What song takes you back.........

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i thought it would be kewl to see what songs take u back to your younger years.........there's certain ones for me that always remind me of a time and place when i was growing up.

for instance, every time i hear "don't let the sun catch you crying" by gerry and the pacemakers it takes me back to a saturday afternoon of slot car racing with my friends from school. i remember that song playing at the slot track.........how warm the day was, (fall day octoberish) the cars that me and my buddy pat had, and the fun.

for some reason, that song always reminds me of that day at the track, on alameda across from the villa italia mall, in lakewood colorado, it is like i was there yesterday......i think i was in the 6th grade.

there are others that i can't think of right now (probably because i am currently listening to a beach boys record )

what takes you back?
higgs
 
For me is always Here Comes the Sun. I was staring out the back window of the Family Jeep on a road trip. looking at the trees and the sun shining through.
 
For me, different songs take me different places.
* "Yesterday" (Beatles) - a certain girl in high school
* Almost anything by The Beach Boys or Jan & Dean takes me back to all of high school
* "Cherish" (The Association) - my ex-wifes and my 'song'
* "The Poor Side of Town" (Johnny Rivers) - brings back certain memories
* "Can't Help Falling In Love" (Elvis) - after dating my wife for awhile

...and of course "Little Old Lady From Pasadena" (Jan & Dean) is all things Mopar
 
Man, there's so many I can't begin to name 'em, and until the names come up, I've forgotten many

I've always like "a little" of just about every kind of music except real heavy metal, heavy jazz, and I refuse to admit that "RAP" is even music
 
well for some of us, younger days were not that long ago :jocolor:

but I have a good memory with an older song that could classify as rock I guess.

I was waiting in the airport in Dubai, Saudi Arabia en route to Houston,Tx....and I was dozing off (long layover) but I could hear music from a vendor near by and if anyone has ever been there ...this airport is largest one on the planet so they have stores and vendors selling everything you can think of in there .....well near where I was waiting was a vendor selling music CDs and he was having a promotion on "AmreeKAN" classic rock and he was playing this song, he was trying to unload his stock of American Music ......this song sounded so clear and it stuck in my brain ...now every time I hear it ....I get taken back to that memory of when I was traveling a lot.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsx3nGoKIN8"]Yes - Owner Of A Lonely Heart (Official Music Video) - YouTube[/ame]
 
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3SVYV2HY5M"]Kingdom Come - Kingdom Come (Full Album) 1988 - YouTube[/ame]
 
Rock N Roll Fantasy,Takes me back to my teen years,my 67 Cougar,and the 2 sisters I use to date...................................Jeff
 
Great tune Rani! I was just a youngun when it came out, but have always loved it. My choice would be AC/DC'S Are you ready?. I was 18 I think when that album came out, and the cassette was in heavy rotation in my Dart!
 
Rolling Stones... Honky Tonk Woman, Makes me thing of cruising with a good friend back in 69 in his 67 GTX. His name was Donnie Ervin from Pateros Wa. He passed away a few years ago from a heart attack. R.I.P. Weasel!
 
Wow Higgs, I remember that slot car track aswell, raced there many times. Mine would have tobe Led Zep 1 Hartbrake girl and Livinlovin maid, just about wore that thing out on the turn table.
 
This song sort of came out before my time, but then....I got into music really early, so.......man, I thought this song was so bad *** I think it altered my DNA!

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg_Nw20GG0E"]Mississippi Queen Video - YouTube[/ame]

Or.......Faces are bad ***, and Ron Wood especially....

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umxx2Qjxfww"]THE FACES & ROD STEWART - Miss Judy's Farm (1972 UK TV Appearance) ~ HIGH QUALITY HQ ~ - YouTube[/ame]
 
Sorry for this, but I'm from the class of 1986.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDnNF5cHCdo"]Duran Duran - The Reflex - YouTube[/ame]
 
Even though he was an unmitigated complete A-hole, I always liked this from "The Doors"

Of course "we" never had "music videos" back then. Hell we didn't have ANY videos LOL

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lS-af9Q-zvQ"]The Doors - Riders On The Storm (ORIGINAL!) - driving with Jim - YouTube[/ame]

Just about anything Carly Simon did was OK with me

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Zz8mbqtgO8"]Carly Simon - You Belong To Me - YouTube[/ame]

Who could not like the Righteous Brothers?

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiiyq2xrSI0"]Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody (High Quality) - YouTube[/ame]

Dusty Springfield, now there's a name I haven't thought of in one hell of a long time........

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBwSN0Yw5l0"]Re: Dusty Springfield-you don't have to say you love me - YouTube[/ame]

Santana..............

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij4gc8iBDaI"]Santana - Black Magic Woman 1971 - YouTube[/ame]

If you don't like Jefferson Airplane and more to the point Grace Slick, then I don' know what.......

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIkoSPqjaU4"]Jefferson Airplane - Somebody To Love - YouTube[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WANNqr-vcx0"]Jefferson Airplane -White Rabbit- - YouTube[/ame]

Pink Floyd, nothing else to say

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mKDvp7MavQ"]PINK FLOYD - Learning To Fly - YouTube[/ame]

ELO baby..........

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qj8kMmUxkSE"]Electric light orchestra - Don't bring me down video - YouTube[/ame]

Fleetwood Mac..............

