Sunday, 30 October 2022

Snapshots #264: A Top Ten Ghost Songs

This week, we were haunted by ten songs about ghosts. Did you see them too, or were they all just in my imagination?


10. 6852 islands.

There are 6,852 islands in the archipelago of Japan.

Japan - Ghosts

9. Alas, it's grubby.

A Las Vegas... gets dirty.

Dirty Vegas - Ghosts

8. Que sera, John Wayne.

Que sera sera was Doris Day's mantra. John Wayne was The Duke.

Doris Duke - Ghost Of Myself

7. Woman joins video game movie.

The video game movie was Tron.

Ladytron - Ghosts

6. Cauliflower, fried egg, lion's mane, pink meanie.

They're all types of jellyfish.

Jellyfish - The Ghost At Number One

5. Hallucinogenic coats.

The Psychedelic Furs - The Ghost In You

4. King in need of horse meets twins in need of doctor.

Richard III would give his kingdom for a horse. The Thompson Twins wanted a Doctor.

Richard Thompson - The Ghost Of You Walks

3. Peggy throws in the towel.

Peggy Suicide. Throws in the towel being a euphemism for taking your own life.

Suicide - Ghost Rider

2. Teary Ronald.

Anagram!

R Dean Taylor - There's A Ghost In My House

1. Volunteer police.

Special constables, or simply Specials.


Can't go on no more?

Don't worry, Snapshots will be back next Saturday.



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