Snapshots #423: Sampled Songs

This is Kanye West, an artist known for using lots of samples in his work. Has he used any of the songs below? Let's find out...

15. That time Lee Mavers' group played in the middle of the Church Hall, initially.

Lee Mavers was the man behind The Las. Put Las in the middle of the C H and you get...

The Clash - Straight to Hell 

Sampled in...

MIA - Paper Planes

14. Hamburger bun turns over a new leaf.

A Patty turns a Page...

Patti Page - Old Cape Cod 

Sample in...

Groove Armada - At The River

13. Spherical extraterrestrial found in West Berlin.

The spherical extra terrestrial would be a Ball ET...

Spandau Ballet - True 

Sampled in...

PM Dawn - Set Adrift On Memory Bliss

12. Take a Mallett to that Tank Engine.

Timmy Mallett goes for Thomas The Tank Engine...

Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together 

Sampled in...

Drake - Hotline

11. It's a Dalek's thing. Sort of. 

"A Dalek's thing" was an anagram.

Talking Heads - Psycho Killer 

Sampled in...

Selena Gomez - Bad Liar

10. Not the youngest Mynah Bird.

The Mynah Birds were a Canadian band active in the mid 60s, featuring one Neil Young... and the gentleman above.

Rick James - Super Freak

Sampled in...

MC Hammer - U Can't Touch This

9. Sancho Panza was a gruff one. 

Sancho Panza was a Squire (to Don Quixote). Billy was a Gruff goat.

Billy Squier - Big Beat 

One of the most sampled tracks ever, featured in over 300 different songs, including...

Jay-Z – 99 Problems

Kanye West feat Pusha T, Big Sean, CyHi Da Prynce & J Cole - Looking For Trouble

Alicia Keys - Girl on Fire

8. Fancy an ethanol salad? Tossed, of course.

"An ethanol salad" was an anagram.

Hall and Oates - I Can't Go For That 

Sampled in...

De La Soul - Say No Go

7. King's dad gets the cane.

Elvis's Dad was Vernon Presley. A cane was a birch.

Vernon Burch - Get Up 

Sampled in...

Deee-Lite - Groove Is In The Heart

6. Since when did origami contain any answers?

When did origami?

Dido - Thank You 

Sampled in...

Eminem - Stan

5. Etta & Lola get mixed up in a former London prison.

Etta Lola was an anagram... Holloway was the prison.

Loleatta Holloway - Love Sensation 

Sampled in...

Black Box - Ride On Time

4. K-pop reality show.

I'm sure you're all fans of the show in question.

Dream Academy - Life In A Northern Town 

Sampled in...

Dario G - Sunchyme

3. That time the TV Hulk met Mr. Fantastic.

The TV Hulk was Lou Ferringo. Mr. Fantastic is Reed Richards.

Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side 

Sampled in...

A Tribe Called Quest - Can We Kick It?

2. CC + Drake, Lowe, Berry.

CC is our own Stevie. The rest are Nicks.

Stevie Nicks - Edge Of Seventeen 

Sampled in...

Destiny’s Child – Bootylicious 

1. Rocky and his brood...but not all of them.

Rocky was Sly Stallone. Take all from Stallone and you have Stone.

Sly & The Family Stone - Into My Own Thing

Sampled in...

Fatboy Slim - Weapon Of Choice

Any excuse to watch this video again...

More of this nonsense next Saturday.

Snapshots #196: A Multicoloured Top Ten

Yesterday's link, to be specific, was not just songs with colours in the title... there are millions of those. No, the link was songs whose title is just a colour, nothing else. Far fewer of those to choose from, but here are the ten I found...

10. The Iceman Cometh, perhaps?

"The Iceman Cometh" is a play. A cold one, presumably.

Coldplay - Yellow

9. Makes trousers for fast birds.

A swift tailor?

Taylor Swift - Red

8. Graffiti found in Berlin nightclub.

Apparently that's where they got their name.

Spandau Ballet - Gold

7. Preserved in an ample jar.

A jam is a preserve, "ample jar" is an anagram.

Pearl Jam - Black

6. Boy from New York City goes without tea when he joins a Formula 1 team.

Darts sang about The Boy From New York City. Take the T from Dart and you get Dar.

Williams is an F1 team. (Thank you, Sam.)

Dar Williams - Emerald

5. Sgt. Snarler.

Anagram!

The Stranglers - Golden Brown

4. Body enhancement, hun?

Anagram!

Echo & The Bunnymen - Silver

3. The speed of your National Insurance Number is directly proportionate to a foolish Cat. 

That would be your NiNo tempo and April (fool) (Cat) Stevens.

Nino Tempo & April Stevens - Deep Purple

2. Flighty Elliott.

Aero relates to flight, Elliott was a Smith.

Aerosmith - Pink

1. Help! I'm trapped between a Yes man and a Webb collaborator.

The Yes Man would be Jon Anderson, the Webb collaborator was David Mitchell (so Robert Webb, not Jimmy). Put an I in between those and you get...

More next week? Colour me interested...

Saturday Snapshots #128 - The Answers

Sad to hear of the passing of Kenny Rogers yesterday. If I get chance, I'd like to run a Top Ten Kenny Songs... although they will probably be the obvious ones. Always had a lot of time for Kenny. I guess he knew when to fold them...

Here's yesterday's answers...

10. Sadder than a rug cutting Walrus.

Sad = blue. The Walrus (of Love) was Barry White. Cutting a rug is dancing.

Barry Blue - Do You Wanna Dance?

9. Once upon a time... the end. Peanut ballads.

Once upon a time... the end... that's cutting a long story short.

Peanut ballads is my anagram of the year!

Spandau Ballet - To Cut A Long Story Short

8. Martin Luther ♡ $6,000,000 Man.

Martin Luther King adores The Bionic Man.

King Adora - Bionic

Don't worry if you don't remember them. They weren't that good. Although the NME thought they were the second coming for about a week.

7. Read Butler's smoking pal his rights and pour on the paraffin.

Butler's smoking pal is Lambert.

Your get read your Miranda Rights.

Miranda Lambert - Kerosene

6. Panic in the green streets leaves me wanting.

Panic In Detroit.

Emerald green.

Detroit Emeralds - Feel The Need In Me

5. Related to #1; wants to get to Homebase.

#1 is... explained below. Getting to home base is slang for going all the way.

Sly Fox - Let's Go All The Way

4. Small openings for ordinary ladies.

The Slits - Typical Girls

3. Albert's brother, perhaps, without his cereal, catches 40 winks.

Albert Hall's brother?

Without his (John) Oates.

Daryl Hall - Dreamtime

2. Yo, Dad, Sir... accept your fate.

"Yo, Dad, Sir" is an anagram.

Doris Day - Que Sera Sera

1. Pressured by Blur? Can't handle it? Call for an ancient French trickster.

Blur sang about Pressure On Julian.

Can't cope?

The ancient French trickster is Reynard The Fox.


Stay safe and well till next Saturday.