Embarrassing Dad Songs #3: Stop The Wedding!

I started this series last year, did a couple of posts, then forgot about it.

It was supposed to be a series where I pointed out cool songs I'd discovered that were popular with da young people. This is in the UK Top Ten at the moment. It's the best pop song I've heard all year...

I even like the video, which looks like it was filmed in the 80s - old-fashioned rotary telephone and all.

Namesakes #211: Texas

Here are some bands named after a place where all my Exes moved to...

TEXAS #1

We start with a band from Texas! Southern rockers led by lead singer / guitarist Michael Maben who released one album in 1973 and then went their separate ways.

Texas - LA Lights

TEXAS #2

And we continue with a band not from Texas! Aussie pub rockers from the late 70s…

 ...unfortunately, I can't find any of their songs. But as I'm pushed for time, close your eyes and imagine what they might sound like, OK?

TEXAS #3

Finally, another band not from Texas, but from Glasgow… Sharleen Spiteri and her chums made a splash with their debut single I Don’t Want A Lover in 1989, then rather fell of the radar for a few years before returning to chart-conquering glory in the late 90s. Since then they’ve done the inevitable split-up / reunion waltz and appear to be still going strong.

Texas - Black Eyed Boy

Despite discogs promising a multitude of Texases... that's your lot, I'm afraid, this week. I will try harder next time.

 

Snapshots Spillover - More Shop Songs

Here are some more shops about songs.

I mean songs about shops.

Blur - Top Man

Madonna - Body Shop

Fasten Seatbelt - French Connection

Pavement - Date w/ IKEA

Monsters Of Folk - His Master's Voice

Linda Ronstadt - Lush Life

Dean Friedman - Lakelands

The Delgados - Thirteen Gliding Principles

Neil Young - Safeway Cart

Saint Etienne - Do It All

Department S - Somewhere Between Heaven And Tesco's

Again Again - Co-Optimist

Confetti - River Island

Ride - Chelsea Girl

And, of course...

There's a man with a mullet

Going mad with a mallet

In Millet's

Snapshots #470: Songs About Shops / High Street Retailers

Here are some songs about certain shops... some of them are still with us. Others have gone to that great high street in the sky...

15. What a carpet did next.

Clint Boon was an Inspiral Carpet. Then he formed...

The Clint Boon Experience - Comet Theme #1

14. I'm going to sue Deep Purple.

I'm going to sue Deep Purple.

Suede - Asda Town

13. What Tony Blackburn shouts at Turner and PJ.

"Sensational!" Alex Turner and PJ Harvey.

Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Next

12. Fred means not what you think.

"Fred means" was an anagram.

Sam Fender - Howdon Aldi Death Queue

He doesn't write them like that anymore, now that he's a proper pop star. (Shame.)

11. If you sent off for them, they were always a big disappointment when they arrived.

Did you ever send away for some X-Ray Spex? Bet they were a disappointment.

X-Ray Spex - Warrior In Woolworths

10. When Katrina walks onto the subway.

Katrina was Walking On Sunshine, in the underground.

The Sunshine Underground - Borders

9. How do you solve a problem like Macca's Miserable Holiday Home?

Is the Mull looking a bit dour, Maria?

Maria Muldaur - Midnight At The Oasis

8. Like Rachel, Matthew and Dita Von Teese.

Matthew Sweet and Rachel Sweet. Dita's real name is Heather Renée Sweet.

The Sweet - Blockbuster

7. Assorted sweets for pretty girls.

Dolly Mixture - New Look Baby

6. When will young people learn where to find the answers for this quiz?

Will Young - Your Game

5. Grew up in the wilds.

Well, they came from Dundee!

The Wilderness Children - Plastic Bag From Tesco's

4. Dire Namesakes fan.

George likes Namesakes (or whatever he calls it). Add Dire Straits.

George Strait - All My Ex’s Live in Texas

3. Sugar man.

Bob Mould - Argos

2. Very, something, extra, nothing.

Very special, something special, extra special, nothing special.

The Specials - Man At C&A

1. Blue-eyed girl.

Nancy Sinatra - These Boots Are Made For Walking

Snap up another bargain next Saturday morning.

Saturday Snapshots #470

Hey, where did we go? Days when the rains came. Down in the hollow... playin' a new game. A game called Saturday Snapshots. If it's raining this morning, try these...

Who are they and how are their songs connected?

15. What a carpet did next.

14. I'm going to sue Deep Purple.

13. What Tony Blackburn shouts at Turner and PJ.

12. Fred means not what you think.

11. If you sent off for them, they were always a big disappointment when they arrived.

10. When Katrina walks onto the subway.

9. How do you solve a problem like Macca's Miserable Holiday Home?

8. Like Rachel, Matthew and Dita Von Teese.

7. Assorted sweets for pretty girls.

6. When will young people learn where to find the answers for this quiz?

5. Grew up in the wilds.

4. Dire Namesakes fan.

3. Sugar man.

2. Very, something, extra, nothing.

1. Blue-eyed girl.

Have I Told You Lately that the answers will be here tomorrow morning?