What Song Reminds You of a Past Relationship Every Time You Hear It??

[Red State Rebel]

Mine is "If" by Bread...my high school sweetheart in 1973 - Jim

[zizzer]

1. Brown eyed girl

Van The Man Morrison.

Still to this day.

Windy, if your out there, come say "Hi.".

ZIzzer

[freethought]

12. Mine is the Jimmy Buffet version

I used to see this girl some years ago. She didn't have brown eyes but she LOVED Jimmy Buffett

[PVnRT]

2. "Here's to the Night" by Eve 6

n/t

[THUNDER HANDS]

3. I'm On Fire....Springsteen

Reminds me of the first girl I ever went on a date with, because that was her favorite song.

[supernova]

4. Negative association with "Brass in Pocket"

by Pretenders. My ex liked it once when I sang it around the house. I wince everytime I hear it. A Shame really, b/c otherwise I like the song.

[BigMcLargehuge]

5. I listened to "The Best of Bread" once

the resulting kidney dialysis was no fun.

For me it's Roger Water's The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking, the whole album but especially side 2, brings back bad memories of early marriage hurdles.

Can't even listen to it now.

[Loonman]

6. "Disintegration" - The Cure

About misunderstandings and not being honest with yourself.

[Scottie72]

11. That whole album is amazing!

Back in 1997 while going through a rough break up, I listened and, cried a lot, while listening to it. Actually by listening to it and crying it out it got me through the rough periods.

It's just an amazing album! Definitely one of my top 3 favourite albums. My favourite song off of Disentegration is probably the last track "Untitled"

"Untitled"

hopelessly drift in the eyes of the ghost again
down on my knees and my hands in the air again
pushing my face in the memory of you again
but i never know if it's real never know how i
wanted to feel never quite said what i wanted
to say to you never quite managed the words to
explain to you never quite knew how to make
them beleivable and now the time has gone
another time undone hopelessly fighting the
devil futility feeling the moster climb deeper
inside of me feeling him gnawing my heart away
hungrily i'll never lose this pain never dream of
you again

Just a very haunting way to close an album.

[Loonman]

14. The whole album is about relationships breaking down

But I think the title song summarizes it the best.

"Closedown", "Same Deep Water as You", also. The only one that breaks the mood is probably "Lullaby"


Pornography - Disintegration - Bloodflowers

If you want to go trilogy style.

[Kolesar]

18. Boys Don't Cry

[HEyHEY]

7. Every breath you take - by Puff Daddy...I hate that song

But it was all over the radio at the time.

[sistersofmercy]

8. A whole CD actually, Lesley Garrett, A Soprano at the Movies

It's a wonderful collection of opera pieces and has a rendition of Dat's Love from Carmen Jones (one of my favorite musicals) that is just extraordinary. The man I dated at the time, this music become his music, our music, when he dumped me I had to hide the CD from myself in order to forget about him. It didn't work I might add. I found the CD not long ago and the memories of the man who "bit my pretty little heart in two" (Plath line)came flooding back.

[kodi]

9. "The River" Springsteen.. for obvious reasons

.

[Philostopher]

10. Sarah McLachlan's entire 'Solace' album.

It was what I was listening to while my first marriage was falling apart. I spent many an hour alone at my computer (before I had an Internet connection; circa 1992-1994) playing solitaire and listening to that CD over and over.

I can't listen to it, anymore. I've tried, and it just all comes back. I communicate with the ex, from time to time, and there really aren't all that many hard feelings after almost a decade ... but I still just can't listen to it.

Every now and then, the modern rock station I listen to will play something off it -- the worst one is her cover of Donovan's 'Wear Your Love Like Heaven.' I have to change the station.

Damned shame -- I really liked it, too.

[MissMillie]

13. Boz Scaggs

Look What You've Done to Me

[The White Rose]

15. "I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues"

Elton John. First love. Sigh...

[DemExpat]

16. The first version of Eric Clapton's "Layla".....

:kick:

He wasn't my favorite "love", but for some reason the time spent with him and this song are unforgettable.

DemEx

[Red State Rebel]

17. I love that version..never could uderstand the popularity of the accoustic

[grannylib]

43. I love 'em both...we even named Babycat "Layla..."

[geniph]

19. Several

REM's "Pretty Persuasion" for one relationship
Fine Young Cannibals "She Drives Me Crazy" for another (yes, I probably did drive the poor guy crazy, but he was irritating)
Springsteen's "Greetings from Asbury Park" (the whole album) for my Jersey guy, who worshiped him
Sarah McLachlan's "Possession" for a more recent fling

and I will forever associate several songs with my current husband, particularly Van Morrison's "Tupelo Honey," Jimmy Buffett's "Bimbo Limbo," and Santana's "Europa."

