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stoutfellowI'm sitting here listening to Sara Bareilles' "Cassiopeia". I said before that I love her music, and this song is an example of why.
When she was writing the songs for the "Blessed Unrest" album, she was reading a pop-sci book on astronomy, and was struck by a chapter on supernovas, which mentioned the Cassiopeia A supernova. That supernova resulted from the interaction of two companion stars. Bareilles was inspired to write this song, casting the interaction as a love story. It's audacious, it's clever, it's even funny, and it's the kind of side-angle stuff that she excels at. (She also writes more conventional songs, like "Little Black Dress" and "I Choose You", which I also love for completely different reasons.)
Toujours l'audace!
When she was writing the songs for the "Blessed Unrest" album, she was reading a pop-sci book on astronomy, and was struck by a chapter on supernovas, which mentioned the Cassiopeia A supernova. That supernova resulted from the interaction of two companion stars. Bareilles was inspired to write this song, casting the interaction as a love story. It's audacious, it's clever, it's even funny, and it's the kind of side-angle stuff that she excels at. (She also writes more conventional songs, like "Little Black Dress" and "I Choose You", which I also love for completely different reasons.)
Toujours l'audace!
