Saturday Snapshots #147 - The Answers

Women are In Love with it, and the Devils adore it. Yes, it's Saturday Snapshots.

Here are yesterday's answers...



10. Replacement slap.

Clout - Substitute

9. Sad times on Mountain Avenue for lamp and goal.

Famous for writing many top TV theme tunes, including this chart hit in 1981... he goes nicely with both lamp and goal.

Mike Post - Hill Street Blues

One of the few tunes I could ever play on the piano, despite ten years of lessons.

8. Nine visits Preacher for French domination mix up.

Mike Post visits Nicky Wire (of the Manic Street Preachers).

French domination is an anagram.

Richmond Fontaine - Post To Wire

7. Mime story... Times lorry... Prime Laurie.... Drat! Windy.

Chicago is the Windy City.

Chicago - Hard To Say I'm Sorry

You may think this is cheesy, but it gives me a thrill.

6. Is she identical to an Abba lark, Ric?

An Abba lark, Ric was another anagram. (No, you don't sat!)

Barbara Acklin - Am I The Same Girl?

5. Romeo & Juliet get tanning advice.

This dude directed Romeo & Juliet. Coming up with a clue for his actual name (even an anagram) was beyond me.

Baz Luhrmann - Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)

4. Green Ice Po, shared by Tin Tin and Huckleberry Finn.

Green, Ice and Po were all broken Lands.

Tin Tin & Huck both had Adventures.

The Adventures - Broken Land

3. Great... solvent.

The great pretender.

If you have money, you are solvent.

The Pretenders - Brass In Pocket

Love that video. I'd visit my local greasy spoon more if Chrissie Hynde worked there.

2. Weather breeder, like Prince Albert.

I'm sure I've probably used Prince Albert before, although this time it has nothing to do with piercings... just the old "Have you got Prince Albert in a can?" joke.

Can - She Brings The Rain

1. Clearly indicating a long journey.

Proclaim can mean either publicly announce or indicate clearly. Google it.



Reed more Snapshots next Saturday.

My Top Ten Summer Clothes Songs

What are you wearing to keep cool in this hot weather?


10. Animal Collective - Summertime Clothes

The Animal Collective are soaking their heads in the sink. Which can't help but remind me of these guys.

9. Ben Kweller - Sundress

Ben takes his girl to all the most glamorous parts of town, just to see her in her sundress.

8. Sonic Youth - Swimsuit Issue

In which Kim takes a summer job as a secretary for a lecherous boss... with hilarious consequences.

7. ZZ Top - Cheap Sunglasses

Spied a little thing and I followed her all night
In her funky fine Levis and her sweater kind of tight
She had a west coast strut that was as sweet as molasses
But what really knocked me out was her cheap sunglasses

Stalker alert.

See also Sunglasses by Skeeter Davis... or Tracey Ullman. Take your pick.

6. The Wedding Present - Silver Shorts

Wear your silver shorts today and David Gedge won't go away.

5. The Airborne Toxic Event - Girls In Their Summer Dresses

A guilty husband protests that he's not perving over the girls in their summer dresses... and anyway, they were looking at him first!

4. Timbuk 3 - The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades

I'm a Peeping Tom Tacky with X-Ray eyes...

They're all at it!

Dig that crazy harmonica.

3. Baz Luhrmann - Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)

Accept certain inalienable truths: 
Prices will rise, 
Politicians will philander, 
You too will get old, 
And when you do you’ll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were
noble and children respected their elders. 
 Respect your elders.

2. Bruce Springsteen - Girls In Their Summer Clothes

If this wasn't one of Bruce's best radio pop records since the heights of Born In The USA, you might be attempted to accuse him of being the bloke in the ATE song. Then you listen to the lyrics and hear an aching melancholic nostalgia... and everything's right with the world.

1. Gene - Long Sleeves For The Summer

Exquisite.

Does you heart sag?

I'm just sitting here waiting for someone to suggest Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini so I can tell them where to go.