Someone else painfully observed that the song plays in the Bentley for exactly as long as their kiss lasts. Crowley may have been replaying the kiss in his head. 😭 Thank you for these amazing analyses! I look forward to them every week!

@ollie_jollie_w

8 ай бұрын

that was me! :D

@bvm3239

4 ай бұрын

What the fuck is wrong with this fandom

I saw another theory randomly on pinterest (unfortunately I can't remember who originally thought it) that Crowley was actually going to take Aziraphale on a date if Metraton didn't show up and get away with his angel. His plan was to: -Take Aziraphale to a date in the Ritz, while the Nightingale song plays in the Bentley (In this case, Crowley intentionally puts the music so it could make the ride romantic the way he wanted); -Give those tulips flowers in the backseat of his car to his loved one (yes, it's there in that last scene when he enter his car and they happen to be yellow, the color that Aziraphale said it was pretty); -After having lunch, he would take Aziraphale back to the bookshop and POSSIBLY gather enough courage to kiss him. It would have been his confession to Aziraphale, not the way it happened in the bookshop, were he had to rush everything and it all went wrong. This was his plan to show Aziraphale his love for him (he may have had this idea from the movies and other romantic human behavior he knew. This could've possibly build his perspective of how you show love to your loved one) I didn't dig in much in this theory, but many things make sense to me in it. It would be nice if you analised it and spotted if there are any gaps.

@zani8994

8 ай бұрын

And I forgot to say that before he would kiss Aziraphale, he would try to say, in his stuttering way and not trying to make eye contact, that he loved him. (Sorry if there are any grammar mistakes in my comments, my English is too bad lol)

@theonlylunchbox

8 ай бұрын

Well, that's devastating😭.

@zani8994

8 ай бұрын

@@theonlylunchbox I'm still crying about it 😭

@theonlylunchbox

8 ай бұрын

@@zani8994 we all are.

@joannelively9934

8 ай бұрын

😭💔😭💔😭

Someone on Tumblr thought maybe Aziraphale was listening to it when he was driving back from Edinburgh to calm himself after his encounter (and screwup) with Shax. So when Crowley got in the Bentley he realized Aziraphale was listening to their song and now if you'll excuse me while I get something out of my eye 😢

@Sendarya

8 ай бұрын

That's a lovely idea! And it makes logical sense as well.

@compubijou

7 ай бұрын

I just wrote that in the comments before scrolling through. It makes it more heartbreaking that he was playing it on his drive home. What should have been a giddy happy feeling for Crowley to know Azi was thinking of him, turned into gut-wrench.

@Allegro11Maestoso

6 ай бұрын

Does Crowley not use the car anymore after that? I remember him coming in with the Bentley to "watch" at the beginning of ep.5. would he not have listened to something on his way there?

@compubijou

6 ай бұрын

@@Allegro11Maestoso I rewatched after my reply and there is one more time Crow is seen getting out of the Bently after Az drives it. So, ya, it wasn't Aziraphale.

I feel that by the look at Crowley's face when he turns the radio off (which is quite frustrated) there could be two explanations: 1. He planned it and is upset that his plan got spoiled. 2. Bentley arranged it, knowing how much Crowley would appreciate it and now Crowley is irritated by the fact that Bentley didn't think it through, it should have known better :)

oh, and the fact that Eccles cakes were banned in 1650, the same year Aziraphale did one of his apology dances

@Sendarya

8 ай бұрын

WHAT? How did I miss this detail. It can't be coincidence, maybe you found a funny little Easter egg!

@insanecoraline

8 ай бұрын

maybe they were banned because of something Aziraphale did! that would be hilarious to see.

@user-kh7jy1wn5e

5 ай бұрын

⁠that would be so funny 🤣

@elimgarak7090

4 ай бұрын

Were those his wild parties lmao

@catfancier270

2 ай бұрын

Would be hilarious if Aziraphale somehow started the Eccles Wakes, maybe with Crowley, accidentally.

I hadn’t heard the theory that Crowley set up the nightingale song in the Bentley until watching this video, but it makes perfect sense-he set that up to be all romantic and instead got M-25’d.

@theonlylunchbox

8 ай бұрын

😭well, that's devastating.

@scatterbunny35

8 ай бұрын

This hurts so bad but I can't help but laugh at M-25'd

@toxicstarbot6701

2 ай бұрын

M-25'D 💀💀💀💀

Someone on another feed pointed out that the different verses of the song might correlate with the seasons of the show. In S1, we hear the first verse of the song while they dine at the Ritz. Part of the second verse plays in the Bentley at the end of S2. The theory is that the song will finish in S3. Also, if you look at the lyrics, the tone and themes in each verse reflect the tone and themes in seasons 1 and 2. The first verse is happy. In the second verse, things fall apart, and in the third verse we are given hope for the future. Hopefully season 3 will reflect the hope we all have for them to be together.

“Crowley’s six shots of expresso and Aziraphale’s wild party cakes” this is such a funny line🤣 Also, I could imagine Aziraphale stress eating the Eccles cakes as soon as Crowley left him to take care of the naked man-child all on his own😭

@victoriar4637

8 ай бұрын

I loved that line too 😂

@thatguyblu23

8 ай бұрын

Honestly, that's probably exactly what azi did

@Sentientmatter8

8 ай бұрын

They weren't wild party cakes, but calming calm cakes?

@anaisan009

5 күн бұрын

There is a reel with a rehersal about "A. getting into a pub for the first time and asking for a Sherry!!! The many and different ways C. Ask for it ❤😂❤ wish I could find again . Good luck find it : a couple teasing each other .

You were wondering what reference the Nightingale song could have for Crowley and Aziraphale if they hadn't heard the Nightingale at all. Well, think of the piano at the Ritz, the song was playing as background music while they were eating. That's when they heard it and that's why it's their song.

@devetakhii

8 ай бұрын

They have been knowing it earlier. Azi references it in 1960s, that them dining at the Ritz could be something Crowley can do to return the favour of holy water delivery.

@BirgitPa

8 ай бұрын

Right, but there were no music playing! @@devetakhii

@Sendarya

8 ай бұрын

It could indeed have started at the Rizt, that is possible. In any case, it's clearly their song, now! :)

@user-hn9pp5cx5r

8 ай бұрын

​@@devetakhii❤

@GingerPeacenik

8 ай бұрын

Well, that, and the lyrics themselves: That certain night, the night we met There was magic abroad in the air There were angels dining at the Ritz And a nightingale sang in Berkeley Square I may be right, I may be wrong But I'm perfectly willing to swear That when you turned and smiled at me A nightingale sang in Berkeley Square The moon that lingered over London town Poor puzzled moon, he wore a frown How could he know we two were so in love? The whole darn world seemed upside down The streets of town were paved with stars It was such a romantic affair And as we kissed and said goodnight A nightingale sang in Berkeley Square When dawn came steaming up all golden blue To interrupt our rendezvous  I still remember how you smiled and said Was that a dream? Or was it true? Our homeward step was just as light As the tap dancing feet of Astaire And like an echo far away A nightingale sang in Berkeley Square I know 'cause I was there That night in Berkeley Square

I want season 3 so badly.

