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Re: Old lyrics buried in your sub-conscious

Angela wrote:

If anyone if really interested in this topic on a cerebral level, check out this article from Discover's March 2009 issue entitled Brain Trust.  Music, memory, and mistakes: Top neuroscientists explain how the mind copes in a chaotic world.  The second question in is actually about this topic.   And the answer is, musical memories are encoded into the memory better than even visual ones and the article goes into hearing a song on the radio and how it takes you back...neurochemical tags associated with high emotions  enables you to remember every word...

Anyway, anyone remember this song.  I have his first 4 albums on vinyl, just got a catalog in the mail that has his collection on CD.  This was his only big hit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eETej8p1DH8

That's definitely true about musical memories Angela. I think everyone will agree that the songs you listen to as a teenager are the ones you remember best and which bring back so many memories. As emotions run high during adolescence it makes sense.
Never heard of Danny O'keefe though.

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Re: Old lyrics buried in your sub-conscious

Angela wrote:

If anyone if really interested in this topic on a cerebral level, check out this article from Discover's March 2009 issue entitled Brain Trust.  Music, memory, and mistakes: Top neuroscientists explain how the mind copes in a chaotic world.  The second question in is actually about this topic.   And the answer is, musical memories are encoded into the memory better than even visual ones and the article goes into hearing a song on the radio and how it takes you back...neurochemical tags associated with high emotions  enables you to remember every word...

Anyway, anyone remember this song.  I have his first 4 albums on vinyl, just got a catalog in the mail that has his collection on CD.  This was his only big hit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eETej8p1DH8

I knew there was a strong connection, but I never went that far with my research.
Here's a link to this very topic from some time ago:
http://www.jbonamassa.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=398

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Re: Old lyrics buried in your sub-conscious

Tripsy wrote:
Bill S wrote:

Damn, I finally thought I had all this crap buried deep in my sub-conscience, but after reading this thread, it's resurfaced.
Here's two, one from Wet Willie and one from Brownsville station. Can you remember the songs?:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg0BNTebcbY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxBbmoUdEac

I certainly remember the Brownsville Staion songs...I had the single smile

But Wet Willie?   never heard of them.

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Tripsy,
I'm guessing Wet Willie never made it out of the states. They were a southern rock band and this may have been their only commercial hit...I can't recall if it made it to #1.

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Re: Old lyrics buried in your sub-conscious

My dad used to play kiko and the lavender moon(los lobos) a lot when i was very very young(3-5 or so) and i loved it.  and i can stil sing along any time i hear it.  I actually bought the album when i got older and what do you know it is a damn good album big_smile

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t57_Lk38 … p;index=59

http://youtube.com/watch?v=fCdNsm7gvu8

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Re: Old lyrics buried in your sub-conscious

Bill S wrote:

Tripsy,
I'm guessing Wet Willie never made it out of the states. They were a southern rock band and this may have been their only commercial hit...I can't recall if it made it to #1.

Thanks Bill.

I don't know if any of you have seen the TV show 'Don't Forget The Lyrics'.
I was watching the US version of it this morning and there was a guy on it who won $350,000 just by remembering a line to the CCR song 'Fortunate Son'.
He had to sing along with the song with the words displayed on a screen and then he had to provide a line which wasn't displayed and he did it.
He knew it because he had the tape when he was just six years old!
Not bad eh!
He failed on the next round though...well it was a Michael Bolton song!

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Re: Old lyrics buried in your sub-conscious

Tripsy wrote:
Bill S wrote:

Tripsy,
I'm guessing Wet Willie never made it out of the states. They were a southern rock band and this may have been their only commercial hit...I can't recall if it made it to #1.

Thanks Bill.

I don't know if any of you have seen the TV show 'Don't Forget The Lyrics'.
I was watching the US version of it this morning and there was a guy on it who won $350,000 just by remembering a line to the CCR song 'Fortunate Son'.
He had to sing along with the song with the words displayed on a screen and then he had to provide a line which wasn't displayed and he did it.
He knew it because he had the tape when he was just six years old!
Not bad eh!
He failed on the next round though...well it was a Michael Bolton song! $350,000 ain't too bad. I could probably sing Fortunate Son straight through...I was just a tad older than 6 when that song came out.

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Yeah, a Michael Bolton song :lol:could cause anyone to fail!

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