Hello all this is my first new thread so please be kind...

Just wondering if anyone had a song or have songs that, while they liked them back in the 80's, either the lyrics and/or music evoke a memory *more* today then they were appreciated back then (if that makes any sense).

For example a song comes on the radio and just like in a movie you kinnda go into this daydream and relive something that happened when you heard that song for the first time (or the millionth)

Or now that life has sprung some more ahem interesting experiences on you, do you *get* the lyrics to a certain song more then you did back then?

Any stories are appreciated,

Patty

Some of my flashbacks:

Adult education by Hall and Oates, I can still remember being in our high school radio station, and my best friend and I thinking about the video we could make for this song with all of our "experiences" in high school. lol

Also can flashback to Duran Duran (pick a song any song) and squeeling with my girlfriends when we saw a video or a television interview or dancing down the sidewalk at 3 in the morning with my friends when we had a slumber party at my friends' house.

On the flipside of the coin, I can now understand Depeche Mode's song Enjoy the Silence so much better now...

Tuesdays Gone by Lynard Skynard (1 know it's a 70's song)

But not tonight by Depeche Mode, I remember heard that song by my sister who like this stuff, same for Paula Abdul and at this time, I didn't like a lot of song because I was too young! But now I like this more than any other songs! :D

Originally posted by Jefferson Starship
But not tonight by Depeche Mode, I remember heard that song by my sister who like this stuff, same for Paula Abdul and at this time, I didn't like a lot of song because I was too young! But now I like this more than any other songs! :D

Artist : Depeche Mode
Song : But Not Tonight
Album :
Submitted by : leyna
Corrected by :
Rated : 10.0 (11 votes)


Oh God, it's raining
But I'm not complaining
It's filling me up
With new life

The stars in the sky
Bring tears to my eyes
They're lighting my way
Tonight

And I haven't felt so alive
In years

Just for a day
On a day like today
I'll get away from
This constant debauchery

The wind in my hair
Makes me so aware
How good it is to live
Tonight

And I haven't felt so alive
In years

The moon
Is shining in the sky
Reminding me
Of so many other nights
But they're not like tonight

Oh God, it's raining
And I'm not containing
My pleasure at being
So wet
Here on my own
All on my own
How good it feels to be alone
Tonight

And I haven't felt so alive
In years

The moon
Is shining in the sky
Reminding me
Of so many other nights
When my eyes have been so red
I've been mistaken for dead
But not tonight

Originally posted by Caligula
Tuesdays Gone by Lynard Skynard (1 know it's a 70's song)

Artist : Lynyrd Skynyrd
Song : Tuesday's Gone
Album :
Submitted by : Ms T
Corrected by : Jessalyn
Rated : 9.8 (76 votes)


Train roll on, on down the line,
Won't you please take me far away?
Now I feel the wind blow outside my door,
Means I'm, I'm leaving my woman at home, Lordy
Tuesday's gone with the wind.
Oh, my baby's gone with the wind.

And I don't know, oh where I'm going.
I just want to be left alone.
Well, when this train ends I'll try again,
But I'm leaving my woman at home, Lordy

Tuesday's gone with the wind.
Tuesday's gone with the wind.
Tuesday's gone with the wind.
My baby's gone with the wind.
Train roll on, Tuesday's gone.

Train roll on many miles from my home,
See I'm, I'm riding my blues away, yeah
Tuesday, you see, she had to be free
But somehow I've got to carry on, Lordy

Tuesday's gone with the wind.
Tuesday's gone with the wind.
Tuesday's gone with the wind.
My baby's gone with the wind.

There are so many.

"Equal Ways" by Clan Of Xymox. I recall not liking this song when I would listen to their self-titled album, but it was the culminating end of this song which got me hooked and tuned-in to what the lyrics were about...

Song to the Siren by This Mortal Coil (originally written by Tim Buckley).

Every few years it seems to mean something slightly different. This year sad things :(

"The Emperor's new clothes" Sinead

"Imagination" Xymox

"Please, please tell me now" Duran Duran

they have more meaning to me now, because of feelings I kept at bay in the past.

