What song always brings back memories ?

Question

is there one song that always brings back memories for you ?, good or bad.
which one and why ?

10 points for the most interesting story.

Answer 1

This one probably means something to more and more people nowadays, especially as the newer generations get older, but the one song that tends to bring back memories for me is "Cat's in the Cradle" by Harry Chapin.

I remember a time, maybe when I was around five, when I was sitting out on the swingset behind my house. I had -just- learned how to swing and I saw my Dad come out the side door. I had shouted excitedly for him to watch me swing. The only reaction I got wasn't really much of a reaction at all. He said something like "not now" and didn't even bother to turn his head when he answered before he hopped into the car and drove away.

As I grew, my father spent less and less time with his family and more and more time involved with promoting himself in his job and putting himself out of reproach of others. His actions became violent enough that my parents divorced when I reached college. He was fired from his job soon after for harassment. Afterwards, when my father actually looked around to see who he had for support, he found out that there wasn't anyone... not even his own kids would be there for him for what he had done in the past. Since then he has only grown more anti-social and vindictive. The rift created between him and myself is large enough that I do not even wish for him to be present at my wedding. (I've become engaged recently.)

The song reminds me how I wish things didn't have to be the way they are. It reminds me of what happened in the past that led up to now. Unlike the father in the song though, my father never fully realized or accepted the concequences of his (lack of) actions. It's a part of my life that I wish I could put aside, but it's such a large part that it's really imposible to do so.

Answer 2

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The one that brings back a mix of memories for me is Dont wanna miss a thing by Aerosmith

Reason for it is, one night about 7 or 8 years ago, when i was still living at a share house with one of my friends. (im married these days). One night this guy that i was friends with decided he was going to visit, (it was well known at the time that he had a crush on my friend.) It just so happened that he decided to bring my ex with him, i wasnt with anyone at the time so it bothered me just a little as we had only broken up 6 months earlier and i wasnt over him....at all. Anyhow we all started drinking and were watching movies at the time, the more we drank the more touchy feely my ex and i became....(he was already seeing somebody else when we split and thats the reason why we did - he cheated.) and so i was feeling very vunerable and thought we'd get back together, instead i ended up sleeping with him that night.....and i got stuck hearing that damn song over and over (while other two were going at it in the other room). So its kind of fond yet bad memories for me coz i managed to get my revenge on him for sleeping around....but i still was very stuck on him.

Answer 3

Good memories: Song Sung Blue (sorry don't know who sings it but it's really old!!) My mum used to babysit for a really young boy and he loved this song, she dug it out of the old record box and he was always happy and smiling when he heard it, I can still see him standing in the living room wriggling around to that song, so cute!

Bad memories: 3 Times a Lady, I had this played at my first wedding, and I always hated it, it was embarrassing dancing to it and the marriage was so awful that every time I hear this song it makes me want to puke!

Answer 4

it is all about the money... I don't know the name of the lady who sings it but it always makes me smile.
It was about 5 years ago.just started to meet with my neighbour.we live in a small village down in the Polish country where everyone knows all, but the place where we live is far from any buildings as it used to be german airfield during II World War. anyway, I met him when I was 6 ( I moved in) and it took as quite a while till we dated for the first time ( I was 21) .we did it in secret because of our families which didn't like each other( I mean who likes the neighbours??). and this song was on the radio the firts time we kissed in my bedroom he entered by the window;)
the romantic relation didn't last long but we are still good friends and like to talk about our little secret adventure.

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Answer 6

Keane-Somewhere Only We Know. My other half and I are HUGE Foo Fighter fans, and the only way to see them was at the Oxegen music festival in Ireland last year. Was a hot day, and Keane came on just before Foo at sunset. It was amazing!!! The atmosphere was totaly amazing. Nice chilled out music from Keane, and the sun going down (and a loved up crowd). Everytime I hear a song by them my hair stands up on end, but Somewhere Only We Know just stands out above the rest. Foo were good too.

Answer 7

may not be to everyone's liking but...

2Pac - Hit Em Up

Reminds me the days when it was so controversial it was effectively banned...

but so many of guys back in the days when we were boys, would listen to the track, try to remember the lines, try to sing word by word by different people, and generally having a good time without spoiling it for others, which is what often happens (chavs/townies etc).

It always reminds of the bad times as well as the good, how people had to struggle with exams and coursework, basically the agression on the song gets passed down to you and somehow inverts itself into motivating you!!!

Answer 8

Purple rain by Prince. I was always a nice, good girl, even during my teen years, but once when I was 14 or 15 I copied a casette with Prince's songs, and was listnening to it the whole day, which drove my parents mad. In the end they required to switch the player off, but I wouldn't, and it all finished with a huge row, with me in tears, but still listening to Purple Rain under my duvet! When I hear it now, it makes me feel the taste of freedom on my tongue!

Answer 9

"A Walk In The Black Forest" - a piano number by a German pianist by the name of Hans Jakorski which was No.1 many many moons ago! It reminds me of (of all things!) standing by the window of a barrack room whilst I was in a British army Corps Band doing a tour of Germany, and seeing a double-decked trolleybus towing a single-deck trailer go along the road outside!

Answer 10

aaliyah more then a woman always reminds me of my first boyfriend. It's good memories and that song seems to explain our relationship perfectly. It's more or less bittersweet though because I thought that he was the one, but apparently not.