My Top Ten

Sunday, 19 July 2026

Snapshots #457: Loadsa-money songs!

Bosh bosh, zum zum, wallop - DOSH!

15. Honest stereos may not sound right.

"Honest stereos" was an anagram.

The Stone Roses - Fool's Gold

14. The end of the Affair.

He was the lead singer of The Love Affair, then he went solo...

Steve Ellis - Loot

13. If you think I'm putting one of those on my head, you must be joking.

...or Joe King. With his Crowns.

Joe King Carrasco & The Crowns - Dinero

12. Oh in your council home, he jumped on your bones, ow you're smelling it time after time.

Lyrics from Animal Nitrate by Suede, which is a radio-friendly way of referring to Amyl Nitrate.

Amyl & The Sniffers - Capital

11. Three blokes from Hull.

Or Kingston Upon Hull, to give it its full name.

Kingston Trio - Greenback Dollar

10. Managing Directors use ancient Jedi mind tricks.

The Force MDs - Tender Love

9. Wind blows down from the Sports Shoe Shop.

Southerly from JD Sports.

JD Souther - Fifteen Bucks

8. Everything must go, even one of your Es, says Bell and Orbit.

Take an E from Clearance to leave Clarence. Bell and Orbit are Williams.

Clarence Williams - Bacon Blues

7. Dirty... ...Poltergeist.

Dirty Harry meets the Enfield Poltergeist.

Harry Enfield - Loadsa Money

Elon Musk saw that video at a very early age and it made quite an impression.

6. Can be arch, always sad.

Arch-deacon gets blue.

Deacon Blue - Wages Day

...or...

Deacon Blue - Riches

5. That's quite a coup for an officer.

Pigeons live in a coop and go coo.

Lieutenant Pigeon - Mouldy Old Dough

4. The King complains - that's not a Roman Century!

King Charles says you don't write 100 as XCX.

Charli XCX - Gold Coins

3. Dr. Dre's latest headphones.

The Newbeats - Bread & Butter

2. The Charlatans!

The Pretenders - Brass In Pocket

1. Don't be scared to cry.

Tears For Fears - Change

Start saving up for more Snapshots next Saturday.

Saturday, 18 July 2026

Saturday Snapshots #457

Smell the Musk!

I'm sorry. I didn't want to put any of you off your breakfast.

Here are some pictures of popular musicians. Who are they and how are their song connected?

15. Honest stereos may not sound right.

14. The end of the Affair.

13. If you think I'm putting one of those on my head, you must be joking.

12. Oh in your council home, he jumped on your bones, ow you're smelling it time after time.

11. Three blokes from Hull.

10. Managing Directors use ancient Jedi mind tricks.

9. Wind blows down from the Sports Shoe Shop.

8. Everything must go, even one of your Es, says Bell and Orbit.

7. Dirty... ...Poltergeist.

6. Can be arch, always sad.

5. That's quite a coup for an officer.

4. The King complains - that's not a Roman Century!

3. Dr. Dre's latest headphones.

2. The Charlatans!

1. Don't be scared to cry.

Answers tomorrow morning!

Friday, 17 July 2026

Mid-Life Crisis Songs #136: Porsche

We had a visit from the police a few days back. Turns out our neighbour had had his car stolen. It's a Porsche, to go with his young trophy wife.

"He's got it back now," said the policewoman. The inference was clear: "Why am I wasting my time on this?"

There wasn't a lot of sympathy to go round.

Thursday, 16 July 2026

Celebrity Jukebox #81: Sam Neill

Gone to hunt the great T-Rex in the sky.

As the celebrity jukebox has taught us, true immortality only exists in song... or if you have a band named after you.

This lot are unbearably loud, but they did in which every track was named after a movie Sam Neill appeared in. And it's worth noting that when they posted it on bandcamp back in 2012, "Any potential profit from the sale of this album will go to buying our bassist gear, as his amp and guitar were stolen." I hope they made enough. You may disagree.

Sam Neill - Dead Calm

Here's something a little easier on the ears from Tampa, Florida...

And finally, a lyrical nod from Aussie band BREADCLUB, with added T-Rex...

I don't feel like myself

Feeling like I’m in a movie

With Sam Neill

When I was in the eighties

BREADCLUB - T-Rex

I can't help thinking Sam deserved a better tribute, so here's a song about a Sam, by a T-Rex. Let's go out on a high...

Wednesday, 15 July 2026

Cancel Culture Club Postscript

When I began planning this series, I put together a pretty lengthy list of tunes to feature... but as time passed and enthusiasms waned, I realised it would become repetitive in many cases to go "here's another potentially racist / sexist / homophobic / transphobic tune, let's rehash the same arguments we had about the last one".

Still, I figured it might be worthwhile sharing the rest of my list with you. Most of these were found by doing google searches relating to "songs that are now considered politically incorrect" or similar. So I'm not the one pointing the finger, honest guv. Apart from maybe this one...

Here's the rest of the list. Here's what we could have talked about... and if anyone feels strongly about any of the songs below, and would like to pen a few words expressing their feelings for or against cancellation, I will happily run your thoughts in a bonus edition of the CCC at a future date.

But if nobody's bothered, that's fine too.

Elvis Costello - Oliver's Army

Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting

Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time

The Knack - My Sharona

The Knack – Good Girls Don’t

Madonna - Like A Virgin

Sam Cooke - Only Sixteen

Ram Jam – Black Betty

Sailor - Girls, Girls, Girls

Blue Mink - Melting Pot

J. Geils Band - Angel In The Centrefold