Sunday, 22 March 2026

Snapshots #440 - Songs About Cars


This is the actress Zoe Saldana from Star Trek and Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy movies. She's here because of the Renault Zoe. Yesterday, Pablo represented the Citroën. Just be glad I couldn't find any songs (or people) called Duster. 


15. Gender equality, favoured by Leatherface.

Leatherface was a dab hand with a chainsaw.

ManWomanChainsaw - Ode To Clio

The Renault Clio.

14. Police, NHS, schools... TV & radio.

Public Service Broadcasting - Spitfire

The Triumph Spitfire

13. Inside Jacob East, i.e. floating devices.

Inside Jacob East, i.e. floating devices. (Buoys.)

Beastie Boys - The Maestro

Austin Maestro. With a VW badge hanging off it.

12. Are you ready? Are you ready?

Open lyrics to Caravan of Love.

Caravan - Golf Girl

VW Golf.

11. Spanish footballer and Argentinian tennis player.

Rodrigo Y Gabriela - Orion

Ford Orion.

10. Innocenti transport.

Innocenti made Lambrettas.

The Lambrettas - Cortina Mk2

Ford Cortina, Mark 2.

9. Jesse, I could've told you, it's a day later in Scotland.

Jesse James; I could've told you, Vincent; Mc..Morrow.

James Vincent McMorrow - Cavalier

Vauxhall Cavalier.

8. Arrives with the cheapo guests.

Cheapo guests.

The Pogues - Fiesta

Ford Fiesta.

7. A pretender, but not so great.

"A pretender" was an anagram... for someone who's making his first, and hopefully last, appearance on this blog...

Peter Andre - Defender

Land Rover Defender.

6. Her mother takes her phone calls.

Sylvia's Mother, of course.

Sylvia - Y Viva Espana

Vauxhall Viva.

5. Sounds like Sinatra's Memory-maker.

Frank / Elaine (Paige)?

Frankie Laine - Granada

Ford Granada - the car my dad use to drive.

4. Irving.

Berlin - The Metro

Mini Metro.

3. Grey-haired Welsh bloke makes a racket with compressed carbon.

Lloyd means "grey haired" in Welsh. Compressed carbon is coal. 

Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - 2CV

Citroën 2CV (although the way Lloyd pronounces it, it sounds like "dirt shovel" to me).

2. A newt's key will unlock the answer.

"A newt's key" was an anagram.

Kanye West - Diamonds From Sierra Leone

Ford Sierra - the car my dad drove when he got rid of his Granada.

It's worth pointing out that Kanye complains he couldn't even afford a Ford Escort in that song. Which gives me an excuse to squeeze this in...

Half Man Half Biscuit - Slipping the Escort

1. Obscure band.

Blur - Beetlebum


Drive yourself back here next Saturday for more of the same old cobblers...


5 comments:

  1. Excellent, thanks Rol.
    It got me thinking too about some of those great car names - the Jensen Interceptor, AC Cobra, Ford Zephyr etc. (Oh, and of course the Dolly Bug!)

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  2. Thanks Rol.

    A lot of cars on that list either my dad or I used to have. Your dad liked the Ford brand then - like Gene Hunt.

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    1. Yeah, only Fords back when I was a kid.

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