The Stickiness of Music and Memory

A sovandan points to two complementary theories. There is the nero cognitive theory, and this is the feeling associated with the song. And then there's the culturalsemiotic theory, the the musical sign is not the keything. But rather the emotions, feelings and experiences attached to hearing a particular song. The comparison that has been made here is that a tree is falling in a forest. The forest is the song, and the waves emanating from the falling tree are the emotions.