Songs that take you places

[Cognizant]

Just curious - is there any songs out there that once you hear, it takes you to a place or a certain time?

For me, there's a few. I just heard Talk by Coldplay a few minutes ago and my mind immediately snapped to me working in the late afternoon/early evening in the front line of Jamba Juice store 325. The song used to get played enough when I would be working that it's what my mind thinks of whenever I hear the song. I love my job at Jamba and it's a fun place to work.

Or another example. For me, the song "Soak Up the Sun" always causes me to replay the time I was waiting in my therapists office and the song played on the stereo. It was the first time I heard it since I was like 5. It kinda gave me the chills :P

What about you guys? Do you think it's a good/nostalgic thing, or do you think it could be painful for you?

[Calliope]

Yeah. Quite a few Owl City songs take me back to a few years ago when I was a gymnast, still hung out with the other kids in my neighborhood, and frequented a different forum. It's a neutral nostalgia, I guess. I mean, I was super embarrassing, but there are some good memories too.

[Excalibur]

Most of Eminem's stuff can do that to me, but some specific songs are:

"Oceans"
by Hillsong

"American Noise"
by Skillet

"Canon in D"
by Pachelbel

"Lost It All"
by Black Veil Brides

"Take Flight"
by Lindsey Stirling

[Meh Guy]

Paradise, Coldplay and Clarity, Zedd. Both those songs take me back to probably the best, but saddest point in my life. I can't listen to them otherwise ill usually start crying.

[amgb]

Oh gee I have countless songs I'd love to name, but here's a few:
'Never let me go' by Florence + The Machine
'Not about Angels' by Birdy
'So alone' by Anna Blue
'There's a place for us' by Carrie Underwood
'Into the open air' by Julia Fowlis
'Different worlds' by Jes Hudak

And they're mostly nostalgic for me.

[Melodic]

Any Hannah Montana and High School Musical song in existence.

L.O.V.E by Ashlee Simpson
Picture by Kid Rock and Cheryl Crow
Hollaback Girl by Gwen Stefani
Man I Feel Like A Woman by Shania Twain
Redneck Woman by Gretchen Wilson
Let's Get It Started by Black Eyed Peas

[ImCoolBeans]

Songs often take me places. Whenever I hear a song that was popular on the radio when I was a kid I get nostalgic. Songs can also effect my mood on various levels -- aside from the feel of the song. There are certain songs that I don't listen to anymore because of other things that I often associate with them, and it's probably better off that way. I'm always giving my own meaning to songs and relating with their lyrics, so if I don't hear that song for a while I often feel nostalgic when I do.

Sometimes it's a good kind of nostalgia, and can bring a smile to my face, but it has potential to be nostalgic in a bad kind of way too.

[Failed Algebra]

oh wow...there's so many. Every time i hear Hero by Family of the Year it really gets to me cuz the first time I heard it I was with a friend and (long story) we got accidentally locked into a room and that's the song that was playing at the time. So many songs trigger specific memories of some event or who I was with. all good stuff!

[Snydergate]

4:23 until the end is my favorite
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[The Faulted]

anything by owl city.