Music experience: a ghost from the past

[Kirsten]

I just love how music can transport you back to the place you were when you first heard that song. Or the era you were in when it was popular.

Yes, it does. Better than any diary... It is so amazing!

There is one song that always reminds me of the ocean and camping when I was about 14. It's amazing to me that I still remember all the lyrics to these old songs too!! LOL

Which one was that? (if I may ask?)

Kirsten

[Taz_Zoee]

It's called Here I go Again and its by Whitesnake.

The Styx remind me of when I was little and my brother would blast his stereo in his car out in the garage, making everything in the house rattle.

[Vermontcat]

"Don't you forget about me" is my favorite Simple Minds song.
When I was in college my friends and I loved the movie The Breakfast Club and we played the soundtrack all the time and that was our favorite song on it.
I also love all the U2 songs, the older ones really take me back.
U2 just started their new tour in Barcelona the other night and they played Ultraviolet and The Unforgettable Fire two of my favorite songs of theirs.
I really hope that they play them when I see them in concert in September.

[Kirsten]

It's called Here I go Again and its by Whitesnake.

Ah, I remember that one! I listened a lot to it in the fall of 1987 which was also a very intensive era in my biography.

"Don't you forget about me" is my favorite Simple Minds song.

I love that one, too, along with several others. And yes, I remember it was on the "Breakfast Club soundtrack".

I also love all the U2 songs, the older ones really take me back.

Same here, I remember when "The Joshua Tree" was released, I think that was the spring of 1987. The first time I heard "With or Without You", I was in the bathroom of a motorway restaurant.

It's funny that the Simple Minds and U2 were often compared to each other in the 80s. Maybe because they really had a political message in their songs. And both Jim Kerr and Bono were two of the most charismatic singers of that time. I still remember the Simple Minds performing at the Free Nelson Mandela concert when they sang Biko along with Peter Gabriel. Awesome!

Have fun at the U2 concert!

Kirsten

[Vermontcat]

Kirsten just today I was looking at videos on YouTube from the Live Aid concert from 1985.
There were so many great bands that played there including Simple Minds and U2. I wish I could have seen it live.
You should check out some of the videos on YouTube just search for Live Aid or Simple Minds.
U2 played another great concert in Barcelona tonight, I got to hear some of it live online including them playing Electrical Storm live for the first time.
They will be playing in Germany later this summer, if you get a chance to get tickets you should go!
They are such a great band to see live in concert.

[Kirsten]

I'm sure U2 live is phantastic! I haven't been to concerns for many years due to back problems, but maybe I should give it another try.

Isn't it great that you can see all the old stuff on youtube? Will go looking now!

Kirsten

[Kirsten]

Wow, I guess I could spend hours on youtube, watching all this old stuff...

I even found a video of one of my Simple Minds faves, Waterfront! The 80s were so cool!

Kirsten