Sunday, 28 December 2025

Snapshots #428: Ghost Train Songs

Welcome onboard the Snapshots Ghost Train. 

Beware, it's going to be a spooky ride!


15. Common to bumblebees and Greylag Geese. 

BumbleBEEs and Greylag GEESe. 

The Bee Gees - Ghost Train

14. Gervais feminized by Man In Black.

Ricky Gervais becomes Rickie when he counters Tommy Lee Jones.

Rickie Lee Jones - Ghost Train

13. Hold it - you're banned from professional wrestling!

Strangleholds are illegal in professional wrestling.

The Stranglers - Ghost Train

12. Causeless male offspring.

Sons without a cause...

Rebel Son - Ghost Train

11. Slice lost love into bits.

"Slice lost love" was an anagram.

Elvis Costello - Ghost Train

10. Norm's rabbity, isn't he? 

"Norm's rabbity" is an anagram.

Marty Robbins - Ghost Train

9. Visited Graceland. Met Cher.

He did both, while Walking In Memphis. Maybe he even went on the Ghost Train there...

Marc Cohn - Ghost Train

8. Toilet used by both Bob Dylan and The Charlatans.

Bob sang about a North Country Girl. The Charlatans sang about a North Country Boy. These guys provided the w.c...

North Country Gentlemen - Ghost Train

7. When he called out for another drink, the waiter brought a tray.

That's a lyric from Procul Harum's Whiter Shade of Pale, (co-)written and sung by this man...

Gary Brooker - Ghost Train

6. Fancy a zig roll?

"A zig roll" was an anagram...

Gorillaz - Ghost Train

5. No Seine, Sherlock.

The River Detectives - King of the Ghost Train Ride

4. Cutting edge Manga for teenage lads...

Shonen is teenage Manga.

Shonen Knife - Ghost Train

3. The Boss's jumpers...

Bruce Woolley - Ghost Train

2. Rooks 1, Ravens 2...

Counting Crows - Ghost Train

1. Iron Maiden challenge them to a game.

Iron Maiden sang Can I Play With Madness?

Madness - (Waiting For The Ghost Train)


More of this nonsense next Saturday.


4 comments:

  1. I actually prepared this post ages ago... then accidentally posted it. Even though I took it down pretty quickly, I was worried someone might have seen it, so I kept it as a back-up for when I was short of time. Thankfully, it seemed nobody saw the original posting.

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  2. It was very good, thanks Rol. There's this part of me which, when I'm wondering about what song themes the artists may have in common, sort of unconsciously dismisses songs with exactly the same words or titles, assuming that's just coincidence and there must be synonyms or other similar traits instead. So it was quite the double bluff!

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    1. I stopped doing those types of links a while back because they became too easy... but it's good to throw one in every now and then to keep you on your toes.

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