Music that reminds you of a particular time

Winmar · July 4th, 2011, 09:15 AM

Listening to certain songs/albums gives me strong memories of certain situations. If I hear Strapping Young Lad's City album or I Should Coco by Supergrass it reminds me of sitting in a flat I shared with my dad in England in 1997 and listening to them through my PS1, while hearing certain INXS songs takes me back to sitting in a raft in Indonesia and being told that Michael Hutchence had just died, even though I didn't actually hear any INXS stuff at that time.

I'm sure everyone else has similar experiences. So, what are yours?

FerretallicA · July 4th, 2011, 08:20 PM

Metallica "Of Wolf And Man": sitting with a casette player and a guitar constantly pressing play, rewind, play, rewind etc trying to work it all out
Oasis "Wonderwall": shitty high school student-run disco things.
Iron Maiden "Powerslave":when I first got into them via the Ed Hunter compilation. That was my favourite song for ages.
Blind Guardian "Valhalla": Metalcamp 2009
Spazz "WWE Rematch at the Cow Palace" and "Snocone Ribplate": year 11 music
Psi.Kore "Faker Taker": a particularly eventful gig at Parramatta PCYC
Dream Theater "Under A Glass Moon": the Napster era. Thank deity-of-choice for the dawn of the digital music piracy boom or I'd probably still think Kirk Hammett was the pinnacle of guitar excellence.
Thor "Thunderhawk": Europe 2009. Particularly Hellfest

Goreripper · July 5th, 2011, 01:11 AM

That PCYC gig was crazy town.

Goreripper · July 5th, 2011, 01:13 AM

Plus, I'd like to know how often you listen to that Psi.Kore song, since it was never recorded.

Southy · July 5th, 2011, 03:38 AM

Napalm Death - Greed Killing. Having my eyes opened to how fucking awesome 'extreme' metal, and in particular Grind can be...and that wasn't even when they were necessarily in a 'grind' phase to wanker purists...
Iron Maiden - Rime (Live after Death LP Version) Hanging out with my cousin that helped me get into metal, I can still picture how awesome the LP cover was
Black Sabbath - Anything Ozzy era. Hanging out with my Dad and listening to metal, he still loves blasting it out

FerretallicA · July 5th, 2011, 05:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Goreripper

Plus, I'd like to know how often you listen to that Psi.Kore song, since it was never recorded.

Yeah it was. It's on a 5-song EP.

FerretallicA · July 5th, 2011, 05:27 AM

You Tube

KoichCPA · July 5th, 2011, 06:02 AM

I was just coming to say that it was recorded.

Ahh Psi.Kore.

Awesome.

Celestial-Todd · July 5th, 2011, 09:05 AM

Ditto on the "hang on... that's on the EP" comments haha

For me, it would have to be Van Canto "A Storm to Come" and Epica "Consign to Oblivion" both remind me of being in Austria for work

Hearing anything by Cryogenic, Psi.Kore, Segression reminds of being 18-19 and being shocked to realise that Australia had metal bands

Blitzkrieg · July 5th, 2011, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Celestial-Todd

Hearing anything by Cryogenic, Psi.Kore, Segression reminds of being 18-19 and being shocked to realise that Australia had metal bands

This, though I was much younger.

I have many from travelling but nothing specific comes to mind. Mostly crappy pop songs that get played too much on hostel radios or music channels on tv.

Goreripper · July 5th, 2011, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by FerretallicA

Yeah it was. It's on a 5-song EP.

You are correct of course. I should have known that as I've got the EP. Haven't listened to it for a long time though; I forgot it was on there.

Southy · July 6th, 2011, 06:50 AM

Also, Clutch, when I play anything by ZClutch, I just remember awesome times with mates on the piss, Clutch=awesome times

Stonewall · July 6th, 2011, 08:00 AM

Soilwork - NBC, FNF and STD all remind me of touring through Europe on my own back in 2005.
In Flames - Clayman, takes me back to Yr 12.

