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Squeeze — Take Me I'm Yours
Album: Singles - 45's And Under
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Released: 1980
Length: 2:45
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I've come across the desert
To greet you with a smile
My camel looks so tired
It's hardly worth my while
To tell you of my travels
Across the golden East
I see your preparations
Invite me first to feast

Take me I'm yours
Because dreams are made of this
Forever there'll be a heaven in your kiss

Amusing belly dancers
Distract me from my wine
Across Tibetan mountains
Are memories of mine
I've stood some ghostly moments
With natives in the hills
Recorded here on paper
My chills and thrills and spills

Take me I'm yours
Because dreams are made of this
Forever there'll be a heaven in your kiss

It's really been some welcome
You never seem to change
A grape to tempt your leisure
Romantic gestures strange
My eagle flies tomorrow
It's a game I treasure dear
To seek the helpless future
My love at last I'm here

Take me I'm yours
Because dreams are made of this
Forever there'll be a heaven in your kiss
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GOOD TUNE!   ...nice vintage sawtooth wave synthesizer sound!
Posted 1 week ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 WonderLizard wrote:

Vocals are tricky. Most of the time I'm looking for a strong lead and, if we're lucky, a one- or two-part harmony. With the better bluegrass and vocally oriented pop bands (Mamas and Papas, Spanky and Our Gang, Beachboys, Beatles, etc.) three- and four-part harmonies abound. Tilbrook and Difford are different because they sing the same melody line, but with entirely separate tones (Tilbrook's the tenor; Difford the baritone), creating a harmony which is not a harmony at all, but still works.


It's more like singing in unison; they sang several of their tunes that way.
Posted 4 months ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Solanus wrote:

Love this acoustic version

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W04Y5kfxNd8


It looks like they were having fun here too. How time have changed...if he wore that Fred Perry shirt today, it would be assumed that he was a tiki torch-bearing neo-Nazi.
Posted 8 months ago by ramsay    [ Reply ]
Check out this album.  Full of top tunes. You cannot go wrong with it.
Posted 1 year ago by GingerandMe    [ Reply ]
 DanFHiggins wrote:

I'm with you


Always noted the similarity with Crowded House.
Posted 1 year ago by bimmerfan739    [ Reply ]
Difford and Tilbrook, what a fantastic song writing duo.
Posted 1 year ago by GingerandMe    [ Reply ]
Is this the inspiration for Sweet Dreams?
Posted 1 year ago by smartn1    [ Reply ]
More Squeeze please. What about 'Up the Junction'?
Posted 2 years ago by Madness1954    [ Reply ]
First time I actually paid attention to the lyrics after hearing this dozens of times. Not at ALL what I was expecting. Totally original. 
Posted 3 years ago by dmcanany    [ Reply ]
 treatment_bound wrote:
Trouser Press Issue 76

Squeeze - Jools + Paul Carrack.

 
Look after the king of R n R please 
Posted 3 years ago by 69Grace_M    [ Reply ]
Always struck by these words: 

It's a game I treasure dear
To seek the helpless future
Posted 3 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
If you're a real Squeeze fan, spring for "Spot the Difference" wherein they take their greatest hits and rerecord them almost note for note.

The difference? They own these performances and so the purchase benefits the band instead of A&M records.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Posted 3 years ago by Steely_D    [ Reply ]
 vandal wrote:

This song is outstanding! 
 

Agreed, love the catchy 80's synth/electronica!
Posted 3 years ago by maxvonevil    [ Reply ]

This song is outstanding! 
Posted 4 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
 FourFortyEight wrote:
This song is truly horrible.
 
No, it's really not. But I guess you had to be there ...
Posted 4 years ago by Ben_D_Wire    [ Reply ]
outstanding songwriting! and arranging! all around great!
Posted 4 years ago by lynn01    [ Reply ]
This song is truly horrible.
Posted 4 years ago by FourFortyEight    [ Reply ]
 coloradojohn wrote:
Always something so unique, so clever, and so FUN about this band! I concur that while it's not "true" harmony in many places in their exquisitely well-written songs, it flat-out works, and tickles the neural networks in ways most Divine. Right up there with Finn and CH!
 
