Snapshots #195: A Top Ten Triple Word Score Songs VOLUME 2

The same link two weeks in a row? I wouldn't do that. Would I...? 

10. Train Neil Young takes to get away from the shooting.

Ohio is the song Neil Young wrote about the Kent State Shootings.

The Ohio Express - Yummy Yummy Yummy

9. Half Maria, half a wonderful place.

Julie Andrews was Maria. Half of her is Julie An...

The wonderful, wonderful place is Copenhagen. Half of that...

Julian Cope - Try Try Try

8. Nagging the Osmonds.

A horse is a nag. The Osmonds sang about Crazy Horses.

Crazy Horse - Dance Dance Dance

 

7. DJ - DY.

Tough one, unless you can guess the (rather obscure) DJ... Andy Peebles.

Ann Peebles - Run Run Run

6. Most of Kingsley's boy is adverbially number one in the sky (or in the hand).

Kingsley's boy is Martin Amis. Most of that is MartinA...

Adverbially Number One would be Topley.

Birds are number one in the sky, but can also be found in the hand.

Martina Topley-Bird - Kiss Kiss Kiss

5. Mr. Joey rung.

Anagram!

Mungo Jerry - Alright Alright Alright

4. In your chips.

Cash in your chips!

Johnny Cash - Cry! Cry! Cry! 

3. Saving your bacon.

To save bacon, it must be cured.

A cure may also save your bacon, if you're ill.

The Cure - Hot Hot Hot

2. Indefinitely, this pub belongs to me (but it doesn't serve beer).

The indefinite article is A. My winehouse doesn't serve beer.

Amy Winehouse - Amy Amy Amy

1. Bach obeys.

Anagram!

Well, she got her daddy's car and she drove it to the hamburger stand...

A new link next week, I promise you!

Saturday Snapshots #195

Here we go again, ten more Prime Suspects for you to identify, and then work out what connects one particular song by each of them. Don't forget to name the song too!

If they'd had Saturday Snapshots back in the days of the Roman Empire, Caligula would have blushed...

10. Train Neil Young takes to get away from the shooting.

9. Half Maria, half a wonderful place.

8. Nagging the Osmonds.

  7. DJ - DY.

6. Most of Kingsley's boy is adverbially number one in the sky (or in the hand).

5. Mr. Joey rung.

4. In your chips.

3. Saving your bacon.

2. Indefinitely, this pub belongs to me (but it doesn't serve beer).

1. Bach obeys.

Keep watching your Calendar, Girls, the answers will be here tomorrow morning.

Snapshots #194: A Top Ten Triple Word Score Songs

Yesterday's link was pretty straightforward once you got it. Song titles that repeat the same word three times.

Answers, answers, answers...

10. The Hoover + Kelly.

The Hoover DAM + NED Kelly.

The Damned - Neat Neat Neat

9. Shabby heroin charity.

Shabby chic.

Heroin chic.

Charity Chic!

Chic - Dance Dance Dance

8. Two shots of coffee.

Two cups of Joe will have you firing like a gun.

Jo Jo Gunne - Run Run Run

7. Cadbury's make it, with an A in the middle.

Cadbury's Caramel, without the middle A...

Carmel - More More More

6. Kiss singer's sibling?

The Kiss singer is Gene Simmonds. His sibling might be his sister. Put then together and you get Gene+Sis...

Genesis - Tonight Tonight Tonight

5. Every man is guilty of all the good Liza Minelli films he didn't watch,

"Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do," is a quote from French philosopher Voltaire.

The Liza Minelli film is Cabaret.

Cabaret Voltaire - Nag Nag Nag 

4. Yoda is Dr.

Anagram!

Doris Day - Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps

3. Dodges under the special edition.

Ducks under the deluxe...

Ducks Deluxe - Please, Please, Please

2. Mr Loverman's biggest part.

Shabba was Mr. Loverman. The biggest part of Shabba is Abba.

Abba - Money Money Money

Or even

Abba - Gimme Gimme Gimme

1. Shorter byroads.

Byroads shortened becomes Byrds.

