30. University head has a lot of bills to pay.
The Dean is owing a lot of people.
Dean Owens - Elvis Was My Brother
29. Why aren't they twisting?
Known for Twisting By The Pool, it has to be...
28. Crockett, needs a Minder.
Sonny Crockett was in Miami Vice, George Cole needed a Minder.
Sonny Cole - I Dreamed I Was Elvis
27. Collects Bibles, Journals and Postcards.
The Holy Bible, Journal For Plague Lovers and Postcards From A Young Man are three albums by the...
Manic Street Preachers - Elvis Impersonator: Blackpool Pier
26. When Rooney met Isaac.
Wayne Rooney meets Isaac Newton.
Find me another blog that has the Manic Street Preachers followed by Wayne Newton.
What do you mean you don't want to?
A song based on a note Elvis wrote then threw away in 1976, during his last stay at the Las Vegas Hilton. Newton, who was friends with Elvis in his later years, bought the note in 1991 for $13,200 at a Sotheby's auction.
25. Zuckerberg gets a softer finish while Leonard loses an E.
Marc with a C, Cohen without an E.
Marc Cohn - Walking In Memphis
24. World Champion, on the wall.
Danny was the Champion of the World.
Mirror, Mirror, On The Wall...
Danny Mirror - I Remember Elvis Presley
23. Vera E. Smacks Guys.
Anagram!
Kacey Musgraves - Velvet Elvis
22. Elton sounds like two cymbals on a pedal stand.
John + Hihat...
John Hiatt - Riding With The King
21. Wireless person.
20. It's a short month, directed by Scorsese.
"Jan" is a shortened month. Martin Scorsese directs.
They tried to market her as "the female Elvis".
19. Half vicious lion, half hissing eagle.
A griffin is half lion, half eagle.
Hissing Sid & Sid Vicious.
Or you could have had...
Sid Griffin - Elvis Presley Calls His Mother After The Ed Sullivan Show
18. Guides.
Scouting For Girls - Elvis Ain't Dead
17. Former miner.
He's been a miner for a Heart of Gold.
16. Almost Moonstruck, but won't propagate.
Nic Cage was in Moonstruck. Bad Seeds won't propagate.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Tupelo
15. Purple bloke gets mixed up and refuses to pay his debts.
Ian Gillan was in Deep Purple. Mix his name up a bit and you almost get Gillian. If you won't pay your debts, you are welching.
Gillian Welch - Elvis Presley Blues
14. Bumpy Celine.
Anagram!
Public Enemy - Fight The Power
13. Compete at King's College, inside.
Compete at King's College, inside.
Pete Atkin - Apparition in Las Vegas
12. What you might say if you wanted to invite Kay and Z round for a casual chat.
Pop in, Jays!
11. Self-confessed hobo, jogging from an early age.
"Tramps like us, baby we were born to run..."
Bruce Springsteen - Johnny Bye Bye
10. Let's talk LFC. Do they have the answers?
Let's talk LFC.
KLF - Elvis On The Radio, Steel Guitar In My Soul
9. Exonerating mix-up.
"Exonerating" was an anagram.
8. Nobody cares for this Smith.
Patti Smith is loveless.
Patty Loveless - I Try To Think About Elvis
7. Children of Florence.
The Nightingales - Elvis, The Last Ten Days
6. His Battenberg was sopping.
That's what happens when you leave your cake out in the rain.
5. Loved by her dad from the first time he ever saw her face.
Daughter of Ewan MacColl, who wrote The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face.
Kirsty MacColl - There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis
4. West Side gang outcry.
The Jets were a gang in West Side Story.
The Screaming Jets - Elvis (I Remember...)
3. Do you like Alan?
Nah. My lessons would be much better without him in there.
Do you like Alan?
Nah. My lessons would be much better without him in there.
2. Tina Needs Baseball.
Anagram!
Belle & Sebastian - A Century Of Elvis
Classic.
1. One Simple Little Dicky Bird.
One little dicky bird was named Peter, one was named Paul. The Simple (Simon) one.
Paul Simon - Graceland
Well done in putting that all together Rol.
ReplyDeleteDitto what CC said. I enjoyed reading through the clue solutions.
ReplyDeleteElvis has not, and never will, leave the building.
Alyson
Thanks, guys.
ReplyDeleteDitto CC and Alyson's comments - hats off to you for this mega snapshot challenge. (Although I'm now somewhat haunted after being reminded of that Danny Mirror song...)
ReplyDeleteYeah, that wasn't my finest moment...
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ReplyDeleteErnie
Have been away and missed all the fun yesterday. Congratulations to you, Rol. Even though I’m late to the party most Saturdays, I always play at breakfast and enjoy the tradition immensely. - Brian
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