@Sendarya

8 ай бұрын

We all do ❤️

In my opinion the singing nightingale stands for “love is in the air”. Crowley saying “listen - no nightingale..” is just him telling Azira he himself does not feel being loved anymore. The kiss was his last option to show his feelings, the last temptation, deep down knowing already that it does not matter anymore. He showed his love many times just by his actions: being a good companion, a great help always running to rescue, always obedient, a great listener. The angel took it for granted. I think Crowley is feeling betrayed, the song playing in the car is a reminder what has been and what is now lost, their song (in his opinion). He turns the radio out, to show he is trying to cut of their red string. Ok, let us wait for season 3..

If we're going down the overthink everything route, the 6 shots of espresso and Eccles cakes could represent how both sides (heaven and hell) lead to chaos. I found myself wondering how Aziraphale couldn't know that espresso doesn't calm people down, but if it's symbolic, it makes sense. Crowley already knows and has chosen. Aziraphale is naively choosing something he thinks will give him what he wants, but it's the same either way (heaven or hell).

@Sendarya

8 ай бұрын

I'm all in for overthinking. I love this interpretation! Crowley leans into the chaos, Aziraphale tries to escape, but it's Eccles cakes all the way down. 😅

@fairywingsonroses

8 ай бұрын

I love this interpretation. It could also represent the ways in which good and evil sometimes get intertwined. The Eccles cakes were seen as evil and were banned. The cakes themselves aren't evil, though (just the events associated with them). Humans have a funny way of mistaking things as being bad when they aren't. At a surface glance, an angel and a demon together is an impossible scenario; one that the very vigilantly religious would call blasphemous. However, once you peel away the layers, you see that there is nothing inherently wrong with it.

@susanmiller9317

8 ай бұрын

Reminds me of the guy insisting earth is being supported by 4 elephants standing on a giant turtle. "But what is the turtle standing on?" "Another turtle." "What's under that?" "It's turtles all the way down."

@theonlylunchbox

8 ай бұрын

@lux_24601 that's brilliant. It is interesting Aziraphale wouldn't know that about espresso. But that's an example of what David called aziraphales willful naivete that Crowley secretly loves about him. Especially considering how long he's been on Earth.

@rosemarieeccleston8187

5 ай бұрын

but aziraphale doesn't drink coffee does he, so he would have no sense of how it affects people ?

Thank you for your research. They were very labor intensive and quite educational. True, if we went a little deeper, we would discover that the nightingale’s song is not only a song of love, but also a symbol of freedom. There is a saying that a nightingale does not sing in a cage or in captivity. That is, the missing singing of the nightingale is the loss of Aziraphale and Crowley not only of love, but also of freedom, they again find themselves in a cage. P. S. Sorry, I'm using Google Translate

When I first heard the Bentley radio play that song I for real shouted “NO F--ING WAY” because that was RIDICULOUS and was meant to break our hearts :’) It’s been ages and I’m still not over it.

about the eccels cakes: in German Nina called them 'Engelskuchen', whitch means 'Angels cakes' so i just assumed it was a pun about Aziraphale.^^ Great video. As always

@szwi324

7 ай бұрын

Interesting. Engel(s)kuchen is really only used for angel (food) cake in German. I'd after some consideration suggest that it'd be best to leave the Eccles cakes untranslated (as i assume was done with the Talisker whisky 😉) as it really can't be translated. the 'church' root would still be there in the german context. Wow this makes me realize how much i'd like to translate S3! 😍

I find it funny that Americans/American media usually categorize British people/customs into prim and proper accents and gatherings. Especially when it comes to olden days. Tea parties, formal dancing, talking about the weather. When in reality, they’ve been having Eccles Wakes. So unhinged, they had to be banned by the country TWICE. And only the cakes managed to survive. What glorious times 😂

@Rhi_k

8 ай бұрын

There's really nothing prim and proper about the us Brits 😆

@JessicaTPeterson

8 ай бұрын

​@@Rhi_k I have to agree. I think you're wild people: Practically took over the world from a small island, invented rugby, run around in the rain like that's normal, injure yourselves yearly while chasing a piece of cheese down an embankment, and have the wackiest, funniest comedy... I'm sure there's more.

@franstroud

8 ай бұрын

@@JessicaTPetersonhaha this comment instantly made me think of cheese rolling 😂

@JessicaTPeterson

8 ай бұрын

@@franstroud Yep. 😆

I love that Aziraphale says he went to Monsieur Rossignol's night classes in 1760 and Rossignol is the french word for nightingale. He struggles with the language of love still. And also that when Crowley leaves angrily he grabs his glasses instead of the Eccles cakes which are right next to them and they maybe could have calmed him down.

@Sendarya

8 ай бұрын

AH! always wondered by they focus one the Eccles cakes in that moment. That makes sense! I knew about the Rossignol meaning Nightingale, and forgot to mention it, thank you!

@susanmiller9317

7 ай бұрын

"Calm, I don't want to be calm. 'Calm' is a four-letter word!"

I feel like when the song plays at any time throughout the series that it represents that things are in order for them. That is shows they are in exactly the right place they need to be. So for me the song playing at the end means that this is exactly what and where they need to be for now. Even though they are both broken and so am I, it is right for them now.

@MargaretAEdwards

8 ай бұрын

As an addition I also feel that Aziraphale needs this separation from Crowley to fully understand what heaven means for him. He still thinks they are the good ones when in their reality both sides have good and bad sides. By going to heaven I think Aziraphale will finally understand what Crowley already knows. Once he has this experience then I think that he will be finally ready for a true relationship.

@krissy510

8 ай бұрын

​@@MargaretAEdwardsyes, exactly. Aziraphale is pretty naive, and believes Heaven is all good. He has to find out on his own what Crowley already knows. That will be the turning point in their relationship.

Nightingale over the ending credits certainly scans much better than the whole Dark Side of the Moon/Wizard of Oz thing, and I didn't even require extraordinary amounts of alcohol or weed to force it to work! That tells me that it is entirely intentional. As to who's to blame for it, well, I think it's either the Bentley, or funnily enough, Aziraphale sending a message that he's already working on a Plan... They cannot make season 3 fast enough for me - I've already stopped driving like Crowley (I'm a bit of an insane idiot on the roads) and started eating far more salads just to try and make sure I live long enough!🤣

I do believe that the song was the Bentley's doing because I love so much the fact that it's sentient and that it loves Aziraphale as well and wants them to be together ~

@clarestubbs9303

8 ай бұрын

Me too! ❤❤

@Jen_S_Hassler1258

8 ай бұрын

Me, three! I'm full on believing that the Bentley *enjoyed* having Aziraphale drive it for that brief time, and that's why Crowley "called" to convince him to drive faster! He felt that the Bentley was having too much fun with such a considerate driver and felt a little jealous like when the child plays favorites with their parents. Maybe the car even produced the travel sweets itself because it knew Azi would like them? 😉

@lizjo7213

6 ай бұрын

Agreed ❤...

@silverstarlight9395

6 ай бұрын

Aziraphale is an angel. He could have teleported to Edinburgh but he chose to drive instead. I wonder why.

