Squeeze - Up The Junction

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The official 'Up The Junction' music video.
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Taken from the Squeeze album 'Cool For Cats'
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Lyrics below:
I never thought it would happen
With me and a girl from Clapham
Out on the windy common
That night I ain′t forgotten
When she dealt out the rations
With some or other passions
I said: "You are a lady"
"Perhaps" she said: "I may be"
We moved into a basement
With thoughts of our engagement
We stayed in by the telly
Although the room was smelly
We spent our time just kissing
The Railway Arms we're missing
But love had got us hooked up
And all our time it took up
I got a job with Stanley
He said I′d come in handy
And started me on Monday
So I had a bath on Sunday
I worked eleven hours
And bought the girl some flowers
She said she'd seen a doctor
And nothing now could stop her
I worked all through the winter
The weather brass and bitter
I put away a tenner each week to make her better
And when the time was ready
We had to sell the telly
Late evenings by the fire
And little kicks inside her
This morning at four-fifty
I took her rather nifty
Down to an incubator
Where thirty minutes later
She gave birth to a daughter
Within a year a walker
She looked just like her mother
If there could be another
And now she's two years older
Her mother′s with a soldier
She left me when my drinking
Became a proper stinging
The Devil came and took me
From bar to street to bookie
No more nights by the telly
No more nights nappies smelling
Alone here in the kitchen
I feel there′s something missing
I'd beg for some forgiveness
But begging′s not my business
And she won't write a letter
Although I always tell her
And so it′s my assumption
I'm really up the junction
Music video by Squeeze performing Up The Junction. (C) 1979 A&M Records Ltd.

Пікірлер: 3 900

@garethwilliams3819 5 жыл бұрын

How to tell a story perfectly in 3 minutes, Absolutely brilliant

@drewskih4005 4 жыл бұрын

26 and love this reminds me of pimlico when me old man was growing up

@MrCharlesMahogany 4 жыл бұрын

@danielking374 4 жыл бұрын

I just used the word brilliant to describe "Another nail for my heart" when sharing to Facebook, Brilliant indeed !

@TheCatBilbo 4 жыл бұрын

It is perfect, the sort of thing that The Beatles could do so well, too. This is an achingly sad song and uniquely British.

@tuftone 3 жыл бұрын

I totally agree.. not a single word is wasted in his telling of the story and you can hear the pain and regret in his voice.. so powerful.

@joebyrne-ev8rs 5 ай бұрын

“I beg for some forgiveness, but beggings not my business” what a lyric by a legendary band!!

@sd3457 3 ай бұрын

The golden era of British lyricists. Tilbrook and Difford, Weller, Dury, Costello...

@HarryHopkins-fv3li 3 ай бұрын

Fuckin spot on my friend

@catherinejaneyork4460 2 ай бұрын

Think it's "I'd beg" as in I *would* but... Always had the idea this was kind of the point of the line - that he did not beg as it wasn't his thing.

@Scott-vw6mc 2 ай бұрын

One of the best lines in music

@stephengregory4553 2 ай бұрын

Bloody love this, British music at it,s best

@subatomar9244 Жыл бұрын

My god I'm absolutely addicted to british music like this. I'm not even british but somehow I absolutely love stuff like Squeeze, Steve Harley, The Kinks, The Jam, and of course the other usual suspects. Hats off to you Brits, you make the best music in the world. Much love from your german brothers! Edit: recently visited England and I loved it. The people, the music, the architecture, the football and THE FOOD!!! I'll have to return soon, I long for a sunday roast again...

@russellhorne1005 Жыл бұрын

Danker broder x

@shaunwhite1337 Жыл бұрын

But you germans make the best cars..i drive a german car..and listen to our great music . ..regards your English brother ..

@subatomar9244 Жыл бұрын

@@shaunwhite1337 I can see you're a man of great taste in cars ;-) Unfortunately, music-wise, we haven't done much since... Brahms and Beethoven I guess :D

@CSavageSr Жыл бұрын

Brits are music. Germans are Engineering. Yanks like me love our Uncles (Europe).

@treschicestmoi Жыл бұрын

Vorsprung durch Technik

@johnpinkerton8236 3 ай бұрын

This song is ageless, typically English and brilliant.

@SupervoidCinema 2 жыл бұрын

This song is quietly a flawless masterpiece

@CHRISANDREOU4199 5 ай бұрын

Underrated comment

@draoi99 5 ай бұрын

Some of the lyrics are a bit janky, e.g. "no more nights nappies smelly."

@GaryShowbiz 29 күн бұрын

not flawless...nappies smelling is weak

@elmaco6679 3 жыл бұрын

How do you write a song like that at 21. Beyond brilliant.

@twobobruss 3 жыл бұрын

He wrote the song when touring America. He was doing his laundry in a hotel just outside of New Orleans and was missing home and started to write down the lyrics. Quite incredible!

@janloudin1033 3 жыл бұрын

@@twobobruss: Lyrics written by their guitarist, not by singer.

@twobobruss 3 жыл бұрын

@@janloudin1033 I didn’t specify who wrote it

@sunshineofrays6977 3 жыл бұрын

@@twobobruss You didn't indeed , but to answer you , purely a god given talent...fabulous song 😊

@janjones4959 3 жыл бұрын

Love it, still remember all the words.

@sethparker3381 2 жыл бұрын

"The devil came and took me / From bar to street to bookie" What a line that is, damn.