Just to name a couple.

Winmar · July 6th, 2011, 09:19 AM

That Fall Out Boy song (This Ain't A Scene, It's a Dead Assed Arse Face or whatever it's called) reminds me of India, because for some reason I kept seeing the clip on tv over there.

'Everybody Wants to Rule the World' by Tears For Fears and 'Always the Sun' by The Stranglers remind me of being a kid, because they were on the radio a lot in the mid 80s.

It's great for nostalgia, this music thing.

Blitzkrieg · July 6th, 2011, 03:43 PM

The Pet Shop Boys remind me of ice skating as a kid.

FerretallicA · July 6th, 2011, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Winmar

'Everybody Wants to Rule the World' by Tears For Fears and 'Always the Sun' by The Stranglers remind me of being a kid, because they were on the radio a lot in the mid 80s.

That and Simply Red "Holding Back The Years" remind me of a particular funeral.

Goreripper · July 7th, 2011, 08:40 AM

Whenever I hear "Ride the Lightning" by Metallica I'm always reminded of the first time I heard them (that was the first song of their I ever heard) and how blown away I was by them.

Blitzkrieg · July 7th, 2011, 11:22 AM

Load remind me of sitting by the family hi fi system in the lounge room as a teenager, just repeat listening to the album again and again when it first came out. Still a big fan of it.

Grinspoon's Guide To Better Living and White Zombie's Astro Creep 2000 remind me of a particular school swimming carnival where we pumped both cds from our tent at high volume, and Rage Against The Machine's self titled got a similar treatment at one of our winter sport carnivals. Teenage years are an impressionable time, I have heaps of recollections that go along with music. Testament's Electric Crown and Halford's Slow Down both strongly remind me of catching the bus home during first year uni, where I had to catch at least 4 buses a day.

Winmar · July 11th, 2011, 08:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Blitzkrieg

Teenage years are an impressionable time, I have heaps of recollections that go along with music.

Spot on. Everything's so significant then. I got so into so many things during my teenage years.

Winmar · August 3rd, 2011, 05:43 AM

Just thought of another one. Listening to Fear Factory - Demanufacture reminds me of being on the bus in Hobart in the mid 1990s. Cool times.

Shadow298 · August 3rd, 2011, 08:42 AM

Random songs in my MP3 collection are causing flash backs to my 8 weeks in hospital last year and not the good times.
Most likely because am now coming off the drugs and my brain is far less sluggish than it previously was due to those fucking sedatives.

Winmar · August 4th, 2011, 07:57 AM

Ouch, you don't really want those memories. Have you been on the drugs for that long?

Shadow298 · August 4th, 2011, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Winmar

Ouch, you don't really want those memories. Have you been on the drugs for that long?

Over a year and a half, yes.
Now adjusting to not having them. The habit of trying to remember to take them and the side effects of them no longer being in my system.

Southy · August 5th, 2011, 04:38 AM

Man that's fucked

Shadow298 · August 5th, 2011, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Southy

Man that's fucked

Better than what could've happened, so am very lucky I didn't die or the like.
small price to pay in the end but random flash backs and memories aren't very fun at all.

July 4th, 2011, 09:15 AM	#1 (permalink)
Winmar Pillock of society Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Melbourne Posts: 10,732	Music that reminds you of a particular time Listening to certain songs/albums gives me strong memories of certain situations. If I hear Strapping Young Lad's City album or I Should Coco by Supergrass it reminds me of sitting in a flat I shared with my dad in England in 1997 and listening to them through my PS1, while hearing certain INXS songs takes me back to sitting in a raft in Indonesia and being told that Michael Hutchence had just died, even though I didn't actually hear any INXS stuff at that time. I'm sure everyone else has similar experiences. So, what are yours? __________________

