Snapshots #342: A Top Twelve Star Wars Songs

Yesterday was May 4th - Star Wars Day. (Because: May The 4th Be With You. Don't blame me. I didn't come up with that.) Did you need The Force to crack these clues...?

12. Flaming satellite. 

Named after a Russian street gang, the "sigue sigue" meaning "burn burn"...

Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Albinoni vs. Star Wars, Pt. 1 & 2

11. Sadomasochism for the Original Gangsters.

S&M for the OGs...

Smog - I Am Star Wars!

10. Armenian butcher.

Their name means "butcher" in Armenian, apparently...

Kasabian - Empire

9. Odd LA back-up. 

Odd is Weird, LA backwards is AL...

Weird Al Yankovic - Yoda

(Sung to the tune of Lola, naturally.)

8. Twice as bright.

Neon Neon - I Told Her On Alderaan

Alderaan was Princess Leia's home planet... but you knew that.

Neon Neon features Gruff Rhys of the Super Furry Animals.

7. Greasy lady found in Falkirk.

The lady in Grease is Sandy. Denny is a town in Falkirk. Han was Solo.

Sandy Denny - Solo

6. Home security camera rotates more than half way. 

I've got Blink security cameras on Top Ten Towers, in case you were thinking of coming round to steal my CD collection. If you rotate something through half a turn, that's 180 degrees. Just over that would be...

Blink 182 - A New Hope

5. Don't mess.

Don't Mess With Jim!

Jim Croce - A Long Time Ago

...in a galaxy far, far away.

4. Female warrior and bright star. 

Bellatrix is both of the above.

Bellatrix - Jedi Wannabe

3. What Johnny used for small payments.

Johnny raids the Petty Cash.

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Rebels

2. On yer bike, Nicole Kidman!

Nicole Kidman's second film role, way back in 1983, was in the movie BMX Bandits.

BMX Bandits - Star Wars

1. The genuine article.

The Real Thing - Can You Feel The Force?

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