The Power of Music

[rysen]

Music is so amazing. I don't just say this as a composer and avid fan of all types of music, it's just every now and then music does something for me that makes me just stop and think...wow. What else in the world can do that

Comments

[righteous_twist]

I TOTALLY agree Sean. So many songs do that for me, and I love it. I don't think anything but music can have that effect on people.

[tadan]

Yes indeed. But I wonder why. So here's my messy spurting of nonsense

[rysen]

Ahh, that's a bit more into it than I'd care to try and figure out myself, though you do raise some interesting points.

But I do disagree with you on smells. Every now and then I'll smell something which brings me back to even younger days. I haven't quite figured out what it is, but there's a certain smell that reminds me of when I lived in Nova Scotia (and I left there when I was 4). Another distinct one, reminds of me when I was 13 and living in Shawnigan Lake (though, again, another that I haven't figured out yet.) It's definately not as strong, as music, but I'd say it's definately capable of triggering memories.

[tadan]

Yeah, agreed. But for me, at least, it seems smells tend to bring back general feelings of things and people, rather than specific events or moments in time. Dunno.

That's also more than I'd like it get into it myself. It's what I get for posting at like 4AM. :)

[abrou]

I don't know. I think that's exactly why I listen to many of the songs that I do. If you look at my mp3 player right now, you can see many random songs, but I love them because they remind me of something that happened or someone I know. For example, you know how I feel about country, but I have Just to See you Smile on there because it reminds me of Cole and I also have Shadyvale and the one you wrote for me because they are very special.