on my own...that was followed by many peaks and valleys in life...so who hasn’t had this experience? I’m guessing most of the responses to this thread are at or near that point in life.[/QUOTE]
I'd say you are correct.
The only point I am trying to make is to beware the sepia-toned veil of memory.
Like the Buddha says "If you want to be anxious, look to the future. If you want to be sad, look to the past. If you want to be happy, live in the moment."
Condorsat
Audio Enthusiast
Or ... in the immortal words of Mac Davis ... you have to stop and smell the roses.
Mac Davis - It's Hard To Be Humble (1980) Mac use to crack me up ... he was a funny guy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYKWch_MNY0
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Thanks for all the input. This is a great thread.
I have figured out that a lot of you may be like me. I have been a music lover all my life so that much of my life has a soundtrack. There are not too many songs that I listened to that don't create a memory of some sort. Even if just the memory of a general period of time.
It's the break up songs and the make up songs or the make out songs that we tend to remember the most. Then there's the "break out" songs such as those that enlightened us to something new or those that just flipped the switch for some unknown reason. The great beat or the amazing guitar solo or the beautiful haunting voice of the vocalist. The power of music is amazing isn't it? Imagine how it would be if we didn't have music to help tie our memories together!
I'm interested in hearing more. Not just just the songs but the reasons they created the memories. That is what makes it even more interesting!
I'll add another one of my memory songs...."Solitary Man" I considered it my theme song for a few years after it was popular (1966). It looked like I just wasn't ever going to find the right girl. Thank God that eleven years or so later I found my absolute soul mate. As Garth said ..."Thank God For Unanswered prayer"
Keep em coming! Thanks! Franksta
I have figured out that a lot of you may be like me. I have been a music lover all my life so that much of my life has a soundtrack. There are not too many songs that I listened to that don't create a memory of some sort. Even if just the memory of a general period of time.
It's the break up songs and the make up songs or the make out songs that we tend to remember the most. Then there's the "break out" songs such as those that enlightened us to something new or those that just flipped the switch for some unknown reason. The great beat or the amazing guitar solo or the beautiful haunting voice of the vocalist. The power of music is amazing isn't it? Imagine how it would be if we didn't have music to help tie our memories together!
I'm interested in hearing more. Not just just the songs but the reasons they created the memories. That is what makes it even more interesting!
I'll add another one of my memory songs...."Solitary Man" I considered it my theme song for a few years after it was popular (1966). It looked like I just wasn't ever going to find the right girl. Thank God that eleven years or so later I found my absolute soul mate. As Garth said ..."Thank God For Unanswered prayer"
Keep em coming! Thanks! Franksta
VinylHanger
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Crocodile Rock and Let's hear it for the Boy by Denise Williams. Shhhh... don't tell my wife.
Here's one that I forgot...
It was summer, 1997. I was in Murray, Ky, working at WFGE, Froggy 103.7, very far from home, and hating it.
We had a Riverboat contest thing, and took a load of listeners to ...god, where was it...Paducah, I think?? Anyway, Roy Clark was opening for Glen Campbell, and Roy burned it up. Me and my friend/date watched as Glen took the stage and started to play "Wichita Lineman".
Now, I don't know that I had ever heard that song before, but I sat, in pure rapture, as he played that tune. It touched me, and I nearly cried. Didn't know quite why.
Months later, I'm talking with my mother and tell her about that experience. She tells me "Oh god, every time the Glen Campbell show would come on, you'd sit in your little diapers and not move a muscle, and you LOVED "Wichita Lineman".
So at 25 years old, I was moved by a song I hadn't heard since I was 2 or so.
True story.
It was summer, 1997. I was in Murray, Ky, working at WFGE, Froggy 103.7, very far from home, and hating it.
We had a Riverboat contest thing, and took a load of listeners to ...god, where was it...Paducah, I think?? Anyway, Roy Clark was opening for Glen Campbell, and Roy burned it up. Me and my friend/date watched as Glen took the stage and started to play "Wichita Lineman".
