IS there a a song.......

[CHICKSINGA]

Any time I hear a song from the first Kiss album I am transported back to my bedroom singin' away in my hairbrush dreaming that I'b be a big rockstar someday, oh and get to sleep with Paul Stanley - Ha!

I also absolutley love "I'm Your Captain" by Grand Funk - it takes me back to partying on Macaroni Road in Ashville.

And I get a tear in my eye when I hear "Wichita Lineman" by Glen Campbell. It reminds me of my Daddy. He used to take the whole family for rides in the country to get ice cream and that was one of the songs he'd sing. In fact I think I'm gonna give it a listen right now...

T

[bassist_25]

And I get a tear in my eye when I hear "Wichita Lineman" by Glen Campbell. It reminds me of my Daddy. He used to take the whole family for rides in the country to get ice cream and that was one of the songs he'd sing. In fact I think I'm gonna give it a listen right now...

Dwight Yoakum also did an excellent cover of that song.

[CHICKSINGA]

I gotta check that out!

[YankeeRose]

I tried to post the link to a similar thread, but could not get it to work. Sheesh, it's no wonder arthritis is flaring up in my hands. Idk, RockPage therapy??? From January, 2006, the topic is Songs that make you sad by SpellboundByMetal(Keith).

[mistikalvalkrie]

Korn will always remind me of being an angsty teenager in highschool...mostly because it pissed off my dad.

"the River" and "Born too Late" by the Clarks (and I don't really know why this is) makes me think of being in college in my drawing class at the Boiler House (if anyone is familiar with St. Francis). I had a huge crush on my art teacher...lol...but it was also kind of a time of self-exploration for me.

Everytime I hear Pipeline by Dick Dale it reminds me of sitting in my grandmother's livingroom in front of her big record player with my brother and my dad when my bro was first learning how to play the guitar and listening to him try to learn the song while we listened to it.

Speaking of that old record player...we spent a lot of time at my grandmother's house listening to that thing when I was a kid....mostly because I made everyone and once I got started, my dad, grandmother, and uncle began to get nostalgic for their old records. I can remember listening to my grandmother's old swing records and she and I used to get up and dance to them. Whenever I hear swing music, I see my grandmother (who was almost 70 when I was born, and was almost 80 when this was going on) doing a jig in the livingroom and me as a kid holding her hands and bouncing right along with her. That was so much fun....oh my god, I haven't thought of that in years!!! Thanks Brian!

There's one more. Whenever I hear "Uptown Girl" by Billy Joel I think of my sister sitting at our piano trying to learn her Billy Joel Anthology song book and me, standing beside the piano turning pages and singing while she played. This is, also, the only reason I ever listen to this song anymore. I like Billy Joel...but geez!

[Naga]

I can't pin this down to a song or two cuz honestly, I hear at least a song every day that takes me somewhere I once was.

That's one of the biggest values in music for me — you associate songs with memorable times in your life, good and bad.

r:>)

Agreed Rob! Hell, I sat here and thought of more while rereading back over this thread! But, I'm just trying to list a VERY few here and there. Anyway, these 2 are more recent in my life...

Pink Floyd's Money reminds me of my best friend and roommate, ever since the first time we jammed together. I remember when she first dragged her bass out and started plucking that along, I KNEW I found someone that would always have me intrigued. And damnit, I hear that song to this day, and I can still see her sitting there, playing those notes! And it doesn't help that that bass line gets in your head to begin with, damnit! Heh

I know that same roommate would probably kill me at the mention, but I also remember jamming to Evanescence. I'll leave the rest of it alone, but Bring Me To Life, the 2 of us and some of our former bandmates had so much fun with. Those were some interesting days, and some were funny as Hell!

Hey Mis, remember "Wake me up!!!" in death metal flat??? Poor microphone... We're going along note for note in that song. We're about to hit the male vocals part, when our friend Wayne bursts in, and throws that death metal growl to twist on it, "Wake me up!!!". The microphone was dead, and we all dropped dead right with it!

[BDR]

Anytime I hear anything from "Hysteria" or "Appeitite For Destruction," I think of my first car, a 1976 Mercury Bobcat station wagon (the equivilant of a Ford Pinto) and the cassette adapter I had for the 8-track player inside. I wore both of those fucking tapes out in that car.

Reverse ... then listen to 'em again. Both albums were packed with hits, front and back.

r:>)

[Colton]

Dark Side of the Moon reminds me of trippin balls....

[mistikalvalkrie]

I can't pin this down to a song or two cuz honestly, I hear at least a song every day that takes me somewhere I once was.

That's one of the biggest values in music for me — you associate songs with memorable times in your life, good and bad.

r:>)

Agreed Rob! Hell, I sat here and thought of more while rereading back over this thread! But, I'm just trying to list a VERY few here and there. Anyway, these 2 are more recent in my life...

