Songs That Remind You of Love Lost.....

Love Goes Where My Rosemary Goes takes me back to a teenage crush on Rosemary, naturally. To this day I think of her whenever I hear the song.

 

Whenever I hear "I honestly Love You" I'm sadly reminded of being twelve years old and hopelessly in love with Olivia Newton John.

And that b*tch wouldn't give me the time of day!

 

"hearts and bones" Paul Simon

 

More seriously, "It's Sad to Belong" by England Dan and John Ford Coley always reminds me of adolescent crushes. I dunno what it is about those old sappy love songs that I wouldn't be caught dead listening to anymore...

Ray

 

It's a song that was apart of an adult relationship actually for me. Now if I could just remember the artists name or the song title. It has however left an indelibly pressed lyrics passage.

"Will you recognise me
look my way, or walk on by me.
Rain keeps fallin', rain keeps fallin', down, down, down."

On the juvenile side...when I was 10 years old I had a severe crush on a cute little girl at summer camp. The song was Otis Reddings "Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay".

 

how much I feel - Ambrosia
Love hurts - Gram Parsons
Goodbye girl - David Gates

 

"Once Upon a Time"/Dan Fogelberg

Every morning you wake up alone
And you shake up your soul
But nothing stirs
So you take the love of whoever
you please
But you can't find no reason
For giving yours.
'Cause, once upon a time
You held a love so strong and fine
That all the others simply don't compare
She's always on your mind
But once upon a time
You had her there.
Drive into town 'most every night
On the chance that there might be someone
Waiting for you
You tell yourself you'll
Give it your best
Maybe settle for less
But you never do.
'Cause, once upon a time
You held a love so strong and fine
That all the others simply don't compare
She's always on your mind
But once upon a time
You had her there.
Every morning you wake up alone
And you shake up your soul
But nothing stirs
So you take the love of whoever
you please
But you can't find no reason
For giving yours.
'Cause, once upon a time
You held a love so strong and fine
That all the others simply don't compare
She's always on your mind
But once upon a time
You had her there.

 

I'm no Elvis fan, but 'Marie's the Name (of His Latest Flame)' always remind me of a girl, Samantha, I dated when I was a freshman in High School. She ripped my still beating heart out of my chest and served it to me on a platinum platter. '...and she had the longest blackest hair, the prettiest green eyes anywhere....' As young as I was, I still don't think I ever completely got over that one. Then Elton John's 'Your Song' reminds me of Eileen, whom I was involved with circa 1991. Man, she decimated me. I had to take off and live in Florida for 8 months to get over that one. I did actually write and record a couple of songs for her, that's why 'Your Song' always reminds me of her. The Cult's 'Fire Woman' takes me back to Debbie, my 'main squeeze' my senior year of High School. We sort of drifted apart after graduation.

O, man. I just dug up some serious memories, and that's not even all the women who have broken my heart. I think I gotta stop by the pub tonight and throw on Sea Change and Blood on the Tracks when I get home tonight.

 

Dave, it's "Don't You (Forget About Me)" by Simple Minds


Won't you come see about me?
I'll be alone, dancing you know it baby

Tell me your troubles and doubts
Giving me everything inside and out and
Love's strange so real in the dark
Think of the tender things that we were working on

Slow change may pull us apart
When the light gets into your heart, baby

Don't You Forget About Me
Don't Don't Don't Don't
Don't You Forget About Me

Will you stand above me?
Look my way, never love me
Rain keeps falling, rain keeps falling
Down, down, down

Will you recognise me?
Call my name or walk on by
Rain keeps falling, rain keeps falling
Down, down, down, down

Hey, hey, hey, hey
Ohhhh.....

Don't you try to pretend
It's my feeling we'll win in the end
I won't harm you or touch your defenses
Vanity and security

Don't you forget about me
I'll be alone, dancing you know it baby
Going to take you apart
I'll put us back together at heart, baby

Don't You Forget About Me
Don't Don't Don't Don't
Don't You Forget About Me

As you walk on by
Will you call my name?
As you walk on by
Will you call my name?
When you walk away

 

Dave, I believe you are referring to Simple Minds 'Don't You Forget About Me'.

