What’s That Song? Ticky Tacky
Monday, February 7th, 2011|
What’s That Song?
In the last few weeks I’ve gotten a bunch of inquiries about a particular song on our playlist.
The song in question is “Little Boxes” by Malvina Reynolds. Most of the inquiries refer to it as the Ticky Tacky song. It can be heard here..
Showtime subscribers will recognize it as the theme song to Weeds.
Malvina Reynolds was a contemporary of folk legend Pete Seeger. Seeger actually made more of an impact with his own version of this song in the 60′s.
The song is a political satire about the suburbanization of America during the 1960′s. The term Little Boxes refers to Suburban Housing all looking the same and Ticky Tacky is a reference to the shoody materials that were allegedly being used to construct these houses.
If you hear a song in our store that you are curious about drop me a line @ tucker@smokendudesbbq.com. I’ll be glad to help you out.
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