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NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
Tue Jan 22, 2019, 07:43 PM Jan 2019

Malvina Reynolds - Little Boxes (1962)



"Little Boxes" is a song written and composed by Malvina Reynolds in 1962, which became a hit for her friend Pete Seeger in 1963, when he released his cover version.

The song is a political satire about the development of suburbia, and associated conformist middle-class attitudes. It mocks suburban tract housing as "little boxes" of different colors "all made out of ticky-tacky", and which "all look just the same." "Ticky-tacky" is a reference to the shoddy material supposedly used in the construction of the houses.
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Malvina Reynolds - Little Boxes (1962) (Original Post) NurseJackie Jan 2019 OP
My Mom -and I- Sang this all the time in the car. Boxerfan Jan 2019 #1
Theme song to the TV show "Weeds" IcyPeas Jan 2019 #2
I always liked this song yonder Jan 2019 #3
I love Malvina Reynolds! BluesRunTheGame Jan 2019 #4

Boxerfan

(2,533 posts)
1. My Mom -and I- Sang this all the time in the car.
Tue Jan 22, 2019, 08:37 PM
Jan 2019

Every time we drove up the new highway to San Francisco and the San Bruno hills were covered in identical little houses.

All worth a million I'd wager but that is another story.

yonder

(9,663 posts)
3. I always liked this song
Tue Jan 22, 2019, 09:37 PM
Jan 2019

I believe she was in her 60's when she started writing songs. I've kept that in mind whenever I say to myself: "See, it's never too late old boy."

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