I tend to listen to music in emotional and intimate circumstances, so it forms associations in my head with those circumstances.

[SOteric]

20. Chris Isaak, "Wicked Games"

[BritishHuman]

21. Sex Dwarf, by Soft Cell

Naah, just kidding. :-)

[hussar]

27. Love that album by the way

it's in the basement still in a box and we have no record player

[tweekinnow]

22. The song

Anyday, from the album Layla and other love songs by Derek and the Dominos

[Hubert Flottz]

23. "Haunted House"!

By Jumpin' Gene Simmons!

[REP]

24. "Shoot Out The Lights"

Richard and Linda Thompson.

[mac56]

25. "The Heart Of The Matter" by Don Henley

I'm learning to live without you now
But I miss you, baby
And the more I know, the less I understand
All the things I thought I'd figured out
I have to learn again
I've been trying to get down
To the heart of the matter
But everything changes
And my friends seem to scatter
But I think it's about forgiveness
Forgiveness
Even if, even if you don't love me anymore

[mac56]

29. Second choice: "Take A Look At My Heart" by John Prine

I seen my old lady's boyfriend
He don't look nothing like me
Except for a bit of confusion
Same kind she laid on me

You don't know what you're getting into
She's gonna tear you apart
You're goin' places I've been to
Take a look at my heart

You're probably sending her flowers
And talking to her on the phone
You're gonna get it together
And find yourself all alone

You don't know what you're getting into
She's gonna tear you apart
You're goin' places I've been to
Take a look at my heart

Do you think you can be her lover
And not become her fool?
Do you think that you are the exception to the rule?

You're gonna hate all her girlfriends
And everything that they say
You ask me how do I know this?
They come around every day

You don't know what you're getting into
She's gonna tear you apart
You're goin' places I've been to
Take a look at my heart

[GOPisEvil]

26. I Can't Make You Love Me - Bonnie Raitt

:-(

[supernova]

37. Awwww....

:hug:

[GOPisEvil]

38. Tell me about it.

I'm torn between being upset about it, or feeling that she's the one that's really missing out.

Oh well - it was probably for the best anyway. :shrug:

Thanks! :hug:

[geniph]

45. That song makes me teary every time I hear it

and I don't even associate it with a breakup. :-(

[hussar]

28. Al Green's greatest hits

Oh the memories

[chefgirl]

30. Oh wow....

Is this Love......Bob Marley
Deuces are Wild....Aerosmith
No one like You....Scorpions


-chef-

[Mr. McD]

31. If She Could Only See Me Now, by T.Graham Brown

I still think of her fondly when she comes to mind.

[Iris]

32. "Night Moves" - Bob Segar

[Aristus]

33. 'SadeNess' by Enigma.

Erotic little piece. Reminds me of the college girl I had a brief relationship back in 1991.

[eileen_d]

34. All of them

Cause I'm a sucker.

[BiggJawn]

35. "Come to My Window"

Ex-wife's fav...She wanted to fuck Melissa, I guess...

[kmla]

36. Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead O'Conner

Was on the radio all the time right after I had my heart cut out with a rusty spoon. To this day, I can't listen to the lyrics.

[Skittles]

39. You're Just What I Needed - The Cars

Four exes have told me that song reminds them of me.

me - A Whiter Shade of Pale. Everytime I hear it I am 14, living in England and slow dancing with my first love.

[nn2004]

40. Idiot Wind - Bob Dylan

You hurt the ones that I love best and cover up the truth with lies
One day you'll be in the ditch, flies buzzin' around your eyes,
Blood on your saddle.

[furrylitldevil]

41. Betterman By Perl Jam

[grannylib]

42. The entire album, Fleetwood Mac "Mystery to Me...."

Takes me right back to my major crush of my high school years

[populistmom]

44. I Fall to Pieces

or Crazy -Patsy Cline

(Yes, this young Yankee gal used to get weepy everytime she heard Patsy.)

[redqueen]

46. In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel; or anything off of Trespass by Genesis

On edit there's one part of the song "Dusk" that really gets me every time:

See my hand is moving
Touching all that's real
And once it stroked love's body
Now it claws the past.

[no one in particular]

48. Trespass is highly underrated.

Gonna pull out the cd and have a listen tonight. My eight year old loves to headbang along with me to "The Knife".

[redqueen]

50. Yes I completely agree.

Their best, IMO, and your offspring shares your great taste. :)

"Promise me all of your violent dreams / Light up your body with anger!"

Gotta love that one!

[no one in particular]

47. "You Might Recall" by Genesis

That song always gets me going down memory lane.

[Terwilliger]

49. Heaven by Bryan Adams

the reaction used to be a lot stronger, but it was 20 years ago

TWENTY YEARS AGO!!! :scared: