Showing posts with label Human Radio. Show all posts
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Sunday, 9 July 2023

Snapshots #300: Songs About Elvis


To celebrate Saturday Snapshots turning 300, we had a big party at Top Ten Towers last night. I cracked open the Ocean Spray, necked a couple of Paracetamol, and stayed up till at least 10.31. Feeling a bit worse for wear today, but it was worth it.

Here are 30 songs about Elvis...


30. University head has a lot of bills to pay.

The Dean is owing a lot of people.

Dean Owens - Elvis Was My Brother

29. Why aren't they twisting?

Known for Twisting By The Pool, it has to be...

Dire Straits - Calling Elvis

28. Crockett, needs a Minder. 

Sonny Crockett was in Miami Vice, George Cole needed a Minder.

Sonny Cole - I Dreamed I Was Elvis

27. Collects Bibles, Journals and Postcards.

The Holy Bible, Journal For Plague Lovers and Postcards From A Young Man are three albums by the...

Manic Street Preachers - Elvis Impersonator: Blackpool Pier

26. When Rooney met Isaac.

Wayne Rooney meets Isaac Newton. 

Find me another blog that has the Manic Street Preachers followed by Wayne Newton.

What do you mean you don't want to?

A song based on a note Elvis wrote then threw away in 1976, during his last stay at the Las Vegas Hilton. Newton, who was friends with Elvis in his later years, bought the note in 1991 for $13,200 at a Sotheby's auction.

Wayne Newton - The Letter

25. Zuckerberg gets a softer finish while Leonard loses an E.

Marc with a C, Cohen without an E.

Marc Cohn - Walking In Memphis

24. World Champion, on the wall. 

Danny was the Champion of the World. 

Mirror, Mirror, On The Wall...

Danny Mirror - I Remember Elvis Presley

23. Vera E. Smacks Guys.

Anagram!

Kacey Musgraves - Velvet Elvis

22. Elton sounds like two cymbals on a pedal stand.

John + Hihat...

John Hiatt - Riding With The King

21. Wireless person.

Human Radio - Me And Elvis

20. It's a short month, directed by Scorsese.

"Jan" is a shortened month. Martin Scorsese directs.

Janis Martin - My Boy Elvis

They tried to market her as "the female Elvis".

19. Half vicious lion, half hissing eagle.

A griffin is half lion, half eagle.

Hissing Sid & Sid Vicious.

Sid Griffin - Cadillac Elvis

Or you could have had...

Sid Griffin - Elvis Presley Calls His Mother After The Ed Sullivan Show

18. Guides.

Scouting For Girls - Elvis Ain't Dead

17. Former miner.

He's been a miner for a Heart of Gold.

Neil Young - He Was The King

16. Almost Moonstruck, but won't propagate.

Nic Cage was in Moonstruck. Bad Seeds won't propagate.

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Tupelo

15. Purple bloke gets mixed up and refuses to pay his debts.

Ian Gillan was in Deep Purple. Mix his name up a bit and you almost get Gillian. If you won't pay your debts, you are welching.

Gillian Welch - Elvis Presley Blues

14. Bumpy Celine.

Anagram!

Public Enemy - Fight The Power

13. Compete at King's College, inside.

Compete at King's College, inside.

Pete Atkin - Apparition in Las Vegas

12. What you might say if you wanted to invite Kay and Z round for a casual chat.

Pop in, Jays!

The Popinjays - Vote Elvis

11. Self-confessed hobo, jogging from an early age.

"Tramps like us, baby we were born to run..."

Bruce Springsteen - Johnny Bye Bye

10. Let's talk LFC. Do they have the answers?

Let's talk LFC.

KLF - Elvis On The Radio, Steel Guitar In My Soul

9. Exonerating mix-up.

"Exonerating" was an anagram.

Generation X - King Rocker

8. Nobody cares for this Smith.

Patti Smith is loveless.

Patty Loveless - I Try To Think About Elvis

7. Children of Florence.

The Nightingales - Elvis, The Last Ten Days

6. His Battenberg was sopping.

That's what happens when you leave your cake out in the rain.

Jimmy Webb - Elvis And Me

5. Loved by her dad from the first time he ever saw her face.

Daughter of Ewan MacColl, who wrote The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face.

Kirsty MacColl - There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis

4. West Side gang outcry.

The Jets were a gang in West Side Story.

The Screaming Jets - Elvis (I Remember...)

3. Do you like Alan?

Nah. My lessons would be much better without him in there.

Do you like Alan?

Nah. My lessons would be much better without him in there.

Alannah Myles - Black Velvet

2. Tina Needs Baseball.

Anagram!

Belle & Sebastian - A Century Of Elvis

Classic.

1. One Simple Little Dicky Bird.

One little dicky bird was named Peter, one was named Paul. The Simple (Simon) one.

Paul Simon - Graceland


Snapshots #301 will be here next week. Start getting excited now.


Monday, 8 March 2021

Snapshots Spillover: Another Ten Million Songs


With the new format of Saturday Snapshots essentially becoming the new way for me to continue doing thematic Top Tens on this blog, I've found I often don't get to feature all the songs I'd like. Partly to avoid too much repetition of artists, eras or genres in the quiz. That's why I label it "A Top Ten..." ratherthan "The Top Ten..."

Then it occurred to me: why not start a new Monday feature where I squeeze in some of the songs I didn't have room for? Not every week. Just when I have an overspill. 

So here we go with a few more Million songs...


10. Human Radio - My First Million

When I make my first million
Think I'll buy myself some happiness
If there's a sale on satisfaction
I might just have to stock up
Maybe I'll buy myself some muscles
And a California lifestyle
An irresponsible Ferrari
An ex-cheerleader to knock up

Sadly, it never happened for them.

9. The Ovations - One In A Million

Well-produced Memphis soul. 

8. Orange Juice - A Million Pleading Faces

Impossible not to tap your feet to.

Trumpets, too!

7. Queen - The Millionaire Waltz

Freddie played a great piano.

6.   The Pastels - A Million Tears

Kurt Cobain's favourite 80s Glaswegian indie band.

5. Toto - A Million Miles Away

From one of Toto's least successful albums. Meaning it only sold a million copies rather than 5 million, probably. Starts slow but then, woah, mama! 

4. Lowell George - Twenty Million Things To Do

Solo album from the Little Feat man, manages to get the words "mysterious wisteria" into the lyrics. Points for that.

3. Ooberman - A Million Suns

I will never understand why this band weren't massive.

2. Kirsty MacColl - I'm Going Out With An 80 Year Old Millionaire

He won’t last much longer if he keeps drinking gin
I filled up the bottle that’s marked medicine
He says that he’ll leave all his empire to me
And sitting on top is the best place to be
So don’t get impatient now boys you must wait
We’ll all have such fun when I own the estate
Britt’s got her toy boys but I don’t care
‘Cos I’m going out with an 80 year old millionaire

1. The Wedding Present - A Million Miles

New version, from the just-released Locked Down & Stripped Back album, which is getting a lot of spins in this house right now.



Actually, I found quite a few more. Maybe not a million, but I could have gone another ten.

Any you would have featured?


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