15. Is rankle a verb? Not quite.
"Rankle a verb" was an anagram.
Lavern Baker - Whipper Snapper
14. Duane... had a strange hobby.
Duane Eddy. Arnold Layne had a strange hobby.
13. Leading Successor.
The lead singer in The Replacements...
Paul Westerberg - Man Without Ties
12. Don't be misled by a grateful nark.
"Grateful nark" was an anagram.
11. Hyacinth Bucket and Frasier Crane.
10. What's new in Mississippi, with Guys?
What's New, Pussycat. Pussycat also sand Mississippi. Guys & Dolls.
Pussycat Dolls featuring Snoop Dogg - Buttons
Snoop Dogg not pictured because, well, he's Snoop Dogg.
9. By J.R.R. Tolkien, abbreviated.
Tolkien wrote The Silmarillion, which is where these guys got their name.
8. Do and die with Spielberg and Seagal.
Do+die and two Stevens.
Dodie Stevens - Pink Shoelaces
7. Area, region, borough.
The Districts - Velour & Velcro
6. Strabismic cat meets Sex Machine without brakes.
Clarence The Cross-eyed Lion meets Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine.
...or you could have had...
Clarence Carter - Thread The Needle
5. A famous Stewart (minus 100) encounters Scott and Tara.
Patrick Stewart, minus a C and two Fitzgeralds.
Patrik Fitzgerald - Safety Pin Stuck In My Heart
4. French comedian... alternatively, Han Solo's old pal.
Dawn French... or Lando Calrissian.
Tony Orlando & Dawn - Tie a Yellow Ribbon
3. Parents and siblings, initially.
Mother, Father, Sister, Brother...
2. They refuse.
They are refuse.
1. Known to use engines and frequent parties.
Search engines and search parties.
The Searchers - Needles And Pins
Snapshots returns next Saturday.
Had I been here yesterday I would have got Patrik Fitzgerald straight away. The 'Safety Pin' EP has been in my collection since it came out at the dawn of time. 'Optimism/ Reject' includes what I believe may be the only reference to Scando bacon in popular music.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to Alyson
Thanks Rol. 'Haberdashery' has to be one of my favourite words.
ReplyDeleteYes Ernie, what a great EP from Patrik, a Peel favourite. Fond memories of seeing him play in a little upstairs room at local hotel in '79 to a tiny, but very supportive, audience.