@monicatalmud823

2 ай бұрын

I am of the mind that if the Bentley is an extension of Crowley that the car likes Aziraphale just as much and is doing everything to try to make Aziraphale happy. Giving him sweets is exactly a Crowley move at that. Including trying to follow Aziraphale around after he parked it.

There is also a nightingale on the lid of the box the owner of the magic shop shows to azi during the 1941 episode.

@Sendarya

8 ай бұрын

Yep, saw that today. I have thoughts.....next week is going to be a rabbit hole and half!

@Rhi_k

8 ай бұрын

Nice spot!

Watching "A Nightingale Sang" over the ending I cried! That explains Zira's smile at the end in the lift, as it matches the end of the song. This gives me hope for season 3!🥲🥲

I am definitely in the "the Bentley did it!" camp. I hope you *can* do a mini about the Bentley in the future (doubt there's enough for a full sized episode on it) because that car must have some stories to "tell" from the years gone by! And why wouldn't Neil have made the car sentient? He's written so much in the fantasy and sci-fi genres, what's stopping him from giving the car life? The bookshop probably is sentient too, we just haven't seen enough evidence of it yet. Maybe Muriel will run into problems keeping the shop in "tip top" condition because it's depressed that Aziraphale is gone? That would be fun... and then she would have to beg Crowley to come stay at the shop to keep it happy again, bringing him back into the story and give her the opportunity to learn how to "human" from the master imitator himself. 😂 (That idea is a freebie for anyone who wants to write that story, just please let me know what you come up with because I would LOVE to read it!!)

@susanmiller9317

8 ай бұрын

Oh. He's gotta move in and be a foster dad /mentor to Muriel (and to Eric, who'll be wanting to hang out with Muriel.) Crowley will need to teach both of them to question authority.

@Jen_S_Hassler1258

8 ай бұрын

@@susanmiller9317 haha, but WHICH Eric? He's the ultimate regenerative demon! I wonder what reptile he is meant to represent? As far as I know, there's no reptile or amphibian that can completely regenerate themselves back from death. (Damn it, now I opened up ANOTHER rabbit hole to follow: what creature is each demon meant to be?) 🤦‍♀️

@veeeevs

8 ай бұрын

Oh this is delightful

@szwi324

7 ай бұрын

not sure at all each demon has to represent an animal. But Eric definitely reminds me of those poor usually unnamed security men at the start of each original Star Trek episode - you knew they'd very soon be a case for Bones' most famous quote 'He's dead, Jim.' Just wondering about connections to the Discworld Eric..?

Shax tells Azi in the car at the beginning of ep 4, that she remembers hearing 80-90 years ago they wr an item. WW2 was def a significant era for them. There is more story there, hope we do get a part 3 with s3. And 1000% NO WAY that song was not intentionally hidden n there! Shit lines up better than pink floyd and the wizard😹 Too on point

I thought I was in for a crazy theory, but after watching the Tumblr edit, I am convinced it is on purpose. It can't be otherwise, because of the perfect rhythm between the images and the music. It is absolutely obvious with Aziraphale's smile, and the Maggie and Nina part, but it is there all the time. Maybe someone has said it before but I think it could also god's message to Crowley. We might discover she has been a little like Snape, the metatron might even be in it too. It might all be her plan from the beggining, and this could be a way of her to say: I'm sorry to cause you so much pain, but it will end well, "have faith in me" (pun intended)

I really like the idea of it being the bently playing the song! it would make sense if it was god herself, since she is the only one that knows, although the bently knowing is also likely. But regradless of whom it was, or what, I feel lie that the fact that that is the line Crowley ears is meaningful. They were letting him know that indeed a nightingale sang for them and because of them before.

When Aziraphale is talking to Metatron near the end, and Crowley is tidying up the bookshop, I noticed the background music playing for that scene was the lullaby he sang to the wrong boy when he was posing as a nanny. I haven't heard others talk about that, either. I mentioned it on facebook, but no one replied. Maybe it doesn't mean anything, but nothing seems frivolous in this story lol. Anyway, Crowley is turning the bookshelves back around and I hear the tune for "go to sleep and dream of pain." Not sure if that's foreshadowing or if it's just because he's tidying 🤷. But it felt ominous when I first noticed it and I thought, oh no what kind of bad omen is this? Also, I thought it was cute yet weird that Aziraphale silently asked Crowley for permission to go talk with Metatron when Metatron requested his presence. Like, that's Metatron, and Aziraphale gets Crowley's nod to go talk to him. That really struck me since Metatron is supposedly Azirahpale's higher up and Crowley is... not technically involved in Heaven's angel hierarchy anymore. So, it must be because... ?? My brain: Hellooo!! HUSBAND! 😅

@Rhi_k

8 ай бұрын

Yes I noticed it too! I thought it might be representative of evil trying to exert it's influence. In season one it was played when Crowley was actively influencing Warlock to evil, in this season I suspect that it is the Metatron trying to influence Aziraphale toward his own dark agenda. The Metatron is the only angelic being we ever see wearing black and he is clearly singularly focused on the great plan without empathy or sentiment, I'd actually go a step further and suggest he either has more sinister motives or is representative of how extremism in any form is inherently harmful.

@Rhi_k

8 ай бұрын

Just realised it also plays when the nuns are switching babies too, once again evil exerting influence. Might also be something in the fact that it is presented as a nursery rhyme, which tend to be soothing or jolly little ditties disguising much darker meanings usually associated with pain and suffering

@elimgarak7090

8 ай бұрын

@@Rhi_k I thought something similar. It was also strange to me that in those scenes, the other angels didn't recognize Metatron, but Crowley did. And Metatron asked Crowley specifically if he could recognize him iirc. Just such an odd whole group of scenes. And the part you said about extremism in any form being harmful; I've been saying that for ages! So happy to see someone else mention it!

@elimgarak7090

8 ай бұрын

@@Rhi_k I didn't mean to get off the topic of the main video. I apologise for that. However, It's obvious that musical cues play an important role all throughout. I"ll be paying more attention to them in the next rewatch!

@theonlylunchbox

8 ай бұрын

I noticed that too. It's one of the biggest Couple Moments in the season - the other being Crowley sitting on the arm of Aziraphale's chair because have you ever seen anyone do that when they weren't a couple? Love that! Big husband moment. I wonder if the lullaby - which I'm told is taken out of the opening credits song - represents Crowley taking care of Jim the way he took care of Warlock.

1650, the year of the Eccles cakes ban, was also the first apology dance date mentioned 🤔

@Sendarya

8 ай бұрын

That has to be on purpose!

Interesting, as always! I can't articulate why, but for some reason this video has intensified the thought that's been niggling at my brain for a while now... that this kiss was possibly not their first after all...

It makes sense now why they illustrate how Bentley likes Aziraphele. The car changed its color to yellow for him and even tried following him. Sure, she would play the song if Aziraphele asked. I didn't get why the angel has to travel by car in this season. Of course, Neil did it on purpose.

Did you say no more tears? Watch the clip with the full nightingale song and then go back and watch the very end of Staged 3/6. See Sendarya’s amazing comparison of those scenes. Now compare the final Staged music to the nightingale song. It ends with piano notes plinking sadly over their solemn faces, not unlike the final notes of the nightingale song. Now I’m crying over Michael.

