Showing posts with label Ernie K Doe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ernie K Doe. Show all posts

Sunday, 9 March 2025

Snapshots #386: Family Snapshots!


So*... that's why Peter Gabriel helped launch yesterday's quiz... and why he turned up again this morning with the answers. He knows a thing or two about a Family Snapshot...

Here are 15 songs about relatives...

(*More apologies to CC.) 


15. One third of Annabella's band had a typical tempo of 115–130 bpm.

Annabella Lwin was in Bow Wow Wow. A third of that is Bow. House music has a typical tempo of 115–130 bpm. Bow + House =

Bauhaus - Watch That Grandad Go

14. No echo.

While Echo & The Bunnymen were on a break, Ian and Will had another band...

Electrafixion - Sister Pain

13. Sounds like the plasticine used by our itinerant friend.

Ernie gets around a bit, doesn't he? I wonder if he always takes his Play-Doh with him?

Ernie K-Doe - Mother-In-Law

12. Without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep.

A quote taken from early on in Genesis. This is later Genesis though... I figured you'd probably prefer them without their heads. Shoot me - I always liked this song.

Genesis - No Son Of Mine

11. Ronnie Barker's wireless breakfast show.

Porridge Radio - Nephews

10. Animal makes a fortune from high-waisted suits.

He played keyboards with The Animals for a while, presumably wearing his zoot suit.

Zoot Money - The Uncle Willie

9. Confusion over dark hall ban after 11pm. 

"Dark hall ban" was an anagram. After 11pm, it's midnight.

Hank Ballard & The Midnighters - Annie's Aunt Fanny

Uncle Willie and Aunt Fanny. Fnar.

8. Bo?


Clearly, I was thinking of Ms. Derek, first initial B...

Derek B - Bad Young Brother

He gets paid in pounds, not in dollars.

7. Emily Dickinson had a discerning palate. 

E.D. was a gourmet...

Eydie Gorme - Yes My Darling Daughter

6. Twice in one weekend? FFS!

He's here, and at this week's Number One. The extra F is how bloggers of a certain vintage refer to him... you'll know why if you fell victim to his anti-blog campaign back in the day.

That said, he made some great solo records after leaving the Undertones. And I'd completely forgotten this one... mustn't have heard it in 40 years, but it still sounds good.

Feargal Sharkey - Listen To Your Father

5. Prohibition criminals... or Prince's mates.

The Purple Gang - Granny Takes A Trip

4. The name of my first cat. (I realise that's a pretty niche clue, but think of your standard cat names and you might get it.)

My first cat was called Fluffy. We had another one at the same time called Frisky. Remember that in case I ever post a picture of a band with that name.

Fluffy - Husband

3. Switch off the bassist, he clashes with the rest of the band.

Paul Simonon was the bassist in the Clash. When he's not on, he's...

Paul Simon - Mother And Child Reunion

2. Metric bedsheets come untangled.

"Metric bedsheets" was an anagram...

The Decemberists - The Crane Wife

1. Found beneath Blackburn and Orlando. 

They can be found Under the two Tones...

The Undertones - My Perfect Cousin

Indisputably the greatest song about a family member, featuring one of the greatest rhyming couplets in the history of pop music...

His mother bought him a synthesiser
Got the Human League in to advise her



Special mention to those relatives who didn't get an invitation...





Hopefully, it'll be relatively easy for you to find your way back here next Saturday to be part of the Snapshots family once again.

Sunday, 16 December 2018

Saturday Snapshots #63 - The Answers


Hey There! What Kind of Fool Am I? I almost forgot to post this week's Saturday Snapshots answers. To be fair, it has been a very stressful week. Ofsted never actually stepped into my classroom, but the constant anticipation of them doing so nearly killed me. That was Too Close For Comfort. Still, it's over now.

I think Chris deserves the crown this week for solving the ones nobody else could. Alyson was the Early Bird; it was good to have Lynchie back, CC & C were beaten to the punch.

Time to play The Candyman again and hand out these sweet goodies...


10. Bambi's mum has a special milkman. Spice approaching!


Ernie was the fastest milkman in the West.

Special K.

A female deer is a doe.

Lynchie claimed he only knew one Ernie K. Doe song. Surely you know this one too?

Ernie K. Doe - Here Come The Girls

9. A Black Widow gets lost in translation, singing je t'aime solo.


Scarlett Johansson is the Black Widow, and gets Lost In Translation.

Scarlet - Independent Love Song

8. Adam's lady gets in a fight with Mutton Batman.


Adam's lady was Eve.

A fight is a war.

Mutton Jeff + Bruce Wayne =

Jeff Wayne - Eve of the War

7. Drippy waterfalls.


The Cascades - Rhythm of the Rain

6. "Oh no, I wouldn't."

"Oh, yes..."

The young man has an admirer.


Oh yes, Yearwood.

Trisha Yearwood - She's In Love With The Boy

5. Doubly definite, Kerouac is defeated.


The definite article is The.

Kerouac inspired the Beat Generation.

Defeat is getting beaten.

The The - The Beat(en) Generation

4. Parents can still call the request line for romantic tunes.


The Mamas & The Papas - Dedicated To The One I Love

3. Going on a date with Dettol generates confusion. (That may be my favourite clue of the year.)


A date with Dettol would be a romance with chemicals.

"Generates" mixed up is teenagers.

"Do they have a song called Teenagers?" asked Rigid Digit, refusing (nobly) to resort to googling (it is a verb now).

Yes, they do... and it's a blinder.

My Chemical Romance - Teenagers 

2. Lots of blue and a few splashes of white for the time we preferred not to drive.


Blue and white are the colours of the ocean.

Ocean Colour Scene - The Day We Caught The Train

I don't care what you think about Ocean Colour Scene: that is a great tune.

1. Renato's lady is led astray by two pairs of jumpers.


Renee was with Renato.

Two pairs of jumpers would be Four Tops.

This song sends shivers down my spine...


If My Friends Could See Me Now, they'd realise next week will be our annual Seasonal Snapshots. I'll see you then, with bells on.

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