@oddities-whatnot 2 жыл бұрын

I always thought he said “barter street”. Cheers for solving a decades old mystery

@devintariel3769 2 жыл бұрын

Almost as good as Atlantic City

@NedPooleD818 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for that- I’m in Ladbrokes at the moment and couldn’t quite hear it…

@Yohanwalks1980 Жыл бұрын

I use that line every time I’m in the shit, with my girlfriend. 👹🥃🍺🐎🐎💸💸

@franzherflek4116 Жыл бұрын

Me all over ! Bets and pints have fucked me up.

@jessewrites17792 22 күн бұрын

British culture. Be proud. Be unapologetically angry. 🇬🇧

@Gonzalez-um4tl 21 күн бұрын

I was scrolling trying to find a previous comment I was growling and about to give up then i read your comment lol quite funny cos it was aggressive straight onto laughter haha! Still can't remember what comment I was looking for

@markhaughton9563 3 жыл бұрын

'she looked just like her mother - if there could be another.' Beautiful line.

@lolitalemons5457 3 жыл бұрын

😭

@nicholamc2629 2 жыл бұрын

I know, makes me so emotional, he lost her 💔

@Rehearsal3434 2 жыл бұрын

It always makes me cry

@jscanl Жыл бұрын

Really sad song......deep sad story told in under 3 minutes

@markhemmings01 4 ай бұрын

... great line ... one of many ...

@JonW9999 5 жыл бұрын

I think this is possibly the greatest example of how a three minute pop song can tell a complex story. So many pop songs are trite clichés of emotional vacuity but this goes from boy meets girl, both fall in love, get married, have a child and relationship collapses, in just over 180 seconds, all with a kernel of emotional truth.

@jonkerwin3720 2 жыл бұрын

I agree with you, but the thong thong thong song is much better viewing. Chaz n Dave are pretty good if you’re looking for reality

@tombartram7384 2 жыл бұрын

No mention ov marrage

@stevetrue5337 2 жыл бұрын

He thought it just a squeeze

@LaughingStock_ 2 жыл бұрын

Four words: The Kinks: Two Sisters - the most devastating 2 minutes in music history.

@unlocktechnologies 2 жыл бұрын

NAILED IT! Great post!

@thelen3553 5 ай бұрын

Don’t worry! If your listening to this in 2024 you are not alone

@ChunkyLover69420 4 ай бұрын

i thought people stopped posting these fucking cringe comments years ago

@robpugh1000 4 ай бұрын

Yes, I've read the same message to so many tunes. Its a marketing thing

@johnalpfecubillo6178 4 ай бұрын

a facebook reel led me to this video lol

@joanne4361 4 ай бұрын

@@ChunkyLover69420calm down mate, just enjoying a good tune

@joanne4361 4 ай бұрын

@@robpugh1000 not a marketing thing, a genuine person loving this song..

@langdonsnell7480 Жыл бұрын

What makes this song so amazing is there is NO chorus, but it still works! It resolves at the very end....keeps you engaged until the very end....so well done. Masterclass songwriting!

@nickbrutanna9973 Жыл бұрын

I will point you to "Slip Inside This House" by The Thirteenth Floor Elevators. The album version is 8m long, and, has a LOT of singing/lyrics, and there is no actual chorus. It uses "Slip Inside This House" as more of what we'd call a "chaotic attractor" these days!

@MARSBELLA1 Жыл бұрын

it doesnt have a vocal chorus - but it does have a melody x

@neilgreen3008 Жыл бұрын

A masterclass of songwriting, manages to tell a sad, short story in a little over 3 minutes. Stunning

@andymatthews7617 11 ай бұрын

ITS CALLED GENIUS.

@dougtull4594 8 ай бұрын

They are clever lads. Consummate songwriters and arrangers.

@v-town1980 3 жыл бұрын

As a proud American, I love my American music roots. But God damn, a small country like England has accumulated one massive amount of talented musicians. Staggering, actually.

@mikemccann5776 3 жыл бұрын

And on our tiny island cities like Manchester lead the way when it comes to music.

@keithjones6602 3 жыл бұрын

Good aye we

@patsyroberts3967 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, no idea how we do it.

@eyebrowes1886 3 жыл бұрын

@@mikemccann5776 Squeeze were from London

@helipeek2736 3 жыл бұрын

Not forgetting the largest empire the world has ever seen which included eerrr........... oh yes that slightly insignificant landmass West of Ireland who’s name escapes me at the moment.

@emmakennedy2422 2 жыл бұрын

Squeeze are just brilliant. Yes they are really under rated.

@wolfenstein6676 Жыл бұрын

I couldn't agree more, Emma, we were all punk rockers back then and we loved them too. Every song a story, every song a joy to listen to.

@2760ade Жыл бұрын

How are they underrated? They are still really popular and very well respected, especially by me!

@markrae1317 Жыл бұрын

@@2760ade Another idiot who doesn't know what underrated means...

@2760ade Жыл бұрын

@@markrae1317 Ha ha, yes! The word 'underrated' is overused on KZfaq for some reason!

@markrae1317 Жыл бұрын

@@2760ade It really is! Almost as much as 'surreal'.

@robertrabe814 2 жыл бұрын

When this song finished playing, the first time I heard it, I realized my wife was going to leave me. I was shattered, and like the storyteller, knew I was up the junction. She had sent me on my own to pick up my son from camp on the Isle of Wight, then spend some time there with him on a holiday - just the two of us - the first of, what would be, many - over the coming years. We had been renting the same cottage for several years, but that year she stayed in London. Great song, but hearing it always puts me in that car - alone - waiting for my son, and wondering if she had already found her soldier.

