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  • i LOVE squeeze and lily allen!!!

    thee dude from squeeze that sings this is so attractive lmfao.

    shame im only 12.

    ah well xxxx great lily

  • i do prefer the cover by the view though :-/

    but only when its acoustic , its catchier ( by the view)

  • Lily Allen looks like Miko in a frock!

  • It's okay, but I do prefer the squeeze, as much as I adore Lily

    x

  • awful

  • Very poor

  • The original is much better...

  • SHE IS AMAZINGLY PRETTY AND TALENTED

  • If you people who have left a bad comment don't like lily allen then DON'T WATCH HER VIDEO'S! I think she is brilliant and I love her!

  • People watch it because they like the original and want to listen to her cover, and they have as much right to share their opinion as you do.

  • Yeah your right, but I think saying 'fucking 'horrible' is too harsh. If you dont like soemthing say you don't like it. Not everything a singer sings is gonna be to everyones taste.

    xx

  • It may be harsh but it's the best description for this poo dribble.

  • fuckin' 'orrible!

  • she is utter shit. munter

  • Does it really matter who sings what? Most singers will have a crack at any song. There are no rules.

  • Not a good cover in my op

  • A for effort, but I don't much like it.

  • God she's shit

  • I don't get how a woman can cover this..

    Kinda belies the point of the song a little doesnt it?

  • squeeze's version is better but this is still good :)

  • urgh murder it much lily?!!

  • Great song, but what in God's name inspired anyone to let Lilly Allen loose on it? Not one for her at all.

  • Aa neva though' i' wud hhappun wiv me un da gurl frum clappum *GASP* Ou' onda windee commun *GASP* Dat nigh' aa ain' furgo'-un *GASP* Wen shee deal' ou' da rashuns wiv sum ur uva pashuns *GASP* Aa sed u r a ladiee *GASP* perhhaps shee sed aa maybeeeeeeeeeee *GGAASSPP* Wii mooved inter da basemunt *GASP* Wiv though's uv r engagemunt wii sta'din bi da telleeyy *GASP* Ulthough da rume wuz smelli *GASP* Wii spen' aourrr tim' jus kissin *GASP* Da relway armz wur missin *GASP* ...erm?! Profound! :-S
  • She's anuva bleedin Mockney, Went to Champs Elysee then the Sorbonne. She shudda got a SoreBum instead. Lily? bleedin Doolally

  • You're right in saying it's a reference similar to up 'up shit creek' used around the time of the original release (Squeeze 1979). It also is a reference to the vicinity of Clapham Junction (Railway Station) and was used as a reference to being pregnant (like 'up the Duff' is used now)

  • That's helpful. Thanks. I really like the use of language, the way song sounds like it's spoken by the actual guy who would have gone through these experiences, using his vocabulary and his landmarks. Squeeze are fantastic writers.

  • This is a beautiful song, with amazing half-rhymes. As a Canadian, some of the references go over my head, but the internet at least told me what Battersea/Clapham was. Can anybody enlighten me as to the meaning of the phrase 'up the junction'? I know it was a book and movie, and if I had to guess I'd translate it as 'up shit creek' i.e. in a bad situation that is hard to escape from.

  • "up the junction" is a word play. In one sense it does mean "up shit creek", but also clapham junction is a famous train station in south london; it is the busiest station in the UK as most trains between london and the south of england stop or pass through there.

  • I love any artist that doesnt see the need to sing with an American accent

  • You take squeese out of the box, fantastic, would loved to of heard some cello, well wow yes.

  • Pretty!

  • fuckin AMAZIN

  • Lily Allen is cool but way to mess up a good song

  • true. she messed this song up well bad. shes alrite as a singer but dont try and cover a great song. :)

  • the originals much better and lily allen sounds much better in her more recent songs like the fear and its not fair.

  • TheGiGiShow;now there is a perfect example of a Lily Allen fan. I need say no more.

  • They should have kept the drum riff (if that is what it is called).

  • It's a good cover, but I think I prefer the original. But still good all the same :)

  • i wouldn't call it brilliant but it's alright

  • I like the song but not the quality

  • You're in the minority then. She is a great songwriter and can sing live.

  • Bollocks my arse! You're the one in the minority. Anyone can sing. She just does it badly. That said,I respect your uneducated and highly dubious opinion. I pity you and your ilk.

  • Lily is great, quick insulting her you ilk.

  • Thank you. You're making this so much easier. "Quick insulting her you ilk"! That is class. You want me to quickly insult her? How does "you type" work? Buy a dictionary. You really are quite illiterate. Look that one up. Try spending a little more time on improving yourself than listening to this drivel!

