Thread: Anthems - what are yours

I don't know what other word I can use to describe the kinds of songs that transcend time and space, that seem to remind you of possibilities and potential. Songs that remind you not of an experience, but of a feeling..... Almost like a soundtrack of your life.

Some that do that for me:

Solsbury Hill
Pressure - David Bowie
Sweet Home Alabama
Baba O'Reilly

I know they're different for everyone. These are not even my "favorite songs", but songs that when I hear them move me to a different place. What others?

cotton

eyed

joe

Holiday In Berlin - Full Blown: Burnt Weenie Sandwich:FZ
Willie The Pimp: Hot Rats:FZ
The Nancy and Mary Music:Chunga's Revenge:FZ
The Gumbo Variations:Hot Rats:FZ
Master Builder: Gong Est Mort: GONG
Tongues in Aspic Part Two: Lark's Tongue In Aspic: King Crimson.

Celebrated Summer- Husker Du

You're Living All Over Me- Dinosaur

Down- Jawbreaker

Paint it Black & Sympathy for the Devil- Rolling Stones

Fight On, Tribute to Troy, and Conquest- The University of Southern California, Trojan Marching Band

There are others...

Freebird

Nothing Else Matters

Road Trippin - RHCP

Working man - Rush

Chilly water - Widespread Panic

Outfit - Drive by Truckers

There's lots...here's a few:

Gathering Storm - God Speed You Black Emperor
Saturday and Valentine - Christie Front Drive
Bobby Truck Tricks - Lifetime
To the Rhythm of A Cold Night in Virginia - The Blacktop Cadence
Standing Still Fast - Planes Mistaken for Stars
Rode (For Justin) - Garden Variety
Anything off of Sunny Day Real Estate's Diary disc

for some strange reason, this song always reminds me of the summer in between 10th and 11th grade.... tlc waterfalls normally this kind of stuff isn't my thing, but that song is linked in my memory to that summer.

weezer my name is jonas reminds me of being a stupid high schooler, driving up to the ski hill after school on friday. actually, most of that cd is kind of like a soundtrack for those memories.

i'm just now recognizing how poor my tastes in music must appear...

Originally Posted by acostiga

weezer my name is jonas reminds me of being a stupid high schooler, driving up to the ski hill after school on friday. actually, most of that cd is kind of like a soundtrack for those memories.

Funny you mention that one - it's permanently linked to the first summer I spent working in Geneva. And for some reason it's the first thing that came to mind while reading this thread. Odd.

Sick and ashamed and happy (and Sweet Child O' Mine always causes me to smile and turn up the volume),
d.

American Pie--Don McLean (will be played at my wake someday)
Changes in Lattitude, Changes in Attitude--Jimmy Buffett (title says it)
Three Little Birds--Bob Marley (early morning chill-out song--great to remember when some wacko cuts you off on the drive to work)

peace,
D.

This’ll probably revoke my music license but:

Jesus Jones – Right Here, Right Now

ELO - Showdown
Marley - No More Trouble / Them Belly Full (Live only)
OCMS - Wagon Wheel
Digable Planets - Nickel Bag / NY 21 Theme: The Art of Easing
Tribe: Electric Relaxation
De La: 4 More

acostiga: It's funny you mention Waterfalls. That and SWV Right Here remind me of HS (specifically driving to Charlotte to visit a friend and hit up strip clubs).

Honestly, a lot of the best memories are induced by some of the worst music. Brian Adams I Do It For You (which sucks beyond reproach) always reminds me of school dances, which definitely didn't suck.

[whistle]



I'm at a loss for words.

Originally Posted by lemon boy

This’ll probably revoke my music license but:

Jesus Jones – Right Here, Right Now

^^^^^

oh....dear.....god......hahhahhaaaaa

Paradise City - GnR
Down Under - Men at Work
Unknown Road - Pennywise
Me so horny - 2 Live Crew

Wharf Rat - GD
Genesis - Hot Tuna
Fishin - Elvin Bishop
Am I Loosin - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Legalize It - Peter Tosh

Am I Loosin

I recall when I used to come home never had a dime
But Lord I always had a good time
And I recall drinkin' wine with one of my friends
Lord, I can't go back again

(Chorus)
Am I losin' my own way back home
Am I losin' a good friend that I've known
Am I losin' won't you tell me how I've sinned
Why am I losin one of my bets friends


And I recall this friend of mine I knew so well
It goes to show Lord you just can't tell
Now my friend won't talk to me Let me tell you why
he thinks I 've changed because of a dollar sign
(Chorus)

And its so strange when you get just a little money
Your so called friends want to act just a little funny
They'll blame you

But I'm not the one that's here to blame
Its you my friend that's really changed
Its a shame, such a shame
Am I losin' once again

Why these things happen, Lord I don't understand
But Lord it can sure hurt a man
Why my friend won't take me as I am
'Cause your friend Lord is the most important thing

Probably none of you know this tune but "Wild in the Streets" by Garland Jeffries was my number one teen anthem, still a great song.

Great thread wsd -

ditto on Baba O'Reilly

Houses of the Holy - Zep
Through Being Cool - Devo (that's a real time and place song for me)
Watching the Detectives - Elvis Costello
Renegades of Funk - Rage Against the Machine
One Nation Under a Groove - Funkadelic
Carey - Joni Mitchell

2 live crew was basically the deal for me and my friends during middle school. sneaking a walkman into an assembly, with the battery-powered portable external speakers....

And You And I - Yes
Terrapin Station - Grateful Dead
We Can Be Together - Jefferson Airplane
Problem Child - AC/DC
My God - Jethro Tull
What's On My Mind - Kansas
Are You Experienced? - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Tomorrow's Dream - Black Sabbath

These all have the "chill factor" for me, as in they seem to stimulate a glandular response which opens the door to awareness of a reality more vast than the mundane can approach, sending a chill up my spine.

Originally Posted by Buster Highmen

Holiday In Berlin - Full Blown: Burnt Weenie Sandwich:FZ
Willie The Pimp: Hot Rats:FZ
The Nancy and Mary Music:Chunga's Revenge:FZ
The Gumbo Variations:Hot Rats:FZ
Master Builder: Gong Est Mort: GONG
Tongues in Aspic Part Two: Lark's Tongue In Aspic: King Crimson.

This time of year always reminds me of FZ. In the 70's, I used to see him live every year on Halloween in NYC.

I have a bunch, depends on what I need...

Atmosphere - trying to Find a Balance
Husker Du - Crystal, So Far Down, Ice Cold Ice
Built to Spill - the Plan, car
De La Soul - Stakes is High
Desaparecidos - Man and Wife the latter
Fugazi - the Argument
Minor Threat - Salad Days
Guided By Voices - Bulldog Skin
Oasis - Acquiesce
Rolling Stones - Paint it Black
The Thermals- the entire Fuckin 'A record

AC/DC - Ride On
Pearl Jam - Ten, the whole album. ALL OF IT!
Led Zep - Kashmir
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Bad Religion - Infected
The Libertines - Don't Look Back Into the Sun
Van Morrison - And it Stoned Me (WTF, eh?)
Jethro Tull - Aqualung (more from playing it than listening to it)

Dylan's "When I Paint My Masterpiece", from "Postcards of the Hanging".

PF's "Meddle", 1st side, any order.

Jimi's "Rainy Day..." & the reprise.

Top Gun Anthem