We now return you to our regularly scheduled programme... two days late. Apologies, we have visitors from New Zealand, the decorators and a new kitten. I haven't had time to blow my nose, let alone blog...
As usual, you pretty much worked them all out between you.
10. Len met Adam x 2. Said hi to drugs from a witch doctor.
Len (123) Barry + Ryan Adams (Adam x 2) = Barry Ryan.
Hi = hello (or 'elo!)
The Shamen (witch doctors) sang about E's being good...
The Swede worked that out, also recalling that the song was written by Barry's brother, Paul.
Barry Ryan - Eloise
9. Restaurant for birds: glue on the menu.
George came up with a much fancier answer for this clue: The Penguin Café Orchestra.
Rigid Digit takes his birds to much more basic eateries though, meaning he was able to spot Feeder.
Nobody got that cement is a type of glue.
Feeder - Cement
8. Hayes goes feminine on the road to the Cathedral: won't stop listening to Bruce's longest player.
Hayes Carll is a cool Americana singer. A feminine version of his name would be Carly.
Paul had his epiphany on the road to Damascus and ended up a Saint who had a Cathedral named after him... all of which leads us rather tenuously to Paul Simon. One of my more misleading clues, but Alyson got there in the end, even though Chris was convinced this was one of the three sirens from Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?
The River is Bruce Springsteen's longest album - well, it's his only double album.
Carly Simon - Let The River Run
7. The Amarillo Hulk avoids the Flaming Lips' postman.
Tony Christie sang (Is This The Way To) Amarillo? Lou Ferrigno was The Incredible Hulk.
The Flaming Lips have a song called Lightning Strikes The Postman.
Lou Christie - Lightning Strikes
6. Spock's killer loses her pliers while sympathising with Prince.
Spock died in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. (I originally typed The Wrath of Kath, which would have been a much better title.)
Chaka Demus & Pliers were a popular beat combo from the decade known as the 90s.
If you sympathise, you feel for someone. Prince wrote the song.
Chris was first out of the traps this week and nabbed the easy one...
Chaka Khan - I Feel For You
5. Find your fortune in Motown and you'll always stay warm.
If you found your fortune, you'd be lucky.
Motown = Soul.
If you're always warm... you ain't never been cool.
The most obscure track this week, but we can always rely on Martin.
Lucky Soul - Ain't Never Been Cool
4. The 18th provost makes you a suit despite being hunted by Harrison.
R is the 18th letter of the alphabet.
Provost is another name for a Dean.
Tailors make suits.
Harrison Ford was Indiana Jones.
Alyson spotted the artist straight away but figured I was making a reference to George Harrison being a ghost now, so went for There's A Ghost In My House. Like I'd ever be so bad taste, Alyson!
The Swede set her right...
R. Dean Taylor - Indiana Wants Me
3. The sound made by a feuerwehrauto, after almost a century of hot air.
A feuerwehrauto would be a German fire engine, which might go Nena Nena Nena (Nena being German, see).
Almost a century would be 99 years; hot air is what you get in balloons.
I figured Alyson would get this one... though Rigid Digit provided the German translation (Neunundneunzig Luftballons).
Nena - 99 Red Balloons
2. Go to the chemist for gender realignment.
A chemist is a drugstore.
Gender realignment could change lead singer Isabel Monteiro into a man.
Pretty simple, if you know the song. The Swede did.
Drugstore - I Want To Love You Like A Man
1. Scared by basic Maths? Be polite to Quincy.
Basic Maths would involve counting.
Scare... crows.
If you were polite to Quincy, you wouldn't call him a doctor (no, it wasn't a reference to Jack Klugman), you would call him Mr.... Jones.
Another easy win for The Swede (though I'm surprised he took credit for knowing such an "uncool" band... then again why else did I make them this week's Number One?)
Thanks, as always, for taking part.
I'll be back later in the week with possibly my most controversial post yet (particularly right now): How To Be A Morrissey Fan in 2017. Despite all those who are turning against him, I will endeavour to explain why I think we need Morrissey right now... perhaps more than we ever have.
So that'll be fun.
(If it makes you unfollow this blog, well - thanks for sticking with it as long as you have!)
