How Squeeze Wrote The Perfect Song (Up The Junction)

[@MusicMongoose]

Is it their best song? 🤔

[@topperpop5493]

Quite possibly. It's very similar to Vicky Verky in its structure and its storytelling. Squeeze recorded so many brilliant songs. Who can say which is the best?!

[@stellajayne]

It's certainly a bloody brilliant piece of songwriting, but I think 'Pulling Mussels' is possibly even greater. Great video, Mongoose - I thoroughly enjoyed it.

[@MusicMongoose]

@ that’s a very strong contender! Thanks for the kind comment ☺️

[@MusicMongoose]

@@topperpop5493 agreed! It’s a tough choice 🤯

[@richardevans2954]

Is that love? My fave.

[@alexbrown6624]

This is why l have listened to Squeeze since my teens and will forever more ? From the Cradle to the Grave ,, thanks guys from the Amersham Arms to the Ilford Island and all around the world 🌎 you have made fantastic music with the very best lyrics which we all love ❤️ singing along too ! 😜Musical Poems true artist and can do it just as well live ! Keep them Coming Chris & Glen champion fluffers ! Cheers 🍻

[@bustedfender]

“The Devil came and took me from bar to street to bookie…” 👌

[@ijeff2005]

Great video, great song. A massive UK hit was a non-charting single in the U.S. Difford/Tilbrook are right up there with the most brilliant songwriting tandems ever and they did it creating their own unique style. No other songwriting team ever wrote a song like "Up The Junction".

[@Scotttyist]

That song is such a kitchen sink drama that they shot the video in the kitchen too. Brilliant track.

[@barnabyaprobert5159]

One of England's BEST songwriters/bands. STILL sounds fresh. Beautiful.

[@davidpillinger2699]

Superb! I was brought up in south London, just three miles from Clapham Common, so it really resonated with me at the time. I saw them recently in Seattle and they were seriously wonderful! Thank you Chris and Glenn for years and years of enjoyment.

[@teodelfuego]

It’s cool to see the younger Tilbrook brother doing a You Tube vidéo on his older brother’s song

[@cdb2000]

Saw them recently and they were absolutely great. And for this one, when it started everyone had their phones out (say what you like about that particular trend but i think it shows its the song everyone is waiting for)

[@boxingjerapah]

A timeless classic. I miss this genre of song. Storytelling with guitars in 3 minutes. Not many "story songs" can live with it. The Jam's tube station is one.

[@SteveInskip]

Saw Glen once on a solo tour in Derby. Utterly brilliant so get out and see him if you can.

[@tonykehoe123]

There’s a line in a squeeze song Peyton place “ from a fly in her ointment to a big feather in her cap “ . Taken from Alan Bennett’s Talking heads book . On meeting Difford , I mentioned this to him and he just stared at me without saying anything . Love squeeze ❤️

[@bryter00]

In my minds list of the truly great British singles - “Junction” is certainly on it

[@sprint955st]

This song doesn’t need to be covered. It is literally perfect as it is. Anyone covering it isn’t trying to respect it, they just they were Squeeze.

[@stringthing593]

A great song without doubt

[@OnlyADownstat]

Squeeze - they were all great songs

[@davidmorgan6896]

They did all grate.

[@CORDUROY00]

First learned about this song when Boyracer covered it in 2008

[@Unfunny_Username_389]

I'm so sorry!! : - (

[@CORDUROY00]

@@Unfunny_Username_389 Why? It's great cover. 🤔

[@Unfunny_Username_389]

@@CORDUROY00 rec me three good songs by that band. Please.

[@Unfunny_Username_389]

@@CORDUROY00 It's rushed, thin sounding and needs more keyboards. But it's brave - I'll give you that much. Foolhardy, also.

[@CORDUROY00]

@@Unfunny_Username_389 To each their own but at least it introduced me to this great song.

[@chrisst8922]

Deptford fun city.

[@royphillips7435]

All the Beatles songs are the real deal , Squeeze hit on it a couple of times for sure 🙂

[@aidenwrenn5342]

This kind of shit happens everywhere.

[@chrisst8922]

Difford/Tilbrook, Lennon/McCartney, Holder/Lea, Plant/Page....

[@JohnBatty]

Rare, sure. But I'm surprised Rat Trap overlooked in this genre.

[@musiccovers4295]

a very good song. but i think best done version i've heard of it was done by the bad shepherds. really brings out the english folkiness of it

[@TomBartram-b1c]

Still living off something from the stone age, just like Sting. Why does the ability to write songs seem to be such a finite resource?

[@GodfreyTempleton]

I went to a Squeeze concert in Birmingham in the eighties. It was rubbish, music was tamely delivered, Jools Holland took the mike and droned on for what seemed an eternity, it ruined my appreciation of the band.

[@MusicMongoose]

Ah. That’s a shame!

[@GodfreyTempleton]

@@MusicMongoose Indeed it is a shame, I lost my respect for Squeeze. You can't buy respect.

[@timrose9175]

​@@GodfreyTempleton I've been a huge fan of Squeeze since I first heard Cool for Cats in the early 80's and bought all the CD's from the first up to Frank in the late 80's. 88 I I think. Went to three concerts over those years and one club show in 1999. The club show was in Frederick, Maryland and I was so excited to see them up close! Was in front of Glenn and was leaning on the stage looking up at him. That was awesome and a roadie gave my new girlfriend Sara their set list on the stage floor in front of Glenn when it was over. The only other band I saw so close was the Wings Over America tour in 1977 with my favorite Beatle, Paul. General admission and only $15.00 a ticket!! The sad part of the Squeeze club show was that there were no more than maybe 100 people in the audience. What a slap in the face. I felt so bad for them. Chris had more than his usual scowl on his face that I'm pretty sure was because of that. Of all their great songs I'd say Vanity Fair is my favorite. "She comes home late with another screw loose, she claims to have had just a pineapple juice". Love that band and always will.

[@jpollackauthor]

It was almost half a century ago - get over it and give their music another chance lol

[@GodfreyTempleton]

@@jpollackauthor Get over what? It was crap.

[@cricketbatguitar]

Mr Stanley owned the decorating chain shop Fads.

[@johnholkham2420]

Was that the same Prat that brought BH A