Sorry to be a FLUFF MONSTER here but....

I CANT FIGHT THIS FEELING...
by REO SPEEDWAGON.

Can't Fight This Feeling
I can't fight this feeling any longer
And yet I'm still afraid to let it flow
What started out as friendship, has grown stronger
I only wish I had the strength to let it show
I tell myself that I can't hold out forever
I said there is no reason for my fear
Cause I feel so secure when we're together
You give my life direction
You make everything so clear

And even as I wander
I'm keeping you in sight
You're a candle in the window
On a cold, dark winter's night
And I'm getting closer than I ever thought I might

And I can't fight this feeling anymore
I've forgotten what I started fighting for
It's time to bring this ship into the shore
And throw away the oars, forever

Cause I can't fight this feeling anymore
I've forgotten what I started fighting for
And if I have to crawl upon the floor
Come crushing through your door
Baby, I can't fight this feeling anymore

My life has been such a whirlwind since I saw you
I've been running round in circles in my mind
And it always seems that I'm following you, girl
Cause you take me to the places that alone I'd never find

And even as I wander I'm keeping you in sight
You're a candle in the window on a cold, dark winter's night
And I'm getting closer than I ever thought I might

And I can't fight this feeling anymore
I've forgotten what I started fighting for
It's time to bring this ship into the shore
And throw away the oars, forever

Cause I can't fight this feeling anymore
I've forgotten what I started fighting for
And if I have to crawl upon the floor
Come crushing through your door
Baby, I can't fight this feeling anymore.

"The Emperor's new clothes" Sinead

"Imagination" Xymox

"Please, please tell me now" Duran Duran

they have more meaning to me now, because of feelings I kept at bay in the past.

I think you mean "Is There Something I Should Know?" by Duran Duran.

Btw, I love your Xymox choice :thumb:

Japan's Tin Drum album used to be my least favourite, but now a lot of the songs in that album have a line or two that I love to hum and think to myself.

"Once I was young.
Once I was smart.
Now I'm living on the edge of my nerves.
The things we said were quite so tough - when we were young."
- "The Art Of Parties"

"What do you do when things go wrong?
I'm winning - in the heart of the bushland

But now I'm scared
Now I'm lost in love
All these things were never done
Your burning bridge my Talking Drum"
- "Talking Drum"

One of my all-time favourite songs comes from that album too: "Ghosts." The song only gains more meaning as time goes by.

David Sylvian leaves very few to parallel him in songwriting...




... Unless you happen to be Douglas Pierce ;) Some Death In June songs fit into this category, but I think most of the ones I like are from the early 90s.

I think you mean "Is There Something I Should Know?" by Duran Duran.

Btw, I love your Xymox choice :thumb: lol, thanks, XXX. :) It's been awhile since my Duranie days. I saw the video yesterday, and was singing along with Simon's lip-puckering, "Please, please tell me now"...

Imagination is one of my fav. Xymox songs. especially the part, "I have seen your eyes in purple, I have seen your eyes in blue......
....again and again I've been escaping, I've been lost in the dark I fear..."
almost too much meaning for me. lol

Japan's Tin Drum album used to be my least favourite, but now a lot of the songs in that album have a line or two that I love to hum and think to myself.


Funny, it's the song without lyrics from that album that haunts me the most now.......Canton.

Everytime I hear it I think of something new. I guess it's true that there is no replacement for the imagination.

For me it's Glen Fry's "The Heat is on", ever since I went solo on the work career, it seems so appropriate.

The other one is 'End of the Innocence' (spelling?) ... seems so much more appropriate now that I'm 40 !

Canadian80s

The Jeweller by This Mortal Coil and From The Flagstones by Cocteau Twins.

