Snapshots #296: A Top Ten Dolphin Songs

I wish I could swim like dolphins, like dolphins can swim. But the closest I got was the huge inflatable dolphin I clung onto during my earliest swimming lessons, while I was also wearing armband, a foam rubber float, and reaching out for the hooked pole the swimming teacher was offering from the side of the pool. And still I sank. I did eventually learn to swim, but my mum swears the instructor had a nervous breakdown first.

Here are ten songs about dolphins...

10. Ivan, Joni, Elton... how?

All one big anagram!

Olivia Newton John - The Promise (The Dolphin Song)

9. Hunter, like a Girl in a Ring.

Ian Hunter + Brown Girl In The Ring...

Ian Brown - Dolphins Were Monkeys

8. In concert.

They were Live.

Live - Dolphin's Cry

7. Henry... and Cher.

Henry Rollins + Sonny & Cher =

Sonny Rollins - On Green Dolphin Street

6. Polar fortnight.

Polar bears are iced. There are 14 days in a fortnight.

14 Iced Bears - Like A Dolphin 

5. Attributed to Tony Stark's dad.

Tony Stark was played by RDJ - Robert Downey Junior. His dad was RDS. If something was attributed to his dad, it would be BY RDS.

The Byrds - Dolphin's Smile

4. Colourful coat found in Jarvis's college.

Joseph wore a coat of many colours. Jarvis went to St. Martin's College, where he met a girl who studied sculpture.

Martyn Joseph - Dolphins Make Me Cry

3. Secret kids in a hut.

The Secret Seven get trapped in a Shed.

Shed Seven - Dolphin

2. A Playboy and a Diamond.

John Fred had a Playboy Band. Add that to Neil Diamond and you get...

Fred Neil - Dolphins

1. Far from stern, that is.

The bow on a boat is at the far end from the stern. That is = i.e.

David Bowie - Heroes

Swim back here next Saturday for more of the same...