Music Memories & Connections!! What's your first thought... when you hear... this song?

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Song of the Moment

We ALL have such great memories

connected to certain songs... right?!

I posted another entry here awhile back

about this song connection thing called

Rock 'n Roll Bookmarks

But I wanted to give you guys a chance to

share YOUR fucking amazing

memories AND connections!!

These songs that we've been listening to

over the years make up our lifeline...

our time here upon this earth!

Most memories are SO much fun and uplifting...

but I also have connections that

that are much more deeper

and yes... much more darker...

as we all do!

But that connection...

man... it means SO fuckin' much to me...

just as yours do... to you!!!!

So start sharing your thoughts and memories

of your own incredible song connections!!

We wanna read about that shit!

I'm gonna start us off

with one of my own...

and if any of you out there

wanna share "your"

amazing connections...

just email me the song name and story

and I'll post it here.

Or just post your memory

down at the bottom

in the comment section!

Cheers muthafucka's!!

I'll get us going... with this simple gem.

Just think of the movie Wayne's World

while reading... but with this song

instead of Bohemian Rhapsody!

I think they stole that scene from us LoL

For me...

ANYTHING from

Pink Floyd's perfection...

THE WALL

... slaps a huge smile

on my fucking face

because of this moment!!

But... for me...

my first very thought

whenever I hear this song

from this incredible album

is this...

... after I graduated High School in June of 1979

from Port Richmond HS...

Floyd released THE WALL on November 30, 1979.

My friend's and I were 17 / 18 years old...

fresh outta school and had the world...

in the palm of our muthafucking hands!!

The classic memory for me happened

shortly after the album was released.

I had about 8 of my friends packed into

my very first car...

a 1970 Pontiac Tempest...

also known as the doors mobile!

Pretty fuckin' cool right!

I did it all freehand!

Well... we were driving up Forest Ave...

when all of the sudden...

just as we were passing what is now

the Real Madrid restaurant

and the cross-street of Union Ave...

in the Mariner's Harbor section

of Staten Island...

Comfortably Numb

... came on the muthafucking radio!

We just all freaked out!!

Especially my friend Robert Nierenberg...

who was our local rock 'n roll burnout.

He pretty much knew every single thing

about the music we listened to before ANY of us!!

(( Rest in peace brother!! ))

And even though the album just came out

we all knew... and sang...

every fucking word of that song

start to finish!

And also...

not a single drop of beer

was spilt in the process! LoL

We were fucking awesome!!

We were just on top of the world

at that moment in our lives...

just as everyone of you guys were!

What a fuckin' great age that was huh!?!

And that one moment just knocks me out

still to this day whenever I hear

Comfortably Numb!

Actually... ANY of the songs from that album

brings me right back to that amazing moment

in time...

fresh outta school...

not a worry in the world...

packed in that car with my friends...

all of us singing at the top of our lungs...

holding that steering wheel with one hand...

and a can of Budweiser in the other!

Fucking... PERFECT!!!

And yes...

society in general

was WAY different back then kids!

It was too fuckin' good!

And too fucking bad...

because yes... you missed it!

This one silly memory...

this one ridiculous moment in time...

always makes me feel like that

17 year old kid surrounded by his friend's!

Just because of one song...

I will remain a 17 year old...

for the rest of my life...

in mind... body... AND heart... because...

"I have become..."

So how about you???

Any amazing connections

to a specific song or album???

Rock 'n Roll Bookmarks

Aerosmith... Amazing... A Perfect Lyric

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A Perfect Lyric

Such an amazing song!!!

You can actually see that

lightbulb turn on above his head LoL

We've all had those moments.

Moments of great inspiration...

and those dreadful

moments of great desperation...

when... suddenly...

something clicks!!

You see something...

maybe you hear something...

a sound... a word...

it could be anything that triggers

the turning on of that

muthafucking brilliant lightbulb

above your head... anything!

Isn't that one of the most powerful

feelings in the world...

to have that light switch on!!

Fuck yeah it is!

The chorus here... is perfect!

Amazing

(( Steven Tyler, Richard Supa ))

Lyrics

I kept the right ones out

And let the wrong ones in

Had an angel of mercy

To see me through all my sins

There were times in my life

When I was goin' insane

Tryin' to walk through... the pain

And when I lost my grip

And I hit the floor

Yeah I thought I could leave

But couldn't get out the door ha ha

I was so sick and tired

Of livin' a lie

I was wishin' that I would die

It's amazing

With the blink of an eye

You finally see the light

Ooh... it's amazing

When the moment arrives

That'cha know you'll be alright

Yeah it's amazing

And I'm sayin' a prayer

For the desperate hearts tonight

That one last shot's a permanent vacation

And how high can you fly with broken wings

Life's a journey not a destination

And I just can't tell just what tomorrow brings... yeah

You have to learn to crawl

Before you learn to walk

But I just couldn't listen

To all that righteous talk... oh yeah

Well... I was out on the street

Just tryin' to survive

Scratchin' to stay

Alive

It's amazing

With the blink of an eye

You finally see the light

Ooh... it's amazing

When the moment arrives

That'cha know you'll be alright

Ooh... it's amazing

And I'm sayin' a prayer

For the desperate hearts tonight

Desperate hearts... desperate hearts

Baby wanna see what I can give her tonight

Oh baby oh baby oh baby no

Say you wanna go

Love is so amazing

No no

Never let me go

No no

It's love love

It's love it's love love

It's love it's love love

And it's love

So... from all of us at Aerosmith

To all of you out there wherever you are

Remember...

