Editing Howl (poem) (section)

== Legacy ==

Part II of the poem was used as libretto for Song #7 in ''[[Hydrogen Jukebox]]'', a 1990 [[chamber opera]] using a selection of Ginsberg's poems set to music by [[Philip Glass]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Thomas Rain Crowe|editor1-last=Kostelanetz|editor1-first=Richard|editor2-last=Flemming|editor2-first=Robert|title=Writings on Glass: Essays, Interviews, Criticism|date=1997|publisher=University of California Press|pages=249–250|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tykImG0WAsAC&pg=PA249|access-date=23 October 2016|chapter=Hydrogen Jukebox (1990)|isbn=9780520214910}}</ref> The title itself comes from the poem: "...listening to the crack of doom on the hydrogen jukebox..."<ref>{{cite web |title=Hydrogen Jukebox – Philip Glass |url=https://philipglass.com/recordings/hydrogen_jukebox/ |access-date=3 May 2024}}<!--see Notes tab--></ref>
The first line of the poem, "I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical&nbsp;..." was also used as the opening line in the song "I Should Be Allowed to Think" by [[They Might Be Giants]]. A paraphrased version of the quote, "I've seen the best minds of my generation, they are starving, hysterical, and naked" can be heard during the interlude of [[Machinehead (song)|Machinehead]] by [[Bush (British band)|Bush]]. [[Tav Falco]] recites the opening lines in the [[Tav Falco's Panther Burns|Panther Burns]]' 1981 version of [[Bourgeois Blues]].

The opening of the poem was also recited by [[Richard Moll]] in the 1981 movie ''[[American Pop]]'' and by [[Lana Del Rey]] in her 2013 short film ''[[Tropico (2013 film)|Tropico]]''.