Blimey, quite an honest thread….
Dire straights – Brothers in arms. Reminds me of the time I waved my father off to the Falklands in 82. It was used years after in a TV series of the event but when I hear it reminds me of being a little lad stood on the quayside of King George Dock in Hull waving him off.
Let it be – the Beatles. Arriving in Zeebrugge harbour the morning after the Herald of Free Enterprise went down. The saddest thing I ever saw. The song was used as the fundraiser after the event.
Neither event had a fundamental impact upon the quality of my life yet both songs stop me in my tracks when I hear them.