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    You know how some songs, and not just Dead songs, transport you back to a certain time and place whenever you hear them? Maybe you didn't even like them at the time, but three notes and there you are driving back from the beach when you're 16, or whatever.

    And some songs just come to embody a particular time and place forever after.

    What are yours?

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    "All is loneliness here for meLoneliness here for me Loneliness" from "Janis--Blow Away My Blues. This is San Francisco, at it's usual finest.....I forgot about this song. What a mind blower!
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    I got to see these guys from the 4th row a couple months before the plane crash, incredible
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    I haven't seen it in years! What a nice flashback - Thanks :) "Inspiration, move me brightly"
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    that Madonna song, I don't even know what the name is, but it goes "Open your heart to me, baby, I hold the lock and you hold the key". It came on while I was hanging out watching MTV on the couch with this guy that I had been close friends with for a long time when we started making out for the first time. I remember both of us saying something like "wow, it's about time!" It's a really sweet memory for me. "Inspiration, move me brightly"
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    John Lennon I was 14 or 15, lying in bed one night with the midnight hour approaching, my little transistor radio on, my earphone (yes, mono, just one...may explain why I have more hearing loss in my right ear than my left) plugged in. My favorite FM station was about to play excerpts from the new John Lennon album -- their normal practice was to debut entire LPs, but my hindsight guess is that, despite the freewheeling times on some FM radio, "Working Class Hero" posed a threat to their FCC license. Midnight strikes, the DJ intones, "Ladies and Gentleman, Mr John Lennon." God..."God is a concept" got my immediate attention, and I was hyper-focused on all that followed. As the "I don't believe" litany progressed, there were a few items I didn't understand (example -- who or what was "Zimmerman"? I was a couple years from discovering Dylan, so I didn't have a clue). And then the kick in the gut: "I don't believe in Beatles!" Man, I DID believe in Beatles. What a blow! "The dream is over"....this from the guy who was just a short time away from writing "Imagine"... What can I say? A little innocence lost that night...
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You know how some songs, and not just Dead songs, transport you back to a certain time and place whenever you hear them? Maybe you didn't even like them at the time, but three notes and there you are driving back from the beach when you're 16, or whatever.

And some songs just come to embody a particular time and place forever after.

What are yours?

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Submitted by starsleeper on Wed, 08/25/2010 - 15:22

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and stronger and happier than I've been since before my car accident. Peace !
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Submitted by trailbird on Sat, 01/08/2011 - 10:45

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Happy New Year !
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Submitted by puroshaggy on Sat, 01/15/2011 - 12:52

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Hotel California evokes very specific images of the summer I turned sixteen- driver's license, Dead shows, and my first real girlfriend who was as much a teenager as I was.
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Submitted by docks of the city on Tue, 02/01/2011 - 19:55

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say that again, teller! I love this site.
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Submitted by Stardancer on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 13:35

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Baker street takes me back to the days of my youth everytime I hear it.
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Submitted by trailbird on Fri, 03/11/2011 - 12:41

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One more thing that I gotta say I need a miracle everyday
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Submitted by trailbird on Mon, 05/02/2011 - 10:44

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Thank you to all our troops, special forces, and President Obama Great job !
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Submitted by trailbird on Mon, 05/09/2011 - 07:14

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Ain't no time to hate therefore Time is Love
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Submitted by trailbird on Thu, 05/19/2011 - 22:24

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but I've had enough flashbacks, thank you
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Submitted by trailbird on Sat, 05/21/2011 - 16:46

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from one of the best shows I ever had the good fortune to see, it is Dead.net after all.
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Submitted by trailbird on Thu, 06/02/2011 - 07:01

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I saw these guys once
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Submitted by trailbird on Mon, 06/06/2011 - 11:11

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By "nothing" really matters to me - I meant "things we have no physical evidence of". I thoght it was funny.
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Submitted by trailbird on Thu, 06/09/2011 - 16:37

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that was my way of saying maybe a "Dead" show would help. Good Lord.Won't you TRI just a little bit more.
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Submitted by trailbird on Thu, 06/09/2011 - 22:12

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Being able to make one person smile means more to me than all the other bullsh*t I have to deal with. LOVE !!!
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Submitted by trailbird on Fri, 06/10/2011 - 16:08

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Have a beautiful weekend
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Submitted by trailbird on Mon, 06/20/2011 - 08:34

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this is Boca Raton, 4/6/11 with CC God bless Clarence,Bruce, and the E-Street Band