Sunday, 4 May 2025

Snapshots #394: Musical Organs... but not the kind you play



Here's a famous organ player - Booker T. Yesterday, Ray Manzarek introduced our quiz. But neither of them played the kinds of organs you'll hear below...


15. Charles, could be another #4.

Charles Mansun would be in good company with the names listed in Clue 4.

Mansun - She Makes My Nose Bleed

Or even...

Mansun - Ski Jump Nose

And yes, your nose is an organ. Trust me, I'm a doctor.

14. McNulty, Bunk, Omar, Stringer Bell.

All characters from The Wire...

Wire - Kidney Bingos

13. Educating an Italian peacock.

Educating Rita. Pavone is Italian for peacock.

Rita Pavone - Heart

12. Home to Silvio Dante.

Silvio Dante was a character in The Sopranos, played by E Street Band member Stevie Van Zandt.

Townes Van Zandt - Lungs

11. Helps lyrics become untangled.

"Helps lyrics" was an anagram...

Cypress Hill - Insane In The Brain

10. Supreme Ruler.

Diana Ross - Muscles

The AI says, "Yes, individual muscles are considered organs because they are structures composed of different tissues working together to perform a specific function, like movement."

9. Satanism. 

Bad Religion - Struck A Nerve

8. Retriever in both ears.

Stereo Labrador?

Stereolab - Spinal Column

7. Lee, Holloway and Russell enjoy making tables.

Three famous Brendas indulge in a bit of tabulation.

Brenda & the Tabulations - Right On The Tip Of My Tongue

6. Buffy.

Buffy was a Vampire... Slayer.

Slayer - Hardening Of The Arteries

That's got to be one for George's next mixtape.

5. She's a neat one... but pretty messed up.

"She's a neat one" was a rather obvious anagram

Sheena Easton - For Your Eyes Only

4. Jack, Peter, Jeffrey, John Wayne.

Jack The Ripper, Peter Sutcliffe, Jeffrey Dahmer and John Wayne Gacy...

The Killers - Bones

3. Tin soldiers and Nixon coming... presumably for a game.

"Tin soldiers and Nixon coming" is the opening line of Ohio.

Ohio Players - Skin Tight

2. Invoice for the Mills... and Cupid's friends.

Bill Hayley Mills! Cupid was friends with Comet.

Bill Haley & His Comets - Rock The Joint

1. Subs.


The Replacements - Tommy Gets His Tonsils Out


In case you were wondering, here were the two I had left over...


I'll organ-ise more Snapshots next Saturday...

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