I listened to Sirocco by Australian Crawl the other day. Released in 1981, I'm pretty sure I heard this disc rotating several times on the turntable of Andrea's friend, Nadia. It took me straight back to that time and place when I heard a few long-forgotten songs, and Nadia popped into my head even though I have no conscious recollection of hearing it with her.
Later that same day, Even Now by Bob Seger came into my head. That song came out in '82. I loved it then and even though I love it now, I'd forgotten all about it. Andrea and I stood like a couple of dopeheads in her backyard on Monday evening, after I mentioned that song, and got off on the amazing feeling that is recovering a memory :) It's very exciting to me when that happens. It feels as if when the memory comes up, it brings a piece of myself with it, like a clump, a mixed together grouping of feelings and sensations and colours. It's so cool. It's like taking drugs without the unpleasant side effects :)
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i just spent about six weeks saturating myself in that feeling. listening to all of the oldest music i still own, as well as spending a little too much money on reclaiming songs long lost.
ReplyDeletesince i no longer live in the same city, or with the same people, or wear the same clothes, or have the same friends, etc. i realized that the only thing i have left to connect me to the older times in my life is the music. and i LOVE the ability music has to instantly transport you back in time to the "feeling" that a certain period of your life held, bringing long forgotten memories with it.
we are on the same page with this one...
Yeah, music is just an AMAZING gift, isn't it?
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