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What do you call music/videos/stuff you suddenly remember after years of not thinking about it? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 7 months ago by alyth to c/[email protected]

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Who doesn't know the feeling? Something brings back the memory of a song you haven't heard since 2009. Back then it was playing on TV all the time. You look it up on YouTube. It totally has those 2000s vibes. All the comments are also "omgz I just remembered this song after 15 years !!".

What even is the name for this phenomenon? Is there a community to share this stuff?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

For me it often goes one step further. I remember a song or maybe hear it somewhere and think what a great tune! Haven't heard that in forever.

And then what happens is it triggers a flood of other memories from that same time period when it was popular. Then, just as I'm starting to get all wistful, I suddenly recall how I used to hate that song! Like wtf?!?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Sometimes I find myself with a tune stuck in my head, a song I haven’t heard for years.

I’ve learned that if I go look up that song in spotify and listen to it repeatedly with the lyrics, the lyrics contain some wisdom I needed.

Like my subconscious is remembering all the things it hears in the background of keggers and on the radio and all this shit, and then presenting me with these songs when their lyrics become super relevant to my life.