There are not too many songs that I can hear on the radio that take me back to a certain place and time in my life. There are a few. Okie from Muskogee for example takes me back to 6th grade in Compton California. My first record, my first record player. God I'm old.
One of the strongest songs that will take me back is Bonnie Tyler's "It's a Heartache". I go straight to Billings Montana about 1978 when I was working for Moldy Gold Dairy (Meadow Gold). The song was a hit. I liked it. And they played it on the radio all the time that year. So whenever I hear it, I see myself in a restaurant near the Metra, delivering milk.
A one hit wonder and a lonely single guy. But I could lift 18 gallons of milk! Maybe that's why I have back problems!!
It's amazing how a song can take you back to somehere with all the same feelings and bring back memories, good and bad. Even certain smells. Like whrn we lived in Compton when I was in kindergarten and the Bread Man would come by in his van every week. There were 2 doors that opened up inthe back of it and he would pull out the long trays of pastries, bread and donuts. I can still smell that aroma. Carole
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