Snapshots #380: A Top Twelve Songs About American Automobiles

Here are this week's answers, with a Lincoln at the top of the page.

I really wanted to include this... but it would have been just too obvious.

Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen - Hot Rod Lincoln

Here's the ones that were a little less obvious...

12. Lennon's Candyman. 

Sammy (Davis Jr.)? He belongs to John. 

Sammy Johns - Chevy Van

11. Crocodile, crocodile... I'm a big fan!

Lyle Lyle Crocodile! Love it!

Lyle Lovett - Pontiac

10. Take a journey across Grandaddy's lake.

Grandaddy had a Crystal Lake. Take a trip!

Crystal Trip - Stingray

9. Pull to slow your descent.

The Rip Chords - Hey Little Cobra

8. Follows Ray Parker into the All Terrain Armoured Transport. Sirius, Polaris, Antares.

Ray Parker is followed by Jr. The All Terrain Armoured Transport was also known as a Walker, as Star Wars fans will know. Sirius, Polaris and Antares are all stars.

JR Walker & The All Stars - (I’m a) Road Runner

7. Groundhog: wood... seer. 

A groundhog is also known as a woodCHUCK. A seer is a prophet.

Chuck Prophet - Ford Econoline

6. Sean & Julian.

Second Lennon clue of the day. Sean and Julian are John's children.

John's Children - Mustang Ford

5. Bald, bony, rather confused fella.

"Bald, bony" was an anagram.

Bob Dylan - From A Buick 6

4. Spring flowers (purple).

The March Violets - Eldorado

3. Cock-up at the Ministry of Defence.

Cock-up the MOD to make OMD...

OMD - Tesla Girls

2. Dark Side of the Dean.

Dark Side of The Moon meets Dean Martin.

Moon Martin - Cadillac Walk

1. One from the Spin Doctors.

The Spin Doctors sang about Two Princes.

Prince - Little Red Corvette

The Snapshots Drive-Thru will re-open next Saturday morning at 8.30...

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...my friend, are blowing in the wind...


10. When Caesar died, in a car.

Well done to C for cracking this obscurity.

Check your history books.

Great tune, but Charlie always warned me to stay away from men like these.

The Ides of March - Vehicle

9. Geordie says he can get down, but keeps his head up high.

Geordies get "doon", so Doon I can.

Val Doonican - Walk Tall

Yes, I know Faron Young did it too, but I grew up with Val's version... probably thanks to Uncle Tel.

Val Doonican is nothing to be embarrassed about, Alyson!

8. Our blogs are this. Our blogs are this. Our blogs are this. (+96)

The Soundtrack Of Our Lives - Instant Repeater '99

Nobody remembered this lot. Imagine if Oasis had been any good. A Beatles rip-off done right!

7. Bluebirds of prey hang around till it stops raining.

Jays are blue birds. Hawks are birds of prey.

Jayhawks - Waiting For The Sun

(Not Save It For A Rainy Day, that would be the opposite!)

6. Found in Rome, with Ivy. Put a sock in it, lady.

Well done and a warm welcome to new player Back From The Beach. Hope to see you round these parts again soon.

The Holly & The Ivy?

Long before Wendy James...

Holly & The Italians - Tell That Girl To Shut Up

5. A boy and his Great Pyrenees won't put down these bestsellers.

"Belle et Sébastien is a novel by Cécile Aubry about a six-year-old boy named Sébastien and his dog Belle, a Great Pyrenees, who live in a village in the French Alps close to the Italian border."

Belle & Sebastian - Wrapped Up In Books

4. Plastic pop lady leaves you surprised! (And often vacant.)

Remember Yazz & The Plastic Population? Oooh, that's a surprise.

Situations are often vacant.

Yazoo - Situation

3. Spanish wolf falls for canine surprise, along with all of us.

Lobo is the Spanish word for wolf.

Boo! That's a surprise.

Lobo - Me & You & A Dog Named Boo

Lobo is nothing to be embarrassed about, Lynchie! Check out some of his early albums. Class stuff.

