What makes a good song? The beat? The flow? the lyrics? It really depends for me. I like many different types of music... Indie/Grunge/Alternative mostly though. In english class, we had to choose a song with insightful lyrics for a poetry assignment. I chose "Someday You Will Be Loved" by Death Cab for Cutie. I think that this song is very insightful because of it's meaning... plus it's really nice sounding. My top five songs would have to be...

5. "Cheated Hearts" by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. At first I kind of hated this song, except for this amazing knock-your-socks-off guitar solo. As I listened to it over and over, I actually started to like it. This is not the only YYY song that I like- or love -  I have two of their three CDs... Yes, I still buy CDs.

4. "Everlong" by the Foo Fighters. I love this band. I love their songs, their appearance, the sound of dave grohl's magical voice... Gah!

3. "Even Flow" by Pearl Jam. Bought the album ("ten") at a garage sale for three bucks. Best. Deal. Ever.

  

2. "heart in a cage" or really any song by The Strokes. They rock so much, they have earned a patch on my blue jean jacket of rock and roll. Literally. 

1. "The Only One" by the Black Keys. These guys are the greatest thing ever. I know all of the lyrics to most of their songs. When I first heard them, I bought three albums and a solo album from one of the band members within the same month. If I was important enough to choose, "Brothers" would be the album of the Century.

Now most of these songs are filled with meaning... And they all have a good beat to them. I usually like songs with a lot of meaning to them. Meaning's good :).