Song #46: Stereophonics - Maybe Tomorrow

Inducted 12-21-2015

There is a beauty in Movie Soundtracks. Not only does the right song add a powerful emotional punch to a movie, it may also introduce you to an artist you have never heard of before. The movie "Crash" did that for me with this song, and introduced me to Stereophonics. They had been around a long time before the movie came out, but I had never heard of them until then. 

While I didn't always jive with the themes that were taking place in Crash, the movie was directed by Paul Haggis who created my favorite television show Due South, and so I wanted to have an open mind and give it a chance. I still will call it a thought provoking movie (though it does not seem to have passed the test of time very well for many reasons, Haggis included). But honestly it's the song that sticks with me the most. It came in on at the very end of the movie, and I was totally hooked. 

In the early 2000s,you were still paying $.99 a song (unless you downloaded the movie illeagaly), and so this song was one of the coveted that I actually paid money for and burned into a mix CD. I think I replayed the track 100s of times. 

ELEMENTS I LIKED: 

The opening hook with the "hmms" really drives the song. 

The repetition at the end of the lines.. "with me" (with me).... "be free" (free)..

The chorus "Maybe Tomorrow, I'll find my way home".. is a beautiful line that really played into the existential angst I was feeling in my 20s. 

The guitar solo... particular how the electric guitar solo ended by holding onto that note all the way until the chorus.

The yelling back and forth at the end.. quietly ending into nearly a whisper..

Virtually everything..

OTHER SONGS BY THE ARTIST: 

Don't Let the Devil Take another Day - It's currently in my Top 100, almost on it's way out. It's a beautiful song that prob. won't make the Hall of Fame, but is extremely catchy nonetheless.