I’ve been listening to my U2 greatest hits CD and it occurred to me that every major relationship I've had can be summed up in a U2 song. There is some kind of attachment to it. For Pugsley's first Daddy it was "New Years Day". That became our song because our first date was on News Years Eve and our first kiss was at midnight. I know, corny. But it worked for a while. His second Daddy’s song was "With or Without You". Every line in the song basically explained the 5 year affair from start to finish. He was Ross, I was Rachel. It was exactly like that only without the happy sitcom ending. The song was so right on though.

Isn't it amazing the way a song can conjure up a feeling that brings us back to that place to that time? Even if you hear the song decades later or are living it in this very moment? The way we are able to attach such vivid memories to a song they can almost hurt. There are some songs I cant even bare to listen to. Like after my grandmother’s funeral I heard Eric Clapton’s Tears in Heaven on a jukebox and to this day I still can't listen to it. Have to change the station when it comes on.

And then there are others I hear that remind me so much of a pleasant moment when I stumble onto a radio station playing it, boom! I'll be in a great mood for the rest of the day.

For my first crush Joe, it was Men Without Hats. The Safety Dance.

I can't really explain why but it might have had something to do with him being a farmer and memories of dancing in the cow pasture (like the guy in the video) with a cheap bottle of Boone's Farm one summer night.

SSSS - AAAA - FFFF - EEEE - TTTT - YYYY

My favorite SL song moment goes to the tune by Julian Lennon called Valotte. She knows what it means.

For Jules it's "Tie Your Mother Down" by Queen because we used to follow a band that played it near the end of their second set just when our buzz was kicking in and we started to dance. Of course we ruled the dance floor..

Anything by the Grateful Dead reminds me of my beautiful hippie friends A and C.

Deep Purple Smoke on the Water is about driving home from the country fair in an orange duster with a crazy driver hitting guard rails.

A lot of my song memories seemed to take place in cars for some reason...

Prince, When Doves Cry makes me think of a white station wagon, bodies piled on top of bodies. Pit stops, grain alcohol and singing on the top of our lungs.

Kansas "Carry On Wayward Son" is a memory of driving to New York State in a blue Chevy Nova for beer after the package stores in CT closed with two boys who I dated (not both at the same time). Loud singing. Good times.

Spandau ballet "True" reminds me of camping in the woods with my best friend, smoking True cigarettes that were lifted from some random adult, flashlights and tent crashers with yellow eyes.

38 Special reminds me of a weekend road trips to Mass and the madness that ensued. amusement parks, motel rooms, Great concert. Young love.

Pugsley has some songs too that make me think of him. Like Hakuna Matata from the Lion King, Chris Daughtry’s Home, and Been Caught Stealing by Jane's Addiction because on Saturday mornings I’d listen to it while I cleaned the house and every time without fail in the opening part of the song a dog barks and Pugsley would always bark back at it.

And then there are those songs you used to like but some negative event happens and it forever ruins the song for you. I’m thinking of a time when I went to a Jethro Tull concert with an ex. But not long after that I found him in bed with his ex girlfriend, walked in on the two of them actually..Guess what happens now when I hear any of those songs on the radio? It was not a great loss as it turns out because I would not put Jethro Tull high up on my list of music that I can't live without.

I would venture to say I'm not the only one with entire albums that remind you of certain phases or periods of your life. A few stand outs of mine: Van Halen Diver Down. Pink Floyd the Wall. The Doors first album and an American Prayer. Led Zeppelin 1-4 + Houses of the Holy. Whitesnake. Nirvana Nevermind. Pearl Jam Ten. Tori Amos Little Earthquakes. Johnny Cash reminds me of my Dad because I grew up listening to his old records. And Glenn Miller, Sarah Vaughan, and Ella Fitzgerald remind me of my grand parents and their old victrola. And for some reason beef stew. That could be a whole other entry on food memories....

Even me now in my current relationship (the one I’m having with myself) can be summarized in another U2 song. The one entitled “I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For".

What are some of your favorite song memories?