Counting Crows – A Long December: reminds me of good times in my council tower block flat in East London, warm as toast while the English winter raged outside.

Beth Nielsen Chapman – Sand & Water ('nuff said)

You – Another Long Story: I put this CD on tape for the car and it always reminds me of being stuck in traffic on the A40 leaving London for a weekend in Oxford in the sunshine, all windows open treating the queue of traffic to my new discovery TEN YEARS AGO!

Cast – Walkaway: takes me back to the end of Euro '96 (I think) (European Football Championships) when England got knocked out some genius at the TV station played highlights of our performances with this over it. Magic, but a real tear jerker.

The Day We Caught The Train – Ocean Colour Scene: Lisbon; a great week on holiday with a good mate. We played it all the time and sang it at the top of our voices in the streets, too!

Other than that:

Ballad of the Alamo – Marty Robbins : Reminds me of my Mom she sang/sings it all the time.

Whiskey Before Breakfast – A instrumental that takes me back to the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield KS, specifically to the first time I heard it in a Jam there. It transformed my experience there and made me a lifer.

That's Life – Sinatra – The first song I actually “listened” to Sinatra sing. It was during the movie “License to Drive' starring the Coreys – that horrible movie is why I worship at the altar of Frank to this day.

Well Alright – Along with Sinatra, I discovered Buddy Holly during college. One of the first CDs I had was a greatest hits CD. I used to sleep with it on repeat. One night I woke up in the middle of the night from a dream. I was arguing with someone, and I just kept repeating “Well Alright, well alright…” I woke up and the cd was skipping with Buddy faithfully singing the phrase over and over.

Horse with no name – America – Takes me back to the bedroom I grew up in. 3 siblings in one room with one radio. This was a song we all liked.

Peace!

One of life’s moments…

One of life’s moments…

1. No One Is To Blame- Howard Jones

My first trip to the beach (Ft. Walton beach FL). We wnt to the water park and this song was playing over the spekers while I waited to ride on the scariest ride in the park.

2. Brand New Mister Me- Mel Tillis

My family is a LARGE musical family. Our reunions consist of everyone singing and playing for HOURS. This was one song I asked my dad to sing everytime. Now I sing it at the reunions.

3. Red Blooded American Boy- Kevin Montgomery

I remember the first time I saw the video in my living room. I was blown away. Not only by the song, but the girl in the video. I had a VCR set up so that when the video came on,I recorded it. I still have that video tape.

4. Rose Colored Glasses- John Conlee

After my parents divorced my mother dated a man that lived about an hour away. When we would go to his place, we would listen to the local station there and they played this song a lot.

5. Go Rest High On That Mountain- VInce Gill

My grandmother had not been in good health for quite some time and my thoughts were that she just needed to pass on. I hated to see her suffer and couldn’t understand why everyone was so upset when she passed because she was hurting so bad, I thought is was better that she wasn’t suffering anymore. I sang this at her funeral and it hit me why everyone was so upset. I barely made it through the song then broke down.

6. Do You Call My Name- RA

I was working on the road and one of my co workers brought me this cd and told me to listen to it. This song blew me away. The album (From One) was amazing.If you like the harder stuff this album and the other two (Duality and Black Sun) are amazing.

7. Fear Nothing- Kevin Montgomery

I was dating a girl in high school when I ordered Kevin’s cd. It came in and we started listening to it on the way home. This song came on and the girl I was with loved it. She kept the cd at her house for the longest time. When we broke up I pretty much had to steal the cd back from her.

8. A Good Man- Emerson Drive

My dad, sister and I were putting together a demo cd to try out for a talent show and a spot to open up a local festival. My oldest son was watching us and during a break I was playing the new Emerson Drive cd for my dad. This song came on and my son was singing the song into the mic. I pushed the record button on the recorder and I still have him singing it. Very cute.

9. Achy Breaky Heart- Billy Ray Cyrus

My friend and I were at the beach and this song was the hottest song at the time. No one really seemed to like it but we LOVED it (for some reason). We walked up and down the beach singing it for 6 days straight.

10. A Place In The Line- Jude Cole

I loved the song Start the Car by Jude Cole and went and bought the cassette single. I had just got my car and would blast this song with the windows down. I flipped the tape over one day, wondering what the b-side sounded like and this song started playing. I hardly ever listened to Start The Car after that.

There are tons more, but these came to mind first.

1. No One Is To Blame- Howard Jones

My first trip to the beach (Ft. Walton beach FL). We wnt to the water park and this song was playing over the spekers while I waited to ride on the scariest ride in the park.

2. Brand New Mister Me- Mel Tillis

My family is a LARGE musical family. Our reunions consist of everyone singing and playing for HOURS. This was one song I asked my dad to sing everytime. Now I sing it at the reunions.

3. Red Blooded American Boy- Kevin Montgomery

I remember the first time I saw the video in my living room. I was blown away. Not only by the song, but the girl in the video. I had a VCR set up so that when the video came on,I recorded it. I still have that video tape.

4. Rose Colored Glasses- John Conlee

After my parents divorced my mother dated a man that lived about an hour away. When we would go to his place, we would listen to the local station there and they played this song a lot.

5. Go Rest High On That Mountain- VInce Gill

My grandmother had not been in good health for quite some time and my thoughts were that she just needed to pass on. I hated to see her suffer and couldn’t understand why everyone was so upset when she passed because she was hurting so bad, I thought is was better that she wasn’t suffering anymore. I sang this at her funeral and it hit me why everyone was so upset. I barely made it through the song then broke down.