@matthewbromfield1112 2 жыл бұрын

So did she? Women man

@josephwhatmough708 2 жыл бұрын

that song must touch atleast 1million fellows memorys,, then years later advicing the next generation how to be more cautious !!,, as the saying goes,, History really DOES repeat its self cos 'kids just dont listen' you cannot teach 'experience', because that they have to learn it themselves. BUT WHAT A BRILLIANT SONG 👍

@mcka1985 2 жыл бұрын

I could write a song to this story

@justsomeguy8217 2 жыл бұрын

Had she?

@berbababy 2 жыл бұрын

Things that never happened for 10….. 🤣

@martinct2443 Жыл бұрын

I think that this might be the perfect pop song. The tune is catchy as hell, the lyrics are razor sharp, nuanced, and poetic and delivered by a class bunch of musicians.

@steves2074 Жыл бұрын

Agreed. Tempted gets all the love and Paul Carrick knocked it out of the park but this one hits so good. It’s become my favorite Squeeze song. Right up there with a bunch of other ‘perfect’ songs.

@rjjcms1 11 ай бұрын

@@steves2074 In the UK this song and,directly before it,Cool For Cats achieved Squeeze's highest position in the singles chart,both getting to number 2,in 1979.

@steves2074 11 ай бұрын

@@rjjcms1 wow that's cool to know. in the US, all we ever got from squeeze on most radio was tempted and mussels... college radio played more and i got introduced to more of their songs that way.

@rjjcms1 10 ай бұрын

@@steves2074College radio must have been quite a saviour on your side of the Atlantic in the 70s,80s and 90s! Anyway,here's a fullewr rundown of their UK hits: Their breakthrough came around Easter 1978 with Take Me I'm Yours,which reached number 19 (only!) in the hit parade and I remember seeing at or near the start of an edition of Top of the Pops (with Jools Holland on piano) one Thursday evening near the start of the school Easter holidays (I was 13 then). Cool For Cats was actually the first single I bought,as I started having just enough pocket money to do so. It was the height of the coloured and themed vinyl craze and for some reason friends at school were trying to buy it pink vinyl (one of them already had Dr Feelgood's Milk and Alcohol in,yes,milk and alcohol (looked like brown beer of some kind) coloured vinyl. When I rocked up to the record shop the only copies left were in plain old black. I still have it among my old singles collection today. It peaked at number 2 in April 1979 when Art Garfunkel's Bright Eyes (from the animated movie version of Watership Down) was number 1. Up the Junction also got to number 2,in June/July 1979,kept off the top by Tubeway Army's Are Friends Electric? Slap & Tickle made number 25 in the early-to-mid autumn. In 1980 they scored another Top 20 hit with Another Nail in My Heart (number 17 in April) and followed it with Pulling Mussels From the Shell early that summer. The following summer they had Is That Love? and then Tempted,which though receiving great reviews over here appears to have been a far bigger hit in the United States. That autumn they hit number 4 with the country-influenced Labelled With Love. After that their chart fortunes declined somewhat,but they continued having minor hits with Black Coffee in Bed and Annie Get Your Gun (both 1982) and the rather dark but intriguing Last Time Forever,with its bloody "slasher" video (mid-1985). After what appeared to be some time out they returned to notch a number 16 hit in 1987 with Hourglass and had sporadic further minor hits after that.

@steves2074 10 ай бұрын

@@rjjcms1 thanks so much for this timeline and breakdown!! Blue eyed soul was always popular in the US which i think is why tempted hit so high. All these others are fantastics. I personally like black coffee in bed a lot

@tonysuffolk 2 жыл бұрын

I'm 76 and this still brings a small tear. A wonderful story told so beautifully.

@naulahka1 2 жыл бұрын

Good on you Tony

@michelleharris2173 Жыл бұрын

I am 52 and it still makes me cry all these years on.

@jacquelinecrichton7397 Жыл бұрын

Am so glad I was around in the late 70s.

@pigknickers2975 Жыл бұрын

I am having a little tear now. I married a girl from Clapham. Thankfully we are still together.

@colinsvid Жыл бұрын

You know it mate

@ncomelli8212 7 жыл бұрын

This band is way too underated

@bonkersllama 7 жыл бұрын

KurtAndEdRuleAll Yeah but it would be nice if more of their songs got played rather than just Cool for Cats

@hottestbabe1000 7 жыл бұрын

SeekThySocialist Awesome...Bring old Skool back !!!

@DanVillainFilms 6 жыл бұрын

Tempted, as well.

@Eleventhearlofmars 5 жыл бұрын

The most overrated comment on KZfaq is about bands being underrated ffs.

@clockface1951 5 жыл бұрын

Lets just enjoy it for what it is.... thank f it's not a rap....

@RobBeatdownBrown 2 жыл бұрын

Good gosh, man. THIS is songwriting 🏆

@chrisjames6327 Жыл бұрын

Alone here in the kitchen, I feel there’s something missing, I’d beg her for forgiveness, but begging’s not by business - that line still gives me chills, decades later. Perhaps because it describes my own life 😆 I’ve always chose to be alone, rather than backing down, or losing an argument in a relationship. Pride is a terrible affliction. People lose out on so much, because they can’t back down

@murkartik 2 ай бұрын

i'd beg for some

@jonnozomboid2649 Ай бұрын

People voted for Hitler and enjoy Coldplay. Can't trust people, mate. But stay true to your moral compass.

