Songs and What They Mean To You [Archive]

08-29-2003, 12:49 PM

What songs from your past bring back the most memories? What songs remind you of a special event or person in your life? What song always evokes a smile?

For What it's Worth by The Buffalo Springfield reminds me of the Viet Nam war and all the protest songs that came from that war.
Anytime I hear a song by Creed, I am reminded of my trip to Chicago to see my son graduate from boot camp. (He loves Creed). /infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif
Stuck in the Middle With You by Steelers Wheel reminds me of all my buddies here on forums! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif
Just today I heard the Mickey MOuse song and it reminded me of Missouriboy. /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif
So I ask, what songs bring back memories for you?

08-29-2003, 12:49 PM

R.M. Greenman

08-29-2003, 03:08 PM

"Abracadabra" By THE STEVE MILLER BAND reminds of the summer of '82. A very good summer! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

08-29-2003, 03:20 PM

While traveling through Colorado in the early70s...John Denvers "Back Home Again"had just come out and was receiving alot of airtime .I couldnt get enough of it ..and still enjoy playing it on the guitar and singing along.....There's a storm across the valley...clouds are rollin in....Owoooooh !!! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif Outdoorbare

08-30-2003, 10:53 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote">quote:<HR>Originally posted by outdoorbare:
While traveling through Colorado in the early70s...John Denvers "Back Home Again"... Outdoorbare <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Great story Odie! Now I've got "Sunshine on my Shoulders" stuck in my head! /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif And it is crowding the voices. /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif (Not your fault, someone serenaded me with that song recently.) /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

R.M. Greenman.... was that a magic summer for you? /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

NudeAl

08-30-2003, 03:36 PM

When I moved back to my home state of Oregon for a couple of years with winter temps staying below zero for weeks on end. The song California Dreaming was playing through my head rather frequently.

08-30-2003, 04:54 PM

NudeAl...I didn't think Oregon got that cold..Must have been Eastern Oregon or in the Mountains...Hmmmm? Outdoorbare /infopop/emoticons/icon_confused.gif

R.M. Greenman

08-30-2003, 05:41 PM

hw, one of many.

To me the best summer was '87 ( my so called summer of love)

To all you older than me, I was only 2 in '69 so that can't count.

"Talk Dirty to Me." by Poison is the song that brings '87 back to me. /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

08-30-2003, 05:53 PM

S.M.A.

09-02-2003, 10:38 AM

This may sound crazy, but I have a fond memory of Gordon Lightfoot's "Sundown." I remember being in this supermarket outside Kansas City about two years ago, hearing this song in the cereals/breads aisle, and just struting to the beat.

Another song I have fond memories of is "Africa" by Toto. When I was little, my mom would have the local lite-rock station on the radio in the living room when she was cleaning the house, and this song was in the rotation even though it was a hit nearly five years before.

missouriboy

09-02-2003, 10:59 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote">quote:<HR>Originally posted by hw:

Just today I heard the Mickey MOuse song and it reminded me of Missouriboy. /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>WOW! What an association! Those voices are truly powerful, aren't they? /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

{...on the breast of a newfallen snow...} /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

09-02-2003, 11:46 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote">quote:<HR>Originally posted by missouriboy: <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>WOW! What an association! Those voices are truly powerful, aren't they? /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif {...on the breast of a newfallen snow...} /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif [/QB][/QUOTE]

Moboy, just saying "hi", to you and the voices! /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif Speaking of association...I " Cherish " all the SA's I have had the pleasure of befriending here on the BB's! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

S.M.A.....great story! I think we all associate certain songs with certain times in our lives, good or bad. The voices tell me I am not in Kansas anymore. /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif Well, Toto or ta-ta for now. /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

fred950

09-05-2003, 08:35 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote">quote:<HR>Originally posted by missouriboy:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote">quote:<HR>Originally posted by hw:

Just today I heard the Mickey MOuse song and it reminded me of Missouriboy. /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>WOW! What an association! Those voices are truly powerful, aren't they? /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

