What makes a song great?<\/p>\n
Objective standards exist that can help you make a judgment like that, but the answer also often involves intuitive leaps that defy logic or explanation; sometimes greatness is entirely subjective, residing in the way one particular line of a song hits you at one specific moment in your life. A great song might feature a brilliant lyric, or a captivating melodic hook, or an amazing solo, or all of the above, or none. But many if not most of them also manifest a certain je-ne-sais-quoi that elevates them by engaging your heart, your mind, your feet, or all of you at once.<\/p>\n
The songs that follow below are more than just \u201cdeep tracks\u201d from familiar artists, though; these songs are by acts you\u2019ve likely never heard of, unless you\u2019ve been cyber-stalking me. The chance of you ever having heard more than one of these individual songs is pretty low, and your chances of having heard all of them, nearly nonexistent. And yet, these are some of my favorite songs that I\u2019ve discovered over the past 25 years while writing for the Daily Vault. Give them a shot and maybe you\u2019ll catch a hint of the feelings that hit me when I heard each of them for the first time\u2014the camera-flash of discovery, the supercharged sensation of being fully present and engaged, the giddy warmth of new love. <\/p>\n
That\u2019s the stuff; now go get some.<\/p>\n