2. Ewing boy goes by foot with sporting heroes. Meep meep!

J.R. Ewing is a walker, with his All Stars.

The Roadrunner went Meep Meep.

J.R. Walker & The All Stars - (I'm A) Roadrunner

1. Molly acts Rick... but neither of them can work out the answer.

"Molly acts Rick" is an anagram.



Don't get Tangled Up In Blue... Saturday Snapshots will be back next week for our 99th edition!

My Top Ten Shotgun Songs

Lots of songs about guns in my arsenal... here's ten that come with a double-barrelled blast.


Special mention to Shotgun Jimmie.


10. Guns 'n' Roses - Shotgun Blues

One of those GnR stroppy songs where Axl gets all sweary and slags off his critics and anyone who ever let their dog crap on his lawn. But not half as good as Get In The Ring. I like the end though. 

9. Sheryl Crow - Shotgun

Sheryl goes country. See also Carrie Underwood - Cupid's Got A Shotgun & Miranda Lambert - Gunpowder & Lead... but Sheryl still shows them both how to shoot it.

8. Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Shotgun Blues

I should be against adding artificial vinyl crackle to a song recorded in 2008, but this just sounds so old, nasty and dirrrrty, I can see why they did it.

7. Superman Revenge Squad -  Joe Concedes Ultimate Defeat By Blowing His Face Skywards With A Shotgun

'Nuff said?

No?

Even The Fonz must be afraid of what lies beyond
Even Steven Seagal must wake up in a cold sweat sometimes
Pondering the nature of time...
How it only seems to disappear
One day you're born 
And the next you're hearing voices from the corner of the old folks home
Was that a burglar?
Or something much more sinister?
Like the ghost of someone you used to know?
Maybe an ex-husband or wife, I dunno
But what they're saying is there's no room for you up there in heaven
You did those ouija boards when you where young
And you brought one or two records by Iron Maiden

6. Carole King - Smackwater Jack

A superb gunslinging western showdown between Smackwater Jack and Big Jim The Chief (not to mention Carole King and her lyrical partner Gerry Goffin), possibly my favourite song from Tapestry... I love a good story.  

You can't talk to a man 
With a shotgun in his hand

5. Elvis Costello - Shot With His Own Gun

Possibly not about a shogun, though it does have both in the title.Wonderful early Costello song though with some amazing piano playing from Steve Nieve.

On your marks, man, ready, set
Let's get loaded and forget

4. Roy C - Shotgun Wedding

Roy C gets marched up the aisle by an angry father when "the baby makes three". Later covered by Rod Stewart, who no doubt has been threatened with similar reprisals once or twice in his life.

3. Willie Nelson - Shotgun Willie

Willie Nelson with a shotgun is one scary prospect... especially if he's sitting around in his underwear.

Written, according to iffypedia, "on the empty packaging of a sanitary napkin while in the bathroom of his hotel room."

Well, you can't make a record if you ain't got nothin' to say...

I dunno about that, Willie... have you heard the Top 40 these days? (Token "sad old man" comment for this week.)

2. Billy Idol - White Wedding Pt. 1

There was a moment when I considered making this Number One. I do love me some classic Billy Idol. And you can't beat the bit in the video where he's singing with a tea towel on his head. Plus, without Billy, we probably would never have had Spike, my favourite character from Buffy The Vampire Slayer. Also interesting to see Dexys, Tracey Ullman and the cast of Flash Gordon among the wedding guests. Billy certainly had some interesting friends. Then the bride starts wrecking her lovely red MFI kitchen with her bad dancing and Billy drives a motorbike through a stained glass window. Videos were so much more interesting in the 80s. (Bonus "sad old man" comment for this week.)

Hey, little sister - SHOTGUN!

1. Jr. Walker & the All-Stars - Shotgun

Classic Motown, with a cool Hammond organ and Walker's amazing sax playing. Doesn't get much better than this.





Which one gives you both blasts?