The other day I was scanning through radio stations trying to find something decent to listen to. As my trusty FM blipped across the airwaves sampling one format after another, it landed briefly on a station playing the song “Crystal Blue Persuasions” by Tommy James and the Shondells.
I didn’t let it stay there as that’s not the kind of music I was looking for. But in those brief few seconds when I heard the old familiar tune….
“Look over yonder, what do you see? The sun is arising it’s ….” (switch) I was transported back to sixth grade (1968?) when I used to play the record endlessly until my older brother, Wayne, could stand it no more and came threatening deep bodily harm if I didn't stop.
That song triggered such vivid memories for me, conjuring up a complete sensory recap of what my room looked like, what clothes I wore, what our house smelled like, who my friends were, what I was involved in, how I felt emotionally, every detail about what it felt like to be me back at that time. Truly Déjà vu.
What songs most powerfully take you back to your earlier days? What sort of memories do they evoke?
As for my current play list, I’ve been listening to Alison Krauss, Matchbox 20, Bob Marley, early Fleetwood Mac, and some band from the Andes mountains on pan flutes whose name I don’t recall at the moment.
What are you listening to these days?
1 comment:
Yeah, there are a couple old Boston and AC/DC tunes that bring back divorce memories for me....not because of the words, but because that is what I was listening to during that era of my life. Isn't it amazing the power of music has on how we process experiences?
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