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ul-cZyuYq4"]Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way (HQ) - YouTube[/ame]


[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDkKyBU7GCs"]Fleetwood Mac - Rhiannon - YouTube[/ame]

To God Dammed bad Stevie Nicks got into drugs for a long time because it really hurt her. This does not seem to be one of those times

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaY3_ICVFgk"]Stevie Nicks ~ Stand Back (Solid Gold) - YouTube[/ame]
 
This. Brings back lots of memories and makes me want those close to me who have passed on back here with me.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCQtgof9eRo"]Please Call Home - The Allman Brothers - YouTube[/ame]
 
When I first started driving, I was running around in a 5-Speed Dodge D50 4x4 with a Snow Plow, had an Alpine Cassette Player and an Alpine CD Player in the truck (Double DIN radio opening, filled with 2 Alpines).

I frequently had The Cars (first album) Cassette Tape loaded in that thing. When I wasn't playing that, I had a Cinderella - Night Songs cassette loaded. Blasted a lot of music out of that truck, kept a "Cassette Briefcase" behind the seats :D

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9d-1d0ltCM"]THE CARS ― All Mixed Up - YouTube[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shjOlbN81lA"]Cinderella - Night Songs - YouTube[/ame]

In my Duster, I had an AM/FM/8-Track with a CD Changer. I wore out a Nazareth - Hair of The Dog 8-Track :D People my own age looked at me like I was insane, pulling up in a 340 Duster that loped like a 3 legged dog, blasting Miss Misery at full volume. If any of my friends happened to be standing around, they'd say "We could hear you coming from at least a mile away!" "The stereo?" "No, the exhaust." :D

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNJtMK5E0nQ"]Nazareth - Beggars Day - Rose in the Heather - YouTube[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTFM9MmD_Mk"]Nazareth - Miss Misery - YouTube[/ame]

Had a Uriah Heep 8-Track I kept in the car too :D

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKxZY0DIxIk"]Uriah Heep - Easy Livin' - YouTube[/ame]

Just to mix it up, I'd switch to the CD Changer and play the WASP cover from time to time :D

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztJmxXOmvHM"]W.A.S.P. - Easy Livin - YouTube[/ame]
 
kewl posts, and kewl songs so far........for those of you that just posted music, what's the story behind the song? or, where does it take you when you hear it? i would love to hear the stories.

another one for me is nantucket sleighride by mountain.

this takes me back to my friend's house in high school. his name was bob booth, he was the bass player in my high school band.........we would sit in his bedroom after school and play this song (and others) over and over learning every part, and then play it in the band. bob was a very seasoned player, and at the time could play circles around me. i remember sitting on his bed, playing his brothers hagstrom, picking out the parts, and bob yelling at me when i'd play a part wrong. "that's a minor chord right there" he would say, schooling me on some parts of the progression.

so when i hear that song, it takes me back to that bedroom painted black with all the psychedelic black light posters on the wall, in the afternoon after high school, playing records and learning parts w/bob.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqWqCuHR0Og"]Mountain - Nantucket Sleighride (To Owen Coffin) - YouTube[/ame]

what are your stories?
higgs
 
jaws said:
Wow Higgs, I remember that slot car track aswell, raced there many times. Mine would have tobe Led Zep 1 Hartbrake girl and Livinlovin maid, just about wore that thing out on the turn table.
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lol dave, so your as old as dirt also........j/k.

i believe your talking about led zep II, heartbreaker, and then went into livin' lovin' maid..........yep, killer album, wore that one out too.......
higgs
 
Sitting in the back seat of my Uncles Super Bee at Dragway Park, Cayuga, during a rain storm, waiting to see my first races back in '71. Still remember this song on the radio.
[ame]http://youtu.be/-btv-7GkVk0[/ame]
 
"In The Evening" by Led Zep.....I heard this song when I was a kid, parents had an old 45 record player and was listening to many old records on it that they had. I found this record with a black and red label, looked cool so I played it and when I heard the song I thought it was sooo cool. I thought it was baddass , I think I was about 10 years old. Every time I hear this song it takes me back to when I was on playing it on the 45 in the bedroom sitting on the floor....infact, I still have that very same record :glasses7:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg6MIuXrFf8"]In The Evening by Led Zeppelin - YouTube[/ame]
 
Here is another that takes me right back....GNR "Paradise City" I remember as a kid when the song first came out I heard it for the first time on the radio riding with my parents in their 1979 Pontiac Bonneville. It was getting dark out and we were near the big sky scrapers in the Twin Cites here in MN and I remember looking out the window at them while listening to "Paradise City" and its been one of my favorites ever since :glasses7:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rbm6GXllBiw"]Guns N' Roses - Paradise City - YouTube[/ame]
 
MtNemoMopar said:
Sitting in the back seat of my Uncles Super Bee at Dragway Park, Cayuga, during a rain storm, waiting to see my first races back in '71. Still remember this song on the radio.
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Wow, that vid reminded me of a lifetime ago and a special person.

And this song.


[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C53QAuOoSgc"]Badfinger - Baby Blue (1972) - YouTube[/ame]
 
What song sends m back to when?
my 60's (2010-present) Voice of Truth - Casting Crowns
my 50's (2000's)? No single song here...
40's (1990's)? Nothing here, either.
30's (1980's)? "Rock and Roll never Forgets" - Bob Seger
20's (1970's)? "You're Still the One" - Eagles
teens (1960's)? "I wanna Hold your hand" and "She Loves you" - The Beatles
childhood (1950's)? "High Hopes" - Frank Sanatra and "Don't Be cruel" Elvis
 
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