Well I *was* doing ok, but the idea that C & A have a secret song (which makes perfect sense that he referenced it in their parting conversation) just broke my heart all over again 💔

Omg Sendarya, I watched this last night while in class and I almost cried. Seeing how much thought it was put into the show, into every single little detail is so nice to see, their history is so heartbreaking but seeing this little hints of a happy ending gives me hope we will see this two idiots together in season 3. The whole production team of this show is full of amazing people for being able to put so much history and so many hidden things into a single season. And the fandom is equally amazing for being able to spot such things and be able to make theories, predictions and analysis based on this things. Amazing video as always, thanks for keeping up with GO content, my little sad gay heart needs it. 💖 (Also, I 100% believe it's Crowley who's responsible for the song in the Bentley, he doesn't look a bit surprised that the song is playing, he just silently listens to it for a bit before turning it off and driving away, as if it's really coming down to him how things took a whole different turn and he wasn't expecting it, he really thought they'd be going for a nice little romantic breakfast at the Ritz but well...)

So everyone talking about the Bently I have to point out. When Crowley loses the car in Season 1, he said he'd had the car for 90 years. And when Aziraphale says he learned to drive, it was 90 years ago (before they even gave driving tests, but he insisted). So let's just point out that when Crowley got his (arguably first) car, Aziraphale took it upon himself to learn to drive one just in case. And for that matter, never mentioned it till now that he could have helped drive the car all along.

@Sendarya

3 ай бұрын

He waited 90 years to have the courage to ask to drive it, but he was ready from day 1. Adorable!

I can't hear it, but I don't have the ear for this sort of thing. It would make sense if the credits song was a peeled back Nightingale Sang, using the original music to create something new [time to go rewatch all of Sideways' videos again], and it fits my interpretation that the song is playing because of Crowley. Not because he planned it- you think this _sputtering mess_ could think passed his confession when he was borderline _crying_ over it? Demon didn't plan _anything._ After attempting to open up about his feelings for the first time in his existence, Aziraphale choosing Heaven guts him, and he closes himself off to protect himself- No Nightingales- but he's a demon, he lies, it's what he does. When he gets into the Bentley, the true feelings manifest audibly- a nightingale sang, _he_ sang in the bookshop, but no one heard him, not even Aziraphale [from his pov]. So, unable to face the pain, Crowley shuts off the music, there are no nightingales, _he's_ not the nightingale, but despite his best efforts to shove his love back down, it still _leaks out of him._ Crowley is so ill-equipped to handle his love that, by his own power as a celestial being, it manifests in reality- the rose at the bistro table, the tulip in the back of his car. Perhaps when he can love freely and openly he might?? grow?? a garden?? Where nightingales could come and sing and be heard??? 8Oc [Yeah! More costumes analysis! Looking forward to more of that!]

@LoveIsLove4711

8 ай бұрын

There are flowers?! Ooh now I want to go look!!

@bluefox5331

8 ай бұрын

it's sadly not a tulip, just an oddly bent or partway tore off leaf from ficus elastica- people took a big close look at it :(

@RedMagius

8 ай бұрын

@@bluefox5331 Disappointing, but I'll keep that in my headcanon for now. It really does look like a flower at that angle, maybe the production designer will have seen the Tulip Fan-reaction and play with that in season 3? Could happen, we got Loverboy, and a flower seems _a lot_ cheaper to add in for the fans than a Queen song.

Hi so I just noticed that in the Coffee scene post Gabriel showing up nude, the song in the background is Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody. I am fascinated by how that might play into that scene, but I haven't heard anyone talk about it yet.

@Meandyoujustus

8 ай бұрын

First time bohemian rhapsody is played is in the episode on the delivery of the antichrist!

@Sendarya

8 ай бұрын

😯 Anytime you spot a repeated thing, look closer! Now I have to look closer, lol

@user-yz3fk3th8q

8 ай бұрын

What's really cool is that, if I am correct, the part of the song is ( that we hear in the coffee shop) specifically is the court hearing where they are discussing what to do with the singer post "killing the man". I am not sure what Queen was intending but it always felt like heaven and Hell discussing what to do with guy because of his upbringing. The complicated morality of "how do you hold a criminal accountable?" as well. It reminds me a lot of when Crowley and Azirafell are discussing poverty during the grave robbing episode. I dunno just some connections I've been thinking about, and how it relates to that scene I am not sure

@susanmiller9317

8 ай бұрын

​@@user-yz3fk3th8qAzi was brought up in the cult and is proposing to Crowley that they be together in the cult. How do you judge that?

Perfect timing, I needed background noise for drawing fanart

Well, I think it makes sense because despite the argument, I don’t think either of them believe there is no love there. Just that it is not enough for Crowley to come with Azi and not enough for Azi to stay with Crowley. It is so sad but they still care about each other so the music is still there.

@petraw9792

8 ай бұрын

Or their love for Earth is why Aziraphale has to leave and Crowley has to stay. And also how they know then can still count on each other when it comes to protecting Earth.

For me this theory, this song, changes everything. As you watch it you can see exactly what the ending was meant to look like to us. What the music the show runners are playing is. You can actually SEE the tears start to well in aziraphales eyes as he tries desperately to pull himself together. You can see what was meant to be. What god intended. This ending isn’t broken, it’s not wrong. It’s a solder going off to war. Aziraphale has done it before. Where he has said something he knew would hurt Crowley. “I don’t even like you!” it’s something he does quite often… he KNOWS Crowley hates “forgiveness” his words hurt… he knows they did. But he had to. He’s earth’s protector. God created him to be good and just and it’s finally time for him to go to war. It’s finally time for him to accomplish what she made him for. You have done your part. Now aziraphale must do his… and i think aziraphale knows it…. I think he finally sees the cards are blank… and they have been since the fall. Everything was set in place. Everything was created as it was meant to be. And as Crowley discovered long ago “the angels thought it up themselves”

@LoveIsLove4711

8 ай бұрын

Oh! I 🩷 this, it’s perfect even though it makes me 😢.

@Allegro11Maestoso

6 ай бұрын

😮 I don't remember Crowley saying that...would you please remind me? That changes everything

@m0thernature730

6 ай бұрын

@@Allegro11Maestoso I’m not sure if he said that exactly but I do know he started trying to figure out his reason for being, if his galaxy was worthless then he was never MEANT to be an angel. And so he questioned god like the other demons but in the plan he was a demon, and they placed him on earth, another worthless job, meaning his purpose in the grand plan… had to be over, if after Adam and Eve ate the fruit. He being balanced by aziraphale then it must mean that this “ineffable plan” was just as bogus as his job on earth, he was always doing God’s bidding before without knowing so why was he just able to simply LIVE? Just as he mentions both the demons and the angels want this war, neither side has stopped to consider that the ineffable plan… Is done. So the only logical conclusion is that god doesn’t want the war, the demons and the angels do. Hence taking “the humans thought it up themselves” and replacing it with angels. Because Crowley KNOWS that the ineffable plan is bogus. Because HE was only ever meant to experience, Nothing else… his job is done. And that WAS the plan. Everything afterwards has been dumb luck at her card table

I think knowing why Crowley brought the song up in the first place is important too. I haven't heard anyone really talk about this, but the manner of which he points up to the sky and says that there's "no nightingales" is _remarkably_ similar to the conversation he had with Aziraphale 15 years prior, when he was pointing out all the things Aziraphale loves about Earth that Heaven is incapable of offering him. I hardcore believe this moment was a direct callback, and that Crowley wasn't saying anything like "Our love is over", but "The life we built is precious to me, and Heaven won't ever accept it."

