Talk:Up the Junction (song)

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Song does not have a chorus

I thought I would add at the start of the article that the song does not have a chorus; I once heard the band member of Squeeze who wrote the song saying how he was proud to have written a song without a chorus.ACEOREVIVED (talk) 22:54, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Cockney Slang?

I come from London and never heard the phrase "up the junction" meaning "in a bad place" until this song came out.

We always used "up the creek".

Try Googling it - most of the references are either to this song or th4e book and film of the same name. I think this needs editing.

Marchino61 (talk) 07:28, 6 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I agree mate. I spent the first twelve years of my life until 1969 living off Lavendar Hill .just up from Clapham Junction. If the phrase 'Up the Junction' was used it would be about my grandmother going shopping at Arding & Hobbs next to the Station. Mind you the film from 1968 was very popular so the phrase might have gained traction at that point and Difford and Tilbrook are the same age and from a part of London maybe five miles away. Dorkinglad (talk) 13:23, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's long been a British, and particularly London, euphemism for 'fucked'. The Squeeze song certainly uses it in that sense. I'm not aware of any connection with 'cockneys' though - any regionality in London will be in the SW, not the East End, which is largely a historical concept anyway, despite what the BBC soap may suggest. --Ef80 (talk) 19:12, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]