Paid Members John Matrix Posted July 2, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted July 2, 2013 Really broad subject matter this, could encompass a million different things. Does anyone here have a particular place, visual, sound, song etc that they instantly connect to a specific time in their lives? That could be positively or negatively, but I guess my question is about emotional triggers. Â Perhaps a silly example, but I sat and watched Jackie Chan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windoesnot Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 For my own childhood memories, not much comes close to the original Sonic The Hedgehog. Back in school I was a Sega kid whilst it seemed everyone I knew were all Nintendo and Mario kids. Â Mario was slow, fat and uncool. Sonic came along and was fast, cool and brilliantly marketed by Sega. Seeing those old TV ads for the first game and subsequent others just made you want them more. Even remember absolutely having to get Sonic 2 on the day it came out (Sonic 2's day as it was called at the time). It was a game I played over and over and loved it every single time. Â Â The music too was so memorable and it seems everyone knows the music from Green Hill Zone. Â Green Hill Zone, Sonic 1 Â My favourite of all the tunes in the original Sonic series: Â Â I could do a whole thread on favourite game music, there's so many of them out there! Â Â As a huge Formula One fan, nothing gets close to this (still makes the hairs on the back of the neck stand up): Â Â And on the wrestling side of things, I fucking love the original Wrestlemania music: Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted July 2, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted July 2, 2013 I think smells/scents should definitely be included here, a lot of my memories from childhood or my teenage days are triggered by smells and particular songs. On the song front, I could be here all day and that subject could probably warrant it's own thread so I'll stick to smells. Â Yeast- reminds me of getting to primary school early, playing Wembley singles or space invaders in the playground. I think the smell came from the McMullen brewery up the road. Lovely smell, not too different from Marmite. Â Febreeze (original)- reminds me of summer 2000, when I first started seeing my now-wife. A spray of good ol' Febreeze meant I had an extra days wear out of my clothes! Well, that was my logic anyway. Also reminds me of playing Tony Hawks and listening to Pure Garage 2. Â Cool Water aftershave- takes me back to my youth club days. I used to do Karate and I was getting really good at it, was orange belt (Shotokan, I think) and did pretty well in a tournament, where I beat a Chinese kid- which I saw as a big achievement given it was Karate (child logic, eh?). But when the youth club opened it clashed with karate. Youth club had girls, so it was a no brainer. My gi was replaced by a nasty chequered Ben Sherman shirt and Levi jeans. The most popular girl in our year said she loved Cool Water, so I dowsed myself in it daily. The most I ever got from her was a lousy snog, whereas the kid I used to do karate with went on to become a second dan black belt or something and come runner-up in the British championships. Seemed like the right choice at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Bellenda Carlisle Posted July 2, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted July 2, 2013 I'm really bad for this, I'm generally an upbeat guy and I had a really happy childhood but things that strongly remind me of it in the way you described make me feel really sad, like a longing for a lost happy time that will never return. Â I had a Spider-Man annual in my stocking at Christmas 1984 and just looking at the picture when I found it to post in here (after searching for ages) brought a tear to my eye, it reminds me of everything about my childhood that's gone, a happy Christmas with no worries and my family all having fun together. My mum and dad young and healthy, my sister being 2 years old, not 30, our old house, so many happy memories it's hard for me to even think about it without getting choked up, my early childhood is completely sacred to me, I don't feel the same about any other part of my life. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members John Matrix Posted July 2, 2013 Author Paid Members Share Posted July 2, 2013 I had a Spider-Man annual in my stocking at Christmas 1984 and just looking at the picture when I found it to post in here (after searching for ages) brought a tear to my eye, it reminds me of everything about my childhood that's gone, a happy Christmas with no worries and my family all having fun together. My mum and dad young and healthy... Â That's exactly what i'm talking about. One tiny thing and it opens Pandora's box. Great example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted July 2, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted July 2, 2013 im an absolute sucker for nostalgia, i still own nearly all my old toys and books/annuals etc. I just can't part with em.  Very vaugue and only specific to me, but just this morning i was sitting in the my local surgery for an appointment and noticed the little traffic lights up on the wall that signify when it's time to go in, they are no longer in use but it just reminded me of sitting the surgery as a kid with my mother, i always remember them lights, put a smile on my face  Sonic The Hedgehog is one for me as well, i think getting my Megadrive and playing that game was one of the happiest days of my life, add to that the day i recieved my N64. The sights & sounds of them games always make me happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Scott Malbranque Posted July 2, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted July 2, 2013 I had a Spider-Man annual in my stocking at Christmas 1984 and just looking at the picture when I found it to post in here (after searching for ages) brought a tear to my eye, it reminds me of everything about my childhood that's gone, a happy Christmas with no worries and my family all having fun together. My mum and dad young and healthy... Â That's exactly what i'm talking about. One tiny thing and it opens Pandora's box. Great example. Â Whenever I see my Whizzer & Chips album in my old wardrobe in my dad's house it does that to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Maverick Posted July 2, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted July 2, 2013 I still wear cool water aftershave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members JNLister Posted