The Jeweller

Jeweller has a shop on the corner of the boulevard.
In the night, in small spectacles he polishes old coins.
He uses spit and cloths and ashes.
He makes them shine with ashes.
He knows the use of ashes.
He worships God with ashes.
The coins are often very old by the time they reach the jeweller.
With his hand and ashes he will try the best he can.
He knows that he can only shine them, cannot repair the scratches.
He knows that even new coins have scars so he just smiles.
He knows the use of ashes.
He worships god with ashes.
In the darkest of the night.
Both his hands will blister badly.
They will often open painfully and the blood flows from his hands.
He works to take from black coin faces, the thumb prints from so many ages.
He wishes he could cure the scars.
When he forgets he sometimes cries.
He knows the use of ashes.
He worships god with ashes.
He knows, He knows
He worships God with ashes


This one is a bit speculative on the lyrics but the mood and emotion it conveys sinks deeper into me the older I get for some reason...

From The Flagstones

At times I've seen you from the armyard
At times I've seen you from the flagstones

At times I've seen you from the balustrade
At times I've seen you from the flagstones
And you can't cajole (x3)
And can't cajole

At times I've seen you from the aureole
At times I've seen you from the flagstones
Like another goalstone
You may cajole
And you may cajole (x3)
You may cajole
And you may cajole (x3)
You may cajole
And you may cajole (x3)
And make a joke

At times I've seen you from the balustrade
At times I've seen you from the flagstones
At times I've seen you from the balustrade

"Don't You Forget About Me" by Simple Minds. It means even more at the present time, because of graduating from highschool a couple of years ago.

I have a few that mean so much more to me now than back then:

1. Under the Milky Way - The Church

2. Streets of Your Town - The Go-Betweens

3. Disappointed - Electronic

All of the above engender a MASSIVE wave of nostalgia whenever I hear them

Songs which evoke Sadness:

1. Alphabet Street - Prince

2. Instiable - Prince

3. Alexa de Paris - Prince

The above songs remind me of friends who have either passed away or moved on. :(


Thought Provoking songs:

1. New York Minute - Don Henley
This has got 9/11 all over it.

2. Bring on the Dancing Horses - Echo and The Bunnymen

3. Enjoy the Silence- Depeche Mode

4. Dont Stand so Close to Me- The Police

5. The Revolution will not be televised - Gil Scott-Heron

Sorry gotta publish the lyrics for that song here:

You will not be able to stay home, brother.
You will not be able to plug in, turn on and cop out.
You will not be able to lose yourself on skag and skip,
Skip out for beer during commercials,
Because the revolution will not be televised.

The revolution will not be televised.
The revolution will not be brought to you by Xerox
In 4 parts without commercial interruptions.
The revolution will not show you pictures of Nixon
blowing a bugle and leading a charge by John
Mitchell, General Abrams and Spiro Agnew to eat
hog maws confiscated from a Harlem sanctuary.
The revolution will not be televised.

The revolution will not be brought to you by the
Schaefer Award Theatre and will not star Natalie
Woods and Steve McQueen or Bullwinkle and Julia.
The revolution will not give your mouth sex appeal.
The revolution will not get rid of the nubs.
The revolution will not make you look five pounds
thinner, because the revolution will not be televised, Brother.

There will be no pictures of you and Willie May
pushing that shopping cart down the block on the dead run,
or trying to slide that color television into a stolen ambulance.
NBC will not be able predict the winner at 8:32
or report from 29 districts.
The revolution will not be televised.

There will be no pictures of pigs shooting down
brothers in the instant replay.
There will be no pictures of pigs shooting down
brothers in the instant replay.
There will be no pictures of Whitney Young being
run out of Harlem on a rail with a brand new process.
There will be no slow motion or still life of Roy
Wilkens strolling through Watts in a Red, Black and
Green liberation jumpsuit that he had been saving
For just the proper occasion.

Green Acres, The Beverly Hillbillies, and Hooterville
Junction will no longer be so damned relevant, and
women will not care if Dick finally gets down with
Jane on Search for Tomorrow because Black people
will be in the street looking for a brighter day.
The revolution will not be televised.

There will be no highlights on the eleven o'clock
news and no pictures of hairy armed women
liberationists and Jackie Onassis blowing her nose.
The theme song will not be written by Jim Webb,
Francis Scott Key, nor sung by Glen Campbell, Tom
Jones, Johnny Cash, Englebert Humperdink, or the Rare Earth.
The revolution will not be televised.

