Hall’s “Harper Valley PTA” (made famous by Jeannie C. Just consider the bonus tracks on Side Four of the double LP vinyl version of Cradle to Grave which features live-in-the-studio renditions of otherwise unavailable performances including: Lou Reed’s “Hangin’ Around,” Tom T. Rockin’ when they need to rock… Melodic when they want to soar… Bittersweet when introspective…Trippy and weird when they want to explore… Always groovy and sometimes even fairly funky… Most certainly cool for cats…. That said, if you were to toss in a dose of 1960s British Invasion psychedelic pop sensibility to the aforementioned Witches brew of bands, you’ll have some idea of what to expect from Squeeze. Squeeze is more than that (no offense to the the Fab Four). I never felt the that the early 80s positioning of them as new wave’s Lennon and McCartney (which is how they were hyped back in the day for a spell) was accurate or fair to the band. In fact, if you combined all those bands into one, they might actually sound a little like Squeeze since this band has always been hard to pin down categories wise. Squeeze was/is up there right alongside Elvis Costello, Graham Parker, Rockpile, The Police, The Clash, XTC, Joe Jackson, Blondie, Television and The Ramones. I will especially cut some slack for those of you who came of age in the 1990s and beyond when Squeeze wasn’t quite on the radio as much as they were in the ’80s.īut, do get thee over to Ye Olde Wikipedia (or the Tube of You, for that matter) and educate thyself on one of the merriest bands of original tunesmiths to come out of the late 70s punk / new wave movement. Well, it has been more than 15 years since their last album (and that wasn’t exactly a big hit, the sadly overlooked Domino) so you are forgiven. What’s that, Dear Reader? You don’t know Squeeze? Cradle to Grave came out late last year and I recently got my hands on the vinyl version which is just ducky. It’s been too long since we’ve had a brand new, genuine, 100-proof, 100-percent authentic, real album by Squeeze, the acclaimed pop ‘n rock band from England led by founder-songwriters Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford. Twitter Facebook Email Print LinkedIn Pinterest SMS WhatsApp
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