10. He knocks over his pint on Peter's Blue daughter.
He's a Spiller. She's the daughter of Blue Peter presenter Janet Ellis.
Spiller featuring Sophie Ellis Bextor - Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)
9. Freddie's German Empire.
Freddie Mercury was the lead singer of Queen. The German Empire was the (Third) Reich. Metal bands do love their umlauts...
8. Follow this stylish band to get to De City.
You would follow De Sign to get to De City.
Design - The Jet Song (When The Weekend's Over)
7. Reg Dwight's room at the Crossroads.
Reg Dwight is, of course, Elton John. (Who could have featured in this countdown with B-b-b-Bennie & The Jets.) If Elton was on tour, he might stay at the Crossroads Motel.
Elton Motello - Jet Boy Jet Girl
Those of you who know about such things will recognise that as the original version of the song that would become Plastic Bertrand's Ça Plane Pour Moi. The Elton Motello version was a bit too rude for the time, so they changed the lyrics to nonsense French and a worldwide hit was born.
6. Perfect world.
One for Brian!
5. Fifteen hundred hours, definitely.
The Three O'Clock - Jet Fighter
That's a top video.
4. One twisted Messiah.
One, twisted, is Eno. And he's not the Messiah, (He's a Very Naughty Boy).
Brian Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets
3. Virgin takes money meant for one man and gives it to another.
Mary is robbing Peter to pay Paul.
Peter, Paul & Mary - Leaving On A Jet Plane
I prefer John Denver's version, but he's featured here before. PP&M haven't.
2. Albert's Devil Men.
Anagram!
Steve Miller Band - Jet Airliner
1. Caught in the middle of the swing shift, without a shroud.
No pall (or Paul) in the middle of this SWING Shift...
They're only the band the Beatles could have been.
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