Saturday Snapshots #153 - The Answers

RIP, Dame Diana.

Here are this week's answers...



10. Song about writing about songs, written by a songwriter who sounds like a songwriter who writes the songs... with a bit missing.

Let's start from the back.

Barry Manilow sang I Write The Songs. (Although, rather ironically, he didn't write it. It was written by Beach Boy Bruce Johnson.)

Take a bit off and you're left with Barry Mann, one half of the Mann/Weil songwriting duo (with his wife, Cynthia Weil). Before that though, he sang some of his own songs... including this one, which is all about writing songs.

Barry Mann - Who Put The Bomp?

9. Stealing Liz or Andy is a puzzle.

Stealing is nicking (where I come from, anyway).

Liz and Andy were both Kershaws.

Nik Kershaw - The Riddle

8. Santana Samba gets an A in winter sports... fortunate lass!

Bruce will be disappointed you didn't get this one, Charity Chic.

Top work from Mrs. Brian though.

Santana recorded Samba Pa Ti.

An A in winter sports would be a Ski... Alpha.

Patti Scialfa - Lucky Girl

7. Prestige, dropped by Joan.

Joan Armatrading dropped the pilot.

A prestige is the grand finale of a magic trick.

Pilot - Magic

6. World Eater at the tiller, like The Godfather said.

Jimmy Eat World.

The tiller is the Helm.

The Godfather made you an offer you can't refuse.

Jimmy Helms - Gonna Make You An Offer You Can't Refuse

5. A horse or a gun for Dear Madonna... is that what you meant?

A colt is a horse or a gun.

Madonna sang Dear Jessie.

Jessi Colter - You Mean To Say

4. Sons of ageing MacDonald go bucolic.

Old MacDonald had a farm.

Bucolic means "relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life."

The Farmers Boys - In The Country

Great dancing in that video.

3. Shorter cave dwellers and crazy item.

Cave dwellers are troglodytes.

The Troggs - Wild Thing

2. Dog saint and manservant get together.

A Saint Bernard & a Butler.

Bernard Butler - Not Alone

That's a top song. Not heard it in years.

1. Mr. Jawbones... isn't it a bit early for that, first thing on a Saturday morning?

"Mr. Jawbones" was an anagram.

I think we're all getting too old for the rest on a Saturday morning.

(Sunday, on the other hand... I mean, don't let me interrupt you.)



We'll take it to the bridge again next Saturday...