It is (or was) on iplayer - I'm not a lover of documentaries, nor remember being particularly fond of Squeeze but I wanted something on in the background whilst I did some work. Put this on and didn't get a thing done. Really enjoyed it, recognise far more of their stuff than I thought (I think the narrator made that point) and 'East side story' is going on my Xmas list.
It is (or was) on iplayer - I'm not a lover of documentaries, nor remember being particularly fond of Squeeze but I wanted something on in the background whilst I did some work. Put this on and didn't get a thing done. Really enjoyed it, recognise far more of their stuff than I thought (I think the narrator made that point) and 'East side story' is going on my Xmas list.
Glenn's still got an amazing voice too.
East Side Story is a great album - I have it on cassette!:D
I saw Squeeze, probably May 78 when they were the warm up act to Radio Stars and Eddie and the Hot Rods. They came on first and there were probably only about 100 in the hall. They were a rough punk band but you could see the potential in what they did.
I'm not young but was young at the height of their fame so only became aware of them later on but I love many of their tracks too. I think 'Take me I'm Yours' has to be my favourite. I found the documentary interesting, I didn't know much about their history and how they formed and so I'm glad I tuned into the documentary to find out.
It seems Glenn and Chris often had a rather tense relationship but managed to overcome it to produce some great music:)
I saw Squeeze, probably May 78 when they were the warm up act to Radio Stars and Eddie and the Hot Rods. They came on first and there were probably only about 100 in the hall. They were a rough punk band but you could see the potential in what they did.
I saw them on that tour, too! In Bradford ... Although I'm sure there were more than 100 people there when they came on as 'Take Me I'm Yours' had charted by then and was doing better than both 'Nervous Wreck' and 'Quit This town' had done for the acts above them on the bill ...
That documentary was great and refreshingly frank about the tension between Glenn and Chris - a far cry from the shallow Jeff Lynne/ELO piece of fluff a week or so before, which skirted over all the interesting aspects of that group's career.
Good to see so many Squeeze fans on here. They are indeed criminally underrated and as quintessentially British as the Kinks or Blur. As for the Keane comparisons ... hardly! :eek::rolleyes: Keane can't make up their minds whether they want to be U2 or Simple Minds ... and they have none of the heart, wit or warmth that peppered Squeeze's compositions.
Good to see so many Squeeze fans on here. They are indeed criminally underrated and as quintessentially British as the Kinks or Blur. As for the Keane comparisons ... hardly! :eek::rolleyes: Keane can't make up their minds whether they want to be U2 or Simple Minds ... and they have none of the heart, wit or warmth that peppered Squeeze's compositions.
Glad to hear Glenn's lost his facial fur, too!
Wash that person's mouth out with soap! :eek::eek:
Without going into off topic territory I will rephrase my answer by saying two bands whom I've always found comparable to Squeeze in terms of use of Beatles/Kinkseque melody + great lyrics whom sprung out of the post/punk new wave era and lasted 20+ years and were by and large commercially underrated by the public and loved more by the critics whom BBC4 could do far worse than do a Friday night featuring a career Rockumentary on are Swindon's XTC (Andy Partridge/Colin Moulding) & New Zealand's Finn Brothers (Tim & Neil) Split Enz/Crowded House and other offshoot projects.
Without going into off topic territory I will rephrase my answer by saying two bands whom I've always found comparable to Squeeze in terms of use of Beatles/Kinkseque melody + great lyrics whom sprung out of the post/punk new wave era and lasted 20+ years and were by and large commercially underrated by the public and loved more by the critics whom BBC4 could do far worse than do a Friday night featuring a career Rockumentary on are Swindon's XTC (Andy Partridge/Colin Moulding) & New Zealand's Finn Brothers (Tim & Neil) Split Enz/Crowded House and other offshoot projects.
What's this - world's longest sentence competition or something? But yeah, XTC or the Finn Brothers would make for a good BBC4 theme night.
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Yes he did look a bit :eek: !
Watching him play guitar I noticed he has quite chubby fingers too. As a player myself, I'd find it hard to play like that.
Glenn had lost the facial fuzz for his appearance on BBC Breakfast on Friday.
The biggest scandal is that their best songs Tempted and Pulling Muscles both stalled at no. 41, and yet still get airplay today.
Alot of great songs, that became classics - not just by Squeeze- were not huge hits.
Yeah,Jools Holland...I`ve never understood his success.:(
Glenn's still got an amazing voice too.
Someone Elses Heart should have been a single
Nail in my Heart and Take Me I'm Yours are my faves.
It's still on iplayer - it'll only be there for a few more days though.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01n8kmq/Squeeze_Take_Me_Im_Yours/
I'm not young
It seems Glenn and Chris often had a rather tense relationship but managed to overcome it to produce some great music:)
I saw them on that tour, too! In Bradford ... Although I'm sure there were more than 100 people there when they came on as 'Take Me I'm Yours' had charted by then and was doing better than both 'Nervous Wreck' and 'Quit This town' had done for the acts above them on the bill ...
That documentary was great and refreshingly frank about the tension between Glenn and Chris - a far cry from the shallow Jeff Lynne/ELO piece of fluff a week or so before, which skirted over all the interesting aspects of that group's career.
Good to see so many Squeeze fans on here. They are indeed criminally underrated and as quintessentially British as the Kinks or Blur. As for the Keane comparisons ... hardly! :eek::rolleyes: Keane can't make up their minds whether they want to be U2 or Simple Minds ... and they have none of the heart, wit or warmth that peppered Squeeze's compositions.
Glad to hear Glenn's lost his facial fur, too!
Wash that person's mouth out with soap! :eek::eek:
Without going into off topic territory I will rephrase my answer by saying two bands whom I've always found comparable to Squeeze in terms of use of Beatles/Kinkseque melody + great lyrics whom sprung out of the post/punk new wave era and lasted 20+ years and were by and large commercially underrated by the public and loved more by the critics whom BBC4 could do far worse than do a Friday night featuring a career Rockumentary on are Swindon's XTC (Andy Partridge/Colin Moulding) & New Zealand's Finn Brothers (Tim & Neil) Split Enz/Crowded House and other offshoot projects.
What's this - world's longest sentence competition or something? But yeah, XTC or the Finn Brothers would make for a good BBC4 theme night.
That run of singles from 78-82 was superb, and the story behind "Some Fantastic Place" was very moving.
Saw them live a couple of years ago, they played a cracking set.