First out of bed yesterday morning was Rigid Digit, narrowly beating Lynchie to the crown by half a point.
Actually, I don't think these clues need a lot of explaining this week...
10. Admiral Johnson goes out for another drive.
Admiral Nelson.
"We'll cut off your Johnson, Lebowski!"
Willie Nelson - On The Road Again
(Or it might be Martin Freeman.)
9. Easy to solve even if you don't know the answer... Lady Liberty.
The Guess Who - American Woman
8. A Drama II: Take your clothes off and she might fancy you.
Ida Maria - I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked
7. Charlie's band makes a killing with their sex-change.
Charlie Mansun was a killer.
(Yes, Mansun had more songs than just Wide Open Space. Quite a few of them were better too!)
Mansun - Being A Girl
6. Bumbling coach refuses to release Bob's farmer.
Bob Dylan sang about Maggie's Farm.
Honeybus - I Can't Let Maggie Go
Not Honeybuns, although that might have been a better name.
5. Mend your jeans with Cooper and a bow tie.
Lee Cooper jeans. You mend jeans with patches. Well, unless you're a young person. Don't get me started on that.
A bow tie is a dickie.
Dickie Lee - Patches
4. Old Nick is scared of four Italians stealing his car, so adds extra security.
Old Nick is the devil. If he wanted to protect his car, he might put a gate on his drive.
Four in Italian is Quattro.
Suzi Quatro - Devil Gate Drive
3. The do of the century, from fabulous dawn to brilliant dusk.
Haircut 100 - Fantastic Day
Video of the week.
Have I mentioned how I met Nick Heyward once?
Have I mentioned what a nice man he was?
2. Rings like a legendary marksman, but suffers an amnesiac heart.
The legendary marksman would be William Tell.
William Bell - I Forgot To Be Your Lover
Bloody classic, that is.
1. I am called Chocolate Peanuts.
Goodbye. But only until next week. Say You'll Be There for more Saturday Snapshots then...zigazig ah!
I bow to Rigid Digit's ability to get here earlier than me.
ReplyDeleteMention of Honeybuns reminded me that national treasure Terry "El Tel" Wogan's nickname for Gloria Hunniford was "Gloria Honeybun".