Music and scent have uniquely powerful ways of triggering memories and associations...
"Wonderwall"...my husband and I had climbed Sacre Coeur and made our way to one of the balconies at the top of the basilica. Below we could hear a couple of buskers belting out a pretty good cover of Wonderwall to the crowd gathered around them. As their voices floated up to us looking out over Paris, we sang along quietly, sitting on a bench holding hands. We both still know every word.
We were traveling in New Zealand when we heard Whitney Houston died, so when I hear her on the radio now, I think back to that day on the road on the North Island. And Gotye's "Somebody that I used to know" was everywhere in spring 2012. By then we were In Australia and I have such a strong memory of everyone nodding along to it in that lovely hostel in Katoomba you recommended. How time has flown!
Ah! The Flying Fox! Oh my goodness all of that gives me goosebumps! One of my flying fox memories- there was me and another guy who were singers and guitar players so we had some great singalongs- singing the Frente-inspired cover of Bizarre Love Triangle 😄 thanks so much for sharing this, Rach! I love to hear it 😄
Music and scent have uniquely powerful ways of triggering memories and associations...
"Wonderwall"...my husband and I had climbed Sacre Coeur and made our way to one of the balconies at the top of the basilica. Below we could hear a couple of buskers belting out a pretty good cover of Wonderwall to the crowd gathered around them. As their voices floated up to us looking out over Paris, we sang along quietly, sitting on a bench holding hands. We both still know every word.
We were traveling in New Zealand when we heard Whitney Houston died, so when I hear her on the radio now, I think back to that day on the road on the North Island. And Gotye's "Somebody that I used to know" was everywhere in spring 2012. By then we were In Australia and I have such a strong memory of everyone nodding along to it in that lovely hostel in Katoomba you recommended. How time has flown!
Thank you for the prompt. ❤️
Ah! The Flying Fox! Oh my goodness all of that gives me goosebumps! One of my flying fox memories- there was me and another guy who were singers and guitar players so we had some great singalongs- singing the Frente-inspired cover of Bizarre Love Triangle 😄 thanks so much for sharing this, Rach! I love to hear it 😄