I was reminded of the fact that revisiting a piece of music can evoke old emotions or feelings which I experienced initially at the time of first listening to that music.

I must say I notice it mostly with negative feelings. For example, the kind of songs released during a period of — say for example — intense anxieties, tend to evoke the same feelings again.

I even remember (during childhood) watching a comedy movie on a Sunday evening with my family in a cinema hall, while at the same time being consumed with anxieties of the next day, Monday. So if at all I happen to revisit that movie or songs in it, I am reminded of old…