Musical question

[firecat]

Songs that, when you first heard them, reminded you of things that hadn't happened to you yet.

Do you have any?

(This post brought to you by "Diamonds & Rust," which I first heard when I was 18, and "Killing Me Softly," which I first heard when I was 8, I think [ETA: I must have been 11 or 12, because the version I heard didn't come out until 1973])

Comments

[senmut]

No. I seem to have the 'hear a song and get an overly specific memory of hearing it before'.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

I don't have a good answer but I think "Killing Me Softly" is a very evocative song, so I'm not surprised it provoked future nostalgia. In the same vein, maybe "Landslide" by Fleetwood Mac?

[jazzfish]

"29" by Gin Blossoms, which I heard at, um, fifteen? Sixteen? That was a really interesting moment of "this song is going to be extremely relevant to me someday but right now it's just vaguely melancholy."

[ljgeoff]

Yes, Fleetwood Mac's Landslide

[greghousesgf]

Spirit in the Sky by Norman Greenbaum makes me think of a plane taking off when you're on your way to a new chapter in life.

[snippy]

Inna gadda da vida. OMG. I was a kid, surrounded by adults who were doing drugs ALL THE TIME. The apartment was full of ultraviolet posters. And it was truly frightening to think that I might do that eventually.

[bitterlawngnome]

Eurythmics, _I Remember You_
Everything But The Girl, _Missing_

[flippac]

These days Killing Me Softly (I only really know the Fugees version) mostly reminds me of gaslighting gender shrinks. Also one ex, though not a guy.

[wordweaverlynn]

"Sunrise, Sunset," which we sang in chorus when I was in about fifth grade. Somebody thought it would be adorable to have kids singing about how your kids grow up too fast.