The+five+senses

Everything we absorb as a human comes through the five senses: sight/ touch/ smell/ sound/ taste

That is why these provide good stimulus and description for writing. In M. Jackson's song he uses the sense of sound:

'In the darkness, the town gave forth the sounds of its invisible life: a dog yelping, shouts, a radio badly tuned, an inconsolable child crying, a motor scooter puttering down a potholed lane...'

This adds so much depth to the writing. Much better than: 'the town was full of noise.'