Snapshots #425: Furniture Songs

Here's someone with an eye for a nice piece of furniture. Hopefully he'll be impressed by some of the antiques below...

16. Hawaiian Dick. 

Thomas Magnum was a Private Dick who worked in Hawaii.

Magnum - Rockin' Chair

15. County Lineman goes Statewide.

Wichita is in Kansas.

Kansas - Closet Chronicles

14. That’s original.

Genesis is another word for origin.

Genesis - I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)

13. Up early for a jog.

Morning Runner - Burning Benches

12. A Chandler, and a friend of Bing.

Chas was a famous Chandler. Bing Crosby went drumming with David Bowie.

Chas & Dave – The Sideboard Song

11. They’re knock outs – OK?

KO-OKs.

Kooks - Sofa Song

10. Eric, likes Bruce.

Eric Church sang about Springsteen.

The Church – Shadow Cabinet

9. In the styles of US TV ratings.

US TV ratings are the Nielsen Ratings. Harry brought the Styles.

Harry Nilsson - Good Old Desk

8. Trapped in the Soweto battleground.

SoWETo battLEGround.

Wet Leg - Chaise Longue

 

7. Basil, the Fantastic Doctor.

Basil Brush, the Fantastic Mr. Fox, Dr. Fox (he wasn't a real doctor).

Fox - S-S-Single Bed

6. A young mix of languages and a non-dairy milk.

Kids are young. Mixed languages are creole. Non-dairy milk might be coconut.

Kid Creole & The Coconuts - Stool Pigeon

5. Basic card game for Puff and Toothless.

The Snapdragons - Dole Boys On Futons

4. Elton Johny was very confused.

"Elton Johny" was an angram.

John Leyton - Cupboard Love

3. Partridge: like a small version of a Smith.

Alan (Partridge) is Morrissette.

Alanis Morrissette – The Couch

2. Stevie is a strong, resilient guy… but he can’t spell.

Wonder's tough.

The Wonder Stuff - Welcome To the Cheap Seats

1. Feeling trapped in a shadeless garden.

ShADELEss garden.

Adele - Turning Tables

You'll Love the Joy of more Snapshots next Saturday.

Snapshots #193: A Top Ten Ghost Story Songs

Yesterday's title photo featured Michael Keaton, who played The Ghost With The Most, Beetlejuice.

Today it's the turn of Bruce Willis who... well, spoilers, obviously. Although much as I like The Sixth Sense (and most M. Knight Shyamalan movies), that was one twist I spotted very early on. Which was a bit of a disappointment.

Still, here we go... a bit tougher than usual, though you cracked the link eventually.

A TOP TEN GHOST STORY SONGS

10. Elton Johny???

An irresistible anagram that.

John Leyton - Johnny, Remember Me

When the mist's a-rising

And the rain is falling

And the wind is blowing cold across the moor

I hear the voice of my darlin'

The girl I loved and lost a year ago

9. It's life, Superman, but not as we know it.

I may have used the combination of James T. (Jim) Kirk and Christopher 'Superman' Reeves before. After 193 of these things, a repeated clue every now and then is unavoidable...

Jim Reeves - Old Tige

A ghost dog!

8. Divine caramel.

Godly and Crème caramel.

Godley & Creme - Under Your Thumb

Then she rose up out of nowhere

and her hair was full of steam

and she stuck her head out the window

and screamed and screamed, she screamed!

7. Drinking average fortified wine is the norm.

The convention is for a fair port.

It appears these guys know quite a few ghost stories, but the one I chose was...

Fairport Convention - She Moves Through The Fair

I dreamt it last night

That my dead love came in

So softly she moved

That her feet made no din

Then she came close beside me

And this she did say

"It will not be long love

Till our wedding day"

6. A bow tie for Hazlewood.

A dicky bow for Lee Hazlewood?

Dicky Lee - Laurie (Strange Things Happen)

He did also do a version of Tell Laura I Love Her... but it's not as spine-tingling as the tune above! Wait for the twist, if you've never heard it before...

5. Potter, the man in...

Harry Potter, the chap in...

Harry Chapin - Corey's Coming

That's my favourite ghost story on this list.

4. Sounds like Smith & McLennan might be behind the JFK assassination.

Will Smith & Grant McLennan... it's a Will and Grant conspiracy!

The Willard Grant Conspiracy - The Ghost of the Girl in the Well

I did also consider The Beautiful South - Woman In The Wall, but they've featured here a lot lately.

3. Who's this? Ask Beth U.

A simple enough anagram and a photo of one of Kate's first pub performances.

Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights

Heathcliff, it's me, I'm Cathy

I've come home, I'm so cold

Let me in your window

Heathcliff, it's me, I'm Cathy

I've come home, I'm so cold

Let me in your window

Although we could have also had...

Kate Bush - Hammer Horror

Who calls me from the other side

Of the street?

And who taps me on the shoulder?

I turn around, but you're gone

2. Where Peter Gabriel gets his Merlot.

From a Red (So) Vine, of course!

Red Sovine - Phantom 309

(Also covered by Tom Waits.)

And that was the track which inspired this...

1. Stingy award for this bloke.

"Stingy award" was an anagram for...

Stan Ridgway - Camouflage

Until next week... don't have nightmares, do sleep well.