"THAT" song (Read 821 times)

Baby Got Back. No joke. I LOVE that song...always have. No matter how chubby or downright overweight I have been that song makes me feel not-so-bad about my bod and makes me envy skinny-minis a bit less. k

It isn't just a "girl" thing... I hope. Maybe I'm getting in touch with my "feminine side?" Pretty much any song by "Live" off the "Mental Jewelry" album conjures a myriad of memories from the early 90's. One song in particular, "You are the World", brings specific and very powerful thoughts to mind. There are several "that" songs I listen to on the iShuffle when running. But they tend to be "harder" tunes from bands like "Tool", "NIN", "System of a Down" etc. Hmm, think I'll listen to "Live" right now!

Baby Got Back.

If you can't crack a smile when you hear that song, you need a serious attitude adjustment. My #2 favorite song to do Karaoke to. ------------------------------------- It's definitely not a girl thing. I think for all of us there's a soundtrack that accompanies our lives -- the music we listen to becomes inextricably wound around the fabric of of our memories in the same way that certain smells, tastes, sounds, and sights do. I can't say that I have one "THAT" song -- I probably have hundreds, many tied to a specific time and place in my life. But I'll tell you the first one that came to mind: "Where the Streets Have No Name" by U2. I wasn't into U2 when this came out in '87, but by the early 90's I was sold. This song, like most of the "Joshua Tree" album, has a big wide open sound, and it absolutely ripples with anticipation. My most specific memory of the song is ~ 1994 cruising out of LA in a jeep with some friends, driving towards the actual Joshua Tree National Monument. We were listening to Red Hot Chili Peppers, which was cool, but I suggested we ought to be listening to "Joshua Tree" since that's where we were heading. Fortunately, someone had the cassette with them. It seemed absolutely appropriate for the boundless American West. To me, the song conjures up a time in my life (early 20's), that was filled with endless possibility, crackling with probability, teeming with excitement for what was next, no matter what it was. Cheers, Jeff

What's your first?

Heh. First is "I Can't Get Next To You" by the Temptations. It's fun to try to sing all four different vocal parts (not simultaneously), yet it's just wacky-sounding enough that I don't get taken seriously (which is kind of the point of Karaoke, I suppose).

My current "THAT SONG" is One Voice by The Wailin' Jennys. Pure magic. Stops me in my tracks, lifts up my head, runs angels through my mind and shivers down my spine.

Pretty much any song by "Live" off the "Mental Jewelry" album

My favorite Live song is from the album Throwing Copper. It's an untitled song - chorus is something like: She road a horse into my head, she road a horse into my head, yeah, she won't discipline her children, and now they're running wild on the beach, and I don't care, no, I don't care. Have you heard it before?

um. It'd have to be "Black Velvet"..and I remember getting into the bar at age 19 by batting my eyelashes, the hot bouncer named Aaron and dirty dancing to that song after a couple long island ice teas. Actually, it's the memory of the dirty dancing...he was hot a great dancer.

NICE. That song is one that I have to turn up the volume for anyhow, but ...Now I'll have to picture a hot great dancing bouncer when I hear that song!