Why is it that I can't remember where I put my watch or wallet or keys at least once a day, but I can still recall with ease the lyrics of so many songs from the '60's? I miss appointments on occasion because I forget to look at the calendar, but I can still sing every word to "Goin' Down" by the Monkees - a song that didn't even receive a lot of airplay!
Clearly, when people are young, the passion for life and the struggle to find a niche absolutely engraves these memories so deeply in the mind. Back then, everything was a crisis or a celebration, the end of the world or "the first day of the rest of your life". The radio provided the soundtrack to these hyped-up times, and the music became unforgettable (even though many critics would say the opposite!).
Thank goodness for Sirius/XM radio and their broadcasts of "Sixties on 6". Now I can find the familiar songs whenever I want to let my mind wander back to the days when everything seemed so alive and vital - and then I can grab some of that energy to bring back with me to the present. It really works!
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