Snapshots #465: Train Songs

This is Pat Monahan, lead singer of the band Train.

And here are some songs loosely connected with choo choos...

15. Chased a bandit with Dick Grayson's lad... and made cod in breadcrumbs for everyone.

Smokey chased the Bandit. With Robin's son. Performing miracles.

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - The Tracks Of My Tears

14. They say that when AI takes all our jobs, we will become...

The Leisure Society - The Sleeper

13. Panic on the streets outside Hotel California.

Where The Eagles meet The Smiths...

Fred Eaglesmith - Freight Train 

Or you could have...

Fred Eaglesmith - I Like Trains

12. Found with Julia's Squash.

Julia Donaldson (of Gruffalo fame / fortune) also wrote a book called The Squash & The Squeeze...

Squeeze - Up The Junction

11. Another suitcase full of baby-teething biscuits in another hall.

Barbara Dickson sang Another Suitcase In Another Hall. I'm not sure whether her suitcase had a Rusk in.

Barbara Ruskin - Euston Station

10. Competition to find Messrs Cave and Lowe on a football pitch. 

Remember Spot The Ball? This is Spot the Nick!

The Spotnicks - The Rocket Man

Do I need to explain why there's a Rocket in here?

9. James went there from Eden, to find Frankie's Opus.

James Dean went East of Eden. Frankie Valli sang Opus 17

East 17 - Steam

8. Often mistaken for Dennis's dog.

Dennis The Menace has a dog called Gnasher. G-Nash?

Graham Nash - On The Line

7. After leaving Eastenders, Susan set up a shop for people who like to make things.

Susan Tully was in Eastenders (after being in Grange Hill, of course). I doubt Brian would get that clue, but I imagine he might recognise the picture.

Tullycraft - The Railway Prince Hotel

6. Lava everywhere.

Eruption - One Way Ticket

5. The paella truck spilt its load.

"Paella truck" was an anagram.

Petula Clark - Don't Sleep In The Subway

4. Former puppet, pawn and patsy.

He used to be a Stooge.

Iggy Pop - The Passenger

3. Boy from the Greta Garbo Home swallows his biro.

My Name Is Jack, lived in the Greta Garbo Home for Wayward Boys & Girls. Did he eat his pen too?

Jack Peñate - Torn On The Platform

2. The Archies meet Daryl Hannah. 

The Archies made Bubblegum pop. Daryll was in Splash.

Bubblegum Splash - 18:10 To Yeovil Junction

1. Sadly, she's never been to me.

Charlene sang I've never been to me. This lady used to be called Charlene.

Kylie Minogue - The Loco-Motion

Little Eva would have been too obvious.

Catch the train to more Snapshots at 8:30 sharp next Saturday morning...

Saturday Snapshots #465

A-ha! 

It's time to Take On Me for another round of Snapshots. I've been Hunting High And Low for a link that will have you scratching your heads... have I succeeded? 

Who are these people and how are their songs connected?

15. Chased a bandit with Dick Grayson's lad... and made cod in breadcrumbs for everyone.

14. They say that when AI takes all our jobs, we will become...

13. Panic on the streets outside Hotel California.

12. Found with Julia's Squash.

11. Another suitcase full of baby-teething biscuits in another hall.

10. Competition to find Messrs Cave and Lowe on a football pitch. 

9. James went there from Eden, to find Frankie's Opus.

8. Often mistaken for Dennis's dog.

7. After leaving Eastenders, Susan set up a shop for people who like to make things.

6. Lava everywhere.

5. The paella truck spilt its load.

4. Former puppet, pawn and patsy.

3. Boy from the Greta Garbo Home swallows his biro.

2. The Archies meet Daryl Hannah. 

1. Sadly, she's never been to me.

Stay On These Roads till tomorrow morning and all answers will be revealed.

Listening Post #50: Joe & Aimee

Joe Pernice has a new album out, and he appears to have left his brothers to go and do their own things for a while as this one is a solo record. That said, it sounds like all the other Pernice Brothers recordings… quite lovely.

Best of all, he’s roped a few friends in to sing backing vocals, including the divine Ms. Aimee Mann on this, which is my favourite track on the album… at the moment.

Neverending Top Ten #7.8: Thirteen

Today is the day I've quietly been dreading for the last 13 years. Today is the day Sam undergoes... THE TRANSFORMATION.

To be fair, it's already started. It doesn't happen overnight like it did to Kevin. It creeps up on you. 

And nothing will ever be the same again.

Happy birthday, Sam. Try not to become a complete stranger.

Namesakes #205: Magazine

Remember the humble magazine, that thing we all used to read before some bozo invented the interweb? Here are some bands that remember it...

MAGAZINE #1

When Howard Devoto left The Buzzcocks in 1977, he went all arty. Actually, iffypedia says "Devoto decided to create a more progressive rock band"... but I'm not sure you could really call Magazine "prog", could you? Post-punk, certainly. Art rock, definitely. Prog? I'll let George be the judge of that...

Magazine - Shot By Both Sides

MAGAZINE #2

Next, a Brazilian new wave Magazine from 1983... as seen on "Mofo TV".

Magazine - Sou Boy

MAGAZINE #3

Followed by an Italian electro-pop group from 1988 who had one single in 1988 named after an Italian TV show about the lives of English miners in the 1920s. I couldn't find the track online, so here's an episode of the TV show. I expect George to watch the whole thing and give me his feedback.

E Le Stelle Stanno A Guardare

MAGAZINES #4

Possibly of minor interest to Ernie, some Kenyan Magazines, also known as The Magazines Band, from 1997...

Magazines - Chico Cha Tzawe

THE MAGAZINES #5

These guys came from Des Moines, Iowa, in 2009. They are included today because I liked the opening line of this song... a message to everyone voting on this feature today.

The Magazines - Tomorrow

MAGAZINE #6

Abstract, experimental, ambient Dub Techno from Germany in 2011... although the song title sounds a bit Yorkshire to me.

Magazine - Happen Nearly

MAGAZINES #7

Philly-based Magazines, though they were singing about New Jersey in 2013...

Magazines - New Jersey, Keep Me Safe

MAGAZINES #8

Also in 2013, these Magazines are "the son of Lucille (née Collins), a mail room clerk, and Edward Joseph II, a lumber salesman."

Magazines - Kansas City

MAGAZINES #9

Some Dublin-based lo-fi indie Magazines from 2020...

Magazines - Pink And Blue

MAGAZINES #10

From last year, here are some Belgian Magazines. "With a high-energy sound full of attitude, they channel the same youthful freedom that once lived in CDs, comics and magazines; a form of escapism where anything feels possible."

Magazines - Hollywood

MAGAZINES #11

And finally, couple of weirdoes (and I mean that as a compliment) from Massachusetts, from the year they'll call 2026...

Magazines - The Beast Is Right Behind You

 

Which ones will you be asking your local newsagent to stock up on?