I heard a thing recently. It was a song I knew by heart and it was comforting. It helped to take me away for a moment and ease the stresses of the world.
I recently learned that 90% of the time people listen to music, they are listening to something they have already heard and are familiar with. It is an interesting fact because what that means is when we find the kind of music we like, we stop looking for anything new. We rarely change our views. It is almost as if our musical choices represent something we are in full control over and something that never has to change. It becomes our link to the past, a way to remember the times we've had, good, bad, or indifferent. Music, for better or worse, helps us relive our personal stories.
And that is absolutely incredible to me. That a 3 minute series of sounds can have such a profound effect on the mind. So sit back, relax, relive some good memories while you sip your scotch and smoke that cigar from your easy chair. I know I will be doing just that in at least one alternate reality and maybe even with you.
The Grand Badger.
There are so many songs of various genres that do this for me. I feel like I'm in middle school again sometimes when I listen to a certain song. When you hear a song and it reminds you of the exact moment when you got it, the song just made sense and it helped to make sense of a feeling, that is seriously my very favorite thing.
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