Showing posts with label ? & The Mysterians. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ? & The Mysterians. Show all posts

Sunday, 20 September 2020

Saturday Snapshots #155 - The Answers

 


Well, we're still here. New blogger hasn't deleted the answers... yet.

Better read them quick though...



10. Margot & Joan relocate to Washington... visiting a beautiful symbol of freedom on the way.


Margot Fonteyn & Joan Fontaine move to Washington DC, visiting the Liberty Belle along the way (so I guess they went via Philly).


9. Marx writes about honey oaks... while the Queen gives thanks.


Their name was based on political writing by Italian Marxist theorist Antonio Gramsci.

Honey oaks would contain wood bees.

Aretha was the Queen of Soul.


8. I'm a hearty rug... and I need a tipple.


"I'm a hearty rug" was an anagram.


7. Often found in a Hitchcock movie: a stout draught.


Hitchcock movies often contain a twist or two.

Draughts are Checkers, so a stout draught would be a...


6. Two tins. How rude!



5. Punctuated by nemeses of spiders or captains... ducts run dry.


A question mark is punctuation.

Spider-Man fought Mysterio, Captain Scarlet fought The Mysterons.


4. Top up twice, like an old court and Joan... the answer's obvious, darling.


Top up twice = two fills.

The Old Bailey.

Joan Collins.

The answer is... easy, lover.


3. Losing their religion... but still very compassionate.



2. A Big Spender or a Big Daddy... and their business. Triple pity.


Shirley Bassey was looking for a Big Spender.

Shirley Crabtree was Big Daddy.


1. Spotlight on part of a 6 pack, bleating.


Ab(s) are part of a 6 pack. Bleating is what sheep do... baa.

The spotlight has beams that are gonna blind me...



Rosario Dawson is too cool for silly puns. See you back here next week (new blogger permitting)...

Tuesday, 20 February 2018

The Hot 100 Countdown #96



96 could only have been one song, but there have been many fine versions over the years... so which is my favourite?

Chris and The Swede both went for the original by ? & The Mysterians, one of the original garage bands, led by the very Jagger-esque Rudy Martinez.

Lynchie suggested a live version by Richard Thompson & David Byrne - now there's an unbeatable team-up! Suits them both very well.

C went for Big Maybelle's version - never heard that before, but it's a cracker.

Charity Chic introduced me to Eddie & The Hot Rods take on it... very good too.

Swiss Adam suggested the Primal Scream cover... pretty trippy... I always like it when the Scream go mental like this.

Nobody went for the other two versions in my record collection: Garland Jeffreys or The Inspiral Carpets, but both are worth the odd spin. (That organ solo must have been irresistible to Clint Boon!)

Once you start digging around on youtube, you can find all manner of treats, including Aretha, Iggy... even Bruce. But for me, it goes back to my first love. The version I first heard. The version I bought on 7" inch single back in 1990. Congrats to Alyson and Rigid Digit for guessing right this week.

Take it away, Hugh...



95's going to be a bit tougher to guess, I reckon. Any takers?



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