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March 29, 2006
Do what?! In a theater?!
I occasionally correspond with an ex-boyfriend and last week he reminded me of an Alanis Morrisette tape I had left in his car the last time I'd seen him. Yes, this was back when CDs were just on the horizon. I loved that tape and listened to it often. It was her debut album. My ex-boyfriend now associates me with those songs. To be honest, I'm not really excited about that because Alanis seems kind of angry, doesn't she? Or maybe that was just on her first album. I wouldn't really know because after I left that tape in his car, I never went out of my way to listen to her again.
It's okay though because, whenever I hear a certain Bryan Adams song, I think of him. I've never asked him, but I'm guessing he's not a huge Bryan Adams fan. Nothing seems to open the pages of my memory like a song or a scent.
For example...
Calvin Klein's Obsession cologne reminds me of my ex, Blind Greg, because he always wore it.
Rotten mushrooms remind me of Alamosa, Colorado.
"The Piano Man" by Billy Joel reminds me of my high school friend Richard because he sang it with gusto.
Your turn. Give me a song or scent and the corresponding memory.
Posted by Allison at March 29, 2006 01:29 PMbtw the Alanis Morrisette tape you speak of (likely "jagged little pill") was not her debut album as she had a couple pop albums in 1991 ans 1992 before that but she was know only as Alanis back then.
I'm not some die hard Alanis fan, I'm just Canadian and old enough to remeber that (of course my memory is helped by google :)).
Posted by: loki at April 11, 2006 09:31 PMThe smell of cat pee reminds me of Rebecca. I mean that in the nicest way possible.
Posted by: Mega at April 1, 2006 03:20 PMBilly Joel---Only The Good Die Young, after two HS classmates at a catholic school in Fla. died in a car accident.
Scents? Ummmm...well, now that you asked, I can't remember any. Well.....*draws blank on a really good question*
Posted by: Cory at April 1, 2006 02:43 AMAnd...The smell of superior coffe reminds me the Barnes household.
Posted by: Teri at March 31, 2006 10:19 AMShania Twain's "I Feel Like a Woman" reminds me of a bus ride I took with a bunch of friends in Guatemala City.
And if I walk by a house and an intence smell of cig smoke makes it all the way to the sidewalk, I think of home and mom and dad.
My ancesters are from Lucerne, Switzerland.
Posted by: russ at March 31, 2006 09:42 AMI like the smell of coffee and cigarette smoke becaue it reminds me of my dad.
Posted by: tricia at March 30, 2006 07:24 PMCig smoke reminds me of driving to Slippery Rock after dinner with K Booth and the gang and smoking contraband ciggys. What rebels we used to be!!
Posted by: Jen F at March 29, 2006 04:43 PMDave Matthews Band. "Best of What's Around." Always reminds me of walking through Lucerne, Switzerland with a good friend and us singing it to each other. We were having a really bad travel day where nothing worked out. But we were hanging out together, so it ended up being a really good memory anyway.
"Turns out not where, but who you're with that really matters..."
Posted by: Barbara at March 29, 2006 04:34 PMEvery huge 80s hit reminds me of the roller skating rink. I loved that place.
Posted by: Steph at March 29, 2006 04:22 PMThe first time I went to Montana, as the plane was landing in Kalispell, I was listeneing to 'King Of This Heart' by Matt Redman. To this day I get tears in my eyes when I hear this song remembering how beautiful the mountains were surrounding the valley as we came down out of the clouds...and wishing that I could go back there.
Posted by: Beast1624 at March 29, 2006 04:15 PMNachos always remind me of the first time I watched Raiders of the Lost Arc cause they made me very sick
Posted by: Doug at March 29, 2006 01:46 PM