Alive Inside: A Story of Music and Memory

Just watched this documentary and feeling very emotional. I knew music was powerful, 
but I didn't know to what extent such as what was shown in the documentary.

I've always wondered and asked friends if listening to a certain song they loved in the 
past brought them back to that moment in time. For me it's like a rush of memory whizzes 
up in my mind as a flood of specific events are re-encountered. The moment I hear a certain 
song, I'm saturated with feelings and memories—sometimes good, sometimes bad. It's also 
strange how at that time, I may have loved the song, listened to it on repeat for days because 
it made me happy then, but to listen to it again now, I just can't. Random example, I used 
to love Jason Mraz in high school. I did not like high school; couldn't wait to get out. 
If I hear a Jason Mraz song today, I cringe and will immediately turn it off if I can. Listening 
to his songs take me back to feelings I had in high school, which was dismal, frustrating, 
and dreary. Strange huh. But with every song I loved, I always picture the time and place 
where I listened to it, and feel what I felt then. Pretty cool.