Saturday, 24 October 2026

Saturday Snapshots #471


This one goes out to the ones I love...

Who are these people and how are their songs connected?


15. He used to carry bags, now he's a lorry driver.

14. I’ll call you back – I’ve arrived at the wooden reservoir, but I won’t be here long.

13. Belinda drinks a lot of Cognac in Cumbria.

12. They just go on and on and on and on.

11. Heroin’s a help in these crazy, mixed up times.

10. Afternoon at daybreak.

9. A pseudonym used by Robertson, Helm, Danko et al. 


8. Judge in the Cliff vs. Nail trial.

7. Company formed by Smith & Lawrence.


6. What the sun is to the earth.


5. There was a young lass from North Scotland
Who decided to form a Snap-Shots band
She got C on guitar
CC on sitar
But Ernie on drums, George could not stand.



4. That’s an easy role to slip into.


3. They just churn out stories on a conveyor belt.


2. It’s Phair to go to Australia backwards.


1. Berry + Edmunds + Stewart + Gable + Kent.


Answers tomorrow morning.

36 comments:

  1. 12 Eternal
    9 - is it Kool & the Gang?

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  2. 11 for some reason I think that is a photo of Helen Shapiro no idea what the clue means though

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  3. Most intrigued by your clue for 5! We have to get that one.

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  4. 5 - Ah! Alison Limerick!

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  5. is the photo of Michael Stipe a clue?

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  6. Is it about being on your own? I Wanna Be The Only One, Make It On My Own, Selfish....?

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    1. I could reply to that in a way that gave more of a clue... or I could just say no.

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  7. Ooh.... maybe you gave us a clue there or maybe you didn't? 'Tell Me What You Mean' and 'What Do You Mean When You Say?' - not sure how to describe that though... am I getting close?!

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    1. No. My clue might have been... Just the opposite (although not in all cases).

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  8. songs about being on your own? one-man band for example

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  9. is the link reversals? going backwards?

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  10. One more try! Is it about friends? 'All The Right Friends', Reality Used To Be A Friend of Mine' 'Goodbye My Friends'...

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  11. Neither. Today is more about a mood...

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    1. as in being happy / upbeat (walking back to......)

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    2. Happy songs!

      George is on a (heavily assisted) roll!

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    3. Well done George! I didn't see that at all.

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    4. well, for the 2nd week in a row Rol in effect gave us the answer. It tied in with a well known REM song and the one song for which Helen Shapiro is famous. (is my grammar correct Rol?).

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    5. I'm on school holidays, so not checking SPaG this week.

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  12. Well done guys. I missed SS this morning because I’m at Comic Con Scotland in Edinburgh. Chuffed to be part of a clue though!

    Waiting in a queue to get a photo with Cordelia Chase from Buffy. Blog post to follow.

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  13. A Comic Con!? I'm jealous.

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  14. Sorry I'm late. Well done George.

    Some missing answers:

    2. Lizzo
    3. Fiction Factory
    6. Light Of The World

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