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* TheWalrusWasPaul: "Particle Man" seems like a very cryptic song, and it isn't clear who the four "men" are supposed to represent, if anyone. John Flansburgh described it as "just a song about characters in the most obvious sense" and claims that the lyrics are not intended to invoke real people, though Linnell later said that Triangle Man was based on a friend's observation that Creator/RobertMitchum looked like an evil triangle when he took his shirt off in ''Film/TheNightOfTheHunter''.
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* TroubledProduction: Downplayed. Hiring Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley to produce four tracks, among them "Birdhouse In Your Soul" and "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)", consumed 2/3 of the budget. As a result, a few of the deep cuts are comparatively stripped-back, and "Road Movie To Berlin" uses an incorrect vocal take.

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* TroubledProduction: Downplayed. Hiring Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley to produce four of the 19 tracks, among them "Birdhouse In Your Soul" and "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)", consumed 2/3 of the budget. As a result, a few of the deep cuts are comparatively stripped-back, and "Road Movie To Berlin" uses an incorrect vocal take.
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* TroubledProduction: Downplayed; "Birdhouse In Your Soul," "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" and two non-single tracks (out of nineteen overall, not counting outtakes) consumed 2/3 of the budget. As a result, a few of the deep cuts are comparatively stripped-back, and "Road Movie To Berlin" uses an incorrect vocal take.

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* TroubledProduction: Downplayed; Downplayed. Hiring Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley to produce four tracks, among them "Birdhouse In Your Soul," Soul" and "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" and two non-single tracks (out of nineteen overall, not counting outtakes) Constantinople)", consumed 2/3 of the budget. As a result, a few of the deep cuts are comparatively stripped-back, and "Road Movie To Berlin" uses an incorrect vocal take.
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* TroubledProduction: Downplayed; "Birdhouse In Your Soul," "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" and two non-single tracks (out of nineteen overall, not counting outtakes) consumed 2/3 of the budget. As a result, a few of the deep cuts are comparatively stripped-back, and "Road Movie To Berlin" uses a vocal take on which Flansburgh left out a verse by mistake.

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* TroubledProduction: Downplayed; "Birdhouse In Your Soul," "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" and two non-single tracks (out of nineteen overall, not counting outtakes) consumed 2/3 of the budget. As a result, a few of the deep cuts are comparatively stripped-back, and "Road Movie To Berlin" uses a an incorrect vocal take on which Flansburgh left out a verse by mistake.take.
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* TroubledProduction: Downplayed; "Birdhouse In Your Soul," "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" and two non-single tracks (out of nineteen overall, not counting outtakes) consumed 2/3 of the budget. As a result, a few of the deep cuts are comparatively stripped-back, and "Road Movie To Berlin" uses a vocal take on which Flansburgh left out a verse by mistake.

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* TroubledProduction: Downplayed; "Birdhouse In Your Soul," "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" and two non-single tracks (out of nineteen overall, not counting outtakes) consumed 2/3 of the budget. As a result, a few of the deep cuts are comparatively stripped-back, and "Road Movie To Berlin" uses a vocal take on which Flansburgh left out a verse by mistake.mistake.
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* TroubledProduction: Downplayed; "Birdhouse In Your Soul," "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" and two non-single tracks (out of nineteen overall, not counting outtakes) consumed 2/3 of the budget. As a result, a few of the deep cuts are comparatively stripped-back, and "Road Movie To Berlin" uses a vocal take which leaves out an entire verse.

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* TroubledProduction: Downplayed; "Birdhouse In Your Soul," "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" and two non-single tracks (out of nineteen overall, not counting outtakes) consumed 2/3 of the budget. As a result, a few of the deep cuts are comparatively stripped-back, and "Road Movie To Berlin" uses a vocal take on which leaves Flansburgh left out an entire verse.a verse by mistake.
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* ShrugOfGod: As stated by John Linnell in an interview, "People...really want to know what the secret message behind 'Particle Man' is, you know, and there just isn't one. It's what it is."

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* ShrugOfGod: As stated by John Linnell in an interview, "People...really want to know what the secret message behind 'Particle Man' is, you know, and there just isn't one. It's what it is.""
* TroubledProduction: Downplayed; "Birdhouse In Your Soul," "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" and two non-single tracks (out of nineteen overall, not counting outtakes) consumed 2/3 of the budget. As a result, a few of the deep cuts are comparatively stripped-back, and "Road Movie To Berlin" uses a vocal take which leaves out an entire verse.
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* ShrugOfGod: As stated by John Linnell in an interview, "People really...want to know what the secret message behind 'Particle Man' is, you know, and there just isn't one. It's what it is."

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* ShrugOfGod: As stated by John Linnell in an interview, "People really..."People...really want to know what the secret message behind 'Particle Man' is, you know, and there just isn't one. It's what it is."
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* ShrugOfGod: As stated by John Linnell in an interview, "People really, they really want to know what the secret message behind 'Particle Man' is, you know, and there just isn't one. It's what it is."

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* ShrugOfGod: As stated by John Linnell in an interview, "People really, they really really...want to know what the secret message behind 'Particle Man' is, you know, and there just isn't one. It's what it is."
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** "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" was also used in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Mobile Homer".

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** "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" was also used in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Mobile Homer".Homer".
* ShrugOfGod: As stated by John Linnell in an interview, "People really, they really want to know what the secret message behind 'Particle Man' is, you know, and there just isn't one. It's what it is."
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** "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" and "Particle Man" gained the album new followers after they were turned into music videos on ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures''.
** "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" was also used in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Mobile Homer".

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