More Squeeze pleeze :)

 WonderLizard wrote: 
You're right; it's not a harmony, it's more of a unison (or monophony) - one octave apart.

One of my least favorite tunes from one of my favorite bands.

TUUUNE!

How do you write a song like this?  each component is so very wrong, but put it all together and its fantastic.  9

Saw Squeeze this summer on a double bill with the B-52's of all people.  The B-52's songs and act have not aged well at all.  They are still fun to see and watching the crowd is worth the price of admission in itself.  Squeeze on the other hand still has their fastball.  The band is tight, Glen and Chris can still hit all their notes and the songs still sound fresh and modern all these years.  My wife is now a big fan.

I saw Chris Difford unplugged in a tiny venue at the Edinburgh Fringe in August, with the wonderful Dorie Jackson sharing vocals and taking the higher line that Tilbrook does with Squeeze. They opened with Take Me I'm Yours - it sounded brilliant in that stripped down arrangement of one guitar and two voices.

 Lizard62 wrote: 
I take it back. Not all lizards rule.

Vocals are tricky. Most of the time I'm looking for a strong lead and, if we're lucky, a one- or two-part harmony. With the better bluegrass and vocally oriented pop bands (Mamas and Papas, Spanky and Our Gang, Beachboys, Beatles, etc.) three- and four-part harmonies abound. Tilbrook and Difford are different because they sing the same melody line, but with entirely separate tones (Tilbrook's the tenor; Difford the baritone), creating a harmony which is not a harmony at all, but still works.

 ScottFromWyoming wrote: 

I'll be seeing them in Milw. on Sunday night for the first time (live) in 31 years.  I've seen both the with Jules and post Jules Holland eras of the early eighties, and each was delightful. 

I also somehow remember hitting the bathroom during "I Think I'm Go Go" (not one of their better ditties) at First Avenue in Mpls. with Carrack in the fold.  Have they aged at all from this?

 sine-quinn-non wrote: 
I agree, they're a great live act. I saw them decades ago with Jools Holland still in the band and as Difford & Tilbrook in support of that non-Squeeze album, and I saw a little of Chris Difford solo at a festival umpteen years ago too. Always cool.

This was a high school song for me.

I just saw them live and was expecting a decent and enjoyably nostalgic show.  It was AMAZING!  My friend has since purchased about 4 Squeeze albums. 
They put on a fantastic show (at a middling venue in Baltimore).  They rocked hard and Tilbrook's voice sounded as strong as ever.

I just bumped up my rating from 9 to 10.

A classic from college days...  GOD, I'm getting old!

no thanks....

i LOVE this.
have seen them so many times live. each time it was sooo much fun.
i'll never get tired of difford and tilbrook. 

Playing at the Mountain Winery with Debbie Harry. I'm not sure I want Debbie to sing with them, actually, because I saw them two years ago and they all sounded great!

Agreed; indeed!  I saw him live at The Soiled Dove in Denver in the fall of 2001 and again five years or so ago at an intimate little place in Kichijoji, and not only is he jaw-droppingly good at guitar but at the keys as well!  He is still able to belt out impassioned vocals both silky and wild, and yet with all his brilliant talent, he's also always a very approachable, down-to-Earth guy who genuinely appreciates his fans.  He even remembers your voice if you make the same request (my fave's the pop-novel mini-masterpiece Up the Junction) again years later!  Want to get blown away for real?  Check out his guitar work on Wild Sewerage Tickles Brazil (on the "UK Squeeze" record)...truly staggering!

 WonderLizard wrote:

 ktnsb wrote: 
They sang like that on a few tunes.  "'Signature sound' marketing strategy"?  I think their success had much more to do with the great melodies and lyrics they wrote.  I think people should be able to sing as they want.

play it LOUDER !!

Wow, insane that I never heared this song before. Guess they didn't make it a to Belgium in the eighties.

Bill, please play some more from these guys, especially "Slap and Tickle".

 peacockangel wrote: 

I just saw Squeeze open for Cheap Trick (summer of 2010).  Good

Glenn Tillbrook, along with Neil Finn, is a seriously underrated guitarist.

I'd nearly forgotten about these guys.  What a great memory jar.  Give the album samples a listen on Amazon.
Terrific stuff...
Annie Get Your Gun.  Whoa.... — that in itself is a 20.  Come on Bill,play us some more Squeeze, please.

i can't believe this is 28 years old.  it sounds like half of what's coming out of LA right now.

 jmpnbob wrote: 

LOL, it seems you have mixed feelings about this.

 peter_james_bond wrote: 
Yeah—Up The Juction is marvelous pop ditty I seem to enjoy every time I hear it (unfortunately not here).

9 ~ I saw The Smithereens open for them in 89(?)88(?)

Not enough Squeeze in the RP library!

Haven't head this in far too long.. Still great after all these years.