Pink Floyd's Money reminds me of my best friend and roommate, ever since the first time we jammed together. I remember when she first dragged her bass out and started plucking that along, I KNEW I found someone that would always have me intrigued. And damnit, I hear that song to this day, and I can still see her sitting there, playing those notes! And it doesn't help that that bass line gets in your head to begin with, damnit! Heh

I know that same roommate would probably kill me at the mention, but I also remember jamming to Evanescence. I'll leave the rest of it alone, but Bring Me To Life, the 2 of us and some of our former bandmates had so much fun with. Those were some interesting days, and some were funny as Hell!

Hey Mis, remember "Wake me up!!!" in death metal flat??? Poor microphone... We're going along note for note in that song. We're about to hit the male vocals part, when our friend Wayne bursts in, and throws that death metal growl to twist on it, "Wake me up!!!". The microphone was dead, and we all dropped dead right with it!

yeah...I should have posted those...and "Kids Aren't Alright" myself. Those were fun times!

[f.sciarrillo]

This one I will tell you. There is Journey, Bad Company, and Foreigner. They were staples with me as I was growing up. Along with Pink Floyd. There isn't a song that they don't play where I don't think of days of the past ..

There were others, but I would be here writing a book about it. So I will just post about it in my blog ...

[f.sciarrillo]

And I get a tear in my eye when I hear "Wichita Lineman" by Glen Campbell. It reminds me of my Daddy. He used to take the whole family for rides in the country to get ice cream and that was one of the songs he'd sing. In fact I think I'm gonna give it a listen right now...

Dwight Yoakum also did an excellent cover of that song.

You know. I used to get a lot of flack for liking Dwight Yoakam, but I got to tell you. He is a very talented performer. And a good song writer.

[DirtySanchez]

And I get a tear in my eye when I hear "Wichita Lineman" by Glen Campbell. It reminds me of my Daddy. He used to take the whole family for rides in the country to get ice cream and that was one of the songs he'd sing. In fact I think I'm gonna give it a listen right now...

Dwight Yoakum also did an excellent cover of that song.

You know. I used to get a lot of flack for liking Dwight Yoakam, but I got to tell you. He is a very talented performer. And a good song writer.

I think he's a good performer, but his hit's are mostly other peoples songs so idk about the songwriter aspect? Anyways, keep posting these stories. They are awesome!

[DrumAndDestroy]

NOFX-Punk in Drublic...the whole record.

I can remember being a young kid and my sister and her friends listening to this record...I was too young to really know who NOFX was.

A few years later when I started gettig into punk me and my friends would listen to this record religiously. It would always get me pumped for the summertime for some reason. I still love this record.

[felix'apprentice]

oh i got another one lol

i remember being in seventh grade and listenin to korn with one of my best friends. we used to share ear buds with a tape player and jam the whole way to school. every time i hear freak on a leash by korn i think of my old pal dan who moved away the summer after seventh grade and i never got to say good bye. i wonder where he is today .. .hmmm..


- kayla

[f.sciarrillo]

Dwight Yoakum also did an excellent cover of that song.

You know. I used to get a lot of flack for liking Dwight Yoakam, but I got to tell you. He is a very talented performer. And a good song writer.

I think he's a good performer, but his hit's are mostly other peoples songs so idk about the songwriter aspect? Anyways, keep posting these stories. They are awesome!

Some of his songs were remakes, but he also wrote quite a few ...

[UNEARTHA7XMatt]

Metallica's Master of Puppets reminds me of back when I was around 14 or 15 Riding around with my cousin Mike in his 69 Nova ( I think it was a 69) but anyways there was no passenger seat in the car so I had to sit on a milk crate.

[songsmith]

it reminds me of sitting in my grandmother's livingroom in front of her big record player with my brother and my dad when my bro was first learning how to play the guitar and listening to him try to learn the song while we listened to it.

That's a very common theme among musicians, don't you all think? We like to think we're different, that we march the beat of a different drummer and pick our own likes and dislikes, but in the end, we're really the sum of our various influences. Maybe we don't even get to pick those influences. My dad's tastes were SO much different than mine as a teen, but... my family still says I play guitar just like him, I play his favorite genre now, and I even like the exact same vintage gear he liked when it was new. When it finally matures, the apple truly does not fall far from the tree, I suppose.
We all give our record-store heroes credit a lot, maybe take some time to think about the people close to you, who really shaped you.--->JMS

[DickShackBass]

The Pixie's version of Head On always takes me back to my 21st summer. Good Times!

[UNEARTHA7XMatt]

Dark Side of the Moon reminds me of trippin balls....

No doubt, but with me its more like Saucer full of Secrets