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“Birdhouse in Your Soul”—They Might Be Giants

60 Songs That Explain the '90s

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King Missile

John S. Hall the lead singer was like a New York poet basically and so a lot of their songs are his takes on life observations and existential dread over these very lush musical arrangements. They also had their fair share of whimsy and I'm a sucker for the whimsy Absolutely. It wasn't often or really ever that I saw them written about by the time I'm reading music magazines You know, it's almost like post grunge then Sure, so there's not there.

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