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Squeeze — Take Me I'm Yours
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garrettb
(Vancouver, Canada / Dublin, Ireland)
Posted: May 13, 2013 - 10:43
 
More Squeeze pleeze :)

Proclivities
(Paris of the Piedmont)
Posted: Feb 08, 2013 - 08:58
 
 WonderLizard wrote:
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.
 
You're right; it's not a harmony, it's more of a unison (or monophony) - one octave apart.

ziakut
(Slightly North of Obvlivion)
Posted: Dec 07, 2012 - 15:37
 
One of my least favorite tunes from one of my favorite bands.

stunix
(Narrowboat nr Caen Locks)
Posted: Nov 06, 2012 - 06:13
 
TUUUNE!

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

LPCity
(Salt Lake City, Utah)
Posted: Oct 03, 2012 - 16:37
 
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.

Donaldinho
(Winchester, UK)
Posted: Sep 04, 2012 - 08:11
 
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.

WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Sep 04, 2012 - 07:56
 
 Lizard62 wrote:
{#Sorry}{#Crashcomp} no thanks....

 
I take it back. Not all lizards rule.

WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Sep 04, 2012 - 07:55
 
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.

treatment_bound
(Duluth to Madison)
Posted: Jul 03, 2012 - 10:37
 
 ScottFromWyoming 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.
 

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?


ScottFromWyoming
(Powell)
Posted: Jul 03, 2012 - 10:11
 
 sine-quinn-non wrote:
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.
 
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.

sine-quinn-non
(wdc)
Posted: Jun 01, 2012 - 13:43
 
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.

strick
(A New Home in the Sun)
Posted: Feb 27, 2012 - 10:37
 
A classic from college days...  GOD, I'm getting old!

Lizard62
(1290km N of Paradise)
Posted: Feb 27, 2012 - 10:06
 
{#Sorry}{#Crashcomp} no thanks....


lily34
(lexvegas)
Posted: Oct 23, 2011 - 15:26
 
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. 

siandbeth
(Santa Cruz California)
Posted: Oct 07, 2011 - 11:46
 
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!

coloradojohn
(Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan -- 15 min. west of Shinjuku, center of the freaking Universe)
Posted: Jul 21, 2011 - 06:08
 
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:
Glenn Tillbrook, along with Neil Finn, is a seriously underrated guitarist.




Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Jul 05, 2011 - 07:41
 
 ktnsb wrote:
Not really a Squeeze fan, but I'm curious, do they always sing in octaves like that? It certainly worked as a "signature sound" marketing strategy, which is not to say that I liked it.
 
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.



dreadpixie
Posted: Jul 05, 2011 - 07:34
 
play it LOUDER !!

joe-1
(Düsseldorf, Germany)
Posted: Jun 19, 2011 - 13:36
 
Wow, insane that I never heared this song before. Guess they didn't make it a to Belgium in the eighties.



Dave_Mack
(Saratoga, CA)
Posted: Apr 01, 2011 - 10:45
 
Bill, please play some more from these guys, especially "Slap and Tickle".

More_Cowbell
(Northern IL)
Posted: Jan 13, 2011 - 06:54
 
 peacockangel wrote:
9 ~ I saw The Smithereens open for them in 89(?)88(?)
 

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

WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Jan 13, 2011 - 06:53
 
Glenn Tillbrook, along with Neil Finn, is a seriously underrated guitarist.

Rooney
(Near Paradise)
Posted: Oct 10, 2010 - 18:53
 
I'd nearly forgotten about these guys.  What a great memory jar.  Give the album samples a listen on Amazon.
Terrific stuff...{#Bananajam}{#Drummer}{#Guitarist}{#Bananasplit}
Annie Get Your Gun.  Whoa.... — that in itself is a 20.  Come on Bill,play us some more Squeeze, please.


ziggytrix
(Dallas, TX)
Posted: Sep 08, 2010 - 12:57
 
i can't believe this is 28 years old.  it sounds like half of what's coming out of LA right now.

rdo
(DC)
Posted: Aug 07, 2010 - 12:35
 
 jmpnbob wrote:
interesting
 

LOL, it seems you have mixed feelings about this.

treatment_bound
(Duluth to Madison)
Posted: Jul 22, 2010 - 08:58
 
 peter_james_bond wrote:
Not enough Squeeze in the RP library!
 
