Snapshots #422: Songs About Arts & Crafts Supplies

A top notch - and very tricky - edition of Snapshots this weekend. Many thanks to C from Sun Dried Sparrows for her hard work. C, of course, is an artist (as is Ron Wood and today's header image, multi-disciplinary artist Yayoi Kusama). Perhaps that was the best clue to this week's link... 

15. Viv Daisyland is confused.

 

Viv Daisyland is an anagram of David Sylvian.

David Sylvian: The Ink In The Well

14. Destination Saturday?

If you were to go to David Bowie’s Drive In Saturday, you would be At The Drive In.

At The Drive In: One Armed Scissor

13. Not ewe twos!

 

Not ewe = ram, not twos = ones, put them together and you get the Ramones.

The Ramones: Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue

Extra kudos to C for finding a picture of the Ramones where they don't immediately look like the Ramones. From past experience, I know that's a tough one!

12.  A rabbit follows an Ant.

 

Harvey the rabbit (from the film) comes after Ant (McPartlin) who was P J in P J & Duncan / Byker Grove.

P J Harvey: White Chalk

Ditto Polly Jean, actually.

11. Little and fluffy.

 

The Orb sang about little fluffy clouds

Clouds: Watercolour Days

10. A distant Pet Shop Boy.

 

Chris Lowe is a Pet Shop Boy, if he’s distant he’s far, put them together for Chris FARlowe.

Chris Farlowe: Yesterday’s Paper

9. Picasso’s identical friends.

 

Jean Cocteau was a friend of Picasso and twins can be identical.

Cocteau Twins: Wax and Wane

8. Orion and Gogmagog, perhaps.

 

Orion is from Greek mythology and Gogmagog is from English folklore - they might be giants!

They Might Be Giants: Pencil Rain 

7. Gilded French software program.

 

Gold fr app….

Goldfrapp: Clay

6. Manacled in the Queen of Hearts’ garden.

 

Alice in Wonderland in chains…

Alice In Chains: Scalpel

5.  Pot it or be in it.

 

You can pot the pink, or be in the pink.

Pink: Glitter In The Air

4.  A power station for Walter.

 

‘Kraftwerk’ means power station in Walter’s native tongue!

Kraftwerk: The Model

Well, you learn something new every day!

3. Sandi and the disgraced Duke add email.

 

Sandi THOM and the disgraced Duke of YORK add E….

Thom Yorke: The Eraser

2. Reorganise!  Win a kinder cow!

 

Reorganise ‘win a kinder cow’ to spell Dionne Warwick (anagram).

Dionne Warwick: Paper Mache

1. Ruddy regal frippery!

Robert Fripp was in King (regal) Crimson (ruddy)

King Crimson: Frame by Frame

More Snapshots next Saturday - but nothing quite as inspired, I'm afraid to say.

Saturday Snapshots #170 - MY TOP TEN BAG SONGS

 

How do you all get on with the new Saturday Snapshots then?

Hopefully you all gave it a (Vig)go.

The link, as I'm sure you worked out, was...

MY TOP TEN BAG SONGS

10. Use what!?!

An anagram for Wheatus.

Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag

9. Wireless boss.

Radiohead - Airbag

That would be a Radio Head.

8. Biblical king, girl in the ring.

King James made Bibles.

Brown Girl In The Ring.

James Brown - Papa's Got A Brand New Bag

7. Mad king chooses Gerry's street.

The mad king was George.

Gerry Rafferty sung about Baker Street.

The George Baker Selection - Little Green Bag

6. Forces awhirl.

Another anagram...

Chris Farlowe - Handbags & Gladrags

5. University head released from prison.

The Dean is a freed man.

Dean Friedman - Shopping Bag Ladies

4. I can see your underwear!

Because I'm wearing X-ray Spex!

X-Ray Spex - Plastic Bag

3. Pork scratchings?

Pork scratchings are like little bits of pig in a bag.

Pigbag - Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag

2. Not a Lott.

Pixies, but not Pixie Lott.

Pixies - Bagboy

1. Known for causing an uproar.

Lloyd Cole, famous for his Commotions.

More tension next week...

