What is it about music in particular that can take you back to a place in life?

I worked in a music store during high school so there's a loooot of late 90s music that I had to listen to on repeat at work - anytime I hear it now I get flashbacks. We used to start our shifts in the spring/summer of 99 with Citizen King's "Better Days". As if I had real troubles then.

Some people's memory is triggered by visual senses. Some by smells. Some by audio.

Think about the smells associated to the first day back at school. Music and visual keys can trigger strong memories the same way. Both positive and negative.

I can hear Crime Mob, Paul Wall, Mike Jones, etc blaring from some ratty stereos in the parking lot now.

If you look in the youtube comments on old music, there is almost always some comment like "dad and I used to listen to this when I was young and he died a few years later. I miss you dad." Always make me

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I remember learning about this in freshman year psychology lecture. It has to do with the fact that sounds are your second most sensitive and memorable sensory perception.

Olfactory is most.

I did a thread on how music is magic recently. It really is