Does Music Make The Memories - or - Do The Memories Make The Music?!?!
So, you know when your driving along the highway and your scanning through the radio and this song pops up. Now, maybe it's something that you hear constantly and love or it could be something that you haven't heard in quite some time so you need to stop the scan in order to commemorate the moment!!! BUT either way you hear "that" song and a smile or frown will form on your face.
Now, I'm not going to go into details about the frowning because well I am in a good mood and there is no need to ruin that BUT what I am gunna is say is how simply amazing it is to hear something and then automatically form the clearest memory...
For example every time I hear HA MA all I can think about is dancing in Katie D and Ashley T's room sophomore year. Katie would show us her latest dance move and beg us to groove along. Our pouncing would then cause the rest of the house to check on us - just to be sure that we weren't having TOO much fun.
Or whenever I hear Kelly Clarkson I automatically think of Ash, Kat, and I cruising in the mini-van on a fall afternoon. The windows are most definitely open and we are doing our best to sing to the runners that we pass by. Not to mention we'd always take the LONG way home in hope of finding something equally as fun/pathetic to jam too.
OH MY GOD there is also that song WELCOME TO MIAMI. Every time I hear that dreaded Will Smith creation I imagine my best friend johnny singing the "girls" part just to annoy the shit out of me. I always told him that he couldn't sing the girl part - although looking back on it he did an awful amazing job.
More recently every time I hear the TASTE OF INK I think of Matty and Ryan doing their crazy dance on the trunk of their car in the middle of the night. I remember sitting in my car with tears coming out of my eyes from laughter and thinking - am I really going to miss these knuckle heads?
Looking at the way our brains connect to songs or even smells and places I cannot help but think that these moments are better than pictures. For a brief moment I am transported back to that exact moment, it's as if I am reliving the FUN all over again!!! I would have to say the best part of these memories is the fact that at times suppressed ones will emerge. For example I just heard UNCHAINED MELODY last week and I could tell you the exact middle school dance, boy, and feeling I had in my stomach when swayed miles apart.
Now, as I have said before these memories can bring pain as much as they bring joy. After all there are a number of songs that I have to turn the dial on because they remind me of the things that I have lost. BUT at the same time I wouldn't give these bad moments up for the good ones. After all finding a song that creates a memory can place a smile on my face like no comment could. Being lost in goodness is something that I cannot help but enjoy!!! :)
Now, I'm not going to go into details about the frowning because well I am in a good mood and there is no need to ruin that BUT what I am gunna is say is how simply amazing it is to hear something and then automatically form the clearest memory...
For example every time I hear HA MA all I can think about is dancing in Katie D and Ashley T's room sophomore year. Katie would show us her latest dance move and beg us to groove along. Our pouncing would then cause the rest of the house to check on us - just to be sure that we weren't having TOO much fun.
Or whenever I hear Kelly Clarkson I automatically think of Ash, Kat, and I cruising in the mini-van on a fall afternoon. The windows are most definitely open and we are doing our best to sing to the runners that we pass by. Not to mention we'd always take the LONG way home in hope of finding something equally as fun/pathetic to jam too.
OH MY GOD there is also that song WELCOME TO MIAMI. Every time I hear that dreaded Will Smith creation I imagine my best friend johnny singing the "girls" part just to annoy the shit out of me. I always told him that he couldn't sing the girl part - although looking back on it he did an awful amazing job.
More recently every time I hear the TASTE OF INK I think of Matty and Ryan doing their crazy dance on the trunk of their car in the middle of the night. I remember sitting in my car with tears coming out of my eyes from laughter and thinking - am I really going to miss these knuckle heads?
Looking at the way our brains connect to songs or even smells and places I cannot help but think that these moments are better than pictures. For a brief moment I am transported back to that exact moment, it's as if I am reliving the FUN all over again!!! I would have to say the best part of these memories is the fact that at times suppressed ones will emerge. For example I just heard UNCHAINED MELODY last week and I could tell you the exact middle school dance, boy, and feeling I had in my stomach when swayed miles apart.
Now, as I have said before these memories can bring pain as much as they bring joy. After all there are a number of songs that I have to turn the dial on because they remind me of the things that I have lost. BUT at the same time I wouldn't give these bad moments up for the good ones. After all finding a song that creates a memory can place a smile on my face like no comment could. Being lost in goodness is something that I cannot help but enjoy!!! :)