Members Geoff Grace Posted August 22, 2006 Members Share Posted August 22, 2006 I'm listening to Babylon and On right now, and IMHO it holds up really well after 19 years. Classic songwriting. Any other fans of this band? Best, Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Magpel Posted August 22, 2006 Members Share Posted August 22, 2006 Of Course! I bet there's quite a few among us. And while I like a few of the Phase Two albums (Babylon and On is easily the best) it's the killer tandem of Argy Bargy and Eastside Story that I hold dear. I saw them circa Babylon and On. Excellent show. Glenn Tilbrook is a major talent. Jules Holland was with them briefly at that point and was treated like a king. People brought him flowers on stage. Women swooned over him. I believe he sang one song all night, but he was a celebrity above and beyond Squeeze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members where02190 Posted August 22, 2006 Members Share Posted August 22, 2006 I did a couple tours with them in the early late 80's and 90's. An incredible band, especially considering they were some of the biggest coke heads I ever saw. Despite being high as {censored}ing elephants every night, they could play consistantly great shows night after night. Too bad Jewels Holland and Paul Carrack couldn't get along, when they were both in the band it was its strongest IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jeff da Weasel Posted August 22, 2006 Members Share Posted August 22, 2006 Oh my GAWD! I was sitting here humming "Pulling Mussels from a Shell" before I logged into HC, and there was this post! Keep in mind that I hadn't even thought of Squeeze in a number of years. WEIRD! - Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Magpel Posted August 22, 2006 Members Share Posted August 22, 2006 Originally posted by where02190 especially considering they were some of the biggest coke heads I ever saw. Despite being high as {censored}ing elephants every night... Call me naive, but that's a tad disappointing. Of course, maybe it explains why so much of their recorded output of that time (Cosi Fan Tutti Futti, Frank, Play, Some Fantastic Place, etc) is so sucky and sounds kinda like coke rock--which is to say overdone and a little full of its own purported sophistication. To my mind, all of the best Squeeze albums of the '90s were written and performed by Aimee Mann and Jon Brion... [Edit: okay, I have to admit, I own most of those late Squeeze albums, and Play is actually pretty good. Frank, however, is virtually without redeeming qualities of any kind] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lee Flier Posted August 22, 2006 Members Share Posted August 22, 2006 Whatever, it was the 80's, most dumbass musicians were doing a bunch of coke and that has nothing to do with whether I like their music. Squeeze were a fantastic band, and I still see Glenn Tilbrook solo every time he comes to town. The guy is amazing... genius songwriter, and he can play incredibly complex guitar stuff while singing something that runs totally counter to the guitar part in phrasing... I hate that guy. Puts on a really entertaining show, too. But yeah, the Squeeze shows back in the day were truly inspiring stuff, and the records didn't suck, either... and yes the earlier records hold up very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jeff da Weasel Posted August 22, 2006 Members Share Posted August 22, 2006 Originally posted by Lee Flier Whatever, it was the 80's, most dumbass musicians were doing a bunch of coke and that has nothing to do with whether I like their music. Yeah... if I had to throw away every record I owned that was created by an artist who was on coke or smack at the time of recording it, I'd have very few things to listen to anymore. - Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Magpel Posted August 22, 2006 Members Share Posted August 22, 2006 Well, I certainly hope I didn't come off likea prude or, worse, an idolatrist! When I weigh in on the recurrent, eterna; topic of drugs and the creative process, I generally stake out the "useful but dangerous" camp. Where made them sound like raging coke heads, and I must confess that I have a particulary strong bias against that particular drug, especially when used heavily and long term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lee Flier Posted August 22, 2006 Members Share Posted August 22, 2006 Originally posted by Magpel Where made them sound like raging coke heads, and I must confess that I have a particulary strong bias against that particular drug, especially when used heavily and long term. I do too, and I had to deal with a lot of coke heads back in the day. It wasn't pretty. It's just that years of living in L.A. during the 70's and 80's made me realize that I couldn't base my opinion of someone's music on their personality or habits, or it would spoil music for me completely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Magpel Posted August 22, 2006 Members Share Posted August 22, 2006 Anyway, I apologize to Geoff for taking a Squeeze appreciation thread OT. I love Squeeze, so much, in fact, that as of today I want my new band to cover one of my favorite Squeeze bouncy rockers: Mumbo Jumbo from Eastside Story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Geoff Grace Posted August 22, 2006 Author Members Share Posted August 22, 2006 No worries, John. I'm enjoying reading everyone's replies. Best, Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mr3lions Posted August 22, 2006 Members Share Posted August 22, 2006 brilliant band. 'nuff said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Davepch Posted August 22, 2006 Members Share Posted August 22, 2006 love Sqeeze- the Difford/Tilbrook songwriting combination can hold there heads high in any company-only got to see them play once, at Reading in '89 or '90 can't remember which one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members where02190 Posted August 23, 2006 Members Share Posted August 23, 2006 My experience with squeeze unfortunately is without exaggeration, and I also have a particular distain for coke users, being a former one myself (now clean over 9yrs one day at a time) but the amazing thing was, and I'm not in any way condoning their habits, but you never knew, and they played amazingly perfect every figgin' night!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fulcrum Posted August 23, 2006 Members Share Posted August 23, 2006 Originally posted by Lee Flier Squeeze were a fantastic band, and I still see Glenn Tilbrook solo every time he comes to town. The guy is amazing... genius songwriter, and he can play incredibly complex guitar stuff while singing something that runs totally counter to the guitar part in phrasing... I hate that guy. Puts on a really entertaining show, too. But yeah, the Squeeze shows back in the day were truly inspiring stuff, and the records didn't suck, either... and yes the earlier records hold up very well. +1 Tilbrook is an amazing guitarist and a brilliant songwriter, and he still has That Voice. When my wife and I caught his solo acoustic show in April, he seemed not the least bit dismayed that he was no longer playing the larger venue across town-- he filled that little bar with 150 raging Squeezeheads and left it all on that little postage-stamp-sized stage. He played quite a few tunes from his last couple of solo records, The Incomplete Glenn Tilbrook and Transatlantic Ping Pong, all of which held up quite well alongside the Squeeze canon. Best show I've seen in ages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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