Thank you for playing this week's Snapshots.
Here are 15 songs dedicated to famous ladies of song...
15. Christ's sons' lay a band... that would cause a kerfuffle.
"Christ's sons' lay a band" was a very convoluted anagram.
Crosby, Stills and Nash - Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
Written by Stephen Stills, about his ex... blue-eyed Judy Collins.
14. Poster boys.
The Wanted - Walks Like Rihanna
13. Originally called Landscape: Noon.
John Constable's painting, originally titled Landscape: Noon, became more famous as The Haywain.
The Haywains - Dusty Springfield
...or you could have had...
The Haywains - Bobbie Gentry's Tears
12. Be happy in Italian, with Nina.
"Felice" is be happy in Italian. With Nina Simone.
11. They gave us two soap dolls, a broken watch and chain, a pair of good-luck pennies, and our lives.
That's a quote from To Kill A Mockingbird, regarding Arthur 'Boo' Radley.
10. Part lion, part eagle - all Vicious.
A Griffin was part-lion, part-eagle. Sid was Vicious.
Sid Griffin - Ode to Bobbie Gentry
9. Calendar Girls.
Barenaked Ladies - Be My Yoko Ono
8. Often thought of as a Nancy boy.
Because he often duetted with Ms. Sinatra.
Lee Hazlewood - Dolly Parton's Guitar
7. Sand aggregates water.
Mix 'em together and what have you got?
6. They're not interested in your Bomber, your Burner, or your Chopper.
No Raleighs! They only want to steal your BMX.
The BMX Bandits - Kylie's Got A Crush On Us
5. Go Wild, Hey-Billy-Poppa and Derek Dick.
Go Wild In The Country; Hey Joe, Billy Joe (see above), Poppa Joe; Derek Dick is Fish.
Country Joe & The Fish - Janis
4. What you talking about, Willis (junior)?
Bruce Willis's daughter is called Rumer.
3. Sounds like a coal train for John and Andy in Tennessee.
Robbie Coltrane meets John / Andy / Tennessee Williams.
Robbie Williams (featuring the Pet Shop Boys) - She's Madonna
2. Kurt loves fishing for pubs. What does he use?
He uses a...
Courtney Barnett - Ode to Odetta
1. Diana keels over when she's around him.
"Diana keels" was an anagram.
Neil Sedaka - Oh Carol!
(Written about Carole King.)
I had a load of these left over, so I'll bore you with them tomorrow.
More Snapshots next Saturday.
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