Squeeze - Goodbye Girl

[fulhambob]

I fucking love this lot.

[TheSSMusicChannel]

all this talent - including the one and only Jools Holland at one point, Damn I wish they would reform.

[TheBarraBaja]

Ooooh!!! I found this song because I heard a cover from The Shins!...I can totally get why they picked this song! It's awesome!...I cannot believe I've been missing on such an amazing band!

[TheJacob1961]

GREAT GROUP...GREAT SOUND, GREAT BUNCH OF LADS...UKs FINIST!...HOOOOORAY!.

[JocastaDeVilleneuve]

Wish I was at uni in the late 70s/early 80s

[clarkewi]

@JocastaDeVilleneuve Good era to be going to uni - great music.

[replicas11]

i remember having a 1 night stand with a girl in teneriffe she was a stunner (honest) i woke up early morning and she'd gone' never saw her again but what a night, this song sums it up, all ramshackle drunk happy waking up all sunny outside and still pissed and not really caring, but still think about her now and again especially when i hear this song. she was called paula, great looking girl.

[hoopdoer]

brilliance!

[dibordibor]

3 people doesn't know what is the difference between the buttom "dislike" and "like"

[00040ful]

Forgot just how good they are!!!!!!!

[RaTaToVaBle]

Gooodbyye Giiirl

[icanwaitanotherday]

This song has such a wonderful, unique sound! One of my very favorites

[yatsand1]

memories of my hubbie, rip, love and miss you so much Phil xxxx

[jeffchrissum00]

There in an element of there own. No other group compares.

[dfarmbrough]

Terrific song. Nearly as good as The Mayor Of Simpleton ;-)

[riodv]

@dfarmbrough - No, not 'nearly as good' at all...far superior, in fact. IMHO

...and I LOVE XTC...so I'm just sayin'.

[spacemancomes]

We thank you for your service to music...really

[cinedores]

i like squeeze but then again i like xtc - FIGHT

[rjmachin]

The verse melody is remarkably like The Muppet theme. Great pop all the same...

[Cal093]

the shins covered this; imo, they did it a real justice.

[chonches]

squeeze smokes XTC!!!!!!!!!!, with all due respect to mr. partridge...

[timfellows2]

The greatest pop song ever. End of.

[LiamSutty]

I used to listen to squeeze on cassette on many trips out with my late father in the car. Every song has a life story it's just brilliant! Awesome lyrics, awesome band and I'm glad I was introduced. Went to see them a couple of years ago at Apollo in Manchester and people were moaning that Jools wouldn't be there, It's all about Tilbrook and Difford, amazing x

[andreaprodan]

Not quite up there with XTC but... agreat British London Band!

A bit tto fast here, it seems to me.

[phonemonkey3]

@andreaprodan I reckon they are snapping at XTC's heels at the very least,.

[andreaprodan]

@phonemonkey3

Well, in fact comparissons are stupid. Both great bands in their own special way. Squeeze probably share something with Costello or Ian Dury. They are great ARTESANS and maintain a british pop tradition. The early years produced real GEMS.

[dermotwalker]

@andreaprodan Squeeze are 'not quite up there with XTC' because they're way, way above them. You silly cock.

[andreaprodan]

@dermotwalker

Just cause you're called Dermuid doesn't meen you HAVE to have a gripe!

[dermotwalker]

@andreaprodan 'fraid non-nationals don't have full voting rights in any debate about the merits of squeeze. But if I was to sign you into the visitors' book for a one day pass, you'd still have make sense and be able to spell...

[andreaprodan]

@dermotwalker

Typing errors are all too common in youtube, (you forgot a "TO" in your comment, if you bother to check.

As for all that 'non-nationals' stuff, leave that to the National Front. Good music can, thank god , be appreciated world-wide.

Still prefer XTC, despite their being from Swindon, and not having a passport of yours with 'Pure Londoner' stamped all over it.