Yeah—Up The Juction is marvelous pop ditty I seem to enjoy every time I hear it (unfortunately not here).


peacockangel
(Phoenix)
Posted: Jul 22, 2010 - 08:52
 
9 ~ I saw The Smithereens open for them in 89(?)88(?)

peter_james_bond
(The Burg)
Posted: Jun 20, 2010 - 11:51
 
Not enough Squeeze in the RP library!

Ntropy
(Cleveland, OH)
Posted: Jun 04, 2010 - 19:29
 
Haven't head this in far too long.. Still great after all these years.

RobMartin
(DC)
Posted: Apr 02, 2010 - 10:24
 
 Valley_Boy wrote:
Classic Squeeze! I always thought of Squeeze as the ultimate Alt Pop band.
  I agree! Difford and Tilbrook have the party groove down! {#Dancingbanana}

(former member)
Posted: Apr 02, 2010 - 10:24
 
 ktnsb wrote:
Not really a Squeeze fan, but I'm curious, do they always sing in octaves like that? It certainly worked as a "signature sound" marketing strategy, which is not to say that I liked it.
 

Pretty commonly. Exceptions include when someone else sang "their" songs, like when Paul Carrack sang "Tempted." Their biggest hit and Difford and Tillbrook didn't even sing it. {#Rolleyes}

Businessgypsy
(Deepest, Darkest Florida)
Posted: Apr 02, 2010 - 10:24
 
This song + Yoko = Basement Jaxx?  I mean that in a good way.

Stefen
(West Hollywood, CA)
Posted: Apr 02, 2010 - 10:23
 
It's fun.

cohifi
(Denver)
Posted: Mar 01, 2010 - 19:19
 
 tdola2 wrote:
yuk.
 
Well said.  It reminds me of the village people.


The_Enemy
(The Sewer)
Posted: Jan 13, 2010 - 07:38
 
This is ok but Tim Curry does a better version. Gives it a more dramatic sound.

tdola2
Posted: Jan 13, 2010 - 07:33
 
yuk.

a_genuine_find
(not me, Radio P) (3rd stone, sol, orion belt, milkyway)
Posted: Nov 11, 2009 - 12:28
 
Memories of 'Green tape' and 'Loisada' circa 1980

peter_james_bond
(Lunenburg, NS)
Posted: Nov 11, 2009 - 12:26
 
 peter_james_bond wrote:
I'm glad RP could squeeze {#Crowded} this in today.

 
{#Iamwithstupid} And today!


Bridieboo
(Halifax, NS)
Posted: Nov 11, 2009 - 12:26
 
Love these guys!  I lucked out that they were playing in London when I was there on holiday in '91.  Fantastic.


Valley_Boy
(Wisconsin: Smell our DairyAir)
Posted: Nov 11, 2009 - 12:26
 
Classic Squeeze! I always thought of Squeeze as the ultimate Alt Pop band.

jameyp
(New York via Austin)
Posted: Sep 09, 2009 - 11:47
 
LOve this one!  had no idea it was squeeze...  cool!

peter_james_bond
(Lunenburg, NS)
Posted: Jul 24, 2009 - 10:58
 
I'm glad RP could squeeze {#Crowded} this in today.


Mnemo
(close to munich)
Posted: Jul 08, 2009 - 07:27
 
Oh cool, Uk-Band Hotchip sounds like them. How do you call this style of music? Indipop?

robco1
(Chicago, IL)
Posted: Jun 22, 2009 - 16:13
 
spichanator wrote:
I'll second that! More Squeeze!

Saw them at the Senator Theater in Baltimore years ago. Fantastic show in a classic old movie house.

{#Clap}

That must have been great; The Senator is a pretty venue. I saw them in D.C. back in the late 80's at the Smith Center on GWU's campus (I think?). Not the same atmosphere, but what a great show!


spichanator
(Savage, MD)
Posted: Apr 20, 2009 - 06:47
 
I'll second that! More Squeeze!

Saw them at the Senator Theater in Baltimore years ago. Fantastic show in a classic old movie house.

{#Clap}

etcarroll
(stuck among the Amish)
Posted: Mar 19, 2009 - 18:22
 
More squeeze plz.

gutboy
(hanging out in)
Posted: Mar 19, 2009 - 18:20
 
 Zep wrote:


Then you'd better get your gun, Annie.

 

I'm pulling mussels from the shell.

WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Dec 30, 2008 - 13:04
 
 Govi wrote:
That fuzzy squeeky sound is awful! *makes it stop*
 
"SQUEEky" + "fuZzy"...I do believe you're getting it. {#Propeller}


ThePoose
Posted: Dec 14, 2008 - 21:53
 
Intro is Mission Impossible


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