Music related memories.
@joey_matthews (8354)
February 25, 2007 9:11pm CST
I remember when I first took up song writing, the community I joined had a discussion which had a scientific report attached regarding music and the fact it helps us remember things and recall memories which would be hard to job back alone. I've always been interested in the musical side of things and playing song's which I enjoyed as a kid to bring back important memories which I've forgotten since.
Do you ever do this?
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I'm always personally interested in recalling fun times from the paste and it's funny how many songs bring back these and the feeling I felt at the time.
One of the song's a remember is - Ocean Colour Scenes - The Day We Caught the Train or The Lighthouse Family - Ocean Drive. Two songs which my grandfather used to sing and I like playing them to remember times we're I've heard them, as they're some of the best memories which I remember.
Does music help you remember memories or recall feelings? Music is very powerful and often moves people without actually noticing.
Thanks for reading,
~Joey
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@cassidy22 (2974)
• United States
26 Feb 07
Music has had a HUGE impact on my life...
"ONly the GOod Die Young" by Billy Joel made me feel like I must not be a good person, because I was still alive.
"Glory Days" by Bruce Springsteen taught me to make every day better than the one before, lest I live my entire life looking back at the past.
there are lots of stories like that throughout my life where music has had an impact on me, or struck me specifically...
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@joey_matthews (8354)
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26 Feb 07
I think that's why music isn't just something which is listened too. We allow it to get inside us and we store the lyrics, sometimes without noticing and find out that we're sing when your parents shout "shut that racket up!" oh least mine do. *rolls eyes,
Thanks for sharing cassidy :)
BR is coming your way soon enough
@LittleMel (8742)
• Canada
26 Feb 07
When I was in school, I used to play music while studying for exams. I don't know if it helped me pass the exams but it helped me concentrate and probably also remember what I read. Nowadays instrumental music helps me to relax after work and it helps me overcome insomnia sometimes, that's why I don't play it at work since it will make me sleepy!
Yes some songs reminded me of my first break ups etc not necessarily because it was played when we broke up but because of the lyrics.
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@ShadyGrove (996)
• United States
27 Feb 07
There are a couple songs that when I hear them take me right back to my teenage years - I remember laying in my bed with listening to the radio . . . Most other songs may remind me of a place or a person, or where I was when I heard it, but Summer Breeze takes me immediately back to my bedroom when I was like 16.
@Bizziebod (3497)
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26 Feb 07
Oh I love music and I think alot of the music we listen to in our lives relate to memories. There's probably too many to list here of my actual memories but it's silly how you hear a song on the radio or wherever it may be and BANG you're jolted back to a place in history. Even silly things like songs we used to play back in the day when we first passed our driving test and would drive round for hours. The one I can vividly remember is 'Push it' by Salt n Peppa and I can still picture my daughter singing it in the back seat and I was shocked she knew these rather rude lyrics for a 2 year old (well she was at the time!) (I can remember looking in the mirror, what road I was on at the time and what car I was driving) Great Discussion!
@carolanne07 (57)
• United States
27 Feb 07
It seems to me that my life is marked by music. If I hear a song that reminds me of something that was happening in my life I can tell you the year of the occurrence by the song. When I started dating and when I met the man I would marry the song on the radio seem to be made for the occasion. I agree music is a very powerful tool.
@lossforredwords (3620)
• Philippines
26 Feb 07
yeah, that is true i think that is included in the Behavioral Theory by Bennet. Its like conditioning a stimulus to react a specific response if condition to be.
me always remember a certain whenever i heard the song 'love moves in mysterious way" though it is not a romantic scene but the time that sceneario orinanally happen i heard that song. its like i was condition to response whatever i felt on that day whenever i heard that song.
its like an association. we associate the song to the thigs we do in a certain time.
@irisheyes (4370)
• United States
26 Feb 07
Yes, I can recall things through songs. Sometimes I recall exactly where I was the first time I heard a song and exactly what part of my life I was in. Songs that are especially evocative are: Miss American Pie, MacArthur Park and The end of The Innocence.
