Sunday, January 20, 2008
Music Takes Me Back...
I have always found that music is one of the best triggers of memory. I can hear a song that I haven't heard since 3rd grade and suddenly I'm transported back to that time and a particular moment I heard that song. It amazes me just how one song can do that. I once read one of my favorite directors, Cameron Crowe talking about his film Almost Famous. The movie is semi-autobiographical and so he was talking about how he remembered that time in his life. He said something like, "I just pop in records and I'm immediately transported back to that time and place. There's no need for journals or written records of any kind. All I need is the music." I know exactly what he's talking about.
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Tim McGraw sings a song that echos this feeling. I too have memories linked with differant songs. It is interesting to me though that a new song can describe a part of my life and get linked to that new song. Does that happen to you?
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