Snapshots #373: A Top Ten Musical Shapes

John Noakes has a camera on his head purely so that I can use the line "get down, Shape!"

Here are ten shapes you can get down to... 

10. Always looking for the latest thing...

The New Seekers - Circles

9. Ellen hefts twerp all over the place.

"Ellen hefts twerp" was an anagram!

Stephen Fretwell - Oval

8. Committees from the Great White North.

Boards of Canada - Turquoise Hexagon Sun

7. Squad found in gooseberries and lingonberries, but not in raspberries.

The Go! Team - Semicircle Song

6. Goes well with Pepsi.

Pepsi & Shirley?

Shirley Bassey - Diamonds Are Forever

5. Max Jaffa.

The day I run out of Half Man Half Biscuit-related puns will be a sad day indeed.

Half Man Half Biscuit - Oblong Of Dreams

That's the best song you'll hear today. Brings a tear to my eye.

4. Loud noise heard during Xanadu pre-election campaign. 

Xanadu pre-election campaign, and his Big Sound...

Simon Dupree & The Big Sound - Kites

3. Tranny, over heels.

A tranny was an old name for a radio + head over heels...

Radiohead - Pyramid Song

2. Apply brawny arm oil and rub in vigorously. 

"Brawny arm oil" was an anagram...

Barry Manilow - Bermuda Triangle

1. Secondary Greeks.

The Beta Band - Squares

Shape up for more Snapshots next Saturday...

Snapshots #189: A Top Ten Bottle Songs

Ah, my old friend, Jack. So long parted.... 20 years since we spent any real time together. Not that I think you'd do me any good if you and I were still together. Not right now, anyway.

Sigh. Bottled up answers to follow...

10. 5-0.

As in Hawaii 5-0...

The Police - Message In A Bottle

9. Ian's geriatric haul.

Anagram!

Christina Aguilera - Message In A Bottle

8. Sounds like the paintings of an old crone.

Hag art!

Merle Haggard - Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down

7. Conversational measurement of power.

Ben has conversations.

Power is measured in watts.

Ben Watt - Empty Bottles

6. There's no I, so don't stop.

There's no I in team!

The Go-Team - Bottle Rocket

5. The Man From Mississippi... honey.

The Man From Uncle.

Tupelo Honey, from Mississippi.

Uncle Tupelo - Whiskey Bottle

4. The first martyr was French.

Saint Etienne was the first martyr. Google it.

Saint Etienne - Milk Bottle Symphony

3. Ah, inflated Julia: III.

Anagram (rather an easy one)!

Juliana Hatfield Three - Spin The Bottle

2. Knitting in the exercise room.

Crochet in the gym.

Jim Croche - Time In A Bottle

1. I am not in heroin, neither is the White boy.

Take the I from heroin and you're left with Heron.

Jack White's boy would be Jack's son.

As long as I don't bottle it (pun stolen from CC), Saturday Snapshots will return next week...