[dermotwalker]

@andreaprodan I'll give you the first point matey but you started the ethnic stuff, so no lectures.

[dunskie]

Always LOVED the original drummer from this group.

Great cool feel style and great parts. Very under-rated

As is this group!

[tomatooverlord]

Jesus h christ. My childhood years just came flooding back. I'm only 19, sure, but my dad played Squeeze all the time...

it's...basically the definition of nostalgia right now.

[tenn4fab4]

Saw them live at the Ryman maybe two years ago, it was so frakin' great, almost jumped out of the balcony. Glenn Tilbrook was definitely the hardest working man in show biz, playing every essential lick, singing his heart out, totally amazing performance. Almost makes up for never seeing the Beatles live! You've gotta see Tilbrook or the band altogether live if you ever have the chance.

[kleeson007]

its 'mums not the word'

[TheJohnat1]

Excellent, saw them in Kendal UK a few years ago and they were just as good

[daddyoj]

What a pro band to see live. Just did it for me when this was the encore, such a lovely and likable song, the two voices work so fucking great together. Was she a hooker, a poolroom girl or just a thief, I know it doesnt bother you . Nope Havent seen her yet.....

[fliznid]

I seem to recall another version of this song at a much faster tempo. If anyone knows about it & where I could find it I'd really appreciate the info. Thanks!

[bostonirishpunk]

I saw these guys at the rat in boston when they were uk squeeze, any video around of that era?

[tenn4fab4]

@bostonirishpunk That must've been great, what a killer debut album they had!! You're a lucky one, alright.

[chrisandsam1210]

they've been together for 27 years and never broke up tht is amazing and its not even like they r and ok band they r amazing

[nickhirst999]

There are two versions of lyrics for this: the single version (which this is) and the album version. The differences are (album version in brackets):

I met her in a pool room (bar room)

She took me to her hotel (to a motel)

I've lost my silver razor (blue address book)

The money in the waistcoat (in the fur coat)

My wife has moved to Jersey (Guernsey)

Some mug is not the word

[dirtycrawlers100]

Love it!!

[JackvanValen]

The most underated guitarist ever singer song writer I saw him 3 times lucky me nj with squeeze twice and once with the fluffers God Bless then but we wanted to hear SQUEEZE...Tillbrooj loves performing So do I I just Sux and am not tillbrook but almost play as well and write as good but there is only one SQUEEZE

[invallidusername]

this song gives me shivers.

[aeon6669]

So "mum" is not the word....

[peanutspray]

Thanks vikingbones!

[vikingbones]

Here are the lyrics to that particular verse  I've lost my silver razor My clubroom locker keys The money in the waistcoat It doesn't bother me My wife has moved to Jersey So mug is not the word If you ever see her Say hello Goodbye Girl

[dhamill61]

@vikingbones It's not Jersey, it Guernsey – as in England. When the song was released in the U.S., the record label made the band re-record that verse and change Guernsey to Boston, because they thought the song was too Anglocentric. In retrospect, they probably SHOULD have changed it to "Jersey," since it sounds almost exactly the same!

[metfanal]

@dhamill61 HAHA.......Saw Squeeze last sunday....in of all places!!! New Brunswick New Jersey USA!!!! the crowd went crazy when he said it!!!!!!!! thanks for the notation.....btw.....Squeeze totally blew away Cheap Trick....the opening act.......SQUEEZE ROCKS!!!!!!

[druther530]

@metfanal Squeeze could've blow away Cheap Trick without unpacking their insturments.

[radgeek01]

@vikingbones Thanks for posting that. Difford's lyrics were so incredibly clever.

[tomsatriano]

My wife has moved to Guernsey, so mum is not the word.

[trifelgeputinage]

@tomsatriano I thought it was 'My wife has moved to Jersey, some mug is not the word' ?

