Geek Pop

Onwards with our new two-podcasts-a-month mission. And this month we’re bringing you a song specially commissioned by Geek Pop (yes, by us!) for Bright Club Bristol. Hoorah!

We asked Bristol-based musician Lori Campbell to write us something a bit silly for a sciencey sort of show. And well, she’s done us proud.

Thanks to Lori’s friend John Hendicott for putting all the mics in the right places and to Mr Lori for the inspiration.

THE SONG: The First Time - Lori Campbell

Live session downloads available here.

I can’t remember the first time I saw your face, but faces change and so have I I always knew there was something unique about you and I let my curiosity get the better of me This is the first time I have loved an intellectual, mathematical, he always corrects my grammaticals Ever so practical, exceptional, electromagnetical man, who says things like: “The colours of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky, but that’s not only blue and yellow you see floating high It’s a phenomenological phenomenon, a trick of the light… The light is first refracted, entering the surface of the raindrop, reflected off the back of the drop and again refracted as it leaves the drop The overall effect is that the incoming light is reflected back over a wide range of angles, with the most intense light at the angle of 40 to 42 degrees The angle is independent of the size of the drop but it does depend on the refractive index.” He’s so romantic like that He is an intellectual, mathematical, he always corrects my grammaticals, ever so practical, exceptional, electromagnetical man If science and art could agree to agree that they’re fighting the same battle, kind of like you and me Freedom from ignorance, striving for excellence There’s a first time for everything - wouldn’t you agree? Still I don’t know how you ended up with me Because I am idealistic and slightly autistic, artistic and generally I like to risk it I’m hardy but tardy, I have a good heart, I erratically cry and compulsively lie and I can’t tell you why I do what I do, I can not find my shoe And I can’t tell you how I ended up with, probably can’t live without, you

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Intro/outro music: Intercontinental Music Lab. Image: Julianna Photopoulos. Click here to sponsor this podcast.