Music you hear, and it takes you right back to a certain time/place/event

[Waz1892]

I heard Nessun Dorma on Radio 2 this morning, and it immediately took me back to Italy '90.  Like right back as if I was 16 again.  Suddenly pictured myself on the couch, mates and my brother and Dad watching the Germany game.

Although the event itself was awful, the memory now, just magically, although I'm sure I looked a fool driving with a massive smile on my face.




Do you have one?

[theprawnidentity]

I have aloads of songs like this.

Woman - Wolfmother (South Africa)
Naive - Kooks (College)
Lets Dance to the Joy Division - The Wombats (Leeds Uni)
But, Honestly - Foo Fighters (Road trip to Southampton)

I have loads more.  My life seems to link quite heavily to music for some reason.

[DaveShoelace]

Disco 2000 & Common People by Pulp, insta takes me back to Christmas when I was 17 at College.

[RED-DOG]

Great idea for a thread.

Plenty of detail in the memories please.

[theprawnidentity]

Great idea for a thread.

Plenty of detail in the memories please.

I would be not be willing to go into details on mine for 2 reasons.

1) Defamation of my own character
2) Public forum, innit

[Marky147]

Takes me back to basic training at HMS Raleigh in the summer 1999, and early mornings in the ironing room!

[Waz1892]

With mine, all around the sofa, praying for England, crying my eyes out listening to the song, afterwards.  To this day I know the next advert after the game - Kit-Kat, the one with the duck whistle....never eaten a kit-kat since!

A few others too that insta take me back. enjoying the other posts.

[kinboshi]

Was watching 'Never Mind the Buzzcocks' the other night, and in the lineup round was Haddaway. Now I don't know if he's done any other songs, but they played the only one of his I know - "What is Love?" from 1993.  Not really a fan of the song itself, but I was instantly transported back to Magaluf as an 18-year old on holiday with 6 mates (there were meant to be 8 of us, but one of the lads hadn't realised his passport had expired until the day we were leaving, so he was left behind).

That song was being played constantly in all the cheesy pubs and clubs - and what a brilliant time we had out there (despite Haddaway).  I remember it all very well, especially the delightful Kim from Barnsley, who taught me a thing or two...

[Tal]

Was watching 'Never Mind the Buzzcocks' the other night, and in the lineup round was Haddaway. Now I don't know if he's done any other songs, but they played the only one of his I know - "What is Love?" from 1993.  Not really a fan of the song itself, but I was instantly transported back to Magaluf as an 18-year old on holiday with 6 mates (there were meant to be 8 of us, but one of the lads hadn't realised his passport had expired until the day we were leaving, so he was left behind).

That song was being played constantly in all the cheesy pubs and clubs - and what a brilliant time we had out there (despite Haddaway).  I remember it all very well, especially the delightful Kim from Barnsley, who taught me a thing or two...

Life will never be the same
Life is changing
Yeahhhh

[Nakor]

Dark is Rising - Mercury Rev

Had been with my then girlfriend for about 5 years when we lost her youngest brother after a long struggle with Cancer.  We were young, communicated badly and didn't cope with the grief very well, we both made mistakes and poor decisions.  We were far too young to understand that grief can be personal and took insults and meanings where there were none.  We took some time apart.  Decided I would give her space and not go to Glastonbury.  On the Wednesday before I finished work at 5am and biked home along the waterfront in Kings Lynn and witnessed a magical sunrise.  I sat with with headphones on listening to this tune contemplating life and decisions made.

Decided that Sam would have wanted me to support his sister and put our personal issues aside.  I rushed home, packed a bag and met everyone leaving for Glasto at 8am, grabbed a lift.
The atmosphere was not the best between us for a couple of days until we stood in front of the "Other" stage watching Mercury Rev and they played this song, we looked at each other, said sorry, cried a lot for Sam and from that point on put our lives back together. 

Every time I hear this song it takes me back to the exact point of that sunrise, I can remember it vividly, where I was sitting, what I was smoking even what trainers I had on as I dangled my legs over the keyside.  I wonder if my life might have been very different if this song did not inspire those decisions on that day.

[kinboshi]

Dark is Rising - Mercury Rev

Had been with my then girlfriend for about 5 years when we lost her youngest brother after a long struggle with Cancer.  We were young, communicated badly and didn't cope with the grief very well, we both made mistakes and poor decisions.  We were far too young to understand that grief can be personal and took insults and meanings where there were none.  We took some time apart.  Decided I would give her space and not go to Glastonbury.  On the Wednesday before I finished work at 5am and biked home along the waterfront in Kings Lynn and witnessed a magical sunrise.  I sat with with headphones on listening to this tune contemplating life and decisions made.

Decided that Sam would have wanted me to support his sister and put our personal issues aside.  I rushed home, packed a bag and met everyone leaving for Glasto at 8am, grabbed a lift.
The atmosphere was not the best between us for a couple of days until we stood in front of the "Other" stage watching Mercury Rev and they played this song, we looked at each other, said sorry, cried a lot for Sam and from that point on put our lives back together. 

Every time I hear this song it takes me back to the exact point of that sunrise, I can remember it vividly, where I was sitting, what I was smoking even what trainers I had on as I dangled my legs over the keyside.  I wonder if my life might have been very different if this song did not inspire those decisions on that day.

Beats my Haddaway story.

[redarmi]

Was watching 'Never Mind the Buzzcocks' the other night, and in the lineup round was Haddaway. Now I don't know if he's done any other songs, but they played the only one of his I know - "What is Love?" from 1993.  Not really a fan of the song itself, but I was instantly transported back to Magaluf as an 18-year old on holiday with 6 mates (there were meant to be 8 of us, but one of the lads hadn't realised his passport had expired until the day we were leaving, so he was left behind).

That song was being played constantly in all the cheesy pubs and clubs - and what a brilliant time we had out there (despite Haddaway).  I remember it all very well, especially the delightful Kim from Barnsley, who taught me a thing or two...

Pretty much the exact same story as this unfortunately my song was "Saturday Night" by Whigfield.  We left Manchester airport with 8 lads of which 6 were virgins.  We came back with one (poor lad - he cried for his mother whilst we were there too).  Looking back there is nothing about that holiday I would wish to repeat now but at the time it was the best two weeks of my life.

[Longines]

When I was 15 I was reading a lot of fiction books. Then Stephen King published a book co-written with Peter Straub. 646 pages and to this day I can vividly recall sitting on my bed reading it in one marathon session, probably 8 to 10 hours. I don't think any other book has ever had me so gripped - could not put it down:

The entire time this album

was constant repeat on my pride and joy, dual-side auto-reverse *with* Dolby B, it was the dogs b****s:

Every time I hear a track from that album I'm 15 again, all hormones and angst. Might be fun to fire up the Kindle and Spotify and see if it still feels the same....

[Waz1892]

some great stuff already!

[RED-DOG]

some great stuff already!

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