{...on the breast of a newfallen snow...} /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Well, gee. I thought everybody knew Walt Disney spent much of his childhood in Marceline, a small town in north central MO.

fred950

09-05-2003, 08:51 PM

For me, Carol King's You've Got a Friend is one of my most special songs. It was a favorite of a very special girlfriend of mine. She was a free spirit type, played that song almost continually and, to the best she could, tried to live it. She was killed in a car crash in 1978 and to this day I feel her presence every time I hear it.
/infopop/emoticons/icon_frown.gif

09-06-2003, 11:11 AM

fred950...That was a great song...I also enjoyed singing it with my folk guitar..."When you're doooown and troubled...."Owooooo /infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif Outdoorbare

Mrs. Bates

09-13-2003, 10:03 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote">quote:<HR>Originally posted by R.M. Greenman:
hw, one of many.

To me the best summer was '87 ( my so called summer of love)

To all you older than me, I was only 2 in '69 so that can't count.

"Talk Dirty to Me." by Poison is the song that brings '87 back to me. /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
[b]
Well, I was only two back in the summer of '87, so that year doesn't work for me either! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

In fact, I don't think I've had a summer! /infopop/emoticons/icon_frown.gif

However, two songs this topic brings to mind are

1. "Hero" by the Verve Pipe. Without it, I would've barely made it through my sophomore year of high school.

2. "Tonight, Tonight" by the Smashing Pumpkins. Way back when, my mom would forbid us to listen to any 'secular' music or watch MTV. So, after my parents separated, my sister and I would go to our "Disneyland Dad"'s house, where he would let us watch the accursed channel. "Tonight Tonight" was the first video I'd ever seen, so I guess it was special to me because it was my first taste of a 'forbidden fruit'. /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

R.M. Greenman

09-13-2003, 11:20 PM

hw, I think I'll be meeting you soon at the ol' folks home.

1987 couln't have been that long ago? Could it?

MRS. Bates, that would make you about 18 right?

I am 18! For the 18th time! Well, 18 years ago I was 18.

HEY! WHO LIKES NUMEROLOGY? /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

09-14-2003, 06:18 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote">quote:<HR>Originally posted by R.M. Greenman:
hw, I think I'll be meeting you soon at the ol' folks home.
1987 couln't have been that long ago? Could it?
MRS. Bates, that would make you about 18 right?
I am 18! For the 18th time! Well, 18 years ago I was 18.
HEY! WHO LIKES NUMEROLOGY? /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>R.M....Sure, " I'll Be There " at the ol' folks home in a couple of weeks, just for a visit though. /infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif Should I reserve a room for you? /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif
I have an 18 year old son, does that count towards me being 18....again? /infopop/emoticons/icon_confused.gif
Hmmmmmmmm, let's see I was born in.......the year is ......times 7....ummmmm. Oh no! In dog years I'm.....ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

Now what was the name of that song by Johnny Horton....The Battle of???????????? Hey Odie, can you help me out with this one? I sure envied the "British" in one line of that song. /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

My theme song could be, " They're coming to take me away", by Napoleon The XIV /infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

barelybob

09-14-2003, 06:42 AM

Growing up means you have to grow old. I prefer Peter Pan's way. /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

wannabenaked2001

09-14-2003, 09:56 AM

When I was in college some of my buddies and I went to a near-by town festival to catch up with my girlfriend and some of her friends. When I finnally found her she was with another guy. It really bummed me out. My buddies and I piled back into the car, and on the way home "in the air at night" by Phil Collins came on the radio. I always think of her and that night when I hear that song.

