I Palindrome I is an EP from They Might Be Giants

They Might Be Giants

They Might Be Giants is an American alternative rock band formed in 1982 by John Flansburgh and John Linnell. During TMBG's early years Flansburgh and Linnell were frequently accompanied by a drum machine. In the early 1990s, TMBG became a full band. Currently, the members of TMBG are...

. The title song also appears on Apollo 18

Apollo 18 (album)

Apollo 18 is They Might Be Giants' fourth studio album. It was released in 1992 and named after the Apollo missions, the last of which was Apollo 17....

(1992), released in 1992 by Elektra Records

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.

The "I Palindrome I" track itself contains numerous visual, musical, word, letter and conceptual palindrome

Palindrome

A palindrome is a word, phrase, number, or other sequence of units that can be read the same way in either direction, with general allowances for adjustments to punctuation and word dividers....

s.

They Might Be Giants performed the song on Late Night with David Letterman

Late Night with David Letterman

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in 1992.

Track listing

1. "I Palindrome I" - 2:22
2. "Cabbagetown" - 2:24
3. "Siftin'" - 1:54
4. "Larger Than Life" (Joshua Fried's remake of "She's Actual Size") - 4:17

Palindromes

A list of the palindrome

Palindrome

A palindrome is a word, phrase, number, or other sequence of units that can be read the same way in either direction, with general allowances for adjustments to punctuation and word dividers....

s (things that are the same backwards as they are forwards) included within the song is:

Palindrome	Type
Title: "I Palindrome I"	Word
Lyrics: "'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.'"	Word
Reference: ouroboros Ouroboros The Ouroboros is an ancient symbol depicting a serpent or dragon eating its own tail. The name originates from within Greek language; οὐρά meaning "tail" and βόρος meaning "eating", thus "he who eats the tail"....	Conceptual
Lyrics: "Man o nam"	Letter
Reference: spring Spring (device) A spring is an elastic object used to store mechanical energy. Springs are usually made out of spring steel. Small springs can be wound from pre-hardened stock, while larger ones are made from annealed steel and hardened after fabrication...	Conceptual
Lyrics: "Egad, a base tone denotes a bad age"	Letter
Playing time: 2:22	Letter
Melody: The bridge may itself be a crab canon Crab canon A crab canon—also known by the Latin form of the name, canon cancrizans—is an arrangement of two musical lines that are complementary and backward, similar to a palindrome. Originally it is a musical term for a kind of canon in which one line is reversed in time from the other . A famous example... , with the bass rising through the scale as the melody descends	Musical

External links

• I Palindrome I EP at This Might Be A Wiki
• "I Palindrome I" (song) at This Might Be A Wiki