West Virginia
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| song name | West Virginia |
| artist | John Linnell |
| releases | State Songs, They Might Be Giants Vs. McSweeney's, TMBG Clock Radio |
| year | 1999 |
| first played | November 14, 1999 (25 known performances) |
| run time | 3:32 |
| sung by | John Linnell |
Trivia/Info
- From the State Songs liner notes: "The nation's leading producer of bituminous coal, the Mountain State boasts the Black Bear as its Official State Animal."
- The two plants mentioned in the song, the sugar maple and the great rhododendron are West Virginia's state tree and flower respectively. When asked about the correlation between the two in a 1999 interview with The Collegian, Linnell simply said "It refers to some symbolic things about West Virginia, but it isn't really about it."
- The line "There's another deep inside you" is likely inspired by the song "Georgy Girl:" "There's another Georgy deep inside." TMBG performed a cover of the song multiple times between late 1997 and 1998.
- In They Might Be Giants Vs. McSweeney's, this song accompanies "Euology for Saul Steinberg" by Ian Frazier. It is the only song by either of the Johns' solo projects on the release.
Song Themes
Colors, Parties, Plants, Questions, Recursion, References To Other Songs Or Musicians, Shapes, Temperature, US States
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