Sunday, 5 November 2023

Snapshots #317: A Top Ten Liverpool Songs


In Penny Lane, there is a barber showing photographs... and they're probably easier to identify than some of the ones below.

Let's take a ferry 'cross the Mersey to hear ten songs about Liverpool and Liverpudlians...


10. They're meek & honest, but very confused.

Muddle up the letters of Meek & Honest and you get...

The Monkees - Alternative Title (Randy Scouse Git) 

9. German with a regular beat.

Gerry & The Pacemakers - Ferry Cross The Mersey

8. Bandit chasers.

Smokey was always chasing The Bandit.

Smokie - Liverpool Docks

7. The headroom is small when you're locked up inside your opium den.

Max Headroom goes Low, with Jackie (where the opium den lyric came from).

Jackie Lomax - Going Back To Liverpool

6. Used for lifting a nun's headdress.

A nun's headdress is a wimple. You might lift it with a winch.

The Wimple Winch - Rumble On Mersey Square South

5. I saw a mouse!

Where?

A mouse lived in a windmill in old Amsterdam...

Amsterdam - Does This Train Stop On Merseyside?

4. She'll feed you tea and oranges under a bright star.

Suzanne will feed you tea and oranges. Vega is a very bright star.

Suzanne Vega - In Liverpool

3. Used to work in a very cold factory.

He was the gaffer in The Icicle Works.

Ian McNabb - Liverpool Girl 

Or...

Ian McNabb - Merseybeast

2. On sale at the jewellers.

The Bangles - Going Down To Liverpool

1. Big guitar pedal.

The Wah Wah pedal was the one in question...

The Mighty Wah! - Heart as Big as Liverpool

Mersey on back here next Saturday for more Snapshots...


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