[CaptainCrunch]

I agree with the more beats per minute, thing, but I also tend to think that we equate feel good songs with things like the tone of the singers voice, and the spontaneity of the song.


For example with Rubberband man, there so many things that sound like off the cuff or even audience pandering even in the studio version that it makes it fun.



I also tend to equate a song with more emphasis on bass then guitar and rythm over wailing to be a good time song.


Look at "Shout" from Animal House. (must download that one.





Or even rock lobster with their almost demand for audience participation. It asks you to get into the song and become almost like a member of the band