He was like this pinnacle of light and truth, and the church made him recant. Saliers: Well, I was thinking about him because he came up with such great truths. Songfacts: Where does Galileo fit in this whole thing? And it is a regeneration of souls until we reach Nirvana. But back then, my friend really believed that we come back as something else. I don't know if I believe in the exchange of souls, but I'm not a firm believer in, like, reincarnation, and that I'm going to come back and be a dog, or another creature. Saliers: That's the way I understood it back then. Songfacts: So we would keep improving on ourselves every time we reincarnate. So it was kind of like taking a heavy subject and sort of having fun with it. And I was thinking, you know, I'm so far from being the perfect soul that I should be that at least the world isn't going to experience nuclear holocaust while I'm alive, because I have to have my soul be regenerated at least once. There's this one point in the song where, as I understood reincarnation, you know it's a regeneration of souls for the betterment of all creatures and things over time. And I wanted to write a song that was upbeat, that sort of took the whole subject sort of in a lighthearted way, even though I was thinking about it very seriously. What we believe, you know, does it mean that you come back as a dog or a tree or whatever, another human being, and the exchange of souls and all that stuff. Saliers: Well, I was talking with my friend about reincarnation. Songfacts: So, in the song " Galileo," I have this image of you having one of your favorite beverages with a conversation with someone, and I was wondering what the real story is. Three sets, finishing at 3 a.m., so I had some early experiences at bars at 3 a.m., certainly. Saliers: Well, Amy and I used to be a bar band, and we would play 'til 3 a.m. Songfacts: And the bar at 3 a.m., did that actually happen? So that was sort of a comment about that. So I was saying I don't think this professor has the right to judge me in terms of real life, when we're caught up in this insular, sort of strange academic world. And I sort of put those images together, and it was sort of a poke at academia and the way it can sometimes be removed from reality. You know, and his pictures just looked so bizarre to me, and always struck me. And I remember in high school one of my teachers had a poster of Rasputin on his door. Songfacts: Was there really a doctor of philosophy? Was that based on a real person? So it's about being confused but looking for the answers, and in the end knowing that you're going to be fine. There's no panacea, that in order to be balanced or feel closer to fine it's okay to draw from this or to draw from that, to draw from a bunch of different sources. And that song is about not beating yourself up too hard to get your answer from one place. So that song, I was with my family in Vermont, and we were sitting in this, like, rustic cabin, and I was sitting on a front porch and looking out into the trees, which, you know, whenever you're such a bucolic setting, it can make you feel very philosophical. I mean, all of my songs, they're a combination of real experiences and what I observe through other peoples' behavior and experience. Saliers: It is based on real experiences. Songfacts: Now, that song, I'm wondering if it's based on real experiences. Carl Wiser (Songfacts): I'd love to start with " Closer To Fine." Here, Emily charts her journey through some of those Indigo Girls songs, and explains how their unique songwriting arrangement works. Signed to the label in 1988, they used their creative control to make meaningful music sung in their distinctive harmonies, with Amy's alto complementing Emily's soprano. They quickly built a fervent following that gave them bargaining power when Epic Records came calling. By 1985, they were using the much more intriguing appellation Indigo Girls, and that year they issued "Crazy Game," an independent single that was followed by a full-length album. Religion, reincarnation and a 7th grade crush all provided inspiration for some of her work as half of the Indigo Girls.Įmily and her musical partner Amy Ray have been recording since high school, back when they called their act Saliers and Ray.
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