@kentuckyfriedplus that deeper voice is chris difford. this song was absolutely destined to be an opener; it's just too invigorating to be sequenced anywhere else.
lost my voice screaming for this when glen played phoenix a few years back and asked what song we wanted him to play. scream IN QUINTESSENCE and Tilbrook plays In Quntessence.
@mchank - It's Glenn Tilbrook playing the solo, not Edmunds. Would have been wonderful to have heard what the album would have sounded like if it had been the original plan to have four separate producers on four sides of 10" vinyl.
Squeeze: the greatest band in the history of British popular music.
Gotta love this song and the lines "In the corner with his book and tissue/All he can do is pretend to miss you/Closes his eyes as he sees her body/Pulls funny faces and that's his hobby." Love, love, love Squeeze!!!
The deep voice in Squeeze was always Chris Difford-listen to Cool for Cats.
TheAmericanSonics 1 week ago
they rank up there with Ray Davies for songwriting
kinksboss1 1 month ago
East Side Story is one of the most important albums released in 1981!
lyonslaforet 4 months ago
Pulls funny faces and that's his hobby. Where does Difford get these lyrics? A class above any other songwriter.
MrSqueezefan 7 months ago 2
@MrSqueezefan could be the best pop lyricist next to elvis costello
wonder how many pop songs are about masterbation
brabon1 6 months ago
from the days when people learn't how to play musical instruments and wrote proper lyrics!
MrFranksidebottom 8 months ago
Good song...who is singing with the deeper voice on this track?
kentuckyfriedplus 8 months ago
@kentuckyfriedplus that deeper voice is chris difford. this song was absolutely destined to be an opener; it's just too invigorating to be sequenced anywhere else.
mollyandbenb 7 months ago
@mollyandbenb Thanks. His voice is very unique.
kentuckyfriedplus 7 months ago
Magic................ Thank you
ptb76bbt 8 months ago
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lost my voice screaming for this when glen played phoenix a few years back and asked what song we wanted him to play. scream IN QUINTESSENCE and Tilbrook plays In Quntessence.
mortygirly 9 months ago
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mortygirly 9 months ago
OMG do I love this album! This is the soundtrack of my sophmore year at ISU (on the other hand love aint a piece of skirt!)
tipsana 10 months ago
great song
edmunds and costello all over it
hoobool 1 year ago
1 dislike??????????????
bassmanjoe 1 year ago
@bassmanjoe I agree! why search for, listen to and campaign against a song you're not likely to accidentally hear anyway ? ? ? ? who does that?!
mortygirly 9 months ago
@mchank - It's Glenn Tilbrook playing the solo, not Edmunds. Would have been wonderful to have heard what the album would have sounded like if it had been the original plan to have four separate producers on four sides of 10" vinyl.
Squeeze: the greatest band in the history of British popular music.
liamfinnboro 1 year ago
Was a huge SQUEEZE fan back in the 80's...very smart and funny....and talented..
cwmclaughlin67 1 year ago
Had the good luck to find this album at a second hand shop, had never heard of the band before but gave them a shot. Glad I did!
naughtynettie 1 year ago 2
Great Effing song.
jacquieblues 1 year ago
The intro is stolen from Booker T. and the MGs song "Time Is Tight".
But this is such a brilliant pop song I forgive them. Just don't let it happen again.
vveq 1 year ago
@vveq to me the intro sounds very very similar to dave edmunds stuff and I could be wrong but i think he preoduced this album .
thewoozable 1 year ago
@thewoozable Dave produced this song and plays the guitar lead on this track.
I checked the wikipedia and the album's liner notes.
mchank 1 year ago
@mchank cheers !
thewoozable 1 year ago
Gotta love this song and the lines "In the corner with his book and tissue/All he can do is pretend to miss you/Closes his eyes as he sees her body/Pulls funny faces and that's his hobby." Love, love, love Squeeze!!!
ellismortonson 1 year ago
more videos from argy bargy please...incredible songwriters
castertunes1967 2 years ago 2
all time favourite guitar solo! 1:35
perolssong 2 years ago 10
@perolssong ditto................
ptb76bbt 3 months ago
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perolssong 2 years ago
electric trains is one of my favorites though i've yet to hear it on the radio
bobbyblue163 2 years ago
wasnt a single, but should have been, better than ' labelled with Love', but then , what isnt?
tstsullivan797 2 years ago
I found this on vinyl in Rochester, NY for a dollar last year. This song is great, so is Piccadilly.
freshley 3 years ago 3
why isnt this on any of the greatest hits albums? One of their best
kinksboss1 3 years ago 18
yes, i agree! i have been looking for this song but did not know it was on this album.
i don't even know if it's even in print.
maybe on ebay..hehehe
astanjay 3 years ago 3
@kinksboss1 - Wasn't released as a single - but I agree it's one of their best, the whole East Side Story album is excellent.
Talalay 1 year ago