One of the most powerful things about music is that it is the soundtrack of our lives. Fellow music fanatic Sharon Hepworth started a music challenge on Twitter for the month of July. Each day, fans around the world will select a song from their life and describe what it means to us. These are my songs. #SoundtrackToYourLife
Day 12
Fond memories of freshman year at college play vividly in my mind when I listen to the Fear album. Blasting the tracks in the halls of Duchesne Hall East at Boston College and hearing them live at Boston’s Paradise Club with the band members less than six feet away from us. Mainstreamers were familiar with “All I Want” and “Walk on the Ocean”, but TTWS fans counted “Nightingale Song” as one of their favorites with its tambourine pulse and signature melody.
“Nightingale Song” chooses a steady and repetitive rhythm guitar sequence over flashy solos or memorable riffs. It keeps pace together with the tambourine and hand claps. The melody unfolds into a beautiful three-part harmony. It’s rather simple. A song where the verses seem to bleed into the chorus and you can barely delineate between the two components of the song’s structure. Its power and appeal lie in its invitation to the listener. An appeal to sing our own refrain into the night like the nightingale.
“We might be different, but our hearts won't lie.”