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Shimon

Shimon

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I know there are other war vets out there. Do any of you have music trigger an emotional response that you can't really associate with anything? I was listening to Peter, Paul & Mary last night when their song Cruel War played. For no reason I can think of, I had tears just running down my cheeks and a huge knot in my stomach. Don't associate this song with SE Asia - my time there was much later than when this came out. Didn't get much sleep either - the tape just kept going round and round in my head.

Does anything do this to you guys?

Dave
 
Cats in the Cradle and Butterfly Kisses do it about my kids. And thanks very much for reminding me. *gulp* *wry grin* Can't hear either one without turning into a basket case.
 
Yep - the old Elvis song My Boy hit way too close to home for me too.

Dave
 
I am not a war vet but I have found that music hold so many memory triggers for me.

There are times when I will hear a song and I am transported to a place in time where i first heard that song or to an event that was taking place while that song was playing.

I have one that takes me back to the summer of 1992 ( yeah i'm still kinda young) when I was with the first person I ever loved. Guns N Roses Paradise City...I always kinda space out and I'm back in Texas at the age of 14!

It is proven that music holds strong ties to memory as well as sensory triggers and can cause metaphysical reactions.
 
When I hear the song, "See You In September," it triggers a memory of my first loved one that that never turned out to be anything. But still have a soft spot in my heart for her, as I remembered her. I was though, only a teenager.
Also, some of the the songs like "The White Cliffs of Dover," make me think of my old home in Great Britain and when I was there as a kid. Also makes me think (though before my time) of what it was like in Great Britain during the Second World War, as I picture it from stories told to me by my parents and other ones.
 
When I hear the song, "See You In September," it triggers a memory of my first loved one
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You would bring that one up. It holds some bittersweet memories for me as well.
 
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