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Ning, I have a similar harmony story. But mine's a little more tragic, just as my life is a little more tragic. Make that melodramatic.
My sister always has had a great ear for harmony. In fact she and her friend Liz did a great "Homeward Bound" with Lord Russ and Mark Page on guitar in 1988 at my high school talent show.
So's I'm in 9th grade, she's in 12th. Once she had her licence, she'd drive me to school. Choosing what to listen to on the 7 minute drive was always of great importance. We'd sing along, or crtitique it. One day it was the Beatles, and the song was "If I Fell". My natural tendency was to sing the Paul part ("If I trust in you, oh please, don't run and hide..."), which is the melody, and it's higher. But my sister said " No, I have Paul's part--you sing John's part--it's lower". And I couldn't for the life of me figure it out. I got a little chewing-out for that. She demonstrated what it was, but I still couldn't do it. I felt really stupid, and for a while avoided that song because it exposed a crack in my armour. A blow to my pride.
Finally, years later I'd hear it while working at Stop and Shop and I'd sing along to John's part. But every other time I'd get a mental block and couldn't do it at all. Suddenly everyone in the frozen foods aisle would turn and laugh in slow motion, and then in unison, they'd all sing John's part perfectly. And they'd all say in slowed down voices, "it's easy, Brian, what's wrong with you? I guess you're going to be in frozen foods your whole life...whole life...whole life..." I'd wake up in the back room covered in Cool Whip.
It is a little tricky you gotta admit. But now I can say, 17 years later, I got it down.
Um, I think.
Don't test me or I'll have a breakdown.
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