Sunday, 2 March 2025

Snapshots #385: Twelve Newspaper Songs

I read the news today... oh boy!

Hear all about it below...


12. No longer a choking hazard.

He used to be a Strangler, but he's alright now.

Hugh Cornwell - Stuck In Daily Mail Land

11. What did you do in art class yesterday? I sketched a small mountain...

You drew a hill?

Dru Hill - These Are The Times

10. All you do to me is...

Lyrics from their eponymous single: "All you do to me is... talk talk."

Talk Talk - Today

Remember Today? Eddie Shah? The newspaper revolution? 

9. Go on. You know you want to. Give it a go. You'll love it.

The Persuasions - The Sun

8. AR-15, M-16, AK-47.

The Rifles - She's Got Standards

7. Direct train to Sheffield.

S'Express - Theme from S'Express

6. Tidier Tsars re-establish order.

"Tidier Tsars" was an anagram.

Dire Straits - Telegraph Road

5. Michael Stipe's lot judged "not bad" by muddy deposits at the mouth of a river.

Muddy deposits at the mouth of a river create a Delta. Good REM?

Delta Goodrem - The Guardian

4. Choosing shades in the detective agency.

Pinkertons were the detective agency in the Wild West.

Pinkerton's Assorted Colours - Mirror Mirror

3. The Munch Bunch. 

Edvard Munch painted The Scream.

Primal Scream - Star

2. O'Connor was a small baby.

Des? Tiny Child!

Destiny's Child - Independent Women

1. Stuck, and sticky.

The Jam - News Of The World

Written and sung by Bruce Foxton. RIP, Rick. 


That's all the news that's fit to print today. But another edition will hit the streets next Saturday - don't miss it!

4 comments:

  1. I thought for sure you’d be going with Mirror Man for Talk Talk - Today didn’t occur to me at all !

    Steve M

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  2. I still think that's Sharleen Spiteri!

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