Snapshots #452: Songs About Girl's Names Beginning With P

Patti Smith introduced our quiz yesterday. Polly Jean takes to the stage today.

Here are some more ladies whose name begins with P...

15. Seven Council Fires steal an idea from Bob Marley's band.

Seven Council Fires, or Oceti Šakówiŋ, refers to the Great Sioux Nation. Bob Marley had some Wailers - which is just what Banshees do.

Siouxsie And The Banshees - Dear Prudence

14. Champion... or Chumpion?

Wunderhorse - Poppy

13. What's with these homies dissin' my girl?

The opening line to Weezer's biggest hit...

Buddy Holly - Peggy Sue

12. What you might shout at a small Beatle.

Hey Paulette - I Really Do Love You, Penelope

11. A Pratt of the Toun.

Actor Chris Pratt goes to de Burgh.

Chris de Burgh - Patricia The Stripper

10. Not a lot of kids called this these days... he almost claims. 

You may recall a song we featured here a few weeks back about how there aren't many kids called Gary these days. It helps if you pay attention to the rest of this blog, not just the Snapshots.

Clail is almost a Claim.

Gary Clail & The On U-Sound System - Who Pays The Piper?

9. A way or an end... he's got a thing going on with the Mrs.

Howard's Way or Howard's End? Me and Mrs. Jones had a thing going on.

Howard Jones - Pearl In The Shell

8. PM's unruly airfares questioned.

"PM's unruly airfares" was an anagram.

Super Furry Animals - Hermann Loves Pauline

7. Could only eat half a cannibal.

Toto Coleo were known for eating Cannibals. These guys are half as good.

Toto - Pamela

6. Not named after Thomas, but some rocks off the coast of Cornwall.

It's Eddystone Lighthouse, if you want to be pedantic about it.

Edison Lighthouse - It's Up To You, Petula

5. Sounds like an appendage you don't want to stub - twice!

Men - try not to stub your cock-toe.

Cocteau Twins - Persephone 

...or you could have had...

Cocteau Twins - Pandora (for Cindy)

4. Piers is a Free Man.

Piers Morgan... or Morgan Freeman?

Morgan - Miss Parker

3. Good man makes a bullock of himself - let me die in your arms!

Len Goodman with his Ox.

"Let me die in your arms!" is a line from Annie's Song.

Annie Lennox - Precious

2. Ivan ran till he felt less confused.

"Ivan ran" was an anagram.

Nirvana - Polly

1. The Blair Rich Project. 

Lionel Blair gets Rich...ie.

Lionel Richie - Penny Lover

Incredibly, that is the first time Lionel Richie has ever appeared on Snapshots. I know - what's wrong with me!?

Hopefully you don't want Rid Of Me yet. If not, Snapshots will be back next week.

Snapshots #422: Songs About Arts & Crafts Supplies

A top notch - and very tricky - edition of Snapshots this weekend. Many thanks to C from Sun Dried Sparrows for her hard work. C, of course, is an artist (as is Ron Wood and today's header image, multi-disciplinary artist Yayoi Kusama). Perhaps that was the best clue to this week's link... 

15. Viv Daisyland is confused.

 

Viv Daisyland is an anagram of David Sylvian.

David Sylvian: The Ink In The Well

14. Destination Saturday?

If you were to go to David Bowie’s Drive In Saturday, you would be At The Drive In.

At The Drive In: One Armed Scissor

13. Not ewe twos!

 

Not ewe = ram, not twos = ones, put them together and you get the Ramones.

The Ramones: Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue

Extra kudos to C for finding a picture of the Ramones where they don't immediately look like the Ramones. From past experience, I know that's a tough one!

12.  A rabbit follows an Ant.

 

Harvey the rabbit (from the film) comes after Ant (McPartlin) who was P J in P J & Duncan / Byker Grove.

P J Harvey: White Chalk

Ditto Polly Jean, actually.

11. Little and fluffy.

 

The Orb sang about little fluffy clouds

Clouds: Watercolour Days

10. A distant Pet Shop Boy.

 

Chris Lowe is a Pet Shop Boy, if he’s distant he’s far, put them together for Chris FARlowe.

Chris Farlowe: Yesterday’s Paper

9. Picasso’s identical friends.

 

Jean Cocteau was a friend of Picasso and twins can be identical.

Cocteau Twins: Wax and Wane

8. Orion and Gogmagog, perhaps.

 

Orion is from Greek mythology and Gogmagog is from English folklore - they might be giants!

They Might Be Giants: Pencil Rain 

7. Gilded French software program.

 

Gold fr app….

