You know the ones I'm talking about. The ones that start clearing some of the fog around a specific moment when you were a kid. Its most likely NOT a song that you've carried with over the years, listening to it again and again, affixing more and more memories to it. (but for you, it might be). Its more likely a song you may have heard a lot doing a particular thing as a kid, but you may not have heard as much as a teen or adult.
'Crocodile Rock' by Elton John - My mother used to listen to what today would be called "Adult Contemporary". And, of course, she controlled the radio when we were tooling around in whatever junker we were driving back then. If I catch this today as a gwown up, it sucks me right back to sitting in the back seat with my sister, complaining about some scratchy sweater I was made to wear.
'Leaving On A Jet Plane' by John Denver - Actually, pretty much anything by John Denver takes me back to the 70's. Partially because teen me would've never admitted my fondness for his country-crossover hits. I have a clear memory of this one, but not being played by Denver. Our apartment complex's lifeguard, Charlene, used to bring her guitar to the pool. For some reason, this is the song I remember her playing the most.
'Fly Like An Eagle', The Steve Miller Band - I do remember hearing this many times on classic rock stations of the late 80's and even more so in the 90's, but there's something about this song that gives me a general feeling of riding my Huffy around the neighborhood, picking up some Wacky Packages and a Tahitian Treat soda at the local Wawa (Wawa rules!!) Maybe because this whole album seems really lock down the rock sound of the mid-70's. It feels more dated, more "time and a place" than other songs that transcended the decade.
'Crocodile Rock' by Elton John - My mother used to listen to what today would be called "Adult Contemporary". And, of course, she controlled the radio when we were tooling around in whatever junker we were driving back then. If I catch this today as a gwown up, it sucks me right back to sitting in the back seat with my sister, complaining about some scratchy sweater I was made to wear.
'Leaving On A Jet Plane' by John Denver - Actually, pretty much anything by John Denver takes me back to the 70's. Partially because teen me would've never admitted my fondness for his country-crossover hits. I have a clear memory of this one, but not being played by Denver. Our apartment complex's lifeguard, Charlene, used to bring her guitar to the pool. For some reason, this is the song I remember her playing the most.
'Fly Like An Eagle', The Steve Miller Band - I do remember hearing this many times on classic rock stations of the late 80's and even more so in the 90's, but there's something about this song that gives me a general feeling of riding my Huffy around the neighborhood, picking up some Wacky Packages and a Tahitian Treat soda at the local Wawa (Wawa rules!!) Maybe because this whole album seems really lock down the rock sound of the mid-70's. It feels more dated, more "time and a place" than other songs that transcended the decade.
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