What’s a sound that instantly triggers a memory for you every single time?

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What’s a sound that instantly triggers a memory for you every single time?

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  1. butterflygirln Avatar

    The Windows XP startup sound.
    Brings me right back to being 12 and waiting 15 minutes for dial-up internet

  2. WilbearsDen Avatar

    Ark main menu music

  3. Fair_Ad_9364 Avatar

    The sound of vinyl crackling before a record starts playing, instantly transports me to lazy Sundays spent rummaging through my granddad’s old record collection. Smells, sounds, and tastes can be powerful time machines.

  4. leonprimrose Avatar

    Playstation 1 startup noise

  5. -derikaboss Avatar

    The ice cream truck jingle

  6. lucyskies-t Avatar

    The sound of a VHS tape rewinding.

  7. k-princessflor Avatar

    The AOL dial-up connection tone

  8. artistasouly Avatar

    The click of a car door locking.
    Makes me double check if I left my keys inside every time

  9. joyfuljourneyd- Avatar

    Flip phone snapping shut.
    That was the real “end of conversation” energy

  10. duckwafer357 Avatar
  11. gruthscout Avatar

    A school bell ringing.
    I still feel like I need to rush to class

  12. jungstir Avatar

    Rolling thunder reminds me of a scud missile hit during Desert Storm. I can understand intellectually but it still gives me immediate pause.

  13. ndazzlingdana Avatar

    That “boo-doop” sound when you plug something into a USB port

  14. CreepyLab9189 Avatar

    anything similar to that beep sound from an error CPAP machine.
    i used to be a caregiver.

  15. Burzeltheswiss Avatar

    You need a little revive

  16. ireneberryh Avatar

    Rain hitting a tent roof.
    Camping vibes + cozy memories unlocked

  17. -iexplorerella Avatar

    The click of a cassette tape being pushed in

  18. wizzbs Avatar

    any note from “Love” by Keyshia Cole gives me some anxiety – reminds me of working at my skating rink which i hate

  19. Prof_Johan Avatar

    Pulling a long zipper up or down. I immediately think of camping in a tent

  20. Shiro_Kabocha_ Avatar

    The sound of Big Wheels on pavement.

  21. NoTrash4209 Avatar

    Qiguanchanghong

  22. MajinSkull Avatar

    Any song from Legend of Zelda OOT

  23. varthalon Avatar

    I went through a phase when I use to privately assign songs as theme music to people I was friends with.

    I never told the person about it. It was just a personal thing of my internal dialog.

    I don’t do it anymore BUT if I ever hear one of those old songs from back when I was doing it it immediately makes me think of that person.

  24. psyclopsus Avatar

    Baseball card and a clothespin on a bicycle wheel, poor kids dirt bike

  25. KroganZoo Avatar

    The sound of Halo 3’s opening menu.

  26. CreateYourUser00 Avatar

    The first notes on ‘Black Parade’ by My Chemicla Romance. Gets me emotional reminiscing those days when I was young jamming to this song with my cousins, just enjoying life with no worries

  27. britishmetric144 Avatar

    This noise played on my parent’s phone to signal the beginning of every Monday morning back when I was younger.

  28. BlueChipHero Avatar

    Enya. I hate Enya.

  29. Sandpaper_Pants Avatar

    There are times when I hear a distant jet overhead and it sounds like the dangerous halls beyond the slipgates, and I’m about to hear the tortured cries, “Kill me now!”, or “It’s hurts…”.

  30. Imaginary_Fig_6093 Avatar

    M.A.S.H. It’s bedtime when you hear that into 😴

  31. Purple-Carpenter-365 Avatar
  32. Present-Outside717 Avatar

    The sound of chalk on a board. I always think of math classes

  33. cute_pipeline Avatar

    Noise of a fax machine

  34. PowermanFriendship Avatar

    The opening violins in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

  35. Scouse_dad Avatar

    Diamonds by rihanna, it was playing in the background while i was watching a sex show in amsterdam

  36. Lost-Muffin2378 Avatar

    That one alarm🥀

  37. Boo-Boo-Bean Avatar

    Crickets or cicadas 💔💕

  38. The-Big-BNES Avatar

    “Wonderful” by Everclear

  39. sheikhyerbouti Avatar

    The chime when a Game Boy is powered on.

  40. Chicagogirl72 Avatar

    Harry Carry’s voice was the background of my childhood

  41. ominousmuffin Avatar

    text notification sound I set for my teenage crush

  42. This_Bullfrog_3948 Avatar

    The auction house bell from wow. That sound is used in a lot of tv shows especially if they are in a harbour. I’d recognise that anywhere.

  43. ObjectiveOk2072 Avatar

    The Wii startup sound menu music

  44. ducksdotoo Avatar

    Ironing with steam on a wood ironing board in the next room. Bliss.

  45. imasugarpacket Avatar

    Game cube startup sound. Reminds me of the sitting in my best friends room in 4th grade playing the first ever version of animal crossing. It’s like I’m back in that room again.

  46. Aralista_37 Avatar

    Turning on the GameCube

  47. LaMelonBallz Avatar

    First note of Pink Floyd’s Time.

    We had a game at work where they played the first second of a song and people have to guess what it is. I sucked. Until they did that one and I nailed it immediately. My boss was super impressed. I did not tell him how I know it so well lol.

  48. dwarfcow Avatar

    Manah manauh.

  49. EducationalHeight434 Avatar

    Dial up moden, reminds me of PRODIGY.

  50. Halcyondays1512 Avatar

    Angels by Owl City.
    It’s the first song that used to play in the car when I was a mormon missionary and the car would start.
    This song brings not so pleasant memories of and abusive companion and it triggers some ptsd.

  51. FlipMeOverUpsidedown Avatar

    Snoring. Oh the rage.

  52. Tammy993 Avatar

    Tags jingling on dog’s collar or bell softly ringing on cat’s collar.

  53. Potential_Bat5843 Avatar

    Phone ringing. My friends send me messages, they don’t call me if they don’t ask before.

  54. Major-Version3227 Avatar

    Mister Softee ice cream truck music

  55. lissocat Avatar

    The G note

    (Fellow OG emos, where you at?)

  56. yet-another-yes-man Avatar

    The sound of a creaky old wooden door. It makes me think of my late grandpas house, his garage, that old corvette he never got to finish, good times then, simple times.

  57. Ok-Luck-5356 Avatar

    Airplane ✈️ flying overhead, brings on acid flashbacks 😂

  58. VaSunshine1551 Avatar

    The Halo “Ooohhhh… ohhh ohhh… ohhhh ohhh ohhhhhh” theme. Makes me think of care free summer before college, no responsibilities.

  59. anp_fj Avatar

    ps1 start up sound.

  60. Vclawson97 Avatar

    If I’m out and about and a place has the same ring tone as my work, it’s like war flashbacks.

  61. KindTroublemaker Avatar

    pokemon emerald sound track.

  62. Worldly-Spare4287 Avatar

    just happened on the bus, heard someone scrolling thru the games on the switch with the volume on, anyone who has played switch knows the little click when you scroll between games and knows what i mean, brought me back to high school

  63. tnrdmn Avatar
  64. StrictLeading9261 Avatar

    Not exactly sound but night time riding on bike, alone, on highway, always reminds me of her dho it’s been 4 years

  65. plasma2002 Avatar

    Butterfly in the skyyyyyyy

  66. Decomposing_Tooth Avatar

    Ice cream van sound, family frost. Throws me back in childhood immediately.

  67. kiddk11 Avatar

    Sayy-gaaaaa