Which songs/albums take you back to college?

The Knack's My Sharona and Rick Jame's Super Freak. So much the soundtrack of every collegiate dance you just wanted to vomit.

Thank God the Clash came out with Sandinista and allowed me to participate via cassette and the first generation Walkman by tuning out the world, something that the iPod succeeds at even better today.

Bongofury: "Magnificent, I say!"

Xiekitchen: News Flash: vacuum cleaner sucked up Budgie

Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry ...

I'm not that old but that was my phase at the time, along with 60's R&B. I'm old enough to be a fan of Aerosmith in high school and the beater I drove back then is a collector car now.

Somehow I forgot, all of the Beatles Albums. Even though it was 20 yrs later, everyone had, and listened to Beatles albums. Ironically, this week I met my nephew in Austin at the typical college house they live in, and spilling out of his speakers was The White Album (from his iPod, but one battle at a time). One of the pictures on the wall was the Abbey Road album cover picture.

It looks like our Mozart is going to be the Beatles. Re-discovered by every succeeding generation. Part of it is that most new music is just derivative of The Beatles and their contemporaries, so the actual source sounds better.

His other favorite band right now is Led Zeppelin, so there is hope for the next generation of audiophiles. They will want to hear it actually sound good and have impact too.