The revolution will not be right back after a message
bbout a white tornado, white lightning, or white people.
You will not have to worry about a dove in your
bedroom, a tiger in your tank, or the giant in your toilet bowl.
The revolution will not go better with Coke.
The revolution will not fight the germs that may cause bad breath.
The revolution will put you in the driver's seat.

The revolution will not be televised, will not be televised,
will not be televised, will not be televised.
The revolution will be no re-run brothers;
The revolution will be live.


It is just as relevant today and this song was definintely the forerunner of Rap. I seriously recommend a listen to this guys work.

The Jeweller

Excellent choice

Okay, this misses the 80s by a year, but it's really one that somehow got past me when it was a (marginal) hit, and now I hear it and find it extraordinarily meaningful.

Extreme
Hole Hearted

Life's ambition occupies my time
Priorities confuse the mind
Happiness one step behind
This inner peace I've yet to find

Rivers flow into the sea
Yet even the sea is not so full of me
If I'm not blind why can't I see
That a circle can't fit
Where a square should be

There's a hole in my heart
That can only be filled by you
And this hole in my heart
Can't be filled with the things I do

Hole hearted
Hole hearted

This heart of stone is where I hide
These feet of clay kept warm inside
Day by day less satisfied
Not fade away before I die

Rivers flow into the sea
Yet even the sea is not so full of me
If I'm not blind why can't I see
That a circle can't fit
Where a square should be

There's a hole in my heart
That can only be filled by you
And this hole in my heart
Can't be filled with the things I do

There´s a hole in my heart
That can only be filled by you
Should have known from the start
I´d fall short with the things I do
Hole hearted

Extreme
Hole Hearted

Good choice. I would definately agree that it means more to me now then back then.

The old man said to me
Said don't always take life so seriously
Play the flute
And dance and sing your song

Try and enjoy the here and now
The future will take care of itself somehow
The grass is never greener over there
Time will wear away the stone
Gets the hereditary bone

Don't try to live your life in one day
Don't go speed your time away
Don't try to live your life in one day
Don't go speed your time away

The old man said to me
Said you can't change the world single handedly
Raise a glass enjoy the scenery
Pretend the water is champagne
And fill my glass again and again
While the wolves are gathering round your door
Time will wear away the stone
Gets the hereditary bone

The old man said to me
Said don't always take life so seriously
Play the flute
And dance and sing your song

Try and enjoy the here and now
The future will take care of itself somehow
The grass is never greener over there
Time will wear away the stone
Gets the hereditary bone

I tried to live my life in one day
Don't go speed your time away

I bit off more than I can chew
Only so much you can do

Wolves are gathering round my door
Ask them in and invite some more

I tried to live my life in one day
Don't go speed your time away

Don't try to live your life in one day

So many songs mean a whole lot more to me now then they used to.... I've listened to music since I was 5, so songs I would hear when I was young (and didn't understand the lyrics) are suddenly so clear when I look at the words.

One song that stands out in my mind is Fancy by Reba McEntire. When I was little it was just a fun song to listen to because I loved Reba, and now when I look back at the words I realize that it's about a girl whose mom turned her into a prostitute to get her a better living. Things sure change when you're wiser (and older).

For me, it's 'That Old Song' by Raydio. I was fairly young when it came out in 1981, but i still remember it, and these days, the lyrics remind me that those old songs you hear on the radio really do bring back more than just memories of lost loves, but memories of whatever went on in those days that were close to you

Oh, and also it reminds me that there was more to Ray Parker Jr. than just Ghostbusters :lol:

"Then i hear that old song that they used to play
on the radio just about everyday
and whenever i hear it all i can do
is reminise about loving you"

Japan!!! Tin drum!!! Did the singer bring out a single... Something about ghosts?? What a spooky song.

The other one is 'End of the Innocence' (spelling?) ... seems so much more appropriate now that I'm 40 !

Canadian80s

That's the song I immediately thought of when I saw this thread. Particularly the following verse:

O' beautiful, for spacious skies
But now those skies are threatening
They're beating plowshares into swords
For this tired old man that we elected king
Armchair warriors often fail
And we've been poisoned by these fairy tales
The lawyers clean up all details
Since daddy had to lie



I was 19 when that song was released. The significance wasn't immediately apparent to me, but it certainly is now.

