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Buff
03-26-2014, 09:23 AM
For me listening to Hotel California is almost a religious experience every single time - and I've probably heard the song thousands of times at this point.

I have a couple high school memories in particular - and this song always takes me back to that place and time in my life. Lots of songs remind me of certain times in my life - but this one in particular always seems to be a little bit more moving. Same goes with Pink Floyd's Time.

What song does it for you?

Northman
03-26-2014, 09:27 AM
Im pretty close, at least in terms for era. For me its either Gary Wright's "Dream Weaver" or Zebra's 80's anthem "Who's Behind the Door?".


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-DmAh0dObI


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhOMbw2jcC8

OrangeHoof
03-26-2014, 10:22 AM
Funny, The Eagles' "Best Of My Love" makes me depressed because it played constantly at the same time I was breaking up with a girl. I'm not sad about the girl anymore but the song still brings back waves of sorrow.

MOtorboat
03-26-2014, 10:23 AM
1979.

Northman
03-26-2014, 10:27 AM
Funny, The Eagles' "Best Of My Love" makes me depressed because it played constantly at the same time I was breaking up with a girl. I'm not sad about the girl anymore but the song still brings back waves of sorrow.

Yea, sadly there is a song like the for me way back when too. Nazareth's "Love Hurts" which got played like repeatedly by some friends the night my lady and broke up. Now, Missy has that knowledge and that vinyl and i tell her "Play this record is fine, just not that song" (which annoys the shit out of me now) and she always teases she will play it anyway. lol

Buff
03-26-2014, 10:30 AM
Man, this could easily turn into a breakup song thread, because those always make you nostalgic.

This was my ex and I's song and it always brings my mood down a few notches:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zN4_7hq77g&feature=kp

MasterShake
03-26-2014, 10:41 AM
1979.

I was just going to post that. That song hit right when I was 17. I bought the double album cassette about a week after its release on my birthday (I WAS POOR) and wore it out. That song and album was the backdrop to a great summer and a really carefree time period in my life that I will always remember fondly.

MOtorboat
03-26-2014, 10:46 AM
I was just going to post that. That song hit right when I was 17. I bought the double album cassette about a week after its release on my birthday (I WAS POOR) and wore it out. That song and album was the backdrop to a great summer and a really carefree time period in my life that I will always remember fondly.

I was 15. Had a friend, who was 16, down the street who had a 1970s Riviera (I think) that we cruised around in aimlessly, so when that video came out we were, like 'That's us!' And we listened to it over and over.

Buff
03-26-2014, 10:56 AM
I didn't buy Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness until like 2000 as a 16 year old with my KMart discount. But then it stayed in my cd player all summer along with Metallica's Ride the Lightning and Sublime... Ah, what a summer with my new driver's license. Getting nostalgic.

BroncoNut
03-26-2014, 11:00 AM
songs that remind me of summertime as a youth. the summertime crushes, the 4-H fair, cool and the gang, air supply, Jackson browne, offhand those artists. more though. Olivia newton jon (some songs I think.

Northman
03-26-2014, 11:01 AM
youngins...

Davii
03-26-2014, 11:13 AM
Other than North, it seems we're all in the sameish age group. I was a senior in high school when 1979 came out. Great song.

For me it's almost anything from Nirvana. We also wore out Metallica and Pearl Jam tapes.

MasterShake
03-26-2014, 11:18 AM
Other than North, it seems we're all in the sameish age group. I was a senior in high school when 1979 came out. Great song.

For me it's almost anything from Nirvana. We also wore out Metallica and Pearl Jam tapes.

Good lord I'm having flashbacks. I remember a heavy rotation of Pearl Jam, NIN, Oasis, Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam, and Stone Temple Pilots in my old 1992 Geo Prizm. If I was feeling really patient I'd make a mix tape with all of them on it!

Speaking of Oasis, the album Whats the Story (Morning Glory) was the only tape I would switch out with Mellon Collie at the time:

r8OipmKFDeM

Northman
03-26-2014, 11:20 AM
Could never really get into Oasis outside of "Champagne Supernova". But did love me a lot of this album,


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao-Sahfy7Hg

chazoe60
03-26-2014, 11:24 AM
I've got a few.
Add It Up by The Violent Femmes

Under The Bridge by The Red Hot Chili Peppers

Radio by Rancid

Black Sunshine by White Zombie

Mother by Danzig

Northman
03-26-2014, 11:25 AM
Yea, Zombie was good fing tunes back then.

