Have you ever had an album you couldn't listen to anymore...?

Question

...because it reminded you too much of someone?

*inspired by Sylvia and Sarah's Q's...

Mine: Death Cab for Cutie - Plans. I went through a really horrible breakup at the time this came out. Every song seemed to apply to our relationship in one way or another (except What Sarah Said). After all was said and done I had to chuck the album because it brought back too many memories. Thus my transformation to the emo side was complete.

Rckts - I had an ex that wouldn't allow me to play Siamese Dream either. It triggered some deep memories for her or something.

Tangerine - Van Hagar or Van Halen?

Haha@Spencer... yeah..Sublime will do that for you.

Sookie - I used to play Black over and over when I broke up with my first long term relationship... now it's one of those songs I don't care to hear..not that it effects me or anything...

Answer 1

I've since gotten over it, but "Disintegration " by the Cure was a tough one for me for many years.

I had a dear, dear friend in high school who was killed in a car accident at sixteen. She wasn't wearing her seatbelt and suffered massive internal injuries when the car flipped. In a style that was typical of her, she instructed the paramedics to go help the other passengers, and died on the scene.

Anyway, she was a HUGE Cure fan, and Disintigration had just been released shortly before the accident, and she was obsessed with the album - it was her favorite and always in heavy rotation...It just made me think too much of her.

Answer 2

Masterplan - Into the Light and Dream Theater - Another Day are both too painful to listen to after losing my mother 5 years ago.

Tesla's "Wonderful World" was very hard to listen after 9/11. The lyric "saw a picture and it ain't so pretty, from the west coast to New York City. I've seen the world, it's such a pity, we'll be here on our own" would always grab me by the chest, especially living in the NY area.

Answer 3

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon.

Prior to its release, Pink Floyd were not the household name they've become. In the late 60's they had an underground following, and by 1971 had begun to slowly break ground in North America.
With the release of DSotM, suddenly this once obscure band had become popular with all the posers, jocks, and others who would have turned their nose up to the band only a couple of years earlier. It was a massive commercial success, which can be thought of as a good thing by some, or a bad thing by others (sell out).
I suppose it can be compared to the Seattle grunge scene in the late 80's. Many of those bands were underground, and had a sort of cult following. Then suddenly, MTV along with all the major labels saw a potential to capitalize on this.
The end result being that several of those bands lost many followers, but gained a whole new legion of fans who were just slightly more mainstream. Pink Floyd suffered a similar fate, which paid off financially in the end.
To this day I have a tough time listening to DSotM, or anything that came after; Wish You Were Here, Animals, The Wall, etc simply because of their overexposure(radio) and commercialism.
Though I do have faint memories of actually really enjoying 'Dark Side of the Moon' for a whole 6 months or so back in the spring and summer of 1973.

Edit - Given2Fly - I only just noticed the second part of your question, sorry about that.
There is a song by Wishbone Ash called 'Silver Shoes' that I have a difficult time listening to. It was my kid sisters favorite song, and she requested that it be played at her funeral several years ago. I do play it every year on the anniversary of her passing, but only after drinking several beers.

Answer 4

There were some songs/albums that were difficult for me to listen to around 1999/2000. A lot of what was on the radio at the time was difficult to listen to, it all reminded me too much of my ex. But I think by 2002, those songs didn't bother me so much. There had also been some songs that didn't really have much to do with my relationship, but the emotion in the song would really get to me....like "Black" by Pearl Jam, "With Or Without You" by U2, or "Thank You" be Led Zeppelin.

Answer 5

There are several CDs from around the mid 90's that are still too painful to listen to due to memories stemming from a bad break up. Must admit it's sort of a shame because other than the association, these were really good albums.

Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Porno For Pyros - self titled
Suede - self titled

Answer 6

Not an album, but I couldn't listen to the song Linger by The Cranberries for a long, long time.

It took me a while to get over this guy I had been dating for almost 2 years. I was out with my friends one night when we clearly saw him out with another girl.

Thankfully I am over that now since Linger is such a beautiful song and The Cranberries are about amazing!

Answer 7

Due to two exes, I couldn't listen to Pink Floyd or R.E.M. for the longest time, any album. But I now have Greatest Hits CD's for both of them. I disassociated the songs from the relationships over time, and realized that both guys ended up actually giving me an appreciation for those bands. The relationships ended but the music remains, and I'm thankful for that.

Answer 8

Yes! REM's Up album reminds me so much of my ex boyfriend that i've stashed it away. It was something I listened to all the time while I was with him (when it first came out), so now too many of the songs remind me of him. He totally ruined that album for me, and it sucks!

I also had to put away my Sublime cd's because i'm trying to stay away from the weed. And I cannot listen to them without firing one up!

Answer 9

Hmmmm, the summer Metallica's Black album came out I was 16 and hanging round with my bunch of mates. We used to hang at my friend's house, which backed on to mine. In hindsight, me and my friend were both systematically ****** over by the rest of the gang, but you can't really put your finger on it at the time. Anyway, we used to sit in and listen to the Black album A LOT, smoking and drinking too much and being thoroughly depressed. So I can't listen to it anymore because it reminds me of bad teenage times.

Answer 10

Anything by Abba or "Dance The Night Away" by Van Halen
They were My Former Fiancee's favorites. She passed away 20 years ago in 1987