10. Taxi for Mr. Innes! We will both need a flashlight.
Neil Innes was in the Bonzo Dog Doodah Band.
They recorded a song called Death Cab For Cutie.
Death Cab For Cutie - I Will Follow You Into The Dark
9. Number 7 arrives at Capitol Records, finds himself in Xanadu.
Number 7 is... see below. (Yes, I know they were named after a different Frank. But he's not usually a Frankie, whereas this one is.)
The Capitol Records Building is in Hollywood.
"In Xanadu did Kubla Khan. A stately pleasure-dome decree..." (Coleridge)
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome To The Pleasuredome
8. Thrilled gun dog nuns.
Pointers are gun dogs. Nuns are sisters. Although these sisters were no nuns. (If you don't believe me - watch the video.)
The Pointer Sisters - I'm So Excited
7. Arthurian sunset for second rock.
King Arthur spent a fair bit of time on Avalon.
Van Morrison sang of an Avalon Sunset.
The second rock from the sun is Venus.
Frankie Avalon - Venus
6. Joyful butter con.
A con is a sting.
Sting - Spread A Little Happiness
I've always thought that was the best thing Sting did as a solo artist. It's a cover version, originally featured in the soundtrack to the movie Brimstone & Treacle, and for many years was very difficult to track down as it never appeared on any Greatest Hits collections (despite being a #16 hit in 1982, long before The Police split). The version I had came from an 8 track cartridge at the radio station where I used to work, recorded onto a CD-R. The lengths we used to have to go to to find music!
5. Nazi brothels like Russ Abbott.
Joy Division were named after a nazi brothel in the novel House of Dolls.
Dreadful 80s comedian Russ Abbott had a hit with a song called Atmosphere. It wasn't this song... but (thanks to Jez, who I think initially made me aware of it) the two were scarily amalgamated in the video below...
Once seen, never forgotten. Here's the original, without the frightening visuals...
Joy Division - Atmosphere
4. Hulk's finery in Toyota tipple tragedy.
"Hulk's finery" is an anagram.
If you had a tipple before driving your Toyota, it may lead to tragedy.
Ferlin Husky - The Drunken Driver
Try to listen to that without sobbing... although they may be tears of laughter.
3. Probably why she's contemplating going out somewhere. Sooner or later...
Ruby was contemplating going out somewhere... to get romantic.
Ruby & The Romantics - Our Day Will Come
2. Choppers get down to the low notes. What goes around, comes around.
Choppers (helicopters) have propellers on top.
The low notes are bass(y).
1. Peter Cookie: useful in Five's kitchen.
Peter Cookie is half man, half biscuit.
What could be better in Joy Division's kitchen than...?
The Searchers will find more Snapshots next Saturday. True Grit may be required.
I hadn't heard that Sting tune before. Thanks for sharing these.
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