When I was young and foolish and used to listen to Little Boxes (never sang it myself), I always thought it was more about the fixed mindset of middle, corporate America as portrayed in American TV shows and TV ads of the time. The 2.5 children, the plethora of white goods in the kitchen, the perfect, sweet family unit unsullied by individuality or anything other than keeping up with the neighbours and the status quo.

Which is what rebellious, non-too intellectual, folk-oriented young people thought in those days. It was really a case of kicking against the pricks and rebelling, blah blah. I can't bear the song now as I think it trite beyond belief, but I think it had a certain resonance in those earlier days.