Snapshots #397: !!!Songs!!!

Goodness gracious me!

Great balls of fire!

Good golly, Miss Molly!

Here are 15 more song titles you might cry out in shock, frustration or outrage!

15. Known for squabbling with part of a Chinese omelette. 

The fight with the foo (yung).

Foo Fighters - Good Grief!

14. Teenage dads.

Young Fathers - Holy Moly!

13. Prince's New Generation: C'est Chic!

It was the New POWER Generation backing Prince. Le Freak, C'est Chic!

Freakpower - No Way!

12. Stone them.

Stone the crows!

The Crows - Gee!

11. Secret lover with bad spelling.

A secret lover is a paramour,

Paramore - Whoa!

10. A spiky mate.

Buddy Holly - Oh Boy!

9. Sounds like this would throw an old President.

Chuck Ragan - For Goodness Sake!

8. Do you remember me taking you on the Walk of Fame?

"Do you remember me?" is from Frankie, by Sister Sledge. The Walk of Fame is in Hollywood.

Frankie Goes To Hollywood - For Heaven's Sake!

7. Get yourself a sex jab, taxmen!

"Sex jab, taxmen" was an anagram.

Basement Jaxx - Oh My Gosh!

6. A tame foal, out of order.

A pretty simple anagram.

Meat Loaf - For Crying Out Loud!

5. Reign of Terror.

The Communards were a big part of The Reign of Terror (French Revolution stuff).

The Communards - Heavens Above!

4. Show a Patsy the exit.

Lee Harvey Oswald claimed to be a Patsy. Lee: Door: see?

Lee Dorsey - Holy Cow!

3. Often seen in an Arab bar.

Arab bar

Abba - Mamma Mia!

2. If you're feeling confused, take a fresh sickie.

"A fresh sickie" was an anagram...

Kaiser Chiefs - Oh My God!

1. Mountain sides.

The Faces - Ooh La La!

Snapshots #350: A Shades Of Red Top Ten Songs

Yesterday's quiz was hosted by Will Ferrell, aka anchorman Ron Burgundy. Today, it's Scarlet O'Hara's turn at the viewfinder. 

I hope you have your Dulux colour charts at the red-dy...

10. Hattie Nolan meets Hot Nathaniel. Both end up confused.

"Hattie Nolan" and "Hot Nathaniel" were both anagrams...

The National - Cardinal Song

9. But there's only three of them!

I bet Ben Folds got sick of that remark, but he only had himself to blame...

Ben Folds Five - Brick

8. Colourfully ascending semitones.

Chromatic refers to both colour and a scale that goes up (or down) in semitones...

The Chromatics - Cherry

7. Plane taken by Fresh Prince.

Will Smith on an aeroplane...

Aerosmith - Pink

Still one of the most disturbing pop videos I've ever seen.

6. Made up for battle.

Warpaint - Burgundy

5. Yogi Beard is a Boo Boo.

"Yogi Beard" was an anagram...

Dobie Gray - Rose

4. Vicar found on tiny planet.

Mercury Rev - Vermillion

3. It all starts with the Taxman.

The first track on Revolver, by the Beatles, is Taxman.

Revolver - Crimson

2. Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night!

The clue is a quote from the Bette Davis movie...

All About Eve - Scarlet

1. Wilhelm at the helm.

Kaiser Wilhelm was the Chief...

The Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby

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My Top Ten Ruby Songs

Ten rubies on wax cylinder...


10. The Osborne Brothers - Ruby (Are You Mad?)

Featuring some mighty fine banjo picking.

9. Marty Robbins - Ruby Ann

Ain't true love a funny thing?

8. Foster The People - Ruby

 An early FTP track, from before their pumped-up success, released as part of Record Store Day 2012.

7. Bic Runga - Ruby Nights

A haunting story of lost love from the New Zealand chanteuse.

6. Foxboro Hot Tubs - Ruby Room

A Green Day side-project that sounds suspiciously like... Green Day. Nothing wrong with that.

5. Tom Waits - Ruby's Arms

Tom does a Bill Bixby...

The only thing I'm taking is the scarf off of your clothesline
I'll hurry past your chest of drawers
And your broken wind chimes as I say goodbye
I'll say goodbye, say goodbye to Ruby's arms...

4. Donald Fagen - Ruby Baby

From the amazing album 'The Nightfly', the best thing to come out of Steely Dan breaking up in the 80s. 

3. Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby

The Leeds' lads biggest hit: it seems so long ago. I saw Ricky Wilson in the remake of Jeff Wayne's War of the World stage show just before Christmas. He was the best thing in it... except for Liam Neeson (via hologram) and Jason Donovan. Marty Pellow was awful though.

2. The Rolling Stones - Ruby Tuesday

I know, I know. You really thought this would be Number One, didn't you? It's a lovely song. There's no denying that. But it doesn't quite do it for me like...

1. Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town

Back from Vietnam, a paralyzed vet finds it hard to readjust to home life... especially when his wife is finding solace in the arms of other men.

Those of you who don't find this heartbreaking: check you've still got one to break.

Originally recorded by Johnny Darrell. Also memorably covered by (among others) The Killers, Carl Perkins, Cake and Leonard Nimoy. Yes, I said Leonard Nimoy. 




Those were my Top Ten Rubies... which sparkles brightest for you?