I Palindrome I

I Palindrome I
EP by They Might Be Giants
Released	May 7, 1992
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	12:04
Label	Elektra
They Might Be Giants chronology
The Statue Got Me High (1992) I Palindrome I (1992) The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight) (1992)
They Might Be Giants EP chronology
The Statue Got Me High (1992) I Palindrome I (1992) The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight) (1992)

I Palindrome I is an EP from They Might Be Giants. The title song also appears on Apollo 18 (1992), released in 1992 by Elektra Records.

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

They Might Be Giants performed the song on Late Night with David Letterman 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 palindromes (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	Conceptual
Lyrics: "Man o nam"	Letter
Reference: spring	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, with the bass rising through the scale as the melody descends	Musical

See also

• Palindrome

External links

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