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[darkoshi]

Hearing good songs which were popular during my youth sometimes induces a curious feeling in me - an emotional flashback to a happier more vibrant state of being. But I am not sure if I actually felt happier and more vibrant during my youth. It may be something which is only felt while hearing that kind of music, both then and now. Yet modern songs rarely evoke such emotions; I have to hunt for songs which affect me in that way; the popular ones played on the radio generally don't. This must happen to other people too. That's why old people like me feel that the songs nowadays can't compare in quality to the ones from their youth, regardless in which musical era their youth was.

I remember a similar thing happening during my youth, though. I think it was when watching Return of the Jedi for the first time. When I heard the first few bars of the familiar opening score, I got goosebumps on my arms and felt electrified and tingly. That indicates that I didn't feel that way all the time; even then it was a rare and special thing.