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In reply to the discussion: What song(s) that you hear and immediately are flooded with memories or feelings… [View all]Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)38. First 45 I ever owned--won at a grade school raffle...had to play it in secret, though.
"Rock and Roll" was the devil's own dirty work, according to my puritan-minded mother. I could be punished just for listening to it on the radio, let alone playing it!
ETA: Then I discovered the Everly Brothers--especially "Dream, Dream, Dream". Was forbidden to buy or listen to them, but used to sneak across the street to listen to my neighbor's record collection.
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ETA: Forgot that the great Buddy Holly came second in my affections, just before the Everlys:
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What song(s) that you hear and immediately are flooded with memories or feelings… [View all]
WCGreen
Dec 2012
OP
It's Bob Dylan for me too...mostly the early songs because I came of age in the Sixties.
Raksha
Dec 2012
#10
A bit off the beaten track maybe, but Albert Hammond's "It Never Rains
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#6
One of my favorites too. Don't know why it always make me feel wrapped in lazy warm sunshine.
canoeist52
Dec 2012
#80
My favorite Country Joe & The Fish song that's gotten me through some weird places and times
hobbit709
Dec 2012
#17
I still have a 45-year old copy of that album, and that is one of my all-time favorite songs.
MotherPetrie
Dec 2012
#52
Rivers had one of the best voices in popular music during the 60's and 70's nt
NoGOPZone
Dec 2012
#34
First 45 I ever owned--won at a grade school raffle...had to play it in secret, though.
Surya Gayatri
Dec 2012
#38
"Angel of the Morning"... My dad gave it to me as "my song"... I was his little angel and when he
glowing
Dec 2012
#44
"Cruising," yeah, right. We all know Mulholland Drive was for makin' out...and more
pinboy3niner
Dec 2012
#73
This song will always take me back to my childhood------thank you John Williams
thelordofhell
Dec 2012
#87
There are too many to list. Isn't it amazing how music can be so powerful.
Arkansas Granny
Dec 2012
#121