Little Boxes Malvina Reynolds

"Little Boxes" es una canción escrita por Malvina Reynolds en 1962 en la que se satirizaba las urbanizaciones de los barrios residenciales periféricos californianos, remarcando los valores conformistas burgueses de estos y criticando a una sociedad acomodada y su concepto de normalidad, consistente en aparentar todo lo mismo, lo cual viene marcado socialmente por las posesiones, las actividades y las profesiones. Aunque en apariencia inofensiva, esta canción, le acaerró algún disgusto con esa gente que vivía en cajitas y que no eran tan simpáticos o inofensivos como podrían parecer aquí. La canción fue muy conocida también por la versión del premio Nobel de la paz y amigo de Malvina, Pete Seeger de 1963. Little boxes on the hillside, Little boxes made of ticky tacky, Little boxes on the hillside, Little boxes all the same. There's a pink one and a green 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 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. There's a pink one and a green 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.