The light at the end of the tunnel may be you

Goodnight

The Rolling Stones... Sway... Song of the Moment

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Song of the Moment

Wow... I can't believe I've never heard this song

before yesterday!!

Like most of the world... I love THE STONES!

The big 3 albums for me are...

Some Girls

It's Only Rock 'n Roll

&

Beggars Banquet

Then I heard this for the first time yesterday!

It's from the Sticky Fingers album from 1971.

And the song is called... SWAY!

Just too powerful...

even without hearing the lyrics!

But right away, as soon as I heard the word sway,

the first thing I thought of was another

amazing song sung by AEROSMITH...

which also included the word "sway"

within the lyrics.

It's called Another Last Goodbye!

Just as haunting as Sway...

from the Music From Another Dimension

album in 2012.

So place the needle down upon that vinyl

and enjoy... SWAY!!

Sway

(Mick Jagger, Keith Richards)

Did you ever wake up to find

A day that broke up your mind

Destroyed your notion of circular time

It's just that demon life has got you in its sway

It's just that demon life has got you in its sway

Ain't flinging tears out on the dusty ground

For all my friends out on the burial ground

Can't stand the feeling getting so brought down

It's just that demon life has got me in its sway

It's just that demon life has got me in its sway

There must be ways to find out

Love is the way they say is really strutting out

Hey, hey, hey now

One day I woke up to find

Right in the bed next to mine

Someone that broke me up with a corner of her smile, yeah

It's just that demon life has got me in its sway

It's just that demon life has got me in its sway

It's just that demon life has got me in its sway

It's just that demon life has got me...

It's just that demon life has got me...

Written by: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards

Album: Sticky Fingers

Released: 1971

About the song

Rock 'n Roll Bookmarks

The music of my life...

and maybe yours!!!

THE WHO... Is It In My Head... A Perfect Lyric

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A Perfect Lyric

Once again...

we find ourselves completely immersed

within the greatness of THE WHO's

Quadrophenia!

This creative masterpiece is STILL...

my "go to" album...

for SO MANY emotional moments!

From the positively over-the-top highs...

to the down right disgusted lows...

the music AND words

within this double album

from WAY back in 1973

continue to kick my

muthafucking ass!!

And even though the album tells a story

in it's entirety... you can still remove any song

out of context and still...

every single fucking note AND word...

are perfect!

But there are certain lines

that for one reason or another

just stand out for me!

And even though "Cut My Hair"

is my favorite song...

this was the verse that caught me on this day

thus making it one of those stands outs.

Sometimes...

the confusion of life gets to us all

at some point... and this lyric just makes me

laugh and smile with glee whenever I hear it...

because I remember times when I was

in that very grip of confusion LoL

When the simple things in life

just turn you fucking inside out!!

And then pulling out this verbal elixir in some form

be it vinyl album... cassette tape... cd...

and of course now... in 2026... Spotify...

and start to feel ALL of the negative emotion

that was swirling around me

begin to run for the fucking doors

because it knew that...

Pete... Roger... John & Keith

were coming to kick it's muthafucking ass!!! LoL

So Awesome.

Can't you just feel the distress

within these words......

"I feel I'm being followed

My head is empty

Yet every word I say turns out a sentence

Statements to a stranger

Just asking for directions

Turn from being help to being questions"

I was 12 years old and in the sixth grade

when this was released in 1973 and

my friend Joey Marsh played "Bell Boy" for me

on his cassette player that he borrowed

from his big brother Jimmy

while we were in the lunch room

of I.S.51 on Staten Island.

He said "Tom, ya gotta listen to this!"

And the rest is history!!

Think about that...

as of right now... on this very day...

April 26, 2026...

I've been listening to...

and being protected by...

this monster of energy

for 53 muthafucking years!!!

And counting......

So so cool!!

Is It In My Head

(Pete Townshend)

Lyrics

I see a man without a problem

I see a country always starved

I hear the music of a heartbeat

I walk and the people turn and laugh

Is it in my head

Is it in my head

Is it in my head here at the start

Is it in my head

Is it in my head

Is it in my head or in my heart

I pick up phones and hear my history

I dream of all the calls I miss

I try to number those who love me

And find exactly what the trouble is

Is it in my head

Is it in my head

Is it in my head here at the start

Is it in my head

Is it in my head

Is it in my head or in my heart

I feel I'm being followed

My head is empty

Yet every word I say turns out a sentence

Statements to a stranger

Just asking for directions

Turn from being help to being questions

I see a man without a problem