The last cover I just did - Temptation - so intense of a memory attached to that song. A girl, of course - and the world’s messiest breakup. Appropriate since the song is about a lost love, which didn’t dawn on me until after the fact. My favorite song at the time, I couldn’t listen to it for years and years afterwards without immense pangs of regret. Feels great to have it back.
I have always built memories around songs, not just when I was younger. Often it’s just stories I make up daydreaming. I have entire playlists that are like soundtracks to these stories, in long plot arcs. And when I hear the songs it brings back the stories. I’m probably crazy AF but it’s kind of cool so I go with it.