I'm with you
Posted 4 years ago by DanFHiggins    [ Reply ]
Funny how just a bar of an intro, sometimes even the first note, rapidly identifies a song, in this case getting me to reach for PSD in a second. You couldn't get away from Squeeze in their UK heyday, and indeed their songs pop up regularly on radio and shop soundtracks, but sadly they always got on my tits firall that the music critics raved over them.
Posted 5 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
 laozilover wrote:
I had never heard of this band before hearing this song on RP - now they are definitely on my radar!
 
Another victim of corporate radio throughout the 70s and 80s. Enjoy your new discovery.
Posted 5 years ago by SmackDaddy    [ Reply ]
Saw them Tuesday night - what a fabulous show!
Posted 5 years ago by maryte    [ Reply ]
 treatment_bound wrote:
Trouser Press Issue 76

Squeeze - Jools + Paul Carrack.

 

Ah, the late, great, Trouser Press. I'm FB friends with Ira Robbins but he rarely talks about those days. But it's great to have someone in my friends list who's more bitter about the state of things than I am...
Posted 5 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
I've not seen a Trouser Press since the late 1970s. Thanks for the memories.
Trouser Press Issue 76

Squeeze - Jools + Paul Carrack.

 

Posted 5 years ago by Liam_Metaluna    [ Reply ]
Loved this at the time - so original and such great vocals, and such a well-written and produced song. And exactly the right length!

Still love it now...
Posted 6 years ago by ncollingridge    [ Reply ]
One of the great singles bands of all time.
Posted 6 years ago by GuiltyFeat    [ Reply ]
Trouser Press Issue 76

Squeeze - Jools + Paul Carrack.

Posted 6 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
NOW these were great songwriters
Posted 6 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Love this acoustic version

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W04Y5kfxNd8
Posted 6 years ago by Solanus    [ Reply ]
Who else in the Whole Wide World plays this cool as heck tune? Preceded by so many other cool tunes I might add? 
Posted 7 years ago by meuks    [ Reply ]
Always something so unique, so clever, and so FUN about this band! I concur that while it's not "true" harmony in many places in their exquisitely well-written songs, it flat-out works, and tickles the neural networks in ways most Divine. Right up there with Finn and CH!
Posted 8 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
The beat made me think of this.  And the distant train sound in the back

 
Posted 8 years ago by melzabutch    [ Reply ]
 garrettb wrote:
More Squeeze pleeze :)
 
Upvoted.
Posted 9 years ago by Ahnyer_Keester    [ Reply ]
More Squeeze pleeze :)
Posted 11 years ago by garrettb    [ Reply ]
 WonderLizard wrote:
Vocals are tricky. Most of the time I'm looking for a strong lead and, if we're lucky, a one- or two-part harmony. With the better bluegrass and vocally oriented pop bands (Mamas and Papas, Spanky and Our Gang, Beachboys, Beatles, etc.) three- and four-part harmonies abound. Tilbrook and Difford are different because they sing the same melody line, but with entirely separate tones (Tilbrook's the tenor; Difford the baritone), creating a harmony which is not a harmony at all, but still works.
 
You're right; it's not a harmony, it is more like unison - in different octaves.
Posted 11 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
One of my least favorite tunes from one of my favorite bands.
Posted 11 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
TUUUNE!

