Snapshots #466: Songs About Magazines

Hello again.

Here are some songs about magazines...

15. The Munch Bunch.

The Scream was painted by Edvard Munch.

Primal Scream - Loaded

Their strapline was "For Men Who Should Know Better". It should have been "For Men Too Embarrassed To Buy Razzle.)

14. Isaak was almost caught going too fast.

Chris (Isaak) caught Speeding (almost).

Chris Spedding - Radio Times

13. Not quite a decade of snowless mountains.

Nine Black Alps  - Cosmopolitan

12. Like a fox with its rock hard relatives.

Sly & The Family Stone - Life

11. A bunch of idiots... and Yuri.

"And Yuri" was an anagram.

Ian Dury - Razzle In My Pocket

Was Razzle a better magazine than Loaded? At least it didn't pretend to be something it wasn't.

10. Proud... Fargo.

Proud Mary meets Wells Fargo.

Mary Wells - You Beat Me To The Punch

9. Top Jackets required.

Thee Headcoats - (We Hate The Fuckin') NME

Wild Billy at his best.

8. Lost without bab.

The missing A in ABBA.

Agnetha Faltskog - The Heat Is On

Louise makes me buy Heat every Tuesday. (She only reads it for the TV section, apparently.) It's hard to tell which is the new issue since every week without fail the cover features either Kate, Meghan, Posh Spice or that woman who used to present This Morning. 

7. My Father's Cars... abbreviated.

My father's car was a Jaguar. (It wasn't. He always drove Fords.)

The Jags - Woman's World

6. Tuesday afternoon is neverending.

That's a line from Lady Madonna.

Madonna - Vogue

5. A severed alliance.

They hate each other nowadays.

Hall & Oates - Private Eyes

4. Instructions for the gospel crowd.

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Heavy Metal

3. Where to find the ingredients of a hamburger.

On the patty label.

Patti LaBelle - Oh People

2. Man behaving badly.

Like Neil Morrissey.

Morrissey - Last Of The Famous International Playboys

1. It's ma Top Ten... and I'll cry if I want to.

Temptations - Papa Was A Rolling Stone

Expect more magazines as the week goes on.

And more Snapshots next Saturday.

Saturday Snapshots #466

I know, I know - you Just Can't Get Enough of these Snapshots, can you? I Feel You.

So here are 15 more photos of People who Are People... but how are their songs connected?

15. The Munch Bunch.

14. Isaak was almost caught going too fast.

13. Not quite a decade of snowless mountains.

12. Like a fox with its rock hard relatives.

11. A bunch of idiots... and Yuri.

10. Proud... Fargo.

9. Top Jackets required.

8. Lost without bab.

7. My Father's Cars... abbreviated.

6. Tuesday afternoon is neverending.

5. A severed alliance.

4. Instructions for the gospel crowd.

3. Where to find the ingredients of a hamburger.

2. Man behaving badly.

1. It's ma Top Ten... and I'll cry if I want to.

Everything Counts... until the answers are revealed tomorrow morning. It's just A Question Of Time...

Listening Post #54: Richard & Judy

I was a big fan of Glaswegian indie band The Supernaturals back in the late 90s. I even met them one time when I tagged along with my mate who went to interview them backstage at a Robbie Williams gig (they were the support act). They recently released a collection of rarities from back in the day, including this top tune about former Daytime TV stalwarts Madeley and Finnegan.

I'm sick and tired of feeling useless and moody

I'm sick and tired of watching Richard & Judy

Class.

Listening Post #53: A Bang On My Bedroom Wall

Heard this tune on the Mickey Bradley show a week ago and I've become quietly obsessed with it ever since. A Canadian act, Morgan and Nelson Bankes, have crafted a real earworm... but the other thing that keeps me listening is the vocal, which reminds me of... someone else I like... but I can't quite put my finger on who. Give it a listen if you have the time... who does it remind you of?

Listening Post #52: Charlie Sheen Reaches Out To The Feds

Perhaps my biggest musical obsession over the past 12 months (beyond all the usual suspects) has been John Darnielle's Mountain Goats. I will continue to shout into the empty vacuum about their glory as long as I have breath in my body.

Anyway, they're back with a new album called Days, and it's obviously quite brilliant.

Here's the lead single, based on an occasion back in the 1990s when actor Charlie Sheen saw a Japanese Horror film which he believed was actually a snuff movie, so he reported it to the FBI.

It wasn't, but it makes for a good story... and a great tune.