You can pretty much tell AI didn't come up with that image, can't you? What can I say, I'm an old-fashioned guy, and I wanted a picture of a square dude holding a camera. Unlike yesterday when I showed you one of the residents of Albert's Square holding a camera.
All in aid of - with great thanks to our resident Maths teacher, George, for suggesting the theme and many of the tunes - songs about Square Numbers. Working our way from the square of 15... down to the square of 1.
15. The very latest in toy soldiers.
14. Often killed in avalanches.
The Mountain Goats - Move (Chicago 196x)
That was the hardest one to find, despite the fact that I love the Mountain Goats.
13. Just saying, it follows Burt… but only so far.
JS is, apparently, interweb shorthand for Just Saying.
Burt Bach...arach (only so far).
12. Post pride.
Wouldn't be a George post without a bit of The Fall, which usually follows pride.
Also, I wouldn't have thought of this one on my own - a gross being 144.
The Fall - Gross Chapel / British Grenadiers
11. De Niro is waiting for Howard’s End.
Howard's End was written by E.M. Forster. Robert De Niro has been waiting for that.
10. Humming, Thunder, Surfing.
Hummingbirds, Thunderbirds, Surfin' Bird.
The Byrds - One Hundred Years From Now
9. Some were talking to Jesus and Mary, the rest were saved for the Brotherhood.
Jesus & Mary Chain sang about Some Candy Talking. The Brotherhood of Man were saving their kisses for you.
8. They’ll never be stale.
"Be stale" was an anagram.
The Beatles - When I'm Sixty-Four
7. When you hear the bing, the whiskey will be fermented, so grit your teeth till then.
Bing Crosby. Whiskey is fermented in Stills. Gnash your teeth.
Crosby, Stills & Nash - 49 Bye-Byes
6. Where pretty penguins live.
5. An O.J. Celeb.
Orange Juice was the band of Edwyn Collins. A celeb is a starr.
4. Caroline is determined.
Caroline was Sweet. The is a determiner.
Thank you, George. That's a belter.
3. Soviet strikers.
2. Spill the milk wide.
"Milk wide" was an anagram.
1. Silence was golden when he was a child.
