As Half Man Half Biscuit reminded us on Friday, yesterday was Record Store Day. And so, to celebrate, rather than taking out a second mortgage (the first one's bad enough), I dug out 15 songs about record companies. They're rarely complementary...
15. Soft focus.
I know, I know, these guys only featured here a couple of weeks back, but I couldn't not include this...
Or this...
14. Inflexible pinkies.
Stiff Little Fingers - Rough Trade
13. Pigswill company loses a litre, but finds a band inside. (Presumably a rather smelly band.)*
(*This clue was inspired by the latest edition of Ernie's Pun Fun.)
Pigswill company... minus one L.
12. Spidey unmasked by Norton!
Graham reveals that he's Parker!
Graham Parker - Mercury Poisoning
11. Paints pictures about how it's gonna be... home, kitchen, earthen.
Joshua Kadison told us that Jessie paints pictures about how it's gonna be. Homeware, kitchenware, earthenware...
Swan Song was Led Zeppelin's own record label.
10. Dragon Lady.
The Lockheed U2 aircraft was nicknamed "Dragon Lady".
9. BAD boys.
8. Egyptian life force, German affirmation, Iris's Dolls.
Ka is the Egyptian life force. Ja is German for yes. Iris was a song by the Goo Goo Dolls.
7. Austrian poet.
6. Polish sextets in disarray.
"Polish sextets" was an anagram.
5. Ape king found in whale.
Jonah was found in a whale. The ape was King Louis.
Originally by Devo, who also started out on Stiff.
4. Sistine, Lady, Fallen.
The Fallen Madonna with The Big Boobies, for anyone who remembers 'Allo 'Allo. My dad used to work with Gordon 'Renee' Kaye, before he became famous.
3. Clear victors in the Dads Vs. Lads match.
Boys: 2, Men: well, I'm guessing nil.
2. Winners of the 1973 "Longest Band Name Without Any Vowels" competition. (Semis not counted.)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Workin' for MCA
Some people class 'y' as a semi-vowel. I do not.
1. Found confused, but only after rehab.
"Only after rehab" was an anagram.
Two Record Labels for the price of one in this tune...
Harry Belafonte - Island In The Sun
