What took you so long? Was there a queue at the post office?
10. He waits for a heartbreaker at the disco, talking to Robin a lot.
Tom Waits
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Disco = Club
Talking to Robin a lot...?
Tom Tom Club - Wordy Rappinghood
Points for George.
9. The indigenous people of northern Europe like long jazz, Dallas and horror films.
The indigenous people of northern Europe = Sami
Long jazz = (Miles) Davis
Dallas = J.R.
Which Sammy Davis Jr. hit shares its name with a horror film?
Alyson trawled her extensive collection of video nasties to solve the riddle..
Sammy Davis Jr. - The Candyman
8. Flying over the channel to Switzerland, Israel and California.
CC finally figured this one out, with extra clues.
If you were flying over the channel, you would be in the aeroplane over the sea.
Switzerland was neutral in WWII.
Israel was the Land of Milk (and honey)
Welcome to the Hotel California...
Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
7. Don't take Huey Lewis to town, not like Siouxsie did.
Ruby (Don't Take Your Love To Town) plus (Huey Lewis & The) News = Rubinoos
Lynchie got the artist. Then C discovered, the Rubinoos had a song (a cover of a 50s hit by The Cadillacs) which shares its name with a Siouxsie & The Banshees track...
The Rubinoos - Peek-A-Boo
6. Keeping you safely in one lane, like the preachers with an empty tank.
The Swede gets extra points for this one. That said, whenever you make it look really easy, I'm just tempted to try harder.
Rumble Strips are those things that make a loud noise on your tyres when you drift out of your lane on a big road.
The Manic Street Preachers sang about Motorcycle Emptiness
The Rumble Strips - Motorcycle
(Great trumpet in that.)
5. Dylan Thomas loses his milk. Don't stop: duplicity ahead!
Gave Charity Chic no problems at all...
Dylan Thomas wrote Under Milk Wood - take away the milk...
Don't stop? Carry on...
Duplicity ahead?
Carrie Underwood - Before He Cheats
4. Satan wants a satellite - can Jack's southern brother help?
Jack Daniels is the king of Southern drinks... and until I stopped drinking 17 years ago, it was my tipple of choice.
If Satan went down (south) he might be looking for a Georgia Satellite.
The Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down To Georgia
Well done, Chris. CC is still kicking himself.
3. Girls from paradise go goth.
Paradise is also known as Shangri-La.
Goths wore black.
A combined effort from Lynchie, C & Chris.
The Shangri-Las - Dressed In Black
2. Venerable Batman can't iron, just like a Red (not Green) Arrow.
The title is pretty self-explanatory... the artist clue required knowledge (or a good google) of obscure comic book trivia... either that, or you watch the Green Arrow TV show (which I don't). Anyway, there's a comic book character called Red Arrow whose real name is...
Roy Harper - When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease
I figured The Swede would get that one. One of John Peel's favourites too... just a gorgeous, gorgeous song.
1. A nice Yorkshire greeting shouted across the Atlantic.
Thankfully, being from Yorkshire, I'm allowed to make this gag,
Eeh - 'ello!
Well done, CC.
ELO - Calling America
Ten more next week.
Great stuff again, Rol, thanks. I can only surmise from some of these clues that the inside of your head is lined with brilliantly intricate flow diagrams.
ReplyDeleteWell, there's certainly no room for life skills or common sense.
DeleteThe hardest week yet.
ReplyDeleteThey are a lot easier when you see the answers!
Thanks for another challenging weekly quiz. I'm beginning to realize I've got to use my synonym book to solve these riddles. Looking at the pictures only takes you so far.
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