@curtisd2842 2 жыл бұрын

One of the best, most honest, songs ever written.

@andymatthews7617 2 жыл бұрын

By a genuine band, with no pretensions.

@elsoss180 4 ай бұрын

not one of the best, THE best

@brenankelly9788 7 жыл бұрын

but begging's not my business......what a line....what a song.!!

@georgehampton667 5 жыл бұрын

haha, was just thinking about that line while watching. I agree, these guys were masters!

@howie9751 5 жыл бұрын

"Alone here in the kitchen, I feel there's something missing. I'd beg for some forgiveness but beggin's not my business."

@gerretlorenzen5239 5 жыл бұрын

I saw them live last summer in Brentwood. Two groups: Us who know the lyrics, and them that don't. I pity them.

@1220b 5 жыл бұрын

Yep. It's line straight from the bloke in the pub. In fact this song is pub poetry. Shakespeare would of understood the pattern, flow and use of common words placed within a working class narrative..

@lm9863 5 жыл бұрын

Love that line!

@garrysgarage1136 14 күн бұрын

One of the best tunes of all time

@rickrose5377 22 күн бұрын

One of the most beautiful pop songs ever written. Ray Davies meets Richard Rodgers. And Jools Holland smoking a stogie.

@CathyKitson 3 жыл бұрын

I adore this song - it tells such a story, it's like reading a book. And it captures late 70s / early 80s English life so brilliantly.

@ivand9610 2 жыл бұрын

They should do an arabic/Pakistani version for modern england

@CathyKitson 2 жыл бұрын

@@ivand9610 Oh no, most of the population wouldn't understand it!

@ivand9610 2 жыл бұрын

@@CathyKitson but what about in 20 years?

@CathyKitson 2 жыл бұрын

@@ivand9610 Well, idk. We'll still be speaking English.

@leeosborne3793 2 жыл бұрын

@@ivand9610 There's always a racist moron somewhere, isn't there?

@johnbarry8542 3 жыл бұрын

I'm 66 from NY l drove everywhere in the northeast to see this band

@rcss212 Жыл бұрын

" she gave birth to a daughter, within a year a walker. Love every line in this song

@richardbull1276 2 жыл бұрын

Alone here in the kitchen, I feel there’s something missing I’d beg for some forgiveness but beggings not my business. Just wonderful turn of phrase

@jayburr666 6 жыл бұрын

"I'd beg for some forgiveness, but begging's not my business." - Best line in any song according to my old mam.

@nicelyput299 3 жыл бұрын

Personally its my second. My first is The Verve This is Music; "I stand accused, just like you, of being born without a silver spoon"

@andrewnunn6337 2 жыл бұрын

You're old man was a wise cookie.

@scarlet_playzroblox1241 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic line

@braderlon16 2 жыл бұрын

Step 2 song

@jamesmason8436 2 жыл бұрын

Love that line.

@josephfieldstaff-hughes6804 9 жыл бұрын

How the beejeesus has this got less than a million views. This is part of the rich tapestry of British Music

@josephfieldstaff-hughes6804 8 жыл бұрын

+Joey BSide 1,146,127. Excellent. Guess my leg up worked. Kind of. Maybe. OK it didn't

@raymondhavil918 6 жыл бұрын

Joseph Fieldstaff-Hughes n

@waremblem3405 6 жыл бұрын

Something is definitely CORRUPT. This masterpiece NEVER gets steered in my direction, and I've been playing the You Tube '80s hits for years now. Meanwhile, I can't get RID of that half-brained "My Sharona" which never fails to appear on the right as a "suggested" song. Well, it ain't a song, it's audio bubble-gum.l

@nedthebed07 6 жыл бұрын

2.396,620. happy now?.

@waremblem3405 6 жыл бұрын

Explanation: DISNEY DISNEY DISNEY.

@RoyPage1970 Күн бұрын

Christopher Difford is a lyrical genius

@ApostleofLoveMedjugorie Жыл бұрын

Hits home.....wife left me with kids....up the junction....such a surreal...unreal...arduous time...about to lose everything...but managed to pick up the pieces...kept it together....and now with a sweet loving honest Filipina ❤️....who values family and their man.....Amen! Happy ending to the song 🎵

@mirmahmood2619 2 ай бұрын

Cold, damp working class Britain. Inspiration for great songs.

@missmuffet3874 Ай бұрын

Absolutely ❤

@distantandvague 8 жыл бұрын

I spent at least 15 minutes debating that this was the best song of the 70s outside a skinhead's porch last night.

@ev3nflow 8 жыл бұрын

+Brandon Henderson Its absolutely up there...as the other lad mention 10cc, im not in love i also love. But lyrically, this is a all time classic of British music. I said to my mrs that it should be for our first dance when we get wed.. 3 kids, and one is a brand new boy, im 46 so im really up the junction.. but wouldn't swap it for anything..as beggin's not my business.. its just loaded with brilliant lyrics , and jools looks pretty dam cool too...

@AthensDawgs 8 жыл бұрын

+Brandon Henderson You won the debate, regardless of what his argument was. This song makes me happy then breaks my fucking heart all in a span of a few minutes. One of the best songs ever.

@archstanton7137 8 жыл бұрын

+Brandon Henderson What did the skinhead say ?