@monkeywriter (2004)
• United States
26 Feb 07
I've always been drawn to music but never formally taught till this year. I am now learning piano and guitar (sorta) for the first time. Also tap dance which IS music but to the feet!
Its very interesting looking back at piano things I learned by notes not by knowing WHAT note. I was just playing a few today including Jesus Loves Me, and 3 Blind Mice. Things I knew by heart at one time but now seeing them on paper brings back memories.
I am just HAPPY to finally be learning the notes without having to see the notes with the letter written in. Piano CAN be a lot of fun. I cant wait to learn more! Hurray!
And it brings back many memories as a kid... i still love music :))
@awonderfullife (2893)
• United States
26 Feb 07
Yes, I agree music is somewhat mind altering. The powerful memories a song brings up can instantly change one's mood. Some songs that do that for me include "Daydream", "Since I've Been Loving you" and "Love is Blue".
@blondbat (503)
• United States
26 Feb 07
There is one Rolling Stones album - Tattoo You - that came out the year I graduated from high school. When it was on vinyl, and there were 2 sides, the songs from the different "sides" of the album make me think of different things.
Side 1 rocked hard! But Side 2 was totally slow ballad, make out music. The entire album was played at every party and get together throughout my senior year and seemed to be THE soundtrack of that time.
My best memory that album brings up is my all-night senior party. About 2 or 3 am, everyone piled into one room - guys and gals - and just crashed out. No sleeping, just cuddling your guy/gal if you had one there, otherwise just hanging out horizontally and talking all night long. By this time the conversations were pretty crazy, as we had all been awake waaaay too long.
Every time I hear one of the songs from that album on my iTunes, I still remember every party I ever heard it at.
@La_Bella_Vita (598)
• United States
26 Feb 07
I feel that music is a very important part of life and I use it as a soundtrack to my feelings and memories. I write songs as well and I'd love to maybe share ideas or something like that.
@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
26 Feb 07
I guess that's why the song 'Everywhere' by Fleetwood Mac has a special 'impact' on me because it reminds of my first 'love' and you always remember your first love with fondness and feeling and Everywhere does it for me, it conjures up everything about them and hearing the song their image appears as clear as a reflection in the water. I actually have a 'song' for my past relationships song which have deep and profound meaning also help me get over them and the words as well as the song relate to how I felt about them. Songs also remind me of happier times in my life and when I get down and depressed I listen to songs which help me remember the 'positives' and why life at times can be 'wonderful'
@shilpaum (1752)
• India
26 Feb 07
Music related Memories....my mom use to sing one poem for us while sleeping.That poem ahh....so much emotion,sadness;Actually that poem was in Marathi language (my mother tounge)so u will not get that impact which we use to get. It was about a blind begger,demanding for wharever left over form ur lunch/dinner.
She was expert to express those beggers feelings with her voice, that made us cry,n then sleep. Still we always use to demand for that poen only...
**"Sometimes we find happiness from tears too".**
This is the best example.
@beaniefanatic13 (5076)
• Grand Junction, Colorado
26 Feb 07
Your discussion immediately brought one song into my thoughts. It's called "I been through the desert on a horse with no name." I don't recall who sang it, but it reminds of a happy time in my childhood. I remember and elderly lady that took care of me for awhile played this song a lot, she was a grandmotherly type of women full of lots of love. I was only four years old and while I can't recall many images I feel all warm inside when ever I hear this song. Thank you for the happy memory. I don't hear this song to often as I believe it was originally recorded in the late sixties. LOL
@d4deepaksurya (72)
• India
26 Feb 07
yaaa i agree with you that music is power ful it had the power of healing human heart....
it makes us feel happy..and we forget all our tensions...whwnwe listen to music...
@silentwill (1685)
• Philippines
26 Feb 07
Music is just one way of bringing back memories. It's one great way, at that. Ahhh the nostalgia... I love looking back happy memories and somehow, some songs have become like a theme song to some of the events that happened in my life, like they were some scenes from a movie. :)
