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I Should Be Allowed To Think

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song nameI Should Be Allowed to Think
artistThey Might Be Giants
albumJohn Henry, Dial-A-Song: 20 Years Of They Might Be Giants
year1994
first playedDec. 3, 1993 (6 known performances)
run time3:09
sung byJohn Linnell; John Flansburgh sings lead on the bridge

[edit] Trivia/Info

  • Described by Linnell as "one of the sort of unreliable narrator lyrics" (from an interview promoting Gigantic)
  • The opening line of the song, "I saw the best minds of my generation/destroyed by madness, starving, hysterical..." comes from the opening line of Allen Ginsberg's epic poem, Howl (full text). According to Pat Dillett in Podcast 27A:
The poet graciously gave permission for the band to quote the poem, and in a gesture that harkens back to a simpler time, asked for nothing in return.
  • An excerpt of this song was read by Andy Richter in Gigantic.

[edit] Song Themes

Colors, Egoism And Pretentiousness, Gleeful Irreverence, Intelligence, Espionage, Me, Mind Control, Hypnotism, Music, Oxymorons, Paradoxes, And Contradictory Statements, Paranoia, Poetry, Reading, Telephony

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