In an NPR interview, Bird mentions that palindromes generate a sort of cadence that inspired the cadence of the song. He also mentions that he came up with the fake palindromes in the lyrics to entertain himself during a long drive between Tallahassee and Charleston.
Other than "Dewey-eyed", which backwards reads "deye-yewed" and thus is close enough to being a real palindrome ... what are the other palindrome phrases that appear in the lyrics to this song?
As for the evolution of the song, after looking at the website that Slartibartfast referenced, it seems that this song originated as a song called "Trepanation", which itself incorporated lyrics from earlier songs "Richmond Woman" and "Blood". "Trepanation" is inspired by a particular singles ad he noticed, that was slightly different than the normal pattern of all ads being slight variations of each other ("young people trying to get together scanning the room looking for their romantic ideal, looking for those with similar marcations and a glance that they will try to steal and I noticed an alarming trend towards specialization").
Possibly after his Charleston trip, he re-invented "Trepanation" as a song called "My Dewey-eyed Disney Bride", which removes the direct references to singles ads. The lyrics are now essentially the same as the final product "Fake Palindromes". What changes next is the instrumentation and cadence, especially the electric violin "fake palindrome" parts.
In an NPR interview, Bird mentions that palindromes generate a sort of cadence that inspired the cadence of the song. He also mentions that he came up with the fake palindromes in the lyrics to entertain himself during a long drive between Tallahassee and Charleston.
Other than "Dewey-eyed", which backwards reads "deye-yewed" and thus is close enough to being a real palindrome ... what are the other palindrome phrases that appear in the lyrics to this song?
As for the evolution of the song, after looking at the website that Slartibartfast referenced, it seems that this song originated as a song called "Trepanation", which itself incorporated lyrics from earlier songs "Richmond Woman" and "Blood". "Trepanation" is inspired by a particular singles ad he noticed, that was slightly different than the normal pattern of all ads being slight variations of each other ("young people trying to get together scanning the room looking for their romantic ideal, looking for those with similar marcations and a glance that they will try to steal and I noticed an alarming trend towards specialization").
Possibly after his Charleston trip, he re-invented "Trepanation" as a song called "My Dewey-eyed Disney Bride", which removes the direct references to singles ads. The lyrics are now essentially the same as the final product "Fake Palindromes". What changes next is the instrumentation and cadence, especially the electric violin "fake palindrome" parts.