I love musical memory, except for when it comes to the Purple Dinosaur with his tail swinging as he sings the, “I love you, you love me” song, or the “Noah” song that I learned in Vacation Bible School years ago, I want to scream and listen to head-banging music just to get it out of repeat mode in my brain. But for the most part, musical memory is wonderful.
The other day, I received a text asking for a verse that would be appropriate for comfort for someone who had a death in the family. It would be great if it had to do with the setting sun. Immediately I had a song in my mind that I knew came from the Psalms. “From the rising of the sun, to the going down of the same, the Name of the Lord shall be praised!” (Psalm 113:3) — and I’ve been silently hearing and enjoying it since.
Musical memory is an amazing thing, it can bring us back to places we have long forgotten, our first kiss, that fun trip with a girlfriend, good times, bad times, sad times and times of love, joy and wonder. I love listening to what are considered “oldies” now for that very reason. (Hold on, how can songs I grew up with be considered old? OK, I’ll call them classic rock, that sounds much better!).
I’ve sang songs with people in nursing homes, and watched those who have basically no memory left at all, sing along with songs or hymns with huge smiles on their faces. These have been beautiful moments of the power of music.
What songs “bring you back?” What songs give you pleasant memories, you know, the ones you know all the words to and can’t help but sing along? The songs that you really don’t mind if it bounces around in your head for an hour, or a day. Yes, that one!
Please don’t say the purple dinosaur song, because if you do I’ll start hearing it over and over and over. Which is now, Oh no! Why did I do this to myself? PLEASE REPLACE WITH A NEW SONG! Let’s have some fun with this one . . . it doesn’t matter if it was last year, a decade or five decades ago . . . what song brings you back to a good place and time?
Enjoying the adventure,
Dr. Dink
My song for today, you ask? Mambo No. 5, of course!
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I LOATHE that big purple dinosaur! I don’t know what it was about him, probably that annoying song he sang. Other than that, I like all kinds of music and not particularly any one type.
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Great minds think alike! 🙂
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You gave me such a scare! I sing, “I love you and you love me, we love each other, don’t you see,” to my cats. When you wrote the above I worried it was the same song, and that I had unconsciously picked it up. I think my tune is different, but the words are close enough that I am a little unnerved still.
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Oh, I’m sorry Luanne! LOL, it’s the tune for me on that one, no one could ever argue with the words! That’s great that you sing to your cats!
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Hah, and they seem to like it even though I am not a singer. I think they know that I “write” the songs personal to them ;).
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nice blog.
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Thanks Mark, looks like we are reading each other’s blogs at same time. I’m enjoying how you write!
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🙏🏻
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