  • I asked you to insult her more quickly, yet you spent 4 lines insulting me. Do what I ask in future, halfwit.

  • Your just digging a deeper hole! Your EXACTLY the type I would expect to like Lily(stupid fucking name for starters). What you meant to say was QUIT. Go and borrow a dictionary,you obviously don't own one. Realising you fucked up big time,your now trying to make out you did it on purpose and by doing so your looking an even BIGGER tit. I could write a book insulting you,let alone 4 lines.

  • My name is ace, your name makes no sense, just like your posts. Write a book insulting someone you got whopped by on youtube, pathetic, I may or may not bother to read it. I am a busy person. Guys like you hate women because they don't talk to you.

  • You? Busy? Cafe full today?

  • Cafe? hehe. Get a decent name then I will talk to you.

  • And as for you! Thanks but no thanks. I like to converse with people who's education has surpassed ladybird books. I do try and return all smart arsed comments though.

  • dude you sure are bored, i've seen you post hater shit on almost every video :S .. please, in case your mother didnt tell you, say something nice or dont say anything at all

    youtube isnt an anger venting place, just because its online doesnt mean you have to lose all courtesy. just stop visiting the same videos that you hate over and over (kinda masochist attitude, dont you think??)

    hope you feel better and realize people have different tastes, at least they're not listening to miley cyrus !

  • Who the fuck are you? YOU replied to ME! That's the only reason I come back here. "post hater shit.." that's saying something nice is it? It's called banter,not hate,if your to simple to realize that,that's your problem. Don't reply to me again,at least warriorprince1010 has got a sense of humour.

  • i replied because i thought you needed to calm down a bit... and sorry for my "simplicity", but i mean, who posts that she commited a crime against music and expects everyone to just say haha what a funny man.. you got a bunch of thumbs down and reply comments!

    and really? bantering?? i suggest you re-read warriorprince1010's attitude, it doesnt sound like they wanted much to do with you

  • I say what I think. Oh deary me,did I get some thumbs down? What a bummer. I just want to be popular like you. Show me the way of the all knowing.

  • and that said, i think this is too stupid to argue about

    my point was that you should do something better with your time than argue about a song you dont even like

  • But you still reply. Can't let it go can you. Ok. Do something better with my time. Like you?

  • Its Amazing i love it

  • i love that song

  • 3 words...BREATHE...3 words....BREATHE....3 words...BREATHE

    destroying this song

  • quality,

    not as good as the original but she done a good job,

    and she gorgeous

  • I luv lily allen, Not her bst work tho.

  • Lily is a cutie, but I'm not sure she would/will make a good wife, probably not too domestic.

  • oh for FFS, tradercris, thank you for making azzholes out of us Americans once again.

    Domesticity does not equal "good wife." Join the 21st Century, would you, mate?

    Just let Allen sing...she's full of epic cool....

  • Great cover...anyone who doesn't like it should keep their mouths shut and fingers free for something else (which in their case, is more than likely because they'll never find a boyfriend/grirlfriend he he he!)

  • Her fake cockney accent is very annoying when you consider she attended several of the poshest private schools in the UK.

  • I love lily allen. But this is boring...

  • Horrible.

  • CHAV BITCH

  • I don't like her covers either, but I don't stick my head up my ass and complain. If you don't like it, state that politely.

  • Silly, pointless, pathetic piece of rubbish. Does that suffice?

  • what is tha song about :P

  • It's originally by the Squeeze (so she's not a lezzie or anything lol), but it's about somebody who had a kid with a girl but then the kid and his girlfriend/wife/whatever, left when he started drinking alot. Now he's regretting it. I think. Oh well. Great song, but original's better. Love Lily x

  • If "artists" can't come up with original material... don't bother- unless you are passing it off to folks too young to remember the original and much more superior version... this chick sucks

  • Van Halen did Roy Orbison's "Pretty Woman," The Beatles and Beach Boys did Chuck Berry tunes like "Rock and Roll Music" and "Surfin Safari." Oasis does a great version of the Who's "My Generation." There is nothing wrong with an artist recording their own version of someone elses' song..it gives praise to that original song and artist and it helps to keep the flame burning on the life of the song as well. Artists usually LOVE IT when someone like Lily Allen comes along and does 1 of their songs.

  • Undoubtedly, the worst cover version I've ever heard.  Phoenix Nights.