@Mickyboi1 8 жыл бұрын

+Arch Stanton i'd imagine work by rihanna

@archstanton7137 8 жыл бұрын

Dannybhoy1 Knights in white satin hoods

@johnmitchell3927 Жыл бұрын

The finest Shakespearian song ever written or performed in the last 400 years or so since the master of the English language died. I have never been to university, but at 76 years old I can well imagine a lecturer discussing every line in this masterpiece for hours . Even I could do it ( because I have lived most of it ) . Magnificent.

@user-qi7rz3lh8t 2 ай бұрын

Takes a special skill to tell a full story in 3 minutes!! ❤❤

@markhemmings01 4 ай бұрын

A memorable song - 'with thoughts of our engagement we moved into a basement' is a classic line ...

@youandwhosearmy6339 10 жыл бұрын

1:48 she looked just like her mother if there could be another. still gets me that line. i have an ex mrs and a daughter that just does lol. real lyrics, real music. love squeeze

@tomdemille3749 4 жыл бұрын

Love how the last lyrics of the song are the only time they say 'up the junctionnnnn'-🎸 great name for this song---

@michaelmurphy497 Жыл бұрын

Are these the greatest Lyrics of all time, I've heard and listened to most of the greatest songsmiths in my 64 years, Jackson Browne ,Lindsey Buckingham, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty, Gordon Lightfoot, Paul Brady, Stevie Nicks, Janis Ian, Jimmy Nail, Paul Simon, Mark Knoffler, Donald Fagen, Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Arlo Guthrie, not even John Lennon could better this. I love this, i'ts totally beautiful, unforgettable, and takes me back to the wonderful freedom of 78 and 79 .The way they have arranged the words and deliver them is magic, the manner in which he captures the life and times and fecklessness of the characters in Clapham and 'windy common' inspired by Nell Dunn's prizewinning and much acclaimed book of stories in that part of London in the late Fifties In my view there should be a monument erected in Battersea for those guys.'Labelled with Love 'is equally brilliant, it's another absolute masterpiece of storytelling and beautiful music intertwined.

@coopertkm 2 күн бұрын

All these years of hearing this record and I've only just clocked the fact the music video is the band playing in the kitchen while the lyrics describe a "kitchen sink drama". Brilliant record, perfectly tells a story in 3 minutes and the title is only sung in the last line. Superb. Can't believe how young Jools Holland looks here as well!

@brendanjordan1521 2 жыл бұрын

I'd beg for some forgiveness but begging not my business. Class line.

@mickeythring3414 3 жыл бұрын

Still sends shivers down my backbone after all these years, how anyone can give this masterpiece the thumbs down is beyond me, this is a classic!

@Cameronj813 11 ай бұрын

accidentally found this song.. and its everything i didnt know i needed in my life. its been on replay for hours now.

@user-uo9rn1mw6z 5 күн бұрын

This man was ahead of his time no matter what he did, he influenced so many other artists,rip David Bowie

@RoyPage1970 Күн бұрын

What the hell are you talking about this is not David Bowie😂😂

@SUPERLEEDSYRA 6 жыл бұрын

This song is so true to my life, the devil came and took me from bar to street to bookie (or in my case football). My daughters nearly 13 now and I'm proud to say I've finally got my act together.

@garydiamondguitarist 6 жыл бұрын

It's a masterclass in how to tell a story spanning years in 3 minutes or less with a vocal range almost anyone could sing. Squeeze got it completely spot on here. I love the angst of the last verse too... "AND NOW SHE'S 2 YEARS OLDER". Every mistake you'll ever make as a working class boy or girl, right here. Still knocks me back.

@swardean 5 жыл бұрын

Summed up perfectly

@gerretlorenzen5239 5 жыл бұрын

Nailed it. There is a strange raw beauty to this song.

@glengraham7080 5 жыл бұрын

It's the story of so many lives.

@rogernetzer1054 4 жыл бұрын

Right about the vocal range, but this fantastic song is hard to sing and play.

@erinfraise6154 4 жыл бұрын

Difford was a hell of a lyracist. And Tillbrook was so good at taking a simple melody, hook it into your brain, where it lives forever! Such an underrated band.

@lesblakeman 2 жыл бұрын

Some songs have memorable lines , most song don't have any , this song has about 2 dozen .... masterpiece

@kevincleary5953 Жыл бұрын

A bath on Sunday 😅

@mhairiherriot 10 ай бұрын

I’d beg for some forgiveness… but begging’s not my business! 👌

@GetUpTheMountains 4 ай бұрын

The one about stinky diapers, right?

@bscepter Жыл бұрын

The song has no chorus... yet it's brilliant and totally memorable. Not many songwriters could accomplish that...

@FishpondsLady 2 жыл бұрын

This song is always in my head. I lost my daughter to my alcoholism (she's doing really well, top at GSCEs and planning to save the world through agriculture). My sister took over the mum role. I still love her so much though. This song makes me cry. I also have the book Up the Junction, which is well worth reading.

