Ain't Nobody Here Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 My MP3 player played The Beatles' Yesterday while I was running today. I was immediately transported back to a school trip in Austria, aged 14, and slow dancing with an Austrian boy called Peter. We didn't speak each other's language and I left for home the next day but I've never forgotten it! The Clash - Rock the Casbah takes me back to a 1982 summer job in Bournemouth; Toni Basil's Hey Mickey (obviously changed to Vicki!) back to Strathclyde Uni in 1980 as does anything by Joan Armatrading or Men at Work. Funny how songs can transport you back in time . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandmashazzie Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 Karma chameleon reminds me of days as a student nurse on a medical ward,we used to sing to this when we were making beds( poor patients) You can call me Al Paul Simon transports me back to going to work on night duty as a student midwife.Further back She wears red feathers was my dads party piece and always makes me smile.Just the other night I was listening to it on U tube nd memory came back of a hint of a couple of songs my granny sang to me 50 odd years ago I was able to find them too.One was I don't want to play in your yard and the other was Two little girls in blue.I do so agree music is so powerful,it reminds us of good times and can really lift your mood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 The Human League, Don't You Want Me Baby, school disco just before we broke up for Christmas one year, my friend had just broken up with her boyfriend and he asked me to tell her to listen to the lyrics, it upset me because I really liked him. I didn't speak to her all holiday and she was my closest friend at the time, it still makes me sad. I was about 13 at the time. Erasure's Pop album, which was playing when I gave birth to DS who was 18 yesterday, brings back pain and panic, I was at home and the first midwife only arrived about 20 minutes before he was born and the second one arrived as he did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 Only on Friday OH and I were listening to the radio and they played the theme song from cheers. Took me right back to my childhood home and all sitting down and drinking hot chocolate to watch it. I could even taste the hot chocolate as we drove! There are so many songs with memories. My best friend listens to Radio 2, as do I, and we often text each other when a song comes on that evokes a shared memory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 So, so many memories. Stevie Wonder 'Isn't she Lovely' takes me back to a school day trip when an enlightened teacher let us play cassettes (remember them!) on the coach ... 'YMCA' and 'Dancing Queen' and I'm back at the sixth form disco. 'Tainted Love' and 'Walking on the Moon' and Kid Creole and the Coconuts 'Annie, I'm not your Daddy' is 1st year at university. I could go on all day! The power of music is amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsylabrador Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 Last Train by Lost Prophets (apologies cos of their lead singer) Cimic House PWRR with this song on YouTube is especially poignant Wonder by Embrace Both these songs are tangled up in my head with ES, the British army, Iraq and Afghanistan and can still reduce me to tears. Philadelphia Freedom , Elton John 1975- cycling along a country lane on my bike in the sun. Cassette player in the bike basket and me singing very loudly and badly and not caring about anything at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 Everybody Needs Somebody to Love from the. Blues. Brothers particularly reminds me of my OH's ball at uni, I borrowed an old bridesmaid dress from a friend and we had a posh meal and wine then they showed the film at about 2 am with ear splitting distorted sound and fell asleep but I clearly remember that bit and have watched it many times since. Every time I hear any version of it I feel a little bit deaf but warm and fuzzy inside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 Just remembered another one, Staying Alive by Bee Gees, I can remember my DS sitting in his car seat singing 'ha ha ha ah' when he was about 18 months old, so cute 18 years now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Peter Gabriel - Games Without Frontiers; reminds me of our 6th form common room. Ditto various Blondie tracks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted April 21, 2014 Author Share Posted April 21, 2014 Ooh, Blondie takes me back to skating at Murrayfield ice rink when I was about 14 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Pretenders, Brass in Pocket takes me back to art school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Also the Human League "dont you want me?" reminds of Christmas on night duty. i can remember the words so clearly to some records - no wonder they use music to help dementia sufferers these days - it is so evocative in our minds. Ooh feel sad now - thanks for post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted April 21, 2014 Author Share Posted April 21, 2014 First year Economics at Uni - we used to sing "This means nothing to me ............... Eeeeconomics". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 We used to sing Mel and Kim's respectable to the lyrics.... "Take, take, take, take, tay tay tay tay tay, take take. Take or leave us, only please believe us, we ain't ever gonna be any good at maths" Similar concept ANH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Alis girls Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Mel and Kim - blast from the past - one of them died I think - very sad. soo young. I used to sing on the wards too - god those poor patients Did anyone have little ditties that were sang in their areas in which they lived. Being a hardened Bay City Roller fan - ok sad I know we sang on the school bus B A Y , B A Y B A Y C I T Y with an R O double L, E R S BAY CITY ROLLERS ARE THE BEST. I can remember tune but cant name it. I sang it to my OH and sons recently - they were speechless - I was raised in the East Midlands so dont know if it went further north or south. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 I remember that Ali! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandmashazzie Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Don't know if it reached Ireland,BCR was my sis's fav,me I preferred Marc Bolan and T Rex.I went to discos with ny little dash of Vaseline with glitter on my cheek. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