Now, I don't know that I had ever heard that song before, but I sat, in pure rapture, as he played that tune. It touched me, and I nearly cried. Didn't know quite why.
Months later, I'm talking with my mother and tell her about that experience. She tells me "Oh god, every time the Glen Campbell show would come on, you'd sit in your little diapers and not move a muscle, and you LOVED "Wichita Lineman".
So at 25 years old, I was moved by a song I hadn't heard since I was 2 or so.
True story.
Condorsat
Audio Enthusiast
Purchased several copies of that LP ... all played with bad surface noise ... so I culled them.
Then one time on a trip to Jerry's record store in Pittsburgh PA ... I found a sealed copy
... great sounding album! 
Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman (Vinyl)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XYldUJllTk
superdog
AK Member
Crocodile Rock and Let's hear it for the Boy by Denise Williams. Shhhh... don't tell my wife.
Crocodile Rock reminds me of when I really first started listening to the radio.We kept our one and only radio on the fridge so I needed to stand on a chair to get close and fiddle with the dial.Life was good.
Purchased several copies of that LP ... all played with bad surface noise ... so I culled them.
Then one time on a trip to Jerry's record store in Pittsburgh PA ... I found a sealed copy
Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman (Vinyl)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XYldUJllTk
A while back, i bought this ultra-generic looking box set for chump change, one of those German pressing things. Bad editing, volume levels all over the place, but some rare recordings. On it was a live version of "Wichita Lineman" I'd never heard before. As it happens, I FOUND that live performance, tho it is ultra hard to find. During his coked-out 70's period. The name of the disc is "Glen Campbell - 38 Great Performances" or something like that.
here is a pic
I've listened to that version so many times....his voice is a little older, a little more "manly" for lack of a better word.
One of the greatest live performances I've ever heard, bar none. Worth a listen.
DougMac
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Thanks to all who not only shared the name of the song that brought back memories, but also shared a little about the memory.
I'll list three that came to mind.
The first is "Moonlight Serenade" by Glenn Miller. This was my dad's favorite Miller song. It's slightly melancholy tone brings back bittersweet memories of being a little boy and my dad.
The next is "Hound Dog" by Elvis Presley. This really started my love for rock and roll, I was fascinated by it. I still have the copy I bought as a little boy.
The third is the theme song from the movie "Rome Adventure", "Al Di La". It's a not very good song from a not very good movie, but it was "our song". Deb and I went together on a student trip to Europe in 1966 and shared our first kiss just up the road from Rome, in Florence. I kissed that same girl before leaving for work this morning.
Here's that 45 of "Hound Dog" I bought in 1956. I was five at the time and couldn't read. The dab of red nail polish was to help me identify my favorite side.
I'll list three that came to mind.
The first is "Moonlight Serenade" by Glenn Miller. This was my dad's favorite Miller song. It's slightly melancholy tone brings back bittersweet memories of being a little boy and my dad.
The next is "Hound Dog" by Elvis Presley. This really started my love for rock and roll, I was fascinated by it. I still have the copy I bought as a little boy.
The third is the theme song from the movie "Rome Adventure", "Al Di La". It's a not very good song from a not very good movie, but it was "our song". Deb and I went together on a student trip to Europe in 1966 and shared our first kiss just up the road from Rome, in Florence. I kissed that same girl before leaving for work this morning.
Here's that 45 of "Hound Dog" I bought in 1956. I was five at the time and couldn't read. The dab of red nail polish was to help me identify my favorite side.
Purchased several copies of that LP ... all played with bad surface noise ... so I culled them.
Then one time on a trip to Jerry's record store in Pittsburgh PA ... I found a sealed copy
I want to take a road trip there this summer!
Condorsat
Audio Enthusiast
Jerry's was featured on a TV episode of Pack Rats ...
Jerry Weber on Pack Rats - Part 1 of 3 ... the other 2 parts are on YouTube as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHTnj50NVJg
Jerry is a great guy ... he's got thousands of old stories about records.