Before you start Goblin up your Sunday dinner, there's the small matter of the answers to Saturday Snapshots to contend with. Here's a Lighthouse to shine on the... erm... darkness of your... erm...
Sorry, just not feeling the puns today. Great picture of Mr. WD though.
10. Good man crowned globetrotter of Madrid.
Benny Goodman.
Harlem Globetrotters.
Madrid is the capital of Spain.
Ben E. King - Spanish Harlem
9. Monkey Liz and bloke in need of a respray ponder unanswerable questions.
The monkey was a Gibbon. Liz is Beth.
A rusting man would need a respray.
Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man - Mysteries
8. Hibernator rope must have played them all!
"Hibernator rope" was an anagram for an artist most people can't even remember.
"From Soho down to Brighton... he must have played them all" comes from Pinball Wizard.
Brian Protheroe - Pinball
Notably as the only song I can think of to mention "pale ale".
7. Extremist voices sob at the disco.
Ultra-vox.
Ultravox - Dancing With Tears In My Eyes
6. Reddy to be infatuated? British pop will stand the test of time.
Helen Reddy, in love.
Helen Love - Long Live The UK Music Scene
The lyrics will really remind you of 1996. And they're still funny.
Hey, Alan McGee,
Don't get in a sweat
There's no need to drop Oasis yet!
Chris Evans and Shed Seven will save the the UK music scene!
Sadly, the UK - and its music scene - have been greatly diminished this weekend.
5. A beer, shy Lissy? And it's your round?
Good week for anagrams...
Shirley Bassey - Big Spender
4. A good fella, Ray, with a director Todd and a weeping prophet... go cruising down by the water's edge.
Steady on, ladies. Form an orderly queue.
Ray Liotta was a Goodfella.
Todd Haynes is a director.
Jeremiah was the weeping prophet.
Aliotta, Haynes & Jeremiah - Lakeshore Drive
This song is not about LSD. Honest. No, really.
Running south on Lake Shore Drive heading into town
Just slippin' on by on LSD, Friday night trouble bound
It isn't!
3. From a 40s kitchen via a successful city to their inevitable capture.
UB40 had a rat in their kitchen.
A successful city is a boomtown.
The Boomtown Rats - Rat Trap
Pus and grime ooze from its scab crusted sores.
2. Daughters of fate stand on their own.
Destiny's Child - Independent Woman
1. Trivial despair over lack of parachute.
Petty heartbreak.
Willem Saturday Snapshots be back next week?
Dafoe!
(Er, you know, like deffo, only... I'll get me coat.)
I need to check out the Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man LP, Mysteries is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteLakeshore Drive was a great find on the Guaridans of the Galaxy Vol 2 soundtrack