Musical Memories
I always find is surprising at how strong the ties between certain songs and certain memories can be. I’m sure you all have experiences that let you know exactly what I’m talking about. I’m reminded of this because I have a CD (Miranda Lambert- Kerosene) that I listened to endlessly in my car about a year ago. I haven’t listened to it in a really long time. One of the songs came on the radio yesterday though, and I was instantly transported back to listening to the song in the car on my way home from work, talking to my then-boyfriend on the phone. The song “Lady in Red” will probably always make me think of my junior prom. The Dixie Chicks song “There’s Your Trouble” reminds me of driving around with my friend Sarah because she blared the radio and played it endlessly on a loop. The list goes on, and it grows every day. They say that the sense of smell is the strongest sense related to memory, but I don’t have that great of a sense of smell, so it’s definitely the music related to a memory that is the strongest for me.
March 5th, 2007 at 11:23 am
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March 5th, 2007 at 1:13 pm
I feel the same way about music, I can pretty much date my life by the songs that were popular when certain major things were going on.
March 5th, 2007 at 2:41 pm
“Losing My Religion” reminds me of a Beverly Hills 90210 episode and a day at the beach with friends when I was 15.
March 5th, 2007 at 8:13 pm
There are definitely some songs that bring up fond and not-so-fond memories for me, as well. For instance, Tom Cochrane’s version of “Life is a Highway” always make me remember first dating Marcus and the road trips we used to take.
March 5th, 2007 at 9:50 pm
“There must be some misunderstanding” is my sister and my song. We must of heard it 10 times when we were at Disneyland one day and it has stuck with us every since!
March 6th, 2007 at 11:20 am
Isn’t it funny how you can hear a song and remember exactly how you felt when you listened to it. I think the sense of smell is the only other sense that is as powerful.
March 6th, 2007 at 11:34 pm
Music has an amazing power to paint a full picture of where we were, who we were with, what we were doing when it held a place in our lives. I’m old enough now that the catalog of those memories is huge and heavy, each moment scripted to the music that accompanied it.
Great post! thanks!