More more more next Saturday.

Saturday Snapshots #194

Hello.

Well, that was an easy enough song title to shoe in. When We Were Young, we took Saturday mornings for granted. Nowadays, we're probably just waiting for the Skyfall. Etc. Etc.

Below are clues to ten artists, but what links their songs? Have a go, and remember to work together. Someone Like You might appreciate the help...

10. The Hoover + Kelly.

9. Shabby heroin charity.

8. Two shots of coffee.

7. Cadbury's make it, with an A in the middle.

6. Kiss singer's sibling?

5. Every man is guilty of all the good Liza Minelli films he didn't watch,

4. Yoda is Dr.

3. Dodges under the special edition.

2. Mr Loverman's biggest part.

1. Shorter byroads.

Until tomorrow morning's answers, keep chasing pavements...

Snapshots #193: A Top Ten Ghost Story Songs

Yesterday's title photo featured Michael Keaton, who played The Ghost With The Most, Beetlejuice.

Today it's the turn of Bruce Willis who... well, spoilers, obviously. Although much as I like The Sixth Sense (and most M. Knight Shyamalan movies), that was one twist I spotted very early on. Which was a bit of a disappointment.

Still, here we go... a bit tougher than usual, though you cracked the link eventually.

A TOP TEN GHOST STORY SONGS

10. Elton Johny???

An irresistible anagram that.

John Leyton - Johnny, Remember Me

When the mist's a-rising

And the rain is falling

And the wind is blowing cold across the moor

I hear the voice of my darlin'

The girl I loved and lost a year ago

9. It's life, Superman, but not as we know it.

I may have used the combination of James T. (Jim) Kirk and Christopher 'Superman' Reeves before. After 193 of these things, a repeated clue every now and then is unavoidable...

Jim Reeves - Old Tige

A ghost dog!

8. Divine caramel.

Godly and Crème caramel.

Godley & Creme - Under Your Thumb

Then she rose up out of nowhere

and her hair was full of steam

and she stuck her head out the window

and screamed and screamed, she screamed!

7. Drinking average fortified wine is the norm.

The convention is for a fair port.

It appears these guys know quite a few ghost stories, but the one I chose was...

Fairport Convention - She Moves Through The Fair

I dreamt it last night

That my dead love came in

So softly she moved

That her feet made no din

Then she came close beside me

And this she did say

"It will not be long love

Till our wedding day"

6. A bow tie for Hazlewood.

A dicky bow for Lee Hazlewood?

Dicky Lee - Laurie (Strange Things Happen)

He did also do a version of Tell Laura I Love Her... but it's not as spine-tingling as the tune above! Wait for the twist, if you've never heard it before...

5. Potter, the man in...

Harry Potter, the chap in...

Harry Chapin - Corey's Coming

That's my favourite ghost story on this list.

4. Sounds like Smith & McLennan might be behind the JFK assassination.

Will Smith & Grant McLennan... it's a Will and Grant conspiracy!

The Willard Grant Conspiracy - The Ghost of the Girl in the Well

I did also consider The Beautiful South - Woman In The Wall, but they've featured here a lot lately.

3. Who's this? Ask Beth U.

A simple enough anagram and a photo of one of Kate's first pub performances.

Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights

Heathcliff, it's me, I'm Cathy

I've come home, I'm so cold

Let me in your window

Heathcliff, it's me, I'm Cathy

I've come home, I'm so cold

Let me in your window

Although we could have also had...

Kate Bush - Hammer Horror

Who calls me from the other side

Of the street?

And who taps me on the shoulder?

I turn around, but you're gone

2. Where Peter Gabriel gets his Merlot.

From a Red (So) Vine, of course!

Red Sovine - Phantom 309

(Also covered by Tom Waits.)

And that was the track which inspired this...

1. Stingy award for this bloke.

"Stingy award" was an anagram for...

Stan Ridgway - Camouflage

Until next week... don't have nightmares, do sleep well.