Music, emotion & memory
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One good thing about music—
when it hits you, you feel no pain
Hit me with music
Hit me with music
—Bob Marley
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Across the river
there are all kinds
of magical instruments
—Stereolab (via Iron & Wine)
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It's deep-rooted, the music
of being young and dumb.
Its never muted, in fact
it's much louder where I'm from.
—Kendrick Lamar
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If you can feel what I'm feelin'
then it's a musical masterpiece.
—MCA
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Funny thing about the blues—you play 'em ‘cause you got 'em, but when you play 'em, you lose 'em.
—Buddy Guy
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Music is the art most nigh to tears and memories.
—Oscar Wilde
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You were sorta punk rock,
I grew up on hip-hop
—Lana Del Rey
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I go to the hills
when my heart is lonely
I know I will hear
what I've heard before
My heart will be blessed
with the sound of music
And I'll sing once more
—The Sound of Music
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It's more than a feeling
when I hear that old song
they used to play
—Boston
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The earth has music for those who listen.
—William Shakespeare
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We learned more
from a three-minute record, baby,
than we ever learned in school
—Bruce Springsteen
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Without music, life would be a mistake.
—Friedrich Nietzsche
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The greatest tragedy in life is to die with your music still in you.
—Anonymous
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Singing has always seemed to me the most perfect means of expression.
—Georgia O’Keeffe
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So take off your coat
put a song in your throat
let the dead-beats pound
all around
—Beck
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’cause you're the only song
I want to hear
a melody softly soaring
through my atmosphere
—Death Cab for Cutie
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Music in itself is healing.
—Billy Joel
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Patrick Leonard playing ‘Live to Tell’
Every sample on Paul’s Boutique
How a song can spark a vivid recollection
Why music causes memories to flood back
Why does music affect our moods so much?
Music-evoked autobiographical memories in everyday life
Lyrics on the left side, music on the right; how our brains disentangle music
Music evokes at least 13 emotions; scientists have mapped them
Harnessing the healing power of music
How music makes us feel better
Why we listen to our favorite songs on repeat
Extreme re-listening: songs people love… and continue to love
How music loops help me feel more present
Schopenhauer on the power of music
Musicophilia: Tales of music & the brain
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Most popular song each month since January 1980
Everything In Its Right Place (looped)
White Summer/Black Mountain Side
Under the Bridge (guitar only)
Agnus Dei / Adagio for Strings
Two Pieces For Strings: Passacaglia: The Death of Falstaff
Bach Goldberg Variations BWV 988 Aria
Toccata and Fugue In D Minor, BWV 565
Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68: "Pastoral"
Jessica Rabbit: Why Don’t You Do Right?
Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, Minuet in G Major
I Heard It Through the Grapevine
Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life
Metallica live at Milton Keynes ’93
The Unforgiven · Kirk’s solo journey
Slick Rick & Doug E. Fresh, The Show