Leonard Cohen is holding a camera in this picture. Oh yes he is. You just can't see it very well. And he's waiting for a miracle...
As we're all waiting for Snapshots #300 next week, this seemed appropriate. You may be interested to know that I have done TWO Top Ten lists of Waiting Songs (compiled while we were waiting for Sam's birth, ten years ago). And none of the songs on those lists feature here. Although Foreigner almost did.
My Top Ten Waiting Songs Volume 1
My Top Ten Waiting Songs Volume 2
10. Generic love story.
Boy Meets Girl - Waiting For A Star To Fall
9. Presumably not a Manta...
Not a MANta Ray...
8. Leann Beeps with a Nondry Bat.
Two anagrams for the price of one.
Ann Peebles & Don Bryant - Waiting
7. Home to the Bunny.
The Easter Bunny, that is...
Easterhouse - Waiting For The Red Bird
6. Lion heart in duck soup.
Richard Lionheart in a Marx Brothers movie...
Richard Marx - Right Here Waiting
Good to see he finally got a haircut.
5. You might hang around with them.
The Associates - Waiting For The Love Boat
4. What the Stormtroopers should be.
Stargard - What You Waitin' For?
3. You've just missed your chance to get married this year, ladies.
The June Brides - Waiting For A Change
2. West TV and Oz Ann.
Anagram!
Townes Van Zandt - Waiting Around to Die
1. Gordon's alive - and doing us all some scrambled eggs for breakfast!
Flash And The Pan - Waiting For A Train
Classic.
Stargard, of course. I say "of course", I've never heard of them but now I know the answer I can appreciate the quality of the clue..
ReplyDeleteTo be fair, I'd never heard of them either. But they did have two Top 40 hits in 1978 (of which this was one), so I figured somebody might...
Delete