Snapshots #464 - Shoe / Footwear Songs

These boots are made for singing...

15. They'll confuse you with their aged tricks.

Anagram!

Stackridge - The Last Plimsoll

14. What B.B. played.

The King Blues - Nike Town

13. Divine Announcements from an Idol.

"The Book of Joel is a Jewish prophetic text containing a series of divine announcements."

And Billy was an Idol.

Billy Joel - Stiletto

12. They fiddled about on the slopes.

Violinski - Clog Dance

11. Where you'll get a bargain on defective smart speakers.

In an Alexaei Sale.

Alexei Sayle - Dr. Marten's Boots

10. How you'll get to the MGM Grand after the floods.

The MGM Grand is in Vegas.

Vegas Water Taxi - Birkenstocks

9. Who's on bass?

John Entwistle - Roller Skate Kate

8. Are you a newish me?

"You a newish me" was an anagram.

Amy Winehouse - Fuck Me Pumps

7. Couldn't hear the Bow Bells on their birthday.

Cockney Rejects - Flares n' Slippers

6. Yin, not Yang.

The Big Yin.

Billy Connolly - Stainless Steel Wellies

5. They suck the life out of Saturday... but avoid Sunday like the plague.

Vampires don't like the sun.

Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma

4. Rock On, Jenkins!

Rock On Tommy / Tucker Jenkins.

Tommy Tucker - Hi-Heel Sneakers

3. Abdul meets Lloyd.

Paula Abdul meets Lloyd Cole in Cowboys Boots.

Paula Cole - Where Have All The Cowboys Gone?

2. Came between Tom's sword and his trombones.

Tom Waits had some Swordfish Trombones.

Fish - Big Wedge

1. Devil May Care Joggers.

Run-D.M.C. - My Adidas

Lace up for more Snapshots next Saturday.

Snapshots #266: A Top Ten Spelled Out Song Titles

After all those years turning the letters round on Countdown, Carol Vorderman probably knows a thing or two about spelling (as well as numbers). 

Let's see how well she spells out these song titles...

10. Fired by Jessi and Waylon.

Jessi and Waylon's boy is Shooter.

Shooter Jennings - D.R.U.N.K.

9. Andy rocks gently with a fruity farewell.

Andy Kim sung Rock Me Gently. A fruity farewell is an "apple-bye".

Kim Appleby - G.L.A.D.

8. One third of a church pulpit for sale.

Church pulpit

Pulp - F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E.

7. Big cat goes missing.

Where's the Cougar gone?

John Mellencamp - R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A.

6. Nitrogen discovered in northern capital.

Ottawa + N

Ottawan - D.I.S.C.O.

5. Was Jung A Cook on holidays?

Was Carl A Thomas (Cook)?

Carla Thomas - B.A.B.Y.

4. Found in between Dury Lane and James Street.

Between Ian Dury and James Brown. 

(Yes, I know it's Drury Lane, but spotting that was part of the clue.)

Ian Brown - F.E.A.R. 

3. She’s a member of the Scooby Gang and Not Your Muse.

Daphne was a member of the Scooby Gang. Celeste sang Not Your Muse.

Daphne & Celeste - U.G.L.Y.

2. Another biblical hero steals Jonah’s great fish. 

Noah & The Whale mix up two biblical stories.

Noah & The Whale - L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.

1. My mate, Twenty.

Anagram!

Tammy Wynette - D.I.V.O.R.C.E.

(I had to resist the temptation to go with the Billy Connolly version.)

M.O.R.E. S.N.A.P.S.H.O.T.S. N.E.X.T. S.A.T.U.R.D.A.Y.