Comments on: QOTW: Connections Of Music And Dance

By: Emsz

Emsz — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:04:21 +0000

I associate both things I’ve seen and things I feel with songs. I also associate things I might feel, at some point in time, with certain songs.
I ‘feel’ songs more than I here them, if you know what I mean… I’ll like a song not based on the music, however gorgeous it may be, but on how it makes me feel. Whether it’s a good or bad feeling I don’t really care… :)

By: Ann

Ann — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:16:41 +0000

I only associate music with the places/situations I first heard them in, (or possibly overplay them in) – so if I first hear a song being danced/sung to on the TV, then yes, I will always think about that every time I hear the song. Otherwise they’re just summer camp songs, Tuscany on-the-coach songs, I-was-13-and-angsty songs or just sitting-by-the-radio songs :p

By: Mari

Mari — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:11:32 +0000

I can't hear Elisa's "Dancing" without thinking about this. So beautiful. :)

By: Catherine

Catherine — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:06:23 +0000

Like Rachael for me there’s no dances or anything, but certain memories or emotions that surface when I listen to certain songs….

By: Kaisa

Kaisa — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:24:31 +0000

I’m with Vickie: I don’t sneer at mainstream music because everybody likes it, I sneer at it because I can’t stand it. Ever since shifting from Backstreet Boys and such to alternative and indie music, mainstream radiohits have seemed quite empty, pointless and repetative to me…

And to answer your question: Yes, I do associate certain emotions and events to certain songs. I cannot listen to Placebo’s Black Market Music album without going back a few years, imagining myself sitting in a bus going through a countryside where you could see nothing but fields and barns :) And Queens Bohemian Rhapsody always makes me think of Wayne’s World :D

By: Rachael

Rachael — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:07:58 +0000

Not dances, but certain feelings / memories come rushing back to me when I hear certain songs. :(

By: Regine

Regine — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 07:19:29 +0000

No, I do not…but I hate, hate, hate Mercy and no air and most Top 40 songs. Why? And why does everybody like them? Cause every single radio station plays the same songs over and over and even over again 24/7. So much, that they get drill into your hear making you like them.

By: Carmen

Carmen — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:26:00 +0000

There are a few obvious ones, like associating my She’s So High and graduation songs with Year 12. I also associate Adiemus with my trip to China, and when I hear Snow Patrol/Killer’s songs, I associate them back to the live performances I’ve seen but nothing really outside of that.

By: Bobbi-lee

Bobbi-lee — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:49:55 +0000

I always associate certain songs with certain times in my life, like I will remember the day or the location when I hear a song. Especially old songs that my parents listened to I remember my childhood. Like Elton John’s Crocodile Rock, every time I hear that I remember a party type thing my parents had when I was 7 and all the other parents kids danced around like crazy. Or if I hear a certain Black Eyed Peas song I remember my former best friend from High School.

Even if I did watch SYTYCD I don’t think I would associate a song with a dance, but that’s just me.

By: marilyn

marilyn — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:45:22 +0000

oh man yes! For some reason there is always at least one song that I associate with a quarter of uni. Like I’ll hear Gary Jules’ “How Can I Tell You” and I’ll think of Spring quarter of my freshman year at uni. Then more specifically having all that acid/base chemistry to do, lol.

And I loved that dance to Bleeding Love.