In honor of 11/11/11 - I Palindrome I by They Might Be Giants, live in 1992.
I just discovered the lyrics contain a few actual palindromes:
‘Son, I am able,’ she said, ‘though you scare me.’ ‘Watch,’ said I. ‘Beloved,’ I said, ‘watch me scare you, though.’ Said she: ‘Able am I, son.’
and
Egad, a base tone denotes a bad age
![Well I ain’t feeling happyAbout the state of things in my lifeBut I’m working to make it betterWith a six of Miller High LifeJust drinking and a-drivingMaking sure my dues get paidBecause alienation’s for the richAnd I’m feeling poorer every day
TMBG - Alienation’s for the Rich
[more about Miller High life’s redesign]](http://www.tumblr.com/photo/1280/iduncan/738292662/1/tumblr_l4miq7oQQk1qzghr5)
Well I ain’t feeling happy
About the state of things in my life
But I’m working to make it better
With a six of Miller High Life
Just drinking and a-driving
Making sure my dues get paid
Because alienation’s for the rich
And I’m feeling poorer every day
TMBG - Alienation’s for the Rich
[more about Miller High life’s redesign]
The Economist got their hip to the cool on, headlining their special report on banks in emerging markets They Might Be Giants.
I was so pleased when I read it.
TMBG’s album Flood was 20 years old this week. Rolling Stone has them commenting on every song on the album. They admit that they just made up a lot of words and have since tried to imbue them with meaning. At one point John Linnell admits that putting quotation marks around anything can make it sound more like a metaphor than a jumble.
They Might Be Giants are making it worth having children just so you can educate them. They did it for letters and numbers and now they’re back again doing it for science. I like these kids albums more than I like their recent so-called proper albums.
TMBG - Why Does The Sun Really Shine? (The Sun is a Miasma of Incandescent Plasma) (via Skwidspawn)