  • She is such an Angel... :)

  • I really want this song on my ipod ... :( x

  • Yes lil...your soooo great especially when so many youngsters love you and you stand and announce that taking DRUGS is ok!!.........a real role model

  • can i just point out ... i love her dress! :)

  • yeah ! get a life

  • I must admit I don't particularly like her covers, I like her songs when they're her own. She's a brilliant song writer/ singer. xx

  • I hate when people have stupid aguments on youtube... get over it, people can have their own opinions but if you don't like the song don't listen to it and just keep it to yourself.. you really must have nothing beter to do then go through all the songs on youtube you don't like everyday and make sure people know you don't like it.. really, we don't care for your opinion.

  • Lol I don't think that's the case.

    They probably come on and listen to her cover because they like the original, so they thought they'd see how Lily Allen does. So why should they not share their opinion if you can? You gonna bite my head off now because I personally thought the cover was awful?

  • no because i don't comment on videos i dont like.. my comment saying 'i must admit i don't particularly like her covers' was in reply to all the other comments.. i don't start slating everything she does.. when i don't like a song i don't usually comment and move on.. i only really comment artists/tracks i like. i don't get into stuff about her dad and her life story because im not really that sad to wikipedia her (not on about you, just anyone who does)

  • thanks x

  • lily you're so lovely!

  • I love lilly allen shes beutiful this song is brilliant .

  • She has respect and love for the original sources, since they were part of her formative years growing up. She's just paying homage to the songs and artists that have influenced her and showcasing the music to a new generation who may have missed the boat...Lilly Allen style. A very nice and respectful cover...though the quality isn't the best.

  • Oh My Fucking GOD...Why oh Why do copyright owners allow Classics to be absolutely fucking Destroyed by people that can't sing??? Scissor sisters Murdered Comfortably Numb....Now this Ghastly Racket. It just shouldn't be allowed!

  • So I listened to the orginal and I thought it was fucking fantastic.

    However if you like Lily Allen you should of excepted this style. If you dont wtf would you click on this video?

    Her voice is amazing and this version is equally as good as the orginal.

    To think she cant sing is a joke. Tell that to her at least 2 million fans who put her lastest cd to number 1 on the charts.

  • It's utter rubbish and she is not a Singer by far she's not even close to one! the Accent she uses is awful but you would know all that since you are in the States...you really can't comment on whats good here in the UK being in the States....this is not the first song she has ruined a "Good Artist" does their own Material

  • What are you so old kuu who lives in a basement. Get real. Maybe you dont even know your own culture. She wasnt number one in our charts she was number 1 in your charts. You're in the minority here mate. Bitch as much as you want just because you're loud and annoying doesnt make you right.

    Tell me when you get a band and are doing something wortwhile kay?

  • U READING the comments yet mate...seems I was right about the older generation not liking these shite cover versions.....

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  • At last someone who know what they're talkin about. Clesarie here loves Lily Allen and think she has the talent to tackle songs form The Specials,The Clash and Squeeze .....i told him the older generation that grew up on these songs think they're crap..but he's not having it...he spat the dummy!!

  • For someone who thinks of themself as an adult you're quiet the moron.

    If you like her style of music you will love her covers if you don't I simply don't get why the fuck you're even bothering listening to them.

    Anyways it's pointless arguing with you. I like the orginal slightly more than her cover but her cover isnt shit at all.

  • realy bad verion whats the false cockney accent for its sad

  • It's not false. Is it?

  • Not Happy enough ruining The Specials Classics you've decided to ruin someone elses......BAD!!!!

  • I hate that false Mockney accent.

  • too fucking right

  • Great song!!

    Horrific version :(

  • i like it...

  • Way to go Lily!! Nice work...better covering Straight to Hell though ;)

  • See Mary Lou Lord for a nice cover of STH

  • meh average not for me tho i love the original :)

  • Nice cover

  • so she hasent destroyed a great song, the dirty chav.

  • i like it :S

  • Very nice. Brava !

  • nahodou dobra pesnicka:)

  • Shit song.

    Needs more cowbell.

  • SHITE sorry

  • sorry if made some lily allen fans angry i think shes great usallly but this song aint good at all no celeb singers have pulled it off as good as squeeze

  • shes too close to the mic you canb hear her breathing

  • This came up in my "recommended" videos today... The sound/image quality is as bad as it gets on YouTube, so it pretty much screams "REUPLOAD ME" (unless the crappy quality is in the source video already?).

    Also, wow, the song is *amazingly* boring: for a non-native speaker there is nothing to hold on to beyond, say, half a minute. Looks like a wasted opportunity of a cover: maybe Lily could have delivered on this on a better day, or maybe she just shouldn't be allowed to do that kind of stuff.

  • Couldnt agree more about the quality blowing.

    The video was made for yahoo and as you can tell by her ethusism she wasnt to excited about doing it.

    Its a fairly decent cover in her style of music.

