Snapshots #400: Eponymous Songs (Volume 2)

Back in July 2021, we did an edition of Snapshots about song titles which featured the name of the singer or band performing them. It was high time for a sequel...

20. Like a Sonic Youth offshoot. 

Ciccone Youth was a side-project of Sonic Youth. This is Louise Ciccone, first name...

Madonna - Bitch, I'm Madonna

19. At His Majesty's pleasure...

Fun Lovin' Criminals - The Fun Lovin' Criminal

18. Mulligan's paddy wagon.

Carey Mulligan in a black mariah...

Mariah Carey - Me. I Am Mariah…The Elusive Chanteuse 

Not actually a song, but that might make it a better listen.

17. Scritti & Doris.

Scritti Politti was led by Green Gartside. Doris Day.

Green Day - Green Day

16. Chronic Youth.

His most famous album was The Chronic.

Dr Dre - Still DRE

15. Neither atheists not agnostics.

They were definitely Believers. And Daydream Believers.

(I know, they'd lost their heads on that day.)

The Monkees - Hey, Hey, We're The Monkees

14. If it's too late for goodbye, how will you bear up?

How will Julian (Lennon) cope?

Julian Cope - Julian H. Cope

13. Bristow, abbreviated... and a junior griffin.

Eric B(ristow) and William Michael Griffin Jr...

Eric B. & Rakim - Eric B. Is President 

Well, he couldn't do a worse job that the current guy.

12. Betty's last word.

Boop-boo-be-doop.

Doop - Doop

Don't listen to that. Just don't.

11. Hilarious, in her later years.

She would grow up to be a Funny Girl.

Barbra Streisand - My Name Is Barbra

10. A resident and a nadir.

A tennant and a low...

Pet Shop Boys - We're the Pet Shop Boys

9. The Cure singing Sugar Sugar.

Gothic Archies - We Are The Gothic Archies

8. Parliamentary subdivision. 

Funkadelic were another of George Clinton's backing bands gone rogue...

Funkadelic - Mommy, What's a Funkadelic

7. Financial aid for US loos.

(Linda Thompson featuring) John Grant - John Grant

Linda wrote a song about John for her latest album. As she can't singer herself anymore, she got John to sing it. 

6. Sobule + Nugent + 7.

Jill (Sobule) + Ted (Nugent) + John (Grant).

Jilted John - Jilted John

5. 6 & 7, as helpless as a kitten up a tree, Dad.

Two Johns, "as helpless as a kitten up a tree" is from Misty, Dad is Father.

Father John Misty - The Night Josh Tillman Came to Our Apt.

FJM's real name is Josh Tillman.

4. Top Gear.

Motorhead - Motorhead

3. Smelly squat.

B.O. + Diddley Squat.

Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley

2. Me: Chico Jr. But I may be wrong.

"Me: Chico Jr." was an anagram.

Jim Croce - You Don’t Mess Around With Jim

1. Albert Buster Caspian.

Prince Albert, Prince Buster, Prince Caspian...

1. Prince - My Name Is Prince

Ironically, when this record was released, he stopped calling himself Prince. But he was still funky...

Do we really a Snapshots #401? Maybe it's time to let you have your Saturday mornings back...

Positive Songs For Negative Times #84: Bonoooooooo

Imagine the people of Ireland had a referendum to decide their all-time greatest pop hero.

Imagine that enough of them (not necessarily a majority) voted for Bono, and that he was thereby crowned Greatest Irish Pop Legend, despite the fact that a significant proportion of Irish residents would have rather given the award to Chris DeBurgh, Boyzone or even fucking Jedward - anyone but that unutterable gimp Paul Hewson.

Imagine you could only vote in this referendum if you were Irish, and that the rest of the world could only look on in horror, BUT... as a consequence of the result, every single person on the face of the planet was forced to see Bono's smug mush on TV every night for the next 5 years, and we all had to listen to at least one U2 album a week BY LAW.

I don't know why I dreamt all this last night. It must have been something I ate.

Here's Stephin Merritt and the Gothic Archies...