Snapshots #458: Songs From Hell

And I heard, as it were, the noise of thunder

One of the four beasts saying,

'Come and see.' and I saw, and behold a white horse...

Johnny Cash - The Man Comes Around

And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts

And I looked, and behold a pale horse

And his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him...

Hopefully none of you are going to Hell any time soon, but if you are... at least they'll have a decent playlist...

15. S/laughter.

The Killing Joke - Pandemonium

14. Cher airs her grievances.

"Cher airs" was an anagram.

Chris Rea - The Road To Hell (Part 2)

13. Hyper, cuff and chain... make him wary (almost).

Hyperlink, cufflink, chainlink. Wary becomes Wray.

Link Wray - Fire & Brimstone

12. Ginger was not a Northerner.

Geri Halliwell was Ginger Spice

Jeri Southern - Fire Down Below

11. They just keep coming around.

Orbital - Satan

10. Have you misplaced the camera, Mike?

"Camera, Mike" was an anagram.

Maria McKee - This Property Is Condemned

9. Be good in St. Julian's country.

Johnny B. Goode meets goes to Cope-Land.

Johnny Copeland - Sufferin' City

8. Strange faces.

Steve Strange's faces...

Visage - Damned Don't Cry

7. Not Fats Domino.

I think I might have used this clue in reverse at some point...

Chubby Checker - Limbo Rock

6. Royalty................................................................................ and me with a capital, in the Middle East.

Prince is Far from I (the pronoun with a capital letter).

Prince Far I and the Arabs - Out Of The Abyss

5. No longer on the sidewalk.

He used to be in Pavement, now he's just...

Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks - Houston Hades

4. Did they have Reds under their Beds?

McCarthy - In Purgatory

3. Politicians on the funicular. 

A funicular is a type of tram, with added MPs.

The Trammps - Disco Inferno

2. What a bunch of cows!

The Herd - From The Underworld

1. Ben's gal is confused, obviously.

"Ben's gal" was an anagram.

The Bangles - Eternal Flame

Bonus track today from HMHB...

Because "Hell is other people". Not the people playing this quiz though, so hopefully I'll see you all back here next Saturday...

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).

Fontaines DC - Liberty Belle 

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.

Scritti Politti - Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin) 

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

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

Mary Gauthier - I Drink

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...

Chubby Checker - The Twist

6. Two tins. How rude!

Bad Manners - Can Can

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.

? & The Mysterians - 96 Tears

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.

Phil Collins & Philip Bailey - Easy Lover

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

Faith No More - We Care A Lot

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.

Shirley & Company - Shame, Shame, Shame

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)...