Power of Music

[Smokey]

The clip show how music can effect a person and reach its inner soul. This old guy at the nursing home who is quite unresponsive comes alive when hearing music from his youth.

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[Mr MidFi]

It is one of life's great mysteries how combinations of sounds and tones and rhythms can, all by themselves, elicit such a strong emotional and cognitive reaction in the human mind. When you think of it completely objectively, it really is amazing.

[ForeverAutumn]

I remember there was a famous singer, when I was a kid, who had a really bad stutter when he spoke but could sing without stuttering at all. I think he was a country singer.

[Smokey]

It is one of life's great mysteries how combinations of sounds and tones and rhythms can, all by themselves, elicit such a strong emotional and cognitive reaction in the human mind. When you think of it completely objectively, it really is amazing.

I agree. I don't know if you all ever felt depression or not (hopefully never), but music can be used to lessen its effect to great degree. I use it all the time when feeling low. Pop music from 60s and 70's seem to work best.