Goldfrapp: Clay

6. Manacled in the Queen of Hearts’ garden.

 

Alice in Wonderland in chains…

Alice In Chains: Scalpel

5.  Pot it or be in it.

 

You can pot the pink, or be in the pink.

Pink: Glitter In The Air

4.  A power station for Walter.

 

‘Kraftwerk’ means power station in Walter’s native tongue!

Kraftwerk: The Model

Well, you learn something new every day!

3. Sandi and the disgraced Duke add email.

 

Sandi THOM and the disgraced Duke of YORK add E….

Thom Yorke: The Eraser

2. Reorganise!  Win a kinder cow!

 

Reorganise ‘win a kinder cow’ to spell Dionne Warwick (anagram).

Dionne Warwick: Paper Mache

1. Ruddy regal frippery!

Robert Fripp was in King (regal) Crimson (ruddy)

King Crimson: Frame by Frame

More Snapshots next Saturday - but nothing quite as inspired, I'm afraid to say.

Snapshots #232: A Top Ten Fifty Songs

Now that I am 50, I no longer need to pretend to be down wiv da kidz. Still, it makes me feel slightly better to know that Curtis 'Fiddy Cent' Jackson is only three years behind me. Snoop Dogg turn 50 last year. And Eminem will be 50 in October! 

Despite being 50, I only have ten answers for you today...

10. No, your bum doesn't look big in those jeans. And I love what you've done with your hair.

They're all White Lies.

White Lies - Fifty On Our Foreheads

9. Les Enfants Terribles.

Written by Jean Cocteau.

The Cocteau Twins - Fifty-Fifty Clown

8. Holy onomatopoeia, Batman!

Biff Bang Pow! - Fifty Years Of Fun

7. Duchess meets two former presidents.

Kate is the Duchess, Bushes were the presidents.

Kate Bush - Fifty Words For Snow

6. Undergrounds.

The Tubes - Attack Of The Fifty Foot Woman

5. Scouts and capitalists.

Venture Scouts or Venture Capitalists?

The Ventures - Hawaii Five-0

4. Main enema.

Unfortunate anagram.

Aimee Mann - Fifty Years After The Fair

3. Get the rope, Harry, and untangle it.

"Rope, Harry," was another angram.

Roy Harper - These Fifty Years

2. Catboy, Owlette and Gekko wear masks; Alex is Sensational without one.

Catboy, Owlette and Gekko are the PJ Masks. You've got to keep up on your kids cartoons.

The Sensational Alex... Harvey, of course.

PJ Harvey - 50 ft Queenie

1. When Owen Met Carly.

Owen Paul meet Carly Simon...

The problem is all inside your head

She said to me

Remember when we did the Hot 100 Countdown together? Seems like so long ago. Not quite fifty years, mind.

Anyway, more Snapshots next week. Unless I've taken early retirement.

Saturday Snapshots #38 - The Answers

Yesterday, all the answers seemed so far away. Now it looks as though they're here to stay...


Due to holidays in the sun, I can't award points in the post today, but I'll try to congratulate the winners in the comments section later (wifi permitting).



10. The sound of double strength executives. I can do a pretty good William Shatner.

Mighty x 2 + boss + tones.

You... all... WANT... to.... hearmyWilliamShatnerimpressionnow, don't you?

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - The Impression That I Get

9. American settlers go west - confidently agreeing and denying.

American settlers who went west were pioneers - Yeah or No?

The Pioneers - Let Your Yeah Be Yeah (And Your No Be No)

8. Limited Garfunkel - York or Hoffs?

Art Ltd... or The Art Company.

York and Hoffs were both Susannas.

The Art Company - Susanna

(Great cheesy 80s video for that one.)

7. Acoustic newt gets mixed up with a pirate.

Acoustic newt is a rather fetching anagram for The Cocteau Twins.

Bluebeard was a pirate.

The Cocteau Twins - Bluebeard

6. Khaki, Russet & Beige are ringing.

The Browns - Three Bells

5. A fuzzy second.

Blur - Song 2

4. Shh! Existential violets.

Deep Purple - Hush

3. One for you, one for me, dear. Comparable to an outlaw.

Share and Cher alike, my dear.

"Come on, baby, show me what that loaded gun is for..."

Always the subtle one, that Cher.

Cher - Just Like Jesse James

2. The patron saint of road rage gets blown away.

Saint Christopher gets Cross.

Christopher Cross - Ride Like The Wind

1. Whipping flittermouse ponders Twin Peaks mystery.

The big mystery in Twin Peaks was who killed Laura Palmer.

A flittermouse is a bat.




With A Little Luck, Saturday Snapshots will return next week.