Sunday, 24 May 2026

Snapshots #449: Gangster Songs

If you woke up this morning with a horse's head in the bed next to you... here's why.


15. Where Bond gets his suits.

James Taylor - Machine Gun Kelly

14. Yellowhammer, Yellowhammer, Yellowhammer.

Alabama is the Yellowhammer State, X3.

Alabama 3 - Woke Up This Morning

Theme tune to The Sopranos.

13. Burn receipts to prevent nasty entanglements.

"Burn receipts" was an anagram.

Prince Buster - Al Capone

12. They'll blast you to bits.

The Smithereens - Gotti

11. Audio Nerds take him in.

Audio Nerds take him in.

Dion - King Of The New York Streets

10. Not a Robin, a Kitten, a Fox or a Scimitar.

All models of Reliant motors. Including the Reliant Rialto...

Rialto - Untouchable

9. Alias "beyond the ordinary".

The Special AKA - Gangsters

8. Used for finding your way around a dark tent, prior to the year zero.

BC Camplight - I Want To Be In The Mafia

7. Hoover, Nail, Justice... it overwhelms them to be on the inside.

Three Jimmys and overwHELMS.

Jimmy Helms - Gonna Make You An Offer You Can't Refuse

6. Bloody liquid gives you twinges.

Plasma + Tics.

The Plasmatics - Concrete Shoes

5. Visualize Toothless and Puff.

Imagine Dragons - Top Of The World

Top of the world, ma!

4. How the mix-up happened.

Mix-up 'How the' to get...

The Who - The Punk And The Godfather 

3. He was summer burned and winter blown.

Lyrics from Jimmy Webb's song about...

PF Sloan - Sins Of The Family

2. Have you lost a coat, Tina?

"A coat, Tina" was an anagram.

Catatonia - I Am The Mob

1. Tablecloths at parties.

Paper Lace - The Night Chicago Died


I'll be making you another offer you can't refuse next Saturday morning...


3 comments:

  1. The most, er, connected list of connections to date, Rol.

    Even after the answer was revealed, I still can’t wrap my head around that being Cerys from Catatonia for #2!

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    1. I can see it, if I zoom in on the face, but it's a different look from how she mostly appeared at that time. Still finding photos that don't give the game away immediately is half the fun in compiling this quiz!

      PS liked the connected pun... took me a while to get it though.

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