I had something sort of strange happen to me today. I was driving along and a song came on the radio that brought back an old childhood memory. It was so absolutely vivid and strange.

The song was "Rich Girl" by Hall & Oates. The memory I had was of being with my mom, father and sister in a little pizza place in Monticello, Iowa called Primo Joe's. I remember hearing the song play right as the pizza was brought to the table (1/2 canadian bacon, 1/2 sausage). I swear I could smell the pizza as I was driving along. I also remembered going to the pop machine in the place and getting a can of RC Cola. It was in the mid-70's when they had baseball players on their cans and I remember being all excited because I got a Cubs player (Jose Cardenal).

It was just strange as hell how clearly I remembered it. No idea at all why it came to me but that song triggered it.

Anybody else have any songs that have triggered a forgotten childhood memory?

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No love, no friendship, can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever. ~~ Francois Mocuriac

Confucius say, "He who masturbate into cash register come into money."

An optimist looks at the glass and says it's half full. A pessimist looks at the glass and says it's half empty. A Cubs fan looks at the glass and says, "When's it gonna spill?"

Deus Impetitio Esuritori Nullus

Yes...."borderline" by Madonna is that way for me.

My dad was a bartender...and I remember listening to that song on the radio - I could have been 6 or 7 - and dancing across the bar. It wasn't open yet.

I can still smell the stale beer and smoke, see the floors of the bar and remember dancing in the dark while my father was mopping the floors...

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Life is too short not to love and be loved....preferably multiple times in one night.

I think men talk to women so they can sleep with them and women sleep with men so they can talk to them. ~ Jay McInerney

"Orange Blossom Special" and "Tiny Bubbles" They were the first 2 45's I got at the age of 5. My dad was a cook in the T- Bird Bar & Grill and I would stand on a wooden pop crate and shoot pool. When the man came and took them out of the JukeBox he gave me them.

I should still have them in my box container of 45's if they made the move. I'm sure Lizz put them in the van, I think they may be in the porch closet. OMG......that makes them 36 yrs old.

Songs my mother loved like "April Love" and "Tammy".

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Calm, quiet, smooth, devastating

Hearing 'La Bamba' reminds me of being driven to school in my Mum's convertible in the summer and being all giggly and singing along and waving to other cars who weren't as gorgeous as ours.

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"Time flies like an arrow -
Fruit flies like a banana"

M Y - N A U G H T Y - P I C T U R E S ! !

"Tammy" is one of my all time favorite songs. I LOVE the Tammy movies!


Whenever I hear "Purple Rain" I'm transported to the day the love of my 17 year old life dumped me. I must have listened to that song 50 times while I laid on my bed crying and bemoaning my loveless life.

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Just when the caterpiller thought the world was over, it became a butterfly!

Owning Pita, by my JassWolf!!
My Story~ Friday Night Spanking

ABBA's "Take a Chance". My mom would play the steering wheel of the station wagon like a drum while we all made train 'chuga ch' noises and she made the car dance.

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If I wanted your opinion, I'd remove the duct tape and ask you for it.~ Me
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Oooh, the Cranberries 'No need to Argue' takes me to that exact same place......same age and everything.


Lil, 'Take a Chance on Me' takes me to the first time I ever had to sing alone on stage and how I just about peed myself every night with the fear.

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"Time flies like an arrow -
Fruit flies like a banana"

M Y - N A U G H T Y - P I C T U R E S ! !

Enigma was makeout music in high school.... I can't hear it without getting horny

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Life is too short not to love and be loved....preferably multiple times in one night.

I think men talk to women so they can sleep with them and women sleep with men so they can talk to them. ~ Jay McInerney

For me, it's just about every song I ever heard takes me back to a time & place I first heard it...one that jumps to mind is "Spill the Wine" by Eric Burdon & War...in 1970 I was an addicted fan of EB from his days with the Animals, & I first heard that surreal tone poem on the radio of my mother's car somewhere on the road to Auburn, IN, where my uncle & his family lived...& I can still remember getting sick just before we headed back home from swallowing pool water...

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Plug me into somethin'

If the theory does not conform to the facts, then the facts must be discarded.

No good deed ever goes unpunished

Never argue with an idiot. He'll drag you down to his level, & beat you with experience.

*walks in in costume so as not to be recognized*

"Do You Believe In Magic" takes me back to an old record player with a penny on top of the needle to hold it down. Mom yelling up the stairs to turn it down or turn it off.

*sneaks out before anyone can guess who I am in this Lady Godiva costume*

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Minds are like parachutes. They only work when they are open.

~Thomas Dewar~

"Unchained Melody" (with good versions done by several people) always brings back memories of when my wife and I dated. It was and still is one of our very favorite songs.



I'm liking the sound of that ^^^^. Can we do our guessing in braille? Huh? Please!

"You Dropped a Bomb on Me" by the Gap Band- Jr. High lip sync contest. (I nailed it!)

"Always" by Atlantic Starr- Folding pizza boxes for what seemed like hours at my first job.

You Dropped a Bomb~ cheerleading routine at 1st cheerleading cmap I went to

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The practice of putting women on pedestals began to die out when it was discovered that they could give orders better from there.~ Betty Grable

If I wanted your opinion, I'd remove the duct tape and ask you for it.~ Me
<~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~>
One man's dream is another man's nightmare~~~~> §¤ Lilith ¤§
~>My Scribbles<~
==>Gone Shopping<== ~Just a Quickie~ *~A Celebration Vacation~* ~Surprises~ Sleeping With the Window Open
What Did You Do Today? Self Defense Class ~Short Sweet Snippets~ § Summer Spin § Story Challenge Submission Pajamas

'Boys of Summer' by Don Henley reminds me of a snow day in Jr. High when I had the worst stomach ache ever.

'What I Am' by Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians brings to mind the smells of the pizza place I used to work in. We'd watch MTV during our dinner break and it almost always played. That and 'Finish What You Started' by Van Halen.

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Clever? Nah, I ran out of that years ago. But if you find this, let me know, k?
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In memory of my friend skip...
Go then, there are other worlds than these