About This Song
About "Put Down Yr Cigarette Rag" by Allen Ginsberg
A jaunty, ragtime-inflected rant against nicotine, Ginsberg's 'Put Down Yr Cigarette Rag' is part public-service announcement, part beat poetry. The piano tumbles, the voice scolds and cajoles, and the whole thing feels like a wisecracking uncle shaking his finger—lovably hypocritical.
