Snapshots #468: Sleepy Songs

No. 

Sleep.

Till...

Answers!

15. Twins reunited after being separated from disgusted August.

Gus Gus - Snoozer

14. Bubbly from Milton Keynes.

Bucks Fizz - Talking In Your Sleep

Because Crystal Gayle would have been too obvious.

13. Harvard, Princeton & Yale.

The Ivy League - Tossing And Turning

12. They probably know where Shergar is.

Horse Thief - Drowsy

11. Why China leads the world in magnet production...

Because they mine the most rare earth minerals.

The Rare Earth - Land of Nod

10. Cary on Christopher, with Mr. Cody. 

Grant Lee Buffalo - America Snoring

9. Weapon, cycle and ribbon.

The city of Saint Etienne is known as the home of "l'arme, le cycle et le ruban".

Saint Etienne - Cat Nap

8. Lilac meat has definitely gone off.

"Lilac meat" was an anagram.

Metallica - Enter Sandman

7. That's a dirge, boy... try it in a different key.

"A dirge, boy" was also an anagram.

Dobie Grey - Drift Away

6. A group who stand in the background and give commentary about Smokin' Joe.

Smokin' Joe Frazier, that is. And a Greek Chorus.

Frazier Chorus - Forty Winks

5. This could be a case for Mulder and Scully...

UFO - Lights Out

4. Bunch of drips.

Wet Wet Wet - Goodnight Girl

3. Richard Neville.

Check your history books.

Kingmaker - 10 Years Asleep

2. Frequently needed a scrunchie.

The Poni-Tails - Early To Bed

1. Cut here.

Anagram!!!

Wake up early next Saturday for more...

Snapshots #411: Songs About Minor Ailments

Various songs you might need to consult a doctor about... although they'll probably tell you to stop wasting their time... if you can even get past the receptionist.

15. Flatulent Camberwick Green resident and apocryphal cabin boy.  

The flatulent Camberwick Green resident would be Windy Miller. It's an urban legend though that Captain Pugwash had Roger The Cabin Boy in his crew.

Roger Miller - Lou's Got The Flu 

14. After The Funeral.

The Wake - Heartburn

13. Rebellious Jews.

Check your history books.

The Maccabees - Sore Throat

12. They do not own a copy of that George Michael single.

They are without a copy of Faith.

Faithless - Insomnia

11. Man with the News: Tickling the ivories leads to the Cure.

Huey Lewis was the man with The News. Robert Smith has The Cure.

Huey 'Piano' Smith - Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu Pt. 1

10. I've a mind to let this group make my decisions for me.

A Hive Mind?

The Hives - Constipation

9. ET's friend in a box likes to take long walks with Blind Boy Grunt.

ET's friend was Elliot. Jack in a box. Long walks would be rambling. Blind Boy Grunt was another alias of Robert Zimmerman.

Ramblin' Jack Elliott & Bob Dylan - Acne

8. The entirety & the whole shebang.

Everything Everything - Cough Cough

7. Sue Pollard and tough guy Marvin.

Sue Pollard was Peggy. Lee Marvin was the tough guy.

Peggy Lee - Fever

6. "I'm listening" to the catchiest part of the song.

"I'm listening," was the catchphrase of Dr. Frazier Crane. The catchiest part of the song is usually the chorus.

Frazier Chorus - Born With A Headache 

5. Sodding Teri has me all over the place.

"Sodding Teri" was an anagram.

Otis Redding - I'm Sick Y'All

4. Goes with Delaney & The Creator.

Delaney & Bonnie... Tyler The Creator.

Bonnie Tyler - It's A Heartache

3. A bumpy journey through space.

Cosmic Rough Riders - The Pain Inside

2. Two thousand.

CC are the Roman Numerals for 200. Multiply that by 10.

10cc - You've Got A Cold

At a pinch, you might have had...

Graham Gouldman - Sunburn

1.Found inside notorious dynamos.

NoTORIous dynAMOS.

Tori Amos - Caught A Light Sneeze

Get well soon - hopefully you'll be back to full health by next Saturday, in time for more of this nonsense.

Saturday Snapshots #123 - The Answers

It seems appropriate to re-use this image today as clue #3 caused a hell of a lot of head-scratching yesterday. As I type this at 7.55pm on Saturday night, nobody has yet got the song... but I'm confident you will have done by the time this post goes live. Same for #1. Whether anybody got #6 is another matter.

*Update - Alyson finally cracked the clue, just before 8.*

51 comments as I post this. That may well be a record. I didn't go out of my way to make it harder this week... some weeks I do, but this wasn't one of them!



10. I taught I taw a Puddy Cat - I did! It wasn't made up!

Sylvester - You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)

9. Curly German gets baptised.

Curly, in German, is Krauss.

People often get baptised in a river. And that involves praying.

Alison Krauss - Down To The River To Pray

8. Chopper found at neighbourhood gathering.

Bloc Party - Helicopter

7. Salt, pepper, vinegar and mustard, at the bottom of the hill, late on.

Salt, pepper, vinegar and mustard are 4 seasonings.

At the bottom of a hill is a valley.

Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - The Night

What a bassline.

6. Cheers shrink choir - bog standard!

The Cheers shrink was Frasier.

Bog standard is typical.

Frazier Chorus - Typical!

5. Don't embrace the past. Cash goes boom.

Johnny Cash Thunders.

Johnny Thunders - You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory

4. Friend of Tom Frost, repairs wagons. No need to swear.

Hello, hello there, is this Martha?
This is old Tom Frost
And I am calling long distance
Don't worry 'bout the cost

A wainwright fixed wagons.

Martha Wainwright - Bloody Mother-Fucking Asshole

A sweet, heartfelt ode to her dad. Aww. I'm sure he loves it.

3. King Louis on the best fairground rides, watching a very dull film.

Elvis was the King. Louis was Costello. Fairground rides are attractions.

A very dull film would have no action. (And by that I didn't necessarily mean car chases - although they always help - just something happening.)

Elvis Costello & The Attractions - No Action

2. A long way inside a Pet Shop Boy, the clock stops ticking.

When the clock stops ticking, you're out of time.

Chris Lowe is a Pet Shop Boy.

A long way is far. Put that in the middle and you get...

Chris Farlowe - Out Of Time

1. An old one, Cher, tomorrow.

"An old one, Cher" is an anagram.

Tomorrow is the future. And it always will be.

You overthought that one.



Easier clues next week... possibly.