Hate the Villanelle

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They Might Be Giants

2015

Hate the Villanelle by They Might Be Giants

Release Date

Mon Feb 02 2015

Performed by

They Might Be Giants

Produced by

They Might Be Giants & Patrick Dillett

Writed by

John Flansburgh & John Linnell

About

Week 5 of They Might Be Giants' 2015 Dial-A-Song project, “Hate the Villanelle” is itself a villanelle, a particularly complex 19-line poetic form popular in the 19th century.

Hate the Villanelle Lyrics

Don't hate the villain! Hate the villanelle
With these picky rules and odd jigsaw rhymes
Curses! These verses are my prison cell

At school I ran from the very first bell
The teacher's ruler, those maddening chimes
Don't hate the villain! Hate the villanelle

Joking in class. Oh! The words I misspell
Mumbles and stammers but are those real crimes?
Curses! These verses are my prison cell

If someone could hear, for someone to tell
But friends have all fled to far away climes
Don't hate the villain! Hate the villanelle

I solve this puzzle but tumble through hell
These words are fractions when I needed primes
Curses! These verses are my prison cell

My hand disappears as I wave farewell
This gentle quicksand turns into hard times
Don't hate the villain! Hate the villanelle
Curses! These verses are my prison cell

Hate the Villanelle Q&A

Who wrote Hate the Villanelle's ?

Hate the Villanelle was written by John Flansburgh & John Linnell.

Who produced Hate the Villanelle's ?

Hate the Villanelle was produced by They Might Be Giants & Patrick Dillett.

When did They Might Be Giants release Hate the Villanelle?

They Might Be Giants released Hate the Villanelle on Mon Feb 02 2015.

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