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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]Skittles
(172,948 posts)1. 1971, Ringo Starr's It Don't Come Easy
I felt like it was written for me
I was living in England - my dad, a Master Sergeant in the Air Force, had a breakdown and was taken away (he would be gone a year). My mum fell apart (an only child from a poor family, she had never driven a car or written a check, and now would be taking five kids back to who knows where in America). I remember telling a Major who came over that he would have to deal with "us". "Who?" he asked, confused. I said, me and my brother Glenn. We were 14 and 15 years old. Dad committed suicide in 1985 and Glenn died of alcoholism eight years ago.
Whenever I hear that song I remember it so vividly.
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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