Malvina Reynolds - Little Boxes (theme song of Weeds)
Little boxes on the hillside, Little boxes made of ticky tacky
Little boxes on the hillside, little boxes all the same
There's a green one and a pink one and a blue one and a yellow one
And they're all made out of ticky tacky and they all look just the same.
And the people in the houses all went to the university
Where they were put in boxes and they came out all the same,
And there's doctors and there's lawyers, and business executives
And they're all made out of ticky tacky and they all look just the same.
And they all play on the golf course and drink their martinis dry,
And they all have pretty children and the children go to school
And the children go to summer camp and then to the university
Where they are put in boxes and they come out all the same.
And the boys go into business and marry and raise a family
In boxes made of ticky tacky and they all look just the same.
This is a really really awesome song of a really really awesome CABLE TV series WEEDS which, like DEXTER, will never clear Singapore Censorship Board. Essentially it's a show that revolves around a female drug dealer who just wants to provide for her family, set in suburban America and is basically, an awesomely messed-up show.
The Original version
Elvis Costello's version
Death Cab for Cutie version
Country version by Billy Bob Thornton
A WTF version by Linkin Park
Floaty version by the Submarines
An awesome version by Englebert Humperdinck
What i think is a ghastly (though most original) RAP version by the INDIVIDUALS:
This is my runaway favourite version given the theme of the song :D:D:D
Which sadly refuses to be embedded so go here to watch it...
1 comment:
Funny that you mention the Singapore Censorship Board, there was in fact a children's show on Singapore TV in the 70's called "Little Boxes" with that very same theme song.
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