09-14-2003, 01:57 PM

Hw...Greetings from the Old Folks Home...I fondly remember..I think...The Battle Of New Orleans....In 1814 we took a little trip...???and we met the bloody British...???We grabbed an aligator and we went another round..We filled his mouth with cannonballs and powdered his behind and when we lit the powder off the gator lost his ...Welllll we fired our guns and the British kept a cumen...Is that the one???...Ah yes I remember it well..My Fair Lady.... /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif Odie

09-14-2003, 02:43 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote">quote:<HR>Originally posted by outdoorbare:
Hw...Greetings from the Old Folks Home...I fondly remember..I think...The Battle Of New Orleans....In 1814 we took a little trip...???and we met the bloody British...???We grabbed an aligator and we went another round..We filled his mouth with cannonballs and powdered his behind and when we lit the powder off the gator lost his ...Welllll we fired our guns and the British kept a cumen...Is that the one???...Ah yes I remember it well..My Fair Lady.... /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif Odie <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Thanks Odie! I just knew'd I could count on you. /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif Butt, didn't that aligator lose his mind? I have empathy. Keep your powder dry! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

09-14-2003, 05:05 PM

Hw ...Ah yes ...mind rhymes with behind...butt mind isn't what got powdered......Watch out what and where gets powdered or you could loose it too...or have we lost it already ? /infopop/emoticons/icon_confused.gif ...must be those voices... /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif Odie

09-14-2003, 07:25 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote">quote:<HR>Originally posted by outdoorbare:
Hw ...Ah yes ...mind rhymes with behind...butt mind isn't what got powdered......Watch out what and where gets powdered or you could loose it too...or have we lost it already ? /infopop/emoticons/icon_confused.gif ...must be those voices... /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif Odie <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Yes Odie, we may have lost it, but some of us are willing to try to get it back. /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif I honestly don't think you've lost it though. /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif I "BAREly" remember that song, butt the melody lingers...kind of like, "It's a Small World". /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif
The song that reminds me most of you is, "Thank God I'm a Country Boy, by John Denver. /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif I still envy those British! /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif
Have a great evening....

09-14-2003, 07:48 PM

Hmmmm.????..." Thank God I'm A Country Boy" is that the one about fiddling around, rosening up the bow and the kids are asleep so we keep it kind of low...eeehaaa!!!Its cumming back to me now..Odie /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif Life ain't nothin but a funny funny riddle.....

Suntied

09-15-2003, 08:44 AM

There is a new song on country radio that should be a favorite to us all. Just the title of that song fits me to a "T": "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems"
If you haven't heard it, it is by Kenny Chesney and it isn't TOO Country for you country music haters (no dead dogs, pick-ups stuck in the mud, or broken hearts). He may have a web sight so you can give it a listen. Kennychesney.com? One of the lines it says, "Let's get packed, tank tops and flip flops... if you've got 'em" in other words, if you don't... who cares and he doesn't make any mention of pants through the whole song... hee hee. /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif

/infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif Suntied /infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif

09-15-2003, 09:46 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote">quote:<HR>Originally posted by Suntied:
There is a new song on country radio that should be a favorite to us all. Just the title of that song fits me to a "T": "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems"
If you haven't heard it, it is by Kenny Chesney and it isn't TOO Country for you country music haters (no dead dogs, pick-ups stuck in the mud, or broken hearts). He may have a web sight so you can give it a listen. Kennychesney.com? One of the lines it says, "Let's get packed, tank tops and flip flops... if you've got 'em" in other words, if you don't... who cares and he doesn't make any mention of pants through the whole song... hee hee. /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif

/infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif Suntied /infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Welcome back...Kotter! /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif Nice to see you again Suntied! Yeah we tease him a lot....welcome back, welcome back.....to that same ol' place that you laughed about! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Jochanaan

09-17-2003, 11:48 AM

Hmmm...The "songs" that I keep in mind are mostly things like Bach's Brandenburg Concertos, Beethoven's symphonies, Mahler's Symphony of a Thousand...

Of those, the last movement of Beethoven's Fifth sometimes takes me back to Nebraska All-State Fine Arts Camp in 1975, where a girl about my age flirted with me with lines like "Do you want to see more?" (after flipping up a skirt to show shorts). "Finlandia" by Sibelius can remind me of the next year and a lovely girl who played oboe (beautifully) next to me in band and liked to wear halter tops. (OMG, I haven't remembered her in years! I had a furious crush on her for several months.)

R.M. Greenman

09-17-2003, 05:04 PM

hw, I'm confused /infopop/emoticons/icon_confused.gif . At one point you said I reminded you of one of your kids.

