(Nothing But) Flowers
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"(Nothing But) Flowers" is a 1988 song by the American rock band Talking Heads that satirically imagines a post-apocalyptic world where modern civilization has been replaced by nature.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| (Nothing But) Flowers canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5144603 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: (Nothing But) Flowers Context triple: [Talking Heads, notableWork, (Nothing But) Flowers]
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A.
Send Me No Flowers
Send Me No Flowers is a 1964 American romantic comedy film starring Rock Hudson and Doris Day, centered on a hypochondriac who mistakenly believes he is dying and tries to find a new husband for his wife.
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B.
Flowers on the Wall
"Flowers on the Wall" is a 1965 country-pop song by the Statler Brothers, known for its ironic, deadpan lyrics about loneliness and its enduring popularity as the group's signature hit.
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C.
You Don't Bring Me Flowers
"You Don't Bring Me Flowers" is a popular ballad best known from the 1978 duet version by Neil Diamond and Barbra Streisand, which became a major hit for its emotional portrayal of a fading relationship.
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D.
Flower Power
Flower Power is a distinctive floral-patterned color scheme used on certain models of Apple's iMac G3 computers released in the early 2000s.
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E.
Flower
Flower is the shy, good-natured skunk who befriends Bambi and Thumper in Disney’s 1942 animated film "Bambi."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: (Nothing But) Flowers Target entity description: "(Nothing But) Flowers" is a 1988 song by the American rock band Talking Heads that satirically imagines a post-apocalyptic world where modern civilization has been replaced by nature.
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A.
Send Me No Flowers
Send Me No Flowers is a 1964 American romantic comedy film starring Rock Hudson and Doris Day, centered on a hypochondriac who mistakenly believes he is dying and tries to find a new husband for his wife.
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B.
Flowers on the Wall
"Flowers on the Wall" is a 1965 country-pop song by the Statler Brothers, known for its ironic, deadpan lyrics about loneliness and its enduring popularity as the group's signature hit.
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C.
You Don't Bring Me Flowers
"You Don't Bring Me Flowers" is a popular ballad best known from the 1978 duet version by Neil Diamond and Barbra Streisand, which became a major hit for its emotional portrayal of a fading relationship.
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D.
Flower Power
Flower Power is a distinctive floral-patterned color scheme used on certain models of Apple's iMac G3 computers released in the early 2000s.
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E.
Flower
Flower is the shy, good-natured skunk who befriends Bambi and Thumper in Disney’s 1942 animated film "Bambi."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | Naked NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | Talking Heads NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | David Byrne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| describes | replacement of modern conveniences by nature ⓘ |
| featuresInstrument |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ guitar ⓘ keyboards ⓘ percussion ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
ⓘ
rock ⓘ |
| hasChorus | "This was a Pizza Hut / Now it's all covered with daisies" ⓘ |
| hasLiveVersion | live performances by Talking Heads members ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | "(Nothing But) Flowers" music video ⓘ |
| hasNarrativePerspective | first-person narrator ⓘ |
| includedIn | Talking Heads discography ⓘ |
| influenced | later discussions of environmental themes in pop music ⓘ |
| isIncludedIn | compilations of Talking Heads songs ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricalTone |
ironic
ⓘ
satirical ⓘ |
| partOf | "Naked" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Talking Heads NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Steve Lillywhite
ⓘ
Talking Heads NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordingArtist | Talking Heads NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Sire Records
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Warner Bros. Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1988 ⓘ |
| theme |
nature reclaiming urban spaces
ⓘ
post-apocalyptic world ⓘ satire of modern civilization ⓘ |
| trackNumberOnAlbum | 2 ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | lead vocals by David Byrne ⓘ |
| writer | David Byrne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: (Nothing But) Flowers Description of subject: "(Nothing But) Flowers" is a 1988 song by the American rock band Talking Heads that satirically imagines a post-apocalyptic world where modern civilization has been replaced by nature.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.