Day 83: William Fitzsimmons - The Tide Pulls From The Moon

The saying 'never judge a book by its cover' implies one needs to take further reading of matter, even though it's tough on the beginning. As for music, quality songs will only reveal their beauty after several listening sessions. Instantly likable songs may seem nice, but all the same seem to last less longer. This is my rule of thumb when consuming music. But, to every rule is an exception. On a Saturday morning in December I got track of William Fitzsimmons´ songs, a singer –songwriter I had never heard of before. I started listening and decided it to be ´the music for the weekend´. The songs I heard from different albums were amazingly beautiful: well crafted, well played guitar and instruments, straight to the heart and visualizing (but that may be personal). My rule of thumb did not apply here. The evening I had two tickets booked for his concert, which happened to be in weeks from then in Groningen.

This song is the very recognizable opener of his last, 2011 album, Gold In The Shadow. As with many of Fitzsimmons’ songs, they might not seem highly complicated but are therefore very effective in putting forward the emotion of the song. Yet there is a lot to discover in, from subtle percussion to his delicate playing. As he, not once, jokingly put it himself, most of the songs have a little bit of a sad feeling, but that is not necessarily a bad thing. This one  is a ‘live’ version in an Amsterdam hotel room (mind that detail on 3:15).