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20 Jul 2008, 3:24 pm

For example, I think of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3" whenever I hear this song:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_r0n9Dv6XnY[/youtube]



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20 Jul 2008, 4:26 pm

simple association, many songs remind me of many things. Whether it be because I was listening to that song when that memory took place, or because of the way it sounds.


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20 Jul 2008, 5:27 pm

There is a lot of music I can't stand to listen to because it brings back bad feelings of the time that it was "popular"...unfortunately...that was most of my life, so.... :cry: I do still like some punk music or stuff I heard after I got my life More together but any thing "popular" before college....can't stand to hear....even though I actually like the songs themselves. It kind of sucks.


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20 Jul 2008, 7:12 pm

Practically all the time



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20 Jul 2008, 7:57 pm

When I play a song (as in, on an instrument myself) and think of something unrelated, every time I play that part of the song from then on it will remind me of what I thought of then.



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21 Jul 2008, 7:47 pm

When I listen to certain music, I remember my cat, Samantha. She used to listen to music with me all the time.



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21 Jul 2008, 9:50 pm

I get the same effect in a strange way, I can't explain why it happens the way it does. For example, my favorite song "Don't Disturb This Groove" by The System is a love song, but I don't think of romance. It reminds me of playing video games and having a great time, and Stacy Lattisaw's "Let Me Be Your Angel" always make me think of going to movie theatres.



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22 Jul 2008, 4:58 pm

Normally reminds me of a season of when I listened to the song the most. But I love that moment. Like the other day I was sitting on the train looking out the window. It was hot and sunny, but then a song came on the ipod which reminded of winter. awesome moment!



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23 Jul 2008, 5:23 am

When I was listening to some song many times while reading some book (specially when I was listening to it or reading it for the first time), later I have a strong, long lasting (11 years in the oldest case) association with that book while listening to this song again.

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- The content of my type cassette with 1997 top carnaval hits, specially "Respect yourself" by DJ Bobo reminds me of Kajtus the Wizard, a book about adventures of a boy who wants to be a wizard and his wish comes true. When I got this cassette, I had just borrowed this book and I was reading it while listening to it all the time.
- Phil Ochs' "I aint marching anymore" reminds me of "Sandman" comics.
- Shania Twain's "Ka-ching" is for Mailer's "Ancient evenings".
- Songs from "12 groszy" by Kazik Staszewski - association with one collection of s-f stories collected by Don Wollheim.


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25 Jul 2008, 7:37 pm

psmaster wrote:
simple association, many songs remind me of many things. Whether it be because I was listening to that song when that memory took place, or because of the way it sounds.


Ditto on that. Theres really too many specific songs and their linked memories in my head to post :P Some songs remind me of a time, place, person or sometimes just a feeling or mood.



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23 Jun 2009, 7:56 am

Irulan wrote:
When I was listening to some song many times while reading some book (specially when I was listening to it or reading it for the first time), later I have a strong, long lasting (11 years in the oldest case) association with that book while listening to this song again.

For example:
- The content of my type cassette with 1997 top carnaval hits, specially "Respect yourself" by DJ Bobo reminds me of Kajtus the Wizard, a book about adventures of a boy who wants to be a wizard and his wish comes true. When I got this cassette, I had just borrowed this book and I was reading it while listening to it all the time.
- Phil Ochs' "I aint marching anymore" reminds me of "Sandman" comics.
- Shania Twain's "Ka-ching" is for Mailer's "Ancient evenings".
- Songs from "12 groszy" by Kazik Staszewski - association with one collection of s-f stories collected by Don Wollheim.


„Creatures of light and darkness” by Zelazny – the song “Zegarmistrz Światła” (Watchmaker of Light); this song is about death. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXEIbawiD3c


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25 Jun 2009, 10:55 am

Radiohead's "Creep" reminds me of a girl I am still not over.
Any ska-punk reminds me of sunny days back in uni.



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27 Jun 2009, 2:58 pm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxZcFArCeKs[/youtube]
This song always reminds me of a current crush i have on someone, and actually parallels how i feel.

Tons of other songs remind me of events that have happened in my life, how i felt, and other things.
I remember listening to Pink Floyd's 'Another Brick in the Wall' and thinking, 'hey, this is me!'

Music is more then pleasant sounds, it's an entire soul affecting entity.


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