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Songs of College

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I  just happen to hear Water Song by Hot Tuna on my streaming service this evening. This prompted me to think of how much we associate certain  songs and music with a time and place. During my time at Denison I made a  lot of strong associations with songs (some I don’t  necessarily like.) I was lucky enough to work at WDUB as a DJ and it exposed me to lots of music. Here's a handful of Dension-Song associations: *The  Rolling Stones - Honky-Tonk Woman . The afternoon I moved into my dorm freshman year at Curtis East, I distinctly remember hearing the clinks of a cowbell and then the crash of Charlie Watts's drums. The dorm mate one floor below had just hooked up his stereo and was turning it up to “11”.  It seemed to say this is freedom. I’ll always associate that song  with my first day at Denison. *U2 - I Will Follow. On a brisk October night I walked into the basement of  Blair Knapp Hall and for the first time into the WDUB studio. There was...