Do certain songs make you think of certain times in your life?

pjoasisrule

I have noticed that I can put a song along with vacations I have been on, things that have happened to me, different places, and even people sometimes.

Allie

absolutely

I can hear a song and remember when it came out and what I was doing in my life at that time

the wolf

pjoasisrule wrote:

I have noticed that I can put a song along with vacations I have been on, things that have happened to me, different places, and even people sometimes.

all the time.

pjoasisrule

I should have said to mention a few.......I am just curious.

Allie

pjoasisrule wrote:

I should have said to mention a few.......I am just curious.

better man makes me think of my ex-fiance
for example

Live's I Alone has a ton of personal meaning with a certain person, i don't want to go into it too much

Oasis, actually, What's the Story Morning Glory, that same certain person bought me that cd
and Mazzy Star's cd, I think it's called So Tonight I May Think of You?

anything from the mid 90's reminds me of college
like I Saw the Sign from, what was that Swedish group? They played that all the time

there are so many examples for me..

the wolf

Allie wrote:

better man makes me think of my ex-fiance
for example

Live's I Alone has a ton of personal meaning with a certain person, i don't want to go into it too much

Oasis, actually, What's the Story Morning Glory, that same certain person bought me that cd
and Mazzy Star's cd, I think it's called So Tonight I May Think of You?

anything from the mid 90's reminds me of college
like I Saw the Sign from, what was that Swedish group? They played that all the time

there are so many examples for me..

Ace of Base did i saw the sign. i hate myself for knowing that.

Anon

there is something nostalgic about oasis.

towards the end of my senior year of high school, every time there was a party or any type of drinking going on, the night would always end with all of my friends shit faced in a massive circle singing "dont look back in anger." to outsiders, i prob seems kinda stupid, but it was something that was unique to our class and meant a lot to all of us. i dont know what it is. something about us all going different places after the summer...

Allie

the wolf wrote:

Ace of Base did i saw the sign. i hate myself for knowing that.

Ace of Base! Yes! No worries, I know the lyrics
I saw the sign
and it opened up my eyes
I saw the sign

how could a person like you bring me joy? It was cheesy but I could relate to the lyrics
plus when they play it in a bar, it sounds catchy

also that late December back in '63 song, Oh What A Night, that was like our theme song in college, that was ALWAYS being played in the bars


PS-I am now singing "I saw the sign"! Ugh! Gosh doggit.

pjoasisrule

GlorifiedAnimal wrote:

there is something nostalgic about oasis.

towards the end of my senior year of high school, every time there was a party or any type of drinking going on, the night would always end with all of my friends shit faced in a massive circle singing "dont look back in anger." to outsiders, i prob seems kinda stupid, but it was something that was unique to our class and meant a lot to all of us. i dont know what it is. something about us all going different places after the summer...

Definitely, that might be why I love them so much

the wolf

Allie wrote:

Ace of Base! Yes! No worries, I know the lyrics
I saw the sign
and it opened up my eyes
I saw the sign

how could a person like you bring me joy? It was cheesy but I could relate to the lyrics
plus when they play it in a bar, it sounds catchy

also that late December back in '63 song, Oh What A Night, that was like our theme song in college, that was ALWAYS being played in the bars


PS-I am now singing "I saw the sign"! Ugh! Gosh doggit.

yeah, i know the words too. ugg, i had to sing them. my old band rocked the song out and we used to close our 1st set with it all the time.

yuck.

Anon

pjoasisrule wrote:

Definitely, that might be why I love them so much

same here. theres just something about them...i really dont understand how people dont like that music. i understand if you dont like liam or watever, but the music is so nostalgic and melodic and incredible.

Allie

the wolf wrote:

yeah, i know the words too. ugg, i had to sing them. my old band rocked the song out and we used to close our 1st set with it all the time.

yuck.

hah hah!
life is demanding without understanding
I saw the sign
and it opened up my eyes
I saw the sign

Allie

GlorifiedAnimal wrote:

same here. theres just something about them...i really dont understand how people dont like that music. i understand if you dont like liam or watever, but the music is so nostalgic and melodic and incredible.

maybe
you're gonna be the one that saves me
and after all,
you're my wonder wall

that's an amazing song

pjoasisrule

Pink Floyd and Bob Marley always makes me think of a cruise that I went on

Oasis - Definitely Maybe reminds me of a time somebody smashed the window on my car and I had to drive to school with it broken

Tom Petty - Wildflowers always makes me think of being in Texas

Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever makes me think of taking a train.