Don Henley is, without a doubt, my favorite song writer.

Back in the 80s I was a HUGE fan of all things Metal (and will heartily admit to loving Hair Metal :D ). Recently, I was given an engraved plaque with the lyrics to Steelheart's "I'll Never Let You Go (Angel Eyes)". I proudly crank the shit out of this song, because of the NEW meaning to me:yesnod:


Steelheart - I'll Never Let You Go

Angel eyes, you have angel eyes,
Such a smile that lights up my life
You're a dream come true, now I'm holding you
And I'll never, never let you go,
I will never let you go!

First time I laid my eyes upon you, all my dreams were answered
First time I kissed your tender lips,
My love to you I surrendered

I'll never let you go, you're always on my mind
You're the only one for me, you're all I need
And I'll never, never let you go

Angel eyes, my heart relies
On the love you give to me
You never let me down, you're always by my side
And I'll never, never let you go, I will never let you go!

When my heart starts to crumble
And the tears start to fall
You hold me close with tender lovin',
And give me strength to carry on

I'll never let you go, you're always on my mind
You're the only one for me, you're all I need
And I'll never, never let you go

To me, it's 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' by Bonnie Tyler.

I know that it's said that Morrisey should be read and not heard but i can't help but put in "Please please please let me get what i want" by the Smiths.
Longing and regret.

Japan!!! Tin drum!!! Did the singer bring out a single... Something about ghosts?? What a spooky song.

The song Ghosts is on the album Tin Drum. Great song! And definitely means more as we get older.

Jack & Diane
It was a kickin' song back in the day, but now when I hear it, the memories come flooding back of the days when I truly did not hold on to 16 as long as I could.

The Church - Under The Milky Way

that song makes me cry whenever I hear it now, I love it so.

The Cure - One Hundred Years

Wow, what a powerfull song.

The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out

Enough Said, the smiths are amazing.

Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon.
I always loved this song. The lyrics are amazing and McCulloch's delivery is unsurpassed.
A line is on my best friend's brother's grave who sadly died of leukeamia. The Bunnymen sent him a wreath when he died and the song always brings a tear to my eye. Maybe the best song ever written.

It's totaly amazing how much Music has influnced my life, a day dosent go by that i dont hear a song that invokes some memory to the point where i can even remember the smells.
The Biggest is Depeche Mode... So much of my life is emotionaly tied to Depeche Mode songs.
I started 7th grade as a "rocker" simply because thats what everyone else was.. Being the smallest kid in JR High was tough i spent most of my time being picked on and teased and beat up.. i had never had a girlfriend and people simply didnt understand me. well during that school year i was introduced to The Pet Shop Boys - West end girls.. and i fell in love with it.
then i happen to see videos for Sting - Fortress around your heart and Tears for fears - Shout. this changed my life. i knew nothing about being a new waver had little money for tapes and no knoledge about 80's new wave music...
I figured what did i have to lose.. I had no friends and i really just didnt feel that being a rocker was "me"
so one day during the last week of school i cut off all my hair into a flattop, peged my jeans and put on a plain white tshirt. and went to school..
I promptly got my ass kicked by the "Rockers" in school.
This was good asskicking too really beat the hell out of me. at the end of the day i was kinda hiding in a hallway in the back of the school just sitting against the wall beat and hurting when this girl walks up to me and asks if everythings ok. ( I knew she was in 9th grade.) i pretty much responded with ya that i would be fine.
She asked me "Didnt you use to have long hair?" yep "Why did you cut it all off?" Now here i felt like i was on the verge of a total breakdown i simply told her that i didnt want to be "rocker" anymore. she then asked what bands i liked.. i told her i liked tears for fears and the pet shop boys and sting but that they were really the only new wave bands i knew of. well the only ones i had tapes of anyway.
She then asked my name and told me hers was Yevette and said she had to go but that i should meet her in this same spot after school the next day..
The last words she said to me were "Dont worry, everythings going to be ok" and she walked off...
The next day i got pounded again but not as bad and i went to "My" hallway afterschool..Yevette showed up asked how everything was and handed me a small package gave me a kiss on the cheek and took off.
It was a Recorded Casette tape labeled "Depeche Mode - Some great Reward"
And a note.
The note was beautiful. it was full of reasurences about life and that seeing me sitting there looking so sad reminded her of a song on that tape... (i never asked her which one)
And another reminder to meet her in the same spot the next day...
I went home and listened to the tape all night long.

