# Songs you used to adore that fell out of your brain for over 20 years **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [January 23, 2014, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-used-to-adore-that-fell-out-of-your-brain-for-over-20-years/679529 "2014-01-23T16:08:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2021, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-used-to-adore-that-fell-out-of-your-brain-for-over-20-years/679529/61 "2021-10-13T02:15:46Z")
Elementary school, 1971-ish: the school library had this record laying around and while I didn’t love it, it staked a spot in my brain and never left. When Homer Simpson started using the ganga in one of the episodes (easily 25 years later), that part of my brain said, **Hey, here’s that song, can I go home now?** Ladies and gentlemen: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/6bmruh9tKxM/maxresdefault.jpg "Donovan - Wear Your Love Like Heaven (Audio)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bmruh9tKxM) ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2021, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-used-to-adore-that-fell-out-of-your-brain-for-over-20-years/679529/62 "2021-10-13T14:08:58Z")
I just picked up Donovan’s greatest hits. Such beautiful hippie music. I had fond memories of “There Is A Mountain”, and the witty lyrics that start with: _Look upon my garden gate, a snail, that’s what it is…_ _Look upon my garden gate, a snail, that’s what it is…_ _First there is a mountain, then there is no mountain, then there is._ [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/q2quzfZw7sM/maxresdefault.jpg "There Is A Mountain") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2quzfZw7sM) > [@alovem](#): > > Used to hear it often on the radio in the mid-to-late 70s and was very happy to find that it sounded even better than I remembered Those of us who got our early rock’n’roll from static-y AM radio (often through cheap car speakers) forget how much better those songs sound nowadays. Even more if remastered. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2021, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-used-to-adore-that-fell-out-of-your-brain-for-over-20-years/679529/63 "2021-10-13T14:25:18Z")
Christopher Cross - _Ride Like The Wind_ and _Say You’ll Be Mine_ I had almost forgotten about Chris. I heard he got Covid last year and started playing his music on YouTube. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/A6UlyyQjAtM/maxresdefault.jpg "Christopher Cross & Michael McDonald - Ride Like The Wind (Live 1998) (Promo Only)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6UlyyQjAtM) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/1RHDd5pearQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Christopher Cross - Say You'll Be Mine (Live 1998) (Promo Only)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RHDd5pearQ) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2021, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-used-to-adore-that-fell-out-of-your-brain-for-over-20-years/679529/64 "2021-10-13T15:01:50Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Those of us who got our early rock’n’roll from static-y AM radio (often through cheap car speakers) forget how much better those songs sound nowadays. Even more if remastered. One of my 45s had a _really_ off-center spindle hole and all you could hear was Wow-Wow-Wow-Wow. The needle on my mother’s record player looked like a 10 penny nail. ---
**Author:** ![alovem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2021, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-used-to-adore-that-fell-out-of-your-brain-for-over-20-years/679529/65 "2021-10-13T17:06:34Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Those of us who got our early rock’n’roll from static-y AM radio (often through cheap car speakers) forget how much better those songs sound nowadays. Even more if remastered. I’d agree, but it will depend on the recording and the equipment it’s being played on. The typical low-fi experience is probably better today insofar as equipment, and recording technology has certainly improved since the 1960s. However, I don’t have dedicated hi-fi equipment set up in my apartment and, for convenience, I just listen to YouTube audio/video on a relatively new TV. In that sense, I’d say the average listening experience has lost quality vs. “back then,” especially for those who just use their smart phones to listen to music. In any case, when I said that the Chicago track sounds even better today, I was referring to my ears and my understanding of music compared to back then. The actual audio quality was probably better in the circumstances of my youth, because everyone I knew had some kind of dedicated sound system at home. The closest thing back then to YouTube audio quality were probably those homemade cassette copies of vinyl recordings that some of us listened to. ---
**Author:** ![Bonum\_Legatum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bonum_legatum/32/6183_2.png) [@Bonum\_Legatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonum_Legatum)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2021, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-used-to-adore-that-fell-out-of-your-brain-for-over-20-years/679529/66 "2021-10-13T17:19:58Z")
A friend mentioned how rushed his Saturdays were getting and i suddenly thought of: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/S3ZqjvfirtU/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AHQA4AC4AOKAgwIABABGHIgQSgtMA8=&rs=AOn4CLBOj79C_NwY1cgHmSiVleYonqzT1g "Bobby Russell ~ Saturday Morning Confusion") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3ZqjvfirtU) For some reason, i misremembered one of the lyrics as “Harry the dog just ate the TV.” ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2021, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-used-to-adore-that-fell-out-of-your-brain-for-over-20-years/679529/67 "2021-10-13T17:54:32Z")
[Special Lady](https://youtu.be/GTkltW7ckIk) was my “what was that song?!” for years. Nobody else remembered it. ---
**Author:** ![alovem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2021, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-used-to-adore-that-fell-out-of-your-brain-for-over-20-years/679529/68 "2021-10-13T17:54:46Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > It’s pretty much all I’m hoping for when I listen to the radio these days. It’s why I change the station so much. Mostly, I have to settle for just hearing songs I like all right, but before long I’m off looking for the lost gems again. Old charts and playlists are an interesting source of inspiration. In my first post here about a year ago, I asked about a song that I remembered but couldn’t identify. Before posting, I went over several old WXRT playlists (to no avail), and it sparked some long-lost memories. Not as good as the fortuitous find, but similarly stimulating. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-used-to-adore-that-fell-out-of-your-brain-for-over-20-years/679529/69 "2021-12-21T15:55:39Z")
Believe it or not, I’m just now seeing this post of yours! Seven years have passed! I hope you got some closure on the wonderful old song! If my memory is worth anything (and these days I’m having my serious doubts) I saw/heard it on “Your Hit Parade” being sung by someone female who wasn’t part of the regular cast. But the name evaporated almost immediately. Not Dorothy or Gisele for what that’s worth. I’ll so some searching today and if I find any clue worth passing along to you, I will. If you already managed to get some closure, please say so! ---
**Author:** ![alovem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-used-to-adore-that-fell-out-of-your-brain-for-over-20-years/679529/70 "2021-12-21T19:04:04Z")
How many of you remember Ashby Ostermann Alliance? > **[ashbyostermannalliance.com](https://ashbyostermannalliance.com/home)** > > Home page of ashbyostermannalliance.com, a jazz group [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/PaK_QJ2zxXg/maxresdefault.jpg "ASHBY-OSTERMANN ALLIANCE 1981 [full album]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaK_QJ2zxXg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-used-to-adore-that-fell-out-of-your-brain-for-over-20-years/679529.md?page=3)