Snapshots #209: A Top Ten ...Ville Songs

Time for this week's answers... my precious, precious things!

10. Mix-up on brutish lover.

"On brutish lover", mixed up = Louvin Brothers.

The Louvin Brothers - Knoxville Girl

9. Add to embers for total recall.

REM+embers...

REM - (Don't Go Back To) Rockville

8. Russian celebrity adores beetles.

A Russian celeb would be a star-ski. And he loves bugs.

Lovebug Starski - Amityville (House On The Hill)

7. Needed a Band Aid.

Band Aid was formed to help the famine in Ethiopia.

The Ethiopians - Train To Skaville

6. Bale Slater Dior.

They're all Christians.

The Christians - Hooverville

5. Slipknot, twice.

Anagram!

Wilson Pickett - 635-4789 (Soulsville, USA)

4. Nerdy offspring.

Son of Dork - Ticket Out Of Loserville

3. Those clothes just don't match.

They clash.

The Clash - Hitsville, UK

2. All You Can Eat.

An All You Can Eat Buffett, obviously. With a certain beverage to wash it all down...

Jimmy Buffett - Magaritaville

1. Could unlock the start of the week.

You need a key that can unlock Mon.

The Monkees - Last Train To Clarksville

Gollum back next week for more Snapshots.

My Top Ten Loser Songs

 The Top Ten in which Every Loser Wins...

(Check out #3 if you don't believe me.)


10. Rod Stewart - Three Time Loser

The scary story of Rod's sex life before he became famous...

9. Fatima Mansions - Only Losers Take the Bus

I'm no loser, I'm a letch!

8. George Jones - The World's Worst Loser

Whenever you think your life's shitty... put on some George Jones.

7. Suede - Beautiful Loser

Suede have a new album out... and it's much better than the one this comes from. Still, some great putdowns here...

You belong among the wild flowers
picked at the side of the road,
You belong among the silent hours
and broken telephones,
You belong among the TV screens
with sound turned down again,
You belong where there's CCTV
watching you every day,

See also Beautiful Losers by Ocean Colour Scene. Also pretty damned good.

6. Dick Curless - Loser's Cocktail

...direct from the bartender at the Loser's Lounge. My guess is Hoyt Axton wouldn't be allowed in that bar, since Boozers Are Losers (When Benders Don't End).

5. The Dears - You and I Are a Gang of Losers

You and I are on the outside
Of all of almost everything

Don't we all feel like that sometimes?

4. Son of Dork - Ticket Outta Loserville

What do you get when you cross Busted! with Blink 182?

Pinch me, is this real?
I'm on a one way ticket out of Loserville
Now I'm off the social flat line
Things are so good that I'm
Taking down my Star Trek shrine

Much better than you'd expect.

3. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Even The Losers

Baby even the losers
Get lucky sometimes...

A sentiment shared by Nick 'Wicksy' Berry on his seminal 80s Number One... but honestly, what do you take me for? There's no place for that here. I have to draw the line somewhere.

2. Half Man Half Biscuit - Bad Losers on Yahoo Chess

And I'll keep finding a way to shoehorn this into Top Tens until you've all bought a copy.

Ernie Shackleton retreated
Close to the Pole
He didn’t want men dying
To achieve his goal
But did he get a gob on?
No he gave a little grin
Heed this Dennis Bell
When you next sign in
Bad Losers On Yahoo Chess!

1. Beck - Loser

In the time of chimpanzees, Beck was a monkey. If you don't like it... why don't you kill him?




Those were my losers... which is your winner?