I Remember That Song!

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There are many types, kinds and genres and a diverse group of people who love it; all of it, some of it but rarely do you find someone who doesn’t connect with some form of music.

Some like it loud, some like it as a background sound. It is played as a main attraction or as an accompaniment to your ride in an elevator. It is the rare event that doesn’t use music at some point in their program, whether to entertain or fuel your reactions.

It contains the power to promote your spending, get you up out of your chair or make you cry.

Churches use it to bring your senses closer to God. Bars use it to encourage the interaction of their patrons through dancing or to initiate a conversation of mutual admiration for the song or band. Sports arenas use it to control the actions and support of the fans and even commercials know the value of the right sound and words to make you get up out of your seat and visit the snack bar.

A good sound operator knows just the right level and timing of bass and treble to move the audience or patrons and his selections are chosen to accomplish that end.

But music’s greatest ability is as a time machine, transporting the listener back to a time and a place where he felt good and built a memory.

How often have you heard a song on the radio and remembered a special somebody you were seeing or felt as if you were the teenager you were when that song was first popular? Does a specific song make you remember that summer long ago on the lake or the night your team won the big game and you all spent the night celebrating the victory?

The memory allows you to go back and with the knowledge and experience you now possess and relive even a few moments of a happy time. Who hasn’t wished they had a different viewpoint or fuller understanding or know what they know now back in their younger years? Music can accomplish that for the listener, even if for the duration of a two minute song.

Sometime we cannot even place where we were or what we were doing. We just know that the music transports us to a time when we felt good. It is rare that a song will remind you of a bad memory. The mind seems to let those go and connect the music to just the sweet memories or feelings prevalent at the time that song registered in your mind.

The power of music is enormous and its place in every generation significant. From heralding the onset of a war to celebrating the career of an icon.. I’ve been musically moved. Do you…yoouuu…feel like I do?