The next day we met and she asked if i needed to go right home... i told her no and she told me we were going on an adventure. We ended up at a park a couple of miles from my house where it seemed Every new waver in the world was hanging out ( in reality only like 10 people all of them older than me)
She introduced me to everybody and they all really made me feel at home.
I got home pretty late that night but didnt get into trouble as it was summer and being 13 i could stay out till 10:00 pm( it was much safer back then.)
well there was only 2 days of school left but i didnt get pounded those last 2 days as i was hanging out with Yevette and Joe...(Joe was a 9th grader about 6ft and 180lb i guess with a big electric blue mohawk... he looked mean as hell.)
on my last day of school Yevette and i went to the park and i got another gift... A shoe box covered in stickers and FULL of Recorded cassettes all sorts of bands Gary numan, Black flag, The Cure, the Smiths, DK, Inxs, Dead or alive the toy dolls..you name it a total whos who of new wave and punk music. everyone in that group kinda took to looking out for me that summer i always had something to do and for the first time in my life i really felt like i had friends.
but still to this day Depeche Mode's "Some great reward" holds a very special place in my heart...
Yevette moved away half way through the summer and i never saw her again but ill never forget her or what she did for me.

Sappy i know but its true.
Sib

how mean people can be!
thanks for sharing that. cool of you. :)

I had short white hair and wore lots of black. mainly so the people in school would leave me alone. which they did. except my 'weird' friends.

It's totaly amazing how much Music has influnced my life...

What an incredible story Sib. Hold out for at least a million on the movie rights. It would be worth it. :)

Sibian, that was f*cking cool bro.....:thumb:

This thread really should be moved into a more general forum so that more people can enjoy it and post their memories, and it's not limited to new wave. It's a GREAT idea for a thread!

For me, right now there are a few songs that have more meaning, so I'll select one that helps me whenever I start to think I'm too old, that I've wasted so many years of my life trying to make it in music, and want to hang up my bass...I play this song and for some reason it makes me "turn the lights" on again.

Savatage's "When The Crowds Are Gone"

I don't know where the years have gone
Memories can only last so long
Like faded photographs, forgotten songs
And the things I never knew
When the skin is thin, the heart shows through
Please believe me what I tell you is true

Where's the lights? Turn them on again
One more night to believe and then
Another note for my requiem
A memory to carry on
The story's over when the crowds have gone

All my friends have been crucified
Made life a long suicide true
Guess we never figured out the rules
But I'm still alive, my fingers feel
Gonna play on till the final reel's through
And read the credits from a different view

Where's the lights? Turn them on again
One more night to believe and then
Another note for my requiem
A memory to carry on
The story's over when the crowds have gone
When the crowds are gone

When the crowds are gone
And I'm all alone
Playing the saddest song
Now that the lights are gone
Turn them on again
One more time for me my friend
Turn 'em on again

I never wanted to know, never wanted to see
I wasted my time, till time wasted me
Never wanted to go, always wanted to stay
'Cause the persons I am, are the parts that I play
So I plot and I plan, I hope and I scheme
To the lure of a night filled with unfinished dreams
And I'm holding on tight to a world gone astray
As they charge me for years I can no longer pay

And the lights
Turn them off my friend
And the ghosts
Well just let them in
Cause in the dark
It's easier to see...

[b]Sibian, that was f*cking cool bro.....:thumb:

This thread really should be moved into a more general forum so that more people can enjoy it and post their memories, and it's not limited to new wave. It's a GREAT idea for a thread!

good idea. don't know where to start one, though.