Are there songs that evoke ceratain memories from your past? That every time you hear triggers nostalgia (or pain) or songs that you associate with specific events
I’ll start - Summer Paradise by Simple Plan reminds me of the time me and my wife went on a road trip with no definite destination, we just stopped when it got dark and checked-in to the nearest hotel we could find.
Jagged Little Pill - my 1st year away from home, stayed in our high school’s dormitory where my roommate played Alanis’ whole album non-stop, like yung buong cassette!
Butterfly Carnival - reminds me of my first UP Fair concert
Pompeii (Bastille) - when I first moved away from PH and I was on my own most of the time as a newcomer here I was always listening to this song. Now pag naririnig ko especially yung chorus parang nattransport ako back to that particular time six years ago
Africa (Toto) - ewan ko ba pero nung buntis ako LSS ko ito. Kaya ngayon pag naririnig ko naaalala ko yung time na inaantay ko palang lumabas si little one
One More Sleep by Leona Lewis and The Weeknd’s I feel it Coming always transport me back to Yorkshire, England kasi lagi ko pinapatugtog nun while naliligo ako sa umaga i also played both in the little car while we drove to the Lake District and to Edinburgh.
Backstreetboys songs always takes me back to those balmy March evenings when we would attend rehearsals for our High school foundation day performances. At yung feeling excited ka kasi makaka hang out mo si secret crush ng mas matagal and casual environment lang. Ayiie
Lovefool - summer of '98. Fun times with PI 100 classmates
The coconut nut - HS field demo. Lafftrip to kasi pwersahan pinag costume ibang kaklase namin at pinagperform. Last year when we had our silver anniv, pinatugtog to at lahat sobrang nagreact.
Yung naging LSS sya ng lahat ng tao sa opisina, pati ng asawa ng boss ko. Sabi ng asawa ng boss ko, kapag daw naririnig nya yun, natatawa sya tapos naaalala nya ko hehehe
Narda by Kamikazee will always remind me of the one that wasn’t in high school.
Classmates kami nung first year, tapos bigla na lang kaming tinukso sa class kasi crush niya raw ako. Di ako naniwala pero iniwasan ko na siya para walang gulo. Na-jail booth pa kaming dalawa nung school fair so nainis ako lalo. Hindi na kami naging classmates pagkatapos ng first year.
Fast forward to 2006, busy-busyhan bilang CAT officers, tapos naging officer din siya so naging friends kami ulit. Fourth year Christmas party ng school, may battle of the bands. Bago sila tumugtog, sabi ng vocalist, dedicated daw yung kanta na yun para sa special someone nung drummer. Siya yung drummer. First time ko marinig yung Narda.
Kaso walang nangyari hanggang graduation. Summer after graduation, nagkatext kami, inamin niyang crush niya ako. Kaso pa-UPD na ako tapos pa-DLSU siya, so wala na. The one that wasn’t.
May sinulat ako tungkol dito nung kasagsagan ng mga pangyayari, pero wag na yun kasi mas madrama.