I saw them at the Seattle show at the Showbox Theater last week.
Indeed, Tilbrook was the talented virtuoso and showman, Difford rather
passive...but these are roles I've seen them take in live performance
for years so I didn't find that surprising.  

What I did find pleasantly surprising was the great crowd turnout, the
level of audience participation, and authentic camaraderie between band
mates (yes, both Tilbrook and Difford as well). They seemed to the
adulation.  

An exuberant show featuring lots of Argybargy and plenty of the hits.  

--Jayson
http://www.myspace.com/vanillacd


-----Original Message-----
From: audities-owner@smoe.org [mailto:audities-owner@smoe.org] On Behalf
Of Rick McCall
Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 12:17 PM
To: audities@smoe.org
Subject: Squeeze Live 

Hello All - 

Just wondering if anyone has had the great privilege of seeing Squeeze
on
their reunion tour?  I was front and center in Austin a couple of weeks
ago
and I gotta tell ya...Glenn Tilbrook is simply an amazing artist.  His
guitar skills verge on virtuoso within the confines of a pop song.  His
voice hasn't lost the slightest bit of quality and, as always, he is
very
engaging and entertaining.

I couldn't believe they played a couple of masterpieces off Argybargy
I've
never heard them play live before.  I Think I'm Go Go and Separate Beds
were
both just incredibly stellar and all the more enjoyable because they
were so
unexpected.

The one negative, and it wasn't terrible, but noticeable, was Chris
Difford's almost total lack of eye contact with Tilbrook, although Glenn
tried all concert long to engage him in the fun.  Difford showed no
signs of
fun or joy and rarely even smiled.  Don't know if they fought beforehand
or
if they're just doing the tour for money and never reconciled their
differences (Tilbrook did introduce him as "my arch-enemy and my best
mate),
but it seemed pretty clear that Difford wasn't happy to be there.

Tilbrook was, though, and it made up for it.

Best,
Rick