[danathomasatl]

@vikingbones so mum is not the word

[peanutspray]

On the lyrics theme, does anyone know what the word is: 'My wife has moved to Jersey, so ??? is not the word'? I thought it should be 'mum' as in 'quiet', but it sounds more like 'muff' or 'mug'. Though I might have the verse incorrect altogether...

[mothwings]

Anybody else hear the resemblance to the Muppet Shoe theme?

[Wiser72]

Saw these guys in San Francisco in '08. Great show. They still sound wonderful. I really like the lyrics. Very English of them especially this one, "Pulling Mussels", and "Up The Junction."

[sameoldfitup2008]

GREAT SOUND!!

[allyplumb]

All those tragic loves songs were fabulous the comparasion for Difford and Tilbrook to lennon and Mccartney is not overstated at all!

[912cate]

@allyplumb

Comparing Squeeze to the Beatles is not really fair..

They BLOW THE BEATLES AWAY!!!

[tyhplas]

@912cate Nah, i cant agree with that statement mate, not quite up with beatles but not far away i would say

[drivebyfluffer]

Damn these guys were (are) ultra cool. Growing up these guys (and the Specials and the English Beat, etc) showed it was cool to be smart and even a little sensitive -- such a different message that most of the cock rock of the day was espousing...

[2degucitas]

@drivebyfluffer True, that. Even us Yankee chicks appreciated their music.

[ChilloutSessionZ]

goodbye nina

[anutcolleen]

Love Squeeze, saw in Philly with Smithereens at the mann music center, loved it!!

[Trixiekitsch2008]

I am saying "Goodbye Girl" to my friend Pamela Lynn Patterson who loved this song and saw Squeeze with me twice---and who committed suicide on 9-9-6. RIP

[TheCentinal]

@Trixiekitsch2008 so very sorry. that s never an answer. had the same happen to me and i just got really angry that they couldnt talk to me and work it out. Really miss them

[iCHUCK69]

@Trixiekitsch2008 so sad..brings tears to my eyes....so fuxin sad.

[sirlovemehard]

@Trixiekitsch2008 Ditto...

[koitorob]

@Trixiekitsch2008 I'm sure she has this on her ipod in heaven!

[pollobionico]

@Trixiekitsch2008 - feel your loss,... sunlight on the lino... I love this song.

[1400deadwood]

@Trixiekitsch2008 - with all respects to your friend, when I first heard this song, I thought it was about a girl who did just that. Sometimes life just has twists and turns that are so terribly baffling and painful.

[Trixiekitsch2008]

The best concert I ever saw--In IOWA--Squeeze and The English Beat. Two bands who I still listen to and love. Never get tired of either. Dave Wakeling and Glen Tilbrook are gods.

[TruthAxe]

Wait, concerts in Iowa? Are you sure? Don't they hold John Deere conventions there?

[coralrayne]

Slipknot is from Iowa!!!

[Trixiekitsch2008]

@TruthAxe Hey I'm from Iowa.

[TruthAxe]

@Trixiekitsch2008 I've driven through Iowa.

Mounds that look like giant gopher holes in the western part of the state. Des Moines seem like the worst parts of Syracuse.

I have a good friend from Creston. He left and became famous.

[DocGeorge4U]

Squeeze is unique...and great!

[colombinatolkoya]

I like this music. More like just Duran Duran. It's same thing. So it seems to me. And you?

[beautifulJoe]

I saw Squeeze play at Veterans memorial coliseum in Columbus, Ohio in 1979. They were the warmup band for The Tubes. They were GREAT!

[annakara]

I saw them in Scotland on the same tour. Wonderful memories!

[drszuszitz]

I saw that tour! I loved the Tubes live (and, of course Squeeze)

[miss2tone]

Thei is melodically a piece of genius. End of. Glenn has THE most wonderful voice.

[bigbluevanman]

these guys were my first concert-Nassau Coliseum, 1982-REM opened for the English Beat, who opened for Squeeze-I have loved them since-their stuff is truly timeless. I hear Goodbye Girl today, or Vicky Verky, or Someone Else's Bell and they are still great songs!

