The Science of the Soul...Nerina Pallot

Passion and silence. Every word, every line, a m e a s u r e. It’s the science of the soul...

My friend, Peggy, just sent me an mp3 that I had to share. It's a song called "Sophia" by Nerina Pallot.

From reading her bio, it seems she comes from a very eclectic background...while keeping her foundation firm.

Someone once wrote the words” go, little book, go”. I want to re-phrase it and say “go, little song, go.” See, to me, songs have lives of their own, (the good ones at any rate): they spin their webs and catch moments, memories, emotions, and people too. Some songs are small and shy like a nervous child that suddenly breaks into a smile when you least expect, and some bully you into submission or knock you out straight up. Some you don’t hear from for ages, and then you meet them again one day and you are pleased to see they have grown up ok and aren’t stealing from grandmothers or selling you insurance. Or asking you to vote for them...

..I can sing every song off Stevie Wonder’s Talking Book and recite lyrics verbatim from Joni’s Blue. I love Steely Dan so much that I even spent hours learning the guitar solo from Reeling in the Years.....very slowly though.

I thought she was interesting...and I loved the song.

Hope y'all do, too.

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