The nightingale as a symbol of their love still being there, although nobody can hear it sing, would fit with the theory with the clock in the bookshop, that had moved on for nearly 15 minutes after the kiss. Maybe there is also a story that noone can see...

@Rhi_k

8 ай бұрын

I did not notice the clock! Could have been an oversight on set (I think they did 3 takes of the kiss), but it doesn't seem likely given their usual attention to detail

@Rhi_k

8 ай бұрын

Also if you see my comment above, the nightingale does sing after the kiss, just not many seem to have noticed

@mollykoenig7009

8 ай бұрын

Neil said the clock hands being further is a mistake.

Thanks once again for your emotional labor, I hope the wild party cakes cheered you up a little XD I bet Neil fully intended the song in the Bentley to be vague and up for interpretation, it’s just the kind of “wait and see” bit he loves 😂

In Milton's sonnet I: To the Nightingale, there is this bit "Now timely sing, ere the rude bird of hate Foretell my hopeless doom, in some grove nigh; As thou from year to year hast sung too late For my relief, yet had’st no reason why. " ... I think it would be cool to explore the nightingale symbolism with Crowley's "It's always too late"

@Sendarya

3 ай бұрын

Interesting idea, thank you for sharing that detail!

Great analysis as always....personally, I'm on the Bentley did it front, but the idea that perhaps God worked through the Bentley (or perhaps even IS the Bentley) (mind explodes) makes some sense. She was the only one, that we know of right now, other than Aziraphale and Crowley, who know how significant that song is. And I'm sure the 1941 minisodes are not the end of that particular time in their lives. Perhaps they even were the inspiration to the original song itself? The magic shop also appears in both 1941 and present time. Aziraphale even kind of cringes when he first goes in to add another participant to the ball. Something other than Nazi zombies happened maybe? Lots to ponder and lots more rewatching of this analysis....

@Rhi_k

8 ай бұрын

I would just like to thank you for MY brain exploding! And let's face it, Tennant has a long history with mightily powerful sentient vehicles

Thank you for offical, non-generated subtitles!! It’s really impressive for you as a fairly small youtuber and i really appreciate the time and effort. Once again, thank you. ❤❤

@Sendarya

8 ай бұрын

I do try my best, and I'm glad they help!

Your analysis - that C and A shared the same understanding of the nightingale song’s significance to them as a “group” of two - confirms the S2 hints about their relationship even before the kiss: Shax’s comment to Azi in the car that she heard a rumor 80 or so years prior to the present day that they were an item and that Azi wasn’t C’s type and that it was a surprise C would risk discorporation for Azi (excuse me but WTH does the reference to “poor Furfur, he thought you were his ticket to the big time” mean?!), and the way Azi arches that eyebrow. Azi’s bold reference to “We both get plenty of use out of the bookshop!” Oh really?! The way the argument shuts down when Crowley says “No nightingales” because Azi understands the context. 😢 Well now that the strike is over, maybe there will be a S3 green light announcement soon. That’s my hope.

@Rhi_k

8 ай бұрын

Shax is referring to when Furfur used the zombies to try and prove Crowley and Aziraphale were collaborating in 1941 in order to get a promotion 🙂

I grew up in the north of England. Eccles cakes were frequently referred to as Fly Pie Given the Lord of the Files and that swarming manifestation in the car, I can imagine a connexion to the pastries right there.

@Sendarya

8 ай бұрын

A local perspective is fantastic, thanks for sharing that! Maybe it is foreshadowing Bee and Gabe somehow?

The key line from the song is “There were angels dining at the Ritz. And a nightingale sang in Berkeley Square”. But Crowley rejects being an angel. So, the song to having significance for him in connection to his relationship with Aziraphale would signal a deep ambivalence about his own angel existence that on the surface he insists is not there.

Thank heavens Season 3 was renewed. The ending of Season 2 broke my heart and I couldn't fathom them leaving it on that sour note.

That is crazy. I don't know how people discover this kind of thing. And with the song the smile feels different

@Sendarya

8 ай бұрын

It does, doesn't it??

@JoMadge

8 ай бұрын

Very true!

I thought Crowley said this because it was their song because it plays at the Ritz at the end of season 1 AND they were aware of the nightingale in Berkeley Square; it was a miracle neither of them created so they thought it was either "ineffable fallout of recent events on the nature of reality " and a literal "Good Omen" for their relationship OR perhaps a miracle cast by a "higher authority" as a good omen/ blessing. I think you're right though that if God said no one else heard it, we should take Her word for it. I agree we need another 1941 flashback in season 3 because You Can't Tell Me Aziraphale did the Apology Dance in 1941 and Not Tell Me WHY?!! AND ARE YOU TELLING ME WE"RE GOING TO SEE SOME KIND OF OTHER INDICATOR OF THE MEANING of NIGHTINGALES IN 1941? Now it's going to drive me crazy not knowing exactly why Crowley said that and what it means. Also, I see other people have mentioned in the comments that the song plays in the car for the same length of time as the kiss - I heard this and informally timed (by counting to 15) and it checks out. Is that a better CLUE to who played it in the Bentley? I don't know. I agree the only interpretation to be made to "Their Song" timing out perfectly to the ending sequence - AND the lyric that plays in the car is an encouraging one. The Nightingale still singing, but no one heard it. What everyone is talking about on Facebook right now is someone found a nightingale on the top of the box with the practical joke in the magic shop (The Snakes in a tube thing, but it's really a box) and the guy in the magic shop trying to dissuade Azriaphale away from the dangerous Bullet Catch. He doesn't choose the nightingale box though- he chooses the weapon. He shuns safety for his "showstopper" and Crowley goes along with it and chooses to trust him. 1941 and the intimacy of the Bullet Catch - I have Things To Say. What do you think is the meaning of the music playing in the background of the Record Shop. Isn't it You don't Own Me by Leslie Gore? I'm going off memory now. That song plays during the end credits of the first episode of Handmaids Tale and seems to fit Nina better than Maggie because it's about an abusive relationship. I also think Eccles Cakes was a weird choice when Nina could have just offered Aziraphale Chamomile. I think it Neil must have just put it in as a joke - or an allusion to the fact that Aziraphale is more hedonistic than Crowley when it comes to food and drink. I can't wait for your next video and I miss the mini Monday topics. They really help me to get through my week. I have to figure out discord.

@theonlylunchbox

8 ай бұрын

@sendarya I have to watch the bullet catch episode again because you said it was Aziraphale and Crowley's first truly romantic time spent together. Significantly, after Aziraphale just saved Crowley's life.

