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“Talk Shows on Mute” is a song by the American alternative rock band Incubus. It was released as the second single from the band’s 2004 album, A Crow Left of the Murder..., and peaked at #3 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and #18 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The song has a mellow and stripped-down sound, with lyrics containing references to George Orwell’s novel Nineteen Eighty-Four and Philip K. Dick’s novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?. Lead singer Brandon Boyd says the inspiration for the song came to him while watching a talk show on an airplane. “I was on an airplane when a talk show began playing on the TVs. I decided to start narrating for the people, which is a really great game if you’re ever bored enough. I realized a time will... Read on...