My Top Ten: Bros

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Sunday, 1 March 2026

Snapshots #437: Songs About Garden Birds

Holy Garden Birds, Batman! Why wasn't Rockin' Robin included?

Too easy, chum. Nothing by the Housemartins either... although I guess we came close with the opening track.

15. Not another ugly northerner?

Former writing partner of Paul Heaton in The Beautiful South...

David Rotheray - The Sparrow, The Thrush and the Nightingale

Almost included this one, but went with #11 instead...

The Beautiful South - Blackbird On The Wire

14. Wales, Persia, Darkness.

Prince of Wales, Prince of Persia, Prince of Darkness.

Prince - When Doves Cry

If the link ended up being guessed really easily yesterday, then I blame that one.

13. Lawless woman, and succulent too.

Lucy Lawless gets Juicy...

Juicy Lucy - Cuckoo

12. Still occasionally producing fresh porn.

Still a member of the New Pornographers, as well as doing her solo work...

Neko Case - Magpie To The Morning

11. Ethel Bates lacked co-ordination.

"Ethel Bates" was an anagram.

The Beatles – Blackbird

10. Till we meet again, Nina.

Au Revoir Simone - Lark

Twin Peaks fans might have recognised that one.

9. Have you tried saltwater as a mixer?

Saltwater is a gift of an anagram...

Al Stewart - Jackdaw

8. When Lawrence met Lon…

Lawrence Olivier meets Lon Chaney... almost.

Olivia Chaney - Waxwing

7. Warner…

Bros - Cat Among The Pigeons

The Soundgarden T-shirt was a tad misleading.

6. A bit like Hooperman – I’m joking!

Hooperman was a TV show starring Jon Ritter. This guy is Joshing.

Josh Ritter - Hello Starling (Snow Is Gone)

5. Michael Head, on the streets of Liverpool?

Michael Head is the man behind the band Shack. He's from Liverpool, where there is Panic on the streets...

Panic Shack - Tit School

I'm assured that this is a song about Blue Tits, Great Tits and Coal Tits. Going to school. Nothing else.

4. On our January School Trip, we went inside the Albert Hall.

On our January School Trip, we went inside the Albert Hall.

Bert Jansch - Finches

3. Robber Baron.

Big Thief - Sparrow

Just be glad I spared you this...

The Ramblers - Sparrow

2. Steal a Neanderthal and leave him among the black sheep.

Nick a Caveman and put him with the Bad Seeds.

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – Crow Jane

1. What did you find in your pyjamas?

There's JAM in your pyJAMas!

The Jam - The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow)

Wren Will I See You Again?

Next Saturday morning, hopefully...

Sunday, 21 May 2023

Snapshots #293: A Top Ten Boyband Songs (sort of)

This I Promise You: I'll Never Stop Snapshots as long as you keep playing along. And if you're struggling for the answers, It's Gonna Be Me who reveals them, along with the Music Of My Heart.

Yeah, I had to look up the song titles of good old Justin Trousersnake's band too... I guess I'm just not NSYNC with a lot of these boy bands...

10. He Felt different in new material...

That's Lawrence. He was in Felt. Then he changed to...

Denim - The Osmonds

And if you're going to get picky and tell me that Marie wasn't a boy, well, I did my research, and Marie wasn't really in The Osmonds. She had a solo career and duetted with Donny, but "the group had its best-known configurations as a quartet (billed as the Osmond Brothers) and a quintet (as the Osmonds)."

The Osmonds - Crazy Horses

To be fair, it feels like cheating, including Crazy Horses.

9. A Stewart is a Scott.