Music has always defined my life and its stages. In my mind, songs create sensations that capture the exact place in which I found myself at the time I first listened to them. This is often a good thing. For example, “Backwater” by The Meat Puppets reminds me of a trip I took to a special place in March 2019, one that made me feel welcome and rejuvenated, because the song happened to be playing on the radio when I took a video of this place‘s impressive landforms during the car ride there.
However, this ability is also bad. I never cared for Twenty One Pilots at all, but I especially can‘t listen to “Ode To Sleep” without feeling loss and the absence of closure. This is because a very close long-distance friend, one who ghosted me the day after we met in person, showed me that song. Another song that just makes me cringe is “My Name Is Jonas” by Weezer. When I hear that song, I hear the voice of a toxic person who used to be in my life. He used to parody the song by replacing “Jonas” with his own name and the following lines with his relation to me, which I prefer to not think about.
Does anyone else do this? Some songs make me feel like I’m reliving whatever was occurring the first time I heard them.
However, this ability is also bad. I never cared for Twenty One Pilots at all, but I especially can‘t listen to “Ode To Sleep” without feeling loss and the absence of closure. This is because a very close long-distance friend, one who ghosted me the day after we met in person, showed me that song. Another song that just makes me cringe is “My Name Is Jonas” by Weezer. When I hear that song, I hear the voice of a toxic person who used to be in my life. He used to parody the song by replacing “Jonas” with his own name and the following lines with his relation to me, which I prefer to not think about.
Does anyone else do this? Some songs make me feel like I’m reliving whatever was occurring the first time I heard them.