    Btw the source materally barely sounds better than this, I cant believe yahoo has such a shitty sounding version of a song on there offical site.

  • i love lily & she can sing anything she fancy's, but this wasnt very good. she's simultaneously unsure of herself, bored in parts & rushed thru the song. also, it has none of the pathos of the original, nor the cocksure brattiness of good lily music.

  • i agree, she performs her songs alot better

  • pretty!

  • Lily has a great voice and does a great intepretation of this classic, the fact that the song is by definition a story from a man's point of view is problematic. I guess we should just take it as a woman sings the sad lament of a man...love gone wrong...you know...

  • i love this song !

    great cover (:

  • luv itttttttt

  • i like this cover, the only gripe i have is that the sound clips and distorts as i guess whoever recorded it had the rec input levels set too high.

  • So...

    Who was the father of the baby?

    Can't've been Lily...

    Strange...

    ( I'm joking, btw! I'm fully aware it's just a song! I'm not that stoopid! ;-P )

  • I happened upon it whilst searching for Squeeze material, I had a look as I was curious. Still doesn't detract from the fact that she wouldn't have got anywhere if her dad wasn't who he is. As I said, talentless!

  • You usually need connections to make it in the business. That's just the way it is.

  • i dunno...something quite charming about this song about the new generation lower classes of 60s london and problems with birth control being sung by a young cockney lass!!

    quite touching ....

  • its her style of singin nd if u dont like her then y look at her vids?

    Dont get ppl like you

  • Nice cover, it's also a pity that Squeeze is so underrated!

  • prefer this 2 the original !!!!

  • It's a nice cover.

  • Just joking about Oliver Cromwell and Lily being a possible lesbian. Here in America that's the way it is, Cromwell's descendents always running around worried about gays, at best silly at worst hateful and discriminatory.

    btw Lily's great IMHO.

  • Why is she singing about kissing another girl, she not one of those...lesbians?!?!?!

    Hey, the Bible is dead set against it, that's enough for me.

    Signed,

    Oliver Cromwell.

  • its a squeeze song, she's doing a cover!

  • and some people dont mind thats enough for me..

  • Oliver Cromwell.. ROFL. Hahahaha. I'm hoping that's an historical reference!

  • It's A Cover.

    Dick Head

  • No need to call names you jerk-off. Ha!

  • shes on wi er...hones ma e

  • surely doctor becomes docer...u wa .

  • its okay but cnt beat Squeeze :):)

    the originals are always betta thou xD

  • very good, propr london girl

  • strange girl. she's really trying to sound like she's from 'the street' where in fact she's had an extremely privileged upbringing. funny how's she's duped a certain section of a generation. public school girl using daddy's contacts to pursue a public karaoke career.

  • She writes her own music,...maybe she gets her talent growing up with a famous father, Harry Enfield has also influenced her,he was like a stepfather to her. I can tolerate Lilly,...its the likes of Paris n fifi fkn trixabelle n peaches that piss me off haahaa. Mucho luv xxxxxxxxxxxx

  • she's lush!!

  • pretty shit, cant beat the orignial, the version by travis is pretty good though

  • As much as I adore and revere Lilly Allen

    I liked the original by Squeeze. :(.

    Sorry.

    Please don't hate on me.

  • amen

  • Hats off to Lilly, beautiful name for a beautiful girl!!

  • just Lily Allen pretending to come from "the street" dropping all her aitches to try and come across all common when in fact she has led a priviliged life, still you idiots keep buying her "music" will keep her in designer gear.... bet one album takes her about twenty minutes to write!!!!

  • God you're bitter.You just keep hating people that are doing better than you,you bitter little man

  • haha spot on man.

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  • She's not trying to be better than Squeeze - she's Lily Allen - perfect Lily performance - excellent cover!!

  • Stick to singing your own songs - can't beat the original squeeze are classic

  • It isn't better than the original of Squeeze, but it's absolutely a good performance

  • This is fucking amazin'/

    Lilys bloody fantastic (Y)

  • Lilly gives me a B- O- N-  ER

  • Lily is always Lily Allen anyway .

  • wow better than the Squeeze.lol lilly allen did a great job.

  • better than squeeze? wtf u smoking how can u compare this garbage with a band like squeeze get a grip horrible cover duno why lily allen sings like shes from east london when she really talks like a posh bird tryin 2 dress like a chav

  • its my opinion and no one will make me change my mind about it. if you dont like it give my comment a thumbs down instead of wasting space with your retarded comments

  • Well Done Lily! Good Effort!

  • like it :))

  • Its a cover its not meant to be like the original - A COVER,Geez... ! Good one Lily Baby baby baby!!!!