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Post #168053 by donhonyc on Sat, Jun 25, 2005 3:21 PM

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These don't have to necessarily be from the specific era (ie., if you grew up in the 80s the songs don't have to be from that time). Of course all of the songs you talk about should have an eternal shelf life in your conciousness. Burned in there for good.

Where I grew up let's say 'lacked culture', didn't really have a whole lot of access to as much weird music as I wanted, so my personal list is a little on the tame side, but they're still great songs, and all unload a flood of memory on me when I hear them. I'll probably think of more later but right now a few of them are:

'10 Years Gone'-Led Zeppelin
'Even the Losers'-Tom Petty
'Here Comes My Girl'- Tom Petty
'The Break-Up Song'-Greg Kihn Band
'Money'-Flying Lizards
'Message in a Bottle'-The Police
'I Will Follow'-U2
'Let's Go'-The Cars
'It's Different for Girls'-Joe Jackson
Anything from the first Pretenders LP

*one little comment: it's actually funny to remember how strange 'Message In A Bottle' sounded when it first came out. That was really unchartered musical territory. Totally unfamiliar to my ears. For a minute The Police were actually a bonified, under the radar Punk/New Wave band. Hearing that song now, you would never have imagined.

[ Edited by: donhonyc on 2005-06-25 23:02 ]