Sunday, 17 March 2024

Snapshots #335: A Top Ten Automatic Songs


Ten songs for Automatic camera lovers everywhere...


10. It's rude to do that, er, ladies.

It's rude to point... er...

The Pointer Sisters - Automatic

9. Bruce Willis Is A Ghost! (Plus seven.)

Spoilers!

Bruce Willis was a ghost in The Sixth Sense. Add 7 and you get...

Thirteen Senses - Automatic 

8. Leave! Do I have to tell you twice?

Go! Go!

The Go Gos - Automatic

7. Cuban drums.

The Bongos - Automatic Doors

6. Bridal armament needs unhooking.

"Bridal armament" was an anagram...

Miranda Lambert - Automatic

5. Suicidal star.

He was the main man in Suicide... and Vega is one of the brightest stars in the night sky.

Alan Vega - Automatic Terror

4. Stevie plays solo, without Paul.

Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney sang Ebony & Ivory, about black and white living together in harmony on the piano keyboard. If Stevie were on his own, it'd just be...

The Black Keys - 10 A.M. Automatic

3. Sonja decked me for making a mess of this one.

"Sonja decked" was an anagram...

Dee D, Jackson - Automatic Lover

A hit in 1978, the same year as this...

2. Shakin' all over.

The Vibrators - Automatic Lover

1. Still the top, even after The Boss left.


In the Supremes, Diana Ross was the boss... until she left and Jean Terrell took her place in the top girl band of all time.


Manual transmission resumes next Saturday morning...

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