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Good Omen S2 spoilers, The Nightingale

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I’ve seen a lot of confusion around the line “Thats the point. No Nightingales”. When i first watched that scene i thought it didn’t make a lot of sense, i mean what a random thing to say especially in such an emotional scene. However Nightingales have an extremely symbolic meaning outside and inside Good omens

First we will talk about the symbolic meaning outside of Good omens. Nightingales have a long association with spiritual symbolism. Within Christianity listening to the melody of the nightingale song is often believed to bring comfort and hope to those facing difficult times. Hope is a big theme across all the different interpretations of the nightingale. So how exactly does this relate to Good Omens? Well we first see it in season 1, a nightingale for the first time appears in Berkeley square. Now where does the hope part play into all of that? Well the hope that they will be left alone, they even say it themselves. Nightingales are also a symbol of love, we see that as a Nightingale sings somewhat miraculously as they are dining at the Ritz (which is a very romantic scene). Combine this with “A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square” (which i should say is a very romantic song) one of the few songs that not only we hear but them as well, since it’s common to connection music with situation (the same logic obviously applies to Angels and demon, as we see with Ineffable bureaucracy) they have most likely connected that song with them being together. So nightingales represent their relationship and them being together. 

Now the symbolic meaning inside Good omens. As many people have said the Nightingale represents their dinner to the ritz, a moment that represent their new found freedom and their relationship. However when Crowley says “That the point. No Nightingales” it doesn’t solely represent that moment. Yes that moment is significant yet there is more significant moments (when Azi realised that he loves Crowley is the biggest one i can think of at the moment) than that and i feel that we as an audience place a weight on it because it extremely significant for us. Nightingales for them represent earth as a whole, it represents music (the melody of the nightingale), it represents food and wine (them dining at the ritz) it represents humanity (Hope and love) and it represents nature. These are all things that heaven doesn’t have. So when Crowley says No nightingales he really saying, no music, no food, no humanity, no nature, no earth. 

So now if we put both the symbolism from inside and outside of GO Crowley presents a very complex and personal expression. Nothing that Azi loves will be in heaven, Crowley is trying to get Azi to understand what he is truly leaving behind which includes him. He is also trying to remind Azi of them by bringing up their love for each other and underneath all of it there is hope. Hope that Azi won’t leave earth and wont leave him. 

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GO2 Spoilers

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Can we talk about the music choices in GO2. There is often a lot of thought that goes into the choice of music and that is certainly no different in GO2. I don’t seem to see anyone talking about the face that for most of the songs it reflects or foreshadows a particular character/event. 

The most prominent example is good old-fashioned lover boy that plays in episode 2. The song is a reflection of Azi and crowley relationship told from Crowley perspective. Just listen to the lyrics and you find all the references to their relationship. “I will pay the bill, you taste the wine” Azi is typically the only one who eats the food whilst typically Crowley orders the drinks or food, such as when Crowley gets the drinks in the pub scene. There is also foreshadowing to Azi going back to heaven leaving Crowley within the bridge of the song. “When i’m not with you. think of you always, (I miss those long hot summer nights) I miss you”. 

The song also demonstrates how much Crowley is willing to do for Azi. In fact half of the song is an explanation of what they are willing to do “I can dim the lights and sing you songs full of sad things”, “be your, Valentino just for you” and of course “Say the word, your wish is my command”. We see through both season that Crowley is willing to do anything Azi says. e.g., wishing away the paint in GO1 and then lending him the Bently and the sorry dance 

However to continue reading way too deeply into good old fashion lover boys. Azi perspective can be heard as well through the backup vocals. The backup vocals do not appear throughout the whole song representing how Azi isn’t fully committed or as rather doesn’t think he allowed to love crowley V Crowley who ‘sings’ the whole song because he has allowed himself to love Azi, he has gotten over the barriers of religion. Azi certainly wants to love him but he cant. The most striking vocal part for me is the “Hey, boy, where did you go?” Which is solely sung by backup vocal the only part of the song where this happens. Azi clearly misses Crowley however he doesn’t know what happen or where Crowley went, he not sure what he did wrong. 

The song could also foreshadow them coming back together “Dining at the Ritz we’ll meet at nine precisely. I will pay the bill, you taste the wine. Driving back in style in my saloon will do quite nicely. Just take me back to your that will be fine” All of this is in future tense. They also intentional played the bit of the song right before it goes into that ritz section within the episode. The pause in the car could actually symbolise the pause in their relationship and the future tense is maybe the hopes that Crowley has for their future (or maybe a foreshadowing of what might happen later in GO3), especially since Crowley planned for them to go to the Ritz.