Here are the monstrous answers...
Sunday 31 October 2021
Snapshots #213: A Top Ten Monster Songs
Saturday 30 October 2021
Saturday Snapshots #213
Thursday 28 October 2021
Negative Songs For Positive Times #62: Release Day
Tuesday 26 October 2021
Positive Songs For Negative Times #61: Penultimate
Monday 25 October 2021
Positive Songs For Negative Times #60: Freedom
Sunday 24 October 2021
Snapshots #212: A Top Ten Songs About Famous Painters
All yesterday's songs were about famous artists. Let me paint you a picture of the answers...
Special mention must go to the amazing Jonathan Richman who has written more songs about famous artists than anyone else. But he's featured here recently, and I'm running out of clues that link back to him...
Jonathan Richman - Pablo Picasso
Jonathan Richman - No One Was Like Vermeer
Jonathan Richman - Salvador Dali
Jonathan Richman - Vincent Van Gogh
10. Wilson & McDonald.
Brian Wilson & Michael McDonald!
A song about L.S. Lowry...
Brian & Michael - Matchstalk Men & Matchstalk Cats & Dogs
9. Davina, Holly, Dermot.
They're all Television Personalities.
And these guys love artists almost as much as Jonathan Richman...
Television Personalities - Salvador Dali's Garden Party
Television Personalities - David Hockney's Diaries
Television Personalities - Lichtenstein Painting
8. What if Emma & Richard were identical?
Emma Thompson & Richard Thompson are not twins.
The Thompson Twins - Salvador Dali's Car
7. A wee riddle, and jailhouse singer.
A Jimmy Riddle, and Webb Pierce (who sang In The Jailhouse Now).
Jimmy Webb - Paul Gauguin In The South Seas
6. George C. Scott & Joanne Woodward.
George C. Scott & Joanne Woodward appeared together in the film They Might Be Giants.
They Might Be Giants - Meet James Ensor
5. Is Len nine?
Anagram!
4. Tearjerkers.
The Weepies - Painting By Chagall
3. Piano slum.
Anagram!
Paul Simon - Rene and Georgette Magritte with Their Dog After the War
2. Supporters of angst, kicks and wasteland.
Fans of teenage angst, teenage kicks and the teenage wasteland...
1. Mafia boss is spotless host.
The Don is a clean M.C.
Saturday 23 October 2021
Saturday Snapshots #212
Paul Rudd's tiny camera welcomes us to another edition of Saturday Snapshots. Hopefully you won't have to shrink down to the size of an ant to examine these clues in microscopic detail... just work out the artists below and what might connect their songs.
10. Wilson & McDonald.
9. Davina, Holly, Dermot.
8. What if Emma & Richard were identical?
7. A wee riddle, and jailhouse singer.
6. George C. Scott & Joanne Woodward.
5. Is Len nine?
4. Tearjerkers.
3. Piano slum.
2. Supporters of angst, kicks and wasteland.
1. Mafia boss is spotless host.
Antswers tomorrow!