So I pictured you as being near my mothers age.

Then you said you have a son who is 18. If I had kids right out of high school they would be near 18.

How old are you? /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif Did I just ask you that? /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif You don't have to answer that. Forget I said anything.

I'll just picture you as a 20 something.

09-18-2003, 08:15 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote">quote:<HR>Originally posted by R.M. Greenman:
hw, I'm confused /infopop/emoticons/icon_confused.gif . At one point you said I reminded you of one of your kids.
So I pictured you as being near my mothers age.
Then you said you have a son who is 18. If I had kids right out of high school they would be near 18.
How old are you? /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif Did I just ask you that? /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif You don't have to answer that. Forget I said anything.
I'll just picture you as a 20 something. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>R.M. you say the sweetest things! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif But, alas, 20 something is just a faded memory for me. /infopop/emoticons/icon_frown.gif
Speaking of memories, I went to a concert last night and watched one of the great bands from my growing up years...Chicago!!!!!! They were fantastic! /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif They sang and played just like they used to...." Time....does anybody really know what time it is?", "Hard Habit to Break", "Color My World", "25 or 6 2 4" .
(There is a hint in here somewhere of my age. /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif ) Check your PM this am. /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

R.M. Greenman

09-18-2003, 09:17 PM

hw, after looking at your file I see that you are way too young to be my mother.

I have to tell you the first song I ever sang as a toddler, see if you remember it.

"Chickaboom, chickaboom" by Daddy Dewdrop

Dontcha just love it?

"Last night I had a crazy dream about a chick in a black bikini!
She looked so good she couldn't be real. She must be a magic jennie!
Chickaboom, chickaboom. Don'tcha just love it!"

/infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif I can't believe I remember those words after all these years /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

missouriboy

09-19-2003, 06:38 AM

When my daughter was a toddler she had a tough time repeating "Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang." /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

09-19-2003, 09:03 PM

R.M. I sure do remember "Chickaboom". /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif Do you remember "My Ding-a-ling" by Chuck Berry? /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

Moboy...your daughter would have fit right in here. Many ppl around these parts confuse the "CH" sound with the "SH" sound, adults as well as children! /infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif Shickaboom....by Shuck Berry, don't ya just love it? /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

barelybob

09-20-2003, 05:40 AM

A friend of mine years ago would realize that he needed some cash for the following day after having consumed a quantity of beer. Being too drunk to write legibly, he would ask the bartender to fill out his "sheck".

Don't worry, he always had a ride home. /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

missouriboy

09-23-2003, 12:47 AM

Perhaps he was the impatient drunk who banged his fist on the bar and yelled, "Wheresh my drink?"

The busy bartender yelled back, "I'm busy, wait a minute!"

"Well, OK, but choo bedder hurry up, becaush it doeshn't take ME very long to WAIT a minute!"

R.M.GREENMAN2

11-08-2003, 06:32 PM

I had to bring this thread back for Stu and Rocket/Whoever.

"We're not gonna take it! No! WE ain't gonna take it, ANYMORE!"

We've got the right to choose it,
no way we're gonna loose it!
This is our life, this is our song!

Your life is over rated,
boring and confiscated.
If that's your best, your best won't do!

I think that's how it goes! /infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif

gamblefish

11-09-2003, 03:18 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote">quote:<HR>Originally posted by missouriboy:
Perhaps he was the impatient drunk who banged his fist on the bar and yelled, "Wheresh my drink?"

The busy bartender yelled back, "I'm busy, wait a minute!"

"Well, OK, but choo bedder hurry up, becaush it doeshn't take ME very long to WAIT a minute!" <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Hey mizzboy!! That reminds me of this slow guy at work...someone said that he is so slow it takes him an hour and a half to watch 60 Minutes... /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

11-09-2003, 02:07 PM

Gamblefish,

That reminds of the guy who told me that when someone complained about the speed at which he worked in construction, he would say to them, "I have two speeds. If you don't like this one, I KNOW you won't like the other one." /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif