Snapshots #397: !!!Songs!!!

Goodness gracious me!

Great balls of fire!

Good golly, Miss Molly!

Here are 15 more song titles you might cry out in shock, frustration or outrage!

15. Known for squabbling with part of a Chinese omelette. 

The fight with the foo (yung).

Foo Fighters - Good Grief!

14. Teenage dads.

Young Fathers - Holy Moly!

13. Prince's New Generation: C'est Chic!

It was the New POWER Generation backing Prince. Le Freak, C'est Chic!

Freakpower - No Way!

12. Stone them.

Stone the crows!

The Crows - Gee!

11. Secret lover with bad spelling.

A secret lover is a paramour,

Paramore - Whoa!

10. A spiky mate.

Buddy Holly - Oh Boy!

9. Sounds like this would throw an old President.

Chuck Ragan - For Goodness Sake!

8. Do you remember me taking you on the Walk of Fame?

"Do you remember me?" is from Frankie, by Sister Sledge. The Walk of Fame is in Hollywood.

Frankie Goes To Hollywood - For Heaven's Sake!

7. Get yourself a sex jab, taxmen!

"Sex jab, taxmen" was an anagram.

Basement Jaxx - Oh My Gosh!

6. A tame foal, out of order.

A pretty simple anagram.

Meat Loaf - For Crying Out Loud!

5. Reign of Terror.

The Communards were a big part of The Reign of Terror (French Revolution stuff).

The Communards - Heavens Above!

4. Show a Patsy the exit.

Lee Harvey Oswald claimed to be a Patsy. Lee: Door: see?

Lee Dorsey - Holy Cow!

3. Often seen in an Arab bar.

Arab bar

Abba - Mamma Mia!

2. If you're feeling confused, take a fresh sickie.

"A fresh sickie" was an anagram...

Kaiser Chiefs - Oh My God!

1. Mountain sides.

The Faces - Ooh La La!

Saturday Snapshots #73 - The Answers

In This World, there are few certainties. Sometimes people go to Extreme Ways to solve Saturday Snapshots. Other times, you Lift Me Up with your answers. No wonder this is a quiz that will Run On (for a long time).

I think Lynchie did just enough to take the prize this week, but there were good efforts from everyone else, particularly George, who confessed to helping Bill Wyman break into the charts. You're an accessory, George, you're going down for that.

You want answers, Honey? Go!


10. Put your lips together like you wanna Move On Up... but these will stop you in your tracks.

Curtis Mayfield sang Move On Up.

You put your lips together and blow, said Lauren Bacall.

Brakes will stop you in your tracks. Hopefully.

Kurtis Blow - The Breaks

9. Bees bring me out in a rash... like Public Enemy Number One.

Bees live in hives.

Hives are also a nasty rash.

Public Enemy No.1 would be the Main Offender.

The Hives - Main Offender

8. I am a musicien de célébrités... not a Geordie L'addition.

Wey aye, man - l'addition is the bill, like.

Bill Wyman - (Si Si) Je Suis Un Rock Star

Video of the week. Hell, video of the year. You will have nightmares.

7. Summer holiday at sea? Enjoy your trip...

A July cruise, perhaps?

Julee Cruise - Falling

6. Sweet home kids can't see Christ's explosive punch.

The Blind Boys of Alabama - (Jesus Hit Like The) Atom Bomb

5. Teenage revolt in the slums.

Skid Row - Youth Gone Wild

(I knew Rigid Digit would guess this one.)

4. A fantastic custom... aka Martini Tat.

Aka Martini Tat is an anagram.

Tanita Tikaram - A Good Tradition

3. A canary, like the Two Tommies.

A canary works in a coal mine.

Tommy Lee.

Tommy Dorsey.

Lee Dorsey - Working In The Coal Mine

2. Underwater breathing apparatus will burn out your retinas.

Aqualung - Brighter Than The Sun

1. MDMA overdose? Call for the army geologist.

MDMA is another name for Ecstasy.

XTC - Sgt. Rock Is Going To Help Me



Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad on a Sunday morning? Is it the knowledge that we'll have to wait another week for more Saturday Snapshots? That's Natural Blues, right there...