Twenty floral songs to brighten up your Easter Sunday... though I'm sure we could have easily found another twenty...
20. His head's in a constant spin.
He wasn't only Dizzy...
19. Murder in the home of a long-dead Stone.
The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Anemone
18. Polar knitwear comes undone.
"Polar knitwear" was an anagram...
Karine Polwart - Azalea Flower
17. Heaven's Green Patio.
(Knock knock knockin' on....) Heaven's door. Green door. Patio doors.
16. Chandler's finest.
Raymond Chandler's finest book (although he wrote a great many fine books) was...
15. They will check your spelling.
English Teacher - Nearly Daffodils
14. By Willard Manus!
Willard Manus was the author of the book Mott The Hoople, from which these guys stole their name...
Mott The Hoople - Jerkin' Crocus
13. Essex man without forgotten secret agent.
David Essex, sans (Jason) Bourne...
12. In a hurricane, pets get blown about.
"Hurricane, pets" was an anagram...
Patrice Rushen - Forget Me Nots
11. Stop the Tories from messaging you on social media.
Block that party!
10. Shorter than an operetta, longer than Jim.
Etta is shorter than an operetta. James is longer than Jim.
9. Bogart takes to sea with once-yearly books about boy detectives.
Humphrey Bogart, in the ocean, with a Hardy Boys annual. Obviously!
Tough one this. Give yourself extra marks if you remembered these guys. (They're very Stiff.)
Humphrey Ocean & The Hardy Annuals - Whoops A Daisy
8. Catch the Longdancing Tourist and add some sweet sax.
The Longdancers and The Tourists were two bands that Dave Stewart was in before he formed the Eurythmics. Candy Dulfer played some sweet sax.
Dave A Stewart featuring Candy Dulfer - Lily Was Here
7. Play it again, Sam... and again... and again...
Humphrey Bogart (again) didn't actually say "play it again, Sam". He said, "You Played it for her, you can play it for me". Anyway, when he said that, he was talking to Dooley Wilson...
The Dooleys - A Rose Has To Die
I got the Dooleys in here. I can probably retire now.
6. New York punks ooze everywhere.
The New York Dolls, full of Goo and more Goo.
5. Happened later, for Nick Drake.
For Nick, it was Brighter Later...
4. Found in a closed window on a Eurostar railway carriage.
Found in a closED WINdow on a EuroSTAR Railway carriage
3. Oy, Bezos! Arrange for Hazlewood to play at my party, will you?
Jeff! Book Lee, will you?
Lilac Wine has been recorded by everyone from Nina Simone to Elkie Brooks... but that's my favourite version.
2. Upper class ankle socks.
Bobby sox for the gentry.
...or you could have had...
Bobbie Gentry - Marigolds & Tangerines
1. We pull Earl all over the place.
And for completeness-sake, I would also have allowed...
Enjoy the rest of your Easter. Snapshots will be back next Saturday.