 

RDK, you beat me to it.

 

Here's mine, believe it or not:

"Burning Bridges"--Mike Curb Congregation.

"All the burning bridges that have fallen after me
all the lonely feelings and the burning memories
everyone I left behind each time I closed the door
burning bridges lost for ever more."

OK, you musical brainiacs, a trivia question: "Burning Bridges" served as the theme song for what movie???

 

KELLY'S HEROES.

My prize?

 

There is a killer new version of that song out now by Freedy Johnston.

My choice would be "Thorn Tree in the Garden" by Derek & the Dominos
although I read a recent interview with Bobby Whitlock where he explained that the song was about a dog.

And I'm a cat guy...
Peace
Norm
PS: Hey Dave: It was the Simple Minds! LOL

 

Simple Minds - Don't You Forget About Me


Edit: Oops I was VERY slow on this!

 

Well done! You win the right to be called a "Musical Brainiac"!

 

Well, if we add people we didn't actually know........

Kate Bush - "The Man With the Child in His Eyes".

 

There are so many, but perhaps the one that best sums everything up, that really cut so deep when I first heard the lyrics, was this one from 1995:

Someone Else's Star (Skip Ewing, Jim Weatherly)

Alone again tonight
Without someone to love
The stars are shining bright
So one more wish goes up
Oh, I wish I may
And I wish with all my might
For the love I'm dreaming of
And missing in my life

You'd think that I could find
A true love of my own
It happens all the time
To people that I know
Their wishes all come true
So I've got to believe
There's still someone out there who
Is meant for only me

I guess I must be wishin'
On someone else's star
It seems like someone else
Keeps gettin' what I'm wishin' for
Why can't I be as lucky as those other people are
I guess I must be wishin'
On someone else's star

I sit here in the dark
And stare up at the sky
But I can't give my heart
One good reason why
Everywhere I look
It's lovers that I see
Seems like everyone's in love
With everyone but me

(Chorus)

Why can't I be as lucky
As those other people are
Oh I guess I must be wishin'
On someone else's star

 

"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"

Righteous Brothers, of course. Sums it all up.

Runner-up: Johnny Ace's "The Clock."

ED

 

Parallels by Yes always reminds me of a cute girl I once dated.

JohnG

 

"Beginnings"--Chicago.

It was the summer of 1972. I was at a one-week church camp and enrolled in the "Creative Drama" class, where I met a beautiful, talented, creative, and very smart Korean-American girl. I was 14 1/2 and she was 15, but to me she looked 18 and I was sure she'd never give me the time of day.

Wednesday night there was a hurricane warning and an intense thunderstorm. Just before we were all sent back to our cottages, I got up the nerve to go make conversation with her (rough weather, eh? etc.). The conversation went well. It continued the next day, before and during and after our class, and continued the next night. I held her hand as we walked to the evening activity, and tried not to faint (while she was there, anyway).

Friday night after the evening's activities were through, we walked along the beach, and I had my first real kiss.

Later we stayed up way past curfew, just talking and holding hands.

Saturday she rode back on my church's bus as far as Raleigh, North Carolina, where she met her parents. She kissed me goodbye, and we agreed we'd meet again in three years when she came back from Korea. But we never saw each other again.

All this time I was listening to "Beginnings," trying to fix it in my mind so it would trigger a full set of memories and bring back this moment to me. I wanted to feel this way forever.

It worked, so this is not a song I can listen to very often. But sometimes when I want to smell the ocean air, be 14 1/2 again, and remember that first kiss, I'll listen.

 

Europa and the Pirate Twins - although those bl*@dy Simple Minds blokes have a lot to answer for as well


All the best - Andrew

 

Against All Odds, Nothin's Gonna Break My Stride, and Missing You all came out about the same time in 1984 when my first serious girlfriend broke up with me.

 

Donna - - Ritchie Valens ... in 6th grade, I had a crush on a red-headed, freckled-face, tomboy named Donna.

 

Good one Gardo

Wow man. Thanks for sharing that one. Ever read "Snow Falling On Cedars"? That's what you just reminded me of.
Peace
Norm