Unveiling the Hidden Harmonies: How John Garrison’s Memoir Transforms Music into Life’s Untold Stories
Music as Zeitgeist
It’s a cliché to say that music is the soundtrack to our lives, and yet—like many clichés—this statement resonates with truth. Hearing a song can take us back in time, whether to the first instance when we heard the song, or to a period when the song seemed to be everywhere.
Discussing a specific song can also be a way to invoke memories shared between us and our readers. Pete Crighton opens his memoir The Vinyl Diaries in what might seem like a very conventional way, noting the date of his birth. But then he makes the evocative move of invoking a song associated with that date:
