Music that unlocks an emotion.
Music has a unique capability to bottle up a feeling and store it for replay later. You know what I’m talking about if you’ve ever had certain songs trigger memories to come flying back to you. Whenever The Weekend’s “In the Night” plays, I remember the joy and warmth I felt on that car-ride after I proposed to my now wife. Whenever I hear David Crowder Band’s “How He Loves”, I remember the intense revalations I felt worshipping on a mountainside in Mexico.
Not every song invokes an emotion. And the emotions that they do invoke are different for each person. But that’s part of the beauty of music. A song can impact us at just the right time in our lives and stick with us forever. It bottles up a little memory. And those memories are unique to the individual. It belongs to them and only them. It can’t be put into words. It can’t be shared on social media.
I like that music can do this.
Music that tells a story.
Musicals. Soundtracks. Songs that have a plot. I think this ties a bit into the above point about emotion. Songs that tell stories strike a chord with my taste. I think because they are more easily impressionable on first-listen.
The first time you really hear a song for the first time, it can stick with you. Honestly it’s why Disney songs are so catchy. Kids are probably more in tune with this than adults. They feel better than adults the magic they experienced the first time they heard a song. Play the right catchy song at the right moment in a movie, and it becomes magic. Sometimes I envy the simplicity and awe that a child has when experiencing the world. And I think it can be healthy to hear and experience music like a child would.
He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
Pump up music
Inject that s*** straight into my veins (when situationally appropriate).