Music itself triggers emotional responses, but there's much more involved.
Sometimes its seems that everyone has the same emotional response to a piece of music, but then sometimes it's just you. Why? Because, you can't help but connect that melody to a memory.
You think a song is romantic because you danced a memorable slow dance to it in High School.
You think organ music is oppressive because you hated church when you were young.
You love that advertising jingle because your daughter danced to it when she could barely walk.
That heavy metal song makes you wistful, because it makes your moody teenage son dance.
The Carpenters song, Yesterday Once More was about listening to old songs and remembering the past.
When you're taking a walk down memory lane, it helps to have a soundtrack. Playing old songs will spark old memories. When you feel like you need a memory boost, make a playlist of old songs and leap off the music springboard into the past. Beware: those memories will come with all the emotions surrounding them too.
Every sha-la-la-la
Every wo-o-wo-o
Still shines
Every shing-a-ling-a-ling
That they're startin' to sing's
So fine.
All my best memories
Come back clearly to me
Some can even make me cry.
Just like before
It's yesterday once more.
