Some contributions thanks to the Google Form that I produced when I started the blog.
One of the questions that I asked was about music that reminded people of places.
Marc E said:
Fanfare for the Common Man - Emerson Lake & Palmer. They always used to play this at Ewood Park before Blackburn Rovers games in the late 70s when I started to go to watch them with my Dad.
This is their version of a piece originally composed by Aaron Copland.
Aaron Copland produced one of my favourite pieces of classical music: a ballet called "Appalachian Spring".
Here's an excerpt:
More on this in a separate post...
A few others:
Time by Pink Floyd. I associate this with being by the sea in Madeira - I heard it for the first time there and listened repeatedly for the entire week I was there. Ghost Town by Kanye West. This reminds me of being on a minibus full of my Y13 Geography students driving back to school after an Iceland trip.
‘Waterloo Sunset’ by The Kinks. I associate this fantastic evocative song written by Ray Davies with two places. I heard it for the first time about ten years after it was a hit on the radio in my grandparents house in Wicklow Ireland. So it reminds me of the attic room we were given to sleep in which had a view over the harbour and Irish Sea beyond it. But of course it also reminds me of Waterloo Station whenever I go there as one of the ‘Millions of people swarming like flies 'round Waterloo underground’ and then as I walk beside Hungerford Bridge crossing over the river I always look out for ‘Terry and Julie…Where they feel safe and sound’.
‘Caroline’ and ‘Black Dog’ by Arlo Parks are two of the best songs of the last ten years. I will forever associate them my remote lessons taught from home during the Covid lockdowns. In the midst of that global crisis, these songs seemed to capture the pathos of it all, but with just a tinge of a smile – a light at the end of the tunnel. I particularly associate them with the inspirational way that I could see my students on Microsoft Teams waiting for the first lesson of the day to begin. I got the impression that we were providing them with much-needed structure amid the scary chaos of it all.
New Orleans area including birthplace of Robert Johnson, the Crossroads and Nashville - blues music and early rock music. Had a 'blues music' visit to USA that went from N.O north to Nashville and Memphis. Included a visit (not music related) to Mud Island and the model of the Mississippi.
The Arctic Monkeys album Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not is something that brings back fond memories of studying in Sheffield. There was a night at the Leadmill every Friday that played Indie music with many tracks from this album. It would just go off with everyone belting out their tunes, it was special.
I cycled across Europe in 2011 and certain albums remind me of specific countries as part of that journey. Bon Iver's For Emma, Forever Ago reminds me of camping in Greece in a village up in the mountains. I also listented to a lot of old Desert Island Discs episodes on that journey. The theme to that reminds be of cycling in Germany on the EuroVelo6 route on smooth tarmac.
I grew up just outside of Bristol and love the city with all of my heart. Whenever I think of Bristol I think of Massive Attack's Unfinished Sympathy. This song came out in 1991, my first year at university, so reminded me of my home city.
Iron Maiden, Run to the Hills. When we checked into hotel in Maldives on Honeymoon we put music on and relaxed. My husband fell asleep sun bathing and I was watching a turtle from the balcony listening to music. It was just a beautiful, peaceful moment that I remember every time I hear that song.
Chemical Brothers remind me of driving 11 countries in 14 days around Europe with my friend from Uni in my beetle with a video camera and having fun getting by on German, French and Spanish between us.
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