@jackgammon4084 2 жыл бұрын

Feel for you sister. Haven't been allowed contact with my daughter for 13 years, now aged 17. Occasional pictures on the internet. Very beautiful. We stay strong in the grace of our Lord. The love we know is what we are and our Father knows it. He will never let it be forgotten. He hears our cries every day and suffers with us. But also, He will always answer prayer: "“Again I say to you, that if two of you agree on earth about anything that they may ask, it shall be done for them by My Father who is in heaven." Matthew 18:19 NASB

@tatjanatadayon7181 2 жыл бұрын

Dear Amy, I also once lost my son to his dad who was abusive to me. He beat me up, broke my bones and my self-confidence and dignity. But because of my former drug addiction no one believed me. I got hooked up again but finally came into the methadone program. I did everything to straighten myself and get back on track. Two years later my ex was arrested in Amsterdam with drugs and my son then 6 years old came back to me. This happened 30 years ago. He’s doing great now. So please never give up. You have to make yourself strong for her. She might need you one day! And this song has been one of my favorites when I was 11 or 12. They were so young when they made it! I still love it.

@johngoing5898 2 жыл бұрын

Keep the faith Amy, life is bittersweet & perhaps something better to come....

@johngoing5898 2 жыл бұрын

@@tatjanatadayon7181 great to hear Tat! Keep the faith!

@DrewWithington Жыл бұрын

Yeah but Amy don't give up. You turn yourself around and try to do something amazing with your life (in other words opposite of being an alcoholic) and see what happens.

@simonadams5073 Жыл бұрын

This song raises my spirits and breaks my heart every time I hear it. I hope everyone for whom it rings true has managed to find peace.

@rjjcms1 Жыл бұрын

The joy and then the sorrow.

@kellyhigham4950 8 ай бұрын

Amen. Not far from my own story. God bless us all x

@patriciathewisher2315 Жыл бұрын

The opening to this song is gorrrrgeous

@dodgedandle8311 Жыл бұрын

One of the Greatest songs ever written, it is everything a Great Song should be, and a true one of a kind song.. I was a kid when this song used to come on the Radio and I understood the subject immediately, Goes to show How far songwriting has dropped now compared to then 😵‍💫

@beachmom62 Жыл бұрын

I just saw them in London 2 weeks ago when we were on vacation there! They still sound great and it was amazing when they played this song and everyone in the audience sang along! Loved the entire show so much. 🥰

@giorgioladd8720 Жыл бұрын

@@beachmom62 great!!!

@murkartik 2 ай бұрын

thank you!

@rozb554 3 жыл бұрын

I'd never heard this song before, when it came on in the supermarket. I held my head back in the hope of catching some of the lyrics so I could put them in google when I got home! Glad I found it, it's definately one of the best songs ever written.

@kaylan154 Жыл бұрын

I had a similar experience, I heard it for the first time ever in a hair salon and the line "alone here in the kitchen, I feel there's something missing" was the one that got me!

@margaretsmyth6783 Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear you discovered a masterpiece of music genius..

@johndonson1603 9 ай бұрын

I bought it on purple vinyl in “79” I believe , still one of my favourite tunes .

@ciciiguess1232 4 ай бұрын

im a 15 year old girl from california, no clue how i stumbled across squeeze, but theyre now one of my fav groups lol. The moment i heard this i knew i had to buy one of their albums on vinyl

@kkoo3247 2 күн бұрын

Great song

@fredbigley-bertom8702 26 күн бұрын

Saw them about two months ago at the Albert hall with the WHO, they all still have it! AWESOME!!!

@GreggSansone 17 күн бұрын

Agreed! I saw them two years ago and they were spot on in every way. Incredible show!

@alwaysengines 8 жыл бұрын

This song always goes off in my head when I am in England and riding the train line that goes through Clapham Junction.

@Hendrix67297 5 жыл бұрын

Ditto

@samshaw9199 9 жыл бұрын

This song speaks to so many people in so many different ways, it's not full of bourgeois clichés or empty rhetorics, the lyrics aren't made to be pretty, they're made to be real and true, which is what I appreciate most about this song... A story of love and loss encapsulated beautifully in the most powerful artform there is, music!

@HarvestHome2000 5 жыл бұрын

Ringo utters the phrase 'bourgeois clichés' in the film 'A Hard Day's Night!

@howie9751 5 жыл бұрын

Yes

@lottscarsony Жыл бұрын

Heard this song for the first time today, and it’s killing me. Although the circumstances are quite different than my own divorce, still really driving me into some seriously deep introspection.

@Edward1312 2 жыл бұрын

My god 43 years ago I remember it like yesterday.

@DocHelliday 3 жыл бұрын

"I beg for some forgiveness, but begging's not my business" Is one of thee best lines ever.

@checkout5017 Жыл бұрын

the way this video is shot in a kitchen is brilliant. almost as if you are sat down with a bloke while he tells you his life story.

@iansutcliffe3036 4 ай бұрын

Some of the greatest lyrics ever written.

@monkeyboy4746 10 ай бұрын

"Begging's not my business", I always really liked that line.

@PatrickMorris-sm8dv 9 ай бұрын

if you like this you might like my brother’s music. his name is Stu Morris and 'Daisy' is a good song by him....

@BookerHall 9 жыл бұрын

This song gets better everytime I listen to it.

@girlgeniusNYC 4 жыл бұрын

"Alone here in the kitchen / I feel there's something missing" Video shows a kitchen with the 5-member band and two girls doing dishes. Love it!

@user-ms1pg2ok4i 3 ай бұрын

2024 right here! Love Squeeze.

@paulwaring7215 Жыл бұрын

My favourite tune ever. Gonna be playing at my 'funeral '. . Simply beautiful English, and world wide poetry.. ❤✌️

@josephcorrigan5009 6 жыл бұрын

This is a pure classic of life in the 80s for the working class . Gem.

