The mind is so interesting. I have always found specific songs somehow attach themselves to a person, a place, or maybe a time. I could be driving, a song comes up and bang, there’s that memory. Or just a song comes to mind and it happens, or I hear a song on a store speaker. It is not a conscious act me making it so, but the way the mind puts a placeholder, connecting songs to something in my past. Is that the same with everyone? I suspect so but I’ve never asked. I think offhand there may be around 20 songs that this happens with, evenly spread across people, places, or a time. As I’m writing this, actually putting my mind to it, it seems to me that these connections probably represent an important snapshot to something meaningful in my life. You think so? (image in AI) (click the TITLE to view or make a comment)
Music, like fragrances, can trigger memories. Some vivid, others it takes time to remember the source. I have some examples. I always associated my maternal grandmother with kindness and a certain smell. I never saw her after I was 5 years. I thought it might have been her cologne. In my 50’s, I was visiting someone who was making cinnamon tea, from actual cinnamon. That was the smell. I asked my mother, who shared that abuela always made cinnamon tea for me as it was my favourite. As for music, I have countless examples……
that’s fascinating!