Sunday Night Los Lonely Boys Bring Heaven To Mayo Park

How far is Heaven? For a brief moment, lets dissect this grammy award winning song from the Los Lonely Boys. They are going to bring this and their anatomy of a great song to Rochester for Down By The Riverside on Sunday! 

I would be the first person to tell you that identifying a band with their ONE hit song is really not the best thing to do, because often, they have so many more deeper cuts that are more powerful and meaningful to the hardcore fans of that particular band. In this case, I have to claim this signature track from The Los Lonely Boys as one of their best. Look at the lyrics to this beautiful and brilliantly written and well crafted song:

 

Just what makes a great song? What is it that makes a song grammy-worthy? I am sure many people have their own ideas, all different, of what great music is, but here are my reason this song earned it's stripes in the history of music:

When you listen to it, it speaks to you. You identify with the story, the lyrics, on a deep level, you connect. How many people can say that they have experienced this emotion of being down on your knees wondering when you can go to heaven, not in a death wish kinda way, but in a, I just wish the world was a better place kind of way? It's a disappointment, perhaps, of the craziness of the planet, or it could be viewed on the other hand, as an excitement for where we are going next. How far away is it when we will get to that place where everything is beautiful and wonderful? How far is that perfection? We eagerly await the end to our suffering, yes this song has a strong spiritual foundation. I would bet at one time or another we have all been in this place, this place of questioning, thinking, wondering...

The background music matches the theme of the song. Am I the only one who listens to a piece of music and hears emotions in the very notes that are coming out of the guitar? Is it weird that I even can get a feeling or some communication from the beat of the drum that lays down the overall emotion that the artist is attempting to display? Does the bass speak its own language also? When the singer is singing the song, it is as if he is pouring out his very heart into his work of art, you can hear how much the words mean to him. This song has all of those qualities in my humble opinion.

Just think of the impact their labor of love has had all over the world. Billions upon billions of people have probably heard this song, played this song, perhaps heard it multiple times. It could mean different things to different people, as everyone that has heard it probably has their own understanding or memory attached to it. This brings me to another point I have to make as to why this is a great song, the intrigue. There is enough mystery in this song, with the vague details, nothing specific, no names or situations, just a general philosophical statement, questions, wondering that they have in here. The lyrics are decorated with some really stylish guitar layered into a wonderful conversation, that could be interpreted by the listener in several different directions.