Forget your pictures, but never that song

Have you ever heard a song that is able to recreate in your eyes a past situation? Have you been able to see your friends, a younger version of yourself or even get to smell the aromas of the time? Sure. The music is associated with an evocative power that few things are able to match. When I returned to our country after living a year off, I could not hear "Time To Pretend" by MGMT, not come here to head a squirrel in the park in Boston, like "Story of my Life" by Social Distortion I reminded the bike rides late afternoon I spent in San Diego, or "Ring of Fire" Johnny Cash was humming the song to go surfing. I can see the colors and the faces of people to hear the first notes of each song. I have photos of any of the time, but could describiroslo in great detail. Robin Pecknold, Fleet Foxes leader, took a step further this appreciation and dedicated the libretto of his debut album to reflect on the subject. The bearded singer talked about his memories of childhood, toys, visits, summers in the house and other details that he thought he remembered despite his young age. Years later, he found that those who had such vivid memories were but the fruit of the photos he had so often seen and subconsciententemente had adopted as their own. Robin felt cheated, swindled by his own memory, he had been able to appropriate and internalize external media. However, he realized that the songs had been linked to moments of extreme importance, and days without apparent relevance, 'honestly still evoking those moments.
No pictures or videos, or anything similar that might help you to cheat. Nothing further than four chords and a melody. Then he felt relief that the music was the most pure and objective look into our memories and bring out bits of our lives. He found solace in the fact that, beyond the new technologies have been captured or not certain moments, always will be recorded in our heads with a special soundtrack. So every time that this song sounds, it will show a film as intact before our eyes. Still leaves me speechless that the music created by other people have that ability to generate such strong ties and associations, even more than other human senses such as taste or smell.
At a time when the culture seems to be more a hindrance than a blessing that allows us to be freer, happier and objectives, I think we should keep fighting to not stunt the cultural creation, so present in our day to day and so important to develop as unique individuals.