Eddie B 11:37 Mon Oct 12
Favourite Squeeze single?
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I know they're from Deptford, so are naturally scum, but the've done some amazing songs over the years:
- Take me, I'm yours - Goodbye Girl - Cool for cats - Up the junction - Slap & tickle - Another nail in my heart - Pulling mussels from the shell - Tempted
What's yours, cunts?
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only1billybonds
12:06 Mon Oct 19
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Some fantastic place. They have made so many great songs but this is my favourite, very sad song when you realise it was written about a friend of the band who died at a very young age.
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Billy Blagg
11:18 Mon Oct 19
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Has to be 'Tempted' but Tillbrook and Difford have written so many great songs it seems a shame to choose one.
Far Post 1:18 Sun Oct 18 They were in Southend last week?? FFS!
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JGW1
10:48 Sun Oct 18
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Tempted
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Eddie B
8:34 Sun Oct 18
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"She gave birth to a daughter Within a year a walker She looked just like her mother If there could be another"
Loved those lines.
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mentor
1:35 Sun Oct 18
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Their lyrics are mind blowing. Remind me of a poem I wrote as a child.
At the weekend I went to the zoo And when I got there I saw a gnu.
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Far Post
1:18 Sun Oct 18
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Saw them last week in Southend. All the classics with some of the new stuff - brilliant.
Up the junction would be my favourite followed by pulling muscles from a shell and labelled with love.
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RAF Hammer
11:39 Sat Oct 17
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I didn't realise they're touring. In Oxford on 20 Oct and doing an acoustic tour in the states.
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ray winstone
1:05 Wed Oct 14
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geoffpikey 1:33 Wed Oct 14
I think you may have missed out Bernie Taupin (lyrics) and Elton John (music) from that list....
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Darlo Debs
12:20 Wed Oct 14
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Labelled With Love
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Monk~koknee
5:07 Wed Oct 14
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The Hourglass chorus is excellent:
Take it to the bridge, throw it overboard See if it can swim back up to the shore No one's in the house, everyone is out All the lights are on and the blinds are down
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SilverSurfer
2:22 Wed Oct 14
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"It's funny how their missus, always looks the beeedin' same" Cool for cats Up the junction - Slap & tickle - Another nail in my heart - Pulling mussels from the shell -Take me, I'm yours
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geoffpikey
1:33 Wed Oct 14
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DIfford and Tilbrook were a strange force.
Difford wrote words. Gave them to Tilbrook to turn into songs.
Stephen Morrissey and Johnny Marr worked likewise.
Hal David and Burt Bacharach also.
Result? Three of the greatest "duo" songwriters in the popular music canon.
Lennon/McCartney and Jagger/Richards never had such drawn lines.
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Mickey Rat
12:57 Wed Oct 14
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Cool for Cats is my favourite but so many great songs and lyrics thanks for the link Eddie brought back a lot of good memories!
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RAF Hammer
12:40 Wed Oct 14
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Me neither Eddie. Is that on the doc?
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RAF Hammer
12:39 Wed Oct 14
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Just watched the beginning of the doc and saw 'Glenn Miller' too. Very strange these artistic types.
Horrible - Some of those might be worth something if they're in good nick.
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Eddie B
12:38 Wed Oct 14
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I never realised Pulling Mussels was about fingering a girl on the beach.
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horrible
12:36 Wed Oct 14
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I have quite a few Squeeze singles on vinyl most of them coloured.
TAke me I.m yours. Black. (Ordinary) Bang BAng (Green) Packet of three EP. (Black) Cool for cats. (Pink) Up the junction. (Lilac) SLAP and tickle. (Red) Christmas day. (Surprise surprise WHite) Another nail in my heart. (Clear) Pulling mussels from the shell. (Black) Hourglass. (Red)
My fav(s) Take me I,m yours BAng BAng And best of all imho of course........ Hourglass Up the junction is also good as well
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Takashi Miike
12:28 Wed Oct 14
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yes, haha. he had no record deal or tour lined up, luckily tilbrook listened to his bird. weird how fate works
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Eddie B
12:25 Wed Oct 14
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Glenn Miller?!!
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Takashi Miike
12:17 Wed Oct 14
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RAF, the advert went like this........
GUITARIST WANTED
MUST BE INTO, THE BEATLES, KINKS, SMALL FACES, LOU REED, HENDRIX, GLENN MILLER. FOR BAND WITH RECORD DEAL AND TOURING
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RAF Hammer
12:08 Wed Oct 14
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I thought it was something like that. Cheers Mike.
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