How do you write a song like this?  each component is so very wrong, but put it all together and its fantastic.  9
Posted 12 years ago by stunix    [ Reply ]
Saw Squeeze this summer on a double bill with the B-52's of all people.  The B-52's songs and act have not aged well at all.  They are still fun to see and watching the crowd is worth the price of admission in itself.  Squeeze on the other hand still has their fastball.  The band is tight, Glen and Chris can still hit all their notes and the songs still sound fresh and modern all these years.  My wife is now a big fan.
Posted 12 years ago by LPCity    [ Reply ]
I saw Chris Difford unplugged in a tiny venue at the Edinburgh Fringe in August, with the wonderful Dorie Jackson sharing vocals and taking the higher line that Tilbrook does with Squeeze. They opened with Take Me I'm Yours - it sounded brilliant in that stripped down arrangement of one guitar and two voices.
Posted 12 years ago by Donaldinho    [ Reply ]
 Lizard62 wrote:
{#Sorry}{#Crashcomp} no thanks....

 
I take it back. Not all lizards rule.
Posted 12 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
Vocals are tricky. Most of the time I'm looking for a strong lead and, if we're lucky, a one- or two-part harmony. With the better bluegrass and vocally oriented pop bands (Mamas and Papas, Spanky and Our Gang, Beachboys, Beatles, etc.) three- and four-part harmonies abound. Tilbrook and Difford are different because they sing the same melody line, but with entirely separate tones (Tilbrook's the tenor; Difford the baritone), creating a harmony which is not a harmony at all, but still works.
Posted 12 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
 ScottFromWyoming wrote:

I agree, they're a great live act.  I saw them decades ago with Jools Holland still in the band and as Difford & Tilbrook in support of that non-Squeeze album, and I saw a little of Chris Difford solo at a festival umpteen years ago too. Always cool.
 

I'll be seeing them in Milw. on Sunday night for the first time (live) in 31 years.  I've seen both the with Jules and post Jules Holland eras of the early eighties, and each was delightful. 

I also somehow remember hitting the bathroom during "I Think I'm Go Go" (not one of their better ditties) at First Avenue in Mpls. with Paul Carrack in the fold.  Have they aged at all from this?

Posted 12 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
 sine-quinn-non wrote:
This was a high school song for me.

I just saw them live and was expecting a decent and enjoyably nostalgic show.  It was AMAZING!  My friend has since purchased about 4 Squeeze albums. 
They put on a fantastic show (at a middling venue in Baltimore).  They rocked hard and Tilbrook's voice sounded as strong as ever.

I just bumped up my rating from 9 to 10.
 
I agree, they're a great live act. I saw them decades ago with Jools Holland still in the band and as Difford & Tilbrook in support of that non-Squeeze album, and I saw a little of Chris Difford solo at a festival umpteen years ago too. Always cool.
Posted 12 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
This was a high school song for me.

I just saw them live and was expecting a decent and enjoyably nostalgic show.  It was AMAZING!  My friend has since purchased about 4 Squeeze albums. 
They put on a fantastic show (at a middling venue in Baltimore).  They rocked hard and Tilbrook's voice sounded as strong as ever.

I just bumped up my rating from 9 to 10.
Posted 12 years ago by sine-quinn-non    [ Reply ]
A classic from college days...  GOD, I'm getting old!
Posted 12 years ago by strick    [ Reply ]
{#Sorry}{#Crashcomp} no thanks....

Posted 12 years ago by Lizard62    [ Reply ]
i LOVE this.
have seen them so many times live. each time it was sooo much fun.
i'll never get tired of difford and tilbrook. 
Posted 13 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
Playing at the Mountain Winery with Debbie Harry. I'm not sure I want Debbie to sing with them, actually, because I saw them two years ago and they all sounded great!
Posted 13 years ago by siandbeth    [ Reply ]
Agreed; indeed!  I saw him live at The Soiled Dove in Denver in the fall of 2001 and again five years or so ago at an intimate little place in Kichijoji, and not only is he jaw-droppingly good at guitar but at the keys as well!  He is still able to belt out impassioned vocals both silky and wild, and yet with all his brilliant talent, he's also always a very approachable, down-to-Earth guy who genuinely appreciates his fans.  He even remembers your voice if you make the same request (my fave's the pop-novel mini-masterpiece Up the Junction) again years later!  Want to get blown away for real?  Check out his guitar work on Wild Sewerage Tickles Brazil (on the "UK Squeeze" record)...truly staggering!

 WonderLizard wrote:
Glenn Tillbrook, along with Neil Finn, is a seriously underrated guitarist.



Posted 13 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
 ktnsb wrote:
Not really a Squeeze fan, but I'm curious, do they always sing in octaves like that? It certainly worked as a "signature sound" marketing strategy, which is not to say that I liked it.
 
They sang like that on a few tunes.  "'Signature sound' marketing strategy"?  I think their success had much more to do with the great melodies and lyrics they wrote.  I think people should be able to sing as they want.


Posted 13 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
play it LOUDER !!
Posted 13 years ago by dreadpixie    [ Reply ]
Wow, insane that I never heared this song before. Guess they didn't make it a to Belgium in the eighties.


Posted 13 years ago by joe-1    [ Reply ]
Bill, please play some more from these guys, especially "Slap and Tickle".
Posted 13 years ago by Dave_Mack    [ Reply ]
 peacockangel wrote:
9 ~ I saw The Smithereens open for them in 89(?)88(?)
 

I just saw Squeeze open for Cheap Trick (summer of 2010).  Good
Posted 13 years ago by More_Cowbell    [ Reply ]
Glenn Tillbrook, along with Neil Finn, is a seriously underrated guitarist.
Posted 13 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
I'd nearly forgotten about these guys.  What a great memory jar.  Give the album samples a listen on Amazon.
Terrific stuff...{#Bananajam}{#Drummer}{#Guitarist}{#Bananasplit}
Annie Get Your Gun.  Whoa.... — that in itself is a 20.  Come on Bill,play us some more Squeeze, please.

Posted 14 years ago by Rooney    [ Reply ]
i can't believe this is 28 years old.  it sounds like half of what's coming out of LA right now.
Posted 14 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
 jmpnbob wrote:
interesting
 

LOL, it seems you have mixed feelings about this.
Posted 14 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
 peter_james_bond wrote:
Not enough Squeeze in the RP library!
 
Yeah—Up The Juction is marvelous pop ditty I seem to enjoy every time I hear it (unfortunately not here).

Posted 14 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
9 ~ I saw The Smithereens open for them in 89(?)88(?)
Posted 14 years ago by peacockangel    [ Reply ]
Not enough Squeeze in the RP library!
Posted 14 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
Haven't head this in far too long.. Still great after all these years.
Posted 14 years ago by Ntropy    [ Reply ]
 Valley_Boy wrote:
Classic Squeeze! I always thought of Squeeze as the ultimate Alt Pop band.
  I agree! Difford and Tilbrook have the party groove down! {#Dancingbanana}
Posted 14 years ago by RobMartin    [ Reply ]
This song + Yoko = Basement Jaxx?  I mean that in a good way.
Posted 14 years ago by Businessgypsy    [ Reply ]
It's fun.
Posted 14 years ago by Stefen    [ Reply ]
 tdola2 wrote:
yuk.
 
Well said.  It reminds me of the village people.

Posted 14 years ago by cohifi    [ Reply ]
This is ok but Tim Curry does a better version. Gives it a more dramatic sound.
Posted 14 years ago by The_Enemy    [ Reply ]
yuk.
Posted 14 years ago by tdola2    [ Reply ]
Memories of 'Green tape' and 'Loisada' circa 1980
Posted 14 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
 peter_james_bond wrote:
I'm glad RP could squeeze {#Crowded} this in today.

 
{#Iamwithstupid} And today!

Posted 14 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
Love these guys!  I lucked out that they were playing in London when I was there on holiday in '91.  Fantastic.

Posted 15 years ago by Bridieboo    [ Reply ]
Classic Squeeze! I always thought of Squeeze as the ultimate Alt Pop band.
Posted 15 years ago by Valley_Boy    [ Reply ]
LOve this one!  had no idea it was squeeze...  cool!
Posted 15 years ago by jameyp    [ Reply ]
I'm glad RP could squeeze {#Crowded} this in today.

Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
Oh cool, Uk-Band Hotchip sounds like them. How do you call this style of music? Indipop?
Posted 15 years ago by Mnemo    [ Reply ]
spichanator wrote:
I'll second that! More Squeeze!

Saw them at the Senator Theater in Baltimore years ago. Fantastic show in a classic old movie house.

{#Clap}

That must have been great; The Senator is a pretty venue. I saw them in D.C. back in the late 80's at the Smith Center on GWU's campus (I think?). Not the same atmosphere, but what a great show!

Posted 15 years ago by robco1    [ Reply ]
I'll second that! More Squeeze!

Saw them at the Senator Theater in Baltimore years ago. Fantastic show in a classic old movie house.

{#Clap}
Posted 15 years ago by spichanator    [ Reply ]
More squeeze plz.
Posted 15 years ago by etcarroll    [ Reply ]
 Zep wrote:


Then you'd better get your gun, Annie.

 

I'm pulling mussels from the shell.
Posted 15 years ago by gutboy    [ Reply ]
 Govi wrote:
That fuzzy squeeky sound is awful! *makes it stop*
 
"SQUEEky" + "fuZzy"...I do believe you're getting it. {#Propeller}

Posted 15 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
Intro is Mission Impossible
Posted 15 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
Good Lord, I haven't heard this in 20 years. Literally!!

More Squeeze!!!


Posted 15 years ago by forge    [ Reply ]
CLASSIC SQUEEZE! AWESOME!

Posted 15 years ago by H20werker    [ Reply ]
AliGator wrote:
We need more Squeeze on RP.


here, here!

Posted 16 years ago by water    [ Reply ]
A fantastic collection of songs on 45s.
Posted 16 years ago by Jared    [ Reply ]
Not really a Squeeze fan, but I'm curious, do they always sing in octaves like that? It certainly worked as a "signature sound" marketing strategy, which is not to say that I liked it.
Posted 16 years ago by ktnsb    [ Reply ]
interesting
Posted 16 years ago by jmpnbob    [ Reply ]
Still resides near the top of my stack. Still fresh after all these years.
Posted 16 years ago by Chi_Guy    [ Reply ]
This song seems a lot fresher than 30 years old. Maybe it's the retro sound that continues to be popular; but this holds up incredibly well to me.
Posted 16 years ago by alph    [ Reply ]
I half expect some guy to come on and go, "Goooosebumps..."
Posted 16 years ago by Mindscrape    [ Reply ]
Thats worldclass...Squeeze - Take Me I'm Yours God is an Astronaut - A Deafening Distance Geoffrey Oryema - Land of Anaka Jackson Browne - The Barricades of Heaven ...great sport Jim !
Posted 16 years ago by chix    [ Reply ]
aaehr wrote:
ok, the lead singer's got a good driving voice, the fuzziness is interesting, but the lyrics SUCK!
what?
Posted 16 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
Love Squeeze! Take yourself back to 1985. Its the Smith Center in DC and Oingo Boingo and Squeeze are to play a double bill. The local WHFS DJ takes the stage and says the following: "Well, I have some good news, and some bad news. First the bad news: Oingo Boingo's flight from Chicago has been canceled due to the snow storm, and they will not be able to play for us tonight." (Loud boos, girls crying, etc.) "Now the good news: Squeeze will play the whole 4 hour show!" And they did just that, with three encores. What a fantastic group of performers! Loved them for that ever since.

