SEPTEMBER 29, 2025--- Music and Memories

September is closing to an end soon. During the past few week I have been diligently studying for all the exams and quizes that my professors insist on assigning. While studying (rewriting stuff mainly) I will listen to music. I put on a playlist that features a few songs that I used to listen to when I was younger. The two songs that made me start thinking about myself was "On Melancholy Hill" by Gorillaz and "Fake Plastic Trees" by Radiohead. Those two songs in particular were probably the songs I listened to most through ages 10-14. Listening to them now brings me back to a different time, a time where everything seemed so simple. Today, when those two songs came on, I kind of just sat there. It's hard to think about those years of my life without fidning myself in a pit of desolation. I used to say to myself that "Fake Plastic Trees" was my favorite song, though as time passed in the past 6-10 years, that songs could be far from a favorite, but harbors as a nostalgic reminder of how much I changed I suppose. It's not good to stay stuck on a moment in time that seemed rather simple, but in reality so much worse than I want to acknowledge. Though this time I guess I can make those songs have a somewhat good conotation in my head. Reworking things helps. It helps me with adjusting to the future. It allows me enjoy things that I never thought I'd enjoy ever again.

There is a research paper I found that I believe gives the gist of music and memories theory. Here's the citation that comes with it:

Salakka, I., Pitkäniemi, A., Pentikäinen, E., Mikkonen, K., Saari, P., Toiviainen, P., & Särkämö, T. (n.d.). What makes music memorable? relationships between acoustic musical features and music-evoked emotions and memories in older adults. PLOS ONE. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0251692

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