More songs that make me think of things and stuff.

Journey- Any Way You Want It.
Not the obvious choice perhaps, given the recent, and justified, revival of that one about a small town girl (which by the way, is possibly how every epic song should be written, structurally.) But this is just as good. There's no specific memory attached to it, more a recurring sense of 'everything is really good in life' which might be spurred on by my listening to this song at a really upbeat point that I just can't remember anymore.
More likely however, is that the simple fact that this song is always guaranteed to make me smile, and has the rare capacity to turn my mood around as soon as it starts, if I'm feeling crappy. I can't be unhappy while listening to Any Way You Want It.
On a somewhat related note, there is a huge sense of irony attached to liking all these 80's radio rock bands. Fuck that horrible shit, and fuck you if you use music to score hipster points. I love Journey, for real, and this song is damn near perfect in my eyes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFjKFDvyJ80

Funeral For A Friend- Into Oblivion.
Not one of my favoured bands, but this story is too good not to tell.
Last summer, she graduated and was moving back home, and so decided to get all of our friends together to bid a fond, extremely drunken farewell to her house she'd been living in. Cue a raucous, decadent party, which inevitably ended with bodies everywhere and ensured everyone saw the next morning in feeling like they had been hit by a train.
However, we must get home, and so we all get in the car, and begin the drive back.
As we got onto the motorway, this song began to play, and as I sat in the back trying to guess what she was thinking, about ends and beginnings, all the while knowing that she didn't know what I was thinking about my own personal closures and starts that I foresaw at the time, everything was simply cinematic.
The world literally passing by, with my friends safe together in our little bubble watching it all fly past, it felt like a physical journey towards growing up. Of course, nothing came of it in the end, but that's irrelevant here.
Imagine the awe of hearing this song (pay attention to the lyrics) as a sense of hope, tinged with fear and sadness, washes over your fragile, aching body as you the world begins to pass you by and a vast blue sky is draped over you on a sunny summer day. Imagine making plans on how your life will be from now on, with this ringing in your ears. Ignore how it fell apart for me, and just try to place yourself in that moment.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXDL9QG4h3g