[pleomorphian]

one of england's greatest bands - hugely underrated.

[greenfield57]

an excellent song by an excellent band a lyric band loved them then and still do

[davidennis1]

this isnt the version im used to it was on a red album that was squeezed in the middle it was faster and harder and better

[thedigitalcollective]

another great song by the band.love squeeze.

[harfarhs]

Yes lino is often used for bathroom floors, that is where the speaker has woken up after the girl has left him, probably he collapsed there with a Mickey Finn before even getting to bed?

[icanwaitanotherday]

I always loved this song!

[tuggers1]

goodbye kate

[snoookergirl]

reminds me of Daniel Craig dancing on the balcony in "Some Voices". Cute...

[exproggo]

Brilliant....I had all the Squueze early ones...and was very inspired by them.

[1TasosT]

Yeah, I guess someone moving to Jersey would still make sense in the US, but the connotation would be quite different. Ha.

[vikingbones]

It's Sunlight on the lino.

Lino is short for Linoleum - an inexpensive oil based floor covering

[1TasosT]

That's what I thought, but had never used that term to refer to Linoleum, usually used to line kitchens and bathrooms. hey, if you set up this one, do you have "Vicky Verky" from Argy Bargy?

[kentduffy]

I used to sing " Some light eyed mulatto, waking me with a shake" until Glen cleared up the lyrics at a bar called Bucket of Suds after a show in Chicago.

[coolclint88]

@vikingbones Ahh makes sense, always thought it said "sunlight, on the light on" which doesn't make much sense

[MartiW]

@vikingbones And Silver razor?

[nancybreed]

or lido, i could be wrong

[1TasosT]

Oh, yeah, and what is the fourth word in the chorus, "Sunlight on the (...)", it sounds almost like "Vinyl", but that wouldn't make sense. Is it a British way to say "linen". I'm ignorant.

[nancybreed]

sunlight on the lino?

[1TasosT]

Hey, anybody who can up Vicky Verky, from the Argy Bargy album, would be greatly appreciated. Not a big hit, but my personal fave of the Squeeze catalog.

[BrickhouseB2]

Anyone know why this song was recorded with two different final verses?

There's this one and the one with: I lost my silver bracelet My club room locker key The money in the billfold It doesn't bother me. My wife has moved to Boston.

Here it's "razor" instead of "bracelet", "waistcoat" instead of "billfold" and "Jersey" instead of "Boston".

[ks254853]

They modified it (with Boston etc.) for the US market.

[squeezeaway]

That is very true. They also had a little self-destructiveness to them. Seemed like every time they were set to take off, someone left the band or Difford went into rehab in '91 and missed tours. Having said that they are back 2day better than ever and deserve to be in the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame. Their songwriting as solo artists is phenomenal..

[ortleyman]

Man, back in the day Squeeze banged out one hit after another. It seemed like over night Tillbrook and Difford lost there magic to write tunes like this.

[squeezeaway]

They didn't lose any magic. Their songs weren't played on the radio. With the internet world we are no longer at the mercy of asshole record companies and tight American radio playlists.

[ortleyman]

What is out there that compares to what Squeeze did from the late 70's to early 80's that is worth listening to. I would like to know. I do agree with you regarding the radio airplay that exists today and for quite sometime but if I remember correctly back in the mid 80's Tillbrook and Difford were being compared to the next McCartney and Lennon and WNEW in NYC was pushing them very hard. They just did not live up to the hype. Who could? So I felt that was a little unfair.

[davevontexas]

I've cried my eyes out to this song, and I've laughed and co-conspired with a couple of way cool girls to it too.

Many memories tied up in this perfunctory batch of major thirds, perfect fifths and clever lyrics. So thanks for posting.

[bansi247]

YES!

[omddeb]

2:45...Glenn.....wow, very nice....lol

Yes, a great song, too.

[siitrom]

Great fucking song.....