Strange But True

It might sound strange but there are songs that I associate with people, places and events. Music plays such a gigantic role in my daily life, and it's such a well recognized mnemonic device, that this should come as no surprise, really. I hear certain tracks from certain bands and it takes me back to a time or place or, occasionally, some song will contain some lyrical element that reminds me of someone or something. Because it's me, I can't settle on just basic recall, I have to take it an extra step beyond and add fate to the mix.

I'll give my most recent experience as an example.

I have two songs that I distinctly and specifically (is it superfluous to use both of those together) associate with one person. One of them is a good connection, one of them is bad. I won't get into why that is or what songs they are, but that's how it is. When I have a bad experience with this person, I often hear the 'bad' song come up on my playlist, or sometimes precede the encounter, almost like a warning. When this song plays in relation to this person it is invariably bad news. On the inevitable flip side, there's also a song that means good things and the last time I heard it, good things did indeed happen. It's the weirdest thing but these two songs really seem to know whether dealing with this person will be a chore or a treat and I try to take heed.

It's not a flawless system, to be sure, but it's currently running at about 90% accuracy, so I'm holding to it.

Bear in mind, this also doesn't happen with everybody and everything, so sitting down and listening to an album, or my playlist on random, doesn't dredge up a whole lot of memories and emotions and anxiety, or anything. It happens once in a while, and usually with some purpose. Am I reading into this? Very possibly, yes. Does it matter? Not really, no.

It was a strange enough phenomenon that I figured I'd share.

Later!