When I was a kid, I thought that an oxymoron was an idiot with spots. Then I went to an English lesson and learned that an oxymoron is actually "a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction". Like Biggie Smalls, above... or Fatboy Slim, who introduced yesterday's post.
Here are ten songs that feature oxymorons in their titles...
10. What do you get if you cross a Folksinger and Man U?
Otis Rush, Bobby Rush, Jennifer Rush...
8. Jerry Lee meets another Piano man.
Jerry Lee Lewis meets Huey Piano Smith...
Huey Lewis & The News - Hip To Be Square
Or I would have let you have...
Huey Lewis & The News Some Of My Lies Are True
7. Woody is a Plonker.
Woody Allen meets Rodney from Only Fools & Horses...
6. 25th Century debtors.
Buck Rogers went to the 25th Century, and came back Owen a lot of money...
5. Man, that's a jazzy label.
Verve is one of the top labels for jazz records. Nice.
The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony
Incredibly, this is the first time the Verve have appeared on Saturday Snapshots. I probably thought Richard Ashcroft was just too easy to recognise.
4. What makes your writing distinct?
The Stylistics - Break Up To Make Up
3. Captive journalist.
Terry Anderson was an American journalist held hostage in Lebanon for 6 years.
This isn't that Terry Anderson. Instead, it's the one who originally wrote Battleship Chains, among other fine tunes like this one...
Terry Anderson and the Olympic Ass-Kickin Team - Found Missing
2. I can almost remember their funny faces...
That's the opening line from Jet, obviously.
Joan Jett - I Hate Myself For Loving You
1. Theft of a Pet Shop Boy.
Nick Lowe - Cruel To Be Kind
A few others that I couldn't squeeze in...
(That video never grows old.)
Hall & Oates - So Close (Yet So Far Away)
They Might Be Giants - Everything Right Is Wrong Again
Three Dog Night - Easy to Be Hard
Parting is such sweet sorrow, but Snapshots returns next Saturday...
That was fiendishly good. Thanks Mr Rol.
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