I get so excited when I get a notification that you've posted a new video! Love them! Also, love your voice..very soothing! Never thought about that fourth option for the song.. until you said that, I was hoping that it was Aziraphale that miracled it to play. 🙂

happy end of strike day! i hope season 3 explains the song. but , frankly, season 3 will have a lot of explaining to do. i hope there are enough episodes...

4:14 I KNEW IT!! I thought about this 2 months ago and it got me in tears. I've been listening to Vera Lynn's version and then I just remembered Aziraphale's last look to Crowley and it just clicked to me. It's like watching someone getting in a train going to war 😢😢😢😢😢

going to throw this at you, because I'm DYING to see if you've got ideas on it - St Dunstan in the East - the Church in London that was Bombed in *1941* is now a GARDEN park - Dedicated in *1967*.... Seems like a LOT of 'coincidences'....

@Sendarya

8 ай бұрын

Interesting! I didn't know that bit of history. Perhaps Neil drew on it for the story!

I think Crowley is unintentionally responsible for the song on the radio. I mean if he can sense when the car is going under the speed limit and all the other changes Aziraphale made then he and the car are connected. So the radio being unintentionally connected to his MANY feeling in the moment.

@Sendarya

7 ай бұрын

Crowley nintentionally playing the song is a great idea!

Did you see a Yellow tulips theory? If the flowers really exit, so it was Crowley who prepared this song as the part of the atmosphere. But I like all your theories as well. As for the Eccles cakes I think it's a joke (or clue) about one particular fly in the bookshop. Because it is also known as the Squashed Fly Cake

@Sendarya

8 ай бұрын

I did see the tulip theory. :)

i personally think that nina recommending eccles cakes is just beacuse nina's character and crowley's are terribly similar. she was probably just being sarcastic. just like maggie and azirahpale are literally the same person only different genders if you will. nina and maggie also represent the same color scheme that aziraphale and crowley represent. dark and bright. nina is pessimistic at worst, recluctantly hopeful at best just like crowley who's pretty much come to terms with the fact - throughout the past six thousand years - that he will never have aziraphale to himself. if it wasn't for actual humans to sit down with him and educate him about it, as well as his pessimism to have subsided for a bit of hope (what if it worked for real? what if we could run off together after all?) he would have never done it. he grew "content" just sitting with aziraphale and getting drunk. even if he probably craved more all this time. just like nina craved change (a breakup?) but had simply been too tied to the every day cycle that was being emotionally abused by her partner. crowley didn't have a partner but he is inevitably tied to hell thanks to god who he loved at some point. so yeah, i think that nina is just a crowley-representation. but a human one.

@susanmiller9317

7 ай бұрын

Nina and Maggie cross over, though, as a foil to Crowley and Aziraphale. Both Crowley and Maggie want to be in a relationship but need to wait for their other to be ready. Nina and Azi are still tied to toxicity and need to do some personal work that Maggie and Crowley can't help with.

Thank you for posting these elaborate and detailed videos! I gotta tell you, when Aziraphale's unhinged smile matched perfectly with the last note, I had to hold onto my desk for support. That revelation is WILD! Almost as wild as the eccles cakes.

The song playing in the Bentley was geniusly sadistic on the writers' part, cause there's dozens of possible explanations and every single one is a cloud of pain 🙃

Crowley mentioned that those days his car "didn't seem to like him very much". So it makes you wonder what did the Bentley do to make him think this way. It probably has been playing this song on repeat.

@cyanthe100

6 ай бұрын

(i just finished the series)

@Sendarya

6 ай бұрын

First, welcome to the fandom! Second, great question! he does say that. Omg if it's just playing this song over and over, lol.

@cyanthe100

6 ай бұрын

@@Sendarya could there be any other reason though? i dont remember the car treating him badly, but i might've missed it

Hey Sendarya, thank you for yet another anazing video. Something else that I rhought about - Aziraphale has studied French (the language of love that he doesn't speak very well) at Monsieur Rossignol's classes. Rossignol means nightingale in French 😢

This is a great analysis, Sendarya (as yours always are!), but I think there's something you missed. I don't think the nightingale had anything to do with why this became their song. If you look at the lyrics of the first verse: That certain night, the night we met There was magic abroad in the air THERE WERE ANGELS DINING AT THE RITZ And a nightingale sang in Berkeley Square. You said this song first came out in 1941, so they probably heard it quite often during the time they spent together, and I'm sure that the third line probably tickled their fancy. Remember, they both started out as angels, and their relationship became closer over the eons over shared meals. Also, if you watch the 1967 flashback, after the first time Crowley offers to give Aziraphale a ride wherever, Aziraphale says maybe they could go for a picnic or "dine at the Ritz." So they obviously knew of the song by that time period. Their luncheon at the Ritz at the end of s1 was certainly not the first time they heard the song. So I think that the "angels dining at the Ritz" lyric is *why* it became their song, and the nightingale was a sort of shorthand that they could use with each other. Changing gears slightly, I'd love to know your thoughts on what might have happened to them in 1650. In s2e1, when Aziraphale demands that Crowley does the "little dance", he says that *he* did the dance in 1650, 1793, and 1941. We know from s1 that 1793 is when Crowley rescued Aziraphale from the Bastille, and the 1941 storyline is in both seasons. But we haven't yet seen any flashbacks to 1650. But it must be significant, or why would it have been in the script? I would also love to know whether the I Was Wrong dance was choreographed beforehand or if David Tennant made it up on the spot. 😂😂😂

@Sendarya

8 ай бұрын

The apology dance was choreographed. I haven't any idea what might have happened in 1650, interesting that it is the same date Eccles cakes were banned. But guessing based on a date and some cakes, well, that's not much to go on!

In the repeat of the 1941 episode and the way it is continued in the show with the Nazis returning to the earth as zombies I see a rather political hint: be careful, such ideologies of hatred that we all believed dead can arise again, maybe in a slightly different shape but still dangerous. When first the zombies in GO walk the earth they attack a poor and helpless person, then the man in Goldstone's magical shop. But in the end of that Minisode they are set loose on earth for eternity so everyone can fall prey to them. In the show the persons most imminently in danger are the American soldiers who are still in the theater watching the show - the same ones who had risked their lives to save Europe from the Nazis... The zombies in GO were sent back to earth by Hell in order to stop the cooperation between Aziraphale and Crowley. They failed because of the strong relationship and the growing trust between those two which made them so powerful together that they managed to survive the bullet catch act without any practice and despite the miracle blocker in the room. This seems to me like a strong statement: it is absolutely vital that groups which might be considered as opposite sides (as could be: East and West, Left and Right, Black and White...) should better start trusting each other and start cooperating. This is the only way to 'stop the bullets'. A relationship based on trust and compassion has the power to even avert the apparently inevitable destruction of the world in the end!

"TWO angels dining at the Ritz ..."

Also, I just noticed, and I don't think you mentioned it (I only scanned through your video a second time) the melody can be heard when the two first meet, as Crowley is making the nebula ;)

@Sendarya

7 ай бұрын

Is it? I hadn't noticed. I'll take a listen, thanks for the tip!

