Do you ever associate songs with random things?

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I sometimes do. I would think of a certain song whenever I see or think of a certain object or thing. But the song may not have much to do with the thing. An example would be whenever I think of Wrongplanet members the song "Yellow Submarine" would pop in my head.

everytime i see 'friskygirl'(?) has posted i get the j-kwon song tipsy in my head, but with the word tipsy replaced with frisky
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I associated barber scissors with the song Jack and Diane by John Mellencamp, more specifically with the bass.

There was a popular rock song from the 80s that I associated with waking up, and the smell of toothpaste. It was from when my mom had to drive my dad to work, and we had to get up at an early time, everyone brushing their teeth while the radio was playing and I guess I heard it more than once at this time. Can't remember the song, but it did happen.

Shine on You Crazy Diamond by Pink Floyd reminded me of the ocean of nothing but the color blue.

Most of the association were from when I was younger, and there's many more.

I find songs capture moments in time, for both individuals and entire cultural eras.


Its fascinating to listen to the pop music of Western Society in chronological order by month and year that the songs were at the top of the charts. Its a time capsule snapshot of each period, and you can hear the musical styles evolve from one year to the next, as musicians influenced each other and were influenced by the popular culture around them - the news events, the fashion trends, the politics and the attitudes of society in general - its all so symbiotic, and if you know the history of each period and what else was going on in the world at the time, you can literally hear it all absorbed BY the musicians and the music and reflected back FROM them.

I associate the song "Where Are You Going" by Dave Matthews Band (especially the saxophone solo) with my trip to Las Vegas, which happened about 8 or 9 years ago. I think it's because I heard it on the radio either on the way there or on the way back.

I associate the song "Say It Right" by Nelly Furtado with snow and winter. I'm not entirely sure why.

I associate cowboy songs (country music) with pick up trucks (duh!).

I associate Kinks songs, with London and England.

Yep, that's due to the nature of humans' memory, where everything is associated and connected via neurons. Every time you make that association, it gets stronger, too.

Then of course there are just songs which have lyrics you can relate to.

This is a great interest of mine. I love reading music histories and watching music documentaries and listening to music in chronological order.Luckily this is a pretty common Special Interest and full immersion in any musical canon is easy with Netflix and an ipod. And concerts. I used to have those in my life pre-kid but post-kid...not so much. Too loud and crowded for her. But she loves music too so yay!

I'm the one who always pops into those Music These Days argument with an illustration of pop foolishness or licentiousness or violence of the past. "Yes, We Have No Bananas" is ancient pop banality, for example. And Johnny Cash singing "I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die" predates gangsta rap by a wide margin. But you knew that.

When I'm hanging around with my friends on the school field, they have their music playing out loud on their phones, and I don't listen to English popular music all that much, so there are lots of songs that I associate with my friends because I was with my friends the first time I ever heard the song.

A lot of Russian music reminds me of really cold weather, LOL. And Spanish music reminds me of hot weather. And this means that if the weather is cold, I can't listen to Spanish music (and in hot weather I can't listen to Russian music) because it doesn't "match", LOL. I'm kind of weird

Yes. An example would be whenever I hear the song "Coal Mine" I think of Rune Factory. I think of a lot of things whenever I hear songs.

I associate songs with places and locations. For example I always associate the The Tea Party's Heaven Coming Down with driving on the winding road through the mountains. When I hear the Perfect Drug by NIN I always think of the Sydney Harbour Tunnel.