Snapshots #401: Go Away Songs!

Here are a bunch of songs telling you all to go away. Charming!

15. Dirty movies that leave you in a bit of a huff.

The Moody Blues - Go Now

14. Ragtag pirates.

Mötley Crüe - Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away) 

13. Glasvegas social worker can't tell the truth.

Glasvegas sang about a social worker called Geraldine.

The Geraldine Fibbers - Get Thee Gone

12. Larry Flynt's legacy.

Hustler - Get Out Of Me 'Ouse

They don't write 'em like that any more.

11. They were extremely unpleasant.

The Gruesomes - Buzz Off

10. Jones was a minor.

Tom (Jones) / minor = petty.

Tom Petty - Don't Come Around Here No More

9. Flip a coin, en français.

And you would be a Franc turner.

Frank Turner - Do One

8. Wild cattle in Homer's patch.

Buffalo Springfield - Leave

7. Men's loo on TV.

The Telegents - Get Out

6. Unhealthy take-away pizza.

Fats Domino - You Can Pack Your Suitcase 

5. Call The Doctor - Mr. T really smelled!

(Doctor) Who! B.A. Stank.

Hoobastank - Disappear

4. Did Celia smack John? Surely some mix-up!

Celia smack John was an anagram. Nothing else.

Michael Jackson - Beat It 

Or...

Michael Jackson - Leave Me Alone

3. He's gonna light up the sky... with cold fire. 

"Gonna light up the sky like a (blue) flame... FAME!"

Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames - Get Away

2. A flick knife with the 23rd letter. 

The 23rd letter wasn't W... it was a reference to Strawberry Letter 23.

Strawberry Switchblade - Go Away

1. It's a shame about Chuck.

It's a shame about... Ray.

Ray Charles - Hit The Road, Jack

If you need any more, here's a load...

Paul Simon - 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover

But despite all that, I don't want any of you to go away. Because Snapshots will be back next Saturday...

Snapshots #276: A Top Ten Doo Doo Songs

All hails Michael McDonald, King of Doo! Well, Doobie. Because he's from the Doobie Brothers. You see? Have I explained that enough?

Here's ten songs with some Doo in them...

10. Filthy.

"The Filth" is not particularly complimentary slang for The Police.

The Police - De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da

Some of Sting's very best lyrics, right there.

9. When Henry Met Serena.

Lenny Henry meets Serena Williams.

Lenny Williams - Shoo Doo Fu Fu Ooh

(Top 40 hit in 1977, pop pickers.)

8. Laverne's Street Blues.

Lauren Laverne from Kenickie & 6Music sings on the Hill.

Lauryn Hill - Doo-Wop (That Thing)

7. He can always sell any dream to me... and may be related to #8.

Joshua Kadison sang "Jesse, you can always sell any dream to me". And this is another Hill.

Jessie Hill - Ooh Poo Pah Doo

6. Interdit aux moins de 21 ans.

That's the warning label that appeared on copies of Serge & Jane's infamous 1969 Number 1 hit. And I'm sure nobody under 21 bought a copy.

Jane Birkin - Di Doo Dah

5. White lies from a Glasvegas social worker.

Glasvegas sang about their social worker, Geraldine.

White lies are fibs.

The Geraldine Fibbers - You Doo Right

4. Played keyboards in the band.

That's Manfred Mann (born Manfred Sepse Lubowitz), who played keyboards in the band that took his name. Paul Jones sang the songs.

Manfred Mann - Do Wah Diddy Diddy

3. The Longer Tonsils.

A rather fitting anagram.

The Rolling Stones - Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)

2. Ask Ethan.

Anyone who watched GLOW will recognise the subject of today's second anagram, the wonderful...

Kate Nash - Do-Wah-Doo

1. Charley's Chandeliers.

Charley Pride sang about Crystal Chandeliers.

An obvious Number One...

Doo come back next Saturday for more Snapshots...