Re 1941: Shax also says, in the car with Aziraphale in s2e4, “Sometime in the last 80, 90 years, I remember hearing that you and Crowley were an item,” and then the whole rest of the episode is in 1941. Also the romantic music when Crowley saves the books, pretty clear canon signs to 1941 being a beginning of something or some awareness. Thank you for the amazing analysis and research as always 💖

Great video as always!

New Videos from you make me so happy!🥰

I audibly gasped. The song was playing, even though they couldn’t hear it, it was still playing just like God said. Time for me to lay on the floor!

Making my way through all of your analysis videos. Loving them

first of all, thank you Sendarya for all your work here! Now maybe someone brought this up before and i've overlooked it, but if you've ever listened to nightingales in earnest - if they sing, they really mean it. i remember e.g. one stargazing night when one nightingale just kept going through the night which is not a small feat for such a tiny bird (consider the fast metabolism of small birds).

Just awesome analysis! ❤

I really hope we get to see a part 3 of the night in 1941. I have a picture in my head of them both, after the candlelit dinner, coming up with excuses for Crowley not to leave in an adorably awkward way, while neither of them wants to admit that they just want to keep spending time together.

I'm binging all of these videos in a row because they are SO FRIGGIN GOOD!! Thank you so much for all the time & effort you pour into these! I absolutely love them Ps: random sidenote, but you have a very soothing voice - it's really nice to listen to you talk :)

@Sendarya

3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! It's something I never knew about my voice :) I'm glad you are enjoying the videos!

I am still amazed, although I shouldn't be, that I'm still crying at this. Every single time, I'm in tears. Thank you for doing the analysis of the Nightingale. I wasn't familiar enough to have the deeper understanding you provided. I love the idea of the Bently playing the song, but I also like the idea of it being God. I want their love and relationship to be sanctioned by God but know at the same time it wouldn't provide them with any protections. Free Will and all.

I did not know this much about nightingales! Good on you for all the research. My only point of reference was the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale "The Nightingale", in which the emperor of China has a wild nightingale brought to his palace so he can hear it all the time. The bird gets depressed because it wants to be free and at the same time the emperor of Japan sends the Chinese emperor a mechanical nightingale, like a music box. The real nightingale flies away and eventually the emperor tires of the music box and misses the bird. He starts to die, the nightingale comes back, and he is restored to health. The bird ends up coming back to visit occasionally as long as the emperor doesn't tell anyone. The main theme seems to be what is real vs what is artificial but also not forcing someone to be someone they're not.

I really like this deep-dive into the significance of the song. I've always taken Crowley's "No nightingales" as a break-up, and I think that's what Aziraphale took away from it too. Imo it brings a certain context to Aziraphale's reaction to the kiss. Crowley completely contradicts himself in that moment, breaking up with Aziraphale in one breath and then kissing him in the next. Aziraphale is, understandably, very confused and overwhelmed by that. I'm personally in the Bentley camp as far as who I think caused the song to start playing in Crowley's car. That just seems to make the most sense to me. It doesn't seem like Crowley himself can make anything play in the car except for Queen. But the Bentley is still, I think, an extension of Crowley, and we see in the episode where Aziraphale drives it that the Bentley favors and wants to please him. There's even a scene where the Bentley hilariously tries to follow Aziraphale after he parks it. I'm not sure if we're meant to interpret the Bentley as having "feelings" per se, but it does seem to have some kind of sentience and I like to think that by playing the song, the Bentley is in some capacity expressing sadness, or perhaps even Crowley's heartbreak through itself, at Aziraphale's departure.

Aziraphale was really enjoying “Moonlight Serenade” when he picked up Shax. Another romantic huge hit at that time.

@Sendarya

8 ай бұрын

Indeed, and one played largely on a Clarinet!

I actual thought the Eccles cakes might have been a nod to the 9th Doctor, Christopher Eccleston, who DT transformed from when he became the 10th Doctor. Just a thought.

@Sendarya

8 ай бұрын

It could very well be! Neil does love his Doctor references :)

I watched and I think it has to be intentional? Also this is the first time I noticed that Aziraphale's little hurt face is the same when he turns and looks at Crowley. Neil Gaiman does say the reason this is their song is the lyrics, but I admit I just assumed it's because "Angels were dining at The Ritz". Hadn't thought of the rest of the song in such details. BTW wakes are still a thing, but not three days..

hi ! i know you share a lot of brainrot and i want to ask if you were ever interested in crowley before his fall. yes, we only see one scene of crowley, and limited (but structured) dialogue and interactions with aziraphale, but i do have a bit of a ✨clue✨ while jim was discovering gravity, crowley went into depth on how it was structured, then followed with jims question of why, he replied “I dunno really, it seemed like a good idea when /we/ were /all/ talking about it” (not accurate quote). if crowley was there when they made physics and gravity, he didn’t immediately go and question God, he didn’t fall until they were half way done the creation of earth-which means he collected more questions-he was probably questioning everything presented in front of him after the pillars of creation with aziraphale. in the before the beginning scene, crowley barely knew of the plans for earth before aziraphale told him, so he wasn’t quite on the job yet. and of course after the fall, he was put at the tree due to the fact that he was probably one of the only demons that knew earth so well and would be able to navigate it so well. let me know what you think! ive been dying to elaborate this little theory. -goat

@tamarabedic9601

8 ай бұрын

In real world, physics/gravity are not specific/unique to Earth. In GO universe, they likely precede the creation of Earth.

@mf.goatrice

8 ай бұрын

exactly ! im just trying to construct a timeline on where crowley fell and how heaven handled it-for example, crowley is a bit of an unreliable source-i cant remember if neil was the one to say it or not, but the point is, crowley is not as innocent as he presents himself to be, and heaven is making him entirely too guilty for what he has done. he was probably only asking questions, thought it could be the harsh tone that the crowley we know uses especially when he is frustrated/angry-even in the scene we see angel crowley get flustered at how his star systems aren’t just there to twinkle. heaven of course reacts the worst, because theyve never seen angel react in such a blasphemous manner, and crowley was damned for the rest of his existence. i do want to say sardarya, that i really do enjoy your videos and very excited to see what is to come !

@Rhi_k

8 ай бұрын

This probably doesn't add anything to your theory, but I've seen a still of part of the 'before the beginning' scene and there is very clearly a large snake eye on Crowleys side, as if it's looking at him. It isn't there for the whole scene, but it does feed into the idea that he is already being watched OR if we're going with "she (God) planned it this way from the beginning) that his fate decided/he was created gir hhis purpose and it's only a matter of time

@Rhi_k

8 ай бұрын

*his fate is decided/he was created for this purpose* Typing too fast for my own good!

@mf.goatrice

8 ай бұрын

this is a part of the generalization of the theory too ! i did look into the idea of crowley being a pawn in God’s plan, and i actually went back to the ‘before the beginning’ scene to see what you were referring to. i am not the best at spotting such details, but taking your word for it, i will say that i do believe crowley is being watched by Her (being God). in this type of faith revolving around God, people believe God test them. whether it be everyday challenges or life changing experiences. are we allowed to assume that God is just testing crowley ? i think your little ✨clue✨ does in fact allow us to do so

Have you thought about looking into the scene in Edinburgh where Crowley says "no more dying" and that "it's wrong" and how it relates to the miracle and the Second Coming?

