Snapshots #281: A Top Ten Banana Songs

Ten songs to send you completely bananas on a Sunday morning... I left out The Banana Boat Song only because it seemed too obvious, and Harry featured here just a couple of weeks back.

10. The right bloke finds a special place in Samantha and Amanda's heart.

There's a man inside both their names.

Man - Bananas

9. In betweeners.

Ween is hidden inside Betweeners.

Ween - Bananas & Blow

8. Jobson investigates Tom's accent and George's band.

Richard Jobson was in The Skids. Tom Petty had a Southern Accent. Boy George's band was Culture Club.

Southern Culture On The Skids - Banana Puddin'

7. Points for Sweet Talking.

A Sweet Talking Guy gets loads of marks.

Guy Marks - Loving You Has Made Me Bananas

It gave me a great deal of joy to hear that again after so many years.

6. Robert got the blues in a box.

Robert Johnson had the blues. Jack in a box.

Jack Johnson - Banana Pancakes

5. Connects Mary to a Carpenter.

Mary Chapin Carpenter. You could also have Harry Carpenter to complete...

Harry Chapin - Thirty Thousand Pounds of Bananas

4. Regular jolts.

Prunes keep you regular. Electricity gives you jolts.

The Electric Prunes - The Great Banana Hoax

3. Attenborough, Davies, Bird.

They're all Dickies.

The Dickies - Banana Splits

2. Anton.

Christopher Anton Rea...

Chris Rea - God's Great Banana Skin

1. Nomad on narcissistic crusade hides answer within.

NoMAD ON NArcissistic crusade.

Madonna - I'm Going Bananas

Keep your eyes peeled for more Snapshots next Saturday.

Hot 100 #76

Honestly - I've nothing against 76 Trombones as a piece of music (particularly as I used to play in a brass band) but the one rule I can't break for this feature is that the winning track must be in my record collection / digital library... and 76 Trombones wasn't.

Slim pickings for number 76 though... luckily, I had one definite winner in mind which we'll get to in a moment. First... your suggestions...

Martin offered his to start off...

Ween - Freedom of 76

Always got time for a bit of Ween, although I don't recognise that one. Pretty groovy though.

Martin's second suggestion featured one of my old mate Davey's favourite bands...

G. Love and Special Sauce - I-76

(I think I like that one more than Martin did.)

The Swede then went lyric-diving to dig out this classic...

The Who - Success 

Back in the studio to make our latest number one, 

Take two-hundred-and-seventy-six,

You know this used to be fun...

 Loved it.

But my mind would not be swayed from my original choice... and luckily, Rigid Digit agreed...

What if Bruce Springsteen had been Welsh?

(Chances are this won't be the last time The Alarm feature in the Hot 100. No spoilers.)


I have a couple of strong contenders for 75. Your suggestions welcome as always...