Hail, Hail reminds me of freezing my ass off at a Pearl Jam concert.

Wu-Tang Protect Ya Neck and Mystery Of Chessboxin always remind me of when I used to skateboard.

FinsburyParkCarrots

Not really. I was always a retro-head. Apart from when "Alive" came out. And that reminded me of the seventies.

in_hiding79

Whenever I hear "Wishlist" and "In_hiding" it reminds of football games my senior year of high school! (We would all drive to the lake and listen to PJ after the games...)

"Don't forget me when I'm gone" (Glass Tiger) reminds me of a boy I was crushing hard on in the 4th grade!! hehehe

MEMORIES....

meme

Bruce Springsteen's Tunnel of Love and the five cassette live set are inextricably high school for me. So are the good old U2 albums of the 80s.

Any song by the band Live still pokes my heart with memories of a love that was not meant to be. So does PJ's Smile.

Whenever I hear the first notes of Wishlist I am thrown back to one night in 1998. Some friends with their most annoying 18 month old child had come over to watch the Oscars. The kid must have played with the volume knob of my stereo. When the Oscars were over, I told the friends I wanted them to listen to a song from a new PJ album. The kid was sitting by the speakers. He must have turned the volume to 20, because when I turned the stereo on he was practically projected a couple of yards from the speakers

ryan198

Most definitely...on a cold winter's day when i'm driving to work, or home, and it's gray out, and there's no life on the trees I put on Nirvana - Drain You, and it reminds me of my senior year at Ithaca College. Ahh drunken, drug filled, debauchery that it was.

Outkast -Southernplayalisticaddilacafunkymusic reminds me of my first car because I used to listen to it while driving that junker around way before the song was actually popular.

NIN - Hurt reminds me of Argentina, when I watched PJ twice and NIN once in less than a week's time. I made better friends at PJ, but enjoyed NIN more b/c it wasn't like a best of... show.

PJ - Come Back reminds me of the night I decided to by my wife's engagement ring.

ryan198

meme wrote:

Bruce Springsteen's Tunnel of Love and the five cassette live set are inextricably high school for me. So are the good old U2 albums of the 80s.

Any song by the band Live still pokes my heart with memories of a love that was not meant to be. So does PJ's Smile.

Whenever I hear the first notes of Wishlist I am thrown back to one night in 1998. Some friends with their most annoying 18 month old child had come over to watch the Oscars. The kid must have played with the volume knob of my stereo. When the Oscars were over, I told the friends I wanted them to listen to a song from a new PJ album. The kid was sitting by the speakers. He must have turned the volume to 20, because when I turned the stereo on he was practically projected a couple of yards from the speakers

Ohhh...PJ - Smile was a big one for me too...I gave my future wife No Code to ride back home with at the end of school one year and told her to listen to it and she cried in front of her dad...oops.

DaytimeDilemma

Yep...


Kanye's entire "Late Registration" album reminds me of fall of 2005.


Katrina turned my life upsiade down and that album helped me through it big time.

Allie

meme wrote:

Any song by the band Live still pokes my heart with memories of a love that was not meant to be.

me too,
I Alone,
to this day
wow that song breaks my heart :(


its easier not to be wise
and measure these things by your brains
I sank into Eden with you
alone in the church by and by
I"ll read to you here save your eyes
you'll need them your boat is at sea
your anchor is up
you've been swept away
and the greatest of teachers
won't hesitate
to leave you there by yourself
chained to fate

I alone love you
I alone tempt you
I alone love you
fear is not the end of this


wow that is the most amazing song...
I've seen them in concert several times

I actually saw them when Mental Jewelry came out on the 120 minutes tour with Big Audio Dynamite and PIL, at the Ritz

I've been a fan ever since