Why is this song so cool to me?

[Inchworm]

little boxes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJjE-UtqQdU

:shrug:

[Inchworm]

1. and they're all made of ticky-tacky

its on repeat here :)

:hi:

[FreedRadical]

2. Would it be politically incorrect to say

:wtf: is that about.

[Inchworm]

3. I think thats why I like it :)

I think its sayin something about society?

:shrug:

[FreedRadical]

8. Ok, to be fare I didn't listen to it the first time.

The song started, and I got a flash of pre-school hell, and turned it off.

I wint back and listen to it all.

Yes indeed it says everything about our society.

Where I come from we avoid little ticky tacky fucking boxes at all cost.

[Inchworm]

9. so did we..

but here I is.. lol.. avoiding ticky-tacky :P

:yourock:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. My dear Inchworm!

I remember this song from, I believe, the 60's!

Yeah, I'm old, I know...

I think it was a reaction to the housing developments that were made out of stucco.....

The sameness and all that...

I haven't heard this one in years!

:hi:

[Inchworm]

5. but isnt the song deeper?

like .. on "suburbia" or something?

I have it repeating till I figure it out hehe :)

Or I pass out ...

:hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. I think you're right...

After all, housing developments = suburbia, in my mind, anyway!

Now, sweetie.....no passing out, OK?

:hi:

[Inchworm]

7. how can I sleep..

when they are all made out of ticky-tacky and they all look just the same? :P

oh.. there is the whole martini dry part too :)

:hide:

[regnaD kciN]

10. From the '60s, all right...

It was written by Malvina Reynolds, a senior-citizen self-proclaimed Jewish Communist ex-college professor, who also penned What Have They Done To The Rain? and Turn Around, among many others.

I believe she died in the late '70s. She was an active politico and folk performer to the end, writing pro-choice and other leftist anthems during the days of disco.

[Archae]

11. I prefer this version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywgJLw21UqU

Sung by Pete Seeger.

[BarenakedLady]

12. Cuz you are a freak?

:shrug:

Actually I have the Weeds soundtrack from last season. The Little Boxes version is by Elvis Costello I believe. The first season had a new singer doing it for each episode. Not sure if they are doing it this year.