Take me back

It's funny how a song can take you back to some long ago time. I was listening to Pop Life by Prince, earlier, and it reminded me of a family reunion I went to in Pennsylvania 20 years ago. The memory that sticks out is of me and my cousins eating at a Howard Johnson's on a Saturday night.

Now, I'm listening to Madonna's "Live to Tell" (I think, the best song she's ever done), and I go back to a band competition I went to 22 years ago. It's a famous festival, and I remember being on the bus, coming back to the hotel late at night, climbing over the hills, and seeing, twinkling in the dark, little dots of light, civilization, nestled in the hillside.

Some songs float you back in time, along a lazy river.