“A life in 3 minutes 6 seconds”

“Up the Junction” by Squeeze

220px-Up_the_junction_cover.jpg“It’s a bit of a postcard” says the songwriter.  What a great prompt for a songwrite or poem- as if you’re sending a postcard of life in your town, your life, your time.

This radio programme retraces the story of the writing of the song.  And its possible link with Clapham Junction….

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b014qnln

This is available to listen to for just another 8 days.

A fan?  There is a further whole article on the song in the Guardian, here:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/05/how-we-made-up-the-junction-squeeze

 

 

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