Posted 16 years ago by robco1    [ Reply ]
AliGator wrote:
We need more Squeeze on RP.
I'd love to see more too, but it seems to be a hard sell. There are only 3 songs in the library, but 15 uploaded songs rejected (including 2 of mine).
Posted 16 years ago by Laurelia    [ Reply ]
velvetglove wrote:
Yes, please.
Mas Mas Maaaas!
Posted 16 years ago by HombreDeMezcal    [ Reply ]
AliGator wrote:
We need more Squeeze on RP.
Yes, please.
Posted 16 years ago by velvetglove    [ Reply ]
ok, the lead singer's got a good driving voice, the fuzziness is interesting, but the lyrics SUCK!
Posted 17 years ago by aaehr    [ Reply ]
We need more Squeeze on RP.
Posted 17 years ago by AliGator    [ Reply ]
ick wrote:
They're touring again right now. Went and saw them at a local concert venue... it was definetly a blast from the past and great fun.
I was at San Diego show too Ick and it was awesome! They sounded great - - Tilbrook can play a mean guitar when he wants to and I just dig Difford's voice!
Posted 17 years ago by David_Watts    [ Reply ]
Big Squeeze fan here. Love this song. Even if you don't like this song, doesn't it still somehow sound fresh, even after all these years?
Posted 17 years ago by jojopodo    [ Reply ]
This song is so awful. Why even bother having the other guy sing? He's not singing harmony at all and his voice sucks.
Posted 17 years ago by Leslie    [ Reply ]
Excellent! Squeeze had a good run. This is a must have CD.
Posted 17 years ago by Ahnyer_Keester    [ Reply ]
They\'re touring again right now. Went and saw them at a local concert venue... it was definetly a blast from the past and great fun.
Posted 17 years ago by ick    [ Reply ]
Sigh, I miss the late seventies.
Posted 17 years ago by etwilson    [ Reply ]
siandbeth wrote:
Giddyup!
couldn't have said it better myself!
Posted 17 years ago by Raechel    [ Reply ]
jackvh wrote:
Please....no Squeeze, especially Black Coffee and Pulling Mussels. This particular song bites, but not as bad as their popular ones!
When the Hangover Strikes off Sweets from a Stranger is a great tune.
Posted 17 years ago by Bocephus    [ Reply ]
Giddyup!
Posted 17 years ago by siandbeth    [ Reply ]
redeyespy wrote:
I'd much rather be cool for cats.....
Then you'd better get your gun, Annie.
Posted 17 years ago by Zep    [ Reply ]
redeyespy wrote:
I'd much rather be cool for cats.....
...which we all know is better than up the junction.
Posted 17 years ago by fretman    [ Reply ]
When I bought this 25 years ago I had not yet morphed into the callous synth hating SOB I am today.
Posted 17 years ago by bokey    [ Reply ]
I'd much rather be cool for cats.....
Posted 17 years ago by redeyespy    [ Reply ]
Squeeze is one of my faves, this was one of the more eccentric tracks I recall hearing when I picked up their greatest hits in the 90s. Tempted has been played to death. Ironically "takeittothebridgethrowitoverboard..." is not. I will have to listen to the early albums because I am sure there's good stuff to be heard on there.
Posted 17 years ago by celadonstone    [ Reply ]
I love this song!
Posted 17 years ago by amandamustdance    [ Reply ]
coloradojohn wrote:
Pop music at its highest level. And it rocks! Jam on! And don't forget: Wild sewerage rickles Brazil!
Ditto, Timeless. Jam on.
Posted 17 years ago by wally42    [ Reply ]
Pop music at its highest level. And it rocks! Jam on!
And don't forget: Wild sewerage tickles Brazil!

Posted 17 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Such simplicity. I like its drive.
Posted 17 years ago by lester    [ Reply ]
Dreams ARE made of this!
Posted 18 years ago by QueenLucia    [ Reply ]
This song gets an 8, but this album gets a 10. Not a bad track on it -- highly recommended
Posted 18 years ago by Johnny_Wave    [ Reply ]
That fuzzy squeeky sound is awful! *makes it stop*
Posted 18 years ago by Govi    [ Reply ]
ndfan75 wrote:
I'm reloading...
me too...wait...what?...I don't own a gun!
Posted 18 years ago by peyotecoyote    [ Reply ]