July 4th, 2011, 08:20 PM	#2 (permalink)
FerretallicA HMAS Slagdestroyer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 6,104	Metallica "Of Wolf And Man": sitting with a casette player and a guitar constantly pressing play, rewind, play, rewind etc trying to work it all out Oasis "Wonderwall": shitty high school student-run disco things. Iron Maiden "Powerslave":when I first got into them via the Ed Hunter compilation. That was my favourite song for ages. Blind Guardian "Valhalla": Metalcamp 2009 Spazz "WWE Rematch at the Cow Palace" and "Snocone Ribplate": year 11 music Psi.Kore "Faker Taker": a particularly eventful gig at Parramatta PCYC Dream Theater "Under A Glass Moon": the Napster era. Thank deity-of-choice for the dawn of the digital music piracy boom or I'd probably still think Kirk Hammett was the pinnacle of guitar excellence. Thor "Thunderhawk": Europe 2009. Particularly Hellfest __________________

July 5th, 2011, 01:11 AM	#3 (permalink)
Goreripper Metal as fuck Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Blue Mountains, Australia Posts: 18,839	That PCYC gig was crazy town. __________________ Loud Online Magazine - It's not just music... it's a lifestyle http://www.loudmag.com.au \| Facebook http://www.facebook.com/loudonline The Australian Metal Guide -http://www.ausmetalguide.com "Atheism is the arrogant belief that the world was not created simply for our benefit."

July 5th, 2011, 01:13 AM	#4 (permalink)
Goreripper Metal as fuck Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Blue Mountains, Australia Posts: 18,839	Plus, I'd like to know how often you listen to that Psi.Kore song, since it was never recorded. __________________ Loud Online Magazine - It's not just music... it's a lifestyle http://www.loudmag.com.au \| Facebook http://www.facebook.com/loudonline The Australian Metal Guide -http://www.ausmetalguide.com "Atheism is the arrogant belief that the world was not created simply for our benefit."

July 5th, 2011, 03:38 AM	#5 (permalink)
Southy Proud Brisbane Metaller Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Brisbane,Australia Posts: 7,409	Napalm Death - Greed Killing. Having my eyes opened to how fucking awesome 'extreme' metal, and in particular Grind can be...and that wasn't even when they were necessarily in a 'grind' phase to wanker purists... Iron Maiden - Rime (Live after Death LP Version) Hanging out with my cousin that helped me get into metal, I can still picture how awesome the LP cover was Black Sabbath - Anything Ozzy era. Hanging out with my Dad and listening to metal, he still loves blasting it out __________________ The only difference between a Tattoed person and a NON-tattooed person is..A TATTOOED PERSON DOESN'T CARE IF YOUR NOT TATTOOED I wish I could be more like my hero's, then I wouldn't have to work as hard

July 5th, 2011, 06:02 AM	#8 (permalink)
KoichCPA Banned Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Canberra,Australia Posts: 14,564	I was just coming to say that it was recorded. Ahh Psi.Kore. Awesome.

July 5th, 2011, 09:05 AM	#9 (permalink)
Celestial-Todd The Incredible Bulk Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Western Sydney Posts: 11,530	Ditto on the "hang on... that's on the EP" comments haha For me, it would have to be Van Canto "A Storm to Come" and Epica "Consign to Oblivion" both remind me of being in Austria for work Hearing anything by Cryogenic, Psi.Kore, Segression reminds of being 18-19 and being shocked to realise that Australia had metal bands __________________ The Lord of the Lazy Manor

July 6th, 2011, 06:50 AM	#12 (permalink)
Southy Proud Brisbane Metaller Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Brisbane,Australia Posts: 7,409	Also, Clutch, when I play anything by ZClutch, I just remember awesome times with mates on the piss, Clutch=awesome times __________________ The only difference between a Tattoed person and a NON-tattooed person is..A TATTOOED PERSON DOESN'T CARE IF YOUR NOT TATTOOED I wish I could be more like my hero's, then I wouldn't have to work as hard

July 6th, 2011, 08:00 AM	#13 (permalink)
Stonewall Lust for Freedom Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bendigo Posts: 1,662	Soilwork - NBC, FNF and STD all remind me of touring through Europe on my own back in 2005. In Flames - Clayman, takes me back to Yr 12. Just to name a couple.

