Right now I am listening to Television's Marquee Moon and, listening to it, I can picture exactly where I was the moment it hit me how amazing this record is...
I was in Evanston, parked in front of the hot dog stand on Central across from the Evanston theater and (then) Dyche Stadium.

I was parked on the north side of the street, sitting in the driver's seat, listening to a tape I made of the CD, just for listening in the car; it was summer and I was wating to meet a friend to see a flick at the theater.

Blown away at that very moment.
I can still smell the air and see the sunlight -- it was late afternoon.

EDIT: And "Venus" is on the stereo.

Two standouts came from the Beastie Boys for me.

I have played 'License to Ill' millions of times. But for some reason, when I play it now, I recall the time I played it in the car with my dad as we were driving over the Tapanzee bridge coming home from somewhere one afternoon.

Same deal with 'Paul's Boutigue'. heard it million and four times, but i always go back to me and my friends playing basketball one afternoon, and just playing it over and over on my friends radio.

dotn know if this is what ya were looking for.

Occasionally I have moments of nostalgia but usually the music is just a soundtrack to my life now. I don't really don't "see" anything.

Books do this to me as much as music, you reminded me of when I bought McCarthy's All the Pretty Horses at some borders in San Antonio, and parked the car under a tree and read all afternoon.

Pablo Honey always makes me think of my old flagstone rental house in south Austin.

Harvest Moon makes me think of crazy girlfriend Connie and her Pistachio ice cream colored VW bus.

I could go on

Connie sounds like a crazy girlfriend name.

U2 - Achtung Baby: driving endlessly around town with my best buddy Rick. also receiving amazing head from this girl McKay.

Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage: sitting in my room with this girl Jennifer, singing along to it, and acting as if we were in a film, and it was the soundtrack.

Boards of Canada - Music Has...: travelling with my wife across Europe, both floored by the beautiful landscape.

When I play music I "see" me performing the music.

Allow me my fantasy of being talented, please.

hahahaha.

i swear i'm a member of Minor Threat.

Exile on Main Street: Rocks Off makes me think of the day I bought it, and riding down East Campus in Athens, with the windows down. 'Shine a Light' makes me think of the last time I was in Athens before leaving for DC, and Derris stumbling home at 7am as we decided to leave.

Radiohead OKC reminds me of coming home too fucked up to sleep and listening to that and playing Tecmo Bowl til dawn sometimes.

Ready to Die reminds of driving to my old house off Lexington Rd in Athens, after classes, and always half expecting the place to be lit up with cop cars.

Is This It will always remind me of the drive from Montgomery, AL to East Atlanta. There was a cellphone coverage hole exactly as long as that album. I must have played it 100 times during the fall it came out and I worked in Montgomery.

Do you know where you were the day Conway Twitty died?

I do. I had been camping, screwing, playing chess and eating mushrooms for two weeks in North Arkansas when a vista cruiser pulled up and unloaded the largest family of rednecks I had ever seen (outside of the usual walmart parking lot) who felt it vitally important to immediately relay the news of Conway's demise to me and Connie. We packed up and left.

Some albums take me back to days of old...but I don't hear, smell, or remember getting blowjobs from anyone during these unfortunately:

Working In the Record Store:

The Posies - Frosting On The Beater
Jellyfish - Bellybutton
Lenny Kravitz - Are You Going To Go My Way?


Driving Around In An Israeli Desert:

Delerium - Semantic Spaces

Watch it. That's my grandmother's name.

Daydream Nation--In the choral room; sophomore yr of high school screaming the lyrics to "Teenage Riot". Remember looking up at the fan as we raced around the piano that cd player was on. Also remember listening to "Providence" off the album on my headphones, having never heard of Mike Watt, and passing off the headphones to a girl I was sitting next to at musical practice for King and I.

Foo Fighters-"Monkey Wrench"--in the shower, gf had broken up with me, and the words just made sense at that moment.

Pearl Jam-"Dirty Frank"--Russina class

Elvis-"Viva Las Vegas"--waiting in my car outside a dorm for a girl.

Zeke--laying on a friends futon in Frederick after seeing them live the night before at the OLD ottobar in Balto. His kitten scratching the fuck out of my feet.

Mogwai-"My Father, My King"--one of the best nights of my life, and one of friends worst.

there are more...but meh, they are my cherished ones.

[whisper]I see drunk people. They're everywhere.[/whisper]

This is pretty funny because I just came from reading another thread dealing with such a topic...

Yeah, but it's still a pretty good festival.

mind...moves...too...fast...for...feeble...fingers.

should've been "This is pretty funny because OF WHAT I just came from reading..."

No, you're fine, I was just misappropriating your verbage. It's a custom here on this board. I refer to it on other boards as "obnering your post".