@Sendarya

8 ай бұрын

Could you expand on this thought? I'm intrigued!

yessss more reasons to cry to the song

when season two first came out and I heard Crowley say "no nightingales" I lost my mind- I spent an unholy amount of hours analysing the nightingale song after season one. I was so glad I was right about the significance of it but absolutely sobbing when it was used to add to the heartbreak at the end.

The hidden song blowed my mind ! It's very coherent that's the nightingale song have a meaning about two lovers separated by the war when we know (we know isn't it?) that the S3 will talk about war. For me, after thinking about it and saw theories, the song comes from the Bentley. I can't imagine Aziraphale doing that, he's overwhelmed and even if Crowley is an oldfashion lover boy in his way, I don't think that's a thing he could do. The 4th option seems to 'interventionist' for me. I know the S3 will be...intense, but I hope at least one romantic scene in 1941. It would be so cool.

If that song did come from God, I think it would make sense for Crowley to shut it off

Finally someone talking about eccels cakes!

If you compare the image of Crowley sitting at the table (Smite? Smote?) at the French restaurant (Crowley and the Rose) to the cover of Oscar Wilde's The Nightingale and the Rose, you see Crowley is the nightingale, the one who loves selflessly rather than for gain (I would love you to help me, be my 2nd in command, work with me, I need you). That's why Crowley puts on his glasses and stares sideways.while Azi elaborates on his offer. Crowley understands (better than Azi does) that there are no nightingales, no one loving unconditionally with pure true love, in Azi's offer to go to heaven with him, in contrast to Crowley's offer to just be an us. That's why Azi gives him that long dark look. Azi's busted, and he knows it. They are on two different pages. I think the Bentley recognizes Crowley's page, and the song is how it tells him. That was a moment of communion between the Bentley and Crowley. In the story, the nightingale is unappreciated and unrecognized, even though she has sacrificed herself for love. I think we will see this purity of love on steroids in s3, when Crowley sacrifices himself for humanity and life on earth.

@Sendarya

7 ай бұрын

Hello! I would love to point you to my video "trust me" and also perhaps "I forgive you" to get a deeper understanding of Aziraphale. He's much harder to understand than Crowley, but he's so much deeper than he appears at first glance.

I wonder if S3 would ever confirm who made the song play. I like the idea that it's the Bentley, but I'd have to see at least one other instance of the Bentley choosing to play a song (that hadn't turned into a Queen song) purosefully to instruct Crowley, for example, before reflecting on the final 15 and understanding that as true. Many things dont' just happen once, and many things are meaningful. If s3 offers no indication of anyone having prepared that song, I'm going to unfortunately have to go with Crowley. Perhaps the least interesting in all of this. He had wanted a little us time, a breakfast at the Ritz, I think he'd wanted to swoop his angel out of there, have the car start, have that play and see Aziraphale's expression. I sense that it's maybe the least special option, because a message from Aziraphale or from god herself are also very, very interesting. But if Crowley is the one who prepared it, it's just that much more heartbreaking. We need these two sweeties to make up already!

Great video!! Just a note, but when you write stuff at the bottom (like 3:22) it's a bit hard to read because the subtitles cover it

@clarestubbs9303

8 ай бұрын

A couple of times there was more in the subtitles than you said, so I paused the video and read the extra bits! 😊

@Sendarya

8 ай бұрын

I will add text at the top from now on, thank you for pointing that out!

God herself is shipping them and played it omg 😭🤣

Did someone else notice that when the Metatron tells Aziraphale about the Second Coming, apart from the music, there is a sound overlay with the sound of Aziraphales miracles. So far in S1 and S2 every time that Aziraphale makes a miracle we hear that the same sound. For me, this means that HE made the Bentley play the song. I commented under the other nightingale video by Sendarya - have you noticed that Aziraphale learned French with Monsieur Rossignol. Rossignol means nightingale in French. Also, French is the language of love and Aziraphale doesn't speak it very well 😢

@Sendarya

6 ай бұрын

He is a little rusty with his French! I do love that Nightingale/Rossignol teacher name detail. :)

"Before the beginning" Sounds a lot like the last 3 tracks

@Sendarya

8 ай бұрын

Mirroring. It's everywhere! 😱

@jimmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

8 ай бұрын

@@Sendarya haha i saw this somewhere on tumblr so i cant take the Credit haha

I want to know about the rushes and medieval cleanliness!

A theory for my sad, broken little heart: They have kissed before. In 1941. That's part of why this song means so much to them. Watching your other videos and analyses of everything, how Aziraphale will often reach out and put his hand on Crowley, and how they confirmed held hands on the bus at the end of season 1, it follows that the comfort with physical touch between them has grown over the years. The first significant instance, at least that I can remember, is in Edinburgh when Crowley gently turns Aziraphale around to show him that Wee Morag has already passed. Later that night when he's drunk on laudanum, he smacks Azi on the back or possibly even his ass when he's telling him to "GO ON" about how poverty is ineffably wonderful and that Elspeth shouldn't take her own life. And then after the dramatics, Azi steadies Crowley with a hand around his waist as they're walking through the graveyard. The touch barrier was broken for them. I absolutely agree that 1941 was a pivotal meeting for them. I do believe that saving the books was indeed when Azi truly fell in love with Crowley, or at least finally realized it. That look after Crowley hands him the books and walks away offering a lift home says it all. And Azi wants to do something for Crowley in return. Which he does by filling in for the arrested magician and keeping Crowley on good terms with the woman at the West End theatre. When they make the agreement to do the bullet catch together, Azi is elated to shake Crowley's hand, once again breaking that touch barrier. After Aziraphale helps Crowley a second time by stealing the photo of the two of them to keep Crowley from getting into trouble, they then have their romantic toast. As you pointed out in another video, we know their night didn't end there because at some point in 1941 Azi did the "I Was Wrong Dance" (I hope we get to see the context of that 😉). I like to think that they continued a night of quiet and cautious romance which at some point included hearing that song, and as they parted Aziraphale kissed Crowley good night. Just my little fan theory to try to hold me over until season 3 💔

Despite I cried my eyes out aaagaaain watching the scene with the song, you, as usually, gave me a lot of hope, and for that I truly thank you. You do amazingly sharp observations as always. It did cheer me up the detail of the eccle cakes. You are the best 💜✨️ Also, maybe you don't know this, but Neil's wife, Amanda Palmer, who is also a singer (she has a dark cabaret/gothic band named The Dresden Dolls, that is one of my favorites ever, and she is also a solist) has a version of that song too. Maybe it is a little hint or reference into Neil's romantic life too. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Maybe the meaning of this song is more personal to Neil and beyond the characters, or reflected on them.

I thought that God was responsible for the song. Now when I heard that hidden message I'm even more convinced.

Only love from Italy...you have a new follower❤ 

@Sendarya

7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for all that love from Italy! I hope you continue to enjoy the content :)

I always thought they did hear the nightingale because they aren't human. So when Crowley said no nightingales, it meant it was over. I also hope when Crowley remembers their shared history, it isn't while he is suffering in a deep pit of hell.