Saturday Snapshots #305: A Top Ten Fairy Tale Songs

Once Upon A Time there was a little quiz called Saturday Snapshots... 

10. Godlike records.

Divine vinyl records...

The Divinyls - Sleeping Beauty

9. Came alive in 1976.

Peter Frampton released Frampton Comes Alive! in 1976. Every household in the USA was forced to buy a copy. It was his... ahem... golden goose...

Peter Frampton - Golden Goose

8. Probably lime flavoured.

Green Jelly - Three Little Pigs

7. Jester hoping for yuletide snow.

Danny Kaye was in The Court Jester... and White Christmas.

Danny Kaye - The Ugly Duckling

What other blogs do you know that will take you from Green Jelly to Danny Kaye in one move?

6. Which service do you require?

999 - Lil' Red Riding Hood

5. Bard's missus gets fried at the gates of Heaven.

Anne (Hathaway) gets crispy at St. Peter's

Crispian St. Peters - The Pied Piper

4. Are you giving me some messed up data, man?

"Data, man" was an anagram.

Adam Ant - Puss In Boots

That video is a thing of true beauty.

3. We rest her habitual sofa rimples inside. 

We rest her habitual sofa rimples inside. 

Esther & Abi Ofarim - Cinderella Rockafella

When you hear a record you haven't heard in 40 years and you are simultaneously delighted and horrified.

2. Good looking blood.

The Handsome Family - Snow White Diner

That, on the other hand, never grows old.

1. Beyond compare.

Nothing compares to her.

Sinead O'Connor - The Emperor's New Clothes

And we all lived happily ever after.

Snapshots #220: A Twelve Days Of Christmas Top... erm, Twelve

Here's a member of the Partridge Family. Yesterday, we had Steve Coogan, aka Alan Partridge. I couldn't find a song with Partridge in the title, which almost derailed this quiz. And then I settled on the perfect solution...

12. Alias Harry & Jones.

Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. and David Robert Jones.

David Bowie & Bing Crosby - Little Drummer Boy

Twelve drummers drumming...

11. Hayley's boy in Leningrad, as was (mostly).

Hayley's boy was Crispian Mills, the lead singer of Kula Shaker.

Leningrad is now known as St Petersburg.

Crispian St Peters - The Pied Piper

Eleven pipers piping...

10. This would be a royal scandal!

Imagine if Prince George was Harry's son!?!

George Harrison - My Sweet Lord

Check out the new video above, starring Mark Hammill, John Hamm and Weird Al Yankovich, among others. A lot of money was spent on it. I have no idea why.

Ten lords a'leaping...

9. No kilts.

Anagram!

KT Oslin - 80s Ladies

Nine ladies dancing...

8. Bernard Shakey.

When he directs movies, Bernard Shakey is the pseudonym he uses. Honestly. Google it!

Neil Young - A Man Needs A Maid

Eight maids a'milking...

7. Maiden on the Prosecco.

Iron Maiden and some fizzy wine.

Iron & Wine - Swans & The Swimming

Seven swans a'swimming...

6. Express, Trust, Park.

The National Express. The National Trust. The National Park.

The National - The Geese of Beverly Road

Six geese a'laying...

5. This is your one main sin.

"One main sin" is an anagram.

Nina Simone - Plain Gold Ring

Five gold rings!

4. Candymen (and women).

Shame on you if you didn't get this one.

(Or maybe shame on you if you did?)

Sweet People - And The Birds Were Singing (Et les oiseaux chantaient)

Can you believe that that got to Number 4 in the charts? In 1980!?

Four calling birds...

3. Shout a Smurf!

Anagram!

Rufus Thomas - The Funky Chicken

Three French hens...

(I think the French are quite funky. Don't you?)

2. Nothing to be scared of.

"Ridicule is nothing to be scared of," sang Adam, in Prince Charming.

Which gives me the opportunity to slip this in...

Anyway. Where was I?

Prince - When Doves Cry

(That wasn't actually a picture of Prince. But it was a Prince Christmas tree bauble. You can buy them on eBay. Or you might prefer to save your money.)

Two turtle doves...

1. Number One.

And because I couldn't find a song with a partridge in the title, I settled instead for this gentleman.

Andy Partridge.

Andy Partridge in a pear tree.

Here's a seasonal song from the man in question.

And, to close, the very best version of The Twelve Days of Christmas, from Father Jack himself, Frank Kelly...

Saturday Snapshots will return.

Just not next Saturday...