Don't Stand So Close To Me on a Saturday morning, you won't be able to see the answers to Saturday Snapshots and I do hate to be Wrapped Around Your Finger. Lately I feel like the King of Pain, and I doubt that'll change anytime soon as it's back to work on Monday...
Still, enough with the doom and gloom. Please identify the songs & singers (or instrumentalists) from the clues below. Not long to go now 'til we reach #100. Until then, I'll be hanging on Every Breath You Take...
10. Adele, formerly Hart, gets mixed up with a flex.
9. Future Queen grinds teeth over basic make-up.
8. Ghost found in cuddly toys - the answer was written on a gravestone.
7. Oyster sauce? Not dead.
6. Astaire finds matrimony - but still keeps dancing, despite his age.
5. Soaring temperatures lead to late jive.
4. Don't buy a puppy from these lads - it's against the law!
3. Rely on the endless highway, without Romeo.
2. Without punch, short Tanzanian ukulele won't go home till sunrise.
1. Mo Farah is a hack, man.
Answers tomorrow morning. Until then: de do do do de da da da is all I have to say to you.
Well done to Alyson for a clear victory this week, even stepping away to let others have a go. Thanks for playing, as always. Very quick answers this week because I have to assemble some more bloody IKEA furniture...
10. Interesting snooker player in sou'wester sacrifices his glory days to music.
And thanks to CC, I just discovered Jigsaw's other "hit", Journey Into Space. Which is great, because it has almost the same tune as Sky High, with added moog effects.
The above photo couldn't help but remind me of Les McQueen...
4. Telephoto Thom in a muddle about junior Lebowskis.
When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie...
And the world seems to shine like you've had too much wine...
That's Saturday Snapshots.
Yes, it's still here. Though I am running perilously close to the bottom of my reserves. Hopefully I'll have time to snap some new ones soon. In the meantime, you know the drill - identify ten top tunes and their singers from the clues below, please. Ain't that a kick in the head?
10. Interesting snooker player in sou'wester sacrifices his glory days to music.
9. Curtly flat, Johnny Rotten & Poly Styrene compose a ballad.
8. Menace to society complains about computers being left on overnight.
7. Goes well with heels, pants and khaki suits (twice) but is often mistaken for somebody else.
6.☠ Zero chance of misery.
5. Put together pieces in the stratosphere.
4. Telephoto Thom in a muddle about junior Lebowskis.
3. Louise pleads with her other half not to go to Texas.
2. Successful conmen with cathode.
1. Johnson's friend isn't bothered now.
Memories Are Made Of This... but if you're having trouble remembering any of the artists above, the answers will arise tomorrow morning.
In the meantime, don't forget our Kickstarter is still running. If this one goes well, the artist will want to do more... and I might even start proper joined up writing again. All help gratefully received.
Taking a break from my break to let you know about my new comic. Now, I realise this will only be of interest to a few of you, and no worries if that's not you. But if you've read any of my comics before - particularly the last one I released before my "retirement" from writing, Department of the Peculiar - you may be interested to know that the second story from that series is set to be released soon... if we achieve our publishing target on Kickstarter. The book was mostly written about five years ago (around the time the first story was published) but for one reason or another it's been on hold since then. However, my collaborator and all-round artistic genius Rob Wells has been pushing hard to get the story out there and drag me out of retirement, and the Kickstarter looks like it may just do that.
How is this relevant to a music blog? Well, the latest story is Department of the Peculiar Goes Pop, and it may be on interest to music fans beyond the normal comics fanbase. You can read much more about it here or click on the images below for a preview of the first three pages in which something very nasty happens to a bunch of musicians you may almost recognise...
If you fancy helping us on our way to our publishing target, all help will be gratefully received. But I won't hold it against you if you don't - this isn't for everybody, just the discerning few.
Girls, Girls, Girls... and boys, boys, boys: welcome to the Mötley Crüe that is the Saturday Snapshots answers for this week. Hopefully these will Kickstart Your Heart for Sunday morning...
(Speaking of kickstart, I'll be back later this week to talk about a project I'm involved in that may be of interest to one or two of you.)
No scores this week due to my computer still being in a box, but you all did very well. #9 was pretty obscure...
10. Johnny's pal sounds bitter alongside young adults, considering passionate idiots.
1. Oldest string game played by Potter in dry-lipped pub.
Harry (Potter) has chap(ped) lips at the inn.
The cat's cradle, according to iffypedia, is one of the oldest games in recorded human history. THis is what kids did for fun before Xbox and Netflix...
Mansize tissues at the ready...
No need to Shout At The Devil - Saturday Snapshots will be back next week.
