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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
releasesJohn 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

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.

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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