Immediately Liking Songs

There have been a handful of memorable times in my music listening history when I heard a song for the very first time and *IMMEDIATELY* liked it. When I say "immediately", I mean within the first few bars of the song.

It is a rare experience, and I have to ask: Why?

What is it that catches me off-guard, stops my brain, and engages me in such a unique way? I have wondered this about music over the years, and I'm curious if there's any hidden pattern to these specific occurrences.

In this episode I share a short list of tunes that had this impact on me.

Are there any songs that you instantly really liked the first time you heard it? Does it happen often? Or, like me, are there only a small number that left that kind of impression?