Saturday Snapshots #123 - The Answers

It seems appropriate to re-use this image today as clue #3 caused a hell of a lot of head-scratching yesterday. As I type this at 7.55pm on Saturday night, nobody has yet got the song... but I'm confident you will have done by the time this post goes live. Same for #1. Whether anybody got #6 is another matter.

*Update - Alyson finally cracked the clue, just before 8.*

51 comments as I post this. That may well be a record. I didn't go out of my way to make it harder this week... some weeks I do, but this wasn't one of them!



10. I taught I taw a Puddy Cat - I did! It wasn't made up!

Sylvester - You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)

9. Curly German gets baptised.

Curly, in German, is Krauss.

People often get baptised in a river. And that involves praying.

Alison Krauss - Down To The River To Pray

8. Chopper found at neighbourhood gathering.

Bloc Party - Helicopter

7. Salt, pepper, vinegar and mustard, at the bottom of the hill, late on.

Salt, pepper, vinegar and mustard are 4 seasonings.

At the bottom of a hill is a valley.

Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - The Night

What a bassline.

6. Cheers shrink choir - bog standard!

The Cheers shrink was Frasier.

Bog standard is typical.

Frazier Chorus - Typical!

5. Don't embrace the past. Cash goes boom.

Johnny Cash Thunders.

Johnny Thunders - You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory

4. Friend of Tom Frost, repairs wagons. No need to swear.

Hello, hello there, is this Martha?
This is old Tom Frost
And I am calling long distance
Don't worry 'bout the cost

A wainwright fixed wagons.

Martha Wainwright - Bloody Mother-Fucking Asshole

A sweet, heartfelt ode to her dad. Aww. I'm sure he loves it.

3. King Louis on the best fairground rides, watching a very dull film.

Elvis was the King. Louis was Costello. Fairground rides are attractions.

A very dull film would have no action. (And by that I didn't necessarily mean car chases - although they always help - just something happening.)

Elvis Costello & The Attractions - No Action

2. A long way inside a Pet Shop Boy, the clock stops ticking.

When the clock stops ticking, you're out of time.

Chris Lowe is a Pet Shop Boy.

A long way is far. Put that in the middle and you get...

Chris Farlowe - Out Of Time

1. An old one, Cher, tomorrow.

"An old one, Cher" is an anagram.

Tomorrow is the future. And it always will be.

You overthought that one.



Easier clues next week... possibly.

My Top Ten Time-Poor Songs

We live in a time-poor time. None of us have enough time (to quote Michael Hutchence) for all that we want to do. I certainly don't have enough time at the moment... and I imagine I'll have even less once I become a father later this year. So let's stop and consider... how very precious our time is.



10. Huey Lewis & The News - We're Not Here for a Long Time (We're Here for a Good Time)

Wise words.

9. Cranberries - Time Is Ticking Out

This could easily have fit into my Top Ten End of the World Songs... or my Top Ten Wizard of Oz Songs (since the video seems to suggest the Yellow Brick Road might have been a side effect of Chernobyl).

8. Clifford T. Ward - Time, the Magician

A couple reminisce on their past and how Time, The Magician, has played a few old tricks on them... as it does on us all.

7. Booker T & The MGs - Time Is Tight

It may only be an instrumental and therefore have nothing more in common with the theme of this Top Ten than its title... but it's still a stone cold classic. 

6. George Michael - Praying For Time

It seems odd to be holding up a song written 20+ years ago by George Flippin' Michael as an apt statement on the world today... but in light of recent political shenanigans, damn this is timely!

5. Jim Croce - Time In A Bottle

But there never seems to be enough time
To do the things you want to do
Once you find them
I've looked around enough to know
That you're the one I want to go
Through time with

4. Chris Farlowe - Out of Time

There was once a time the Rolling Stones gave away songs like this for other people to have hits with. 

3. INXS - Not Enough Time

The only band to make it into both my Time and Time-Poor Top Tens. They certainly didn't have enough.

2. Divine Comedy - Timestretched

Just gorgeous. 

There's not enough hours in the day
To say all that I want to say
There's not enough days in the week
And weeks go by quicker than drunks knock back liquor

1. The Beautiful South - A Little Time

One of Paul Heaton's most bittersweet duets, beautifully performed by Dave Hemingway and Brianna Corrigan... the video is priceless.

Funny how quick the milk turns sour, isn't it? Isn't it? 

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