@pwatts8846 2 жыл бұрын

Late 70s in fact.

@stephencampbell6424 7 жыл бұрын

Poor and trying to get by in the 70s - and now. It says more in 3 minutes than most novels. Truly wonderful.

@michaelh9554 18 күн бұрын

That video looks like it was filmed the day before yesterday, and to me it was only the day before yesterday. I can't believe it's 43 years ago. The little girl who "looks just like her mother" could be a grandmother by now. Damn, where did those years go?

@LucySmall-lq2br 9 ай бұрын

Is this THE FIRST "Tiny Desk" concert EVER?!!! I say YES!

@nmd14723 3 жыл бұрын

Back in the good old days when the world was a much simpler place to be !!

@DaveLL500 2 жыл бұрын

Dylan always got his due for the worldliness of his lyrics but the writing of Chris Difford and Elvis Costello resonates more with me in hindsight. Must be my unsophisticated working class background. It's a shame Squeeze isn't better appreciated.

@vinm300 2 жыл бұрын

How many rock lyrics include "kidney machines" ? Don't forget The Jam.

@pyewackett5 2 жыл бұрын

Appreciate all 3 . Truly , madly , deeply. Depends on my mood : )

@southerner4566 2 жыл бұрын

Along with Ray Davies Costello and Difford are some of England's greatest song writers.

@ryansilver5497 2 жыл бұрын

Mick Jaeggar , Bowie , The Who , and a million more exciting , EXCELLENT, songwriters . English songwriters are sooo good . But never forget , there’s Bob Dylan and everyone else .

@2ridiculous41 Жыл бұрын

@@vinm300 what about "brucellosis"?

@Ducksoup67 2 жыл бұрын

I worked my way through college in Seattle at a cool Italian restaurant in Pioneer Square (80s). The head waiter managed to get a Squeeze compilation tape for the MUZAK tape system the restaurant used. Of course it was never used when we were open - we rocked to that tape for hours during setup / after hours. Another Nail for My Heart, Pulling Mussels From a Shell... good times!

@elainewilliamson2433 Ай бұрын

Can't believe this is 45 years old!

@gwenever4954 10 жыл бұрын

I still have all my old Squeeze vinyl 45s from the 70s and early 80s, and even now, listening to this song it stirs memories and brings me to tears, a rare thing indeed. A requiem to those of us whose lives screwed up and didn't turn out the way we had hoped or planned.

@littleredrose6254 10 жыл бұрын

No-one's life does, if that's any comfort to you. It is a very poignant song.

@TheManOmega777 10 жыл бұрын

AMEN.I am 53 so I remember this quite well.I am also a casualty of failed dreams IE: MUSIC.Then if that wasn'nt enough ,just keeping a day job and playing was hard but now I don't even play anymore and on unemployment.I have a great opportunity in July to get hired with Pittsburgh local govt. service.My point:U R not done living and learning yet because U R still here and ALIVE....MY advice,if U R spiritual is to PRAY and ask for guidance.HOOK UP WITH THE MAN WHO MADE IT ALLL>>>GOD.Don't give up and don't feel bad.JESUS IS LORD...PEACE TO YOUR ACHING SOUL!!!

@gigsandbusking8959 10 жыл бұрын

Yes great song and how it pans out for almost everyone, I was lucky enough to sustain a musical career right through bringing up my two sons which kept the wolf from the door, if you can play you'll never starve my mum used to say and so true, trouble is most folks want security of a day job then think "shit where did my life go" I hate my job but need the money bla bla

@youandwhosearmy6339 9 жыл бұрын

i'm giving you a thumbs up even though you are rivalling me for the most votes on my comment lol. to be honest, i think we are both saying the same thing about this song. those lyrics are just so 'real'. sorry for repeating myself, but they really are. good music taste btw

@Eleventhearlofmars 7 жыл бұрын

Gwen Ever I had one of their tunes on multicoloured vinyl many moons ago, another nail in my heart, sold it on a few years ago for nice price

@barneypitt3868 5 жыл бұрын

Seriously, is there anything this track *doesn't* get right? "I got a job with Stanley, he said I'd come in handy." *Too* fucking brilliant for words.

@josephgilligan9698 Жыл бұрын

11 years old in 79. A brilliant song and a great year. Takes me back. Wish I'd been 18 in 79.🤣🤣🤣🇬🇧😇

@baconlatte 2 жыл бұрын

I love how in the final verse the guitar drops out and the vocals are more emphasized.

@leeosborne3793 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's a subtle but really good change of mood. I can imagine a lonely guy full of regret, sitting at his kitchen table. It works perfectly.

@baconlatte 2 жыл бұрын

@@leeosborne3793 Good insight, it does suggest a lonely guy etc.

@andrewmcrae9659 Жыл бұрын

Plus the slightly funereal keyboard notes, brought more to the fore.

@jamestohill8287 9 ай бұрын

Saw these guys last week in NYC! Simply awesome! Was supposed to see them 40 years ago but had to work. They did not disappoint!

@joeswar123 8 жыл бұрын

This song says what real life really is

@tracya4087 3 жыл бұрын

tell me about it

@johnpirie3800 16 күн бұрын

Even now, it stands out! Incredible song, the lyrics are truly wonderful. Masterpiece of a pop song.

