Musical mementos

Certain bands and certain songs just plug me immediately into specific times in my life. Right now, "The Swing" by INXS has just popped up on my Itunes "100 Random Songs" list. Suddenly, I can remember vividly being in my little dorm room at Jester during my freshman and sophmore years (same room both years, 13th floor west). I remember exactly how I felt at that time in my life, though not really specifics... it's more of a memory of what it was like in my head at the time. Next? "Every Ghetto, Every City" by Lauryn Hill. Well, that's my R&B diva years, driving my green mustang with the sunroof open, singing my head off. Donald Fagen's "The Nightfly" is a direct route to the Fall I lived in San Antonio, doing "Into the Woods" at ACT theatre. Angelique Kidjo takes me to New Orleans, and Jazzfest, when dancing with Bethy and my favorite music cured me of the horrible blues I'd been in for a year. The Meat Puppets is next on the list -- well, that's my "alterna-chick" stage when I dated Mr Goatee and Piercings, thinking I was edgy. Oh, and that's followed by Counting Crows and Sarah MacLachlan and Alanis Morrissette, thanks to the inevitable heartbreak he caused (which I knew was coming from the very beginning. Yeah, I signed up for that) Fleetwood Mac, ahhh, that was senior year in highschool when I "dated" briefly the cute guy from the other high school's choir, who broke my heart when he sort of faded away with no explanantion... Until 5-6 years later, when I learned he came out of the closet. Oh, thanks! What a relief. Wish you could've told me back then, though. You'd have saved me a year of additional self-loathing... More thoughts to come as the playlist shuffles. Anybody got any distinct song memories to share? Is this thing on?