There have been times in my life that certain music has affected me deeply - often bringing me to melancholy and tears. Some of this music is incident related in that the music brings about strong memories of specific events. Music is linked to emotional memory for me.
Incidentally there is music (country) that brings about a strong and unpleasant reaction of revulsion. I physically get ill. I can't help it but I at times have had to excuse myself in order to be sick. While some of this no doubt is caused by the manner in which I hear some of it too is linked to negative emotional memory associated with this music making it unbearably awful.
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