Sunday 19 February 2023

Snapshots #280: A Top Ten UFO Songs

As a wave of UFO sightings sweeps the world, surely we must ask ourselves whether shooting them out of the sky is really the smartest option? 

The objects in the sky may be unidentified, but I'm sure you had no problem identifying this lot...


10. Inside next issue: dead pigeons!

Inside next isSUE: DEad pigeons!

Suede - UFO

9. Persson of interest found near Dortmund.

The Persson of interest would be Nina Persson. Hagen is a German city near Dortmund.

Nina Hagen - Flying Saucers

8. Killers from Barking.

Slaughter & The Dogs - UFO

7. Joel + Arthur + Lard.

Billy Joel + Arthur Lee + Mark 'Lard' Riley...

Billy Lee Riley - Flyin' Saucers Rock 'n' Roll

6. John, Harry & Charisma.

John Carpenter, Harry Carpenter and Charisma Carpenter...

The Carpenters - Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft

"We are your friends..."

5. You can't argue with this lot.

The Undisputed Truth - UFOs

The Undisputed Truth is out there!

4. The Sound & The Fury, relatively.

William Faulkner wrote The Sound & The Fury. 

Isaac Newton had a theory of relativity.

Newton Faulkner - UFO

3. Gloating goat found in cut price store.

The gloating goat would be Billy Bragg, here pictured in Wilko... sorry, Wilco.

Billy Bragg & Wilco - My Flying Saucer

2. Valet, can be green or golden.

A valet can park your car. Grahams can be Golden or Greene.

Graham Parker - Waiting For The UFOs

1. Stolen Bounty.

A Bounty is a chocolate bar. If it's stolen, then it becomes hot property.

Is this song about Errol Brown's very own close encounter? No doubt about it...

Hot Chocolate - No Doubt About It


More unidentified photographic objects for you next Saturday...

4 comments:

  1. Great stuff as always, Rol. Am I the only one that thought that 1970s Hot Chocolate looked like Rod & Freddy had gatecrashed The Trammps house party? If so, where’s Jayne?

    The truth is out there!

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  2. Pointless rock fact. My wife's stepsister is married to the son of Freddy from Rod, Jayne and Freddy fame. But we don't talk about it. Swc.

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    1. Well, you wouldn't want to be swamped with hangers on.

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