The Songs That Make You Go, "Hmmm...", Welcome to Nostalgia Alley... Options

[McBadgere]

Mind the cobwebs... ...

I had a thought the other day...No, stop applauding, I know it's a rare thing...

But this thought was one following the hearing of a certain song...

I'm sure we've all got songs that take us straight back to certain places, times, people, events etc...So, the thought was this...

Here's a thread where we post the songs, and - maybe - tell the story behind the song that makes it special for us...In few words or many, is fine...

Or not...As you wish... ...

Song + Event = Nostalgia...

Oh, if you have many...Eak them out...One at a time...Maybe?... ...



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Stone Roses - Fools Gold...


This song was played everywhere around the time it came out...Especially the pubs around the village where I lived...There was three btw...We were quite well stocked for pubs, I have to admit...Then again, there was also a big church, so that might explain it...

Aaaamywho, this was all around 1990 and the time I started visiting said establishments with my chums...And Fools Gold seemed to be on the jukebox all the time...

Yes, if you do the maths, I was actually, technically too young to go in them...But, despite knowing my Dad, very well... ...I was still served with no problem... ...

What?...How old?...Um... ...16-17... ...

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This post has been edited by McBadgere: May 16 2014, 01:19 PM

[haute ecole rider]

Thanks for the blast from the past! How many times have I listened to (and sung along with) "Oh Diane" and "Eyes of the World!"

Here's my own blast from the past: What the devil's goin' on?

It was the summer I graduated from high school. My best friends had me spend the week with them for my birthday - a whole week away from my own family! I had brought the album for one of them for her birthday just a few weeks before. Back in the days of vinyl, as I recall. We had the habit of opening the albums and playing them just once to make sure there were no skips. So I did that for this album and fell in love with it from the first note - it was my first exposure to a "concept album" that told a story through its music and lyrics. The three of us played that album several times a day until we knew each song by heart. We would be deep in meaningful conversation, then look at each other and quote one line - just a few words - from one of those songs and the rest would finish the entire song.

It was an amazing time, and a great friendship that still holds to this day.

I have to admit that I can't pick one favorite from this album, but I chose James Young's tune because he could play it loud and fast - just the way I like it. Add to that the fact that this song is one of the most satirical songs I've ever heard - a sermon about the evils of heavy metal over a heavy metal soundtrack? Right!