Snapshots #292: A Top Ten Elephant Songs

There's an elephant in the room. Well, actually there's ten. Did you get them all?

10. Humanitarian relief workers.

Red Kross - Elephant Flares

9. Sit down, then get up to speed faster than anyone else on the road.

James sang Sit Down.

The McMurtry Spéirling "electric hypercar" can go from 0 to 60 in 1.4 seconds, faster than any other car on the internet. No, I wouldn't have known that either.

James McMurtry - See The Elephant 

8. Barbie, Cindy, Action Man.

Last time I did a Top Ten Elephant Songs, more than 7 years ago (not that I'm running out of ideas or anything), Charity Chic complained that I hadn't included The Toy Dolls. There! Happy now?

The Toy Dolls - Nellie The Elephant

7. Venue for drums.

Tom Tom Club - L’Éléphant

6. Was Johnny's wife, now a Walton.

He used to be a Carter (USM), like June. Now he's just Jim Bob, like the Walton.

Jim Bob - The Loneliest Elephant In The World

If you've never seen that before, I recommend having some tissues to hand.

5. Half a famous painting plus Teutonic null.

Half of the Mona Lisa plus a German 0.

Lisa Germano - No Elephants

4. Hoover discovered after putting a Manc in India.

Henry Hoover discovered after putting a Manc in India.

Henry Mancini - Baby Elephant Walk

3. Domesticated Chevy.

Tame your Chevy Impala...

Tame Impala - Elephant

2. Just inside the crematorium.

Just inside the crematorium.

I don't know if REM were entering a Madness lookalike competition in that photo or what.

R.E.M. - The Great Beyond

Yes, it's the song about pushing an elephant up the stairs.

1. If you're heading north of Blackpool, I'd recommend a raincoat.

Just north of Blackpool, you will find the town of Fleetwood. You may also need a Mac.

What's the Fleetwood Mac song about elephants? 

The interweb tells me that "Tusk" is actually a metaphor for a penis. I prefer to think it's about elephants.

Fleetwood Mac - Tusk

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