1975 Songs: Squeeze Box

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Soo…what follows the Carpenters? Yep. It’s all part of the wild and wonderful world of 1975. Remember, fifty years ago I made the dramatic shift from listening to the same Buck Owens and Jim Reeves music I’d been listening to all my life until that point and went to rock and roll. What a year for an introduction, huh? Here’s today’s song. Squeeze Box - The Who I’ve told this story on myself before, so why not embarrass myself again? The subject matter of this song is so blatantly obvious (sex) that a child could get the message. Believe it or not, in my extreme innocence of just starting to listen to rock and roll, I did NOT get the message. I thought my mom might like it because it had a banjo on it (played by Pete Townshend), but she told me that it was a dirty song. I argued that it was about an accordion. Nope, mom knows best. And yes, this is one of the few rock hits that has a banjo on it. Thanks, Pete. Squeeze Box Written by Pete Townshend Recorded by The Who From The Who By Numbers, 1975 The kids don’t eat and the dog can’t sleep: