Sunday, 9 August 2026

Snapshots #460: Walking Songs


Nothing better on a Sunday morning than a nice walk...


15. Shooting stars.

The Meteors - Stampede

14. Extinct after a very big one from above.

A very big meteor killed all the Dinosaurs, even the Pterodactyls.

Terry Dactyl & The Dinosaurs - Seaside Shuffle

13. That's Pipers & Jelly... Talking.

Lemon Pipers, Lemon Jelly... and Talking Heads.

The Lemonheads - Rockin' Stroll 

12. Poetic, Gas, Parking.

Three different Meters.

The Meters - Keep On Marching

11. Rag told me not to come with my new bag for One.

Rag Mama Rag, Mama Told Me Not To Come. Papa's Got A Brand New Bad, Papa Was A Rolling Stone (#1).

Mamas & Papas - Trip, Stumble & Fall

10. Hermes, revised. 

Hermes was the Greek equivalent of Mercury, the Roman messenger of the Gods. 

Mercury Rev - Delta Sun Bottleneck Stomp

9. "God bless us, everyone!”

That's what Tiny Tim says in A Christmas Carol.

Tiny Tim - Tip Toe Thru' the Tulips With Me

8. Karen tricks her group.

"Karen tricks" was an anagram.

Nick Straker Band - A Walk In The Park

7. One of Captain America's fathers.

Captain America was created by Jack Kirby and...

Joe Simon - Step By Step

6. Eel found between Fourth and Barry.

E from Eels between #4 (see below) and Barry White.

Matthew E. White - Steady Pace

5. Her father found a Newlove... but carried on with the old one too.

Kirsty MacColl's mum was Jean Newlove. Her father, Ewan MacColl "was also in a relationship with folk singer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Peggy Seeger (a relationship that would continue until his death in 1989), and already had a son with Seeger."

Kirsty MacColl - Tread Lightly

4. Tonight... I'll be Gene...

Tonight, Matthew, I'll be Gene Wilder...

Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride

3. I'll direct you to a 1937 disaster.

I've Led you to think about the Hindenburg, a disastrous Zeppelin.

Led Zeppelin - Trampled Underfoot

2. Polo, Battle... and a Britpop DJ.

Polo Mint, Battle Royale... and Lauren.

Mint Royale & Lauren Laverne - Don't Falter

1. No stolen girls! Not here.


"No stolen girls" was an anagram.

Rolling Stones - Midnight Rambler


Walk back this way next Saturday for more Snapshots.

Saturday, 8 August 2026

Saturday Snapshots #460


Wow! It's Saturday morning, time to start Livin' On The Edge again. Hopefully today's clues won't make you Crazy or start you Cryin'... 

Who are these people and how might their songs be connected?

15. Shooting stars.

14. Extinct after a very big one from above.

13. That's Pipers & Jelly... Talking.

12. Poetic, Gas, Parking.

11. Rag told me not to come with my new bag for One.

10. Hermes, revised. 

9. "God bless us, everyone!”

8. Karen tricks her group.

7. One of Captain America's fathers.

6. Eel found between Fourth and Barry.

5. Her father found a Newlove... but carried on with the old one too.

4. Tonight... I'll be Gene...

3. I'll direct you to a 1937 disaster.

2. Polo, Battle... and a Britpop DJ.

1. No stolen girls! Not here.

Answers tomorrow morning. Until then - Dream On!


Friday, 7 August 2026

Neverending Top Ten #7.5: Eurovision


Sam and I visited The National Media Museum (or whatever they're calling it these days) in Bradford this week. Among the attractions was an exhibition about the Eurovision song contest. It was pretty fascinating, even for someone who lost interest in Eurovision post-Bucks Fizz. I even got to perform myself.

Here are a few appropriate tunes, only one of them a Eurovision contender...



















I know you won't have time to listen to all those, but there's some cracking tunes in there. More reasons to go back into Europe!

Thursday, 6 August 2026

One Track Summer #13: It's OK To Punch Nazis


I'm guessing this was written around the time the Great Orange Idiot first took to the throne... 

Never thought it'd happen, but now look where we are
Rather have a rapist than a woman in power
When we got complacent in defending our rights
The Nazis changed their name, now they're called the alt-right

The racists got a PR firm
Hired men in fancy shirts
But have the same ideology
We've had to say a lot of stuff
We thought was fucking obvious
Like, "Yes, it's okay to punch Nazis!"



Wednesday, 5 August 2026

One Track Summer #12: Orville


No.

Not that Orville.

This one.


Orville Peck likes to wear masks.

They kinda suit his outlaw vibe.

And as an openly gay country singer, maybe he does it to keep the rednecks at bay.

Whatever, this South African born country star has a voice that puts most of his US contemporaries to shame. Just like another Big O. 

Could Orville be the natural successor to Roy Orbison? 

Judge for yourself...



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