Saturday Snapshots #102: The Answers

Some like it hot a Saturday morning, but while gentlemen prefer blondes, the rest of us prefer Saturday Snapshots.

Now it's Sunday, so here are the answers. Boop-boop-be-doo.


10. A Partridge exclaims, "d'you wanna scrap?"

a-ha - Take On Me

9. Eagle retrievers mixed up in brothels revery.

Eagles are birds, retrievers are dogs.

"brothels revery" is a really easy anagram.

The Everly Brothers - Bird Dog

8. Killed a mockingbird then drove off in a tiny emerald.

Harper Lee wrote To Kill A Mockingbird.

Rather obscure Irish band, although I did feature them here in my Top Ten Songs About American Writers. What do you mean you don't remember!?! I do love this song though.

Little Green Cars - Harper Lee

7. Shhh... they've got their guns.

Annies, get your pistols.

The Pistol Annies - Hush Hush

6. A brief continental burn.

Asia is a continent.

A brief burn might come in the heat of the moment.

Asia - Heat of the Moment

5. Two apples... but not for Steven Dalglish.

Steven Gerrard and Kenny Daglish are, I'm reliably informed, involved in "the glorious game". See, I can do sports-related clues!

New York is the Big Apple.

Gerard Kenny - New York, New York

4. I sense that a Western Scott has you rockin' and a'reelin'.

Randolph Scott was an actor in westerns.

Rockin' and a reelin' is what Barbara Ann got you doing.

I sense... feelings.

Barbara Randolph - I Got A Feeling

3. Plebs in space.

Plebs are riff raff. One of them is a young William of Bragg.

Riff Raff - I Wanna Be A Cosmonaut

2. Skinny queen sees Brian, Carl and Al return to the city.

A skinny queen, obviously, is Thin Lizzy.

Brian, Carl & Al are the Beach Boys... leaving the beach for the town.

Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town

1. If I were... to catch the paper boy? I'd be a coyote botherer.

If I were a rich man?

"I catch the paperboy" comes from Modern Love.

Happy birthday, Mr. President... Saturday Snapshots returns next week.

Kenny Wednesday #4: All The Scandal & The Vice

4. Gerard Kenny - New York, New York

Despite the dodgy sweater and the fact that it's his surname, this week's Kenny is so good, I'll name him twice.

4. Gerard Kenny - New York, New York

I didn't know a lot about Gerard Kenny beyond his big 70's "hit" (well, it got to #43); however, he has been on my bucket list for a while. Yes, other middle-aged men have bucket lists that include skydiving into the Grand Canyon and getting stuck in an elevator with Gillian Anderson. My bucket list includes catching up on music by Gerard Kenny, Bert Jansch and The Staple Singers.

As previously established, I love a well-hammered keyboard... and Gerard even throws a broken window and a choral climax into this loving homage to his hometown (written after he'd moved to England). What's not to love?




On further investigation, I was delighted to learn Gerard wasn't a complete one "hit" wonder. He also wrote Barry Manilow's I Made It Through The Rain (as featured recently in My Top Ten Inspirational Songs, Volume 1) and... wait for it, wait for it...

He also wrote this:



Which kind of makes a mockery (if such a thing were possible) of that old Little Britain sketch where David 'Dennis Waterman' Walliams promises to "write the theme tune, sing the theme tune"... what a disappointment.

(Oh, and before you go, do yourself a favour and watch the video to I Could Be So Good For You. It is the best / worst thing you will see all week. It's good to have a nice, healthy cringe on a Wednesday.)