NEWKID 26,094 Posted October 15, 2020 Report Share Posted October 15, 2020 1 hour ago, THE STIFFMEISTER said: I’m disappointed in hearing a Welshman say that Mate. When I was a younger lad , lived in a smallish town in the south. It was a long old drag hone for a lot of us so we used to stay there at weekends . There was a core four who did , and we became best mates over time with living and working together almost daily for four years . there was me from Cumbria a South African lad a cockney boy who just could t face the m25 abd a Welsh lad from port talbot who would start drinking at 5 on a Friday and finish at 2 on a Monday as we’d walk hone from a night out he’d always sing one of two songs , you could tell his mood from the opening line it was either “and we we’re singing hymns and arias” or another one. anyway eventually we all drifted apart ad we do in life and we rarely see each other now. last year I was driving hone In the rain and I had radio two on. the Welsh gardener Fella who gives advice was chatting away and eventually as he touched on his goodbyes to the show he mentioned it was the anniversary of a Welsh mining disaster and jeremy vine extended the interview and pressed him further . The old boy eventually conceded he knew some of the lads killed and that he was one of the first in the scene . You could tell his emotion by his voice. As the interview concluded the strains of my pals Song started . after a verse or two , I pulled over into the hard shoulder and sat , I’m not ashamed to say I wept buckets at the mans tale but also I think I was crying for my friends in that nostalgic feeling you get when you know things will never be like that again . music has a funny effect on you like that. Great post... Songs bring back memories regularly for me and that "funny effect" is a great feeling when you remember people or times as soon as the first few lines are sung.. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
THE STIFFMEISTER 14,553 Posted October 15, 2020 Report Share Posted October 15, 2020 14 minutes ago, NEWKID said: Great post... Songs bring back memories regularly for me and that "funny effect" is a great feeling when you remember people or times as soon as the first few lines are sung.. I In ow exactly that Feeling mate , I get it with loads of songs but billy ocean Caribbean queen and deadmaus I remember make the back of my hairs stand Up whenever I hear them 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greb147 6,808 Posted October 15, 2020 Report Share Posted October 15, 2020 Does anyone hear songs and it reminds them of ex-girlfriends, even though some you may have split up on bad terms with some at that moment you still feel the love. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
THE STIFFMEISTER 14,553 Posted October 15, 2020 Report Share Posted October 15, 2020 11 minutes ago, Greb147 said: Does anyone hear songs and it reminds them of ex-girlfriends, even though some you may have split up on bad terms with some at that moment you still feel the love. Genuinely nearly choked on my coffee reading that . too funny and very close to home for me and a group of my pals Sat one night in his after we’d all been dumped realistically for being f***ing clowns altogether... sat about 3 in the morning at his , all mortal and this came on mtv . “aw f***ing no this Again “ said my pal 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel cain 42,800 Posted October 15, 2020 Report Share Posted October 15, 2020 13 minutes ago, Greb147 said: Does anyone hear songs and it reminds them of ex-girlfriends, even though some you may have split up on bad terms with some at that moment you still feel the love. This when I'm hanging out of her indoors 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greb147 6,808 Posted October 15, 2020 Report Share Posted October 15, 2020 4 minutes ago, THE STIFFMEISTER said: Genuinely nearly choked on my coffee reading that . too funny and very close to home for me and a group of my pals Sat one night in his after we’d all been dumped realistically for being f***ing clowns altogether... sat about 3 in the morning at his , all mortal and this came on mtv . “aw f***ing no this Again “ said my pal It's true though, I've got a photographic memory with certain things and remember when and where I first heard a song if it has a certain meaning for me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greb147 6,808 Posted October 15, 2020 Report Share Posted October 15, 2020 5 minutes ago, Daniel cain said: This when I'm hanging out of her indoors Stay off the Stella. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel cain 42,800 Posted October 15, 2020 Report Share Posted October 15, 2020 2 minutes ago, Greb147 said: It's true though, I've got a photographic memory with certain things and remember when and where I first heard a song if it has a certain meaning for me. f**k, I'm the same 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
THE STIFFMEISTER 14,553 Posted October 15, 2020 Report Share Posted October 15, 2020 7 minutes ago, Greb147 said: It's true though, I've got a photographic memory with certain things and remember when and where I first heard a song if it has a certain meaning for me. I totally get that . I thought I was quite unique in that I get that completely all the time with even a smell. It triggers a memory cycle of a song , a place , weird how your memory works 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greb147 6,808 Posted October 15, 2020 Report Share Posted October 15, 2020 4 minutes ago, THE STIFFMEISTER said: I totally get that . I thought I was quite unique in that I get that completely all the time with even a smell. It triggers a memory cycle of a song , a place , weird how your memory works It rids all the things that mean nothing to you and stores the things of importance......apart from things like where my car keys or wallet are. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dogmandont 9,312 Posted October 15, 2020 Report Share Posted October 15, 2020 2 minutes ago, THE STIFFMEISTER said: I totally get that . I thought I was quite unique in that I get that completely all the time with even a smell. It triggers a memory cycle of a song , a place , weird how your memory works One whiff of vicks and I'm back in the POINT bouncing about to this Lol. 1 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
THE STIFFMEISTER 14,553 Posted October 15, 2020 Report Share Posted October 15, 2020 This was my favourite song when I was little , I don’t Know why as it’s not anything I’d listen to or my mam would play at home. I just liked it . in 2010 I met a chick up town and tortured her into coming on a date with me the next Thursday. I pulled up at a shop near hers and she got in , after the usual shite of “how’s your week? “ “ you look nice “ “ what perfume you got on ? Cillit bang?” She was sat scrolling through my IPod and put that on. Of all the songs in an iPod with 25000 songs on she picked that. when you know , you know . 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NEWKID 26,094 Posted October 15, 2020 Report Share Posted October 15, 2020 12 minutes ago, THE STIFFMEISTER said: I totally get that . I thought I was quite unique in that I get that completely all the time with even a smell. It triggers a memory cycle of a song , a place , weird how your memory works Was going to mention smells in my previous post. Songs and smells can instantly transport you right back to something you thought was gone forever....I genuinely love that feeling. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
THE STIFFMEISTER 14,553 Posted October 15, 2020 Report Share Posted October 15, 2020 1 minute ago, NEWKID said: Was going to mention smells in my previous post. Songs and smells can instantly transport you right back to something you thought was gone forever....I genuinely love that feeling. alien perfume for me is a big one , it genuinely makes me wobble . 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greb147 6,808 Posted October 15, 2020 Report Share Posted October 15, 2020 (edited) No word of a lie I can remember the song my old man used to play when he tried to settle me as a baby, he used to play Love Me Tender, I can even remember staring the artex ceiling as he rocked me to sleep. f***ing crazy how I can remember something in the mid 80's whilst being so young. Edited October 15, 2020 by Greb147 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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