What is Saturday Snapshots?
Portraits hung in empty halls
Frameless heads on nameless walls
With eyes that watch the world and can't forget
Like the strangers that you've met...
Fortunately, they need be strangers no longer, because here are this week's answers...
10. Get Snake or MacReady to scan the fetus.
You scan the fetus with an ultrasound.
MacReady and Snake Pliskin were characters played by Kurt Russell.
Apologies for the obscure b-side side, but... what a tune!
Ultrasound - Kurt Russell
9. Contemporary Leg Joint Company.
Knee-Co?
Contemporary = these days.
Nico - These Days
(I think she was going out with Jackson Browne at the time she decided to record his tune.)
8. ...a foundling offers self-help?
"The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling" is the full title of Henry Fielding's novel Tom Jones.
Self help? Help yourself!
Tom Jones - Help Yourself
7. Sweet lady's latest issue.
New Edition - Candy Girl
6. Not Gwen Stefani. You hit that on the head!
That ain't (the lead singer of) No Doubt. You hit the NAIL on the head.
Jimmy Nail - Ain't No Doubt
(She's lying.)
5. Cher greets ten p, catches a Clodoald double-decker.
"Cher greets ten p" is an anagram.
Google "Clodoald" and you'll learn he was also known as Saint Cloud.
Gretchen Peters - On A Bus To St. Cloud
4. Get to the other side of CX Avenue without Cecil or Linda.
CX Avenue would be 110th Street in Roman numerals.
Cecil & Linda were Womack & Womack. But it's not them...
Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street
3. Elvis: born in the 70s.
Elvis was the king rocker.
If you were born in the 70s, you were Generation X.
Generation X - King Rocker
2. Reins? Smoke rings.
Reins are bands on horses.
Cigarettes are smokes; rings are wedding bands.
Band of Horses - Cigarettes, Wedding Bands
1. There's a ding dong when skins split... but Travis is outside to take you home.
Banana skins. Banana split. Rama lama ding dong.
Travis Bickle was a Taxi Driver played by...
They would not listen, they're not listening still
Perhaps they never will
But if they change their mind, Saturday Snapshots will be back next week...
"The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling" is great but even better is Henry Fielding's "Joseph Andrews".
ReplyDeletePs - I did get Band of Horses!
Fair enough - but that would hardly have worked as a clue for #8.
DeletePS - well done.
Nico's albums demand further inspection
ReplyDeleteBeyond the VU, I'm not the biggest expert on Nico. This track was featured in a soundtrack - The Royal Tennenbaums, I think.
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