@bipbippadotta3680 9 ай бұрын

I have adored Squeeze since I first heard Take Me I'm Yours when I was a child. A lot of people question why they weren't more famous 🤔. My theory us that they were actually so talented and versatile that they didn't fit into a particular genre. They could literally write and play anything. Pub rock like Cool For Cats. Soul as in Tempted. Country notably on Labelled With Love. Sheer sublime Pop like Is That Love. My own personal favourite is Another Nail In My Heart. The charts in the late seventies/early eighties were amazing with huge names coming through. However, they usually had a main style such as Pop, Rock, Ska, Mod Revival, etc. Squeeze were all of these with a cheeky side of sassiness. Love love love them forever ❤

@blakemcnamara9105 2 жыл бұрын

Very few bands were truly able to capture the essence of the early Beatles' songs in a modern way. This is the type of pop tune I wish I could write as a songwriter.

@concreteart1111 3 ай бұрын

Oddly enough it was apparently filmed at John Lennon’s old kitchen (the Imagine house)

@mikeydread62 2 жыл бұрын

An absolute anthem when I worked in a south London pub in the early ‘90s. Probably still is

@trevorbrown6654 Жыл бұрын

The interesting thing about Squeeze is how varied their songs were. Some were just plain tongue in cheek, some were ballads, some were proper pop songs and some were pure dramatic storytelling. This fits very much into the latter (despite Jools and his cigar). The only other British band that I can think of from that era who attempted to do something similar with their repertoire was Madness.

@nevillethompson2928 Жыл бұрын

Dark lyrics and cheery tune, whatever your musical tastes you can relate to Squeeze songs, Londoners baby.

@RolyOfficialMusic 10 жыл бұрын

My Dad showed me this song. He said he used to love it and now I in turn love it. Great song

@crazytrain7721 5 жыл бұрын

My dad showed me this song too

@theprettyrecklesshalestorm4259 4 жыл бұрын

Same. He always had it playing in the car. I just picked it up🤷

@garymercer412 2 жыл бұрын

Who needs a chorus with a story like that. Pure genius !!

@BavonWW Жыл бұрын

I lived in Clapham at that time and with exception of the daughter the song pretty much told my story. When my band got our CBS contract 2e demo some songs in Visconti`s F-Hole studios which Squeeze were using concurrently. At a later point we toured with Squeeze. She did marry a soldier, but had a son. Then married a farmer. Me? All bow down before the mighty Bavon, worst guitarist in the World but still the delight of ladies from the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli and then some. More, you want more? Squeeze were a truly great band.

@BavonWW Жыл бұрын

Correction; are "a great band".

@CalifornianCuttlefish Жыл бұрын

This is one of my favorite pieces of British music ever.

@terencemeikle534 Жыл бұрын

A devastatingly effective, deeply moving 'story' song. ❤

@gbh_events 4 жыл бұрын

Not many pop songs actually manage to tell a whole story. This is probably the best ever example (if there is a better one, I haven't heard it).

@tcaudiobooks737 3 жыл бұрын

Hazard by Richard Marx is a goodun

@werewolf74 3 жыл бұрын

When you have non stop run on sentences you can do that

@Penguin_of_Death 3 жыл бұрын

@Thomas Dunkley Another Squeeze track - Labelled with love

@sweeneyandthefellas7773 2 жыл бұрын

Stay Free by The Clash.

@jonnysongs 2 жыл бұрын

Tangled up in blue

@rtaj247 5 ай бұрын

Everyone says ‘it’s got no chorus ‘ but it does have a middle eight (actually it’s 10 bars ) ‘I worked all through the winter…’ with some interesting chord changes which eventually leads you ‘home’ to the original tune… which makes you expect everything now will be ‘happy ever after’ but it isn’t (‘she left me for a soldier..’). Brilliant songwriting.

@vernongrant3596 Жыл бұрын

What a wonderful song, hadn't heard it in years. Brought me to tears. I'm sixty years old now, glad young love passed me by.

@chriskavanaugh8075 10 жыл бұрын

Difford and Tilbrook are truly genius. Absolutely amazing writers. Three Cheers!

@MattAttack54 5 жыл бұрын

chris kavanaugh uu

@Boogieboy138 5 жыл бұрын

I'm glad "Cool for Cats" wasn't the only song I discovered by this band. Really underrated if you ask me.

@andrewmatthews6861 4 жыл бұрын

Dead City Rebel very underrated 🎙️🎙️🎙️

@jasonmaddock565 4 жыл бұрын

Dead City Rebel class band

@56squadron 4 жыл бұрын

Difford & Tilbrook are generally considered to be the Lennon and McCartney of the 80's

@erinfraise6154 4 жыл бұрын

Oh please tell me you have discovered all their other songs, too!

@finalsolution6831 4 жыл бұрын

Labelled with love is the best

@RosieHarp 5 ай бұрын

Glenn Tilbrook's voice is so unique, absolutely perfect for Squeeze's distinctive sound. Phenomenal songwriter as well.

@RosieHarp 5 ай бұрын

I loved Squeeze so much in the late 70's and early 80's. What a time to be young and alive 🎉🥳🍾🎈👯

@clausderenda5777 3 жыл бұрын

Saw them in a small club in Dublin in 92. Super guys, they had drinks and chats with the audience before and after the show and during intermission. Great concert.

@andymatthews7617 2 жыл бұрын

That's what you call class, unlike most bands who are stuck up there own backside.

@rudramishra9369 2 жыл бұрын

You are so lucky, you saw them!