The internet would have you believe that this is a photo of Keanu Reeves stealing a camera from a paparazzi and legging it. Apparently, that's not what happened... but it still seems an appropriate image to accompany this week's answers, given that they represent...
A TOP TEN THIEF SONGS
10. Learning to read on the hifi.
Phonics is the system used to help kids read these days. "Never had 'em when I was a kid and I read fine, etc. etc."
Another word for hifi is your stereo.
Stereophonics - The Bartender & The Thief
9. Saltwater dynamite.
Teardrops are saltwater (according to Julian Lennon, anyway).
Dynamite explodes.
The Teardrop Explodes - Thief of Baghdad
8. A fop perturbs.
Anagram!
(Yes, that is Paddy McAloon.)
Prefab Sprout - The Best Jewel Thief In The World
7. What made Elvis the Pelvis?
Swaying hips, of course!
(See, CC - I had been listening to it recently!)
6. Have you got the stomach for this?
5. Over abundant.
4. A younger android, but still paranoid (almost).
Marvin was the paranoid android.
Junior Murvin - Police & Thieves
3. Charming.
Prince Charming, obviously.
Prince - Thieves In The Temple
2. Is that... a fake lager, Rhys?
"A fake lager, Rhys" is an anagram of...
Feargal Sharkey - You Little Thief
Still one of the greatest intros of the 80s.
1. Expensive.
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