Editing Squeeze (band) (section)

== Style and influences ==
=== Style ===
Stylistically, Squeeze have been characterised as [[New wave music|new wave]],<ref name=ALLMUSIC /> [[post-punk]],<ref name="bbc100116" /> [[Pub rock (United Kingdom)|pub rock]] and [[power pop]].<ref name ="clash">{{cite journal|title= Andy Burrows Interviews Glenn Tilbrook |date= 3 August 2010 |journal= Clash |url= http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/andy-burrows-interviews-glenn-tilbrook |access-date= 16 August 2014}}</ref> [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] of ''[[AllMusic]]'' proclaimed the band to provide "one of the links between classic British [[guitar pop]] and post-punk".<ref name=ALLMUSIC /> Squeeze have also been labelled as [[Punk rock|punk]] and [[pop punk]].<ref name="washingtonpost">{{cite news |last1=Kernis |first1=Mark |title=Space-rock: is it ready to take off? |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/ |access-date=6 January 2020 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=14 July 1978}}</ref><ref name="dimartino">{{cite book |last1=DiMartino |first1=Dave |title=Music in the 20th Century (3 Vol Set) |date=15 April 2016 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781317464297 |edition=Illustrated |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aR8GDAAAQBAJ&q=%22pop+punk+band+squeeze%22&pg=PT260 |access-date=7 January 2020}}</ref> In a January 1988 interview by ''[[Music Connection]]'', when addressing Squeeze being thought of as a punk band, Glenn Tilbrook commented "I never thought that we were [a punk band] – although I thought we were influenced by it to a certain extent".<ref name="mcon">{{cite web |last1=Scoppa |first1=Bud |last2=Morden |first2=Darryl |url=http://www.squeezefan.com/articles/squeezestory.html |title=The Squeeze Story |website=Squeezefan.com|access-date=6 January 2020}}</ref>

=== Influences ===
Squeeze were inspired by 1960s [[Rock music|rock]] bands [[The Kinks]] and [[The Beatles]],<ref name=ALLMUSIC /> and the songwriting partnership of Difford and Tilbrook has attracted comparisons to that of [[John Lennon]] and [[Paul McCartney]], a likening the band have expressed "mixed feelings" about.<ref name="yahoo">{{cite news |last1=Parker |first1=Lyndsey |title=Two side story: Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook reflect on 45 years of Squeeze |url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/two-side-story-chris-difford-and-glen-tilbrook-reflect-on-45-years-of-squeeze-190344154.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAALXLyRoZIiemca3yaTveIhRaTpINplKQjkPxdgfLofqWGa_gmo2-A1NDLXYC-3_TpCaINfRuq2730ndUYjNN6m02V3ADB8PWeMBWAyoxP3kvBxSZDvk-X8VTFSJ4fXNMYxiC8T8sQ6hLOnYygemxfGQy0gmNhtRFrTx6FJznE2nx |access-date=6 January 2020 |work=Yahoo News |date=9 September 2019}}</ref> In addition, members of Squeeze have cited artists including [[David Bowie]],<ref name="sfp">{{cite book |last1=Difford |first1=Chris |title=Some Fantastic Place: My Life In and Out of Squeeze |date=31 August 2017 |publisher=Hachette UK |isbn=9781474605694 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8j7eDQAAQBAJ&q=%22squeeze%22+%22bowie%22+influence+tilbrook |access-date=7 January 2020}}</ref>{{page needed|date=January 2022}} [[Elvis Costello]],<ref name="mcon" /> [[Donovan]],<ref name="sfp" />{{page needed|date=January 2022}} [[The Blockheads]]' [[Ian Dury]],<ref name="azc" /> [[Bob Dylan]],<ref name=howwemade>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/05/how-we-made-up-the-junction-squeeze |title=Squeeze: how we made Up the Junction |last1=Simpson |first1=Dave |date=5 May 2015 |website=Theguardian.com|access-date=11 May 2015}}</ref> [[Jimi Hendrix]],<ref name="goldmine">{{cite web |last1=Sharp |first1=Ken |title=Squeeze back |date=27 July 2016 |url=https://www.goldminemag.com/articles/squeeze-back |publisher=Goldmine |access-date=11 November 2019}}</ref> [[King Crimson]] and [[Greg Lake]],<ref name="sfp" />{{page needed|date=January 2022}}<ref name="cdcom">{{cite web |title=Chrisdifford.com |url=https://chrisdifford.com/ |website=Chrisdifford.com |access-date=15 May 2020}}</ref> [[Nick Lowe]],<ref name="azc" /> [[Glenn Miller]],<ref name="independent" /> [[Ramones]],<ref name="azc">{{cite news |first1=Ed |last1=Masley |title=Squeeze on 2019 tour: How Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook made it work |url=https://eu.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/music/2019/09/10/squeeze-2019-tour-how-chris-difford-and-glenn-tilbrook-have-made-it-work/2266374001/ |access-date=2 January 2021 |work=AZ Central |date=31 August 2017}}</ref> [[The Rolling Stones]],<ref name="yorkshire">{{cite news |last1=Hutchins |first1=Martin |title=Music interview – Glenn Tilbrook on the enduring appeal of Squeeze |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/what-s-on/music/music-interview-glenn-tilbrook-on-the-enduring-appeal-of-squeeze-1-8816467 |access-date=6 January 2020 |work=The Yorkshire Post |date=26 October 2017}}</ref> [[the Velvet Underground]] and [[Lou Reed]],<ref name=howwemade /><ref name="independent">{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Giles |title=How We Met: Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/how-we-met-glenn-tilbrook-and-chris-difford-1487125.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220524/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/how-we-met-glenn-tilbrook-and-chris-difford-1487125.html |archive-date=24 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=6 January 2020 |work=The Independent |agency=The Independent |date=25 July 2013}}</ref> and [[The Who]]<ref name="yorkshire" /> as sources of influence or inspiration.