> > I was just wondering what it is about a song that makes it so great that it doesn't matter how many times you listen to it, you still love it. The first example I can think of is the Lifehouse song, "Hanging By a Moment." It's been all over the radio and MTV for months, yet I still blast it whenever I hear it. I dunno...it's just weird (at least to me) why some songs are like that (although different songs to different people, of course). I mean, HBAM isn't even an intricate song...the vocalist doesn't have the greatest voice in the world...yet something about it just leaves me riveted and I can't help loving it.
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> > Anyone have any idea what I'm talking about?
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> Of course. Some music even gets better with every listen. Such as the entire "Graceland" album by Paul Simon. My parents played that album a lot when I was growing up, so really, I've heard that album HUNDREDS of times since it came out. And I still love it.
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> Not just because it's excellant music. It's familiarity is comfortable-- I know every lyric, every background instrument's part in the melodies, every single note on the album. It's suitable for every occasion, since no one dislikes Paul Simon and it's good for background music, driving, parties, whatever.
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> I'll never get tired of "Graceland." I love lots of music, but nothing has the immortality that album has. At least as far as I'm concerned.
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> --Jez"also likes The Passenger by Iggy Pop"zika

I have the same feeling about "Graceland". I once have listened to it continuously for almost 18 hours during a railway trip in China a decade ago. I think it got engraved in my head. But even today, any time I hear it played somewhere, in the store, in the mall, my heart beat with its rhythem.

Also some of the Beatles' songs. such as "Hey jude" and "yellow submarine". It's hard to explain why. It's just won't go, and boy, I love it.

W.