July 6th, 2011, 09:19 AM	#14 (permalink)
Winmar Pillock of society Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Melbourne Posts: 10,732	That Fall Out Boy song (This Ain't A Scene, It's a Dead Assed Arse Face or whatever it's called) reminds me of India, because for some reason I kept seeing the clip on tv over there. 'Everybody Wants to Rule the World' by Tears For Fears and 'Always the Sun' by The Stranglers remind me of being a kid, because they were on the radio a lot in the mid 80s. It's great for nostalgia, this music thing. __________________

July 6th, 2011, 03:43 PM	#15 (permalink)
Blitzkrieg Master Exploder Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Victoria, Australia Posts: 11,843	The Pet Shop Boys remind me of ice skating as a kid. __________________ ...twilight pressures, of mundane expectation midnight stressors, of spiritual resignation... http://www.facebook.com/thevesselproject http://thevesselproject.bandcamp.com

July 7th, 2011, 08:40 AM	#17 (permalink)
Goreripper Metal as fuck Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Blue Mountains, Australia Posts: 18,839	Whenever I hear "Ride the Lightning" by Metallica I'm always reminded of the first time I heard them (that was the first song of their I ever heard) and how blown away I was by them. __________________ Loud Online Magazine - It's not just music... it's a lifestyle http://www.loudmag.com.au \| Facebook http://www.facebook.com/loudonline The Australian Metal Guide -http://www.ausmetalguide.com "Atheism is the arrogant belief that the world was not created simply for our benefit."

July 7th, 2011, 11:22 AM	#18 (permalink)
Blitzkrieg Master Exploder Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Victoria, Australia Posts: 11,843	Load remind me of sitting by the family hi fi system in the lounge room as a teenager, just repeat listening to the album again and again when it first came out. Still a big fan of it. Grinspoon's Guide To Better Living and White Zombie's Astro Creep 2000 remind me of a particular school swimming carnival where we pumped both cds from our tent at high volume, and Rage Against The Machine's self titled got a similar treatment at one of our winter sport carnivals. Teenage years are an impressionable time, I have heaps of recollections that go along with music. Testament's Electric Crown and Halford's Slow Down both strongly remind me of catching the bus home during first year uni, where I had to catch at least 4 buses a day. __________________ ...twilight pressures, of mundane expectation midnight stressors, of spiritual resignation... http://www.facebook.com/thevesselproject http://thevesselproject.bandcamp.com

August 3rd, 2011, 05:43 AM	#20 (permalink)
Winmar Pillock of society Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Melbourne Posts: 10,732	Just thought of another one. Listening to Fear Factory - Demanufacture reminds me of being on the bus in Hobart in the mid 1990s. Cool times. __________________

August 3rd, 2011, 08:42 AM	#21 (permalink)
Shadow298 UNLEASH THE GUAN Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Without the Darkness Posts: 9,779	Random songs in my MP3 collection are causing flash backs to my 8 weeks in hospital last year and not the good times. Most likely because am now coming off the drugs and my brain is far less sluggish than it previously was due to those fucking sedatives. __________________ *Ego futurus. ut est totus* Latin for "I Exist. That Is All"

August 4th, 2011, 07:57 AM	#22 (permalink)
Winmar Pillock of society Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Melbourne Posts: 10,732	Ouch, you don't really want those memories. Have you been on the drugs for that long? __________________

August 5th, 2011, 04:38 AM	#24 (permalink)
Southy Proud Brisbane Metaller Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Brisbane,Australia Posts: 7,409	Man that's fucked __________________ The only difference between a Tattoed person and a NON-tattooed person is..A TATTOOED PERSON DOESN'T CARE IF YOUR NOT TATTOOED I wish I could be more like my hero's, then I wouldn't have to work as hard