Sometimes a song can bring you back to a moment in time. A song comes on the radio and you automatically have an overwhelming feeling come over you. Or you're at a bar and N*SYNC blares over the speakers and you feel like you're at a grade school pool party all over again...or maybe that's just me. But no matter where you are or who you're with, if a specific song starts to play, it evokes emotion.
Psychologytoday.com says, "The deep neural connection that music creates to romance, heartbreak—and a wide range of other joyful and painful memories—is a universal phenomenon." The emotion that comes flooding through your brain and body is amazing. Even if I listen to a song from my grandpa's funeral, it takes me back and I can visualize him again. Music and memories become one in the same. This is also why music can trigger strong responses from people with Alzheimer's Disease.
The song "Home" by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros remind me of my ex (unfortunately). "You'll Be In My Heart" from Tarzan by Phil Collins will always remind me of my grandpa. And Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off" will forever take me back to getting drunk with my best friends last year. Music is powerful art.
