Can anyone my age remember the Little Boxes song, written by Malvina Reynolds in 1962?
Little boxes on the hillsideLittle boxes made of ticky-tackyLittle boxes on the hillsideLittle boxes all the sameThere’s a green one and a pink oneAnd a blue one and a yellow oneAnd they’re all made out of ticky-tackyAnd they all look just the same
And the people in the housesAll went to the universityWhere they were put in boxesAnd they came out all the sameAnd there’s doctors and lawyersAnd business executivesAnd they’re all made out of ticky-tackyAnd they all look just the same
And they all play on the golf courseAnd drink their martinis dryAnd they all have pretty childrenAnd the children go to schoolAnd the children go to summer campAnd then to the universityWhere they are put in boxesAnd they come out all the same
And the boys go into businessAnd marry and raise a familyIn boxes made of ticky-tackyAnd they all look just the sameThere’s a pink one and a green oneAnd a blue one and a yellow oneAnd they’re all made out of ticky-tackyAnd they all look just the same
I lived in a suburb with my parents when I was young, but I have never wanted to live either in deep surburbia or in inner-city apartment blocks for some reason. In my adult life have been lucky to live in something in between the two. Close to the city and also close to nature, especially water.
I came across it as the title music for a tv show… Weeds 😉
I do but I seem to remember it being sung by a man (Val Doonican comes to mind)
sure do; got wide air play; it’s the sort of song that Joni Mitchell could have written —