6. Do You Call My Name- RA

I was working on the road and one of my co workers brought me this cd and told me to listen to it. This song blew me away. The album (From One) was amazing.If you like the harder stuff this album and the other two (Duality and Black Sun) are amazing.

7. Fear Nothing- Kevin Montgomery

I was dating a girl in high school when I ordered Kevin’s cd. It came in and we started listening to it on the way home. This song came on and the girl I was with loved it. She kept the cd at her house for the longest time. When we broke up I pretty much had to steal the cd back from her.

8. A Good Man- Emerson Drive

My dad, sister and I were putting together a demo cd to try out for a talent show and a spot to open up a local festival. My oldest son was watching us and during a break I was playing the new Emerson Drive cd for my dad. This song came on and my son was singing the song into the mic. I pushed the record button on the recorder and I still have him singing it. Very cute.

9. Achy Breaky Heart- Billy Ray Cyrus

My friend and I were at the beach and this song was the hottest song at the time. No one really seemed to like it but we LOVED it (for some reason). We walked up and down the beach singing it for 6 days straight.

10. A Place In The Line- Jude Cole

I loved the song Start the Car by Jude Cole and went and bought the cassette single. I had just got my car and would blast this song with the windows down. I flipped the tape over one day, wondering what the b-side sounded like and this song started playing. I hardly ever listened to Start The Car after that.

There are tons more, but these came to mind first.

All I Need Is a Miracle

If I Could Just Hold You Again – Simply Red

All I Need Is a Miracle

If I Could Just Hold You Again – Simply Red

2. “Blue Suede Shoes” Elvis Presley. I was 11 and got all my moms old vinyl records and her old Phillips lp-record player. The first song on the first record I picked was this song, and it totally blew me away. I fell in love with Elvis. I mean all my classmates liked the Danish pop or disco music, but not me. Every time I hear that song i remember my moms exciting face when she “introduced” me to music for the very time with giving me her old vinyls and the record player. Thanks mom, and thanks, Mr Presley in Heaven, for giving me so many amazing music moments in my life.

3. 1985. Bruce “The Boss” Springsteen. Dancing in the dark. I was in a restaurent with my grandparents and there was a Jukebox playing old and new tunes. My grandpa picked that one, and came back to eat his steak. I couldn’t eat anything. I was just listening. My grandma got worried about me: Are you okay, sweetie? You are so quit”..lol..I was just enjoying the music. Bruce Springsteen was an important part of my musiccal influenze in my childhood. He was a “REAL MAN”…wauw”" Dancing in The dark puts me back in time to that restaurent and my grandma’s worring face..hahah.

4. Why Worry- Dire Straits. I was 17 in 1988 and totally in love with this guy, Per. We kissed the very first time to this song, so it’s “our song”. The guy is still my guy, well actually he’s my husband ..haha..

5. And Justice For All- Metallica. Man, these was the years. I was young, only 17 and hooked by Heavy Metal. It was my “heavy-teen fase”.Oct 13th 88 I was among the huge crowd in K.B.Hallen in Copenhagen to hear Metallica, for second row!! I was SO close. And close enought to slap Lars Ulrics hands. MAN!! I didn’t washed my left hand for THREE days. Actually each and one of the old Metallica songs puts me back to that concert in 88. But in 1991, I stopped enjoying Heavy metal, it suddenly became a pain in my ears. I guess I just grew up..lol.

6. Nothing compares to you- Sinead O’connor. My friends mom got killed by the moms new husband. He stapped her over 20 times and left her bleeding to death. I was with my friend at the funeral and they played that song. We cried so hard. It was SO sad. I’ll never forget that. When I hear that song I think about my friend and her loss.

7 .Still got The blues. Gary Moore.The year was 1990. I saw that damn guy in a live concert in tv. Gary Moore blew me away with that song.

8. Rebecca Lynn, it was when Denmark still had the CMT music channel. I ust stopped listening to Heavy metal a couple of years ago and was just curious. Then I saw that guy winning an Horizont Award at the CMA award festival. He played Rebecca Lynn, and I was shocked!! I didn’t knew that country could sound like that. WOW!!! I was like a “wake-up” and I got curios about what this country music was all about. Two weeks later I saw a cd from the same guy Bryan white. I bought it and it was my very first country album. I’ve been a fan of Bryan White and of country since then. It was in 1995.

9. 1996. A friend sent me a mail with a link: “Dear Mal, listen to this please. It’s not a new song, but this guy are so talented. Give it a chance. Lisa”
The song was “Code of Honor” and the guys name was Kevin Montgomery. Who was this guy with that amazing voice, with so much dept? How was he? I can still remember myself sitting there in front of my comp, shocked and spellbounded at same time. I realized, what I already knew, that you can’t put all music in boxes with labels and call it rock, pop, country or whatever it is. Kevin Montgomery got and still have a speciel place in my heart.

10. More Kevin. “Fear Nothing” is one of the most important songs in my life. I know it’s a song about love, but it’s also a song about believing in yourself and not let anybody let you down. I always plays that song when I’m having a hard time, and the chorus always makes me feel better and more strong. First time I heard it was right before an very important difficult exam in College. I didn’t believe I could make it but I listening to Fear Nothing on my MP3 and it made me cry, but gave me strengt to go in and just do the exam the best I could. “Yea, yes, you are something, fear nothing”..i made it and got the hightest rate, and that rate got me into the University. Every time I hear that song it puts me back in time to that difficult exam..well, that’s my story. I surely do have more songs putting me back in time, but immidiately thought of this one. Thanks for the music, Kevin ((Hugs))

There’s also a couple of Danish songs that puts me back in time, but I won’t post them here, because you wouldn’t know what I was talking about..lol..