Showing posts with label Earth Wind and Fire. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Earth Wind and Fire. Show all posts

Sunday, 1 July 2018

Saturday Snapshots #39 - The Answers




I can't offer you a Kiss From A Rose this Sunday morning, but I can offer you the answers to Saturday Snapshots. All Killer - no filler!

10. Elton joins Limp Bizkit at the mansion while a rainbow child goes undercover at the opticians.

(Convoluted yet easy if you think about it.)



Elton John + Fred Durst = John Fred, at the Playboy mansion.

Judy Garland went Over The Rainbow.

John Fred & His Playboy Band - Judy In Disguise With Glasses

9. Aha is confused by getting booed offstage at The Sands.



The Sands was a famous casino in Vegas where you might die if you were booed offstage.

"Aha is" is an anagram.

Death In Vegas - Aisha

8. Heavenly parsley from Houston causes personal illness.



Angelica, a type of parsley, is "the herb of angels". There's also Angelica Houston.

Angelica - Take Me, I'm Your Disease

7. Elemental dreams.



Earth, Wind & Fire are elements.

Dreams are fantasies.

Earth, Wind & Fire - Fantasy

6. Fake philosopher rustles up a glider - that's cool with me.


Bertrand Russell was a philosopher.

Plastic is fake.

The literal translation is "that plane's for me"... but what it actually means is "that's cool with me".

Plastic Bertrand - Ça Plane Pour Moi

5. Ripper's boy in a local area network crosses time zones to finish work early.



If Jack the Ripper had a boy, he would be a Jack-son.

A local area network is a LAN.

Alan Jackson (with Jimmy Buffet) - It's Five O'clock Somewhere

4. Contemporary jungle queen goes oriental.



Sheena goes East (on). Contemporary is modern.

Sheena Easton - Modern Girl

3. Dead guy gets stuck in Macca's farm and puts us all to sleep.



Shaun of the Dead.

Macca's farm was on the Mull of Kintyre.

Shawn Mullins - Lullaby

2. The very best of unknown aeroplanes.



No explanation needed for this one, surely?

The Mystery Jets - Greatest Hits

1. Desperate and determined child stars.



Desperate Dan has steely determination.



Saturday Snapshots will return next week... you'd be Crazy to miss it.

Wednesday, 24 April 2013

My Top Ten Let's Dance Songs


No further explanation should be required...


10. Earth, Wind & Fire - Let's Groove
Let this groove get you to move... it's all right. All right.
9. Smash Mouth - Let's Rock

Or, if disco won't get you down on the floor... how about a bit of ska-influenced moshing?

From the album Fush Yu Mang. 'Nuff said.

8. The Raveonettes - Let's Rave On

My type of rave - Spector-influenced, fuzzy guitared rock 'n' roll with plenty of feedback.

7. We Should Be Dead - Forget Romance, Let's Dance

Good advice for everyone.

6. The Wombats - Let's Dance to Joy Division

Celebrate the irony.

5. Chris Rea - Let's Dance

Wow, Chris Rea looks really young in this hilariously naff 80s video. Great guitar though.

4. Freddie Mercury - Let's Turn It On
Let's turn it on, come on all you people, get together
Turn it on, turn it on, and let's get everybody dancing!
See - it does fit the theme. I'm not just shoe-horning it in 'cos  love Freddie. 

3. Chris Montez - Let's Dance

Whether you want to do the Twist, the Stomp or the Mashed Potato, Chris is your man.

(What the hell is the Mashed Potato? No, don't answer that.)

Or you may prefer to take the Ramones up on their offer instead...

2. Nat King Cole - Let's Face The Music And Dance
There may be troubles ahead...
1. David Bowie - Let's Dance

Serious musos turn their noses up at Bowie's poppiest album, but I was just the right age for it. Plus, the opening section of the video, where Dave is performing, virtually unnoticed, in a grubby outback bar, is great. (The whole red shoes fairy tale that follows is far less interesting.)




Let's dance! Which one makes you want to put on your red shoes and dance the blues?
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