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oh i am drinking beer my friend.

no wii : (

he is getting an IOU. i wish i had connections. alas, none.

what did you get?

Hey, Teresa.

My favourite Squeeze song, which appears on later editions of their greatest hits, is Some Fantastic Place, written about Glenn Tilbrook's old girlfriend, Maxine, who died in 1992.

What floors me about this lyric is that Glenn always did the tunes and Chris Difford provided the lyrics. Chris knew both Maxine and Glenn so well that he articulated what Glenn was feeling with stunning accuracy and affection.

You know that in the past I've taken the cut-and-paste route to post lyrics or film dialogue, but this song is so seared into my heart that I haven't needed to track them down from an outside source - and I've shed a tear typing them out, not just because I've met Chris and Glenn on numerous occasions over the last 20 years, but because Chris's words strike a chord with me when thinking about people I've loved and lost.

She gave to me her tenderness Her friendship and her love I see her face from time to time There in the sky above We grew up learning as we went What a voyage our life could be It took us through a wilderness Into the calmest sea

Her smile could lift me from the pain I often found within She said some things I won't forget She made a few bells ring So simple her humility Her beauty found in grace Today she lives another life In some fantastic place

She showed me how to raise a smile Out of her bed of gloom And in her garden sanctuary A life began to bloom. She visualised a world ahead And planned how it would be She left behind the strongest love That lives eternally

I have the hope that when it's time For me to come her way That she'll be there to show me round Whenever comes that day Her love was life and happiness And in her steps I trace The way to live a better life In some fantastic place

If you don't have this song in your collection, iTune it or whatever you can. If all else fails, I will burn a disc for you, because it's one of the most beautiful pieces of music I've ever heard.

T.

xx

Here's to beer... I'm on my third of the day... I am wondering about the 4th.... hummm....

3rd beer of the day...you mean as of the 25th? you are in Minneapolis aren't you so it is still the 24th...

i laugh at your third beer....ha ha.

do it do it. all the cool people are doing it. (peer pressure.)

oat soda: the cornerstone to any nutritious meal...I'm on the Dewar's train, myself...have a nice one thill...

thanks...i have moved on to listening to some that dog. why weren't they HUGE?

i am too much of a pansy for hard liquor.

merry xmas all.

I some how missed out on That Dog... I think there was a CD or tape of their stuff floating around the house at one point... one of my friends had an couple of internships with major labels in the mid 90's and he would give us all kinds of promo stuff that he had around, I think they were one of the bands that he was pimping at the time.... I'm drinking Sambuca and Lemon Lime soda now by the way.... as for as why they weren't big... the same reason that so many solid bands slipped on and off major lables... the bean counters wanted their hit for the quarter..

proof nepotism is sometimes not enough: That Dog's Wikipedia entry:

Seemingly born into the Los Angeles music scene, Anna Waronker is the daughter of record industry mogul Lenny Waronker, the sister of sometime Beck and R.E.M. drummer Joey Waronker, and is married to Steve McDonald of Redd Kross fame. Petra and Rachel Haden are the daughters of free jazz bassist Charlie Haden.

what in the hell is Sambuca?

Sambuca is a clear liqueur, something you drink with coffee beans in the glass and then set fire to. Blow it out quickly, sup it up and try not to burn your 'tache. Although some women of my acquaintance could do with a bit of 'tache-burning, if that's not too offensive a thought...

Sambuca is a licorice liquor... it's around 80 proof... and I have this bottle that has been sitting around for a while.... it's really good in milkshakes... if you like licorice.

proof i don't drink hard liquor.

i will about once every couple years have some jagermeister. both times have ended badly.

licorice liquor with lemon lime soda.

terry.......tsk. tsk

80 proof? Get real, Iren, it's about 40 to 50. Mind you, thanks for the milkshake tip. Might make a nice change from my usual Christmast breakfast a cream cheese bagel and bucks fizz...

Terry... let's see the bottle says 42% Alc by Vol. and re-checking Wikipedia it says that :

United States In the definition current in the United States, the proof number is twice the percentage of the alcohol content measured by volume at a temperature of 60 °F (15.5 °C). Therefore "80 proof" is 40% alcohol by volume (most of the other 60% is water), and pure alcohol would be "200 proof". If a 150-proof beverage is mixed half-and-half with water, the product is 75 proof. US proof numbers are properly cited as, for instance, "86 proof," not "86 degrees proof." The use of the word "degrees" in this context is incorrect.

It appears that the UK.. you are in the UK as I recall... has another way to mesaure proof... any... I was going to say that when I saw that there was a Squeeze album called argy bargy, my first thought was the Cocksparrer song....

you brits measure proof in a different way???

you crazy brits with your metric system and your crazy ways of determing 'proofs'!

ugghh....the proofs and volumes and mathematical calculations are making my head spin. i know not of what you speak.

moved on to some buddy holly....each beer brings a different band and/or artist.

Jesus And Mary Chain now right?

you were watching my mog site damn you......

for some reason i am obsessed with april skies.

i had psycho candy on tape. another must have on cd.

Honestly I just wanted to see what Buddy Holly tunes you were playing... anyway, I need to crawl off to bed.. happy holidays... enjoy the beer and the tunes..

you too.... we are still putting together a train set. bed soon.

isn't that spelled Sambvca?...I have a 'buca memory that's kept me off of that for decades...ah, college...who knew you can't mix just anything with everything else...?

"We" brits are far too busy to go around measuring proof, so apologies for any confusion. I am, however, impressed by the torrent of facts and figures that have been posted, re the strength of said liqueur.

Can't help thinking that someone's a little too obsessed, here. The Marvelettes' Needle In A Haystack is a great tune, but while some of you might be checking the catalogue number, the rest of us are shimmying to the handclaps.

To each his own - god bless us, every one.

Terry...you're too funny...

thanks to my college days i cannot drink mountain dew. this was my mix of choice.

mountain dew and vodka. mountain dew and whiskey.

OUCH!! On my 21st birthday, I was in school and still gigging on the road...that night, in Blacksburg, VA, I got handed a bottle of Jim Beam from someone in the audience and was expected to swig all the contents therein down during our 60 minute set...I did as told...I'm 35 right now...I haven't touched the stuff in 14 years...

When I was 19 and barely knew of Squeeze, a college roommates best friend told me, after a night of hanging out, that I reminded him of the song "In Quintessence". Although I am not totally proud about that, it still ranks in the top five all timers for me. Looking back, I think he was right. "Smokes himself into double vision, leaves his mind on an indecision, thinks he's invented imagination, says that God is some relation...."

I can't pick one single Squeeze song i love. "In Quintessence" is indeed a great little ditty. "Pulling Mussels From the Shell" is another awesome track. "Tempted" - who here doesn't love that song? (Except maybe people who just plain got sick of seeing it on MTV ... then got sick of it after it got revived by the film "Reality Bites") "Black Coffee In Bed" - another great track that almost got too much MTV rotation. I guess if I were sent to hell and the Devil told me I could listen to one Squeeze song for the rest of eternity, I'd pick "Another Nail in My Heart." It was first song I think I tried to air guitar ever.

Although a little late for the conversation, Squeeze is the perfect backdrop to a few beers, and wrapping gifts. Although my drink of choice these days is Whiskey on the rocks, I too fell victim to the drinking too much in college story. Vodka, the thought of it makes me puke. One night, we did vodka shots with warm coke as a chaser. I have not touched it since.

I don't drink anymore, but have all of Squeeze and Tillbrook's solo releases. Can't take Chris Difford's voice. Thanks for the post!

Hope you had a great holiday! Now you can (hopefully) relax and unwind. :)