Showing posts with label Neko Case. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Neko Case. Show all posts

Sunday, 1 March 2026

Snapshots #437: Songs About Garden Birds

Holy Garden Birds, Batman! Why wasn't Rockin' Robin included?

Too easy, chum. Nothing by the Housemartins either... although I guess we came close with the opening track.


15. Not another ugly northerner?

Former writing partner of Paul Heaton in The Beautiful South...

David Rotheray - The Sparrow, The Thrush and the Nightingale

Almost included this one, but went with #11 instead...

The Beautiful South - Blackbird On The Wire

14. Wales, Persia, Darkness.

Prince of Wales, Prince of Persia, Prince of Darkness.

Prince - When Doves Cry

If the link ended up being guessed really easily yesterday, then I blame that one.

13. Lawless woman, and succulent too.

Lucy Lawless gets Juicy...

Juicy Lucy - Cuckoo

12. Still occasionally producing fresh porn.

Still a member of the New Pornographers, as well as doing her solo work...

Neko Case - Magpie To The Morning

11. Ethel Bates lacked co-ordination.

"Ethel Bates" was an anagram.

The Beatles – Blackbird

10. Till we meet again, Nina.

Au Revoir Simone - Lark

Twin Peaks fans might have recognised that one.

9. Have you tried saltwater as a mixer?

Saltwater is a gift of an anagram...

Al Stewart - Jackdaw

8. When Lawrence met Lon…

Lawrence Olivier meets Lon Chaney... almost.

Olivia Chaney - Waxwing

7. Warner…

Bros - Cat Among The Pigeons

The Soundgarden T-shirt was a tad misleading.

6. A bit like Hooperman – I’m joking!

Hooperman was a TV show starring Jon Ritter. This guy is Joshing.

Josh Ritter - Hello Starling (Snow Is Gone)

5. Michael Head, on the streets of Liverpool?

Michael Head is the man behind the band Shack. He's from Liverpool, where there is Panic on the streets...

Panic Shack - Tit School

I'm assured that this is a song about Blue Tits, Great Tits and Coal Tits. Going to school. Nothing else.

4. On our January School Trip, we went inside the Albert Hall.

On our January School Trip, we went inside the Albert Hall.

Bert Jansch - Finches

3. Robber Baron.

Big Thief - Sparrow

Just be glad I spared you this...

The Ramblers - Sparrow

2. Steal a Neanderthal and leave him among the black sheep.

Nick a Caveman and put him with the Bad Seeds.

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – Crow Jane

1. What did you find in your pyjamas?


There's JAM in your pyJAMas!

The Jam - The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow)


Wren Will I See You Again?

Next Saturday morning, hopefully...


Sunday, 27 April 2025

Snapshots #393: Natural Disasters In Song


Call the National Guard - this week's Snapshots has been a disaster!


15. A fetching skyline.

Bring Me The Horizon - Avalanche

14. Definitely not The Numbers!

They're not numbers - they're free men!

The Prisoners - Hurricane

13. Frankie in a submarine.

Frankie Valli goes deep...

Deap Valley - Drought

12. Shades of sadness.

Bluetones - Mudslide

11. Their story's seldom told.

"I am just a poor boy, though my story's seldom told..." is the opening line of The Boxer.

Boxer - Blizzard

10. Imprisoned businesswoman found in lad's navel.

Martha Stewart ended up in the nick. "Lad's navel" was an anagram...

Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Heatwave

9. Stargazing tools.

The Telescopes - Tornado

8. This fishtank's in a right state!

State, as in United States...

American Aquarium - Wildfire

7. Important component in both telecaster and stratocaster guitars.

TeleCASTer and stratoCASTer...

Cast - Sandstorm

6. Lancaster con man invests in Lou Reed libretto.

Burt Lancaster played the religious con man Elmer Gantry. Lou Reed was in the Velvet Underground. A libretto is the words from an opera.

Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera - Volcano

5. Luggage for a German Underground singer.

Still with the VU, that would be a Nico case...

Neko Case - Middle Cyclone 

4. Cook up some Manchester rat recipes.

"Manchester rat recipes" was an anagram...

Manic Street Preachers - Tsunami

3. How Travolta expressed his love for Cortinas.

John ❤︎ Ford.

John Hartford - California Earthquake

2. Bloodsuckers move across your eyeline.

Transvision Vamp - Landslide Of Love

1. Turn the terrible page...


"Terrible page" was an anagram...

Peter Gabriel - Here Comes The Flood


It'd be a disaster if you weren't back here next Saturday for more of this nonsense...


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