Saturday Snapshots #62 - The Answers

Reach out and touch faith - it's your own personal answers to Saturday Snapshots. It was just A Question of Time.

Alyson took the Early Bird trophy this week, ably assisted by Chris, Charity Chic, Rigid Digit and a last minute save, all the way from Dubai (thanks, Jim). C took issue with the Siouxsie & The Banshees photo which turned out to be Siouxsie and a bunch of non-Banshees, for which I apologise... but it was the least recognisable Siouxsie photo I could find on the interweb. She has a pretty iconic look.

Even if you only got one of them right this week, remember... Everything Counts!

My explanations will be brief this week due to an impending visit from Ofsted. (Yes, they know check music blogs too. Not much chance of this one getting Outstanding.)


10. The search for Shatner with Gin prezzies.

Spizzenergi - Where's Captain Kirk?

9. Say Goodnight... but not to Car B... and get down with Gordon!

Irene Cara - Flashdance (What A Feeling)

8. This is a warning - keep away from men with hooked needles!

Jim Croce - Don't Mess Around With Jim

7. Charlie's cute royal sibling turns off the lights.

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - I See A Darkness

6. Shelter from the bombs in a flower patch.

Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden

5. Occultists can't handle early mornings.

The Supernaturals - I Wasn't Built To Get Up

4. Ancient lines that connect donkey brays will guide us down the road this evening.

Richard Hawley - Tonight The Streets Are Ours

3. Native American wailing spirits play baby games.

Siouxsie & The Banshees (minus Banshees in the picture) - Peekaboo

 2. Sounds like Elvis's catfish has taken Nilsson's medicine with a buffet carrier. 

Elvis's catfish jumping on a pole was King Creole, Nilsson's medicine was Coconut, which sounds a bit like...

Kid Creole & The Coconuts - Stool Pigeon

1. Not the First Noel, after the crash.

Just Can't Get Enough? Don't worry, Saturday Snapshots will be back next week. Until then... Enjoy The Silence!

My Top Ten Spock Songs

There are some cultural icons who will never / can never / should never die. For my generation, and the one before it (and many of those who followed), they are our living legends.

I already posted one Top Ten today, but I guess that's lost to history now. There are some I have to write - and post - immediately. It's only logical.

RIP Leonard Nimoy. Live long and prosper in our memories. I have been, and always shall be, your friend.

(Special mention to Spock's Beard.)



10. Leonard Nimoy - The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins

Let's start with the man himself, and possibly his most infamous musical moment. Derided in some quarters but still more watchable (shorter, at least) than any of the Peter Jackson movies. It's not the best song he ever recorded - he does a really nice version of Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town that's almost up to Kenny Rogers' standards - but the video is out of this world.

9. William Shatner - You'll Have Time

 It seems only fair that having heard from the great man himself, we also hear from this guy. I'm of the opinion that Shatner has recorded a great many fine records (don't worry, I'm on tablets), but this seemed most appropriate today...

Live life like you're gonna die...
Because you're gonna!

8. The Firm - Star Trekkin'

You probably ought to have been 15 in 1987 to appreciate this one.

It's life, Jim
But not as we know it...

7. Adam & The Ants - Friends 

Adam is a friend of Mr. Spock... and a bunch of other people too.

6. Old Gray - Vulcan Death Grip

A very nice noise, introduced by a famous soundbite from the man himself.

5. Paul Gilbert - Mr. Spock

Paul Gilbert used to be Mr. Big. But don't hold that against him. This is a great little spock-rock song.

4. Spizzenergi - Where's Captain Kirk?

Spock pulls them through.

3. Nerf Herder - Mr. Spock

Of course, strictly speaking, a nerf herder is from another galaxy, far, far away...

You don't want a boyfriend...
What you want is Mr. Spock!

2. The Beastie Boys - Intergalactic

If you try to knock me, you'll get mocked
I'll stir fry you in my wok
Your knees'll start shaking and your fingers pop
Like a pinch on the neck of Mr. Spock

See also Sneakin' Out The Hospital, where Adam claims to be smarter than Spock. Never!

1. Supertramp - The Logical Song

Well, it had to be, didn't it? In the end, it was the only logical choice.

When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful,
A miracle, 
Oh it was beautiful, magical.
And all the birds in the trees, 
Well they'd be singing so happily,
Joyfully, playfully watching me.
But then they send me away to teach me how to be sensible,
Logical, responsible, practical.
And they showed me a world where I could be so dependable,
Clinical, intellectual, cynical.

Those were my Spock songs. Which is the logical choice for you?