Sunday, 31 January 2021

Saturday Snapshots #174 - A Top Ten Thief Songs


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!

Hipsway - The Honeythief

(See, CC - I had been listening to it recently!)

6. Have you got the stomach for this?

Belly - Thief

5. Over abundant.

INXS - Listen Like Thieves

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.


Cher is expensive in French, not just dear.

And "I was born in the wagon of a travelling show" is a hell of an opening line.



I'll be back next Saturday to steal more of your time...

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