July 2, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted July 2, 2013 Vanilla pods just remind me of Playdoh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshC Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 The smell of liniment takes me instantly back to Saturday morning football matches, in the days before the sport became rotten and ate itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Scott Malbranque Posted July 2, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted July 2, 2013 I still wear cool water aftershave Really? We use that in work as an air freshener in the jacks. No joke. I use Old Spice aftershave on my bollox and chest and all after a shower and then I spray the next with whatever's going. Usually something horribly opulent like the Abercrombie Fierce range or Bulgaira with a V. But nothing, nothing beats the smell of CK1 for bringing back memories. I used to go out with a girl (first long term relationship from when I was 14 til 18 or 19) and she would practically bathe in CK1 and the body shops T3 oil. Smelt magnificent, all the time, I remember distinctly being in a 69 with herself on top, and I sniffed her badge and it smelled like fresh wiped poo mixed with CK1. To this day, I always pictured the scene as me sitting in her sitting room, and her going to the jacks. She had a shite, wiped it, and realised she hadn't time for a shower coz it'd be too obvious, so she probably damped a hand towel and gave it a quick rinse with a bit of Fructis or something on it, and sprayed her dirtpipe with CK1 to disguise what just went down. I've always loved CK1. Reminds of that incident, that girl and the Prodigy's Fat of the Land album for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Maverick Posted July 2, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted July 2, 2013 I like it, smells Cool and Watery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Scott Malbranque Posted July 2, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted July 2, 2013 I like it, smells Cool and Watery. Â Get Armani Diamonds or Armani Mania. Seriously, they're always on sale and they smell superb. Oh, Fahrenheit is a guilty pleasure of mine too. Reminds me of those Pepe shoes with the buckles across the tongue... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted July 2, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted July 2, 2013 I think smells/scents should definitely be included here, a lot of my memories from childhood or my teenage days are triggered by smells and particular songs. On the song front, I could be here all day and that subject could probably warrant it's own thread so I'll stick to smells. Â I feel exactly the same about songs. Between the ages of about 10 and well, now, there are dozens of songs that put me straight back into a particular time & place and will inexorably be connected to a certain location, moment or person. Some songs seem to have followed me around and connect to many things in an almost spooky manner. Some songs make me smile like a goofy moron much to the confusion of my company, and some I struggle to listen to and would even rather leave the room than endure the memories that come flooding back. Some, I can't even explain why I connect to the memory. Like the way One Night Only's 2008 single "Just For Tonight" instantly makes me think of Robbie Keane scoring in a match that you especially, Punker, would not want reminding of. Â But yes, smells. The smell of Ghost "Serenity" on any woman instantly makes me think of my last - and realistically only (genuinely) - serious girlfriend. But it doesn't just make me think of her. It makes me think of sitting in my car listening to Kerrang on my way back from work with the sun burning my skin as I sit in traffic, either not noticing or not caring. It makes me think of the taste of a KFC lemon meringue Avalanche as I watch England get beaten on penalties by Portugal, then standing up instantly to get in my car and drive two hours to Manchester. It makes me think of lying flat on my back in Victoria Park and watching the pattern the sunlight makes through a canopy of leaves, and the taste of a meatball sub and a white chocolate and macadamia nut cookie. Â It makes me think of baguettes filled with coronation chicken and Cofresh chilli potato snacks washed down with Badger Golden Glory on "end of quarter bonus" payday. It reminds me of the church bells waking me up at 9AM in Saint-Servan on my 25th birthday and the way the room smelled like coconut (although she smelled like - duh! - Serenity). It reminds me of the taste of the chocolate cake, the crispness of the Czech pilsner, the way my hair went slightly blond in the sun, even the disappointment of finding the Sports Bar closed so we couldn't watch United v Spurs. Â It reminds me of an unusually warm spring, of drinking Fruhli outside Kro in Piccadilly Gardens, of fresh mixed leaf salad sat next to my homemade lasagna. Of lying on the sofa eating plain toast and watching The Hulk Hogan Anthology when I was off with food poisoning, of the taste of the duck confit I'd eat at our favourite restaurant in Manc or the honeycomb cheesecake we'd share at a little spot in Brum. Of silly drunken giggling, of going to work with a smile on my face and coming home with a bigger one. Â It just hits me with a complete snapshot of what my life was for four years, instantly. Hmm, turns out three years later, I'm still not quite as "moved on" as I would like. Â Â Â P.S. Random fun fact - only found out the other day Robbie Keane and Morrissey are cousins. Â EDIT - I am making the lasagna for mother and her bloke tonight. Mother has just informed me she's bought a bag of mixed leaf salad to go with it. Typical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forrest Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 I have really strange, vague memories associated with certain things. For example, I don't drink Red Cola because when I was about 6, I went to the beach and get sand in my can of Red Cola and in my toes and for some reason, this really upset me and now every time I think of Red Cola, it's immediately associated with this distressing memory. I don't even know why it was so upsetting, it just was. Â Also, Dale's Supermarket Sweep always me think of my mum. I don't really have any memories of my mum, as she died when I was 4, but the only real memory I have of her is me running around the house with my toy shopping trolley, scrambling along with the contestants as my mum willed me on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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