BroncoJoe
03-26-2014, 11:25 AM
Too many to list, and the list could be quite embarrassing.

MasterShake
03-26-2014, 11:26 AM
Could never really get into Oasis outside of "Champagne Supernova". But did love me a lot of this album,


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao-Sahfy7Hg

The remastered version of Pretty Hate Machine came out a few years ago and sounds fantastic. Can't wait to see them and Soundgarden at Red Rocks in July.

Outside of me and MO, I don't think there are many Oasis fans here. They are a difficult group to like but I dug that British resurgence with Blur, Pulp, Suede, etc.

Northman
03-26-2014, 11:27 AM
The remastered version of Pretty Hate Machine came out a few years ago and sounds fantastic.

:shocked:

Must have.......

Buff
03-26-2014, 11:29 AM
The opening guitar riff in Head Like a Hole always makes me want to run through a wall. I get amped just thinking about it!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kB-d7nann38

CoachChaz
03-26-2014, 11:31 AM
1989. I was in the sack with some random chick and "The Power" by Snap came on the radio. For some reason...everytime I shagged a girl since then, that song pops into my head.

The first time I was ever truly bit by the lovebug, I remember having a thing for "Always" by Atlantic Starr...yeah...cheesy. lol

Other than that...it would have to be "Bring the Noise" by Public Enemy. Song came out in 1987 and that was probably the most memorable year of my youth. To this day, I can still remember and recite every lyric to that song by heart.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm6DO_7px1I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTF97_ve118

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_Jeyif7bB4

Northman
03-26-2014, 11:32 AM
Outside of me and MO, I don't think there are many Oasis fans here. They are a difficult group to like but I dug that British resurgence with Blur, Pulp, Suede, etc.

There are a couple of bands that have a similiar sound that i mentioned in another thread some time ago. If you like Oasis you will probably dig White Lies, Junius, or One Night Only (albeit with a 80's pop vibe).

Another great and underrated band from the early nineties.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms-qNNyknPo

CoachChaz
03-26-2014, 11:32 AM
I've got a few.
Add It Up by The Violent Femmes

Under The Bridge by The Red Hot Chili Peppers

Radio by Rancid

Black Sunshine by White Zombie

Mother by Danzig

Sean Yseult's bass line in Black Sunshine was badass

Buff
03-26-2014, 11:34 AM
I've got a few.
Add It Up by The Violent Femmes

Under The Bridge by The Red Hot Chili Peppers

Radio by Rancid

Black Sunshine by White Zombie

Mother by Danzig

Under the Bridge is high on the list for me. Good call.

Davii
03-26-2014, 01:18 PM
Good lord I'm having flashbacks. I remember a heavy rotation of Pearl Jam, NIN, Oasis, Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam, and Stone Temple Pilots in my old 1992 Geo Prizm. If I was feeling really patient I'd make a mix tape with all of them on it!

Speaking of Oasis, the album Whats the Story (Morning Glory) was the only tape I would switch out with Mellon Collie at the time:

r8OipmKFDeM

Get XM radio, Lithium is pretty damn near a mix tape of awesome.

slim
03-26-2014, 01:25 PM
E7t8eoA_1jQ

MOtorboat
03-26-2014, 01:28 PM
*******-A Wonderwall and Champagne Supernova take me back...

MasterShake
03-26-2014, 03:11 PM
Get XM radio, Lithium is pretty damn near a mix tape of awesome.

I have XM and yes it is.

atwater27
03-26-2014, 04:17 PM
Winds of change- Scorpions

Summertime- Dj jazzy Jeff and the fresh prince

In Your Wildest Dreams- Moody Blues

Enjoy the Silence- Depeche Mode

Anything from Def Lepard Hysteria album

Nothing Else Matters- Metallica

Dapper Dan
03-26-2014, 04:32 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4zPEmRufMU


My dad used to sing this song all the time when I was little.

Dapper Dan
03-26-2014, 04:35 PM
A lot of country music from the 70s, 80s, and 90s. That's what played on the radio a lot when I was little. So when I hear several songs in that category, it takes me back.

