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Squeeze - Popularity in the US?
Posted on 8/8/18 at 9:01 am
Posted on 8/8/18 at 9:01 am
I often wonder how this happened. The only single from Singles - 45's And Under that ever made the US hot 100 was Tempted, and that was in '87(Singles came out in '82). Pretty sure I never once heard them on the radio. Yet, while at LSU, everyone I knew knew most of the singles by heart. I wore out that Singles compilation in my dorm in '85. They still get lots of play on Sirius/XM. Am I the only one puzzled by this?
The list from Singles is just amazing:
Side one
"Take Me I'm Yours" – 2:48
"Goodbye Girl" (US single version) – 3:05
"Cool for Cats" – 3:10
"Up the Junction" – 3:10
"Slap and Tickle" – 4:16
"Another Nail in My Heart" – 2:55
"Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)" – 4:00
Side two
"Labelled with Love" – 4:44 / "If I Didn't Love You" (US) – 4:10
"Is That Love" – 2:30
"Tempted" – 4:00
"Black Coffee in Bed" – 6:10
"Annie Get Your Gun" – 3:22
The list from Singles is just amazing:
Side one
"Take Me I'm Yours" – 2:48
"Goodbye Girl" (US single version) – 3:05
"Cool for Cats" – 3:10
"Up the Junction" – 3:10
"Slap and Tickle" – 4:16
"Another Nail in My Heart" – 2:55
"Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)" – 4:00
Side two
"Labelled with Love" – 4:44 / "If I Didn't Love You" (US) – 4:10
"Is That Love" – 2:30
"Tempted" – 4:00
"Black Coffee in Bed" – 6:10
"Annie Get Your Gun" – 3:22
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Posted on 8/8/18 at 9:18 am to AlxTgr
I can remember hearing Tempted and Black Coffee in Bed on the radio growing up in the mid 80's, but none of the others from that list. I had a friend in college in the early 90's obsessed with them, but he was about the only one.
Posted on 8/8/18 at 9:22 am to The Spleen
quote:Isn't that strange though? Years after the compilation is released?
in the mid 80's
Posted on 8/8/18 at 9:28 am to AlxTgr
Maybe? My memory is fuzzy, but I definitely remember hearing Tempted on the radio at the pool we were members of from 83-86, so it may have been as early as 83.
I don't think I thought much about them again until my freshman year of college and the guy down the hall I became friends with in the dorm listened to that album all the time.
I don't think I thought much about them again until my freshman year of college and the guy down the hall I became friends with in the dorm listened to that album all the time.
Posted on 8/8/18 at 9:28 am to AlxTgr
Tempted is one of the greatest songs of all time.
Period.
(ETA: Tempted and Black Coffee in Bed got shite tons of airplay on MTV back in the day.)
Period.
(ETA: Tempted and Black Coffee in Bed got shite tons of airplay on MTV back in the day.)
This post was edited on 8/8/18 at 9:29 am
Posted on 8/8/18 at 9:33 am to Ace Midnight
MTV was where I first saw them, but I have no idea why I bought Singles.
Posted on 8/8/18 at 10:11 am to AlxTgr
I was in college in the 80s and Squeeze was extremely popular.
Posted on 8/8/18 at 10:21 am to AlxTgr
I first heard them in the summer of '79 when my family were living outside of Toronto. There was a fantastic radio station there, CFNY, that played all sorts of new wave stuff that I hadn't heard yet. Cool for Cats had just been released and they were playing a lot of that album on CFNY - mostly the title track and "Up the Junction". I've been a fan of them ever since then. They didn't get a lot of airplay on mainstream stations in the US but I did hear them on college stations, which is mostly what I listened to in that era before I gave up on radio entirely.
This post was edited on 8/8/18 at 10:56 am
Posted on 8/8/18 at 10:27 am to AlxTgr
Split Enz >>>>>>> Squeeze
Posted on 8/8/18 at 10:34 am to Damone
quote:
I first heard them in the summer of '79
I first saw them on a late night weekend show called Video Concert Hall in the late 70s. It was a precursor to MTV. I remember seeing the video for Another Nail In My Heart and immediately loved it. Argybargy is my favorite Squeeze album to this day. I always thought of Difford and Tilbrook as a modern day (at the time) Lennon and McCartney.
Posted on 8/8/18 at 10:50 am to Damone
quote:
Split Enz >>>>>>> Squeeze
Posted on 8/8/18 at 11:43 am to AlxTgr
Great band. I used to play them a lot on the Northwestern State radio station.
Posted on 8/8/18 at 11:58 am to AlxTgr
quote:
MTV was where I first saw them
Dont know where you went but KLSU wore out Singles.
Every tune on Singles is money, listened to it all the way through about two months ago and really enjoyed it.
Posted on 8/8/18 at 12:33 pm to AlxTgr
Peep the guy who doesn't "get" tEnz
Posted on 8/8/18 at 1:08 pm to Damone
?
Six Months in a Leaky Boat and I Got You are great. They can't touch Squeeze though. It's not close.
Six Months in a Leaky Boat and I Got You are great. They can't touch Squeeze though. It's not close.
Posted on 8/8/18 at 1:09 pm to Lakeboy7
quote:Don't recall anything that pop sounding ever being on KLSU. '85-'92.
Dont know where you went but KLSU wore out Singles.
Posted on 8/8/18 at 1:13 pm to AlxTgr
I don't know about the radio but they were in heavy rotation on MTV and everyone watched MTV back then....they actually played just videos most of the time so it was like listening to the radio.
These days, I love watching Later With Jools Holland on the BBC. Jools was the piano player for squeeze and has had a live music show on the BBC since 1992. He has 4 or 5 bands on a show who play live while the other bands and a studio audience watches.
These days, I love watching Later With Jools Holland on the BBC. Jools was the piano player for squeeze and has had a live music show on the BBC since 1992. He has 4 or 5 bands on a show who play live while the other bands and a studio audience watches.
Posted on 8/8/18 at 1:41 pm to AlxTgr
WLIP
Posted on 8/8/18 at 2:53 pm to AlxTgr
Glenn Tillbrook is playing here on the 18th
Posted on 8/8/18 at 2:56 pm to AlxTgr
quote:
wore out that Singles compilation in my dorm in '85
i'm still wearing it out
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