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It really depends on my mood. In college and single days we would all turn up the party songs as we were getting ready to go out. Lyrics could be ridiculous, but if the beat could evoke a feeling, who cared. But a lot of songs, like Pat Benatar's Heartbreaker, did a good job covering ALL the bases!
Heartbroken, blue or reminiscent ... of course the lyrics were number one. We all love a good pity party song. (Wouldn't Yesterday have been less with lousy lyrics?)
To break it down when I'm just listening for pleasure, it's the use of the instruments. Like when you hear a great lead guitar and you know his/her fingers are dancing all over the neck-same with
an electric fiddle or piano. A unique, full of depth vocal (and this is such a personal choice) the kind where the voice IS the instrument, combined with poetry can carry a song through several different arrangements. The song can be beautiful, but if the vocals stinks...well think of American Idol rejects!
WHAT AN INTERESTING QUESTION!
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