MileHighCrew
03-26-2014, 05:03 PM
Doesn't really matter which version, this song always brings back a lot of memories

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=n1LOm69hpR0

MileHighCrew
03-26-2014, 05:08 PM
But also these songs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=QHapDS2fcFE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=tM0sTNtWDiI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=byEGjLU2egA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=oIo8GhjGagg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=xCChxBSRo1Y

and many more

MOtorboat
03-26-2014, 05:12 PM
The Proclaimers make me just think of How I Met Your Mother now.

chazoe60
03-26-2014, 05:19 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4zPEmRufMU


My dad used to sing this song all the time when I was little.
Excellent pick. There's something about that song that makes it extremely singable. I sing it all the time, my wife thinks I'm nuts.

I used to listen to CCR Chronicle Vol. 1 on repeat while I read Stephen King's The Stand (unabridged version) which is still one of my absolute favorite books. To this day I can't think about that book in any way without CCR playing in my head.


Anything by Don Williams brings up emotions also.

Dapper Dan
03-26-2014, 05:27 PM
Excellent pick. There's something about that song that makes it extremely singable. I sing it all the time, my wife thinks I'm nuts.

I used to listen to CCR Chronicle Vol. 1 on repeat while I read Stephen King's The Stand (unabridged version) which is still one of my absolute favorite books. To this day I can't think about that book in any way without CCR playing in my head.


Anything by Don Williams brings up emotions also.

Don Williams is awesome.

MileHighCrew
03-26-2014, 05:59 PM
The Proclaimers make me just think of How I Met Your Mother now.
My mom use to listen to that song when I was a kid.

Northman
03-26-2014, 06:44 PM
I actually posted this in the "listening" now thread a while back but im curious what some of you guys think. This band started out pretty much as experimental black metal but has morphed into a more post-rock/metal band at this point. For you guys who dig that whole 90's era alternative rock era you may actually dig this. Tell me what you think.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Xc29DnaKM0

Buff
03-26-2014, 08:23 PM
As I go through this thread I am reminded how much all music ends up being nostalgic.... All of your guys' songs are bringing back memories - Winds of Change, 18 and Life, CCR. Good stuff.

atwater27
03-26-2014, 08:48 PM
Oh damn. forgot She Sells Sanctuary by the Cult

MOtorboat
03-26-2014, 08:56 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLQ2TIul8pI

Dzone
03-26-2014, 09:55 PM
As I go through this thread I am reminded how much all music ends up being nostalgic.... All of your guys' songs are bringing back memories - Winds of Change, 18 and Life, CCR. Good stuff.
Ya, I agree. Songs get anchored deep into our brain and get associated with memories and past feelings. We hear the song and it triggers off a neurochemical kind of thing.
Man, there are so many songs, hard to narrow down to one song. So much Springsteen in the 90s. U2. Runnin down a dream... Some of those 80 and 90s night club tunes take me back to Greenville avenue in Dallas and too many late wild nights, waking up going how the **** did I end up here, and too young a dumb to know any better. The Cure-Just like heaven..Ya that is probably the song from that era..I boned a lot of chicks to this song lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RS_ux2H473I

Dzone
03-26-2014, 10:02 PM
Somoene mentioned this song...That song is a freakin anthem ....its just raw ...the drums and guitar are just too ******* good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAdRCUsqg-U
This is Red Rocks!!! U2 before everyone knew who they were...glorious

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dL6FPMjZhAc

HORSEPOWER 56
04-16-2014, 07:50 PM
Anything off of Jane's Addiction's "Nothing's Shocking" but "Summertime Rolls" in particular. The wife and I listened to that album (and Ritual De Lo Habitual) non stop when we were dating. We saw them twice together back in the day (including the first Lollapalooza). We just saw Jane's about a year ago on their "Great Escape Artist" tour and pretty much everything they played was off those two albums. It was phenomenal!

Also, anything by The Cure does it too. My wife was (and still is) really big into Jane's and The Cure (old stuff) so anytime I hear it it takes me back.

olathebroncofan
04-16-2014, 08:31 PM
Slow Love by Doc Box and B-Fresh

"Bust it"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tbRI3O3qCs

atwater27
04-16-2014, 10:24 PM
http://youtu.be/s8rR7E6NfY4

tomjonesrocks
04-16-2014, 11:02 PM
REM's Green album for some reason. Just timing/age I think as even if I'm picking a fave REM album I'd pick something else.

I was pretty much into nothing but metal up to that point and for whatever reason I was suddenly able to appreciate a lot of other music.

Anyway, inexplicably, my tastes broadened dramatically right around that time and that stands out as the time marker.